About this episode
This episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast is brought to you by Hotel Riu Plaza New York Times Square, which is where you should be booking your stay when you come see us for the Managing Madrid Podcast LIVE in New York City in December. Tickets to the New York podcast are here. On this episode of Las Blancas Podcast, Om Arvind and Grant Little discuss: Whether this is the most frustrating Real Madrid Femenino game we’ve ever watched The Freja Olofsson transfer rumors The actual attractiveness of Madrid as a project Optimism on the starting eleven The true lineup fiasco Aznar — yes, Aznar — scoring Being tired What Alavés did well tactically Positive vs. negative criticism How the diamond started to work The only way Nahikari García scores Real, actual dominance The most inexplicable set of substitutions you’ll ever see The insane drop off in performance after the changes The complete lack of process-oriented thinking and decision-making Tactical inconsistency over the course of the season The necessity of a coherent playing philosophy Claudia Zornoza’s classy long-distance passing The Esther-Nahikari duo working Teresa Abelleira looking off since coming back from injury The innocent excitement of preseason feeling so far away Did you enjoy this podcast? Please consider supporting us through Patreon for more bonus content: Patreon.com/ManagingMadrid Book your tickets to these cities on the Managing Madrid Podcast world tour: New York, December Miami, January London, February Washington DC, March Chicago, April Mumbai, May Managing Madrid is a hub for all Madridistas with updated news, op-eds, tactical analyses, artwork, and of course, podcasts. It also serves as a means for Real Madrid fans to connect and discuss the team. We would like your support so that we can continue to produce podcasts for you. The site is run by a small team that works tirelessly around the clock to make it into what it is today. Your contributions will allow us to continue to have a real and full-time presence in keeping this website, and it’s podcasts, going. Hosts this week: Om Arvind (@OmVAsports) Grant Little (@grantlittle09) Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices