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This episode comes in two parts.
Part One: UEFA Nations League Final review with Kiyan Sobhani and Matt Wiltse
Kiyan's love-hate relationship with France's tactics
What happened in the first half?
Karim Benzema's defensive work
Rodri's performance
Karim Benzema's goal and his overall performance
Why Benzema is a unicorn
The Kylian Mbappe goal / offside confusion
And more.
Part Two (43:42): Om Arvind and Grant, post-game show for Real Madrid Femenino vs Eibar
Injury news
Updates on David Aznar’s job security
Does Florentino Pérez really care about the women’s team?
Double standards in how the masculino and femenino sections are handled
What’s true and what’s not from the report on the players wanting Aznar sacked
The lineup and Caroline Møller Hansen starting over Athenea del Castillo
Claudia Florentino as an interior, again
How Eibar won the tactical battle in the first half
Why Real Madrid couldn’t defend the channels despite having three center-backs
Our atrocious effort on the goal conceded
Briefly revisiting the Esther González vs. Nahikari García debate
Caroline Møller Hansen’s impressive performance
Rocío Gálvez’s passing
Las Blancas’ mental volatility
Eibar shooting themselves in the foot with their second half subs
Aznar’s funky changes and Ivana Andrés in defensive midfield
Athenea’s spark off the bench
Rocío’s impact on offensive set-pieces
Lucía Rodríguez’s mojo returning
Carla Camacho making history on her debut
The alliterative pattern to our youth call ups
What we need to do going forward to improve
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