Managing Madrid Podcast: Guti Partidazo (Historical Segment); Las Blancas Post-game

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

Part One (A review of Real Madrid’s 3 - 2 win over Sevilla in the ‘06/07 season with Kiyan Sobhani and Matt Wiltse)

• A background of the 2006 / 2007 season
• Sergio Ramos - Fabio Cannavaro partnership
• The banishment of David Beckham in 2006
• Fabio Capello’s brand of football
• Mahamadou Diarra - Emerson double pivot
• David Beckham, the last of his kind
• Casemiro’s ancient role
• An analysis of Robinho
• Fabio Cannavaro masterclass
• Young Ramos
• Cicinho and Miguel Torres
• Raul’s performance
• David Beckham’s performance
• Guti masterclass
• Santiago Bernabeu atmosphere.

Part Two (Las Blancas with Grant Little and Om Arvind)

• The positive effects of Aznar’s move to the midfield three
• The sharp individual performances of Kaci, Maite Oroz, and Teresa
• The tactical differences between the 4-4-2 and 4-3-3
• Om eating his own words???
• How to make a false nine work
• Why the 4-3-3 is the best compromise solution
• The issues with Athletic Bilbao’s defensive structure
• Erika Vázquez’s poor defensive performance
• Analyzing the goal
• Why Madrid couldn’t create many chances
• Real Madrid’s unwillingness/inability to switch play & Kenti Robles’ strange positioning
• The increased relevance of high pressing in the modern age
• Ivana Andrés’ great defensive & passing performance
• Sofia Jakobsson’s bounceback game
• Praising Marta Cardona
• Miscommunication between Misa and the back line
• Why the 2nd half became more even
• Lamenting the incorrect substitution graphics
• And more

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Om Arvind (@OmVASports)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)

Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4)