Jude Bellingham was again to successful Clasicos, and continued having fun with the victory over new rival Lamine Yamal on Instagram.
The English megastar scored Actual Madrid’s second aim in a 2-1 win over Barcelona that gave Los Blancos a five-point lead on the high of LaLiga.
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Pre-match it was all about Yamal’s feedback that Madrid ‘steal and complain’ and post-match it was all about shoving it within the teen’s face.
Dani Carvajal first made some speaking gestures in direction of his Spain teammate, after which the subsituted Vinicius Jr flew out of his tunnel strop to do the identical.
Match-winner Bellingham saved his distance as an almighty bust-up took off between the dugouts, most likely as a result of he’d already performed his speaking on the pitch.
Earlier than scoring the aim that clinched the three factors he had already assisted Kylian Mbappe’s opener to make it 4 objectives and two assists in eight Clasicos.
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And taking to Instagram post-match, he focused Yamal, who has somewhat taken his thunder within the fixture in recent times.
Seemingly referring to the Spanish winger’s controversial pre-match feedback, he wrote to his 40million followers: “Discuss is affordable.”
He then added: “HALA MADRID SIEMPRE!!!” which is the membership’s mantra.
If that wasn’t sufficient, he then put the picture on his story together with the Elvis Presley track ‘A Little Much less Dialog’.
Why do not Bellingham and Yamal like one another?
Bellingham’s obvious dislike of Yamal didn’t simply come from his pre-match feedback, however the pair have a really fashionable footballing rivalry.
Final season, Bellingham maybe inadvertently kicked issues off with a easy like.
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Barca had management of the rivalry throughout a 2024/25 season during which they not solely gained LaLiga, the Copa del Rey and Supercopa, but additionally all 4 Clasicos that happened throughout these competitions.
In reality, Hansi Flick’s aspect had been heading in the right direction for an historic treble, up till Inter Milan took them down within the Champions League semi-finals.
After a surprising 4-3 win for Inter (7-6 on combination), Italian defender Alessandro Bastoni uploaded a celebration picture of himself sitting Yamal down.
Bellingham appreciated the publish, and the Spanish media made certain the act didn’t go unnoticed by plastering it throughout their web sites.
It was the ultimate Clasico of the season simply 5 days later, which Barca gained 4-3 with Yamal scoring.
His response? An Instagram add with the caption: “Like this one too.”
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Bellingham has now gotten his personal again, however this rivalry will run and run with the 22-year-old Englishman 18-year-old Spain star.
He additionally could have settled one other rivalry, with two of the images in his publish exhibiting Pedri struggling to maintain up with him, a participant he is typically been in contrast unfavourably with.
Barca’s tackle the Lamine chaos
The Birmingham-born star wasn’t the one one sad with Yamal’s pre-match feedback, because the Bernabeu whistled each contact of their countryman who was typically swamped by defenders when in possession.
Discussing a meek efficiency post-match Barca’s Marcus Sorg, who was standing in for the suspended Hansi Flick, admitted the ambiance may’ve performed a component.
“It may very well be that the whistles affected him. Possibly slightly,” he mentioned.
“He is studying to cope with the gang, the whistling… It is a course of. It is true that he is usually very motivated, and at the moment wasn’t very simple for him.
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“We talked at halftime about looking for extra one-on-one alternatives. They had been higher than us, we’ve got to just accept that. Typically defenders are good, and we’ve got to just accept that.
“I feel he is coming off an damage. He wants rhythm, matches… It is regular. He is 18, and we’ve got to offer him time and assist him.
“It is regular; opponents strive all the pieces towards him, and so they adapt to defend effectively. We have now to work more durable and assist him get one of the best out of him on the pitch.”