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This proved to be nearly an ideal outing from the Madrid side, as they beat Barca by a 2-1 scoreline in the Clasico and extend the gap at the summit in the Spanish league to five points.

Bellingham got his first goal in the league and setup of the season after a difficult few months coming back from surgery on his shoulder.

The French forward showed his deadly performance in attack, while Alonso's tactics during his debut El Clasico in the dugout worked perfectly.

Yet the issue surrounding Vinicius emerged again yet again.

Frustrated at his substitution, the star forward ranted on his way straight past Xabi Alonso and marched to the dressing room, before returning on the sidelines later.

Manager's Approach Gets Results for the Midfielder

For a debut Clasico, Alonso did well, especially since the majority of Madrid's recent managers were defeated in their debut La Liga encounter against Barca.

Following the player-focused approach of Carlo Ancelotti fell short last season, Alonso's positional game-model produced an important victory.

A specialist observed, His plan was perfect. Madrid were very good, while the visitors struggled because of Madrid's tactics.”

“Without the ball, they pressed high consistently, if overcome, they fell back in an organised way, everybody even Vinicius.”

Their defensive setup in two lines with a gap of five to 10 metres. Barca could not find a way through.”

This approach seems positive for Jude, as he last season was essentially asked to carry the midfield in midfield and beyond.

Theoretically the young star started wide right, but actually he was allowed to drift inward and support Mbappe or get into scoring positions.

The expert stated, With Eduardo Camavinga in central midfield, this provides increased movement and additional options to shut down the channels.”

As a result them to position Jude on the right-hand side. Undoubtedly his role included to keep an eye on Mbappe's movements when he had the ball and found openings, and he located him a few times.”

He was told to get into the box and operate on the edge of the box, where he is very dangerous. He also came inside to cut off passing options creating Barca's task challenging.”

Conflict Issues Laid Bare

Undoubtedly that Madridistas love Vinicius, his name rang out multiple times by an enthusiastic Bernabeu crowd.

However there have been countless reports over the past period that Los Blancos might think about selling him if the right offer was made.

He has one season to go on his contract when this term concludes, yet discussions on a renewal have stalled.

The player's reaction to being replaced with 20 minutes left spoke of tension. Post-game, teammates intervened when he moved toward the Barcelona player.

The analyst noted, “Everyone will have a go at him and rightly so, because it showed a lack of respect for Rodrygo who came on for him.”

Yet, growing up, he has lived in a challenging environment, and he believes that everyone is against him.”

“That mentality is hard to change, particularly since you believe close to being the top star, and the organization drives the axis towards Mbappe as the main man.”

During this campaign he's felt that Real Madrid isn't protecting him. Reports suggest, possibly leaked by the club, or with the club not denying it, that they would be open an offer worth €250 million to sign him and allow him to leave.”

He is aware of this, and when the coach substituted him – fairly, as he ceased tracking back as expected – to him he questions ‘why me, why me again?.”

Building bridges will be tough to mend relations between the club and Vinicius at the moment.”

Their System “Falls Apart”

After winning all four of last season's Clasicos, Sunday's performance was emblematic of Barcelona's unconvincing early form.

Injuries have left without the manager of crucial contributors such as the Brazilian winger, Robert Lewandowski and Dani Olmo, and the approach is failing when they are missing.

Balague said, Barcelona appear are slightly off when not in possession, not as eager to regain possession, softer in pressing.”

“It's easier to create chances against them. Should the defense is flawed, which was the case the first goal as Balde failed to step up, they receive little support from the attack not challenging opponents in possession as well as they should.”

Yamal, who troubled Madrid of Real last season, was kept largely in check.

“Their stars did not perform well. Yamal seems not he's in good form, possibly because of injury issues