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It was almost a flawless day for Real Madrid, who overcame Barca two goals to one during the Clasico to stretch their advantage at the summit in La Liga by five points.

Jude Bellingham scored his inaugural goal in the league and setup this term after a challenging few months coming back from a shoulder operation.

The French forward maintained his deadly performance when scoring, and Alonso's tactics in his inaugural derby in the dugout functioned perfectly.

But then the Vinicius Junior question emerged again yet again.

Dissatisfied at his substitution, the Brazilian winger complained while walking directly past his manager and stormed down the tunnel, then returning to the substitute area later.

Alonso System Yields Results for Jude Bellingham

For a debut Clasico, this wasn't a bad one, given that the majority of Real's last eight managers lost their first La Liga encounter against Barca.

Following the laissez-faire method from the previous coach did not deliver in the previous campaign, the new tactical system yielded an important victory.

Spanish football analyst commented, His plan was perfect. The home side were very good, while the visitors didn't play well because of Madrid's tactics.”

Defensively, they pushed up as much as possible, if overcome, they fell back in an organised way, everybody including the forward.”

The team's shape with two banks with a gap of five to 10 metres. Barca were unable to break through.”

The tactical change looks to be good news for the midfielder, who last season was expected to do everything in the engine room and more.

Theoretically the young star started wide right, however he was allowed to come inside and either support Mbappe or get into scoring positions.

The expert stated, Employing Eduardo Camavinga in the center, this provides greater energy and better ability to close down the passing lanes.”

This led to them to deploy Jude on the right-hand side. I'm sure he was instructed to track the runs of Mbappe in possession with room, and he located him on several occasions.”

His instructions included to enter the area and be around the edge of the box, where he poses a threat. Additionally, he moved centrally to block central spaces and make Barcelona's life tough.”

Conflict Issues Revealed

Undoubtedly that supporters are fond of the Brazilian, his name was chanted repeatedly by a fervent Bernabeu crowd.

However there have been various accounts over the past period that Los Blancos might think about selling him should a suitable bid were to come in.

Vinicius will have a year left under his current terms come the end of the season, but negotiations for an extension are at a standstill.

His response to being replaced late in the game suggested tension. After the full-time whistle, he had to be restrained as he tried to approach Yamal.

Balague commented, “Everyone will have a go at him and rightly so, since it displayed poor sportsmanship toward his replacement who replaced him.”

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

Such thinking is tough to overcome, notably when you consider yourself near the best player, and the organization shifts the focus towards Mbappe as the key figure.”

During this campaign he's felt that the organization isn't protecting him. Reports suggest, possibly leaked by the club, or not denied by the club, that they would be open a bid of 250m euros for him and sell him.”

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

It may be challenging to build a bridge between the club and the player at the moment.”

Barcelona Style “Crumbles”

Following victories in all four of previous campaign's Clasicos, the latest display was emblematic of Barcelona's unconvincing start to the campaign.

Fitness issues have left without the Barcelona coach of key players such as the Brazilian winger, Robert Lewandowski and Olmo, and the approach is failing without them.

Balague stated, Barcelona appear lack sharpness defensively, less hungry to recover it, less aggressive to get the possession back.”

“It's easier to create chances against them. When the backline is not organized, which was the case the Mbappe goal as Balde failed to step up, they are not helped from the attack not challenging those on the ball as well as they should.”

Yamal, the main threat in previous meetings, was well contained.

Key players weren't at their best. Yamal seems not he's in good form, possibly because of a groin issue