On this Patron-only episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Lucas Navarrete discuss:

- Lucas’s reflections on last night’s loss

- The clip of Marcelo yelling at Vinicius just before Alcoyano’s first goal

- Does Raul Gonzalez want to take over the A-team in its current state? What is his football philosophy?

- Why Zinedine Zidane won’t get sacked now

- Is this squad good enough to compete for all major trophies?

- Has Zidane lost part of the locker room?

- The Spanish media’s unhealthy relationship with the club

- The validity of Zidane’s relationship with certain players, as reported today

- The most ‘humbling’ defeats we’ve witnessed over the past five years

- Zidane managing France one day

- Zidane’s smirk at the end of the Copa game

- David Alaba in a Casemiro role

- Would Paul Pogba fit?

- And more.

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Lucas Navarrete (@LucasNavarreteM)

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