Managing Madrid Podcast: Atalanta 2nd leg preview; Real Madrid Femenino vs Atletico Post-game

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

Part One (Las Blancas post-game with Grant Little and Om Arvind)

• The current state of the quest to qualify for the UEFA Women’s Champions League
• Thoughts on Real Madrid Femenino’s and Atlético Madrid’s lineups
• Some kinks with Real’s high press
• Olga Carmona being sent off
• Ludmila’s game-changing ability as an athlete
• Why Atléti seemed to struggle more against ten players
• Was Maite Oroz the right player to take off?
• Debating Maite’s and Teresa Abelleira’s defensive abilities vs. Aurélie Kaci’s and Thaisa’s
• Why keeping Jessica Martínez on was the right decision
• Should Laia Alexandri have gotten a direct red for her foul on Jessica?
• The tactical issues with Atlético Madrid’s left-hand side
• The impact of José Luis Sánchez Vera’s half-time subs
• Jessica’s warrior-like display
• Breaking down the winning goal
• Sofia Jakobsson’s brilliant finish
• Praising Marta Corredera
• Ivana Andrés’ and Claudio Florentino’s performances
• Deyna Castellano’s second yellow and her rough past couple of weeks
• Did David Aznar have any other choice but to replace the injured Claudia with striker Lorena Navarro?
• The team’s togetherness and spirit
• Real Madrid Femenino are inspiring young girls everywhere

Part Two — 1:16:00 — (Atalanta 2nd leg preview with Kiyan Sobhani and Jose Perez)

• How different will Atalanta look in the 2nd leg?
• What’s going on Josep Ilicic?
• Ilicic vs Zapata
• Revisiting Atalanta’s loss to Inter Milan
• What are Real Madrid’s options without Casemiro?
• What’s the best one out of those options?
• Key matchups
• Predictions
• And more.

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Hosts this week:

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Jose Perez (@jcperez_)