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

- Shakhtar missing 10 players due to COVID-19

- Sergio Ramos’s absence

- Eder Militao’s performance

- Raphael Varane’s performance

- Zinedine Zidane’s starting lineup

- Are problems tactical or down to player selection?

- Why the team has lost its swagger and confidence

- Tactical issues in general

- Vinicius Jr’s performance

- Zidane’s talk with the captains after the Cadiz game

- What needs to happen in Clasico for the team to win

- And more.

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Euan McTear (@emctear)