Rage Against Yamal: Los Blancos Revel in Derby Win After Heated Comments

“As long as I win they can’t say a word,” Lamine Yamal once remarked, however this time he came up short and they closed in for him. Comments were made he was overly vocal; came the response that, yeah, they were going to meet him off the pitch; the message was talk is cheap. This included only the players: there was more from commentators in their pulpits, men who never lose.

On the eve the clásico, the teenager who says he left fear behind in his hometown implied that the Madrid side benefit from decisions and complain, according to reports. He also offered a reminder that the last time he had been Madrid’s home ground – as a youngster with blaugrana dental work, a glint in his gaze and his shooting ability was unexpected he possessed – his team triumphed 4-0. Yet that was past and this was now. Moreover, an adult currently, precisely twelve months later, he was beaten back. He knew, they told him so.

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

When the final whistle went on an intense, intense 262nd clásico that felt a little like past encounters, Lamine Yamal approached towards Madrid’s captain, offering a handshake. Rather than accepting it, Madrid’s captain did the classic jibber-jabber gesture. The match was challenging keeping up with all the action that unfolded in over an hour and forty-five that went before, a match of 38 shots, multiple scores recorded and three more ruled out; at that moment it became impossible.

All at once appeared footballers everywhere, running back and forth of view and piling in, security pulling individuals away from each other. Amidst the melee, Thibaut Courtois took up the invitation to continue the dispute in the dressing room area. The Brazilian forward was restrained, him saying to another player else they talk to much. Barcelona’s winger hurried to stop his compatriot, the defender also present. “The scene resembled when we youth,” the midfielder said.

Turning Point

In April, Tchouaméni posted: “Opponents celebrate our losses as if we will never win again. We’ll be back.” Real Madrid had just lost the clásico Spanish Cup showpiece 3-2 after additional minutes, emotional scenes greeting the final whistle, ice cubes being thrown. A fortnight later, they were beaten again. Over four encounters, the team were defeated four times, league, cup and Spanish Super Cup going to Barcelona. Their defense allowed four, five, three and 4. But there is always the future and it turned out he proved correct.

On just one occasion had Barcelona ever won five clásicos consecutively, Pep Guardiola’s record-breaking streak concluding with the famous 5-0 against Mourinho’s side, and it was not repeated. On Sunday, Real Madrid ended the coach’s unbeaten start as manager, beating their arch-rivals 2-1 to move a significant margin ahead in first place of the table.

Significance

The Madrid squad required the victory. Their post-match joy said so, players celebrating in circles. Likewise, the noise, the Bernabéu louder and intense than for such matches in recent memory: “incredible,” Jude Bellingham called it. The coach echoed this. Asked whether this was a relief, or there had been a psychosis around big games, an obsession, he shot back: “That’s you lot’s thing.” But he did admit that this was “more than a win, and our recent history and what it means to us; the boys needed the experience of securing a victory in a major fixture.”

Last season they failed to secure a win in such matches. On fourteen occasions they were defeated: French side, Italian club, Liverpool, Bilbao, city rivals, Betis, city foes, Valencia and London club each defeated them. They did not achieve a single win against a top-tier opponent. The previous manager went and succeeded by Xabi Alonso yet the trend persisted. The team secured five games in the global tournament, indications of a structure emerging, a game plan, but they faced PSG.

Season Progress

That belongs to the prior year, Alonso stated. But the next season, under his guidance term, began with six wins consecutively before Atlético came and scored five against them. It was all well and good defeating Oviedo, island team and Osasuna however, against elite opponents? Finally they had beaten one of them as well. And it wasn’t just that Madrid won, it was the way they won.

Barcelona were missing out: backup keeper, young midfielder, Dani Olmo, star striker and Andreas Christensen were absent. Additionally Raphinha, an important player may at least be appreciated in absentia. Several players were not at 100%, Jules Koundé and young forward included. Among substitutes they had several individuals who hadn’t started in La Liga, two more who featured only once; two 17-year-olds, four 18-year-olds and two who are nineteen. Plus a centre-back, Ronald Araújo, who finished the match in attack again. Even their manager was absent, Hansi Flick banned and located in a radio cabin. His assistant, Sorg, was in the dugout three times: he suffered defeats in all of them.

Game Breakdown

Much is made of the team’s defensive setup, but they did not attack well during the match. Among the things that were said to Lamine Yamal that day, perhaps the most revealing came from Vinícius mid-match, taunting the teenager by saying: “You’re all retreating balls.” Regarding their defense, leakier than before with Iñigo Martínez departing, the pressure on opponents decreasing and the timing lacking, Levante created multiple opportunities versus Barcelona, another team five, Andalusian side 5, Girona three. Last year they caught the French forward in an offside position on multiple occasions in an open clásico; however, overshadowed by the defeats, is the fact in the last meeting he got three goals, Real Madrid consistently likely to create chances currently.

Key Moments

Playing like this, in particular. The match served as a beginning and also a significant result. “Going forward we’re going to need much of what we did today,” the manager commented. They put the ball in the net five times – three efforts disallowed due to offside – missed {a penalty|a spot-kick