Managing Madrid Podcast: Espanyol Post-game

On this episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Euan McTear discuss:

• Espanyol’s defensive shape
• Vinicius Jr’s performance
• Karim Benzema’s performance
• The interesting distinguishing factor between Vinicius and Rodrygo Goes in this particular game
• Fede Valverde’s positioning on the right
• The diversity of goal-scorers so far this season
• Making sense of the mess that is Espanyol -- how much is Machin to blame?
• Defensive performance of Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane, Ferland Mendy, and Dani Carvajal
• Casemiro’s performance
• Zinedine Zidane implies that Casemiro will play against Valencia
• Left-back solutions for next week
• Has the rotation ideology changed?
• Stats that don’t exist yet
• And more

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Hosts this week:

Euan McTear (@Emctear)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)