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The greatest thing about Barcelona getting this win isn't just football or fandom, but also financials as well. Real spends their money to get the best players in the world and build a 1+ billion dollar worth starting eleven, whereas Barcelona just gets their players from La Masia.

Honestly, La Masia is an insane youth academy, I think 7 players were from there, obviously someone should double check that, I just "know" but I trust my knowledge there, I do not have a proof, I didn't check all of them, but if I am not wrong they had 7 players from la Masia in the game. That is insane and they still managed to beat Real Madrid with ease, and destroyed Bayern Munich as well. They are looking like old Messi days Barcelona once again.
It must be admitted that Hansi Flick Barcelona is currently performing very impressively, unexpectedly they were able to beat Bayern Munich and Real Madrid with big scores. This success will certainly open the eyes of football fans, where expensive squads sometimes do not always guarantee victory. With these two big wins, Barcelona bargaining power in winning trophies in every competition has increased drastically, especially if they continue to perform consistently in the future. It is true, the majority of Barcelona players are currently products of the La Masia academy, as is known the financial crisis experienced by Barcelona opened the way for them to be promoted to the main team. Hansi Flick cool hand managed to encourage them to find the best form of play, and we also must not ignore Xavi previous role.
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Real Madrid suffered a defeat tonight, they lost 4-0 at home to Barcelona.
Barcelona played very well tonight and won comfortably. They will most likely be champions this season.
They showed a good match, it was an enjoyable match.
Lewandowski continues to score goals like in his old days, despite being 36 years old.
It is very difficult to stop Barcelona when they are in their best form. Barcelona, ​​which has many young players, ultimately succeeded in beating Real Madrid at home. It was a great day for all the players, but it was Barcelona's second win over Real Madrid since pre-season. Even Barcelona could have won the match with a bigger score like 5 or 6 goals, but Lewandowski failed to convert his good chance into a goal.

Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Lewandowski are in good form and they are very difficult to stop. Marc Casado, who played as a midfielder, continuously supported the attack which led to Lewandowski's first goal. All Barcelona players are in their best form and of course they are increasingly favorites to win the La Liga title this season. Barcelona is getting crazier and unstoppable after losing to Osasuna, I mean Barcelona has won 5 consecutive matches since then and has scored 21 goals in 5 matches.
Honestly I was baffled with how Hansi Flick Barca manager assembled his team with few stars like
Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Lewandowski while other Barca players relatively unknown unlike their rival Real Madrid who paraded and played array of stars like Bellingham, Mbappe, Vinicius Jr, Rudiger etc yet well beaten by Barcelona that shows the brilliant job Hansi Flick has done on the team after taking over from Xavi even without spending money on many new signings, I think Olmo was their only major signing  most of their players were promoted from their academy.
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Real Madrid suffered a defeat tonight, they lost 4-0 at home to Barcelona.
Barcelona played very well tonight and won comfortably. They will most likely be champions this season.
They showed a good match, it was an enjoyable match.
Lewandowski continues to score goals like in his old days, despite being 36 years old.
It is very difficult to stop Barcelona when they are in their best form. Barcelona, ​​which has many young players, ultimately succeeded in beating Real Madrid at home. It was a great day for all the players, but it was Barcelona's second win over Real Madrid since pre-season. Even Barcelona could have won the match with a bigger score like 5 or 6 goals, but Lewandowski failed to convert his good chance into a goal.

Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Lewandowski are in good form and they are very difficult to stop. Marc Casado, who played as a midfielder, continuously supported the attack which led to Lewandowski's first goal. All Barcelona players are in their best form and of course they are increasingly favorites to win the La Liga title this season. Barcelona is getting crazier and unstoppable after losing to Osasuna, I mean Barcelona has won 5 consecutive matches since then and has scored 21 goals in 5 matches.
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Real Madrid played very badly in yesterday's match especially Mbappe missed many easy goals.  Barcelona played a great game in this match.  I thought the match would be a draw and if either team won then Real Madrid would have more chances but an unbelievable thing happened where Real Madrid could not score any goals but Barcelona scored 4 goals in the second half.  The result of this match was really unbelievable.  And here most people's predictions proved wrong.  Such a performance by Barcelona was truly commendable
The greatest thing about Barcelona getting this win isn't just football or fandom, but also financials as well. Real spends their money to get the best players in the world and build a 1+ billion dollar worth starting eleven, whereas Barcelona just gets their players from La Masia.

Honestly, La Masia is an insane youth academy, I think 7 players were from there, obviously someone should double check that, I just "know" but I trust my knowledge there, I do not have a proof, I didn't check all of them, but if I am not wrong they had 7 players from la Masia in the game. That is insane and they still managed to beat Real Madrid with ease, and destroyed Bayern Munich as well. They are looking like old Messi days Barcelona once again.
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Mbappe's problem is that he was constantly running offside, this may also be due to the Barcelona defenders who made sure that this happened. Ancelotti said it right. Until the 60th minute the game was equal and it even seemed to me that Real was closer to scoring, they were full of desire to win, but Barcelona changed everything very quickly, very beautiful and difficult goals. Carvajal's absence definitely had an effect, maybe Courtois would have done better in this match, it's hard to say now, and Barcelona is increasing the gap even more.
Unfortunately Mbappe is not Inzhagi who always escapes offside, now there is VAR all will be closely watched. Cheesy

Real Madrid's defeat at home I saw in his defense was not so tight a lot of empty space so Barcelona scored more easily including from Lewandowski who was not tightly guarded.

Hans Flick made Barcelona much better than Real Madrid, how not in the second half 4 goals without reply while we know Real Madrid always has a comeback at the end but this does not apply to last night's match.
It was a big shock an d a big blow to Real Madrid on what they encounter against Barca yesterday. Barcelona broke their unbeaten record which they have being bragging of. I think Ancelotti needs to take his to me to strengthen the team, because they are all superstars and should be able to defend their reputation, but it was beyond their powers. This was why they couldn't clap back any of the goals scored by Barcelona, who won on a clean sheet.
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Mbappe was unfocused in the recent El Clasico; he missed key opportunities to score, and when he did find the net, he was offside. A player of his level should be more aware of how to position himself to support his teammates. It feels like Mbappé struggles to adapt his playstyle in challenging matches. He had two goals ruled out for offside and found himself offside too often throughout the game. He needed to learn from these situations, but it seems he wasn’t able to.

Now, Ancelotti and Mbappe have things to work on. Additionally, Kroos's departure has had a major impact on Real’s game. Over the summer, there was a lot of focus on bringing in Mbappé, but perhaps the club paid too little attention to finding someone who could replace Kroos.
I think the team should have used their persuasion skills to keep Kroos on the team. Maybe Ancelotti should have convinced him to stay on the team. Because Kroos was a great player who played the role of maestro for the German national team and for Real Madrid. It is not easy to have this player and every team wants such a player. That is why his loss also disrupted the balance in the team. Of course, Mbappé's arrival is very important, but more importantly, the absence of the German player in Real Madrid this year.
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I would say the greatest part about this is that everyone talked about how Real Madrid built the new los galacticos with addition of Mbappe and they could be incredible, and all season long they prove they weren't that good at all. Addition of Mbappe didn't help them at all, not that he isn't a great player, he is, but he just doesn't look like the best fit.

And Flick was incredible in this game, dude managed to pull off an offside-trap for Mbappe that ruined him so many times, for so many chances, and to do that on the fastest player in the world, having a high line defense, was the biggest risk anyone can think of. Real had so many chances that were offsides, otherwise could have been goals. In the end, Flick just outsmarted Ancelotti, simple as that.

The moment we won the Champions League and Laliga last season, I knew immediately that Mbape was going to be a useless transfer of all time immediately but since he was fed up in PSG and even Perez was still interestedin him, they just have to go for him since it was a free transfer to Real Madrid but his presence wasn't necessary in my opinion. Assuming there wasn't player like Vinicious, he would have been a perfect replacement but this striker is nonsense impact on the team.

Anceloti was been criticized yesterday but from the way he center Vinicious and Mbape as the only forward, he did it so the two can play the same thing but look at the opportunities these two guys wasted yesterday. I have never watch Real Madrid waste so much opportunity in long time and they have never play such a horrible game in any of the El Clasico that I have watched yesterday. Mbape offside was 5 good crazy time, Jesus! That guy need to be bench for atleast next 3 games so he can learn how to learn from been not offside.
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Mbappe was unfocused in the recent El Clasico; he missed key opportunities to score, and when he did find the net, he was offside. A player of his level should be more aware of how to position himself to support his teammates. It feels like Mbappé struggles to adapt his playstyle in challenging matches. He had two goals ruled out for offside and found himself offside too often throughout the game. He needed to learn from these situations, but it seems he wasn’t able to.

Now, Ancelotti and Mbappe have things to work on. Additionally, Kroos's departure has had a major impact on Real’s game. Over the summer, there was a lot of focus on bringing in Mbappé, but perhaps the club paid too little attention to finding someone who could replace Kroos.
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The match is almost over and Atletico Madrid has not been able to equalize. Will the match end with a score of 1-0 and a victory for Real Betis.

because it is hard to believe in this match, it is clear that Atletico Madrid dominates the course of the match, but unfortunately the dominance did not produce anything, Atletico Madrid was only able to launch 10 shots at the Real Betis goal, and only 3 shots were on target.

While Real Betis in the midst of Atletico Madrid's dominance, Betis was able to build attacks and launch many shots towards the Atletico Madrid goal.

The match is almost over, it seems that Gimenez goal at the beginning of the first half will be the only goal scored in this match.
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Real Madrid should just forget about any idea of them winning the La Liga this season.
La Liga table shows that Barcelona are leading Real Madrid with only 6 points. I don't say 6 points are small difference but it is not too big difference in a long season with 27 more matches for each club. Real Madrid are falling behind Barcelona but they have many matches to change the temporary disadvantage, one more El Clasico match in Nou Camp stadium. Of course Barcelona are leading with good difference and they are working very well to win La Liga trophy in this season.
In modern football, a six point lead is a big deal because we have seen a situation where Athletico Madrid beat Barcelona to clinch the league with just  head to head, even Real Madrid also did the same against Barcelona several years ago when capello led Real Madrid to win the league title. I know there is still much to play for but you must put under consideration the fact that both Real Madrid and Barcelona and would face several turbulences on the way and not making it look like only Barcelona would face the turbulences alone, besides Real Madrid would have to face Barcelona at the camp nou which would be another decider for the title race, but as it is right now, it is Barcelona that has the advantage and we just have to commend the coach and the players for the hard work and discipline they have put in so far.
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Leganes defeated Celta Vigo 3-0 to take the 3 points.Celta Vigo had more chances than their opponents but couldn't capitalize.Leganes scored 3 goals from 4 shots and increased their points to 11 with this home win.
Valencia, on the other hand, are not doing well this season.Even though they didn't play well against Getafe, they managed to get 1 point from this away game.They didn't even get into many positions during the match.Valencia should be overjoyed that they got 1 point here because Getafe played well but could only draw with a last minute goal.Getafe got their 7th draw in the league with this draw.
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I quite disagree with you because, judging by how the Barcelona team has performed this season under Hansi Flick, I don't think Ancelotti and Real Madrid were overconfident about winning El Classico match. A team can only be overconfident of winning their match when they are up against a weaker team. Barcelona can't be addressed as such "a weaker team" that a team can be sure of winning before the match begins. A team that is up against them(Barcelona) should know what they are to expect, it's either they win or lose.

That being said, it was a shocking defeat for Real Madrid, nobody had anticipated this kind of disgraceful defeat. Everyone's mind was Real Madrid or Barcelona would win against each other but it will be a score not more than two goals

I don't know why you can't agree with me. Have you not seen Ancelotti's press conferences before the match? Ancelotti was very confident and said he doesn't want to lose sleep over Barcelona. "I think it's because of overconfidence," Ancelotti said.

However, it doesn't matter why Real Madrid lost the match. Real Madrid team failed to get 3 points from this important match. Madrid conceded 4 goals in this match and Madrid players could not score a single goal. We don't see good performances from Madrid after their squad is the strongest squad in La Liga. More importantly, Real Madrid is 6 points behind Barcelona. Closing this point gap will be a tough task for Madrid.
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Real Madrid fell far behind Barcelona with this defeat. Barcelona crushed them. Also, considering that they have not lost in 42 matches, they have done them a great disservice. Also, they hold the record in this regard. Barcelona has not lost 43 matches before. Real Madrid came very close to this, but they lost the chance to equal this record by being served against Barcelona on their own field. Maybe Mbappé could not adapt to the team. From what I have seen, he was offside too many times in the Barcelona match. I think he needs to work with Ancelotti on this issue.
Real Madrid played very badly in yesterday's match especially Mbappe missed many easy goals.  Barcelona played a great game in this match.  I thought the match would be a draw and if either team won then Real Madrid would have more chances but an unbelievable thing happened where Real Madrid could not score any goals but Barcelona scored 4 goals in the second half.  The result of this match was really unbelievable.  And here most people's predictions proved wrong.  Such a performance by Barcelona was truly commendable
We were saying that if Barcelona wins, they can win by a maximum of 1 goal difference, but we saw that we were wrong about this. In the match between the important teams of La Liga, Barça won and they won by wiping Real Madrid off the field. Moreover, Lewandowski could not benefit from 2 clear opportunities. It was a match where the historical difference was missed for Barça. Fortunately, it does not matter, they managed to score 4 goals. They are now unrivaled leaders in the league.
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Real Madrid fell far behind Barcelona with this defeat. Barcelona crushed them. Also, considering that they have not lost in 42 matches, they have done them a great disservice. Also, they hold the record in this regard. Barcelona has not lost 43 matches before. Real Madrid came very close to this, but they lost the chance to equal this record by being served against Barcelona on their own field. Maybe Mbappé could not adapt to the team. From what I have seen, he was offside too many times in the Barcelona match. I think he needs to work with Ancelotti on this issue.
Real Madrid played very badly in yesterday's match especially Mbappe missed many easy goals.  Barcelona played a great game in this match.  I thought the match would be a draw and if either team won then Real Madrid would have more chances but an unbelievable thing happened where Real Madrid could not score any goals but Barcelona scored 4 goals in the second half.  The result of this match was really unbelievable.  And here most people's predictions proved wrong.  Such a performance by Barcelona was truly commendable
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Atletico Madrid performance in Champion league is quite poor and they were suffering 2 losing streak on that competition which make their chances to advances to the next round is very slim but in Laliga Atletico Madrid is the only team who still unbeated but because they got 5 draw results then Atletico Madrid only can occupy 3th place and collect 20 points from 10 matches in Laliga and today they will fight against Betis

As a host Betis performance is not really good because in the last 5 matches in Laliga they only can able to gets 2 wins and from head to head statistics too Atletico Madrid is much better because they were unbeated in the last 5 meetings and these statistics makes me so sure Atletico Madrid can win from this match and the odds for Atletico Madrid is quite high to bets @2.23

Although I am also basically quite sure that Atletico will still win or at least not lose against Betis in this match, but the fact is that Betis has also been leading with 1-0 since the 4th minute through Gimenez's own goal. In addition, that Betis is also still in a good trend so far this match until the 40th minute of writing,that although Betis has led 1-0 but Betis is still good also in ball possession and also has good goal attempts. Thus,  it seems difficult for Atletico to be able to make an equalizer in this first half but at least, I am also still very hopeful for Atletico at least not to lose, because basically Atletico's position is still not safe enough in the top four.
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You are very right Real Madrid has no excuse for their humiliation yesterday in the El Clasico game between them and Barcelona. Real Madrid came with their full squard to play that game and they also played at home  there was also no red card in that game so there is no reasonable excuse for there defeat yesterday.
If it were possible they would have given Barcelona the laliga tittle yesterday because there performance this season prove that Barcelona will be crown the Spanish laliga champion before the end of the season.
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I would say Ancelotti and Real Madrid were overconfident in this match. And I think that was one of the reasons for Real Madrid's defeat. One should never be overconfident. At least a team as strong as Barcelona should never be taken lightly.

There is no doubt that we saw excellent performances from both teams in the first half. Madrid's players were able to launch several powerful attacks. But Hansi Flick and Barcelona's offside tactics fell into the trap of Real Madrid players. And that's why Madrid fell behind. After scoring two goals, the goal was disallowed.

After Lewandowski scored in the second half I never saw Real Madrid players perform well. In the last 20 minutes of the match, we only saw the dominance of the Barcelona players. Madrid's players may have lost sight of their target. I would say Barcelona won because of Hansi Flick's excellent match strategy.

I quite disagree with you because, judging by how the Barcelona team has performed this season under Hansi Flick, I don't think Ancelotti and Real Madrid were overconfident about winning El Classico match. A team can only be overconfident of winning their match when they are up against a weaker team. Barcelona can't be addressed as such "a weaker team" that a team can be sure of winning before the match begins. A team that is up against them(Barcelona) should know what they are to expect, it's either they win or lose.

That being said, it was a shocking defeat for Real Madrid, nobody had anticipated this kind of disgraceful defeat. Everyone's mind was Real Madrid or Barcelona would win against each other but it will be a score not more than two goals
Luck was really not on Real Madrid side yesterday, because they had many opportunities of scoring as many goals as Barcelona, but none of their shots on target was able to pass through Barcelona goalkeeper Inaki Pena who denied Mbappe most of his chances of finding the back of the net. Carvajal absence was felt in Madrid defense in that match, and the departure of Kroos added to the weakness of Real Madrid. However, Barcelona is in their best form, kudos to Pena for a great job well done.
Pena played perhaps the best match of his career. The Spanish goalkeeper inspired confidence in the Barcelona goal. Also, it is very difficult to make incredible saves in such big derbies. Because they played away and were under great crowd pressure. These are one of the matches where goalkeepers are most affected because the crowd is screaming right behind the goal. Despite this, the Spanish goalkeeper played a very good defense in Real Madrid's attacks and saved many positions, preventing Real Madrid from scoring a goal. One of the unsung heroes of this match was definitely goalkeeper Pena.
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Mbappe's problem is that he was constantly running offside, this may also be due to the Barcelona defenders who made sure that this happened. Ancelotti said it right. Until the 60th minute the game was equal and it even seemed to me that Real was closer to scoring, they were full of desire to win, but Barcelona changed everything very quickly, very beautiful and difficult goals. Carvajal's absence definitely had an effect, maybe Courtois would have done better in this match, it's hard to say now, and Barcelona is increasing the gap even more.
Unfortunately Mbappe is not Inzhagi who always escapes offside, now there is VAR all will be closely watched. Cheesy

Real Madrid's defeat at home I saw in his defense was not so tight a lot of empty space so Barcelona scored more easily including from Lewandowski who was not tightly guarded.

Hans Flick made Barcelona much better than Real Madrid, how not in the second half 4 goals without reply while we know Real Madrid always has a comeback at the end but this does not apply to last night's match.
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Real Madrid should just forget about any idea of them winning the La Liga this season.
La Liga table shows that Barcelona are leading Real Madrid with only 6 points. I don't say 6 points are small difference but it is not too big difference in a long season with 27 more matches for each club. Real Madrid are falling behind Barcelona but they have many matches to change the temporary disadvantage, one more El Clasico match in Nou Camp stadium. Of course Barcelona are leading with good difference and they are working very well to win La Liga trophy in this season.
I would say the greatest part about this is that everyone talked about how Real Madrid built the new los galacticos with addition of Mbappe and they could be incredible, and all season long they prove they weren't that good at all. Addition of Mbappe didn't help them at all, not that he isn't a great player, he is, but he just doesn't look like the best fit.

And Flick was incredible in this game, dude managed to pull off an offside-trap for Mbappe that ruined him so many times, for so many chances, and to do that on the fastest player in the world, having a high line defense, was the biggest risk anyone can think of. Real had so many chances that were offsides, otherwise could have been goals. In the end, Flick just outsmarted Ancelotti, simple as that.
I think Real's was new los galacticos in the last season, but Mbappe's arrival I think only weakened Real, as did Kroos' departure.
After Mbappe's arrival it seems that Bellingham started to play worse and lost his leadership position on the field. Although Mbappe is trying to play in pass with partners, but still it is obvious that Mbappe is worried about his own game and he tries to shoot from any position, even if it is not the most favorable, which hurts team play, and Real is first of all a team, and then the individual game.
I was also surprised by the odds on the victory before the match on Barcelona, which was 3.8 and it is really very strange, because after Real Barcelona has the strongest squad in La Liga and such odds were just a gift from bookmakers, but the score 4:0 was really difficult to guess, I believed in the victory of Barcelona, but not with such a score.
It's not about Mbappe's arrival to the Real Madrid squad, it's Real Madrid's decline when Toni Kroos decided to leave and from there Madrid's game didn't look as interesting as before, even though they still have Luka Modric, it doesn't make Madrid's game good but instead declines, the big defeat in EL Clasico is not solely the fault or presence of Mbappe but it is clear that the decline of all players has an impact on Real Madrid's game pattern, and it is very clear that Real Madrid is no longer a match for Barcelona this season and it is certain that Barcelona will leave the points that Madrid currently has.
Real Madrid fell far behind Barcelona with this defeat. Barcelona crushed them. Also, considering that they have not lost in 42 matches, they have done them a great disservice. Also, they hold the record in this regard. Barcelona has not lost 43 matches before. Real Madrid came very close to this, but they lost the chance to equal this record by being served against Barcelona on their own field. Maybe Mbappé could not adapt to the team. From what I have seen, he was offside too many times in the Barcelona match. I think he needs to work with Ancelotti on this issue.
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I think Real's was new los galacticos in the last season, but Mbappe's arrival I think only weakened Real, as did Kroos' departure.
After Mbappe's arrival it seems that Bellingham started to play worse and lost his leadership position on the field. Although Mbappe is trying to play in pass with partners, but still it is obvious that Mbappe is worried about his own game and he tries to shoot from any position, even if it is not the most favorable, which hurts team play, and Real is first of all a team, and then the individual game.
I was also surprised by the odds on the victory before the match on Barcelona, which was 3.8 and it is really very strange, because after Real Barcelona has the strongest squad in La Liga and such odds were just a gift from bookmakers, but the score 4:0 was really difficult to guess, I believed in the victory of Barcelona, but not with such a score.
Even though Real Madrid has a luxurious squad with a number of expensive star players, they not only have the right to win, but also have the right to lose to anyone who plays better. I don't think Real Madrid played badly in the El Clasico match, but at the same time Barcelona played better and was more effective in taking advantage of their goal opportunities.

Barcelona's ingenuity in preventing Real Madrid from scoring in El Clasico must be praised, I mean the offside trap they implemented really made Real Madrid players frustrated throughout the match. 12 times offside with 2 goals disallowed was clearly very annoying, but that was the intelligence of Barcelona's players and defensive strategy in that match.
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Real Madrid should just forget about any idea of them winning the La Liga this season.
La Liga table shows that Barcelona are leading Real Madrid with only 6 points. I don't say 6 points are small difference but it is not too big difference in a long season with 27 more matches for each club. Real Madrid are falling behind Barcelona but they have many matches to change the temporary disadvantage, one more El Clasico match in Nou Camp stadium. Of course Barcelona are leading with good difference and they are working very well to win La Liga trophy in this season.
I would say the greatest part about this is that everyone talked about how Real Madrid built the new los galacticos with addition of Mbappe and they could be incredible, and all season long they prove they weren't that good at all. Addition of Mbappe didn't help them at all, not that he isn't a great player, he is, but he just doesn't look like the best fit.

And Flick was incredible in this game, dude managed to pull off an offside-trap for Mbappe that ruined him so many times, for so many chances, and to do that on the fastest player in the world, having a high line defense, was the biggest risk anyone can think of. Real had so many chances that were offsides, otherwise could have been goals. In the end, Flick just outsmarted Ancelotti, simple as that.
I think Real's was new los galacticos in the last season, but Mbappe's arrival I think only weakened Real, as did Kroos' departure.
After Mbappe's arrival it seems that Bellingham started to play worse and lost his leadership position on the field. Although Mbappe is trying to play in pass with partners, but still it is obvious that Mbappe is worried about his own game and he tries to shoot from any position, even if it is not the most favorable, which hurts team play, and Real is first of all a team, and then the individual game.
I was also surprised by the odds on the victory before the match on Barcelona, which was 3.8 and it is really very strange, because after Real Barcelona has the strongest squad in La Liga and such odds were just a gift from bookmakers, but the score 4:0 was really difficult to guess, I believed in the victory of Barcelona, but not with such a score.
It's not about Mbappe's arrival to the Real Madrid squad, it's Real Madrid's decline when Toni Kroos decided to leave and from there Madrid's game didn't look as interesting as before, even though they still have Luka Modric, it doesn't make Madrid's game good but instead declines, the big defeat in EL Clasico is not solely the fault or presence of Mbappe but it is clear that the decline of all players has an impact on Real Madrid's game pattern, and it is very clear that Real Madrid is no longer a match for Barcelona this season and it is certain that Barcelona will leave the points that Madrid currently has.
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