Managing Madrid Podcast: Atletico Post-game; Las Blancas vs Espanyol

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

Part One (Atletico post-game with Kiyan Sobhani and Euan McTear)

• How Atletico Madrid let it slip
• Is “a tale of two halves” actually accurate
• Diego Simeone’s subs
• Fede Valverde’s impact
• Marco Asensio and Rodrygo Goes’s performances on the wings
• The return of Kieran Trippier and Yannick Carrasco
• The gap in hunger between Real and Atleti
• A breakdown of Atleti’s goal
• Atleti’s masterful defensive sequences
• Isco’s omission
• And more.

Part Two — 101:40 — (Real Madrid Femenino vs Espanyol post-game with Om Arvind and Grant Little)

• The current state of the race for Champions League qualification
• Thoughts on David Aznar’s “interesting” starting eleven
• How the formation hindered Real Madrid’s 1st half performance
• Why “good” vs. “bad” is too reductive when discussing on-ball quality
• Thaisa and Aurélie Kaci not being the ideal pairing to control the game
• Describing the first and second goals
• Jessica Martínez’s aerial prowess
• The third goal
• The positive impact of the substitutions
• Real Madrid’s mistakes that led to Espanyol’s consolation goal
• Marta Cardona only scores golazos now
• Updates on Kosovare Asllani’s injury
• Marta Corredera’s positive performance and her minutes at right back
• Has Sofia Jakobsson’s form dipped?
• Ads occurring in the middle of the broadcast
• The hilarity of RM TV commentators having to recall stats from memory
• Looking ahead to Atlético Madrid and Levante
• Grant not paying attention SMH
• And much more

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Euan McTear (@emctear)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Las Blancas (@las_blancas)