In a little over a month, Real Madrid will host Atlanta in the first game of the Champions League quarter-finals. But even though it won the factory four times in the last decade, it is doubtful that there are those who would consider the Spanish champion to lift the trophy with the big ears and “Marca” analyzed its biggest problem this season, and in fact since the summer of 2018 – lack of attack.
“The team has a problem with goals, and it will end badly if Eden Hazard and Marco Asensio do not get involved. Kerim Benzema can not do everything,” he told Marca. Miguel Angel Portugal, Who played and worked at Blancos. And no doubt the numbers back him up. Zinedine Zidane’s top three attacking players this season, Marco Asensio, Vinicius Jr. and Kerim Benzema, have scored together This season only 16 goals.
Of the teams that have reached the last eight of the Champions League, Real Madrid has numbers that are close to being the worst. To compare the attacking trio of the leading teams on the continent, Bayern Munich is above them all with 38 goals, followed by PSG (35) and Juventus (32).
The only one who is perhaps less impressive than Real Madrid out of the 16 teams is R.B. Leipzig, whose outstanding scorer is a defender – Angelinio – with 8 goals. However, even in Madrid, the goals come from other positions – Luca Modric (4), Sergio Ramos (3) and Federico Valverda (3) balance what the team does not get from the attack.
The teams that reached the quarterfinals
Barcelona Leo Messi, Antoine Griezmann and Anso Patti / Osman Dembele – 27 Goals (0.43) and12 Cooking in 62 games.
Real Madrid Kerim Benzema, Vinicius Jr. and Marco Asensio – 16 Gates (0.25) and9 Cooking in 63 games.
Athletico Madrid – Luis Suarez, Joao Felix and Marcus Jurante – 24 Goals (0.41) and8 Cooking in 58 games.
Seville – Joseph Ann-Nasiri, Luc de Jong and Lucas Occampus – 20 Goals (0.28) and4 Cooking in 71 games.
Bayern Munich Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Muller and Leroy Sana – 38 Goals (0.56) and19 Cooking in 68 games.
multi. Leipzig – Joseph Poulsen, Emil Forsberg and Danny Ulmo – 14 Goals (0.21) and12 Cooking in 67 games.
Borussia Mönchengladbach Lars Stindel, Alasan Palais and Evans Hoffman – 24 Goals (0.44) and17 Cooking in 54 games.
Borussia Dortmund – Arling Holland, Marco Royce and Jaydon Sancho – 29 Goals (0.49) and15 Cooking in 59 games.
Liverpool – Muhammad Salah Sadio Mana and Roberto Firmino – 28 Goals (0.42) and10 Cooking in 67 games.
Manchester city Fran Torres, Ilkai Gondwana and Raheem Sterling – 16 (0.32) and6 Cooking in 50 games.
Chelsea Olivier Giroud, Tami Avraham and Timo Werner – 22 Gates (0.4) and7 Cooking in 55 games
Juventus – Cristiano Ronaldo, Albero Murata and Paolo Dybala – 32 Goals (0.63) and11 Cooking in 51 games
Atlanta Luis Muriel, Duban Spata and Robin Guzens – 28 Goals (0.47) and10 Cooking in 59 games
Lazio Chiro Immobilia, Felipe Caisado and Luis Alberto – 27 Goals (0.47) and3 Cooking in 57 games
Paris Saint-Germain – Killian Ambape, Neymar and Moissa Ken – 35 Goals (0.67) and12 Cooking in 52 games
Porto Mahdi Tarmi, Musa Marga Luis Dias 22 Goals (0.37) and13 Cooking in 60 games.
Real player of the past, Polly Rincon, Referred to it: “It depends on the method and the players. If you do not have Cristiano Ronaldo, Arling Holland, Robert Lewandowski or Leo Messi, it is difficult to conquer as before. Atletico, Barça, Yuba, PSG … they all have a good attack “More than Real Madrid, who pay the price for Luca Jovic’s lack of adaptation and the fact that Mariano does not really stand out. The goals do not come from the attack, although she scores more against the big ones than against the small ones.”
Indeed, one of Real Madrid’s main problems is that since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, the offensive dependence has largely fallen on Kerim Benzema, a striker who does know how to score, but excels more in creating situations than in exploiting them. And if last year, with the exception of the goalkeepers, Adar Militeau and Albero Odriosola, all A player on the roster managed to find the net at least once during the season, in 2020/21 things look a little different.
“This is not a bad team, on the contrary,” the coach said Paco Hams. “She attacks and gets into a lot of situations. There is the Benzema who can score a lot of goals, but needs a contribution from the others as well. With numbers like that, if she does not keep a clean sheet regularly, she will have a very complicated season. It is not clear”.
And compared to Real Madrid who have a hard time getting produce with their squad, Bayern have quite a few alternatives on the bench like Serge Gnabry and Kingsley Koeman. Another good example of this is the Blancos’ city rival, Atletico, who added Luis Suarez in the summer. And at his age, the Uruguayan added a new dimension to Diego Simeone’s attack with 9 goals so far. And if that’s not enough, as a backup, the Colcheneros just added Frenchman Musa Dembele yesterday.
The outstanding scorers in Europe
1. Robert Lewandowski – 23
2. Arling Holland – 19
-. Cristiano Ronaldo – 19
4. Muhammad Salah – 16
-. Chiro Immobilia – 16
6. Leo Messi – 14
-. Killian Ambape – 14
8. Kerim Benzema – 12
-. Yosef Ann-Nasiri – 12
-. Luis Muriel – 12
And what about reinforcement? A proven scorer combination is not a cheap purchase, certainly not in a time of global epidemic. And if Florentino Perez wants to add Holland, for example, he will not be able to do so for less than € 100 million (unless he waits for the € 75 million release clause, which will take effect from 2022), so this is a particularly complex situation for Real Madrid.
After three consecutive wins, and seven consecutive years in which it did not finish its European season before the semi-finals, Real Madrid recorded two consecutive relegations in the Champions League quarter-final against Ajax and Manchester City, in meetings where they did not really look like a senior team. This season, however, Zidane and his players are expecting a more comfortable opponent in the form of Atlanta. But even if they move with the Italians, without a significant improvement in numbers, it will be very difficult for them to get far in the Champions League.
