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

- Ajax’s relentless press

- Ten Hag getting his tactics right

- How Real Madrid dealt with the pressure and atmosphere

- The performances of Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Marco Asensio, Karim Benzema, and Gareth Bale

- VAR controversy

- A review of Thibaut Courtois’s performance

- Sergio Reguilon’s ball-carrying in transition, but difficulty with his passing

- Sergio Ramos’s deliberate yellow card

- How loveable is Vinicius Jr?

- Matthijs de Ligt as a potential signing

- Would Isco have helped in a game like this?

- Marcelo’s comments about Gareth Bale’s Spanish

- Gareth Bale’s numbers at Real Madrid

- And more

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Hosts this week:

Gabe Lezra (@ElEzrah)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)