Managing Madrid Podcast: Kroos and Germany’s blitz of Portugal; Santa Teresa CD 1 - 5 Real Madrid Femenino Post-game

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

Part One: Euro weekend recap with Kiyan Sobhani, Matt Wiltse, and Om Arvind

• Toni Kroos vs Portugal
• Cristiano Ronaldo vs Germany
• Gareth Bale vs Italy
• His tournament so far
• His playmaking role
• His physical deterioration
• Karim Benzema and Raphael Varane vs Hungary
• Fede Valvede vs Argentina
• David Alaba vs Netherlands
• Victor Chust vs Pablo Ramon vs Mario Gila
• Antonio Blanco
• Aliens
• And more.

Part Two (52:35 ish): Grant Little and Om Arvind discuss Real Madrid Femenino’s win over Santa Teresa

• Worries before the game
• Thoughts on the rotations
• Real Madrid’s explanations for why Thaisa and Marta Corredera weren’t in the squad
• Marta Cardona’s brilliance on the opening goals
• Is Cardona’s scoring sustainable going into next season?
• How the second goal reveals Lorena Navarro’s impact on the entire match
• Why Las Blancas could handle the press in the 4-2-3-1 this time
• The best team goal of the day
• Samara Ortíz’s big moment and Kosovare Asllani’s class
• Asllani’s under-the-radar performance
• Sofia Jakobsson’s and Asllani’s legacies of sacrifice
• The two Swedes peaking at different times
• Maite Oroz’s great showing
• Is Maite best as a pivot or should she be used further forward?
• The importance of tempo control from your deep-lying playmaker
• Ariana Arias’ bright cameo and goal
• Sara Ezquerro fulfilling her dream and the feel-good nature of the game
• Misa’s pure joy for her teammate
• The one blemish on the night
• This team being the one thing that saved us over the last year or so
• Future content plans and a possible surprise?

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Hosts this week:

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4)

Sam Sharpe (@CastillaStats)