This episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast comes in two parts.

Part One: Las Blancas with Om Arvind and Grant Little

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HERE WE COME!!!

The Madridismo-remontada spirit in this team

What the league table looks like, because why not?

Explaining how the UWCL qualifiers work

What we can tell you about the Chioma Ubogagu situation

Thoughts on the lineup

How both teams exploited each other well from a tactical perspective

Maite Oroz’s unusually poor start

The brutal way Real Madrid Femenino conceded the first goal

Lucía Rodríguez’s (future Madrid player) good performance

Las Blancas’ strong response to going down

The feeling that the game was going against us

Teresa Abelleira’s magnificent, clutch display

Teresa’s importance on throw-ins

Why Marta Cardona and Sofia Jakobsson need to swap positions more

The one big weakness with the 4-3-3 false nine/4-4-2 diamond approach and how it allowed Real Sociedad to score their second goal

The unreal mentality of this side

Kenti Robles stepping up defensively

Initial reaction to the David Aznar subs

Why the change to the double pivot worked in this case

How Teresa’s retention off of throw-ins created our first goal

Breaking down Madrid’s equalizing goal

Jessica Martínez’s impact on the third goal and her Real Madrid legacy

The historic nature of this season

Shouting out all the wonderful people that helped and educated us

Why Real Madrid creating a women’s team is so important

Thanking the listeners and patrons

Part Two (1:15:3): Kiyan Sobhani and Kristofer McCormack revisit La Septima:

The context of surrounding the 1998 Champions League final between Real Madrid and Juventus and why it was such an important game

Was is the biggest night in Real Madrid history?

The deep coaching pool that came out of that Juve team

Jupp Heynckes still kicking after coaching us to a title in 98

Lorenzo Sanz's revolution

Elvir Baljic

Who's aged the best?

The Fernando Hierro - Manolo Sanchis partnership

Zinedine Zidane's performance

Edgar Davids vs Clarence Seedorf

Roberto Carlos's greatness

His finals record

Roberto Carlos vs Marcelo

If Twitter was around for the Ferenc Puskas signing..

Was Predrag Mijatovic offside?

The importance of his goal and celebration

And more

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