Las Blancas Podcast: Is Nahikari Back? + Could The Referees Have Gotten A Better Deal?

On this episode of Las Blancas podcast, hosts Om Arvind and Yash Thakur discuss:

• What labor “strikes” are actually about and why public opinion doesn’t really matter
• The numbers involved and whether they’re a significant improvement on prior promises
• Why Teresa started over Zornoza
• Weir and Toletti being non-negotiable starters
• Recurring issues with Real Madrid’s offense
• Athenea and Møller swapping wings and that making the attack better
• Athenea’s sparkling performance
• What changed to tilt the beginning of the second half in Valencia’s favor
• Zornoza’s positive and negative impacts off the bench
• The awful offside calls
• The effect of moving Weir out wide
• Whether this was Nahikari’s best ever performance in a white shirt
• Why Nahikari played so well and what Madrid can do to make this happen again
• What suits Nahikari vs. what suits Esther
• Evaluating Misa’s outing
• The cool ‘M. Oroz Fanáticos’ banner in the stadium
• Valencia’s promising young core
• Shout out to commentator Diego García
• The Valencia coach’s hilarious reaction right before Madrid’s second goal

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Hosts this week:

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Yash Thakur (@Odriozolite)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)