Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Strongkored]

Will Benzema make another OG after scoring the first goal in this match against Al-Hazem like in the 10th SPL match against Al-Taawoun?
I don't think so. Because in the match against Al-Taawoun OG what Benzema made was an unintentional action which caused Al Ittihad to experience a draw when their position was already winning.

This match has just started the second half, Al-Hazem put up tough resistance in the first half. Al-Hazem dared to attack Al Ittihad's defense even though Al-Hazem was in the relegation zone.

I don't think that will happen again in his career. Karim Benzema is still a striker who is quite reliable for Ittihad FC, only his performance here can be said to be ordinary where he can score a goal in a match and does not succeed in scoring a goal in the next match.
The draw against Al Hazm was quite detrimental for Ittihad, as well as Al Taawoun's draw against Al Khaleej which actually provided an advantage for Al Hilal who will compete against Al Ahli because whatever results they get later will still keep Al Hilal on top.
Ittihad seems to be facing difficulties in defending their title this season, their performance is not as great as last season and the club owner will certainly carry out an evaluation to see that the results of recruiting European players do not make them perform better, because against the bottom two teams they can only get 1 point.

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[QueenVera]

Even though it is quite unfortunate the results achieved by Al-Ittihad and Al-Taawoun, they should be able to continue to stick to Al-Hilal in the standings. It is certain that matches that are expected to win easily actually turn around and result in many bettors losing money. Things like that are beyond our control, but betting results sometimes don't match what we expect.

Al-Nassr has the upper hand in getting full points and this should be an easy match for them against Al-Feyha. I think Ronaldo and his friends will not hesitate in this match and they will continue their winning trend while approaching Al-Hilal's position at the top of the standings. If Al-Ahli wins against Al-Hilal, then Al-Nassr's path to reaching the top will be easier and maybe that could happen if Al-Hilal is careless in the next match.

Both clubs had the opportunity to move up but they couldn't seize their opportunity and were so unlucky to get a draw, however they're still very strong contenders of the league especially Al-Ittihad who are the defending champions this season, they're not very inconsistent with their winning buy I'm pretty sure they'll bounce back and make the top four even though they don't win the league again.

 Well Al Taawon has given Al-Nassr an opportunity to get closer to the the 1st place and I believe they won't seize the opportunity to do win their match against Al-Feyha especially when Cr7 and his teammate Talisca are in a very good form, they'll definitely win the match as expected by everyone, however Al- Ahli is currently doing good but I have this doubt whether they'll win Al-Hilal,  they're the current league leaders and won't like to drop points.

[tusandii]

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Al Taawon played against a team that's been giving them a tough time in their last 5 matches, and what I understand is that they performed more better and even created more good chances to win the game but were very unlucky and conceded 1st in the match, however Al Taawon had a reply to equalize the game, however they tried their best to score more goals but Al Khaleej defense was very strong and they didn't allow the defending champions to get another goal.

 However they're currently in the 2nd position but have shot themselves on the leg cause failure to win the game could make them drop points and be at the 3rd position if Al-Nassr wins their own match and it would even give Al-Hilal and opportunity to top the league with more goal and extend the gap between them and other clubs.

Taawoun was only able to get one point on matchday 11. Which was quite disappointing for them, because indeed Al Nassr has the potential to ake over Taawoun position in the standings.
In another match, Ittihad vs Hazm. Currently the Ittihad team is leading at halftime with one score by Benzema. But I hope Ittihad can add another score in the second half, to ensure they can secure full points in this match. After all, every match will be very important for them, so Ittihad must get full points for the title race.

The competition for the top 3 in the Saudi Pro League points table has become more competitive seeing as the competition between Al Hilal, Al Taawon and Al Nasr both want to maintain or even want to take over the position of the club above them, but yesterday's Al Taawon match may have left fans feeling disappointed because it only ended in a draw while the opportunity to win is actually very big, Al Taawon players cannot take advantage of this opportunity.
Meanwhile, Ittihad performance has also decreased slightly in these few matches, so it is very easy for Al Nasr to continue to provide a slightly greater distance in points, even though the difference is only 1 point.

[Abu-Naim]

Al-Ittihad vs Al-Hazm enjoyed a very nice match in today's match between two teams. I thought Al-Ittihad will play well in this match but the match was drawn due to poor performance of their players. K. Benzema of Al-Ittihad team scored in 26 minutes.  scored the first goal.H.  Kadesh scored the 2nd goal in 81 minutes. On the other hand, M. Al-Thani of Al-Hazm team scored the 1st goal in 63 minutes and F. Selemani scored the 2nd goal in 86 minutes. However, the performances of both teams were equal.

The match was a 50/50 match based on performance, the two teams have same 12 short and 5 shorts on goals respectively which show that the match was well played and both the two teams were hungry of goals.

Al Ittihad is expected to win the match since they are trying to recover from some of their poor resulting the last two weeks, but because they have been winning Al Hazm for long that is why I think they are supposed to win the match, nevertheless, the draw is not a bad result for both of them, just that Al Ittihad need to step up in the competition.

[armanda90]

The competition for the top 3 in the Saudi Pro League points table has become more competitive seeing as the competition between Al Hilal, Al Taawon and Al Nasr both want to maintain or even want to take over the position of the club above them, but yesterday's Al Taawon match may have left fans feeling disappointed because it only ended in a draw while the opportunity to win is actually very big, Al Taawon players cannot take advantage of this opportunity.
Meanwhile, Ittihad performance has also decreased slightly in these few matches, so it is very easy for Al Nasr to continue to provide a slightly greater distance in points, even though the difference is only 1 point.

For top third standings position very interested and third teams Al Hilal, Al Taawon and Al Nassr have fewest points left. Al Nassr have opportunity move up to 2nd position depend on upcoming match against Al Feiha success with three points achievement or not. Al Taawon failed to make close points behind Al Hilal after losing full points and have getting draw against Al Khaalej last match. But unpredictable with Al Taawom achievement success move until second placed depend have Al Ittihad and Al Ahly as favorite teams for placing top position standing. Saudi Pro League have played 11 matches but tittle race still excited due several top position teams have fewest gap points, I am waiting with Al Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo contribution will have chance winning domestic league or not?

[Gallar]

Today Al Taawon has to face an opponent who has almost the same performance and currently when I write this the scoreline for Al Khaleej against Al Taawon is a 1-1 draw but I am still confident that Al Taawon will win because I see the pattern of the match between these two clubs Al Taawon is very easy to control the ball and I think at the end of the match we will see a score of 1-2 for Al Taawon.

The head to head record between Al Taawon and Al Khaalej does have the same record. Namely with two wins and one draw each. So the match between Al Taawon VS Al Khaalej can indeed be said to be a balanced match if you look at the head to head record. However, if you look at the current SPL standings, Al Taawon is far superior to Al Khaleej. The reason is that currently Al Taawon is in 2nd place and Al Khaleej is in 13th place.

Apart from that, in the 70th minute, in terms of ball possession, Al Taawon was still in front. And if Al Taawon can continue to control the game this time by continuing to pressure Al Khaleej's defense, then I also have a prediction that Al Taawon will definitely be able to win the match.

I almost lost my bet on this match I was surprised in the second half I thought Al Taawon could at least score again at least 1 for the win but it turned out to be beyond my expectations before placing the bet I saw Al Khaleej defense was stronger than the first half and this was very clear It made things difficult for Al Taawon attacking players to launch several kicks at Al Khaleej goal but they all failed and only ended in a draw.

I personally also didn't expect that in the end Al Taawon and Al Khaleej would end in a draw. The reason is that in the second half Al Taawon also dominated the game well. Al Taawon players created quite a lot of opportunities in the Al Khaleej defense area. However, it cannot be denied that Al Khaalej in the second half seemed to prioritize defense, making it very difficult for Al Taawon's attackers to attack and score goals. So in this way, Al Taawon was forced to be satisfied with a draw with Al Khaleej and had to be willing if his current position was shifted by another club. The reason is that in third position is Al Nasr who is currently only two points behind Al Taawon. So if Al Nasr can win the next match, Al Taawon's position is in danger of being shifted. And the next opponent that Al Nasr will face is Al Feiha. In terms of player quality, I believe Al Nasr has the potential to win this match so that it has the potential to displace Al Taawon from second place. Apart from that, with the match between Al Taawon and Al Khaalej ending in a draw, the head to head record of the two teams is still the same. Namely with two wins and two draws for both teams (Al Taawon VS Al Khaalej).

[Awaklara]

I am waiting with Al Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo contribution will have chance winning domestic league or not?

if Al Nassr can keep the points difference good for them, I'm sure they can compete for the title this season. they lost several points last season so they failed to compete with Ittihad. but now Al Nassr is doing quite well. but they have to improve their performance. As we can see, Al Hilal is a team that has not lost in 10 matches. This will require hard work for Ronaldo and their team to catch the top 1 in the standings.

We'll see that the more consistent team will get the trophy, and if Al Nassr wants to get it, they also have to hope that Al Hilal plays badly in several matches so that they can benefit from it. although actually, I'm not so sure about Al Nassr this season for the SPL trophy.

[Leviathan.007]

I have no negative comment about attacking players and attacking power of Al Nassr. They have been playing very aggressive attacking and highly goal productive but there is opposite performance from their players in defense. This match with Al Duhail is a seven match in a row, Al Nassr failed to keep a clean sheet. They have gotten conceded goals in last seven matches. Their weak defense can prevent them to win Saudi Professional League or AFC Champions League this season.

You are right. The Al Nassr attackers look very well, they played impressively and scored many goals. Ronaldo-Mane-Talisca-Otavio is a great combination for the attacking line, they also have Brozovic-Fofana in the midfield line. Meanwhile for the defense line, Al Nassr only has Laporte-Telles. So, Al Nassr needs 2 new defenders and 1 GK. But if Al Nassr signed 2 new top European defenders and 1 top GK, all the players in Al Nassr lineup will be European players. 

Marcelo Brozović the Croatian famous player in Al Nassr is now back in the game. Brozović was injured in the game he had for Croatia against Wales and this made the Al Nassr fans a little bit worried about their player but now Brozović is not injured anymore and this is a piece of good news for Luis Castro because they are going to play in the Saudi League and the AFC Champions League in the same time

[Docnaster]

I am waiting with Al Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo contribution will have chance winning domestic league or not?

if Al Nassr can keep the points difference good for them, I'm sure they can compete for the title this season. they lost several points last season so they failed to compete with Ittihad. but now Al Nassr is doing quite well. but they have to improve their performance. As we can see, Al Hilal is a team that has not lost in 10 matches. This will require hard work for Ronaldo and their team to catch the top 1 in the standings.

We'll see that the more consistent team will get the trophy, and if Al Nassr wants to get it, they also have to hope that Al Hilal plays badly in several matches so that they can benefit from it. although actually, I'm not so sure about Al Nassr this season for the SPL trophy.

Al Nassr are currently just four points behind league leaders Al Hilal in the Saudi Pro League and are strong contenders for the Saudi League title. They didn't start the season on a good note but later improved in their results and performance recently. Cristiano Ronaldo who's the highest goalscorer in the league is definitely hunting to make history by winning the Saudi League and if Al Nassr can continue with their current performance and form, I think it's very possible for them to win the league at the end of the season.

[beerlover]

Neymar was absence due to the FIFA's fault. It's really unacceptable for al hilal to lose neymar in a very important game like this. Al hilal is going to face al ahli but the main problem if al hilal can rely upon mitrovic to win against al ahli.
Ahli was a strong club with so many great players. Al hilal must be careful. Mumbai FC was noting for al hilal. The most important match will be during the match between al hilal vs ahli.
These clubs have very good meterials in winning the game. Hilal needs to be careful when it will face firmino. Firmino isa very important player owned by al ahli.That reminds me with the match between liverpool vs MU when ronaldo
Mitrovic is good but he is really need to have a good team work to win the game against al ahli soon. The duel between these clubs are getting so many attentions from the various supporters.
I can't even wait to watch it.

I would have understand if the team made a contract that banned him from playing and he forfeits his contract if he plays. But, the team already knew that he would go to national team and play there and whenever anyone plays at any game there is an injury risk, so it is not like we are shocked with this, Neymar is a player who is prone to injury as well, so the fact that he got injured there is normal and nothing shocking.

All these people who keep asking Fifa to pay the salary is dreaming, they paid like 100 million or something for him, Fifa ain't paying that at all. I mean how much do you think Fifa is making that they would be able to easily pay 100 million just because Neymar got injured there? It doesn't make sense at all.

[Leviathan.007]

Al-Ittihad was held to a draw by Al-Hazm and failed to get full points at home. This is a poor result for Al-Ittihad because they need 3 points to be able to return to their place currently occupied by Al-Nassr. In this match, Al-Ittihad opened the scoring in the 26th minute through a goal scored by Karim Benzema and the lead lasted until halftime. In the second half, Al-Hazm didn't take long to equalize and this time the goal was scored by Al Thani.

The two teams exchanged attacks and finally Al-Ittihad scored the second goal again and this time it was Kadesh's turn to score thanks to an assist from Karim Benzema. However, in the crucial minutes before the end, Al-Ittihad actually conceded and with this the victory in sight finally disappeared. Al-Ittihad have to accept the fact that they are stuck in 5th place in the standings and Al-Hazm is certainly quite happy even though they got 1 point because they need points to escape the relegation zone.

The team balance is not good within Al Ittihad. When Karim Benzema joined the club, the coach (Nuno Espírito Santo) was not too happy about it because he wanted Abderrazak Hamdallah to lead the attack instead of Benzema. It took a lot of convincing from the club owners to get the coach accept Benzema. And during yesterday's match the attack was led by Benzema and Haroune Camara, with Hamdallah not in the starting XI. Hamdallah was called in only during the second half to substitute Haroune Camara (67th minute).

Unlike what we saw in Al Nassr when Ronaldo joined this team, I think Benzema was not a successful transfer for Al Ittihad and he was not performing well at all. In fact, he was mostly injured and even during the time when he was not injured, he needed some time to get in the good form. I think Al Ittihad with Abderrazak Hamdallah could have better performance if were investing in younger players instead of Karim Benzema.

[lizarder]

Al-Ittihad vs Al-Hazm enjoyed a very nice match in today's match between two teams. I thought Al-Ittihad will play well in this match but the match was drawn due to poor performance of their players. K. Benzema of Al-Ittihad team scored in 26 minutes.  scored the first goal.H.  Kadesh scored the 2nd goal in 81 minutes. On the other hand, M. Al-Thani of Al-Hazm team scored the 1st goal in 63 minutes and F. Selemani scored the 2nd goal in 86 minutes. However, the performances of both teams were equal.

Al-Ittihad had to draw when facing Al-Hazm even though the match was very dominated by Al-Ittihad, but because the final settlement was still bad enough to make them fail to take advantage of several opportunities that exist to score goals. Karim Benzema brought Al-Ittihad ahead in the 26th minute but Thani was able to reply to the 63rd minute, so that the match went tighter. Al-Ittihad recorded several times to carry out attacks but the Al-Hazm defender was still quite solid so Karim Benzema must launch an attack many times on their defense area.

Until entering the 81st minute Kadesh brought back the advantage for Al-Ittihad, but their careless defense made Salemani managed to equalize six minutes later. The draw obtained by Al-Ittihad made them ranked fifth in the standings of five points adrift with Al-Hilal at the top of the standings.

[snipie]

Until entering the 81st minute Kadesh brought back the advantage for Al-Ittihad, but their careless defense made Salemani managed to equalize six minutes later. The draw obtained by Al-Ittihad made them ranked fifth in the standings of five points adrift with Al-Hilal at the top of the standings.

If Al-Hilal won vs Al-Ahli today, they will start to get good advantage from the other teams. About 4-5 points depending from Al-Nassr result vs Al-Feiha tomorrow.
Al-Ittihad continue to miss points for the fourth match in row, totalling minus 9 points... That would make them first in the ranking.
Al-Taawoun missed also 2 points yesterday, so minus 4 points in the previous two matches.
Saudi teams are missing many points and if things could be more crazy then Al-Ahli have to take down Al-Hilal.

[borovichok]

Unlike what we saw in Al Nassr when Ronaldo joined this team, I think Benzema was not a successful transfer for Al Ittihad and he was not performing well at all. In fact, he was mostly injured and even during the time when he was not injured, he needed some time to get in the good form. I think Al Ittihad with Abderrazak Hamdallah could have better performance if were investing in younger players instead of Karim Benzema.

You just cleared every comparison between Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema. They're different on all standards. Al Nassr signing Ronaldo was one of the good choice made by the team's board and they've seen the strong evidence and influence of Ronaldo presence in the team. He came and conquered among his opposition, he's 100% ready to deliver his team in crucial periods. Al Ittihad was keen on making the same move, but they didn't settle, rather they signed the wrong player. Al Ittihad made a big mistakes by signing Karim Benzema who's out of shape and is unable to hits good form in his new club.

[Arenga pinnata]

The competition for the top 3 in the Saudi Pro League points table has become more competitive seeing as the competition between Al Hilal, Al Taawon and Al Nasr both want to maintain or even want to take over the position of the club above them, but yesterday's Al Taawon match may have left fans feeling disappointed because it only ended in a draw while the opportunity to win is actually very big, Al Taawon players cannot take advantage of this opportunity.
Meanwhile, Ittihad performance has also decreased slightly in these few matches, so it is very easy for Al Nasr to continue to provide a slightly greater distance in points, even though the difference is only 1 point.

For top third standings position very interested and third teams Al Hilal, Al Taawon and Al Nassr have fewest points left. Al Nassr have opportunity move up to 2nd position depend on upcoming match against Al Feiha success with three points achievement or not. Al Taawon failed to make close points behind Al Hilal after losing full points and have getting draw against Al Khaalej last match. But unpredictable with Al Taawom achievement success move until second placed depend have Al Ittihad and Al Ahly as favorite teams for placing top position standing. Saudi Pro League have played 11 matches but tittle race still excited due several top position teams have fewest gap points, I am waiting with Al Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo contribution will have chance winning domestic league or not?

The competition to be ranked in the top 3 this season is really quite surprising. Because every week there is always a surprising team that also takes part in the competition. For example, currently Al-Fateh is also temporarily ranked 3rd at this time. Because currently Al-Fateh is ahead in the match against Al-Raed. Even if Al-Fateh ends with a 3-point win in this match then that means Al-fateh has 1 point more than Al-Ittihad. I initially thought the top 3 positions would just keep changing between Al-ittihad, Al-nassr and Al-Hilal. But it turns out that other teams are also competing, for example Al-Taawoun and now Al-Fateh. But if Al-Nassr wins tomorrow's match then Al-Nassr has the potential to move up to 2nd place. Today Al-Hilal will face Al-Ahli and this match will also determine whether Al-Ahli will move up the rankings or not. Because if Al-Ahli wins then they will immediately move up to 3rd place.

[KTChampions]

Damn  
However, I don’t think Ronaldo should be nominated this year, age matters and Ronaldo is no longer playing in Europe, so any statistics are worthless.
Messi, in turn, should not be nominated either, since age has also affected him and he has not been playing at the top level for several years. But unfortunately, corruption has not gone away and this year the obvious number 1 Haaland will be robbed.

I dunno why messi was winning the ballon d'or again. Messi was also no longer played in the europa league as well. I think that there's something wrong in underground this time. Ronaldo was not so ambitious as before.
he cares even more about the reality of his life instead of thinking about ballon d'or. The corruption will never be gone away. It will always stay caused by some people were so greedy as fucks in taking everything from others.
Why shall messi be nominated this year? He was also leaving at the same time when ronaldo was also leaving from united and join in the al nassr.

hmmmm

It's hard to be surprised by any unfair state of affairs in European football given that it is all riddled with corruption, so I don't worry about it, I'm just stating the facts. What kind of justice do you expect if even the presidents of countries are involved in the “business” (Macron who persuaded Mbappe to stay at PSG, Russian thieving officials who “bought” themselves the 2018 World Cup, the Qataris who bought themselves “what a weird winter World Cup 2023”, etc.).

[asriloni]

Unlike what we saw in Al Nassr when Ronaldo joined this team, I think Benzema was not a successful transfer for Al Ittihad and he was not performing well at all. In fact, he was mostly injured and even during the time when he was not injured, he needed some time to get in the good form. I think Al Ittihad with Abderrazak Hamdallah could have better performance if were investing in younger players instead of Karim Benzema.

You just cleared every comparison between Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema. They're different on all standards. Al Nassr signing Ronaldo was one of the good choice made by the team's board and they've seen the strong evidence and influence of Ronaldo presence in the team. He came and conquered among his opposition, he's 100% ready to deliver his team in crucial periods. Al Ittihad was keen on making the same move, but they didn't settle, rather they signed the wrong player. Al Ittihad made a big mistakes by signing Karim Benzema who's out of shape and is unable to hits good form in his new club.

The main mission recruited ronaldo was to influencing other european players to join in the saudi pro league. We have heard that many times about the main mission owned by saudi pro league to build its reputation to be trusted by FIFA to host the 2030 world cup. I see that if people keep debating about which was better between ronaldo and benzema. They were friend when they played in real madrid. I see no reason to continue the debate about them.Even though benzema was ronaldo's rival in SPL but it's still acceptable as they were playing to work. They are having good friendship.

Ronaldo and benzema have been influencing their own clubs. Theer's no need to compare those guys cuased by they have their own specialization. That is the truth.
We shall focus in the upcoming match between al hilal vs ahl. This is the hottest match for this week in SPL. Some great players will be playing in this match. Ronaldo played as a winger and benzema as a central striker. The contributions from these guys to their club kinda different.

[Arenga pinnata]

Until entering the 81st minute Kadesh brought back the advantage for Al-Ittihad, but their careless defense made Salemani managed to equalize six minutes later. The draw obtained by Al-Ittihad made them ranked fifth in the standings of five points adrift with Al-Hilal at the top of the standings.

If Al-Hilal won vs Al-Ahli today, they will start to get good advantage from the other teams. About 4-5 points depending from Al-Nassr result vs Al-Feiha tomorrow.
Al-Ittihad continue to miss points for the fourth match in row, totalling minus 9 points... That would make them first in the ranking.
Al-Taawoun missed also 2 points yesterday, so minus 4 points in the previous two matches.
Saudi teams are missing many points and if things could be more crazy then Al-Ahli have to take down Al-Hilal.

In fact, Al-ittihad's ranking is now dropping and currently Al-ittihad is ranked 6th. Because Al-Fateh looks like it will succeed in collecting 3 points in the match against Al-Raed which will soon end. Benzema Cs seems a little unlucky in recent weeks. The competition has become more difficult this season for them. Because Al-ettifaq also has the potential to get close to Al-ittihad's points tally if Al-ettifaq wins tomorrow's match against Al-wehda. This season it turns out that it is not only the clubs owned by PIF that are showing good performance after getting many top European players. But the other teams also showed quality that was no less great even though they didn't have many top European players. Everything has become more competitive and yes, this makes the Saudi Pro League less boring to follow.

[Oneandpure]

Al Nassr have dropped to 4th position from 3rd after Al Fateh winning awhile until 70th minutes from Al Raed 2-0, left thirty minutes later will change score or Al Fateh keep until the end minutes and secure awhile 3rd position have one point behind Al Nassr will play tomorrow. Bad result for Al Ittihad if Al Fateh keep secure the winning match over Al Raed because will make Al Ittihad position dropped to 6th placed and have two points left from Al fateh. For fighting tittle race seems not dominance by Al Hilal, Al Ahli, Al Ittihad and Al Nassr but also have unpredictable favorite teams such as Al Taawon and Al Fateh keep fighting on top position.

Al Nassr get chance back up to 3rd standings for tomorrow if can win from Al Feiha.

[Jody.Drummer]

Unlike what we saw in Al Nassr when Ronaldo joined this team, I think Benzema was not a successful transfer for Al Ittihad and he was not performing well at all. In fact, he was mostly injured and even during the time when he was not injured, he needed some time to get in the good form. I think Al Ittihad with Abderrazak Hamdallah could have better performance if were investing in younger players instead of Karim Benzema.

You just cleared every comparison between Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema. They're different on all standards. Al Nassr signing Ronaldo was one of the good choice made by the team's board and they've seen the strong evidence and influence of Ronaldo presence in the team. He came and conquered among his opposition, he's 100% ready to deliver his team in crucial periods. Al Ittihad was keen on making the same move, but they didn't settle, rather they signed the wrong player. Al Ittihad made a big mistakes by signing Karim Benzema who's out of shape and is unable to hits good form in his new club.

We can't always expect players who join a club to always perform and that applies to all clubs and all players. It's not just here, even in Europe there are worse buys than Benzema, and in my opinion so far Benzema is still in a reasonable stage and cannot be said to be a bad transfer. We can look at Chelsea, how many players did they bring in and how much money did they spend, but we know how they are now.
If there are successful signings, then there must be unsuccessful signings and it will always go hand in hand in football.