How Lille won the French title

05/24/21 • 30 min

We analyze Angers versus Lille, played in Ligue 1 on May 23rd. We go over:
- Lille's 4-4-2 shape
- Angers: typical Ligue 1 side
- Gamestate of this match symobilzes Lille's season
- Second half plays into Lille's style
- How on earth did Lille with 37-year-old Fonte and 35-year-old Burak Yilmaz win the title and not the team with Neymar and Mbappé?
- Evaluating Lille's future
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"Perhaps we hyped up these games too much": FC Barcelona - Atletico Madrid & Real Madrid - Sevilla post-match podcast

We try out a different podcast format! We analyze two key games in La Liga's title race, FC Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid vs Sevilla played on May 8th and 9th, 2021.
- 5-3-2 vs 5-3-2
- Carrasco vs Mingueza
- The impact of Busquets' absence
- How the Araujo sub improved Barça
- Why did Sevilla play without a striker?
- Sevilla become too conservative
- Real Madrid's chaotic attack
- The impact of Asensio and Gutierrez
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You can also send a message to Erik (@erikelias_) and Jose (@jcperez_) on Twitter!

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Feel free to send an e-mail to [email protected] for any questions and comments you may have about the pod. We are also present on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
You can also send a message to Erik (@erikelias_) and Jose (@jcperez_) on Twitter!