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The match represented nearly a perfect day from Real Madrid, who defeated Barca by a 2-1 scoreline in El Clasico and stretch the gap at the summit of the Spanish league to five points.

Bellingham scored his maiden domestic strike along with key pass this term following a challenging few months healing from surgery on his shoulder.

Kylian Mbappe continued his clinical performance when scoring, and the manager's strategy in his inaugural El Clasico in the dugout worked like a charm.

But then the issue surrounding Vinicius came to the forefront yet again.

Unhappy with coming off, the Brazilian winger ranted while walking right by his manager and marched off the pitch, then reappearing to the bench later.

Manager's Approach Delivers Results for the Midfielder

For a debut Clasico, Alonso did well, considering the majority of Real's last eight bosses lost their debut league encounter against Barca.

After the relaxed style from the previous coach failed to get results earlier, his structured approach produced a significant outcome.

A specialist noted, The strategy worked brilliantly. Real Madrid were impressive, while the visitors were off-color due to the home team's approach.”

“Without the ball, they applied pressure consistently, and if they were beaten, they fell back in an organised way, everybody even the forward.”

“They defended with two banks separated by 5-10 meters. Barca struggled to penetrate.”

The new system looks to be good news for Jude, as he last season had been tasked to cover multiple roles in midfield and beyond.

In the lineup the young star was positioned on the right, but in practice he was allowed to move centrally and link with Mbappe or crash the penalty area.

The expert added, “By using the French midfielder in the middle, this provides increased movement and more ways to close down the spaces.”

This led to them to deploy Jude on the right-hand side. Certainly his role included to monitor Mbappe's movements on the ball and found openings, and he found him on several occasions.”

He was told to get into the box and be around the outskirts of the area, where he poses a threat. He also drifted in to close the inside channels and make the opponent's play challenging.”

Vinicius Tensions Exposed

There's no doubting that supporters adore Vinicius, calls for him rang out on several occasions by a fervent Bernabeu crowd.

But there have been countless reports lately that the club might think about allowing his departure if an attractive proposal arrived.

The winger has one season to go on his contract come the end of the season, yet discussions on a renewal have stalled.

His response when substituted late in the game spoke of issues. After the full-time whistle, teammates intervened as he tried to approach Lamine Yamal.

Balague said, “Everyone will have a go at him and rightly so, because it showed a lack of respect for the substitute taking his place.”

Yet, growing up, he has existed in a challenging environment, and he believes that the world is hostile.”

“That mentality is hard to change, especially when you believe close to being the best player, but the team drives the axis to Mbappe as the key figure.”

Recently he has perceived that the organization is not defending him. Rumors indicate, perhaps from within, or unchallenged by officials, that they wouldn't be unhappy if someone paid €250 million for him and let him go.”

This affects him, so when the coach substituted him – justifiably, as he ceased tracking back as expected – in Vinicius' head he says why single me out?’.”

Building bridges will be tough to build a bridge between the club and Vinicius at the moment.”

Barcelona Style “Falls Apart”

Having triumphed in each of the last season's Clasicos, Sunday's performance represented Barcelona's unconvincing early form.

Injuries have deprived the manager of key players such as Raphinha, Lewandowski and Olmo, and the tactical setup is not effective without them.

The expert said, Barcelona appear lack sharpness when not in possession, with less desire to win it back, less aggressive to get the possession back.”

They are more vulnerable to attack them. When the backline is not organized, as it wasn't Mbappe's strike since the defender failed to step up, the midfield doesn't assist by the midfield and forwards failing to press opponents in possession as expected.”

Yamal, tormentor-in-chief of Real last season, was well contained.

Key players weren't at their best. The youngster appears he is at his best, possibly because of groin problems