Las Blancas Podcast: Zornoza Runs The Show vs. Vllaznia

On this episode of Las Blancas podcast, hosts Om Arvind and Yash Thakur discuss Real Madrid’s 2-0 win over Vllaznia in the Champions League.

Talking points:

• Why Weir was removed from the squad
• Questions about Toletti starting
• Vllaznia’s conservative defensive tactics and execution
• Set-pieces and Kathellen’s threat
• Vllaznia’s standout individual performers
• Real Madrid’s tactical problems in the first half
• Toletti’s struggles
• How Maite solved a lot of issues
• Zornoza’s impressive performance on her birthday
• The beauty of the first goal
• Weir being indispensable
• The evolution of Esther’s off-ball positioning
• Nahikari’s bright cameo off the bench
• Warning about Levante’s offensive potential
• PSG looking bad
• Chelsea’s imbalances
• How competitive should Madrid be vs. their next UWCL opponents?
• Some info on Roma and Wolfsburg

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Hosts this week:

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Yash Thakur (@Odriozolite)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)