Garcia Fills Mbappe's Shoes Again

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4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The FC crew react to Real Madrid's 4-1 win over Real Sociedad and explain why Gonzalo Garcia plays much better without Kylian Mbappe on the field. Plus, the guys react to FA Cup victories for Liverpool, Manchester City & Newcastle while criticizing why VAR was not used during this round of the competition after a poor day of officiating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.9	Kay Murray, Alejandro Moreno and Stevie Nicol here in the studio,
0:31.7	kicking things off in La Liga, where Real Madrid were at the Bernabeo to take on Real
0:36.5	Socied, two of the informed teams in La
0:38.7	Liga in 2026. But the win would go the way of the home side. We saw a opening goal from
0:45.3	Gonzalo Garcia, no Killian Mbapé in the starting 11. Valverde struck a great goal as well,
0:51.3	and we saw two Vinny Jr. penalties and this sent Real Madrid
0:55.2	top of the table. We're welcome in Luis Garcia to talk more about this game and no Mbapé
1:01.0	today but no problem Luis. Yeah, definitely and I thought from the very beginning that seeing
1:07.6	the line up with the players who haven't been sharp in front of goal, who haven't been
1:12.3	clinical.
1:13.1	I thought they were going to have more problems, but they did done a messing job the first
1:16.7	45 minutes.
1:17.8	Even though the stats doesn't show the dominance and control of Real Madrid, that they
1:22.3	were with a low blow where they needed, very open when they needed.
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