Can anyone stop Real Madrid?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 6 May 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
On Saturday Real Madrid were confirmed as La Liga champions for a record-extending 36th time, following Barcelona's 4-2 defeat at Girona.
So how did they do it, why was this title not as easy as it looked and can anyone stop Real Madrid being European football’s dominant force?
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic's Madrid-based writer Dermot Corrigan and Junior Spanish Editor Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero to analyse how Carlo Ancelotti's side have managed to write their own page in Madrid's illustrious history.
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: Dermot Corrigan and Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producer: Guy Clarke
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.8 | Real Madrid are La Liga champions for a record extending 36th time. |
| 0:10.9 | So how did they do it? |
| 0:12.7 | Why was this title not as easy as it looked? |
| 0:15.7 | And can anyone stop Real Madrid being European football's dominant force? |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Ayahuakim Walere. |
| 0:22.0 | Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast. |
| 0:27.4 | Joining us today to analyze Real Madrid's title win, |
| 0:34.5 | we have our Madrid-based writer, Dermot Corrigan, |
| 0:36.9 | and our Spanish editor, Thomas Hill Lopez, Mencherro as well. |
| 0:40.6 | Dermott, Saturday saw Real Madrid win 3-0 over Cadith and also Barcelona then lost 4-2 to Girona, therefore securing the title. |
| 0:51.2 | Real Madrid are champions of La L'League. |
| 0:53.8 | What's so different about this year's success, |
| 0:57.0 | Dermott? Yeah, it does feel kind of different for the success because Madrid are so |
| 1:01.2 | dominant. They have been by far the best team in the league this season. We've seen them when |
| 1:05.5 | both classes against Barcelona with Jude Palligan last winners. They were the better team, |
| 1:10.6 | I would argue with in both games. They were really better team, I would argue, in both games. |
| 1:11.9 | They were really better than Gerona, who they beat both games as well. |
| 1:15.2 | They hammered Jonah at the Bernabelle a few months ago when it was put up to them. |
| 1:18.6 | And it's just a feeling of happiness around this Madrid team of there being no rouse, no |
| 1:25.2 | annoying personalities, no problems off the pitch. |
| 1:28.8 | Other Madrid teams over the seasons have had like Love and Haydem type characters |
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