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

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

- Lionel Messi updates

- Getafe’s defensive shape

- The fascinating duels on the flanks

- Getafe defensive stats this season

- Marc Cucurella’s performance, and Barcelona’s mistake in letting him go

- Ferland Mendy’s performance

- Isco’s role in this game

- What changed when Zidane made the subs?

- Real Madrid’s defense since returning from quarantine

- Toni Kroos’s performance

- Thibaut Courtois’s distribution

- Casemiro and Benzema’s performance

- Real Madrid’s upcoming schedule

- Marco Asensio and Rodrygo Goes’s best position

- A discussion on inverted wingers

- Real Madrid Femenino

- And more.

Part Two (Mailbag with Kiyan Sobhani and Lucas Navarrete)

- Martin Odegaard’s injury

- Examples of athletes with his condition

- Thoughts on Achraf’s official departure

- What could the club have done differently?

- Can Dani Ceballos play a defensive anchor role?

- Can Kubo and Odegaard coexist at Real Sociedad?

- What if past legends like Di Stefano and Pele had media coverage like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo do?

- The summer of 2021

- Can Alvaro Odriozola bounce back?

- Rating Eder Militao’s season

- And more.

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Lucas Navarrete (@LucasNavarreteM)

Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4)

Om Arvind