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It was practically an ideal outing from the Madrid side, as they defeated Barca two goals to one in El Clasico and stretch their lead at the top of the domestic championship with a five-point cushion.

The English midfielder got his maiden domestic strike and assist this campaign following a tough few months coming back from shoulder surgery.

Kylian Mbappe showed his lethal touch in front of goal, and the coach's game plan in his inaugural Clasico as coach functioned brilliantly.

Yet the Vinicius Junior question came to the forefront another time.

Unhappy with coming off, the star forward complained while walking straight past the coach and marched down the tunnel, before coming back on the sidelines several minutes.

Tactical Setup Delivers Positive Outcomes for Bellingham

For a debut Clasico, this wasn't a bad one, especially since seven of Madrid's recent bosses lost their initial league match with Barcelona.

Following the player-focused approach of Carlo Ancelotti fell short in the previous campaign, Alonso's positional game-model produced a significant outcome.

A specialist commented, The strategy worked brilliantly. Madrid were impressive, while Barca were off-color because of the home team's approach.”

Defensively, they pushed up consistently, if overcome, they tracked back with discipline, everybody even the forward.”

The team's shape in two layers with a gap of a short distance. The opposition were unable to break through.”

The tactical change seems beneficial for Jude, as he last season had been tasked to cover multiple roles in the engine room and beyond.

On paper Bellingham played on the right, but in practice he had the freedom to move centrally and assist the attack or get into scoring positions.

The expert continued, “By using Eduardo Camavinga in the middle, this provides increased movement and additional options to close down the passing lanes.”

“That forced them to position Jude on the right-hand side. Certainly he was instructed to keep an eye on the forward's positioning when he had the ball and found openings, and he found him on several occasions.”

His instructions included to enter the area and be around the outskirts of the area, where he poses a threat. Additionally, he moved centrally to close the inside channels creating the opponent's play challenging.”

Conflict Issues Revealed

There's no doubting that supporters love Vinicius, his chant was chanted multiple times by a fervent Madrid fans.

However multiple various accounts in recent months that the club might think about letting him leave if an attractive proposal was made.

Vinicius will have a year left on his deal at the end of the campaign, but negotiations for an extension have stalled.

His response when substituted in the second half indicated issues. When the match ended, he was held back as he tried to approach Lamine Yamal.

The expert commented, Many will criticize him and justifiably, as it demonstrated disrespect for Rodrygo taking his place.”

Yet, growing up, his life has been amid adversity, and perceives that everyone is against him.”

“That mentality is difficult to shake, especially when you believe on the verge of the best player, but the team drives the axis to Mbappe as the key figure.”

Recently he believes that the organization isn't protecting him. There are stories, possibly leaked by the club, or unchallenged by officials, that they would be open a bid of a quarter-billion euros for his transfer and allow him to leave.”

This affects him, and after Alonso subbed him – justifiably, since he wasn't defending as required – in Vinicius' head he thinks why single me out?’.”

Building bridges will be tough to build a bridge between the club and the player currently.”

Barcelona Style “Struggles”

Following victories in all four of last season's derbies, Sunday's performance highlighted Barcelona's unconvincing beginning of the season.

Fitness issues have left without the Barcelona coach of important stars including the Brazilian winger, the striker and Olmo, and his system is not effective in their absence.

The analyst stated, The squad seems are slightly off without the ball, not as eager to regain possession, less aggressive in pressing.”

They are more vulnerable to attack them. If the defensive line is not organized, as it wasn't the Mbappe goal since the defender played him onside, they are not helped by teammates not closing down opponents in possession as well as they should.”

Yamal, the main threat earlier, was neutralized.

Key players weren't at their best. The youngster seems not he's in good form, possibly because of injury issues