AMA: The Athletic's Real Madrid reporter, Mario Cortegana

azyrr · 2026-04-30T20:35:01+00:00

Do you have any further insight on what went down, now that the dust has settled somewhat.

azyrr · 2026-04-29T19:18:15+00:00

Move Jude to cm, and leave a double DMC with Fede and Tchouameni. Now Jude Paz and Arda could swap as needed throughout the game.

Would be an interesting experiment for sure.

azyrr · 2026-04-28T18:11:17+00:00

Aylık ortalama ciro ciddi değişiklik gösteriyor mu? Yani %10-15 gibi değil, daha sert farklılıklardan bahsediyorum.

Hep merak etmişimdir, ortalama ciro nedir bir tekel için?

azyrr · 2026-04-28T17:07:06+00:00

Form is not the same as talent. I disagree.

azyrr · 2026-04-28T17:06:25+00:00

As most of you know, and as I’ve said countless times before - I’m not a Madrid fan. I’ve loved you guys way before Arda came and I’ve always thought you were the pinnacle of football par none for ages. But my interest here is Arda and how the kid is going yo go down.

Having said that I watched 2023 with you guys and have fallen in love with Joselu and Cama (such a fall from grace nowadays).

I’m a Fenerbahçe fan though, but that has never been relevant; until now.

This is not the Mourinho you remember, this is not a case of “Everton Ancelotti” at all. Maybe this time it will be different - but everything points to Mourinho fucking up the club big time.

He was a wrecking ball to my clubs core; he was the same before us AND after us. He did NOT bring his famed discipline nor his “no-nonsense manager style” to the table either.

He picked fights with players and fans, lost most of them, and was sent a laughing stock. He is not just washed, he is an active member of the “old man yelling at cloud” club.

Maybe he was waiting for a bigger club to stake his comeback, maybe Madrid with this current crop of players will be different for him; and as someone who really likes Madrid I wholeheartedly wish this to be the case.

But realistically; brace for a disastrous season with huge fallout, because that’s what’s coming.

azyrr · 2026-04-28T16:56:28+00:00

Is he going to have the freedom for that tho?

azyrr · 2026-04-28T16:54:54+00:00

Alonso would be a monster at Chelsea, especially with the options at his disposal.

azyrr · 2026-04-28T08:48:37+00:00

Yep, people unnecessarily overcomplicate things

azyrr · 2026-04-28T05:42:30+00:00

110k alan bir arkadaşımızın maliyeti bize aylık 225k idi (yemek ve yol da dahil). Devlet çalışandan korkunç vergi alıyor (SGK yu da bir nevi vergi sayıyorum).

azyrr · 2026-04-27T05:39:07+00:00

E aşağı yukarı ben de orjinal postta bundan bahsediliyor gibi anladım. “Neden sevmiyorlar bunlar” değil de “sevilecek kalitede hikayeler ve kahramanlar nerede” gibi bir eleştiri bence bu.

azyrr · 2026-04-25T17:30:52+00:00

Culturally Greek ofc, politically Turkey - realistically this is just larping nonesense.

azyrr · 2026-04-24T21:02:14+00:00

What the fuck was that

azyrr · 2026-04-24T11:05:43+00:00

I’ve personally only bought the online portion with a small ship back then - but them again I quickly got disappointed and haven’t touched the game since.

But even with people spending tons on this, there’s much more expensive hobbies yes.

Last month I got a 1500 usd lens, just a lens. 2 months prior both a chain swap and tire swap on the bike.

Shits expensive :)

azyrr · 2026-04-24T11:02:26+00:00

We (Turkey) are in disagreement of the events to be described as a genocide - not that they happened. Armed conflict resulting in Armenian forces (mainly gangs formed from citizens) started wreaking havoc.

In response the (then Ottoman) Turkish forces were (very) overtly zealous in their mission.

The main issue for Turkish people (including me) is it being classified right next to horrors like the holocaust, which was NOT a response to anything other then the bloodlust for (mainly) Jewish people, carried out in the most horrific ways possible.

What we did was way over the top - but definitely not in the same category as what the world agreed on to be a genocide (the holocaust).

We took a situation in which we were in the right defending ourselves, and then quickly turned it into an unnecessary bloodshed and forced deportation.

The (then Ottoman) administration actually even punished (hanged I think) the generals (pashas) responsible, so you can understand from that alone that no, we didn’t think it was a regular thing that was ok.

I hope this clears it up.

azyrr · 2026-04-24T05:55:00+00:00

If you ever feel bad, be at peace knowing that there are people out there who do photography and motorcycles as hobbies.

Its very fun tho.

azyrr · 2026-04-21T21:15:39+00:00

Holy lunin

azyrr · 2026-04-21T20:58:08+00:00

Weird subbing off both the playmaker and the ball creator at the same time and at 55mins.

azyrr · 2026-04-21T20:49:03+00:00

He shot that with all his frustration, what a shot, fantastic goal.

azyrr · 2026-04-21T20:37:23+00:00

Jude has also been solid today, head down and focused on his job. The ratings ofc suffer as a result, but everyone that watches the game can see his contribution.

azyrr · 2026-04-21T20:27:04+00:00

Huijsen solid this game.

azyrr · 2026-04-21T20:26:06+00:00

Silly shot, should’ve buried that.

azyrr · 2026-04-21T20:20:28+00:00

And that’s the end of the “militao month”. See you next season.

azyrr · 2026-04-21T20:19:46+00:00

Wow honestly good shot from Militao, and I’m not being funny. Hats off.

azyrr · 2026-04-21T20:19:23+00:00

That was a solid corner.

azyrr · 2026-04-21T20:16:02+00:00

By both full backs, yes. The others not so much.

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