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It was nearly a perfect outing for the Madrid side, as they defeated Barca by a 2-1 scoreline in El Clasico and stretch the gap at the top in the domestic championship to five points.

The English midfielder notched his first league goal and setup of the season following a challenging period coming back from shoulder surgery.

The French forward showed his deadly performance in attack, while the manager's strategy during his debut derby as coach proved perfectly.

Yet the issue surrounding Vinicius came to the forefront another time.

Unhappy at his substitution, the star forward protested while walking straight past his manager and stormed to the dressing room, then returning to the substitute area after a short while.

Alonso System Yields Results from Jude Bellingham

As first Clasicos go, Alonso did well, considering the majority of Real's last eight bosses were defeated in their first La Liga meeting against Barca.

After the laissez-faire method under Ancelotti fell short last season, his structured approach delivered its first major result.

A specialist observed, “He got it spot on. Madrid performed excellently, and the visitors didn't play well because of Madrid's tactics.”

When not in possession, they pushed up as much as possible, and if they were beaten, they fell back in a structured manner, everybody including the forward.”

“They defended with two banks with a gap of 5-10 meters. Barcelona struggled to penetrate.”

This approach seems good news for Jude, who in the past was essentially asked to do everything in the center and additional duties.

Theoretically the 22-year-old played on the right, however he was allowed to move centrally and either support Mbappe or get into scoring positions.

The analyst stated, Employing Camavinga in the center, this provides greater energy and more ways to block the channels.”

This led to them to put Jude wide right. Certainly he was instructed to track the runs of Mbappe when he had the ball with room, and he found him repeatedly.”

He was told to enter the area and position himself near the edge of the box, where he is very dangerous. He also drifted in to block central spaces and cause Barcelona's life very difficult.”

Strained Relations Exposed

It's clear that supporters are fond of the Brazilian, calls for him were sung multiple times by a fervent home supporters.

However there have been countless reports over the past period that Los Blancos would consider allowing his departure should a suitable bid arrived.

He will have one year remaining under his current terms come the end of the season, yet discussions on a renewal have stalled.

Vinicius' behavior when substituted late in the game spoke of issues. After the full-time whistle, teammates intervened as he attempted to confront Yamal.

Balague noted, Many will criticize him and justifiably, since it displayed a lack of respect for the substitute taking his place.”

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

Such thinking is tough to overcome, particularly since you consider yourself close to being the top star, but the team drives the axis to Mbappe as the main man.”

During this campaign he's felt that the club has not supported him. Rumors indicate, possibly leaked by the club, or not denied by the club, that they might accept an offer worth 250m euros to sign him and let him go.”

This affects him, and when he was taken off – fairly, because Vinicius stopped dropping back as required – in his mind he questions why single me out?’.”

It may be challenging to build a bridge with the club and Vinicius now.”

Barca's Approach “Struggles”

Having triumphed in each of the last season's Clasicos, the latest display represented Barcelona's unconvincing start to the campaign.

Absences have robbed the manager of key players including Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Dani Olmo, and his system is not effective when they are missing.

Balague commented, Barcelona appear is a little bit less sharp without the ball, less hungry to recover it, softer to reclaim the ball.”

They are more vulnerable to break them down. When the backline is not perfect, which was the case Mbappe's strike since the defender failed to step up, the midfield doesn't assist from the attack not closing down those on the ball as expected.”

Yamal, who troubled Madrid earlier, was well contained.

The big names weren't at their best. Yamal seems not he is at his best, maybe due to injury issues