I think Real Madrid wants to play like a real team, but they haven't yet found out how they complement each other and in my opinion they are short of world class midfielders. Modric is too old although he can still play a great game, that's not the point. But compare this to the times when they had Modric and Kroos, that was insane.
There is no player who can replace a midfielder like Toni Kroos, if only relying on a midfielder like Luka Modric is not enough to lift the game that Real Madrid had last season, his limp in the middle line makes the ball supply not really good for the players in the front line sometimes Real Madrid's front players find it difficult to create goals for important matches, so it is not surprising that we will continue to see Real Madrid playing inappropriately, it does take time for the players to get their chemistry like Kylian Mbappé, Jude Bellingham both have not found the chemistry to work together in creating goal opportunities in domestic League matches or the Champions League.