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It was almost a flawless outing from Xabi Alonso's squad, who defeated their arch-rivals by a 2-1 scoreline during the famous derby to stretch their lead in first place in the domestic championship to five points.

Bellingham notched his maiden league goal and key pass this campaign following a tough few months recovering from shoulder surgery.

The French forward showed his clinical form in attack, while Alonso's tactics in his first Clasico in the dugout proved brilliantly.

Yet the Brazilian's situation emerged again once more.

Dissatisfied with coming off, Vinicius protested as he walked right by the coach and marched to the dressing room, then coming back to the substitute area after a short while.

Tactical Setup Gets Results for the Midfielder

For a debut Clasico, it was a solid start, considering seven of Real's last eight bosses were defeated in their initial league encounter against Barcelona.

Following the laissez-faire method of Carlo Ancelotti failed to get results earlier, Alonso's positional game-model yielded its first major result.

An expert observed, “He got it spot on. Real Madrid performed excellently, and Barcelona were off-color due to what Real Madrid were doing.”

Defensively, they pressed high consistently, if overcome, they tracked back with discipline, all players including the forward.”

Their defensive setup in two lines spaced by a short distance. Barca could not find a way through.”

The tactical change seems positive for the midfielder, who in the past had been tasked to carry the midfield in midfield and beyond.

In the lineup the 22-year-old started wide right, but actually he was allowed to come inside and assist the attack or enter the box.

Balague continued, Employing the French midfielder in central midfield, you get more dynamism and additional options to block the spaces.”

This led to them to deploy Jude on the right-hand side. Undoubtedly his role included to keep an eye on Mbappe's movements when he had the ball and had space, and he located him a few times.”

He was told to move into the penalty area and operate on just outside the box, where he is very dangerous. He also came inside to cut off passing options creating Barca's task very difficult.”

Conflict Issues Revealed

There's no doubting that Madridistas love Vinicius, calls for him was chanted multiple times by the passionate home supporters.

Yet there have been various accounts lately that the club would consider selling him if the right offer arrived.

Vinicius will have a year left on his deal when this term concludes, yet discussions on a renewal are at a standstill.

Vinicius' behavior when substituted with 20 minutes left indicated issues. After the full-time whistle, teammates intervened when he moved toward Lamine Yamal.

The analyst commented, Many will criticize him and rightly so, as it demonstrated a lack of respect for Rodrygo who came on for him.”

“But since being a kid, he has lived in a hostile world, and perceives that the world is hostile.”

Such thinking is hard to change, especially when you feel on the verge of number one in the world, and the organization drives the axis to Mbappe as the star.”

Recently he has perceived that the organization isn't protecting him. There are stories, potentially club-sourced, or with the club not denying it, that they might accept if someone paid 250m euros for him and let him go.”

“He feels all that, and when Alonso subbed him – justifiably, because Vinicius stopped dropping back as he should – to him he says why single me out?’.”

It may be challenging to reconcile between the club and the player at the moment.”

Barcelona Style “Crumbles”

Having triumphed in each of the last season's Clasicos, this outing was emblematic of Barca's shaky beginning of the season.

Injuries have deprived the manager of key players including Raphinha, Lewandowski and Dani Olmo, and his system is not effective when they are missing.

Balague commented, Barcelona appear lack sharpness without the ball, less hungry to recover it, less aggressive to get the possession back.”

“It's easier to attack them. Should the defense is not organized, as it wasn't the Mbappe goal as Balde kept him onside, the midfield doesn't assist by teammates failing to press those on the ball as expected.”

Yamal, who troubled Madrid earlier, was kept largely in check.

Key players were below par. The youngster appears he is at his best, maybe due to injury issues