This image for me is a great example of why I think the current offside laws are fundamentally broken and have gone too far towards benefiting the attackers. There is no way that anyone can say that Benzema is not affecting play here, and he is definitely in an offside position. Konate has stopped his run to play Benzema offside, and has done so successfully. As a result he is not in a position to block the cross. Trent also looks to be stopping his run to try and hold the same line as Konate to play Benzema offside, which means he also can’t deal with the cross. All that would be fine if someone in between Valverde and Benzema scores the goal, as Konate and Trent cannot affect that player, but Vinicius is only in a position to score because of the actions of Benzema who is between him and the ball.
The ball also gets VERY close to Benzema, and he adjusts his feet in a way that makes me think that he was trying to flick the ball towards goal but missed it, in which case there is a very good argument that he was offside under the current rules as well. His actions at that point also have an affect on Alisson’s ability to save the shot from Vinicius, as he has to cover his front post in case Benzema gets a touch. If Benzema isn’t there then Alisson can drop across his goal more and maybe he gets a hand on the shot and makes a wonder save.
The offside rules need to account for the fact that players who do not touch the ball can still have a massive influence on the game, especially since more and more we are seeing players deliberately making runs into an offside position to confuse defenders or attempt to get them to hold their line to play them offside to benefit someone making a later run (especially from set pieces).