Managing Madrid Podcast: Champions League Hangover

On this episode of the Managing Madrid Pocast, Kiyan Sobhani and Matt Wiltse discuss:

• Real Madrid’s Champions League hangover in Ipurua
• The great (and not so efficient against Real Madrid) Eibar
• The diamond issue, and Isco’s role
• Gareth Bale’s role in the 4-4-2
• Wing-backs not pushing up until later in the match when the scheme shifted a bit
• Luka Modric being so, so good at football
• Cristiano Ronaldo, and why we don’t talk enough about the GOAT
• Sergio Ramos’s accident
• The unpredictability of Zidane’s starting XI in a big match
• Madridista friends growing up
• Martin Odegaard, next steps
• And more

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4)