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The match represented nearly an ideal performance for the Madrid side, who defeated Barcelona by a 2-1 scoreline during El Clasico and stretch their lead at the top in La Liga with a five-point cushion.

Bellingham notched his maiden goal in the league and key pass this campaign following a challenging few months healing from a shoulder operation.

Kylian Mbappe showed his clinical touch in front of goal, while Alonso's tactics during his debut El Clasico in the dugout functioned brilliantly.

Yet the Vinicius Junior question reared its head another time.

Unhappy with his substitution, Vinicius protested while walking directly past his manager and headed down the tunnel, then returning to the substitute area later.

Alonso System Gets Results from Bellingham

As first Clasicos go, this wasn't a bad one, especially since the majority of Real's recent bosses lost their debut league meeting against Barcelona.

After the laissez-faire style from the previous coach failed to get results earlier, Alonso's positional game-model yielded its first major result.

Spanish football analyst noted, “He got it spot on. Real Madrid performed excellently, while Barca didn't play well because of Madrid's tactics.”

“Without the ball, they pushed up as much as possible, if overcome, they fell back in an organised way, everybody including the forward.”

“They defended in two layers separated by five to 10 metres. The opposition were unable to break through.”

The new system appears to be good news for Jude, who previously was expected to do everything in the center and more.

Theoretically the 22-year-old was positioned on the right, but actually he was allowed to drift inward and assist the attack or enter the box.

The analyst continued, “By using the French midfielder in the middle, you get greater energy and more ways to close down the channels.”

This led to them to put Jude wide right. Certainly he was instructed to monitor Mbappe's movements when he had the ball and found openings, and he found him a few times.”

He was told to get into the box and be around the outskirts of the area, where he is very dangerous. He also came inside to block central spaces and cause Barcelona's life challenging.”

Conflict Issues Exposed

There's no doubting that Madridistas are fond of the Brazilian, his name were sung repeatedly by the passionate Bernabeu crowd.

But multiple various accounts lately that Real Madrid might think about letting him leave if an attractive proposal were to come in.

He has a year left on his deal come the end of the season, but discussions on a renewal have not progressed.

His response when substituted in the second half spoke of tension. When the match ended, he had to be restrained when he moved toward Yamal.

Balague noted, Many will criticize him for good reason, as it demonstrated poor sportsmanship toward his replacement who came on for him.”

“But since being a kid, he has lived amid adversity, and he believes that he faces opposition.”

This mindset is hard to change, particularly since you feel close to being the top star, but the team drives the axis in favor of Mbappe as the main man.”

Recently he has perceived that Real Madrid is not defending him. Reports suggest, potentially club-sourced, or with the club not denying it, that they would be open if someone paid a quarter-billion euros for him and let him go.”

He is aware of this, and when the coach substituted him – fairly, because Vinicius stopped dropping back as required – in his mind he says why single me out?’.”

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

Their System “Struggles”

After winning each of the previous campaign's Clasicos, this outing highlighted Barca's shaky early form.

Fitness issues have robbed the manager of important stars including Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Olmo, and his system is failing without them.

The analyst stated, The squad seems are slightly off when not in possession, not as eager to regain possession, less aggressive in pressing.”

Opponents find it simpler to break them down. Should the defense is not perfect, like on the first goal since the defender played him onside, they are not helped from the attack not challenging the ball-carrier adequately.”

Yamal, who troubled Madrid in previous meetings, was well contained.

The big names did not perform well. Yamal seems not he is at his best, maybe due to groin problems