Managing Madrid Podcast: Real Sociedad Post-game; Las Blancas

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

Part One (Real Madrid 1 - 1 Real Sociedad post-game with Kiyan Sobhani, Matt Wiltse, Om Arvind)

• Our enjoyment of the game
• Zinedine Zidane’s starting XI
• Our first half tactics
• Toni Kroos and Isco
• Immanol Alguacil’s post-game quotes
• Pressing from both teams
• Defensive shape of both teams
• The ‘Isco is lazy’ narrative
• Isco’s performance
• Casemiro’s role in the 2nd half, and Zidane’s explanation for it
• Casemiro’s profile
• Breaking down Portu’s goal
• Zidane’s subs
• Lucas Vazquez’s performance
• Marco Asensio’s performance and best role
• Luka Modric’s performance
• And more.

Part Two — 1:59:35 — (Las Blancas Post-game with Om Arvind and Grant Little)

• The current shape of the race for the Champions League spots
• Does Thaisa really add that much more defensively than Teresa Abelleira?
• How Thaisa in the pivot role instead of Maite Oroz affected Real Madrid Femenino’s build-up
• The Marta Cardona wonder-goal
• Om’s spiel on Real Sociedad’s build-up structure and how it beat Madrid’s imperfect press
• Are Las Blancas good enough against the top 7?
• Why Real Madrid should have sat back and looked to counter once the press failed
• Breaking down the positional interchanges behind Real Sociedad’s equalizing goal
• Kenti Robles’ disappointing performance
• The underrated importance of Olga Carmona
• How Real Sociedad’s press resistance led to their second goal
• The extent of Teresa’s impact as a substitute within the context of La Real ceding control
• The poor refereeing and the missed penalty
• Real Madrid’s problem with set-piece defending
• And much more

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Hosts this week:

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4)