Maybe Benzema really needs a longer adaptation like C.Ronaldo did last season. Well, even last season, when C.Ronaldo first came to Al-Nassr, he had a little difficulty scoring goals. Because actually there is a slight difference in playing patterns in European clubs and in Asian clubs, especially in the Arab league. But I estimate that in the second half of this season, Benzema will be able to show his best performance again like he did at Real Madrid. Because C.Ronaldo got better at the start of this season. But last season C.Ronaldo was not immediately able to adapt well.
Current performance Karim Benzema in Saudi Pro League with Al Ittihad looks not really bad after scoring 5 goals of 10 matches and three assists, although he still need longer time for adapting with Saudi Arabia weather and culture to return to level performed as well as when playing for Real Madrid. But looks terrible with Al Ittihad standings position awhile dropped to 6th placed and remaining 11 points from Al hilal as top position. Depend on Cristiano Ronaldo have better performance on second season with Al Nassr, I think Karim Benzema still show the best perform with Al Ittihad due many matches left in domestic league and AFC Champion League.
Well, the season will still last quite a long time. And Benzema has plenty of time to adapt to Al-ittihad. Climate factors and other things also definitely require adaptation for Benzema, who is used to playing in Europe with weather that is not like in Arabia. True, Benzema's performance is not too bad. It's just that he isn't in his best condition yet.
Al-ittihad is still in a safe position in group c. Because so far Al-ittihad has only lost 1 time in 4 matches. And has got 3 wins. So losing yesterday's match doesn't seem like it will put Al-ittihad in a difficult position. But Al-ittihad's performance is a little unstable at the moment. But I hope they can fix this soon. Because competition in the SPL is actually very tight at the moment. And Al-ittihad could be in a pretty bad position if they can't improve their performance as soon as possible.
Al Ittihad still on the top standings in AFC Champion League group C remaining two points above 2nd and 3rd place, loss from Al Quwa last match its not really huge problem due two matches left they have return to top perform and winning two matches later.
In the AFC, Al-ittihad's position is very safe. In fact, I'm sure they will get through the group stage quite easily. 1 defeat will not bring them down. In fact, they will definitely try to be better in the next match at the AFC.
But their position in the SPL (Saudi Pro League) is clearly in danger. because Al-ittihad currently even has a fairly large point difference with Al-hilal who are at the top of the standings. A few weeks ago Al-ittihad still had the same points as Al-Nassr but now the difference in points between Al-ittihad and Al-nassr has even become 7 points different.