On this Patron-only episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani discusses:

- Real Madrid’s unlikely path to the final of a tournament that didn’t exist a year ago

- Zidane’s starting line-up

- The tactical benefits of 5 midfielders

- The width that Mendy and Carvajal provided

- The cover from Casemiro and Fede

- Zidane playing in similar schemes as a player

- Isco’s role

- Why Isco in midfield sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t

- Fede Valverde’s performance

- Valencia’s underwhelming performance

- The counter-press

- The atmosphere of the game

- And more

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)