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This proved to be almost an ideal day from Xabi Alonso's squad, as they overcame Barcelona two goals to one in the Clasico to increase their lead in first place of the domestic championship to five points.

The English midfielder notched his maiden league goal and setup of the season after a challenging few months healing from shoulder surgery.

The French forward continued his clinical performance when scoring, and Alonso's tactics in his first El Clasico on the sidelines functioned perfectly.

However the Brazilian's situation came to the forefront yet again.

Dissatisfied with being substituted, Vinicius complained while walking straight past his manager and stormed down the tunnel, before coming back to the bench several minutes.

Tactical Setup Delivers Results for Bellingham

In his first derby, it was a solid start, especially since seven of Madrid's previous eight coaches were defeated in their debut league meeting against Barcelona.

After the laissez-faire approach of Carlo Ancelotti fell short last season, Alonso's positional game-model produced a significant outcome.

Spanish football analyst observed, The strategy worked brilliantly. Madrid were very good, while the visitors struggled because of what Real Madrid were doing.”

Defensively, they pushed up consistently, if overcome, they retreated in a structured manner, everybody even Vinicius.”

Their defensive setup in two lines spaced by 5-10 meters. The opposition struggled to penetrate.”

This approach looks to be good news for the midfielder, who in the past had been tasked to cover multiple roles in midfield and beyond.

Theoretically the 22-year-old started wide right, but in practice he had the freedom to come inside and support Mbappe or crash the penalty area.

Balague continued, With Camavinga in the middle, it brings increased movement and additional options to close down the spaces.”

This led to them to deploy Bellingham on the right flank. I'm sure he would have been asked to keep an eye on the runs of Mbappe on the ball and found openings, connecting with him repeatedly.”

His instructions included to move into the penalty area and position himself near the edge of the box, where he poses a threat. He also drifted in to block central spaces creating Barcelona's life challenging.”

Conflict Issues Revealed

There's no doubting that Madridistas adore Vinicius, his chant rang out on several occasions by the passionate Bernabeu crowd.

But multiple various accounts in recent months that Los Blancos could entertain allowing his departure if an attractive proposal were to come in.

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

Vinicius' behavior when substituted with 20 minutes left suggested tension. When the match ended, he was held back when he moved toward Yamal.

The analyst said, Many will criticize him for good reason, because it showed disrespect toward his replacement taking his place.”

However, from a young age, he has existed in a hostile world, and perceives that he faces opposition.”

This mindset is difficult to shake, particularly since you consider yourself close to being number one in the world, then the club drives the axis towards Mbappe as the main man.”

“This season he has perceived that Real Madrid isn't protecting him. Reports suggest, potentially club-sourced, or unchallenged by officials, that they might accept a bid of 250m euros to sign him and let him go.”

He is aware of this, and after the coach substituted him – justifiably, since he wasn't defending as he should – to him he questions ‘why me, why me again?.”

“It will be difficult to reconcile between the club and Vinicius at the moment.”

Barca's Approach “Struggles”

After winning each of the last season's matches, this outing highlighted Barcelona's unconvincing early form.

Injuries have left without the Barcelona coach of crucial contributors such as Raphinha, the striker plus others, and the tactical setup is failing when they are missing.

The analyst commented, Barcelona appear are slightly off when not in possession, with less desire to win it back, with reduced intensity to get the possession back.”

They are more vulnerable to break them down. If the defensive line is not perfect, as it wasn't Mbappe's strike because Alejandro Balde failed to step up, the midfield doesn't assist by teammates not closing down the ball-carrier as well as they should.”

The young talent, tormentor-in-chief in previous meetings, was well contained.

“Their stars did not perform well. Lamine appears in top condition, perhaps he's suffering from groin problems