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

Part One: Las Blancas with Om Arvind and Grant Little

• CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HERE WE COME!!!
• The Madridismo-remontada spirit in this team
• What the league table looks like, because why not?
• Explaining how the UWCL qualifiers work
• What we can tell you about the Chioma Ubogagu situation
• Thoughts on the lineup
• How both teams exploited each other well from a tactical perspective
• Maite Oroz’s unusually poor start
• The brutal way Real Madrid Femenino conceded the first goal
• Lucía Rodríguez’s (future Madrid player) good performance
• Las Blancas’ strong response to going down
• The feeling that the game was going against us
• Teresa Abelleira’s magnificent, clutch display
• Teresa’s importance on throw-ins
• Why Marta Cardona and Sofia Jakobsson need to swap positions more
• The one big weakness with the 4-3-3 false nine/4-4-2 diamond approach and how it allowed Real Sociedad to score their second goal
• The unreal mentality of this side
• Kenti Robles stepping up defensively
• Initial reaction to the David Aznar subs
• Why the change to the double pivot worked in this case
• How Teresa’s retention off of throw-ins created our first goal
• Breaking down Madrid’s equalizing goal
• Jessica Martínez’s impact on the third goal and her Real Madrid legacy
• The historic nature of this season
• Shouting out all the wonderful people that helped and educated us
• Why Real Madrid creating a women’s team is so important
• Thanking the listeners and patrons

Part Two (1:15:3): Kiyan Sobhani and Kristofer McCormack revisit La Septima

• The context of surrounding the 1998 Champions League final between Real Madrid and Juventus and why it was such an important game
• Was is the biggest night in Real Madrid history?
• The deep coaching pool that came out of that Juve team
• Jupp Heynckes still kicking after coaching us to a title in 98
• Lorenzo Sanz’s revolution
• Elvir Baljic
• Who’s aged the best?
• The Fernando Hierro - Manolo Sanchis partnership
• Zinedine Zidane’s performance
• Edgar Davids vs Clarence Seedorf
• Roberto Carlos’s greatness
• His finals record
• Roberto Carlos vs Marcelo
• If Twitter was around for the Ferenc Puskas signing..
• Was Predrag Mijatovic offside?
• The importance of his goal and celebration
• And more

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Hosts this week:

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Kristofer McCormack (@CastillaCorner)