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Managing Madrid Podcast: Breaking Down The Levante Loss, Lopetegui’s Situation, And More

Kiyan Sobhani and Alex Kirkland discuss the ever-eventful club that is Real Madrid

Real Madrid CF v Levante UD - La Liga Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images

On this episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Alex Kirkland (RMTV, TSFP) discuss:

  • What happened against Levante
  • The contrast between Real Madrid’s first-half and second-half (a recurring trend, in some ways)
  • The historically bad goalscoring stats
  • Solari’s turnaround with Castilla
  • Vinicius Jr
  • The case for Lopetegui to stay, but the harsh reality surrounding the situation
  • Modric’s form
  • Asensio’s form
  • Lopetegui’s playing style, and the complaints about possession football
  • And much more

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Hosts this week:

Alex Kirkland (@AlexKirkland on Twitter)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo on Twitter)

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