This season we finally got to see the dominant Barcelona we've been missing. They won all four matches against Real Madrid and scored 16 goals in those games. I haven't seen such an ineffective Real Madrid in a long time. There was no trace of last year's successful team, despite signing Mbappe. Barca on the other hand marched toward success especially with players from La Masia.
In the Spanish La Liga this season Barcelona are seem to be invisible subjugating Real Madrid to nothing I have never really season in all their rival seasons in the league. Madrid couldn't even get a point in their four clashes this season and that's very much of a poor head-to-head for a club that bought one of the most expensive player in the world. I think Real Madrid would need to buy a natural top 9 (to allow Mbappe play in normal position) and also strengthen their defense too if they want to stand tall against Barcelona next season.
And defense: three in the last Clasico alone; seventeen league mistakes resulting in shots. It's about recreating chemistry, particularly in the post-Kroos/Modric age, not only about buying players. We might find some balance if Xabi Alonso arrives with that Bayer-style 3-2-5 and fixes the right-back black hole. If not? Lamine Yamal will likely use grown guys as training cones again next year