Churros y Tácticas

On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Diego Lorijn and Kiyan Sobohani got together to discuss:

- Barcelona getting away with a bad call, again -- a perpetual La Liga problem

- Theories behind Semedo and Denis Suarez's lack of playing time

- Luis Suarez's poor form, his body language, and reaction from fans

- Malaga are... OH MY GOD THEY HAVE ONE POINT AFTER NINE GAMES!

- Diego's usual interrogation of Kiyan about Real Madrid

- Guedes, Soler, and Zaza lighting the league on fire

- Sevilla literally on fire

- Bakambu continues his hot streak

- Atleti's lack of bite, Diego Costa's return, and other Atleti things

- Balaidos under renovation, Celta struggling to break through Atletico

- Benito Villamarin lit as usual, Joel Campbell standing out for Betis, Alaves changing their approach too late

- Kiyan's alarming amount of notes from the Levante - Getafe match, including passing stats that made no sense

- And a ton more

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On this bonus, mid-week episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Diego Lorijn (on his return!) joined Kiyan Sobhani to discuss:

- La Liga teams in this week's Champions League action

- Barcelona steamrolling Olympiakos

- Lionel Messi's magic pill

- Gerard Pique celebrating a clear handball

- Paulinho's cutting runs, Gerard Deulofeu's flair -- both better than we thought

- Real Madrid's draw against Tottenham, and the importance of coming first place this year, whereas last year it wasn't a huge deal

- Sevilla and Atletico Madrid both laying eggs, and what they need to do to turn it around

- A jab from a Patron towards Diego and Barca

- The latest on the political situation

- Spain's depth up front

- And a ton more

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On this episode, Kiyan Sobhani flew solo (Diego was ill, and to make up for it, we'll be churning out a bonus mid-week pod on Thursday) to breakdown a crazy weekend in La Liga and answer questions from fans. Topics discussed:

- Fitting in as a Madridista at the Bernabeu

- Bakambu's (non-fluke, red-hot) start to La Liga

- La Liga's most disappointing players until now

- Who Isco effects Asensio's performance

- The three relegation candidates

- Parallels between Betis this season and Las Palmas last season

- Fede Valverde starting for Depor

- What position are Valencia destined for?

- Betis - Valencia: Sanabria / Sergio Leon starting together, Guardado in a deeper role, bad refereeing, and King Kondogbia

- Girona - Villareal / Barca - Atleti / Las Palmas - Celta / Alaves - Sociedad / Bilbao - Sevilla / Eibar - Depor

- And somehow, a ton more

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On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Diego Lorijn discussed:

- Catalunya's climate, and how a declaration of independence changes things.

- The extra does of 'spicy' in future Clasico

- Spain - Israel. More importantly: Lopetegui's decisions with the squad moving forward

- Who will squeeze in the World Cup squad?

- How does Spain stack up against France?

- False 9 vs Morata / Diego Costa

- Options without Busquets

- Berizzo's time with Celta, and his ceiling with Sevilla

- Theoretical: Pep takes over the Dutch NT

- And more!

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On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Diego Lorijn joined Kiyan Sobhani to discuss:

- Everything that's happening in Catalunya, and the domino effects from it

- Bartomeu's decision to play the match behind closed doors

- The actual match: Las Palmas playing well but helpless by the end of it

- Denis Suarez having a great season

- Real Madrid's match against Espanyol, their struggles at home as opposed to their 'comfort' away from the Bernabeu

- Mateo Kovacic's timeline

- The gong show at Anoeta: Guardado on another level, Joaquin contributing, Sergio Leon (monster), Sanabria, Fabian; and on the flipside, Diego Llorente, Willian Jose, Odriozola

- Iago Aspas under Unzue

- Athletic Bilbao's European hopes taking a blow with Iker Muniain's injury

- Valencia continuing to prove their legitimacy (although Diego is still skpetical)

- And much more!

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On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Diego Lorijn and Kiyan Sobhani discussed:

- The beauty of Girona's coast (2:45)

- The very first Catalan derby between Girona and Barcelona (7:45)

- Leo Messi and Pablo Maffeo exchanges (9:00)

- Man-marking vs zonal marking (10:45)

- What we can gather from the Real Madrid - Barcelona - Atletico title race so far (15:00)

- Some odd quirks that Zinedine Zidane has in common with Frank Rijkaard (18:40)

- Jeremy Mathieu talking trash ahead of the mid-week clash between Barca and Sporting (32:05)

- How Catalonian independence would affect Barcelona and its fans, and the final line of having a voice about politics while being in the sports industry (34:45)

- The likelihood of a smaller Spanish club reaching peak Super Depor heights (45:35)

- Valencia's surge, Zaza's coming of age, Carlos Soler / Guedes on the blitzing counter-attack, and everything about Marcelinho's team (48:56)

- Is Malaga going down? (54:57)

- Las Palmas' place in relegation battle (59:35)

- Atletico Madrid rounding into form 1:01:50

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On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, SImon Harrison joined Kiyan Sobhani to discuss:

- Getafe holding their own against Barca

- The refereeing in La Liga, particularly the Franco Vazquez incident

- Malaga's surprisingly timely and impressive performance despite losing against a boring and efficient Atletico Madrid side at the Wanda Metropolitano

- Angel Correa's role in January when Vitolo arrives

- Girona with yet another strong showing

- Sevilla still not impressing despite being near the top.

- Pablo Sarabia's development

- Ganso. Just Ganso.

- Real Madrid's big win at Anoeta: Theo vs Odriozola, Ceballos and Llorente being deep down the depth chart, Borja Mayoral, Gareth Bale.

- Celta's late and insufficient comeback attempt against an Espanyol side that started perfectly.

- And more!

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On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani was joined by Jeremy Beren of Into The Calderon to discuss:

- Simeone's contract extension

- Trying to figure out where all the pieces fit with Vitolo and Diego Costa

- Theo Hernandez's inevitable reception at Metropolitano

- Valencia's return to playing a legitimate brand of football

- Real Sociedad's damn impressive form

- Are Villarreal on course to right the ship?

- The usual Real Madrid topics: Bale, Benzema, Morata, Isco, Asensio, Mariano, Mayoral, Werner, Lewandowski, goals

- The new LIT Madrid derby between Leganes and Getafe

- And a ton more...

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On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Euan Mctear of Marca English joined Kiyan Sobhani to discuss:

- Spain's demolition of Liechenstein

- The main event: Isco fathering Italy

- Iniesta and Busquets' performance when surrounded by a proper spine

- The false 9, and the over-complication of it

- Spain's insane depth chart

- EIBAR!

- Dani Ceballos's uphill battle to sneak into the World Cup team

- And more!

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On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Diego Llorijn of Barca Blaugranes joined Kiyan Sobhani to discuss:

- Barcelona's finalized roster

- The board's incompetence

- The lies about Messi's contract

- The lies in general, and the reaction to Soler's presser

- Emre Mor

- Barcelona hitting the Balaidos stumbling block

- And more!

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