Managing Madrid Podcast: Valencia Post-game; Las Blancas Win

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

Part One (Valencia post-game with Kiyan Sobhani and Matt Wiltse)

• Real Madrid’s first 20-30 minutes of play
• Their offensive gameplan
• Starting XI
• Marcelo’s performance
• A thorough breakdown of all goals conceded
• Marco Asensio’s performance
• The upcoming schedule
• Karim Benzema injury update
• Zinedine Zidane’s subs
• Mariano Diaz and Luka Jovic off the bench
• Martin Odegaard and Rodrygo Goes’s performances
• Odegaard’s ceiling
• Thibaut Courtois’s performance
• Isco’s place in the team
• And more.

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

• How good Eibar have been despite being newly promoted
• Real Madrid’s inability to control the game
• Troubles against high pressure
• The one-dimensionality of our attack
• How we created a few dangerous sequences to end the half
• The effectiveness of David Aznar’s odd substitution
• Kosovare Asllani’s goal record
• Olga Carmona’s unorthodox movements
• Whether Teresa Abelleira should’ve started or at least been subbed on
• The unfortunate nature of the penalties
• How Eibar got back into the game through their substitutions
• The underutilization of Marta Corredera as an inverted fullback
• The extremely physical nature of women’s football
• And much more

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Om Arvind (@OmVASports)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)

Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4)