Misery in Madrid
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From 30 for 30 podcasts. Brian Pata, senior defensive lineman from Miami, gunned down. The key to this case, it's Brian. An hour before he died, he was on the phone arguing with somebody. This might be a hit. You want the truth. They just want a conviction. Being placed under arrest. We had a killer amongst us. Murder at the U. Listen now. Welcome into the latest edition of ESPN FC. I'm Dan Thomas joined by Ali Mourana. We'll kick things off in La Liga and a shock at the Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid losing to Getafe by one goal to nil. A brilliant goal in the first half and the visitors proves to be decisive as Getafe take all three points from their city rivals and what a gift it is for Barcelona who remain four clear.
at the top of the table. Well, some more of this. Welcome in, Shari. Mario Malkiel was watching this for us, as was Luis Garcia. Ali, I want to start with you. You look at those stats and people might think, oh, Madrid were just a bit unlucky today, up against a great goalkeeper, a solid defence. And no, they were not. There was something in the game that was repeated time and time again. Patterns of play. It was brought up by our commentary team and Stewie kept mentioning it. And it sounds like a nebulous concept. Like, what does that even mean? Well, in the case of Real Madrid, it means, hey, how about you see some semblance of a game plan as to what they want to do in the attack, as they build an attack.
And what is obvious to me, and it was obvious if you're watching the game, is that if there's no Kylian Mbappe, they're going to say, well, Vini is going to be really the player that is going to do something for us offensively. And rightfully so. But you have to have variety to your attack. If you're going to break through a team like Getafe that are so well suited to defend, organized behind the ball, there has to be variety. It can't just be the ball being played to Vinny and then touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, which we mentioned at halftime. Nothing really comes of it.
What were the key moments in Real Madrid's loss to Getafe?
Turnover and now Getafe goes in the attack. And this happened regularly. Again, As it pertains to patterns of play, there just isn't for Real Madrid. That's why it's brought up all the time. There isn't, hey, we complete a couple of passes here. We find the center forward. He drops the ball off. We find the switch to the point of attack to turn around on the other right-hand side. We've changed the attention from Getafe just from the left-hand side to then they have to go over to the right-hand side. And then we're serving the ball into the box. And you have attacking players joining from the midfield. None of that is happening organically for Real Madrid. There isn't a game plan per se as to how is it that we're going to break this team that is so organized behind the ball.
And that in itself, it's troubling. It's troubling not because it's just this game, it's because it happens regularly with Real Madrid. That there isn't a real idea, plan, identity. How are we going to go about breaking teams down? It has been, up until now, individual brilliance. Today, that wasn't enough. Luis, this is Getafe, let's not forget. 16 times in a row they've gone to the Santiago Bernabeu and lost. This is a game that Real Madrid traditionally win and win easily, but yet again, as we've seen throughout this season, Ali sums up perfectly, there's just no cohesion in this side whatsoever. Yeah, exactly. And it's something that is not from today or from the last week. We've seen the whole season when Xavi Alonso was in charge, even when Ancelotti was in charge.
But some of the results, they were in their side, so they won a couple of leagues at the moment. You could see that there is not creativity in the middle of the park, so those problems to bring the ball in good condition to the players up front. Today was all about Vini Juniors. How can we bring that ball to Vini Juniors as quick as possible? Because he's the only one who can be a threat. We can beat that line of five players that Bordalas, the manager of Getafe, has put in front of you.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:13
2
What were the key moments in Real Madrid's loss to Getafe?
2:13–6:38
3
How did Kylian Mbappé's absence impact Real Madrid's performance?
6:38–12:47
4
How did the FC crew analyze the match statistics?
12:47–20:34
5
What strategies did Getafe use to secure their victory?
20:34–52:44
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