Real Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema heads the ball between Sevilla's French defender Lionel Carole (L) and Sevilla's French defender Clement Lenglet (R) during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid and Sevilla. Photo: AFP
Six goals between Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema in the current LaLiga season is a woefully disappointing return, according to MARCA.
Therein lies an explanation for many of Real Madrid problems this season, with a 14 point gap between the reigning champions and the current league leaders, Barcelona, who look destined to lift the trophy.
That statistic is particularly worrying in the case of Cristiano Ronaldo, a player who has always averaged more than a goal a game since his arrival in Spain.
With 422 strikes from 416 outings , his average is 1.01 goals per game.
This season though, he has become a Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde style player, unstoppable in the Champions League with nine goals in six games, but weak in LaLiga with only four goals, against Getafe, Malaga and Sevilla (a brace).
This time last year, the Portuguese international had notched 12 times.
The campaign didn’t get off to the greatest of starts for Ronaldo, having to serve a suspension for his sending off in the first leg of the Supercopa de Espana and missing the opening four league games as a result.
Without their talisman in attack, Zinedine Zidane’s team got off to a slow start, with draws against Valencia and Levante in his absence, and on both occasions a goalscorer could have turned one point into three.
Even with Ronaldo back in the side, things didn’t improve.
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