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Churros y Tácticas episodes

July 30, 2018 Arthur Debut, Vinicius Jr Hype, Atletico's Winger Depth
On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Diego Lorijn discuss:
- La Liga kick-off times for the upcoming season
- Vinicius Jr hype (playing his first match for Real Madrid this week)
- Theo Hernandez loan to Sociedad looming
- Real Madrid's center-back depth
- Arthur hype / stylistic parallels to Xavi
- The Julen Loptegui era, and ability to bind together a cohesive team after Cristiano Ronaldo's departure
- VAR making its La Liga debut!
- Atletico's depth on the flanks after the Thomas Lemar and Gelson Martins signings
- Supercopa mess
- Churros and peanut butter
- And more
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57 min
July 24, 2018 Breaking Down The Malcom Deal, La Liga's Best Signings, Alpha Bale
On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Diego Lorijn discuss:
- Barca signing Malcom from all angles, from the perspective of all three parties
- Monchi tearing his hair (?) out
- Tactical fit
- What the signing means for Ousmane Dembele
- Why is it difficult for Barca and Madrid to sign players right now, if at all?
- Gareth Bale leading the line next season
- Other transfer window stuff
- Will there be more parity in La Liga next season?
- Winners and losers under Julen Lopetegui
- France vs Spain in 2022
- Best La Liga transfers until now
- And more.
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59 min
July 17, 2018 Churros y Tacticas Podcast: Part 1
On this episode (Part 1; with Part 2 coming out tomorrow) of the Churros y Tacticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Diego Lorijn discuss:
- A revisiting of the Ronaldo transfer, since Kiyan and Diego haven't talked about it on record yet
- Balon D'or race
- Real Madrid's next (main) penalty taker
- A Barca fan perspective of the Ronaldo transfer
- What's next for Dutch football?
- And more
Part 2, coming tomorrow, will focus on Quique Setien's tactics, Barca's formation next season, the Champions League / Europa League race, and more.
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34 min
July 10, 2018 Mailbag: Replacing Ronaldo's Goals, Supercopa Dispute, La Liga Transfers
On this episode of the Churros y Tactcas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani goes through a mailbag to discuss:
- How would Spain have done against Uruguay instead?
- Teams in Spain you should be most excited for
- Most exciting La Liga transfers
- A theoretical line-up that consists of Kane, Hazard, Isco, Modric, James, and Kroos
- Pros and cons of Luis Enrique
- How can Real Madrid replace Cristiano Ronaldo's goals next season?
- Sergi Roberto vs Alvaro Odriozola
- Would a Messi exit differ than a Ronaldo exit?
- Jese Rodriguez update
- Supercopa dispute between Sevilla and RFEF
- And more
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35 min
July 02, 2018 Spanish Football Mailbag
On this episode of the Churros y Tacticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Diego Lorijn discuss:
- The Rubiales / Real Madrid fallout
- Rooting for rival players in the national team
- The best and worst Real Madrid and Barcelona players of the World Cup
- Fernando Hierro's management style, and what's next
- Lionel Messi / Cristiano Ronaldo World Cup exit
- Rodrygo's lack of playing time
- Best place in Madrid to eat churrrrrrrrros
- And more
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47 min
June 25, 2018 Spain And Portugal Scrape Through
On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Diego Lorijn discuss:
- A crazy ending to both matches in Group B
- How worried should we be about Spain?
- Dani Carvajal's sluggish sreturn
- Diego Costa not clicking
- Andres Iniesta slowing down, but having brilliant moments
- What can Hierro do differently? What are the solutions?
- Issues defending counter-attacks, spreading the center-backs thins, and the double-pivot not providing enough dynamism
- Morocco cutting off the supply-chain to Busquets
- Isco show
- And more
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30 min
June 18, 2018 World Cup Predictions -- A Check-in
On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Diego Lorijn discuss:
- Odds of Spain winning the World Cup
- Germany's transition defense
- France being unimiginative
- Belgium's year?
- The stars aligning for a James Rodriguez return to Madrid
- Top scorer prediction
- Hack-a-Messi
- Diego Costa's fit
- And more
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27 min
June 11, 2018 Preparing For World Cup 2018
On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Diego Lorijn discuss:
- MJ vs LeBron
- Spain's political climate
- Brazil looking great
- Neymar baggage
- Takeaways from Spain's friendly vs Tunisia
- Kiyan's World Cup bracket
- Favourite WC memories
- Why wasn't Spain good before 2008?
- Potential Kovacic - Modric - Rakitic trio
- Odriozola vs Azpilicueta
- And more.
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51 min
June 04, 2018 La Liga XI
On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren) discuss:
- La Liga's best XI, full-stop
- La Liga's best XI, not including the top-4 teams
- Zidane's exit, and validation for his reasoning to leave
- Garitano at Sociedad, Berizzo at Bilbao, and Machine at Sevilla
- Rodri's role at Atleti
- Griezmann's legacy with the Colchonero
- Europa League next season: Sevilla vs Betis
- Inui's bizarre intro video
- Segunda teams coming up
- Would Leroy Sane get into the Spain squad?
- And more.
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1 hr 2 min
May 28, 2018 Real Madrid Induces Salt, Atleti Picks Up Rodri, Sevilla Hires Pablo Machin
On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Diego Lorijn discuss:
- The world’s collective salt after Decimotercera
- Losing our minds over Bale’s golazo -- for different reasons
- People placing their emphasis on the wrong things, when it should be about Real Madrid’s greatness
- The ‘luck’ narrative
- How will this era be remembered?
- Barcelona and Real Madrid: Youth vs external signings
- Unai Emery’s new venture at Arsenal
- Atletico signing Rodri
- Pablo Machin at Sevilla
- Spain’s starting XI
- And more
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51 min

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Co-host and chief editor of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani, along with Diego Lorijn -- Barca TV, VIVA La Liga TV host, delve into La Liga's hottest topics. We scrutinize the biggest games,…