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The match represented nearly an ideal day from the Madrid side, who beat Barcelona 2-1 during El Clasico to stretch the gap at the summit in the Spanish league by five points.

Bellingham scored his maiden goal in the league along with key pass of the season after a tough few months healing from surgery on his shoulder.

Mbappe showed his lethal touch in front of goal, and Alonso's tactics in his inaugural El Clasico in the dugout proved perfectly.

Yet the Vinicius Junior question emerged again once more.

Dissatisfied with being substituted, the star forward complained as he walked right by Xabi Alonso before headed off the pitch, before reappearing to the substitute area several minutes.

Manager's Approach Gets Success for Jude Bellingham

For a debut Clasico, this wasn't a bad one, considering the majority of Real's recent managers were defeated in their debut La Liga meeting with their rivals.

After the laissez-faire approach of Carlo Ancelotti failed to get results last season, Alonso's positional game-model produced an important victory.

An expert commented, The strategy worked brilliantly. Real Madrid performed excellently, while Barca struggled because of the home team's approach.”

“Without the ball, they pushed up as much as possible, and if they were beaten, they retreated in an organised way, all players including the forward.”

“They defended in two lines with a gap of 5-10 meters. The opposition could not find a way through.”

The new system seems positive for the midfielder, as he in the past was essentially asked to cover multiple roles in the engine room and more.

On paper Bellingham was positioned on the right, but in practice he had the freedom to drift inward and link with Mbappe or enter the box.

The expert added, With Camavinga in the center, you get more dynamism and more ways to block the spaces.”

This led to the team to put Bellingham on the right flank. Undoubtedly he would have been asked to track the runs of Mbappe on the ball and had space, connecting with him on several occasions.”

His instructions included to move into the penalty area and be around the edge of the box, his most effective zone. He also came inside to block central spaces and cause Barcelona's life very difficult.”

Strained Relations Revealed

There's no doubting that Madridistas love Vinicius, calls for him were sung multiple times by a fervent Bernabeu crowd.

However there have been various accounts lately that the club could entertain letting him leave should a suitable bid were to come in.

Vinicius will have one season to go under his current terms come the end of the season, but talks over a new deal have stalled.

Vinicius' behavior after coming off with 20 minutes left spoke of issues. After the full-time whistle, he was held back as he attempted to confront Lamine Yamal.

The analyst noted, “Everyone will have a go at him for good reason, because it showed poor sportsmanship toward his replacement taking his place.”

Yet, growing up, his life has been in a hostile world, and he believes that everyone is against him.”

Such thinking is tough to overcome, especially when you believe close to being number one in the world, then the club shifts the focus to Mbappe as the main man.”

During this campaign he's felt that the club has not supported him. Rumors indicate, perhaps from within, or unchallenged by officials, that they might accept an offer worth 250m euros to sign him and sell him.”

This affects him, and when the coach substituted him – fairly, since he wasn't defending as expected – to him he says why single me out?’.”

Building bridges will be tough to mend relations among the parties and the player currently.”

Barca's Approach “Falls Apart”

Having triumphed in all four of recent Clasicos, this outing highlighted Barcelona's unconvincing beginning of the season.

Fitness issues have deprived Hansi Flick of important stars such as Raphinha, the striker and Dani Olmo, and his system is failing without them.

The expert commented, Barcelona appear is a little bit less sharp without the ball, less hungry to recover it, less aggressive to reclaim the ball.”

Opponents find it simpler to break them down. Should the defense is flawed, which was the case the first goal because Alejandro Balde failed to step up, the midfield doesn't assist by the midfield and forwards not challenging opponents in possession as expected.”

Lamine Yamal, who troubled Madrid earlier, was well contained.

The big names did not perform well. Lamine seems not he is at his best, maybe due to injury issues