Rage Towards Lamine: Real Madrid Celebrate Clásico Victory Following Provocative Comments

“Whenever I win they are unable to say anything,” Lamine Yamal once stated, however on this occasion he didn’t win and opponents closed in for him. They said he was overly vocal; they replied that, yeah, they were going to see him outside; the message was words mean little. And that was just the players: there was more from the preachers in their pulpits, men who never lose.

On the eve the clásico, young Lamine Yamal who says he abandoned nervousness back in Mataró suggested that the Madrid side benefit from decisions and complain, or so it goes. Additionally, he offered a recollection that the last time he had been Madrid’s home ground – a kid with blaugrana braces, a glint in his gaze and his shooting ability was unexpected he possessed – he beat them 4-0. But that was then and the present differed. Moreover, more mature currently, exactly a year on, his side fell short. He knew, as opponents made sure.

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As the match conclusion sounded on a wild, heated 262nd clásico that felt a little like old times, Lamine Yamal approached in the direction of Dani Carvajal, offering a handshake. Instead of accepting it, Carvajal made the classic jibber-jabber motion. The match was hard enough following with all the action that happened in the 105 minutes that went before, an encounter of 38 shots, multiple scores scored and additional efforts disallowed; now it was too much.

All at once appeared players all around, running back and forth of sight and converging, police separating individuals away from each other. Amidst the melee, Thibaut Courtois took up the offer to resume the dispute in the dressing room area. Vinícius was being held back, he telling another player else they are too vocal. Raphinha was running to intervene with his countryman, the defender there too. “The scene resembled our young,” the midfielder commented.

Shift in Momentum

In April, Tchouaméni had written: “Opponents celebrate our defeats like our winning days are over. We’ll be back.” Madrid had just lost the derby Spanish Cup final 3-2 in extra time, a collective breakdown greeting the final whistle, ice cubes flying. Two weeks later, they were beaten again. In four clásicos, the team were defeated on each occasion, La Liga, cup and Super Cup going to their rivals. They had conceded four, five, 3 and 4. However there is always the future and as it happened he was right.

Only once have the Catalan side ever won 5 derbies consecutively, under Guardiola historic run ending with the famous 5-0 against José Mourinho’s side, and it wouldn’t happen again. On Sunday, Madrid brought to a close Hansi Flick’s unbeaten start as manager, beating their arch-rivals 2-1 to go a significant margin clear in first place in La Liga.

Significance

Madrid required the victory. The celebration said so, team members dancing in circles. So did the noise, their stadium more vocal and more edgy than on a clásico day in recent memory: “incredible,” the English midfielder called it. Manager Xabi Alonso echoed this. When questioned whether this was a weight off his shoulders, or there had been a psychosis regarding big games, an obsession, he responded: “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 players required that feeling of securing a victory in a major fixture.”

In the previous campaign Madrid had not won any. On fourteen occasions they lost: French side, Italian club, English team, Bilbao, city rivals, Betis, city foes, eastern side and Arsenal each defeated them. There wasn’t a single win against a truly big side. Carlo Ancelotti departed and was replaced by Xabi Alonso yet the trend persisted. The team won five games at the Club World Cup, indications of tactical organization emerging, an idea, but they faced PSG.

Current Campaign

That belongs to last season, Alonso said. But the new campaign, under his guidance season, started with a winning streak in a row until Atlético visited and put 5 past them. The results were positive beating Oviedo, Mallorca and Pamplona side however, against the big teams? Now at last they defeated a major rival too. Moreover it wasn’t just that they triumphed, it was the way they won.

Barcelona were missing out: Joan García, Gavi, Dani Olmo, star striker and Andreas Christensen were absent. So too Raphinha, whose significance might now be fully recognised in absentia. Several players were not at 100%, defender and Lamine Yamal among them. On the bench they had several individuals who not begun in La Liga, others who had started only once; two 17-year-olds, four 18-year-olds and two who are 19. And a centre-back, Uruguayan star, who finished the match in attack again. Additionally head coach was absent, Flick suspended and stuck in a radio cabin. Marcus Sorg, his assistant, has been on the touchline three times: he has lost all of them.

Tactical Analysis

Much discussion focuses of Barcelona’s defensive setup, but they did not attack effectively during the match. Among comments that were said to Lamine Yamal on Sunday, perhaps the most telling came from the Brazilian mid-match, taunting the teenager by saying: “You’re all retreating balls.” Regarding their defense, leakier compared to past after Iñigo Martínez departing, defensive intensity on opponents decreasing and the timing off, Levante made multiple opportunities versus Barcelona, Rayo 5, Sevilla 5, Catalan club 3. Last year they caught Kylian Mbappé offside eight times in an open clásico; however, overshadowed by the defeats, was that in their most recent match he scored three goals, Real Madrid consistently positioned to get opportunities now.

Key Moments

With this approach, in particular. The match served as a start as well as an end in itself. “Going forward we will require much of what we did today,” the manager said. They put shots in the net on five occasions – three ruled out for offside – missed {a penalty|a spot-kick