Las Blancas Podcast: 2021/22 Season Review

On this episode of Las Blancas podcast, Om Arvind, Grant Little, and Yash Thakur review Real Madrid Femenino’s 2021/22 season and cover:

• Our hopes and expectations at the beginning of the season
• The summer transfer window
• The most memorable moments from preseason and problems with scheduling
• The crushing reality of Marta Cardona’s injury
• Beating Manchester City in the Champions League Qualifiers
• The disastrous start to the league campaign
• The final straw with David Aznar occurring vs. Alavés
• Aznar’s legacy
• Lorena Navarro carrying the team at one point in time
• What happened between the dressing room and Aznar
• Whether the letter to the board asking for Aznar to be sacked was real
• Who controlled lineups under Aznar’s tenure
• Aznar’s side of the story
• The true Alberto Toril Effect
• Initial impressions of Toril
• What Toril did and didn’t change
• Sofie Svava’s signing
• The pros and cons to Toril’s coaching
• Claudia Zornoza’s season
• Whether the criticism of Møller and Svava is fair
• The ridiculous 2-0 win over Atlético Madrid
• Las Blancas stepping up vs. Barcelona in the Champions League
• Olga pushing us through an arduous final stretch of fixtures
• Season awards
• Most memorable moment
• Most surprising moment
• Rating the season as a whole
• The future

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Hosts this week:

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Grant Little (@grantlittle09)

Yash Thakur (@Odriozolite)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)