In the 22nd round of La Liga, Real Madrid was forced to draw 2-2 at home by the relegation team Elche, bursting out of the big cold, although still holding a four-point advantage, but Ancelotti could not laugh. Because Benzema's thigh muscles were injured and he was likely to miss the Champions League quarter-finals, Ancelotti could only bet on the unreliable Jovic.
In this game, Real Madrid took full advantage of the scene, taking a 23-2 lead in the number of shots, but the result was a 0-2 behind, relying on Modric's penalty and Militang's 92-minute draw to get a thrilling point. This is the first time in nearly 47 years that Real Madrid has turned over elche.
The real madrid team was frustrated, and even more distressing was that Benzema played 58 minutes before leaving the field due to a thigh muscle strain. According to the news of western media, Benzema is lightly overloaded with muscles, heavy is biceps torn, if it is the latter, Mo said that catching up with the Copa del Rey at the beginning of next month is that the Champions League 1/8 final cannot be reached.
In this case, Ancelotti could only entrust the forward task to Jovic, but Mr. 63 million's performance was not convincing. In this campaign, Jovic played a total of 32 minutes off the bench, which is not a short time, but he only has 7 touches, and the number of shots, shots and threatening passes is 0!
As we all know, Benzema is not only good at scoring goals, but also has a good ability to run and do the ball, which are precisely Jovic's weaknesses. Many Real Madrid fans said that Jovic was like a stake on the field, too lazy to run, and the 24-year-old played like a 42-year-old, revealing the prototype of the parallel goods.
In fact, Jovic has had a highlight moment before, and Benzema was also plagued by injuries in early December last year, Jovic played well in two key games against Real Sociedad and Inter, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist. But when I returned from the winter break, I was suddenly infected with the new crown, and the feeling that had been cultivated so hard was gone.
According to the current situation of Real Madrid, Florentino will not buy people in the winter window, once Benzema is injured, the only candidate for the center is Jovic, and the offensive effect will inevitably be greatly reduced.
At that time, the Greater Paris Defense, led by Marquinhos and Ramos, can steal fun, the difficulty of defense will be geometrically reduced, and Real Madrid may be difficult to overthrow the strong Ligue 1 hegemon.
After letting go of Ronaldo, Real Madrid fell into the sand in the Champions League for three consecutive years, two of which were reduced to 16 langs. Even if he reached the final four last season, he was eliminated by Chelsea because of the weakness of the front, and ended up with four empty ends, and Zidane also left with the coaching seal. Now that Real Madrid have regained some competitiveness, Benzema has fallen again, leaving Ancelotti with a near-insoluble problem.