This episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast comes in two parts.
Part One (Real Madrid 1 - 1 Real Sociedad post-game with Kiyan Sobhani, Matt Wiltse, Om Arvind)
Our enjoyment of the game
Zinedine Zidane's starting XI
Our first half tactics
Toni Kroos and Isco
Immanol Alguacil's post-game quotes
Pressing from both teams
Defensive shape of both teams
The 'Isco is lazy' narrative
Isco's performance
Casemiro's role in the 2nd half, and Zidane's explanation for it
Casemiro's profile
Breaking down Portu's goal
Zidane's subs
Lucas Vazquez's performance
Marco Asensio's performance and best role
Luka Modric's performance
And more.
Part Two — 1:55:00 — (Las Blancas Post-game with Om Arvind and Grant Little)
The current shape of the race for the Champions League spots
Does Thaisa really add that much more defensively than Teresa Abelleira?
How Thaisa in the pivot role instead of Maite Oroz affected Real Madrid Femenino’s build-up
The Marta Cardona wonder-goal
Om’s spiel on Real Sociedad’s build-up structure and how it beat Madrid’s imperfect press
Are Las Blancas good enough against the top 7?
Why Real Madrid should have sat back and looked to counter once the press failed
Breaking down the positional interchanges behind Real Sociedad’s equalizing goal
Kenti Robles’ disappointing performance
The underrated importance of Olga Carmona
How Real Sociedad’s press resistance led to their second goal
The extent of Teresa’s impact as a substitute within the context of La Real ceding control
The poor refereeing and the missed penalty
Real Madrid’s problem with set-piece defending
And much more
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