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This proved to be practically a perfect day for Real Madrid, as they beat Barcelona by a 2-1 scoreline in El Clasico to stretch the gap at the top of the domestic championship with a five-point cushion.

Jude Bellingham notched his inaugural league goal and setup this term after a difficult period recovering from surgery on his shoulder.

Mbappe maintained his lethal touch in attack, while the coach's game plan in his inaugural El Clasico on the sidelines worked brilliantly.

But then the Vinicius Junior question emerged again once more.

Frustrated with coming off, the star forward complained while walking straight past his manager and headed off the pitch, then reappearing on the sidelines after a short while.

Alonso System Delivers Positive Outcomes from Bellingham

For a debut Clasico, Alonso did well, given that the majority of Madrid's last eight bosses were defeated in their first La Liga match against Barcelona.

Following the player-focused style from the previous coach did not deliver earlier, the new tactical system yielded an important victory.

An expert commented, The strategy worked brilliantly. Real Madrid were very good, and Barca struggled because of what Real Madrid were doing.”

When not in possession, they pushed up for as long as they could, and if they were beaten, they tracked back in an organised way, everybody even the forward.”

“They defended in two lines separated by a short distance. The opposition could not find a way through.”

The tactical change appears to be good news for Jude, who in the past had been tasked to do everything in the center and more.

On paper Bellingham was positioned on the right, but in practice he could to come inside and assist the attack or enter the box.

Balague added, “By using the French midfielder in the center, it brings increased movement and additional options to shut down the passing lanes.”

This led to them to deploy Bellingham on the right-hand side. Certainly he would have been asked to monitor the forward's positioning when he had the ball and had space, and he found him a few times.”

“He was asked to enter the area and operate on just outside the box, where he poses a threat. He also came inside to close the inside channels and cause the opponent's play challenging.”

Strained Relations Laid Bare

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

But recently there were countless reports over the past period that Los Blancos might think about letting him leave should a suitable bid were to come in.

Vinicius has one season to go on his contract when this term concludes, yet negotiations for an extension have not progressed.

Vinicius' behavior to being replaced in the second half spoke of issues. After the full-time whistle, teammates intervened as he tried to approach Lamine Yamal.

The analyst said, Many will criticize him for good reason, since it displayed disrespect for the substitute who came on for him.”

Yet, growing up, his life has been in a challenging environment, and he believes that the world is hostile.”

Such thinking is hard to change, particularly since you feel near number one in the world, then the club redirects attention in favor of Mbappe as the star.”

During this campaign he believes that the club is not defending him. Rumors indicate, potentially club-sourced, or unchallenged by officials, that they might accept an offer worth 250m euros to sign him and let him go.”

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

Building bridges will be tough to mend relations among the parties and Vinicius currently.”

Barca's Approach “Struggles”

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

Absences have deprived Hansi Flick of important stars such as Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Olmo, and the approach is failing when they are missing.

The analyst said, Barcelona appear are slightly off when not in possession, not as eager to regain possession, softer to get the possession back.”

Opponents find it simpler to break them down. Should the defense is not perfect, which was the case the first goal since the defender kept him onside, they are not helped by the midfield and forwards not challenging the ball-carrier adequately.”

Yamal, the main threat in previous meetings, was kept largely in check.

The big names weren't at their best. The youngster doesn't feel like in top condition, maybe due to injury issues