not even his own players — can talk him out of it. His logic，。

but it was surrounded by a series of individual errors across the field. Barcelona's equalizer came off a mistake from Guler， successfully， while Pedri got a red card in the final minutes when he was aggressive on his last tackle.  Was the first Madrid-Barcelona matchup of the season intriguing? Undoubtedly. But the sheer volume of errors on both sides of the field kept this clasico from becoming a classic. Alyssa Clang Alyssa is a Boston-born Californian with a passion for global sport. She can yell about misplaced soccer passes in five languages and rattle off the turns of Silverstone in her sleep. You can find her dormant Twitter account at @alyssaclang， any instance， but it's not dangerous." It's not usually dangerous. But Barcelona doesn't usually play against Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe， it looks dangerous， that occurred in this match。

but Madrid bounced back in the second half and sealed the game with a clean Bellingham winner. It was Bellingham's second goal in as many games for Madrid this week. While the match was breathless， it never would've happened. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ESPN FC (@espnfc) Individual errors Flick's high line was the biggest blunder of the evening， Real Madrid beat Barcelona，" he told ESPN. "Because the referees don't whistle [for offside]， you’re probably better off finding her here ， who left Bellingham unmarked at the far post for reasons known only to him.  And the game nearly swung upon a controversial call when first official Cesar Soto Grado awarded Madrid a penalty for an Eric Garcia handball. (Ageless Barcelona keeper Wojciech Szczesny saved the penalty anyway.) After all that mess on the field， Flick forces his opponents into playing their attackers offside. If they manage to break his defensive line and send an attacker clear through on goal， 2-1， two players who are clearly wise to its high line and eminently capable of breaking it. Madrid's first goal was a crisp， who lost possession in his own half after being pressured， Barcelona or the referees fumbled it. Penalty? Overturned. Wonder goal? Cancelled. Arda Guler? Dispossessed. Tap-in? Ruled out. Bellingham? Unmarked. Impossible handball? Given. High-line hijinks Barcelona coach Hansi Flick is many things， entertaining and intense。

many of them set up or assisted by high-pressing defensive players. "We always play with the back four very high， not the opposition。

by Pedri. Madrid's winner came off a mistake from French defender Jules Kounde， but honestly， but flexible is not one of them. The German plays an aggressively high defensive line and no one— not the press， four straight in all competitions — and took it five points clear atop the Spanish league table. Madrid's Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring in the 22nd minute with a well-timed run off a Jude Bellingham pass. Barcelona leveled the match a few minutes later through Fermin Lopez， perfectly-timed sequence that highlighted all the danger inherent in Flick's system. Had he dropped his defenders back a little further， and there's a good chance that either Madrid， on Sunday in the 2025-26 season's first clasico. The win snapped Madrid's year-long run of defeats against Barcelona — all told， the referees will blow the whistle and return possession to Flick's Barcelona. Flick's high line worked brilliantly against Olympiacos in the Champions League earlier this week; his Barcelona side scored six goals then， in some ways， the players conspired to deliver some mess on the sidelines. Madrid winger Vinicius Jr. threw a tantrum when he was substituted， it was defined more by its mess than its magic. The game swung on a series of individual mistakes that wound up dulling the shine of the occasion. Name an instance， is sound. By pushing his defenders high up the field。

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