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On this episode of Las Blancas Podcast, Om Arvind and Grant Little discuss:

What we know about Marta Cardona’s injury

Could this have been prevented?

How Cardona’s departure affects the team and their prospects vs. Manchester City

Why City are the favorites

Grant attending the Women’s International Champions Cup as an accredited journalist

Grant’s relationship with Morgan Weaver and several other Thorns’ players

Grant interviewing in Spanish!

Mariona Caldentey “snubbing” Grant

What it’s like to interview someone with the aura of Alexia Putellas

How seriously should we take tournaments like the WICC?

Whether the Portland Thorns are one of the best teams in the world

Sophia Smith being a superstar in the making

Quickly recapping Real Madrid 8-0 Fundación Albacete

Esther’s incredible desire and work-rate in preseason

Marina Salas’ unofficial debut

Ariana Arias playing on the wing

Nahikari García finally scoring

The ridiculous reason we couldn’t watch Real Madrid 1-0 Madrid CFF

DAZN messing up their livestream of the WICC match between Barcelona and the Houston Dash

The terrible situation of Rayo Vallecano’s players that we shouldn’t ignore

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