We don't have to forget a fact if he is a Ballon d'Or winner of 2022, we not to doubt Benzema is the best player for this year, He just not to lucky not in the France squad because got the injury at the beginning, And I'm really sure if Benzema are in the squad and play in Final versus Argentina, the result will not like this. So far he still not find the performance in real Madrid maybe because age factor, he have target to hold the champions league trophy and take back 1st la liga position from Barca.
Can't imagine if Benzema returns to his best form at Real Madrid and is not injured, then it is very likely that Benzema will compete strongly in the hunt for the top scorer with Lewandowski. Because even so far, Benzema has already scored five goals in La Liga, this shows that Benzema is still very productive in scoring many goals.
So yes, there's no doubt that Benzema is still having good moments this season but unfortunately, his injuries have deprived him of added value because he didn't play in the World Cup.
But for Real Madrid, I personally still believe that even without Benzema at least Real Madrid will still be able to compete strongly with Barcelona in the race for the La Liga title this season.
But if Barcelona are knocked out of the Europa League and then Real Madrid manage to go further in the Champions League, then I might doubt Real Madrid for the La Liga title. Because if Barcelona can focus more on La Liga this season, then winning the La Lig title for Barcelona will be even closer because their focus is getting better.
I really have no idea why Karim Benzema did not play for France. I thought he could. Because as far as I know, he was not that injured for the final. Yes, I know that he was not 100% fit. And I absolutely agree that Benzema will have a very important role to play for Real Madrid if they want to get back to the first position on the La Liga table.
Barcelona is playing really well right now, and Benzema will have to start playing as he did the last season. But I think having that expectation is just unfair for a player like Benzema because he is already 35 years old. He can only do so much at this age.