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#1 Karim Benzema
Benzema is the only striker here that is unarguably going through the worst patch of his career. How Real Madrid still trust him with their No. 9 role is baffling, to say the least.
In the 20 games he has played for the Galacticos this season, he has only scored 5 times. Much of the scoring responsibility has always been on Cristiano Ronaldo, with the Frenchman in a support role, but even then the number of easy chances that he misses is unforgivable.
Prior to this season, there was at least some respite to be found in the fact that he could make some crisp passes to link the play up in the final third. But even that has disappeared this season. Real Madrid are in a rut right now and Karim Benzema is perhaps the biggest reason for it.
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