Managing Madrid Podcast: Real Madrid’s Big Win At Mestalla, Tactical Tidbits, And More

On this episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Om Arvind discuss:

• Where this win ranks among other performances this season
• Real Madrid’s wonky and fluctuating xG
• Real Madrid’s press, and how they dealt with Valencia’s
• Casemiro being Casemiro
• Zidane’s subs
• Roles of the midfield trio
• Goncalo Guedes / Carlos Soler swap
• The Isco question, and debunking narratives against him
• Crossing stats, and the correlation with playing well offensively
• Diego Llorente
• Jesus Vallejo as a theoretical DM
• Om’s video about the Karim Benzema - Cristiano Ronaldo partnership
• State of refereeing in La Liga
• And a ton more!

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Om Arvind (@OmVArvind)