Barcelona have been left furious over what they describe as a 'witch hunt' against one of their players following an incident involving Jude Bellingham. Real Madrid won the first El Clasico of the season, defeating the Catalans 2-1 thanks to goals from Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe.

Xabi-ball generally limits the amount of times Real Madrid’s wing-backs are isolated against wingers in 1v1 duels in deep positions. Most of Carreras’s work is carried high up the pitch. He wins the ball in the opponents’ half, and if the press gets beat, he sprints back and stops breaks reliably.

Amidst the joy of an El Clasico win, Real Madrid have a dark cloud lurking as the future of superstar Vinicius Jr. has once again taken the spotlight following his outburst at manager Xabi Alonso