...-> Space for Haaland and Cherki;
—Nico Gonzalez was hard to press, negating any attempt to counterpress and initiating City's counters, and was able to cut Bournemouth open with his line-breaking passes.

What was apparent is as follows:

—Set up the optimal situation to find Camavinga on the right;
—Bring Barcelona to the ball side (Pedr/De Jong shifting across, whereas Lamine Yamal & Rashford staying high);
—Switch to the left side, where Real Madrid generates numerical superiority;

Xabi Alonso: "Starting Camavinga? Because Eduardo, Jude and Arda are all dynamic and versatile, today, we couldn't afford to be weak in the midfield. The midfield was very important in beating Barca's high press and carrying the ball forward centrally and through the flanks."

...once he spotted Bellingham was going to switch.

Barca zone 14 was vacated as De Jong was still recovering, whereas Pedri shifted across to offer wide support.

So, Bellingham was alone in front of the defensive line to switch the play toward the right, where Mbappé & Valverde outnumbered Balde.

Tchouaméni picked out Camavinga, who pinned Balde inside & dropped off.

RMA again had a 2v1 situation around Pedri (the free player could be found as RMA progressed) to work the ball out to where they had an overload (left).

Vinicius Jr wasn't bothered by the offside as he adjusted his position...

As a result, Dean Huijsen is free, and the Barcelona trio on RMA left side are behind Carreras, Guler, and Tchouaméni.

So, Dean Huijsen can find Tchouaméni, whose body is oriented toward the gap generated in the central corridor (Torres with Militao and Rashford with Valverde)

At first, De Jong tried to anticipate by leaving Guler and jumping toward Tchouaméni. However, Arda Guler faked his intentions and accessed Carreras on the left.

To neutralize the numerical superiority, Fermin Lopez took charge of Arda Guler, which was RMA's initial goal to hit.

Arda Guler, here, moved deeper and drew De Jong. Barcelona's setup out of possession tipped the scales in Real Madrid's favor as they kept two players at the backline, whereas Tchouaméni was consequently the free man.

The goal was to generate a passing lane between Tchouaméni & Camavinga.

so Bellingham was able to cut in (DPs shifted across)

Pedri recovered and poked the ball backward, but Cubarsi didn’t notice Mbappé behind his back.

The lateral shift and Lamine Yamal and Rashford's high position led to Koundé getting overloaded on the left side.

The same happened here: Camavinga dropped in and dragged Balde forward.

Bellingham joined the crew and generated a 3v2 situation.

So, having the free man in Valverde enabled RMA to work the ball out.

Barcelona's space in front of the backline was underloaded,

From an open play situation, it was easy for RMA as Rashford, out of possession, narrowed inside when Real Madrid progressed from the left.

So, in the case of possession regain or RMA recycling, Camavinga & Valverde overloaded Balde on the right.

Not only that, but he also exploited Lamine Yamal's narrow position to switch the play to the left side where Real Madrid had a 3v1 (3v2 after Lamine Yamal worked his way back) situation.

The domino effect was the moment Camavinga received the ball.

Thanks to Bellingham dashing wide and Barcelona's DPs shifting toward the right, Camavinga was able to tuck inside.

with the rest of the backline shuffling across.

Valverde intentionally darted deeper to expand the distance with Balde to gain space and time on the ball to find Camavinga.

De Jong and Pedri shifted across to provide wide support with Lamine Yamal narrowing inside toward Arda Guler.

As usual, Barcelona starts the high press, lining up in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The focus here is on when Real Madrid progresses from the right side.

Initially, Tchouaméni operated as a lone pivot with Fermin Lopez marking him. Rashford jumped on Militao, so Balde had to run toward Valverde...

The technical floor and ceiling are so high and he took care of his physique.

The result: Sharpness.

Because Real Madrid has so many runners.

So, either follow them and the space BTLs is stretched for Bellingham, Arda Guler, Valverde to receive or ignore the runner and up the probability of conceding goals.

Also, Rogers or Malen shifts toward Palhinha to neutralise that 3v2 in midfield for Tottenham.

However, both teams are short of solutions to deal with each other OOP systems.

Not only that, but he sets his team in transitions by doing so.

Also, his deeper movements with the others drag Dortmund forward. And he chips long balls over the top toward a runner in behind.