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This proved to be practically an ideal outing from Xabi Alonso's squad, as they overcame Barcelona by a 2-1 scoreline in El Clasico to stretch their advantage in first place in the Spanish league to five points.

Jude Bellingham notched his first league goal along with setup of the season after a difficult few months healing from surgery on his shoulder.

Mbappe continued his lethal form when scoring, while Alonso's tactics in his first El Clasico in the dugout worked brilliantly.

However the Vinicius Junior question emerged again another time.

Frustrated with his substitution, the Brazilian winger complained as he walked straight past the coach and headed down the tunnel, then returning to the bench after a short while.

Alonso System Gets Success from Bellingham

For a debut Clasico, Alonso did well, given that the majority of Madrid's recent bosses lost their first league encounter against their rivals.

Following the relaxed method from the previous coach did not deliver in the previous campaign, his structured approach yielded its first major result.

Spanish football analyst observed, His plan was perfect. Real Madrid performed excellently, and Barcelona were off-color due to what Real Madrid were doing.”

Defensively, they applied pressure as much as possible, and if they were beaten, they tracked back with discipline, all players including Vinicius.”

Their defensive setup with two banks spaced by five to 10 metres. Barca struggled to penetrate.”

This approach appears to be good news for Bellingham, as he previously had been tasked to do everything in the engine room and additional duties.

In the lineup the young star played on the right, however he was allowed to come inside and support Mbappe or crash the penalty area.

The expert added, With Eduardo Camavinga in the middle, you get more dynamism and more ways to shut down the spaces.”

This led to them to put Jude wide right. Undoubtedly he would have been asked to keep an eye on the forward's positioning when he had the ball with room, connecting with him a few times.”

He was told to get into the box and be around the edge of the box, his most effective zone. He also came inside to close the inside channels creating the opponent's play challenging.”

Strained Relations Revealed

Undoubtedly that supporters love Vinicius, his name rang out on several occasions by the passionate home supporters.

However multiple countless reports lately that the club might think about selling him if the right offer arrived.

He has one year remaining under his current terms at the end of the campaign, but talks over a new deal have stalled.

Vinicius' behavior after coming off late in the game spoke of issues. Post-game, he was held back as he attempted to confront the Barcelona player.

The analyst noted, “Everyone will have a go at him and rightly so, as it demonstrated disrespect toward his replacement who replaced him.”

Yet, growing up, his life has been in a hostile world, and perceives that the world is hostile.”

This mindset is difficult to shake, notably when you believe on the verge of the best player, then the club shifts the focus to Mbappe as the star.”

Recently he believes that the club is not defending him. Reports suggest, potentially club-sourced, or unchallenged by officials, that they wouldn't be unhappy a bid of €250 million for his transfer and allow him to leave.”

“He feels all that, and after he was taken off – fairly, because Vinicius stopped dropping back as required – in his mind he questions why single me out?’.”

“It will be difficult to mend relations with the club and him now.”

Their System “Crumbles”

After winning all four of recent derbies, this outing represented Barca's shaky start to the campaign.

Absences have left without the Barcelona coach of crucial contributors including the Brazilian winger, the striker and Olmo, and the tactical setup is not effective in their absence.

Balague commented, The squad seems lack sharpness without the ball, with less desire to win it back, with reduced intensity to get the possession back.”

They are more vulnerable to create chances against them. Should the defense is flawed, which was the case the first goal as Balde played him onside, they receive little support by teammates not closing down the ball-carrier as well as they should.”

The young talent, the main threat earlier, was well contained.

The big names weren't at their best. Yamal appears he's in good form, perhaps he's suffering from groin problems