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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