The last game Real Madrid played went well all thanks to the young player Rodrygo. They got all 3pt but I still feel these guys or should I say the Madrid side are missing something in every game they play. They can't get more goals like they used to, they got Bellingham and he wasn't enough, soon Mbappe will be joining the squad (until then) but you see that number 9 position is a great miss for Madrid.
Madrid don't have an attacker, no natural number 9 and that's disturbing them, with Benzema on the squad they don't find it difficult in getting goals. The Madrid side are more deadly when they play with Benzema than without Benz and this is going to affect them in the champions league, they just need a better striker and they're good to go.
It's true, when Benzema was still with Real Madrid, his goal productivity was very good. So it is not surprising that Real Madrid currently lacks goal-hungry attackers. Maybe if, for example, Mbappe was really successful in being recruited by Real Madrid, maybe Real Madrid could be more productive in scoring goals. The reason is that Mbappe is a forward player who can be said to be very good and has above average abilities. So if next season Mbappe manages to join Real Madrid, maybe Real Madrid will perform even better.
Even so, even now I think Real Madrid is performing very well. The reason is that currently Real Madrid is still firmly at the top of the LaLiga standings. Then Real Madrid also managed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League. So that shows me, this is a really extraordinary achievement for Real Madrid this season. Even though this season Real Madrid sometimes cannot score many goals in every match. However, in my opinion, this cannot be used as a benchmark. Because if a team manages to score lots of goals in each match, it does not necessarily mean that the team will be the best in a competition. Therefore, in my opinion, Real Madrid is currently performing very well and has quite good balance in every line.
And in the next UCL match, Real Madrid will face a very strong team from the Premier League, namely Manchester City, in the quarter-finals. Maybe this match will be a very interesting match. And of course we can see what Real Madrid is like when facing a team like Manchester City.