The environment on the Santiago Bernabeu final night was electrical, and rightfully so on condition that it was the primary Clasico of the season.
Latest occasions within the buildup to the conflict, in actual fact, solely made the stadium extra of a fortress and a frightening expertise for Barcelona.
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On the sphere, Actual Madrid confirmed up with the identical depth because the followers within the stands and each participant got here out of the dressing room determined to drag a win over the reigning champions.
And they also did, with some dominance.
The sport had all the pieces in it, from a penalty disallowed to offside objectives and a penalty missed.
However all these cases concerned Actual Madrid within the assault, and it’s clear that they’d Barcelona by the collar from the get-go.
Kylian Mbappe ultimately opened the rating with a exact end earlier than Fermin Lopez pulled the Catalans stage.
A Jude Bellingham aim late within the first half, nonetheless, turned out to be the winner for Actual Madrid.
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Madrid Common brings you three takeaways from Actual Madrid 2-1 Barcelona.
Breaking the streak
Actual Madrid have lastly overwhelmed Barcelona. (Picture by Angel Martinez/Getty Photos)
An extended wait got here to an finish on Sunday for Actual Madrid, one which they needed to look forward to over a yr.
Final season was disastrous for Los Blancos in El Clasico as they slipped to 4 consecutive defeats to Barcelona throughout all competitions, permitting them to finish a clear sweep.
On Sunday, that streak lastly broke and allowed Actual Madrid to announce to the world that they’re effectively and really again.
In any case, they not solely gained the sport however deserved it in each sense of the phrase.
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Actual Madrid have been comprehensively higher than Barcelona in each respect with catching Hansi Flick and Co. fully without warning.
Their assault was just too ruthless for Barcelona on the night time and the scoreline might effectively have been much more dominant of their favour.
In the meantime, their defence was rock strong and didn’t permit the guests any inroads, capping off an all-round show.
The midfield delivers
Actual Madrid midfield delivered towards Barcelona. (Picture by Angel Martinez/Getty Photos)
The midfield was all the time the division the place the sport was going to be gained or misplaced on the Santiago Bernabeu final night time, and that was certainly the case. Evidently, Actual Madrid got here on prime in that respect too.
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Xabi Alonso pulled a masterstroke together with his beginning lineup, putting 4 midfielders on the sphere in Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga, Jude Bellingham and Arda Guler.
Together with Federico Valverde who began at right-back, Actual Madrid had 5 efficient urgent gamers that suffocated Barcelona.
Alonso’s concept on the night time was clear – to permit Barcelona to retain possession and to strategically deploy the press on the proper moments to win the ball and transition to harmful breaks.
That plan labored completely, and the efficient urgent construction helped in its success.
Camavinga staying on the proper aspect helped neutralise the specter of Balde and allowed Valverde to focus extra on marking Marcus Rashford – taking away Barcelona’s largest energy from them.
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Lamine Yamal, in the meantime, was marked effectively by two males and the remainder of the midfield outnumbered Pedri and Frenkie de Jong.
Jude Bellingham and Guler, along with shining off the ball, labored magic in breaking Barcelona’s traces when in possession and each gamers loved good video games
Whereas the latter is certainly responsible for the aim conceded and thus did have a black spot, Bellingham’s recreation was merely flawless as he sliced by means of the defence for Mbappe’s opener after which stood on the proper place on the proper time to dispatch the winner.
The lead grows
Actual Madrid have prolonged their result in the highest. (Picture by Angel Martinez/Getty Photos)
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The result’s a magnanimous one for Actual Madrid, not solely by way of their confidence and as a psychological enhance however by way of what it does for the league standings.
Actual Madrid already boasted of a two-point lead over Barcelona earlier than kick-off, and have been thus enjoying to defend their lead and deny the Catalans their finest probability to drag forward.
Nevertheless, they not solely denied Barcelona their probability to go forward however went on to increase their lead themselves as they took three factors and now stand 5 factors away from Flick’s males.
The season forward is lengthy and solely ten match-days have been performed in La Liga to date. A five-point lead this early within the marketing campaign could also be removed from decisive but it surely serves as a testomony to Alonso’s venture going the proper approach.