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Managing Madrid Podcast: 2017 Year End Mailbag On Player Evaluations, Final Clasico Thoughts, and More

Kiyan and Om go through Patron questions and provide their thoughts on Real Madrid’s first half of the season

Al Jazira v Real Madrid CF - FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017 Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images

On this Patron-only episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Om Arvind discussed:

- Final Clasico thoughts / analysis

- Casemiro's darting runs which used to be properly covered

- The 'fatigue' question, and its correlation with broken presses / defensive sequences

- Player evaluations: Varane, Vallejo, Llorente, Ceballos, Asensio, Benzema, Ronaldo, Nacho, Bale, Ramos, Keylor, Marcelo, Carvajal

- Real Madrid's best 'front 6'

- Reacting to Messi

- Zidane's press conference soundbites

- A thorough deep-dive into Benzema's issues

- How to analyze the game tactically

- And more!

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Om Arvind (@OmVArvind)

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