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

Part One (Eibar post-game with Kiyan Sobhani, Matt Wiltse, Om Arvind)

• The contrast between the first and second halves
• A breakdown of each goal
• Eibar’s tactical approach
• Sergio Ramos’s runs into the penalty area
• The importance of players who can generate shots
• Eden Hazard on the right
• Zinedine Zidane’s line-up plus substitutions
• Rodrygo Goes’s performance
• The Casemiro - Modric - Kroos midfield trio
• Thibaut Courtois’s performance
• Brahim Diaz’s future
• Gareth Bale’s performance — why has he regressed so much?
• Football superstitions
• And more

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

• First team football at the Di Stefano
• Javi Hernandez’s debut chances
• UEFA Youth League restart
• Javi Sanchez potential Valladolid move
• Arbeloa getting the U-14 job.
• Brahim Diaz strange situation at Real Madrid
• Mariano’s struggles this season
• A potential Mariano revival over the next few weeks
• How we became Real Madrid fans
• Why did we start following Castilla
• Real Madrid’s youth approach vs Athletic Bilbao’s
• Controllers in La Fabrica
• How different Madrid’s young midfield options are to their current midfield

Part Three: Journalism Corner — why reporters ask the questions they do.

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4)

Sam Sharpe (@CastillaStats)

Kristofer McCormack (@K_mc06)

Ruben Skjerping (@RubenPMN)

Om Arvind