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It was nearly a perfect day from the Madrid side, as they overcame their arch-rivals 2-1 during the Clasico and extend their lead at the top of La Liga to five points.

Bellingham notched his inaugural league goal and setup of the season following a challenging period coming back from surgery on his shoulder.

Mbappe maintained his lethal performance in attack, while Alonso's tactics in his inaugural Clasico as coach proved perfectly.

However the Vinicius Junior question reared its head yet again.

Unhappy at coming off, the Brazilian winger ranted while walking straight past Xabi Alonso and headed down the tunnel, then returning to the bench after a short while.

Manager's Approach Delivers Results from Jude Bellingham

In his first derby, it was a solid start, given that the majority of Madrid's last eight managers were defeated in their debut league encounter against Barcelona.

After the player-focused style from the previous coach fell short earlier, the new tactical system yielded an important victory.

An expert observed, His plan was perfect. The home side were very good, and Barca struggled because of the home team's approach.”

“Without the ball, they applied pressure consistently, and when bypassed, they fell back with discipline, all players even the forward.”

Their defensive setup with two banks with a gap of 5-10 meters. Barca were unable to break through.”

This approach looks to be positive for Bellingham, who in the past was expected to do everything in midfield and additional duties.

Theoretically Bellingham played on the right, however he could to drift inward and assist the attack or crash the penalty area.

The analyst continued, “By using Camavinga in the middle, you get greater energy and better ability to block the channels.”

This led to them to put Jude wide right. Certainly he would have been asked to monitor the forward's positioning when he had the ball with room, and he found him repeatedly.”

“He was asked to get into the box and position himself near just outside the box, where he poses a threat. He also drifted in to close the inside channels creating Barca's task challenging.”

Conflict Issues Exposed

There's no doubting that Madridistas adore Vinicius, his chant was chanted multiple times by an enthusiastic Bernabeu crowd.

However there have been countless reports in recent months that Real Madrid might think about allowing his departure should a suitable bid were to come in.

He will have one year remaining on his deal when this term concludes, but discussions on a renewal have stalled.

The player's reaction after coming off with 20 minutes left indicated tension. Post-game, he had to be restrained when he moved toward the Barcelona player.

Balague commented, Many will criticize him and rightly so, since it displayed poor sportsmanship toward his replacement who came on for him.”

However, from a young age, he has lived in a challenging environment, and he believes that he faces opposition.”

Such thinking is difficult to shake, notably when you consider yourself close to being the top star, then the club drives the axis in favor of Mbappe as the star.”

Recently he's felt that the club isn't protecting him. Reports suggest, potentially club-sourced, or not denied by the club, that they would be open a bid of 250m euros to sign him and allow him to leave.”

“He feels all that, so when he was taken off – fairly, because Vinicius stopped dropping back as he should – in his mind he says why single me out?’.”

Building bridges will be tough to reconcile between the club and Vinicius at the moment.”

Barca's Approach “Crumbles”

Following victories in each of the previous campaign's matches, this outing represented Barca's shaky beginning of the season.

Injuries have robbed the manager of crucial contributors including Raphinha, the striker plus others, and the tactical setup isn't working when they are missing.

Balague said, Barcelona appear lack sharpness without the ball, with less desire to win it back, with reduced intensity to reclaim the ball.”

“It's easier to attack them. When the backline is flawed, like on the first goal since the defender failed to step up, the midfield doesn't assist by teammates not closing down those on the ball as expected.”

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

“Their stars weren't at their best. Yamal seems not in top condition, maybe due to a groin issue