In the post-"Western Super" era| Benzema "first-class", after all, it is not "super-first-class"

Reporter Han Bing reported on the just-concluded Ballon d'Or awards, Real Madrid's Benzema with a stable performance this year, returned to the French national team and won the European League championship with the team, ranking fourth. Although neither his personal data nor the team championship can compare with Messi and Levan, Real Madrid club launched the Spanish media to create momentum for the French striker on the eve of the awards. The Ballon d'Or has always been the "human aura" of President Perez's "Galactic Fleet", from Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo, Irving, Cannavaro to C. Ronaldo, Modric, plus Barca's Messi, the 21st century Ballon d'Or and the Champions League trophy, almost the signature of the "Western Super League".

But this time is different from the World Cup in Russia 3 years ago, although Benzema has worked hard enough and played steadily enough, but Real Madrid's previous successful Ballon d'Or awards have not been able to make the French star without heavyweight trophies reproduce Modric's miracle. Without Messi and C. Ronaldo in La Liga, Benzema became the number one favourite in the Golden Boot and is likely to lead Real Madrid back to La Liga this season. But the solidified impression of this French "wingman" cannot be broken.

The A corner is absent, and the B corner is responsible

Without C. Ronaldo, Kaka, James, Ramos and Casillas, the hundreds of millions of Bell and Hazard were left out in the cold, and Perez spent more than a decade to build the "Galactic Fleet Phase II", leaving only Modric and Benzema to decorate the façade. Although Modric is a Golden Globe, he is older after all. After C. Ronaldo left, Real Madrid relied almost entirely on Benzema on the offensive end, playing an average of 30 goals per season, and also won the La Liga title for Real Madrid. Benzema, who returned to the French national team, did not live up to Deschamps' trust, the European Championship is a problem for the French team, and then he led the team to win the UEFA Nations League championship.

Benzema was France's best player abroad last season and was shortlisted for the Champions League Team of the Year. This season in La Liga 16 games, 13 goals and 7 assists, averaging 1.25 goals per game, plus the Champions League is 18 goals and 8 assists in 21 games, participating in goals averaging nearly 1.25 per game. Looking across Europe, the older the French shooter, the better he is, and he is expected to play the best season of his career. It is precisely because of the outstanding performance in the first three months of the season that President Perez has the ambition to launch the old Real Madrid department and the media to create momentum for Benzema's Ballon d'Or.

But Benzema can lead the La Liga Golden Boot because Messi, C. Ronaldo and even Suarez, Neymar and other "super-first-class" A-corner collective absence, as the B corner Benzema was pushed to the center of the stage, although the standard remains first-class, after all, it still reflects the decline of the Western Super League. The last 12 La Liga Golden Boots, Messi (8) and C. Ronaldo (3) have won 11, and only Suarez has broken the monopoly in the 2015/16 season, but the Uruguayan has also scored in the 40-goal range of Mero's peak. Benzema's 12 seasons at Real Madrid have only been 5 times in 20+ seasons, and the maximum number of goals scored in a single season is only 24 goals – a figure that goes back to the 2003/04 season (Ronaldo, 24 goals).

Benzema has done well enough this season to not only lead the top scorers list, but also fully activate Vinicius' potential, barely filling the offensive "sinkhole" of at least 40 goals per season before C. Ronaldo. Laterally, he is at most of the same rank as Levan, Vlahovich, Salah and Sikh. But compared with the previous "Western Super Era" of Messi, C. Ronaldo and even Suarez, it is 1 order of magnitude different. When La Liga's Golden Boot goals can only be matched by the other four major leagues, the West Super naturally falls into the world. What's more, in these 3 seasons, despite Benzema's best efforts, Real Madrid, which has won the Champions League four times in 5 years in the Western Super League era, not to mention that it has not touched the Big Ear Cup, and it can reach the final four last season, I am afraid that it is the end of the strong crossbow. This season's quarter-finals have drawn the number one upstart Paris with Messi, Neymar, Mbappe and Ramos, which can only make people feel that the road ahead is long.

Real Madrid wait for the next "super first-class"

What can bring about the next "Western Super Era" can only be the next and next batch of "super-first-class" superstars. Perez, who has always been good at buying stars and making stars, has been trying to maintain the continuation of Real Madrid and even the entire "Western Super League era". C. Ronaldo and Messi's 9 years on the same stage were unprecedentedly successful, and Perez also created a BBC combination to compete with MSN. Unfortunately, Real Madrid's star-making campaign after C. Ronaldo has almost all failed, from Bale, J. Ronaldo, Hazard to Jovic, have not been able to play a data that matches the value, only Modric relied on the miracle of the World Cup to avoid making Perez lose face.

Real Madrid has not considered finding its own Messi, from the Norwegian genius Odegaard to the Brazilian double Vinicius, Rodrigo, and even the Japanese prodigy JiuJianying, and even the youth of Morata, Mayoral and the local semi-finished products of Arsenal, Ceballos and Vazquez who have purchased it, can only make Benzema, Kroos, Modric and Casemiro stand up year after year. After C. Ronaldo left, real Madrid's front line focused on creating Benzema alone, and the French shooter did not play at the level that was expected. Unfortunately, after all, there is a magnitude gap with the peak of C. Ronaldo, Messi, and Suarez: it is indeed first-class, but it is indeed not super-first-class.

Real Madrid are pinning their hopes on next year's big purchases, and Perez is determined to win mbappe, who is most likely to become the next "super-first-class" superstar. At the same time, neither Zidane nor Ancelotti gave up on the careful cultivation of Vinicius and Rodrigo. The two Brazilian teenagers were worth an astonishingly high of 45 million euros when they first joined, of course, as a "super first-class" pre-purchase price in the future. At least this season, Vinicius has begun to show his sharp edge, and Real Madrid and the royal media immediately began to build a full range of momentum.

With the four cores that still play a stable role, Real Madrid has taken advantage of the decline of Barca and Atletico Madrid to win La Liga this season, but it will also mean the official end of the "Western Super League era". The opening of the next "Western Super League era" must be marked by the birth of a "super-first-class" superstar at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Benzema is just the relay between C. Ronaldo and the next "superstar", Mbappe or Vinicius? Or even Haaland? Everything depends on the chance between them and Real Madrid.