Whenever I see the recent matches from Real Madrid I can see and feel the empty place of Benzema in this team because after he left the team they couldn't hire a good striker to fill his place and Real Madrid could have had much better performance in the recent games we saw if they had a striker like Mbappe in their team.
That's why Ancelotti had to put some players to helping the forwards ad attacking like setting Jude Bellingham is a good example of it.
It is undeniable that Real Madrid really needs a new striker who is very capable and competent to replace Benzema. With the current squad, I admit that RealMadrid will not be able to survive in the UCL. UCL includes many big clubs which this season they have really started quite well with their respective squad arrangements. However, it seems that Real Madrid is still not optimal. They are not so strong anymore up front, even though that is their spear of attack. Indeed, conditions were very different when Benzema started getting injured and even now he has moved. front line realmadrid really decreased.
That's why they need Mbappe to be the most appropriate replacement for Benzema. If this happens, then Real Madrid will really get up and go strong again.