Postgame Q&A: Real Madrid vs. Levante

Hey listeners!

I’m in a jolly mood today, courtesy of Apakshit, Tanuj and Aaron. We had quite a few laughs on the Q&A! But we still focused on the task at end –I mean, we’re serious journalists. Oh no, wait, we’re not …yet! Anyway, as usual, we analyzed the latest game in details, so don’t fear and have a listen!

If you have been listening to our Q&As for a while, you know that Apakshit and Aaron are fellow Madridismo.org teammates, and Tanuj is the Real Madrid fan. But it turns out that he is also part of a project with his fellow sports journalism classmates from Sheffield University. It is called Sports UN and, as their slogan says, they cover “a wide range of sports from a wide range of nationalities”.  Off the top of my head, I know they deal with football in several countries, rugby, American sports, cricket and more. Be sure to check their web out and follow them in you want to keep updated on your favorite sports or gain an insight on some less usual sports too.

Now, back to the Q&A. You will find below a breakdown of all the topics we covered:

• Cautious or confident now that we have a 10-point lead?
• Man of the match
• Praising the man of the match (suspense… who could that be?)
• Contrast between the two halves?
• Alonso and Özil’s performances
• Cristiano, Higuaín and Benzema’s performances
• Di María: will he have to fight for his spot when he’s fit again?
• The “duets”: your assessment of Özil + Kaká and Benzema + Higuaín.
• Any other combination you would like to see or see more often?
• What about Sahin?
• Granero or does off-the-pitch matters affect what happens on the pitch?
• Our defense, the goals we received [That was the we-agree-to-disagree topic of the day!]
• Lack of focus, as Mourinho pointed out?
• Was Ibarra’s second yellow card necessary? Is there a special rule in Spain?
• Pending topic from a previous Q&A: the offside rule on Hemed’s cancelled goal in Mallorca 1-2 Real Madrid.
• Are you in favor of the use of video to assist the refereeing: in what situations and why?
• And then we went a little off-topic discussing cricket and American football!
• But we came back on track promptly to conclude this Q&A with a few more words about Özil.

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Related articles: Apakshit's preview and postgame summary, Aaron's Winners & Losers décima edición

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