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Managing Madrid Mega Podcast: Las Blancas; Derby All-Time XI; Mailbag

Today’s mega podcast includes an all-time Real Madrid - Atletico XI (with strict rules), a massive mailbag, and a Las Blancas post-game show.

Spanish Soccer - Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid Photo by Matthew Ashton/EMPICS via Getty Images

This mega Patron-only podcast comes in 3 parts.

Part One (Real Madrid Femenino - EDF Logroño post-game with Om Arvind and Grant Little)

  • The state of the league table
  • A quick summary of Atlético Madrid and Barcelona’s Champions League games
  • The twitter drama between the English league and Spanish league futfem camps
  • Should David Aznar have gone with a flat 4-4-2 instead of a 4-3-3?
  • The lethargy and tiredness of the players
  • Breaking down the first goal
  • Maite Oroz’s beautiful passes being ruined by offsides
  • Teresa Abelleira’s good performance
  • Did Aznar make the right substitutions?
  • Why the change to a 4-4-2 diamond ultimately ended up being a positive
  • Kosovare Asllani making an impact from her natural role
  • Chioma Ubogagu’s great movement on the second goal
  • Marta Corredera’s unfortunate situation and how it has made us forget her quality
  • Nitpicking Babett Peter’s passing
  • Om’s rant about Real Madrid’s twitch stream
  • Teledeporte not being able to spell Chioma Ubogagu’s name correctly

Part Two — 1:01:17 — (Real Madrid - Atletico Madrid all-time XI with Kiyan Sobhani and Jeremy Beren)

- Best goalkeeper in Atletico Madrid’s history

- Best right-back in Real Madrid’s history

- Roberto Carlos vs Marcelo

- How underrated is Felipe Luis?

- Best CM in Real Madrid history

- Best ST in Real Madrid history

- Best ST in Atletico Madrid’s history

- Diego Simeone’s playing career

- And more.

Part Three — 1:28:48 — (Mailbag with Kiyan Sobhani and Lucas Navarrete)

- How will Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Barcelona cope with the future financial landscape?

- Is Sergio Reguilon in the same situation Alvaro Morata was?

- Is it better for a player to play with Castilla than to not play at all?

- Will Karim Benzema end his career in Lyon?

- Do any of our current loanees upgrade our starting XI?

- What formation will we see against Atalanta?

- Jurgen Klopp vs Julian Nagelsmann

- Raphael Varane’s contract situation

- Zinedine Zidane’s pull as a manager

- And more.

Click here for access

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Hosts this week:

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Lucas Navarrete (@LucasNavarreteM)

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