In the summer window of 2005, Real Madrid introduced Brazilian talented teenager Robinho, and the transfer fee was 24 million euros, which was also a large amount at the time. In the summer window of 2003, Barca brought in the already famous Ronaldinho, and the transfer fee was only 25 million euros.
Also debuting in Santos, the talented Robinho is known as the "New Bailey".
After three years at Real Madrid, Robinho did not cash in on his talent, leaving only a handsome transfer fee. In the summer window of 2008, Robinho moved to Premier League upstart Manchester City for a transfer fee of 42 million euros.
For a long time after that, Real Madrid did not see Brazilian stars on the front line.
In 2013, Real Madrid thought that signing Brazilian supernova Neymar was a nail in the coffin, but he was successfully cut off by Barca.
Real Madrid either does not shoot, and one shot will be amazing.
In May 2017, Real Madrid signed Brazilian rising star Vinicius, who is under 18 years old, in advance, paying a penalty of 45 million euros, setting a record for the most expensive transfer fee for underage players.
In June 2018, Real Madrid signed Rodrigo, who is a year younger than Vinicius, for another €45 million.
When Vinicius and Rodrigo debuted in Brazil, they were both called "new Neymar", but after landing in La Liga, they were far from being able to compare with Neymar, who joined Barca that year.
From the 2018-19 season to the 2020-21 season, Vinicius made 18, 29 and 35 La Liga appearances, with 2 goals, 3 goals and 3 goals.
From the 2019-20 season to the 2020-21 season, Rodrigo made 19 and 22 La Liga appearances, with 2 goals scored and 1 goal, respectively.
Judging from the later situation, it is not that Vinicius and Rodrigo are not good, but that Zidane will not use people.
After Ancelotti replaced Zidane, Real Madrid's record has changed, and the progress of Vinicius and Rodrigo is even more rapid.
So far this season, Benzema has played 43 games for Real Madrid, with 43 goals and 14 assists, unrivalled in the five major leagues. Of course, Benzema is inseparable from good helpers. Real Madrid were able to secure la Liga titles early, with Vinicius, who played 32 games in La Liga and contributed 14 goals and 9 assists.
In the Champions League, Benzema's best helper is Rodrigo.
In the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Chelsea launched a fierce attack at the Bernabeu, first equalizing the aggregate score and then achieving a reversal. Seeing chelsea's earth-shattering miracle imminent, Rodrigo, who came on as a substitute, scored a perfect goal, creating the necessary conditions for Benzemaga's time-breaking.
In the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Real Madrid, who lost 3-4 in the first leg, had to attack at the Bernabeu, but throughout the first half, Benzema, Vinicius and Valverde, there was no threat to the attack. Toward the end of the second half, Real Madrid fell behind 0:1. In the final moments, Rodrigo scored to equalize, scoring another goal in stoppage time to equalize the total score. Otherwise, the Benzemaga kill would not have existed.
Rodrigo has scored 10 goals in the Champions League for Real Madrid and is third in the Champions League goal list of Brazilian players in Real Madrid history, behind Carlos (16 goals) and Ronaldo (13). What about Vinicius, who came to Real Madrid a year earlier and played more than Rodrigo? 7 goals! Real Madrid can break through from the Champions League group stage all the way to the final, basically no Vinicius has anything to do.