Managing Madrid Podcast: Betis Post-game

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

- Thoughts on the 3-5-2, especially in the context of this game

- Solari’s high press

- Setien’s adjustments going into this match

- Real Madrid’s inability to escape any pressing this season

- How Isco and Marcelo would’ve helped

- Will we see this formation again?

- Why did Madrid regress in the second half?

- The Benzema -> Cristo drop off

- Ceballos’s free-kick, the wall, and Pau Lopez’s positioning

- Casemiro’s performance

- Vinicius’s performance

- Fede’s performance

- VAR’s ruling on Canales goal

- Isco

- What could Flo have done better last summer?

- And more.

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Hosts this week:

Gabe Lezra (@ElEzrah)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Om Arvind (@OmVArvind)