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On this episode of Las Blancas Podcast, Om Arvind and Grant Little discuss:
- The state of the league table; UEFA Women’s Champions League qualification updates
- Was the formation a 4-4-2 diamond or a 4-3-3 with a false nine?
- Re-energized individual performances
- Comprehensive explanation of why the offensive system worked
- Marta Cardona and Sofia Jakobsson adapting to inside forward roles
- Why spacing and structure is so important and how that enables off-ball gravity
- The attacking shape and its relation to good counterpressing
- Real Madrid Femenino’s diamond press
- Breaking down the first goal and how it embodied everything good about Madrid’s tactical approach
- Maintaining the momentum created by structural advantages
- Analyzing Las Blancas’ second goal
- Cardona magic
- Raquel is always right
- Cardona’s xG overperformance
- Discussing Real Madrid’s third goal
- Aurélie Kaci’s overall display
- Athletic Bilbao’s second half adjustment that troubled Madrid a bit
- The one blemish on the night
- David Aznar’s subs and the way they impacted the game
- Lorena Navarro’s positive cameo and press resistance
- Being able to taste the Champions League
- And much more
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Hosts this week:
Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)
Grant Little (@grantlittle09)
Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)