5 things we learned from Real Madrid in 2017

#2 Over-reliance is not good

Over-dependence is not good at all

The fact that both Alvaro Morata and Mariano Diaz were sold without the club buying proper replacements shows how much the Galacticos relied—and still do—on Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo.

While the Portuguese might not have had a good time in the league, his time in the Champions League has been phenomenal and it is for this reason that he can still be defended. Benzema, meanwhile, has been just terrible.

This brings us to the conclusion that the reliance of Zidane over his two forwards has come to bite him in the back. He has the chance to rectify that in this January window, but the way he has gone about this, it seems unlikely that he will.