True, after all a team must have players ready to play in the event their main player is injured. I like it when you give an example when Real Madrid can't play without Benzema, indeed they can use a player like Rodrygo to replace him, but he's not really ready to take that position. I don't doubt his ability, but indeed experience will also speak here. They cannot always rely on players who are not optimal and cannot provide comfort for the front line, because after all the front line is the key to victory, because that is the position that is most relied on to score goals.
One of the reasons Real Madrid appeared inconsistent in La Liga was because of Karim Benzema's injury, he was absent on several matches with Madrid and his lack of quality reserve players made it difficult for Madrid when Karim Benzema was absent. Real Madrid hasn't compete on central forward except Karim Benzema and problem who will replace his position when getting injury, Carlo Ancelotti try move Rodrygo as center forward but not working yet because he usually plays on right side.
For upcoming season, Real Madrid should looking for compete replacing Karim Benzema position when he gets injury, they must find with real position as center forward and not move the winger play on this position because they are not effective and underperformance when playing with wrong position.
That's like I said from the start because there is still no one at the moment who is capable of being a targetman like Benzema.
They didn't just improvise with Rodrygo but tried with Asensio but it didn't do anything. As for one more player like Mariano, he is only a backup customer just like Hazard, there is no hope whatsoever for this player.
Now they have to start not to inflate their ego by saying they are still very strong because when injuries recur, Benzema Madrid is like a club that has lost its way.
It's unclear to me if Ancelotti is going to stay in Real Madrid or not for another season because we know Ancelotti had a good performance except for the La Liga match where they lose the race to Xavi and his players Ancelotti had a good performance. Also, I think if Real Madrid wins the game in the champions league against Macnshter City there is a higher for Ancelotti to stay in his team.
It's time for Ancelotti to say goodbye to real Madrid because his strategy were totally poor, firstly through his bad tactics and mindset Madrid lose league title and now on the way to lose champions league too, because Manchester city alredy take a lead of 4 goals in this final league, the disappointing thing from Ancelotti is that through his tactics Madrid are far away from city in every statistics of current match, hope after his termination someone decent will took Madrid to the sky soon
Most likely something like that happens, I'm not sure he will stay for next season in this condition.
The performance is not too bad because there are indeed several reasons when they don't do well. but on the other hand the standard is that when the initial decision he made the wrong move then the continuation will definitely not be right and this season Ancelotti has made a decision that can be said to be wrong by not bringing in an attacker even though from last season he knows what Benzema's condition is like.