Winning is hard to begin with. It is the build-up to the summer of 2021 sweepstakes which may involve Kylian Mbappe, and other stars. Zidane seldom asks for players he doesn’t use, but he has in the past — banking on their squad depth insurance while assuring them of future roles.The Manchester City debacle felt like such a colossal failure, not due to the aggregate score, but the unexpected lack of parity between the two sides, along with the disappointing hangover from an otherwise excellent league campaign. Fixing the offense is one item on the agenda. There is another glaring one: For two consecutive seasons, the team has been scorched by a relentless pressing team. Should we be happy? Had Real Madrid won, that mini-vacation would’ve been seen as a genius decision. Defensive positioning was like lava.Everything changed.
It may be the same with Ramos, Marcelo, and Modric. They have let go of talented academy players, and abided by his vetoing of players like Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Managing Madrid Podcast: Brahim to Milan; Zidane’s Improvements for next season. That will be tough to do as his cherished-core ages.
He has used his pawns to defend in the right places.
This episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast comes in three parts. You can get someone beneath that level, but you already have Asensio and Jovic for that. Signing world class defenders — Walter Samuel, Fabio Cannavaro — often wasn’t enough. Can he improve on this season’s mistakes the way he improved the team’s defense? (It’s not all doom and gloom! Kiyan Sobhani’s column.Now comes the aftermath: A reflection on the season. “And that’s not how it works, because in football everyone needs to defend and that applies in attack too,” Maybe that’s a testament to Zidane’s evolution — a testament to continuity and patience. Transitory managers will not necessarily think the way he does.With Zidane requesting Odegaard’s return, another question looms: What are the other dominoes that fall? You will begin to appreciate the club’s roster construction on the other side of a dynasty. But the mistakes have not thrown the grand plan out of the window.
A resounding 21 goals and 6 assists in his first season as an out and out starter in Europe.
Zidane’s placement of Casemiro, his use of Modric as a superhuman saviour in every aspect of the field, the way he submitted to the defensive black hole (in other words, the half-space) between Ramos and Marcelo were all huge criticisms of his defensive scheme. Kiyan Sobhani’s column. Listen to Managing Madrid: for Real Madrid fans episodes free, on demand.
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After we saw Cannavaro — a Balon D’or winner and one of the best central defenders of all time — look like he was drowning at Real, we started to theorize: Even a CB-duo of Franco Baresi and Franz Beckenbauer Zidane has changed the defensive culture. If Odegaard plays on the right wing, where does that leave Asensio, who barely had any minutes this season? 683 views; 5 years ago; 0:20. Marcelo was not around last Friday. The way Real Madrid lost to Manchester City was disappointing, but there is plenty to build on, and Zidane has multiple crossroads coming. The official home for audio programming from Managing Madrid, SB Nation's community for fans of Real Madrid. The team’s improved positioning was supplemented with reinforcements in the shape of Ferland Mendy and Fede Valverde — as well as an improved Thibaut Courtois.