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It was nearly a flawless day from the Madrid side, who defeated their arch-rivals two goals to one in the famous derby to stretch their advantage at the top in the Spanish league with a five-point cushion.

Bellingham got his maiden domestic strike along with assist this campaign after a tough period recovering from shoulder surgery.

The French forward maintained his lethal performance in front of goal, while Alonso's tactics in his inaugural Clasico on the sidelines worked brilliantly.

Yet the Brazilian's situation reared its head another time.

Unhappy with his substitution, Vinicius ranted as he walked right by his manager before stormed to the dressing room, before coming back on the sidelines several minutes.

Manager's Approach Yields Positive Outcomes from the Midfielder

In his first derby, this wasn't a bad one, considering seven of Madrid's recent managers were defeated in their first league encounter with Barca.

Following the player-focused style of Carlo Ancelotti failed to get results in the previous campaign, Alonso's positional game-model delivered an important victory.

A specialist observed, The strategy worked brilliantly. Madrid were impressive, and Barca didn't play well because of Madrid's tactics.”

Defensively, they pressed high as much as possible, and if they were beaten, they fell back with discipline, all players including the forward.”

Their defensive setup in two lines separated by 5-10 meters. Barca struggled to penetrate.”

The new system appears to be good news for Bellingham, who last season was expected to cover multiple roles in the engine room and more.

Theoretically the 22-year-old played on the right, however he was allowed to come inside and support Mbappe or crash the penalty area.

Balague continued, “By using Camavinga in the center, you get greater energy and additional options to block the spaces.”

This led to the team to position Bellingham on the right-hand side. Undoubtedly he would have been asked to track the runs of Mbappe on the ball and found openings, and he located him on several occasions.”

“He was asked to move into the penalty area and operate on the outskirts of the area, his most effective zone. He also drifted in to cut off passing options and make the opponent's play challenging.”

Vinicius Tensions Exposed

It's clear that Madridistas love Vinicius, his chant was chanted multiple times by a fervent Madrid fans.

Yet recently there were numerous stories lately that Real Madrid could entertain letting him leave if the right offer was made.

Vinicius has one year remaining on his deal when this term concludes, but discussions on a renewal have not progressed.

Vinicius' behavior to being replaced with 20 minutes left spoke of issues. Post-game, he had to be restrained as he tried to approach Lamine Yamal.

The analyst commented, “Everyone will have a go at him and rightly so, since it displayed disrespect for Rodrygo who came on for him.”

Yet, growing up, he has existed in a challenging environment, and perceives that everyone is against him.”

“That mentality is difficult to shake, particularly since you feel on the verge of the best player, then the club redirects attention to Mbappe as the key figure.”

Recently he has perceived that Real Madrid has not supported him. There are stories, perhaps from within, or with the club not denying it, that they wouldn't be unhappy a bid of 250m euros to sign him and sell him.”

This affects him, and after he was taken off – justifiably, because Vinicius stopped dropping back as required – to him he questions why always me?.”

Building bridges will be tough to build a bridge among the parties and him currently.”

Barcelona Style “Crumbles”

After winning each of the previous campaign's matches, the latest display was emblematic of their uncertain beginning of the season.

Injuries have deprived the manager of important stars including the Brazilian winger, Lewandowski and Olmo, and the approach is not effective without them.

The analyst stated, Barcelona appear lack sharpness defensively, less hungry to recover it, less aggressive in pressing.”

They are more vulnerable to attack them. When the backline is not organized, which was the case Mbappe's strike since the defender failed to step up, they receive little support by the midfield and forwards not closing down the ball-carrier adequately.”

The young talent, who troubled Madrid of Real last season, was neutralized.

The big names did not perform well. Yamal doesn't feel like he's in good form, maybe due to groin problems