Real Madrid’s drought has stirred debate on the 9th

The Benzem addiction that Carlo Ancelotti welcome previous course takes a big toll on Real Madrid in this season. With Lyon’s striker far from the stratospheric level that saw him conquer it Golden ball a few months ago and catapulted his team to a fourth double success Champions League of his history, the whites are hanging in the balance King’s Cup and, nine points adrift of Barcelona with just fourteen games remaining, are watching their quest to reassert their regularity tournament title take on quixotic overtones.

Chamartín’s side have added 90% of possible points in the ten league games in which the French striker has scored or assisted, but his percentage drops to 62% in the fourteen in which he has been non-decisive, low or stuck on the trigger. More than enough information to spark a debate in the 9th over a team that has scored just one goal — and a set goal, to make matters worse — in its last three appearances.

“Currently we lack efficiency. We make one pass more than we should, too many walls… Today we were able to score because we had three or four clear chances, but in the last three games the data is clear: we scored only one goal”, he dissected at the end of the duel with him Betis Ancelotti still does not believe in the fact that his pupils are incapable of winning Bravo Claudio in one of those shirtless lawsuits where white men are usually lethal.

Three days after failing to score a single shot between the sticks against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid showed a more vertical and sharper profile against Betis in Benito Villamarin, where he tallied five shots on goal, some of them as clear as those of ceballos and Rodrygo in the second part, but again for the fourth time since the end of January, he was left without a goal and missed two important points to continue the fight for the League.

there is no plan B

WITH Vinicius for the tenth consecutive day in the dry on the home field, Rodrygo created the most danger, while Benzema once again proved that he is far from the footballer who shone in the last campaign. Inaccurate in his deliveries, not very clever with his mind and feet, participating less than usual and dull in the auction, the Frenchman left Heliopolis with a goal from a free kick disallowed by hand Rudiger and five shots, albeit only one on goal compared to the three blocked by Manuel Pellegrini’s defenders.

But despite that thickness, Ancelotti kept him on the pitch for 90 minutes, giving Álvaro Rodríguez just three minutes before the end of regular time, freeing Kroos and he forgot about the second match that followed Asensio.

The reluctance of the Transalpinians to work without Benzema means that there is no alternative plan for the gray nights of the 9. A deficiency that cannot be attributed to the coach alone, but has its roots in the offices. of the march of Cristiano Ronaldo In the summer of 2018, Benzema will be asked to be the alpha and omega of Real Madrid’s attack, with the outstanding contribution of Vinicius over the last two seasons and the increasing contribution of Rodrygo.

However, it is ill-advised to put the entire offensive architecture on a 35-year-old forward whose physique suffers from the demands. Benzema has missed twelve games so far this season due to injuries and is finding it difficult to reach his peak form due to constant relapses. In the first 40 games that Real Madrid played last year, the Lyon player scored 30 goals and registered six assists. In the past 40 years, he scored 18 goals and sent four decisive passes. Normalizing the exceptional carries an obvious risk, although in the noble zone they once again preferred to turn a blind eye to the market. Without Benzema, there is no heaven for Real Madrid.