Managing Madrid Las Blancas Podcast: Real Madrid Femenino 1 - 2 Levante UD

On this episode of Las Blancas podcast, Om Arvind and Grant Little discuss:

• The current state of the race for the UEFA Women’s Champions League spots
• The injuries that affected both starting lineups
• The chaos and frenetic pace of the opening 20 minutes
• Analyzing Levante’s press
• How Real Madrid Femenino regained control of the half
• Levante’s struggles against Madrid’s high press
• The inefficiencies in Las Blancas’ possession circuit
• The high-risk high-reward style of Levante’s build-up
• The importance of Madrid’s press in creating the opening goal
• Was Marta Cardona’s spinning backheel pass intentional?
• The irony of Levante’s equalizer
• Could Claudia Florentino have done better to stop Esther González from scoring?
• Whether Esther is the best striker in Spain or not
• The reasons behind Madrid’s inability to control the second half
• Thoughts on David Aznar taking Maite Oroz and Teresa Abelleira off for Kosovare Asllani and Thaisa
• Breaking down the critical mistakes Real Madrid made on the goal in the 93rd minute
• Marta Corredera’s Jekyll and Hyde performance
• Sofia Jakobsson’s up and down form
• Real Madrid TV’s disastrous coverage of the game
• And much more

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Hosts this week:

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Las Blancas (@las_blancas)