I feel like last season Real didn't had the bench they wanted, the defense of Militao and Rudiger looked alright but that was literally all they had for a while, I believe they needed more bench. This season they actually do not have a proper striker, they may use Asensio as striker at some games but he is not good enough level to be their main striker for every game, he will play 20+ games for sure, and play in many subbed in from bench situations, but not be in the starting eleven for most games. This season, the difference is that they have a bigger bench, not only a bigger bench but even if bench players end up playing, they will end up putting in some other players into bench as well so its a big roster now. That should help them with this big huge schedule they have.