How Will Zidane Use Odegaard? Plus: Las Blancas; Journalism Corner

This episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast comes in three parts. Part One (Las Blancas with Om Arvind, Gabe Lezra, Raquel Barbadillo, Grant Little) - How Barcelona Femení became a powerhouse in Spanish football - Full tactical breakdown of Barca and their key players - The way Barcelona represents the ascendancy of Spain as an international force - COVID-19 and questions over the Women's Champions League continuing - The lack of physicality and fitness in the Spanish game - Why the "Barca way" of playing requires verticality and width - Underrated Barcelona players - The one weakness in Barcelona's defense - Real Sociedad's impressive ambition - Nahikari García's leadership and quality as a player - La Real's interesting coaching situation these last few years - Real Sociedad's new signings - The enthusiasm around the team and its cultural significance - Real Sociedad's tactics - Deportivo La Coruña's history - Depor's key players - Getting excited about Real Madrid Femenino's new signing and former Depor player Teresa Abelleira - Deportivo's general tactics - Athenea del Castillo's explosive potential - Being sad about the departure of Ainoa Campo - UD Granadilla Tenerife's history and key players - The intelligence of veteran María José Pérez - The subpar defensive tactics and the lack of individual tactical development in the league Part Two -- 1:16:50 -- (Odegaard's tactical fit with Kiyan Sobhani and Om Arvind) How Zinedine Zidane fix the issue of dealing with high presses? What does Martin Odegaard solve? His between-the-lines movement Where is he going to play? Who will lose out on minutes? Odegaard vs Isco Will Real Madrid's style of play change with Odegaard? Real Madrid playing without Ronaldo like they still have him And more. Part three (Journalism Corner with Kiyan Sobhani) A discussion on all the hard work required behind the scenes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices