On this episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Lucas Navarrete discuss:

• Is it a good omen that Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo Goes haven’t gotten going yet?


• Have we learned now that Eduardo Camavinga is undroppable in big games?


• Is Camavinga the 6 now while Aurelien Tchouameni is gone?


• What does he have to improve in that position?


• Tchouameni’s injury and timeline


• Upcoming schedule without him


• His tweet defending Gavi


• David Alaba’s struggles


• Are Real Madrid exceeding our expectations?


• Ilkay Gundogan’s comments after the game


• Xavi Hernandez vs Carlo Ancelotti’s head to head record


• Should Ancelotti approach big games differently?


• And more.

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Hosts this week:

Lucas Navarrete (@LucasNavarrete)

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

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