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

- Should Casemiro have played this game?

- Will he play against Valencia? The case against resting him

- The Dennis / Tau combo from Brugge giving Real Madrid problems

- Zinedine Zidane’s tactical plan

- What changed in the second half?

- Breaking down Brugge’s goal

- Alvaro Odriozola’s performance + future

- Achraf Hakimi discussion

- How can Luka Jovic be more involved?

- Our preferences (ranked) for the round-of-16

- Buying vs developing players

- Should Real Madrid have made more of an effort to kept Mateo Kovacic?

- And more.

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Om Arvind

Gabe Lezra