Managing Madrid Podcast: Di Stefano’s Greatness; Castilla Corner; Real Madrid Femenino Post-game

This episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast comes in three parts.

Part One (Castilla Corner with Sam Sharpe, Kristofer McCormack, and Ruben Skjerping)

• The massive changes in Segunda B this season
• Why its potentially the most important season in Castilla history
• Our expectations for the season
• Thoughts on the squad list and the weak points
• Raul as first team coach
• Who is in the first team in three years time.
• And more.

Part Two — 1:03:40 — (Historical Segment with Kiyan Sobhani and Matt Wiltse)

• Benfica 5 - 3 Real Madrid, 1962 European Cup Final
• Real Madrid’s ‘3rd leg’ vs Juventus, and their run to the final
• The classic 3-2-5
• An entire Alfredo di Stefano swoon segment.
• Has there been a player like him since?
• Francisco Gento, arriving from 2020 in a time machine
• Ferenc Puskas with yet another hat-trick in a final
• Eusebio’s greatness
• Pachin’s performance
• Miguel Muñoz’s success
• Johan Cruyff, the ball boy
• Broadcast things
• And more

Part Three — 1:54:32 — (Las Blancas with Grant Little)

• Grant breaks down the match that no one could watch
• Kenti Robles and Sofia Jakobsson’s good performances
• The dilemma of starting our best players out of position
• Aznar’s interesting substitutions
• Standouts and Best 11
• Overall takeaways from the first two matches

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)

Sam Sharpe (@CastillaStats)

Kristofer McCormack (@K_mc06)

Ruben Skjerping (@RubenPMN)

Castilla Corner (@CastillaCorner)