Las Blancas Podcast: Bad turn of events in London

On this episode of Las Blancas podcast, Yash Thakur and Kani Froh discuss Real Madrid’s 2-0 loss vs Chelsea in the third matchday of this season’s UWCL group stage.

Talking points:

• surprises in the Real Madrid line-up and the pattern that is being created
• how Chelsea’s pressing pushed Real Madrid into their own box for a while
• Real Madrid’s defensive response to the pressing
• the only two chances of the first half
• Kathellen’s defensive errors that raise a lot of concerns
• Freja’s ability in possession
• Feller’s performance including her defensive role
• the Svava-Feller substitution, the logic behind it, and how it impacted the game
• breakdown of both of Chelsea’s goals
• Svava’s role in the second goal
• 80th minute formation change; Nahikari and Rocío on for Freja and Olga -> 3-5-2 system
• The case of Nahikari and Rocío - problems in the existence of a hierarchy
• Kathellen’s goal line clearance
• Real Madrid individual performances: Ivana, Kenti; the Zornoza debate
• Chelsea individual performances: James, Cuthbert, Buchanan
• late substitution at 85’: Toletti and Møller on for Esther and Zornoza
• Toril’s comments in the press conference
• the fanbase reacting to these comments

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Hosts this week:

Yash Thakur (@Odriozolite)

Kanita (@KaniFroh)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)