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It was practically a flawless performance for Real Madrid, as they beat their arch-rivals by a 2-1 scoreline in the Clasico and increase their lead at the summit in the Spanish league with a five-point cushion.

Bellingham scored his inaugural goal in the league and setup of the season after a difficult period recovering from shoulder surgery.

The French forward showed his lethal touch when scoring, while Alonso's tactics in his first El Clasico as coach proved like a charm.

Yet the Brazilian's situation emerged again once more.

Unhappy with his substitution, the Brazilian winger protested while walking directly past Xabi Alonso and headed off the pitch, before reappearing on the sidelines later.

Alonso System Gets Success for Bellingham

For a debut Clasico, this wasn't a bad one, especially since the majority of Real's previous eight coaches lost their debut La Liga encounter with their rivals.

Following the relaxed style under Ancelotti failed to get results last season, his structured approach produced a significant outcome.

An expert noted, The strategy worked brilliantly. Real Madrid were impressive, while Barcelona didn't play well due to Madrid's tactics.”

Defensively, they pushed up consistently, and if they were beaten, they tracked back in a structured manner, everybody including the forward.”

“They defended with two banks with a gap of 5-10 meters. Barca struggled to penetrate.”

The new system appears to be good news for the midfielder, who in the past was essentially asked to cover multiple roles in the center and additional duties.

Theoretically Bellingham started wide right, but actually he could to move centrally and assist the attack or enter the box.

The expert continued, “By using Camavinga in central midfield, you get increased movement and better ability to close down the channels.”

This led to the team to deploy Jude wide right. Certainly he would have been asked to monitor the runs of Mbappe in possession with room, and he found him on several occasions.”

He was told to get into the box and operate on the outskirts of the area, where he is very dangerous. He also drifted in to cut off passing options and cause the opponent's play tough.”

Vinicius Tensions Exposed

There's no doubting that the fans adore Vinicius, his name rang out repeatedly by a fervent home supporters.

But multiple numerous stories in recent months that Real Madrid could entertain selling him if the right offer were to come in.

He has one season to go on his contract when this term concludes, yet talks over a new deal have stalled.

Vinicius' behavior when substituted with 20 minutes left spoke of strained relations. When the match ended, teammates intervened as he attempted to confront the Barcelona player.

Balague noted, He will face backlash and justifiably, because it showed a lack of respect for Rodrygo who came on for him.”

“But since being a kid, he has existed amid adversity, and he believes that everyone is against him.”

This mindset is tough to overcome, particularly since you believe close to being number one in the world, and the organization drives the axis to Mbappe as the star.”

During this campaign he's felt that the club is not defending him. Rumors indicate, potentially club-sourced, or with the club not denying it, that they wouldn't be unhappy a bid of a quarter-billion euros to sign him and allow him to leave.”

This affects him, so when the coach substituted him – justifiably, because Vinicius stopped dropping back as expected – in Vinicius' head he says why always me?.”

“It will be difficult to reconcile among the parties and Vinicius at the moment.”

Barcelona Style “Falls Apart”

Following victories in all four of last season's matches, this outing highlighted Barca's shaky start to the campaign.

Fitness issues have robbed the Barcelona coach of key players including Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski plus others, and his system is failing when they are missing.

The analyst said, Barcelona appear are slightly off without the ball, 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 perfect, which was the case the Mbappe goal as Balde failed to step up, they are not helped by teammates failing to press the ball-carrier adequately.”

Yamal, who troubled Madrid of Real last season, was neutralized.

“Their stars were below par. The youngster doesn't feel like he's in good form, possibly because of injury issues