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The match represented nearly a flawless day from Xabi Alonso's squad, who beat Barca 2-1 in the famous derby to extend their advantage at the summit of the domestic championship by five points.

Bellingham notched his inaugural league goal along with key pass this term following a challenging few months recovering from surgery on his shoulder.

Mbappe continued his clinical performance when scoring, while Alonso's tactics in his first El Clasico in the dugout worked brilliantly.

However the issue surrounding Vinicius emerged again yet again.

Dissatisfied at being substituted, the star forward complained on his way directly past Xabi Alonso and stormed off the pitch, before returning to the bench after a short while.

Tactical Setup Yields Success for the Midfielder

As first Clasicos go, it was a solid start, considering the majority of Real's last eight managers lost their first La Liga meeting against their rivals.

After the relaxed approach under Ancelotti fell short earlier, Alonso's positional game-model delivered a significant outcome.

An expert commented, “He got it spot on. Real Madrid performed excellently, and the visitors didn't play well because of the home team's approach.”

Defensively, they pushed up as much as possible, if overcome, they fell back with discipline, all players including the forward.”

Their defensive setup in two lines with a gap of 5-10 meters. Barca could not find a way through.”

This approach seems beneficial for Bellingham, who previously was essentially asked to cover multiple roles in the engine room and more.

In the lineup the young star started wide right, but in practice he could to move centrally and support Mbappe or get into scoring positions.

The analyst continued, Employing Eduardo Camavinga in the center, this provides increased movement and more ways to close down the spaces.”

This led to them to deploy Bellingham wide right. Undoubtedly he would have been asked to track the forward's positioning on the ball and found openings, connecting with him on several occasions.”

His instructions included to get into the box and operate on the edge of the box, where he poses a threat. He also drifted in to cut off passing options and make the opponent's play tough.”

Vinicius Tensions Exposed

It's clear that the fans love Vinicius, his name was chanted repeatedly by the passionate home supporters.

However multiple numerous stories over the past period that Los Blancos might think about letting him leave if an attractive proposal were to come in.

He will have one year remaining on his contract when this term concludes, yet discussions on a renewal have not progressed.

The player's reaction to being replaced in the second half indicated issues. After the full-time whistle, he was held back as he tried to approach the Barcelona player.

The expert commented, He will face backlash for good reason, since it displayed poor sportsmanship toward his replacement taking his place.”

“But since being a kid, his life has been amid adversity, and he believes that everyone is against him.”

“That mentality is tough to overcome, especially when you consider yourself close to being the top star, and the organization drives the axis in favor of Mbappe as the star.”

Recently he's felt that the club isn't protecting him. Rumors indicate, potentially club-sourced, or not denied by the club, that they wouldn't be unhappy an offer worth a quarter-billion euros to sign him and allow him to leave.”

He is aware of this, and when Alonso subbed him – fairly, since he wasn't defending as he should – in his mind he says ‘why me, why me again?.”

It may be challenging to mend relations among the parties and Vinicius now.”

Barcelona Style “Struggles”

Having triumphed in all four of previous campaign's matches, this outing highlighted Barca's shaky start to the campaign.

Absences have deprived the Barcelona coach of crucial contributors such as Raphinha, Lewandowski and Olmo, and the tactical setup isn't working in their absence.

The analyst stated, The squad seems is a little bit less sharp without the ball, with less desire to win it back, with reduced intensity to get the possession back.”

“It's easier to break them down. When the backline is not perfect, as it wasn't Mbappe's strike since the defender kept him onside, they are not helped by teammates failing to press those on the ball adequately.”

Lamine Yamal, tormentor-in-chief of Real last season, was well contained.

“Their stars did not perform well. Yamal seems not he's in good form, maybe due to injury issues