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This episode comes in two parts.

Part One: UEFA Nations League Final review with Kiyan Sobhani and Matt Wiltse

Kiyan's love-hate relationship with France's tactics

What happened in the first half?

Karim Benzema's defensive work

Rodri's performance

Karim Benzema's goal and his overall performance

Why Benzema is a unicorn

The Kylian Mbappe goal / offside confusion

And more.

Part Two (43:42): Om Arvind and Grant, post-game show for Real Madrid Femenino vs Eibar

Injury news

Updates on David Aznar’s job security

Does Florentino Pérez really care about the women’s team?

Double standards in how the masculino and femenino sections are handled

What’s true and what’s not from the report on the players wanting Aznar sacked

The lineup and Caroline Møller Hansen starting over Athenea del Castillo

Claudia Florentino as an interior, again

How Eibar won the tactical battle in the first half

Why Real Madrid couldn’t defend the channels despite having three center-backs

Our atrocious effort on the goal conceded

Briefly revisiting the Esther González vs. Nahikari García debate

Caroline Møller Hansen’s impressive performance

Rocío Gálvez’s passing

Las Blancas’ mental volatility

Eibar shooting themselves in the foot with their second half subs

Aznar’s funky changes and Ivana Andrés in defensive midfield

Athenea’s spark off the bench

Rocío’s impact on offensive set-pieces

Lucía Rodríguez’s mojo returning

Carla Camacho making history on her debut

The alliterative pattern to our youth call ups

What we need to do going forward to improve

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