Rage Towards Yamal: Real Madrid Celebrate Derby Victory After Heated Exchange

“As long as I win they can’t say anything,” Lamine Yamal previously remarked, but on this occasion he didn’t win and they were coming for him. They said he spoke too much; they replied that, yeah, they were going to meet him outside; the message was words mean little. This included just the players: there was more from the preachers in their pulpits, individuals who always have opinions.

On the eve this epic clash, the teenager who says he left fear behind in Mataró suggested that the Madrid side benefit from decisions and moan, according to reports. Additionally, he offered a recollection that the last time he had been the Santiago Bernabéu – a kid with blaugrana dental work, a spark in his eye and a right foot they didn’t know he had – he beat them 4-0. But that was then and this was now. Moreover, an adult currently, exactly a year on, he was beaten back. He knew, as opponents made sure.

Jude Bellingham nets clásico winner as Real Madrid pull clear of their rivals

When the final whistle sounded on an intense, intense latest Madrid-Barca match that was a little like past encounters, the Barcelona winger approached in the direction of Madrid’s captain, offering a handshake. Rather than accepting it, Madrid’s captain did the classic talking motion. It had been hard enough keeping up with all the action that happened in the 105 minutes that went before, an encounter of numerous attempts, multiple scores recorded and three more ruled out; at that moment it became impossible.

All at once there were players all around, running in and out of sight and converging, police separating people away from each other. Amidst the scuffle, Madrid’s goalkeeper took up the invitation to resume the dispute in the dressing room area. Vinícius was restrained, he saying to someone else they are too vocal. Barcelona’s winger was running to stop his countryman, the defender also present. “It was when we young,” the midfielder said.

Shift in Momentum

In April, Tchouaméni posted: “They celebrate our losses like we will never win again. We’ll be back.” Real Madrid had just lost a derby Copa del Rey final 3-2 in extra time, a collective breakdown greeting the final whistle, ice cubes being thrown. A fortnight later, they suffered another loss. In four encounters, Madrid were defeated four times, La Liga, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup going to their rivals. They had conceded four, 5, 3 and four. However there remains the future and as it happened Tchouaméni proved correct.

On just one occasion have the Catalan side previously won five derbies consecutively, Pep Guardiola’s record-breaking streak ending with the famous 5-0 versus Mourinho’s side, and it wouldn’t happen again. On Sunday, Real Madrid ended the coach’s perfect record in charge, defeating Barcelona 2-1 to go a significant margin clear in first place in La Liga.

What It Means

The Madrid squad required the victory. The celebration said so, team members dancing in circles. Likewise, the crowd’s roar, the Bernabéu louder and more edgy compared to on a clásico day for years: “incredible,” Jude Bellingham described it. Manager Xabi Alonso said so too. Asked if this was a weight off his shoulders, or there had been a psychosis around big games, an obsession, he shot back: “That’s you lot’s thing.” But he acknowledged that this was “more than a win, and our recent history and its importance to us; the players required the experience of securing a victory in a major fixture.”

In the previous campaign they had not won in such matches. Fourteen times they lost: French side, Milan, Liverpool, Bilbao, Espanyol, Sevilla-based, city foes, Valencia and Arsenal each defeated them. They did not achieve one victory against a truly big side. The previous manager departed and was replaced by Alonso but it continued. Madrid won five games at the Club World Cup, indications of a structure developing, an idea, but they faced Paris Saint Germain.

Season Progress

That defeat belongs to the prior year, Alonso stated. But the next season, under his guidance term, began with six wins consecutively before city rivals visited and scored 5 against them. The results were all well and good defeating newly promoted, Mallorca and Osasuna however, against elite opponents? Now at last they defeated a major rival as well. And not only that Madrid triumphed, but also the manner they won.

Barcelona were missing out: Joan García, Gavi, attacking midfielder, Robert Lewandowski and Andreas Christensen were all missing. Additionally the winger, an important player may at least be appreciated by his absence. Several players weren’t fully fit, defender and young forward included. On the bench they had several individuals who not begun a league game, others who featured just one time; teenagers, young talents and two who are nineteen. Plus defender, Uruguayan star, who ended it in attack again. Additionally head coach was absent, Flick suspended and located in a radio cabin. Marcus Sorg, his assistant, has been in the dugout three times: he suffered defeats in each one.

Tactical Analysis

Much discussion focuses of the team’s defensive setup, yet they did not attack effectively during the match. Among the things that were said at the young player on Sunday, maybe the most revealing came from Vinícius during the game, taunting Yamal by telling him: “Your play is retreating balls.” Regarding their defense, more porous than before with Iñigo Martínez leaving, defensive intensity on opponents dropping and the timing lacking, Levante made multiple opportunities versus Barcelona, another team 5, Sevilla 5, Catalan club three. Last year they trapped the French forward offside on multiple occasions in a high-scoring game; however, overshadowed by the defeats, was that in the last meeting he scored three goals, Real Madrid always positioned to get opportunities currently.

Key Moments

Playing like this, especially. This was a start and also an end in itself. “Going forward we’re going to need a lot of our performance in this game,” Alonso commented. The team had shots in the net five times – three efforts ruled out for offside – missed {a penalty|a spot-kick