Before the international break, Real Madrid suffered two shocking defeats against the Moldovan "Sherif" team in the Champions League and Espanyol in the League, which prompted Italian Carlo Ancelotti - the team's coach - to search for answers and the reasons for these two defeats.
19 days away from the pressure of matches, I allowed Ancelotti to take a step back, reflect on his mistakes, and come back with a clear plan.
He decided that the best way to play for the royal is 4-3-3, this plan did not hide it or surprise his opponents, but revealed it in one of his press conferences, and uses it against Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine in the Champions League and Barcelona in the Clasico;
The results of both matches showed that his decision was correct.
Ancelotti realized that he had to win both games, and returned to the system that was paying off, when he had a fiery trio in attack including Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema, "BBC".
With Bale's injury and Ronaldo's departure, the two young Brazilians, Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo, advanced to the scene, and presented a high level, as well as Benzema, who is developing in every game he plays this season to the point that he has become a serious contender for the Golden Ball.
In the Clasico, the plan worked, and Real Madrid left possession of Barcelona and launched counterattacks against the Catalans, with Vinicius causing all kinds of problems for Oscar Mingezza in particular.
The plan also worked against the Ukrainian team.
Vinicius is the mainstay of the plan
Ancelotti knows that Vinicius is a decisive player and lives up to the ambition and hopes that were counted on him when he first arrived at the club, and that Vinicius can make a real difference to his team and has to play when he is available.
The presence of Ferland Mendy in the left-back position also helps, as the French full-back provides defensive protection, so that Vinicius does not have to go backwards as he does with another player behind him.
It remains to be seen how Los Blancos will perform against the teams that aggregate in the defense and narrow the spaces in front of their players to prevent them from building attacks and launching other counterattacks, but the 4-3-3 style and counter-attack seem to serve them well against the big teams this season.