3 ways Ronaldo's departure has benefited Real Madrid

#1 Maybe only now would a priority be placed on their defence

Real Madrid's defence has been porous for a long time

The hallmark of most great teams throughout history has been their ability to keep out opponents from scoring.

However, Real Madrid has been an anomaly to this over the last few seasons, as the club has shown an alarming inability to shut out opponents, even against the lowliest of teams.

This is a rather appalling situation when you consider the fact that Real has within its ranks three out of the four FIFPro defenders, who are all among the best in the world.

For so long, Real Madrid’s model was to score as many goals as possible, essentially outscoring their opponents without much thought to their defence, and with Ronaldo present, the goals were guaranteed to flow, and a plethora of titles were won with this model, going against the maxim that great defences win titles.

With Ronaldo gone, however, the goals have dried up, and the defence is still leaking as many goals as before, only that now it is more highlighted because the goals are not going in the other direction, and after so long of getting away with such a porous backline, maybe only now would the club start to do the needful.