Managing Madrid

It's the first podcast of 2011, and the guys are back with a vengeance. After watching prolific striker Gonzalo Higuaín go down with a painful herniated disc, Real Madrid has been looking for a striker. The guys discuss possible replacements in the winter market, and recap some of Madrid's recent performances, especially the 3-1 win against our crosstown rivals, Atlético de Madrid.

Per a request on iTunes, Josh is now talking via Skype and not on the phone. The quality is much better, so thank you very much "Army Mirage"!

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The never ending story that is Real Madrid-Atleti continued yesterday as our boys pulled off a comfortable 2-0 win in the Bernabéu.Ricardo Carvalho and Mesut Özil scored fantastic goals for los blancos, and the game was effectively over by the 20th minute.

Well that's all wonderful news. But you know what's BETTER than that? Josh and I called this result in the podcast before the game! So are we psychic? Probably. Or do we just know exactly how Madrid-Atleti games turn out? More likely.

Finally, there's an interesting debate going on over at MARCA about whether CR7's awesome pass off his back was "disrespectful." We don't want to color your opinion either way, so here's the pass--the "espaldinha" as the Spanish press is calling it:



Oh, who're we kidding--we totally want to influence your opinions. That was awesome. In fact, it was probably the best pass given the circumstances.