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Las Blancas Podcast: Atlético Madrid 0-2 Real Madrid; The Greatest Shithouse Win Ever?

How on earth did we win this? Hosts Om Arvind & Yash Thakur try to explain.

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On this episode of Las Blancas Podcast, Om Arvind & Yash Thakur discuss:

  • Why Cardona wasn’t in the squad
  • A number of key players being dropped
  • What fixtures Toril might be prioritizing and whether his theoretical logic makes sense
  • Why Maitane played at center-back
  • Atlético’s intense tactics on offense and defense
  • The differences between Atleti’s and Madrid’s 4-4-2’s and what can be learned from them
  • What Real could’ve and should’ve done differently
  • Whether Kaci is the right midfielder for these types of games
  • Toril’s lack of halftime changes
  • Møller’s best attributes being off-ball
  • Misa’s legendary performance
  • Our disbelief at keeping a clean sheet
  • Madrid already scarring our city rivals this early in our history
  • Babs’ immense box defending
  • Atlético’s most underrated players
  • Google placing Alexia Putellas’ face next to Bárbara Latorre
  • Lessons we can learn from this lucky win
  • The likely mental boosts from such a victory


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Hosts this week:

Om Arvind (@OmVASports)

Yash Thakur (@Odriozolite)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)

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