A season where they are second place at the league, and lost the ucl, and only got the domestic cup is not a good season for Madrid fans, they are too used to winning all the time and they will want some revenge next season and that will be fun to watch, they might be sooooo much better next season when they want to win it all again.
So therefore they now have to try their hardest to make the Champions League their biggest benchmark because if that can't be done then it's pretty clear it's going to hurt a bit because as you said they are too often in a winning state with a prestigious trophy that makes this like demands.
But if it's not like that for this season then this can also be used as a good lesson, especially for those who were last season too confident with the existing squad so they didn't make any changes, especially for the attack line.
This season has been a good lesson because even though Benzema is still very solid when he plays, when injuries always occur, they become shaky in that regard.
Tomorrow will be the determination whether they are still capable of being in the final or not because in my opinion if they can be in the final again and beat Manchester City then the possibility of winning is very big for Madrid but when they lose in the semi-final tomorrow even though there is the Copa del Rey as consolation their lara but I'm sure it won't be satisfying for a club as big as Madrid.