Real Madrid 0-3 FC Barcelona: 5 Talking Points and Observations

#3 Solari's faith in youth puts the club in a limbo

Reguilon showed why he has been picked over Marcelo once again tonight as he put in a wonderful performance for more than 60 minutes, after which the whole side just gave up. Rather shamefully might I add. But nonetheless, Reguilon put in another top class shift, putting Marcelo's position at the club in more and more jeopardy with each passing game. Lucas Vasquez and Vinicius have knocked out Bale, Mariano and Asensio from the forward spot races with their terrific understanding and great end results.

Vasquez has officially taken over from Bale as a regular starter, as the Welshman has to contend with appearances off the bench and starts against weaker teams.

The amount of trust being placed on these young shoulders might be a lot for a regular footballer out there, but here at Real there are no regular footballers, and being in abundance of too many options can lead to disgruntlement amongst a squad of players who like to believe they all share a similarly strong skill-set. Offloading players like Bale, Marcelo etc would be quite practical but also extremely disrespectful.