On this Patron-only episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Euan McTear discuss:

• Carlo Ancelotti’s tactical explanation of tonight’s poor performance
• Real Madrid’s starting XI
• The admirable effort from Shakhtar Donetsk
• Antonio Rudiger’s performance
• Nacho’s performance
• Should Rudiger bring back the mask?
• Thoughts on upcoming El Clasico
• Performance of front: Eden Hazard, Rodyrgo Goes, Karim Benzema
• Performance of Vinicius Jr off the bench
• Kylian Mbappe
• Predicting post World Cup form
• Back 4 for El Clasico
• And more.

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Euan McTear (@emctear)