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The match represented almost a flawless performance for the Madrid side, as they defeated Barca 2-1 in the famous derby to increase their advantage in first place of the domestic championship by five points.

Jude Bellingham notched his first domestic strike and assist this campaign following a difficult spell recovering from shoulder surgery.

Kylian Mbappe showed his lethal performance in attack, while the manager's strategy during his debut derby on the sidelines proved perfectly.

Yet the Brazilian's situation came to the forefront yet again.

Dissatisfied at coming off, the star forward complained while walking straight past his manager and headed to the dressing room, before reappearing to the bench later.

Alonso System Delivers Results for the Midfielder

In his first derby, this wasn't a bad one, especially since seven of Madrid's recent managers lost their initial La Liga match with Barca.

After the laissez-faire style of Carlo Ancelotti failed to get results last season, Alonso's positional game-model delivered a significant outcome.

A specialist commented, “He got it spot on. The home side performed excellently, and the visitors were off-color due to the home team's approach.”

Defensively, they pushed up consistently, if overcome, they fell back with discipline, all players including Vinicius.”

The team's shape with two banks with a gap of 5-10 meters. Barcelona were unable to break through.”

The tactical change seems positive for Jude, who previously was essentially asked to cover multiple roles in the center and beyond.

Theoretically Bellingham was positioned on the right, but in practice he could to drift inward and either assist the attack or get into scoring positions.

The analyst stated, “By using Eduardo Camavinga in central midfield, you get increased movement and more ways to shut down the channels.”

“That forced them to put Bellingham wide right. Certainly he was instructed to track Mbappe's movements on the ball with room, connecting with him a few times.”

“He was asked to enter the area and position himself near just outside the box, where he is very dangerous. He also came inside to block central spaces and make Barcelona's life tough.”

Conflict Issues Revealed

Undoubtedly that the fans love Vinicius, his chant rang out on several occasions by the passionate Bernabeu crowd.

However multiple numerous stories over the past period that Los Blancos would consider allowing his departure should a suitable bid was made.

Vinicius will have one year remaining on his contract at the end of the campaign, yet talks over a new deal have not progressed.

Vinicius' behavior after coming off with 20 minutes left suggested issues. Post-game, teammates intervened as he attempted to confront Lamine Yamal.

The analyst commented, He will face backlash and rightly so, as it demonstrated poor sportsmanship for Rodrygo taking his place.”

Yet, growing up, his life has been amid adversity, and he feels that the world is hostile.”

Such thinking is hard to change, notably when you believe on the verge of the best player, but the team redirects attention in favor of Mbappe as the main man.”

Recently he believes that the club isn't protecting him. There are stories, perhaps from within, or with the club not denying it, that they might accept an offer worth €250 million to sign him and let him go.”

This affects him, so when the coach substituted him – fairly, because Vinicius stopped dropping back as he should – to him he questions ‘why me, why me again?.”

It may be challenging to mend relations between the club and the player at the moment.”

Their System “Falls Apart”

After winning each of the previous campaign's Clasicos, the latest display highlighted Barca's shaky start to the campaign.

Injuries have robbed the manager of important stars such as Raphinha, Lewandowski plus others, and the approach is not effective when they are missing.

Balague stated, Barcelona appear lack sharpness when not in possession, with less desire to win it back, with reduced intensity in pressing.”

“It's easier to break them down. Should the defense is not perfect, which was the case Mbappe's strike because Alejandro Balde played him onside, they are not helped by teammates not challenging those on the ball as well as they should.”

The young talent, the main threat of Real last season, was neutralized.

The big names were below par. The youngster doesn't feel like he's in good form, maybe due to a groin issue