Managing Madrid Podcast: Real Betis Post-game; Las Blancas; Castilla Corner

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

Part One (Real Betis post-game with Kiyan, Om, and Matt)

• Our thoughts on the starting lineup
• The difference between Martin Odegaard and Isco in the diamond
• Three main issues of the diamond
• The lack of control from the team
• Sergio Ramos’s performance
• Casemiro’s performance
• A fair assessment of Luka Jovic’s performance
• Luka Modric’s performance
• Offensive issues
• Real Betis’s shape
• Why we should keep playing Jovic
• Karim Benzema’s performance
• And more.

Part Two — 1:49:02 — (Las Blancas with Om Arvind, Grant Little, and Gabe Lezra)

• Real Madrid’s friendly vs. Madrid CFF
• A second friendly that may be in the works
• Explaining the terrible COVID-19 regulations and how it could affect the league
• Sexism in women’s football
• Recapping Spain’s 9-0 demolition of Moldova
• Marta Corredera’s impressive performance
• The tactics of the Sweden-Iceland game
• Sofia Jakobsson’s bounce-back
• Kosovare Asllani’s more subdued game
• And more

Part Three — 2:46:18 — (Castilla Corner with Sam, Sharpe, Kristofer McCormack, and Ruben Skjerping)

• Castilla debuts in the first team
• Marvin Park
• Blanco’s first team chances
• The friendly win v Pozuelo
• Theo Zidane
• Peter Fedrico
• Kenneth Soler’s bad debut
• Playing at the Valdebebas vs the Di Stefano
• The major departures (Fran Garcia, Javier Belman, Rodrigo Rodrigues etc).
• Will Sergio Lopez reach his potential?
• How many canteranos gets a debut this season?

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4)

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)

Sam Sharpe (@CastillaStats)

Kristofer McCormack (@K_mc06)

Ruben Skjerping (@RubenPMN)

Castilla Corner (@CastillaCorner)

Gabe Lezra