Calabria with the ball in, Rafael Leao, that's absolutely sensational!
He had fallen over, he had lost his balance, and yet somehow he stuck out a right leg
and volleyed it pass through Patricio.
Hello and welcome back to another episode of Seria our Spotlight, this is episode 91 and we're your
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4.9 is nuts, I'm happy with that. Our goal of the week guys came from the Portuguese sensation
Rafael Leo who looked to be off balance but somehow while he was falling managed to bicycle,
kicked the ball into the back of the net, left through, Patricio completely rooted to the spot.
He's finally done it bro, he's been trying. Yeah exactly man, exactly. I remember that overhead
kick he attempted against Atlético Madrid, he was offside and it rattled the crossbar
but he has been trying this thing, we're mentioning it last season that he's finally
one day gonna manage. But to me this was no regular overhead kick, it was no regular bicycle kick,
the guy was literally falling to the ground and he managed to improvise, he struck out a leg when
no one was expecting it, everyone was rooted to the spot, the way it hit the back of the net as well
that clink. You can hear it in the intro. Oh man, it was such a beautiful goal, you were looking away.
I was looking away, yes because Seher was about to give me her opinion on my new moustache.
She was like you know what, it looks, oh my god! Me and Ponce just freaking out.
Shout out to Ponce who we enjoyed the game with as well at our home and next week we'll be having
him over for the entire game as well. Honorable mention to Luis Alberto, Kezar, Adonis and Lovumbo
scored fantastic goals this week. There were a few great goals, this was a great matchday.
I very much enjoyed this matchday. Firstly we got to see you know Napoli Lazio, we got to see
Roma Milan, Interferentina, these top eight teams going head to head. So yeah, this could be considered
the first real test for a lot of these teams. Our coverout before we continue is Thuram who
attempted to do the Lukaku celebration after Lautaro scored and Lautaro told them no no.
We immortalized that moment in our coverout. Yes, that's what we try to do, that is what we try to
do. But I'll give you guys our rundown before we get into the episode. This week we didn't
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our FantaCulture League for next year. So lots of fun over there. But let's get down to the rundown
of exactly what happened last weekend in Serie A. So the first match we're going to be covering is
Milan's trip to the Stadio Olimpico where they got away with a 2-1 victory although got quite
scary for Milan fans towards the end of that match. Lazio visited Naples and they have proven that
they do have Naples number. It's Lazio 2-1. Inter weren't faced by Fiorentina's red hot form
some might call it as they got away with a 4-0 victory against La Viola. Empoli nil Juventus 2
Juve back to winning ways. Empoli haven't gathered a single point yet. Atalanta 3-1,
Monza nil, Scamacca got 2 over there and a spectacular performance for the new number 9
in his first start for La Dea as well. Bologna 2-1, Caliari 1. Finally Bologna had a bit of an
easier fixture but it wasn't easy at all and it did take a last minute goal in order for them to
get that victory. Sassuolo 3, Helas Verona 1, Sassuolo coming through to show us that Helas Verona
are human and maybe those first two victories weren't a showcase of class but maybe something
spell in their favour. Torino 1, Geno 1, nil last minute, Radonjić goal over there was
I have a point to make on that goal that's quite funny so stay tuned towards the end of this.
Lecce 2, Salernetana nil. Lecce looking very very fucking impressive man.
I feel impressive. Helas might not be, Helas might be human but Lecce definitely are not.
Yeah exactly and to me the best game from this matchday, Udinese nil, Frozano nil, the best nil,
the best all-Italian nil-nil since the 2003 Champions League final.
Quite the same. I'm not waiting to discuss that bro.
Wait till the end what a game the amount of drama controversy.
You might want to fuss forward to one hour forty right now.
But we'll get things started with Roma 1, Milan 2 and I believe that is your game brother.
Indeed it is Milan absolutely outclassed Roma but Sakhar a massive scare at the end of the game
after Roma managed the way back into the game despite never really being in it at all.
All thanks to Atomori, second yellow and perhaps that's what seemed to bring Morinio's men to
life finally. We saw from that Spurs documentary that we were watching Morinio telling his team
the secret is the second an opponent gets sent off double down attack attack attack attack attack
and the second Tomori got sent off in the 60th I was like okay this is gonna happen now.
You literally said it and they attacked immediately. No team has won more away matches than Milan
against Roma and say yeah with 30. And Roma have picked up one point from their first three games.
The last time they started their first three games of the season without a win was in 2011 and 2012
where they drew two and lost one. Lineups so Roma of course were missing quite a few players over
here like the Baal and Pellegrini weren't really fit. Locaco had just been brought in so couldn't
start. Renato Sanchez is new and has some physical issues as well so they were missing quite a few
people. In fact they lined up in a 3-5-2 formation with Rui Patricio and Goul. Laurentes, Smolling
and Mancini were at the back with Zalewski on the left and Cellecon the right. Awar, Paré,
Des and Cristante were in the middle. Bellotti and Elshara we were the duo up front. For Milan
for the third time in a row it was the 4-2-3-1 formation with Manjane and Goul, Calabria,
Ciavo, Tomori and Hernandez at the back with Lofti Cicci and Kronec. Actually this is more
of a 4-3-3 I would say. I was going to say for some reason on this side that we used it saying
4-2-3-1 but it was evidently a 4-3-3. It shifts during the game you see for example Kronec dropping
way deeper than the others and playing as a 6 but of course it was three midfielders basically
and Lofti Cicci, Reinders and Kronec. Pulisic was out on the right, Lea was out on the left and Giroud
was up front. How long have we been asking for continuity at Milan? Finally, finally, finally
starting 11. Yeah and this is the the point I made in my prediction when I said obviously before
the league started that Milan can go all the way and win the league and you said look there are too
many new pieces. I said I trust in purely as a manager to get the ones that are most familiarised
with the squad and run away with them and start integrating the other one slowly. We've seen
a consistent starting 11 which proves my point correct in that sense but now I am a bit
concerned about how much playing time the other signings are going to get because of the late
substitution, the late nature of purely substitution but from a starting 11 aspect yes you're completely
right. It's nice to see new faces as well adapt so quickly you know having Reinders, Lofti Cicci
and Pulisic starting the first three that just shows that the management were really good in
bringing them in early in the preseason. These guys adapted and drilled really quickly. Definitely
having played at Chelsea before as well. So let's get into the play by play right in the fifth minute
it all kicked off as Lofti Cicci played a nice one to Wijiru. He found himself in front of the
keeper at an awkward angle and his initial shot was deflected well by a sliding Mancini who was
quite calm this game. He was very calm by his standards. The ball bounced awkwardly over both
players and the goalkeeper and was waiting to be tapped in basically. Cicci beat Lofti Cicci to
the ball and cleared it but Rui Patricio had clipped Lofti Cicci with his studs. Impossible to
see at first glance. Yeah I didn't even notice at first I was like now that's not a penalty and
then the replay showed the fourth angle. Exactly. The broadcasting showed us where even the commentator
was like whoop there it is. Evidently. Exactly, clear as day. Jiru stepped up and of course he scores
he never misses. He has a fantastic record when it comes to penalties with Milan and in his career
in general I believe. This is me knocking on wood. Yeah in the 21st minute there Hernandez played a
fantastic ball to the far post. Pulisic connected with it well but as in he got it on target but
Rui Patricio made a phenomenal save over there. I can't quite grasp if Rui Patricio is a solid
goalkeeper or not. No, when so his reflexes are like the reflexes of a guy that has been a
trained professional goalkeeper for his entire life. He has those reflexes but his decision making
and maybe his athleticism isn't quite on par with the other goalkeepers in Serie A I think. Yeah and
he tends to suffer lapses of concentration. Yeah but this save was such a good reaction.
It saved like his reflexes there were nuts. Honestly amazing. In the 48th minute Reinder
split the ball to Calabria on the right with Swangen a perfectly weighted cross just behind
the falling layout. Of course what is to follow is our goal of the week. I'm not quite sure what
the terminology used to describe Leows finish would be the official Twitter account of Serie A
called it an inverse scissor kick. I find that quite ridiculous. Yeah some are calling it lazy
layouts, lazy sit-down bicycle kick. Mocking those of course who criticize Leows work I think. Isn't
an inverted scorpion kick like a Ravushata. Yeah an inverse scissor kick. An inverse scissor kick.
Wow that's an overhead kick I've ever seen. He was just lower to the ground when he did it. Let's call
it a falling semi-bicycle kick. Falling semi-bicycle kick. Sure. To really smooth feed it like.
Exactly. Or maybe it's gonna get its own term now. Yeah the layout. Oh my god like the grief turn.
Yeah basically he left Patricio rooted to the spot. Didn't even dive like what a goal that was.
Roma didn't do anything in the first half they did absolutely nothing. Roma were shit. They were
absolutely terrible. Terribly set up like they didn't counter at all they were just trying to
absorb Milan's pressure day. It's like they approached the game as the underdog. With the
idea that Milan are the clear favorites and they're too good for them. In the 60th minute
Tomori clipped Balotti. These guys were having a very interesting battle all game. Just outside the
area and he was shown his second yellow. Balotti is very smart. He was playing for it he knows his
opponent well. Tomori is very aggressive and he always presses his man immediately and Balotti
really took advantage over here. Over there you could see Tomori shouting the two fouls,
two yellows, two fouls, two yellows and he couldn't he couldn't quite believe it.
I thought he was gonna get himself into more trouble. And the 71st minute Lukaku came one
in the 91st minute Spinazola's effort from outside the area took a deflection off of Calullo and
ended up in the back of the net. Roma pressed and pressed and pressed and tried and tried.
They had a call for a corner at the end of the game but the ball had come off Balotti as Milan
fans breathed a sigh of relief and referee blew the final whistle. It's crazy to me how late
how late Roma left it to attack this game. I mean yeah the 60th minute when Tomori got sent
off is where they saw their opportunity. We know how Roma are as a team. They're very very very
opportunistic and they won't commit to a move if the move doesn't quite guarantee them a goal.
They're very very opportunistic in that sense and I think what was clear as hell in this game was
Milan had Roma's number in the sense that these guys are gonna let us have the ball. Now what
concerned me about this fixture coming into it was Milan are now playing a very offensive brand
of football where they're constantly high doing a high press on their on their opponents
and just attacking attacking attacking and I thought okay this is where Milan can land themselves
in some trouble because Roma are great at absorbing the pressure and then going in on the counter
or not going in on the counter and scoring from a corner and getting that one in victory for example.
But Milan were incredibly patient and professional in this game. I think the two goes well the first
one the ninth minute me I have been doing great at getting off the mark quite early
and and then obviously in the 48th layout got that second and that gave Milan what is supposed to be
the rest of the game holding possession and just being cautious and Milan did that well.
They were more than happy to play the ball in their own half between the defenders. It was a
chill game in that sense for Milan but then the Tomori Red Card game and that is when the tide
completely shifted. Totally and there were probably opportunities Milan could have got more goals.
We look at the first half again as we mentioned Roma had 30% ball possession and only one shot
on target so absolutely dominated. There are quite a few things I'd like to talk about let's start off
with Jirou bro he scored four in the opening three say matches this season. The last player to achieve
this feat was Andriy Shevchenko in 2001-2002. It's a shame that Jirou has just got injured.
He picked up a knock in the first 25 minutes of the France match against Ireland and was
replaced by Toram who scored a little pre Derby W for Inter over there. Jirou in an interview
after the game said I'm not worried about the Derby. The first thing I did when I woke up was
Jirou's news. Apparently he's still waiting for a medical update but he looked like he was in
distress with the ice pack on the ankle. Yes he looks absolutely amazing surrounded by players who
understand him. He's flicking the ball on and he's making Messias and Salamacers and Brahim look
really incompetent. Salamacers. Yes. He's making them all look incompetent as fuck because the way
Poulisic and Reinders are feeding off these balls. I made a point and I stick by it at the moment
Jirou is the best option up front for Milan and I'm not saying out of Milan starting 11 but as a
striker with a certain play style Jirou just fits them all so well. It really allows Poulisic and
Leão to get him behind the way he drops deep. Even in the first penalty that was won by Ruben
Loftus-Chic a slick one to with Jirou. You see the same thing that Poulisic did in the first match
where he scored that worldly as well. That slick one to with Jirou as well. He's dropping deep. He's
a playmaker. You put him on the spot. He guarantees you a goal. He's good in the air. He holds up
play nicely and then once he got off in this match how good was Noah Okafor at keeping the ball
up for Milan. That's my next point. Literally broke. Chouqués and Okafor when they came on.
Great job. Bravissimi. They just had to hold the ball up. That is how you defend a lead.
Exactly. And Okafor in particular was so good at it. Man winning fouls. Just using every second
and winning every second backlight. And even Chouqués. He looks good when he has the ball.
Because the thing is we've only gotten the opportunity to see Okafor and Chouqués
when Milan try to get them off their mark. So they're winning 4-1 against Torino. They're winning
2-0 against Bologna. Bring on these boys. See what they can do. This time it wasn't bring on these
boys. See what they can do. It's bring on and fight for your life. So we saw them when the stakes
were high now and they did a really, really good job over there. They were absolutely amazing and
how good was Loftus Tric, bro. His best game yet. At the end of the game. He's a train. Purely
went to take him out because he was on a yellow. And you can see Theo and Leo looking at Purely
and going like what the hell? He's strong. Like Theo flexing. He's strong while you're taking
him out. He was on a yellow though. And you bring on Pabega. It's a no brainer at that point.
Loftus Tric to me, man of the match. But man, can I just say not to take anything away from
Loftus Tric. He was a train unbelievably technical, really strong, dispossessing, taking the ball
forward. His link up play. It's like he was born to play in Italy this guy. Reinders, same thing.
He was excellent. But give me a break because this guy is too underrated. Radek Khrunich.
All game, every game, the metronome of Milan against Roma. He looked like Ben Nasser on the
pitch, man. At a point they were all pressing him and he's just running in circles, just like
keeping the ball away from him. His name or moment. Calm as ever. Whoever wants to remove him for
eight million, any Milan fan that's willing, saying, okay, Khrunich can leave for eight million,
we'll get someone better. Shame on you, man. Because this guy knows the team and he is.
He's the reference point. He's the reference point. Honestly. And until whenever the fuck Ben Nasser
is back because there's Afgan after he's back, Khrunich is the best replacement for him. Ben
Nasser is looking strong, bro. He's looking strong. Pan said he's on a slow. He's slowing
right now. Instead of fasting for those who haven't done this. Milan brought in Jovic,
who I haven't even discussed. Oh my God. Yes, personally, not a fan. Watch the
material. Every time we've seen Jovic play, we've seen Jovic not do it. We've seen
Jovic not emulate what he had done in Germany. All our lives, that's what we've seen from Jovic,
but it came down to the last two hours to make a decision and taking that into account that
Milan had two hours to bring on a sub striker that can rotate with Giroud. I don't think
Jovic was the worst case scenario from that. I think Milan are taking a chance with this guy.
And you know what? We saw him do well in Europe for Fiorentina at least last season. So
maybe that's something for the Champions League. He's got some experience there as well.
Yeah. I mean, if you had to present this line up to any Milan fan, like before the season
started, would you take this? You said yes, right? And seeing the Tarim Idil fall towards the end
and seeing that Milan managed to get a late striker in Jovic, who's still 26, who still has
this EV he has, who still scored important goals in Europe, I guess it's not that bad. I guess
Milan still have a right to complain there. No, I agree with you. Tarim would have been nice,
dude. Tarim would have been really nice, especially because he has a similar profile to Giroud in
that sense. But you know what pocket it is, what it is. You bring this guy on a weekday,
Tuesday night, maybe he'll have a goal in him. You know what I mean? Otherwise, I would like to
see more and more of Giroud. I really hope he can stay fit all season, but it is his 37th birthday
later on this month. I can't wait for him to inevitably score so we could tell him happy
birthday, birthday, court on the fucking highlights. There we go, dude. Origa has joined nothing
in force, so he's our dad's problem now. Enjoy Kevin.
Theo Hernandez, I just want to praise him as he always seems to get to
passes that I always deemed too long. I always think, oh, that's too long for where he got it.
There was one particular, I think you know the one I'm talking about on the left out,
on the left hand side was a one-two. The ball was put so far and he was really good.
Amazing. I think the score line suggests a close encounter. I think it was me all day,
every day, against this side. Exactly. More than you had tried. His first game back
in the trenches and he clearly had his us against the world mentality there, complaining about
absolutely everything like they were being robbed. They always come in with this arrogance that they're
being robbed more than your teams. You can see purely shushing more than you had. That's the
closing point and that concludes the game perfectly. Milan off the three wins. Roma with a slow start,
historically slow start. Roma one, Milan two. Next up, the derby della Madonina.
I see not what we're covering right now, but next week. I don't have any notes for this one.
The next game we're going to be covering is Napoli one Lazio two, just like in the second half
of last season, Lazio managed to get the W away from home against the champions. So Napoli were
coming off two victories against Frozino and Sassuolo, whilst Lazio coming off two defeats to Lecce
and the Genoa. Lazio one in the last area away game played against Napoli on the third of March
2023. Thanks to a Vecino goal, interrupting a streak of five consecutive home wins for the Azzuri.
These were the top two last term, but had very different openings in the 2023-2024 season.
Guevara made his first start of the season after recovering from a minor knock,
but the Acuille had Pedro struggling with an ankle injury as they arrived, still looking
for their first point of this campaign. When it comes to the lineups, they both started a
4-3-3 formation, classic Napoli and classic Lazio. For Napoli, it was meriting all with a backline
of Di Lorenzo, Rachmani, Juan Jesus and Oliveira, that Ziellinsky, Lobotka and Anguissa in the midfield
with Guevara, Poletano and Ossimen up front. On the other hand, for Lazio, it was Providell between
the sticks and the backline of Marci Cisciazzale, Romagnoli and Hisai, Camada, Cataldi and Luis
Alberto in the midfield, with Felipe Anderson, Zaccani and Immobile up front. So when the
game started off, Guevara threatened from distance in the 20th minute, but Providell produced a great
fingertip save to deny the George in his first goal back. In the 30th minute, Luis Alberto opened
the scoring, cleverly and instinctively, backheeled the ball past Meret at the first post, following
a low cross by Anderson, spectacular goal over there. One of our candidates for a goal of the
week, in fact. But then it was just two minutes later, when Napoli got one back through Ziellinsky,
the Polish low strike from outside the area took a bubble and made its way into the far bottom corner.
It was linked with a move to the capital in the summer, but now he is scoring against them.
Just 25 seconds into the second half, Providell denied Ziellinsky's powerful volley with a great
reaction and save, getting his body behind the ball very, very well. Those are two great saves
by Providell in this match. And then in the 52nd minute, Lazio made a true one through new signing
Kamada. Anderson carried the ball forward down the wing following Ziellinsky's slip.
The Brazilian played a square ball outside the box. Alberto allowed the ball to run through
his legs and to Kamada as the Japanese took two touches and finished into the far corner from
just inside the area at quite an angle. Great finish by Kamada and that is Lazio at its finest
when you see Alberto letting the ball go through his legs in a crossfield pass. Gives me shivers
as it reminds me of the foreign victory for Lazio against Milan last season.
Luis Alberto is unplayable when he's in this mood.
Man, Luis Alberto, I would rather watch him with music playing than with commentary on.
You know what I mean? He's so elegant and smart.
Even here, it's really letting the ball run. And Kamada, by the way, or Kamada rather,
scored at a very important time for his confidence.
Yes, a massive morale boost. This is a type of goal SMS would have got before.
100%. Against the defending champions and you get essentially the winning goal.
Yeah, that's what the commentator said instantly. That's how you replace Milinkovic
Savic. Apologies, I almost vomited. And then guys, this really wasn't the end of the game
because this is a Lazio R2-1 up against Napoli in the 52nd minute. You can imagine what's coming
after this. This is the passion of Guendouzi. Yeah, so you would think that now Napoli would
be the ones attacking and attacking and attacking. However, in the 66th minute and then
Zakanje finished well into the bottom corner following a brilliant fucking pass by Guendouzi.
But VAR ruled the Italian to be marginally offside. Four minutes later in the 78th minute,
Guendouzi rifled the ball into the top corner from just inside the area with a miraculous goal.
But VAR ruled it off as Zakanje once again was offside during the build up of this.
Now, the Italian didn't quite touch the ball when he was in the offside position, but he
interfered with Di Lorenzo's line of play, essentially. The pass was aimed at him,
Di Lorenzo intercepted it, but naturally he wasn't interfering, so it was...
Because the intention was to play the ball to a man in an offside position.
Exactly. And the defender would be positioning himself in such a way to keep him offside.
As the player where in there, the balls have never been played there.
Exactly. So in my heart, I truly believe that when Lazio went up, they started to dominate the
game. They got those two offside goals. Napoli threatened, but they didn't threaten to a
ridiculous extent. It was mainly Lazio after that goal. The first half was all Napoli, though.
What do you make of this game? So when Rudy Garcia came in, he said he didn't like the fact that
Napoli's system relied heavily on one man. Do you know who that man is?
Victor Rossimen. No. Lobotka. Exactly. Okay. I thought because the way that they played in
this game, just trying to fucking hoof it off to Rossimen, maybe is a fact.
He wanted more versatility. I guess he wanted to impose his system. Now his system, as we've seen,
uses Lobotka less. In fact, Lobotka wasn't his usual self in this game. No, he wasn't in the
positions that he would usually be in. He wasn't calling for it as much as he usually does.
And we also see the full backs attacking more and going forward way more. And this is what
Lazio essentially exposed. They were super patiently absorbed and absorbed and absorbed.
And the second Olivera stepped out of line, one-two over him. That's it. He's gone.
Philip Anderson has his fucking number. He's going to beat him any day on
page. Easily. Yeah. And the first goal, that's how it started. Okay, Olivera managed to track
back and actually even stop. Stop Philip Anderson, but then Anderson still managed to get the ball
through to Alberto, who backheeled it. But that's what created the first goal, like initially.
And the second goal came from attack down the right. And then it was a crossfield pass.
So they switched play really efficiently. But it all started from the wings over there.
Totally. So we can see that this Napoli team does have its flaws and they've been exposed quite early.
We'll see how Rudy adjusts this. But giving Lobotka more importance, I think he can handle it. I
think he's super press resistant. Like you press Lobotka, you're not going to get the ball. For
me, it was one of the best Regis, doesn't the league last season. So it was the best one.
He was the best one, exactly. Having him as the main man in your system is not a bad thing.
And you don't have to play the ball so directly when you're Napoli and you have a player like
Lobotka and players like Angus, because you afford to play more laterally. You afford to take your
time with it. You don't always have to be so direct. Exactly. That was the cool thing about
Napoli last season. They attacked with purpose. They weren't just attacking because they need a
goal. It never got down to that for that. So barely ever, at least. But it was rather, okay,
we choose when we're going to attack. They were patient because they liked having the ball.
I think that Garcia just got fucked up in this game by Sarri. If you look
tactically at the way things went, I think it showed that it's Rudy's first spell,
first season at Napoli, and that it's Sarri's third season at Lazio. So you were right to
mention that obviously there was a lot of work done down the wings by Lazio to expose how high up
the Lorenzo and Oliveira were finding themselves, particularly Oliveira. But then what Lazio did
was when they were defending, they heavily focused on defending down the middle. So they closed the
interior channels more than the ones on the wing, knowing that Garcia's teams tend to attack
down the middle. And you see that in how they opened the first two games. I feel like Sarri
got his subs completely right, bringing on Guendouzi. That was a good move. Obviously,
maybe beginners luck. I don't think anyone expected Guendouzi to play that well, but that was a good
sub. He looked really good. He looked insane, man. So driven as well, so motivated to succeed.
Yeah. Meanwhile, and then Garcia, this is where I think he made mistakes. So firstly,
what is his obsession with Mattias Oliveira? Is Mattias his first name? I believe it is.
I think so. I think you're right. What's his obsession with him? I think Mario Rui showed
us for the past two seasons that he's the right man for the job down the left. And you could see
Oliveira get shafted by Anderson throughout the game. And I feel like he also took out
Guevara quite prematurely. But then that could be an argument of does he have 90 minutes in him yet
after his injury? However, Lindstorm, bringing on Lindstorm in the 75th minute, signed four days
ago. No one knows who the fuck he is. And brings on Lindstorm. And he kept Anguissa on the pitch.
Anguissa looked fucking exhausted. He didn't bring on Elmas. Elmas was that whenever and
after he needed a goal, you could always see classic, classic substitution. You take out
one of the more defensive midfielders and you bring on Elmas. Who can get you that?
Look, at the end of the day, this is a new manager trying out his new tools. Had he brought on this
new guy at the end and he would have scored, he would be hailed as a genius, for example.
Of course. Elmas for me was the obvious choice. When you need a goal, you bring on Elmas because
he scored so many in the past and he's confident and he has this belief. But you never know right
time. The manager has the right to try out his new weapons. Yeah, absolutely. I just think that in
the 75th minute, when you know you need a goal and you have the option of bringing on Elmas or a
new signing from four days ago, I think it's a bit of a no brainer there. But hey, who's the professional?
And then in the 84th minute, he brought on a striker. Exactly. Yeah, a bit late and he went
for a two up top. And then I just feel it was a lot of, I think Sarri just had his number
throughout Sarri. Exactly what he was doing. It was quite a clean victory. I feel like Lazio
awaited the storm in that first half and in the second half they just shifted the tide
entirely. I think they frustrated them. Yeah. I think Providell had a very, very good game.
Yeah. Super goalkeeper. Two brilliant saves. And yeah, I thought towards the end of the game
that Lazio were going to win by an even bigger margin. Yeah, of course. Of course. They can
banging them in, right? And then every time you see the flag up, so many celebrations.
Literally. Now this is the thing. We even have some questions in the question segment. Obviously,
we'll address them. But some people are saying, was it too early to count Lazio out?
Look, it's always too early right now to make claim on who's going to get top four,
who's going to get relegated, this and that. It could even be the case that maybe if there was
one day to face Napoli for Lazio, it was this day. Because I don't think Napoli were on top of their
game at all. I still think they're finding their feet. I think they were blessed with the first
two games that they had to kind of get a feel for things. First real test, they lost out to Lazio.
Is it Woohoo Lazio or is it Nehe Napoli? We'll wait and see. But that's all for this game.
Exactly. We'll move on to the next game, which saw Fiorentina getting absolutely battered by
Inter four goals, then that's on zero. Whoa, excuse me. I just whacked my microphone.
Italiano made just one change to the team that beat Rapid Vient to qualify for the
conference league in their midweek match. Inter took advantage of this fatigue and
absolutely pounded them. It's essentially, I believe, a good summary of this game.
Inter are the only team in Europe's top five leagues to not have conceded a single goal this
season. So that's very good and very nicely done by Inter. Let's get into the starting 11.
For Insagi's men, it's a 3-5-2 formation with Summer in goal, Bastoni, Devri and Darmian at the back,
with DiMarco on the left wing, Dampres on the right wing, and Miquetaari in Chalano,
Glouan-Barrella in the middle. Lautaro Martinez and Turam formed there. Their new partnership
up front, right? They're really gelling these guys. For Fiorentina, it was Christensen in goal
and a 4-2-3-1 formation with Dodo out on the right, Baragi out on the left, Ranieri and
Melinkovic as the centre back partnership. Now, I don't know if you've heard anything,
but why is Ranieri playing centre back? Where's Martinez-Quarta? Isn't that the
fucking weirdest shit in the world? Like, Quarta must be injured, no? He's not. He's on the bench.
I don't know what the hell he's doing. I don't get why.
He's playing Ranieri centre back. It's the only change he made from the...
It's crazy to me how the first time he ever does this is in a match against Inter.
Right.
It's berserk, like.
Berserk.
Arthur and Mandragora.
Imagine randomly starting Calabria centre back, like, in the derby next week. The hell is happening.
Vincenzo Italiano, baby. Arthur and Mandragora were in the double pivot with Nico Gonzalez out on
the right, Quama out on the left, Bonaventura as the terquatista, and Beltran up front,
because he is intelligent and smart. Exactly.
As Italiano pointed out. Now, in the 23rd minute, we had the first real chance of the game,
which was quite cagey to begin with. This resulted in Theram's first goal in Inter
Colours, when the Frenchman pounded home a DiMarco cross with his head.
DiMarco's left foot, man.
My God.
There are many like it, huh?
Should start an only fans for it.
Exactly, man. Trust me, he'll make a lot of money, because that left foot in particular is fucking great,
huh? It's great left foot.
In the 30th minute, Theram almost doubled his money, but ended up sending Bastoni's cross
over the bar from point blank.
Ranged, this was a bittersweet game for Bastoni. Had a great game overall,
but he did suffer a few clumsy misses.
Half-time came, Inter had 10 shots, and Fioratina had 2, and they were pretty much dominating the
game from the get go. In the 53rd minute, Lautaro got his fourth goal of the season with an expert
finished thanks to a Theram assist. Theram pointed his fingers towards Lautaro, the same way Lukaku
with Lautaro's eyes widened immediately, and he could be seen wagging his finger, going,
no, no, no, no, we don't do that anymore. I can't wait for Inter Roma.
Oh, man.
I think that's going to be a fucking hilarious game.
Sign me up.
Yeah.
If I hadn't just, you know.
I bet he won't shake his hand.
Man, I would love to coach at Game Live, yeah, to be mental.
He's definitely not shaking his hand.
I don't know, man. I don't know. I don't know.
He seems to really resent him, he's speaking about him in the media, he's publicly doing these
making these gestures, you know.
There were rumors as well.
There were rumors about those two.
More than just friends.
More than just brothers.
So maybe it's a bit hard, it is.
In the 58th minute, Theram was taken down in the box by Christensen for a clear penalty.
Tralano made no mistake in converting from the spot as the Curva sang their new song for Hakan,
where they basically said, you never scored for Milan, but you score with us.
It must be a fucking hero for them, man.
Honestly.
So Ram was played through by Lautaro later on, but failed to hit the target one-on-one with the
keeper. It was from a tight angle, granted, but he still failed to hit the target.
And Zaghi brought on Fratesi Quadrado Augusto and Altefuchand Aslan towards the end,
of course, introducing them as early as possible.
You know, the depth.
Like the depth is good.
Every season, this is the thing, every season it looks like Inter have weakened.
Every season with the moves that are made in the market, the cheaper acquisitions are made,
the older acquisitions are made, these strange signings come into play, a bunch of people on a
free, they remove some really good, what we believe are key pieces.
Every season this happens and Inter just come out stronger.
What a performance by Inter.
This was a performance.
Like, okay, Fiorentina didn't even get started, but power to Inter for fucking not allowing
Fiorentina to get into the game at all. They were unbelievable in this game.
I think it's still too early for Fiorentina though.
I think that fucking tedious, terrible fucking mid-week game they had to win against Rapid
Viendo. They just lost some robot as well.
Exactly. They've brought in a player who couldn't even feature today, Maxim Lopez.
For example, look at Maxim Lopez on this Fiorentina team.
He's going to be the main focal point.
He would have been a perfect replacement for Torreira.
Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Exactly. Same profile.
Yeah.
But there was one more goal. There was one more goal.
Oh, sorry.
Which came in the end.
No, no, no.
Game, honestly, Inter are never done.
In the 73rd minute, Quadrado drove a low-searching cross into the box,
which was converted by Lautaro Martinez.
So that was Quadrado's first contribution in Inter.
He looked good. He also looked greedy at times coming on.
But my first point, 65% ball position for Fiorentina in the game.
Yeah, they could have held onto it all day.
They lacked creativity and Inter were just spot-on when it came to their organization,
their defensive line.
You look at Inter and the way they play, if you were to.
If I had to choose the perfect seating to watch Inter play at a stadium,
it wouldn't be from the side.
It would be a helicopter over the pitch.
Because the way their formation moves, they are so systematic,
especially when they're defending.
You see the shapes, the different diamonds that are created,
the different squares that are created.
The way they shift is beautiful.
They know who needs to press, who needs to hang back,
they know who's covering what channel.
They move as an instrument.
It's ridiculous.
It's a system that's been there for quite some time.
Like Conte had the same thing, right?
Yeah.
Right, Inter.
It's been ever since that.
And as you said, Bro, completely, they could have had it all day.
Inter didn't want the ball.
No.
Inter knew what to do of it.
But the second that they did get the ball,
they were just exposing Fiorentina so hard.
I feel like firstly, the wing backs,
the second, even before one of the midfielders of Inter
obtains possession from a Fiorentina player,
you could see the wing backs making a run.
Like they've been making the run two seconds before the tackle was made.
They just understand each other, man.
They're scary.
They're an unbelievable team.
Yeah.
Fiorentina, of course, fatigued and they looked it.
Dodo had a particularly bad game.
I thought he was getting absolutely destroyed by Demarco over and over again.
Ranieri looked out of sorts at times.
He had a few clutch moments, but it showed that he wasn't meant to be playing.
I don't think they all had a shit game, man, to be honest.
Fiorentina, because like the same way in the first match,
we're praising Fiorentina, but we said we can't get carried away
because it's Genoa that they played and we were obviously right to be cautious over there.
I do want to be cautious in my praise for Inter,
because Fiorentina simply weren't up to the task.
Yes, yes, yes.
But to me, some teams play the occasion and some teams play the game.
Interplay the game.
Typically, if you see yourself going up against him like Fiorentina,
like why didn't they shut up shop after the first goal?
Yeah.
Why didn't they panic and say, okay, now we bring on an extra defender,
now we defend or something like that.
No, they smelt blood and they went out and they started to play.
They went out and they got it.
They were opportunistic in that sense.
So power to Inter for exposing Fiorentina brilliantly.
Yep, and worked every single time for them this game.
But Tony, I want to highlight his performance with the player.
He had five key passes, four big chances created, six accurate long balls,
all while containing Niko and Beltran.
He had five duels, one, two clearances, two interceptions and two tackles as well.
So he's an all-rounder.
And you can see him driving into the trecuartista position for this Inter team.
And he'll have the ball and he'll release.
Like he's a creative fucking player.
He's an offensive weapon.
He's so good.
100%.
And I want to highlight as well as much as it, obviously, Theram,
he is looking like he's jetting into the system and that he's going to be
a perfect replacement for Lukaku.
Shalannoglu, I just have to give him props because
adapting to that register role is not easy, especially for a trecuartista slash medzala.
Like the last thing we believed he was, was a register.
But in replacing Brozovic, he brings calmness, he brings fluidity,
and he's been good for them.
And now he is confirmed to be their starting penalty taker, number one rigorista.
I think he's grown Shalannoglu in that role as a register.
He totally has.
He's become a key player and a fan favorite of his.
Yeah, Theram, with their suite, as we mentioned, scored assisted one a penalty,
but missed three golden chances, I guess, just with an action-packed player.
There are days when you'll be a hero, there are days when they'll come back to haunt you.
As long as for now, he's in the right place at the right time.
Sometimes he doesn't react as quickly as he should, but
he's learning and he's growing.
In selling Amrabat, Fiorentina have lost an entire dimension from their team
that clearly has not been replaced.
Totally true.
This was a comment I saw and I chose to bring it up because it's totally true, right?
They don't have that metronome, that physicality anymore.
But as we mentioned, Maxim Lopez still needs to come in.
They're missing Barak, Iqone, Yerimina, Castrovilli, these guys only need to come back into the team.
They could have used some depth at the start of the season,
but it's just the worst time for them.
They'll get better undoubtedly.
They had a similar start, sorry to interrupt, last season.
So they got five points from the first five Serie A games last season.
It was deemed a terrible start.
It was.
They had to try to balance the conference league and the league, right?
They went on to make two cup finals, these guys, the Coppa Italia final and the Conference League final.
Italiano was heavily criticised at the start, but then he grew into the season
and I think they'll do even better this season.
I think so, man, even just 11 men, not only 11, but the entire stuff,
being on all those journeys together, getting to these two finals, working their asses off,
like having those extra sessions in together to get fit for the upcoming games.
That all being through that experience molds the team and jails the team.
They've been through it all together.
So they do get closer and they do get better as a team.
So be patient with Fiorentina.
This is a four in the lost winter and anyone can get a four in the lost winter on an off day.
Yeah, and that concludes the game.
Inter have not conceded a goal yet.
They are first and they take on Milan next year, so they haven't lost the game yet.
Yeah, it is going to be one hell of a derby.
I'm not going to predict the way the game goes,
because typically when you get this is the first derby in my opinion,
that we've really seen both teams on the red hot fucking firing form,
because it's either towards the start of the season, like it was last year,
where Inter hadn't started yet on Milan, where the champions,
they had this momentum and they beat Inter.
And then every time Milan faced Inter again, they had a bunch of injuries last season,
or something was going on.
Lea, Winger, Giroux, Winger.
I saw starting 11 Milan had against Inter last season when they played a 3-4-3 or a 3-5-2,
it was hilarious.
This is the first derby we're seeing in a while,
where both teams are on the red hot fucking piping form.
If Giroux is fit, then there's going to be one hell of a derby.
What worries me is that typically when both teams are on great form,
both of them tend to be a bit more cautious in the game.
So it could be a low score in one.
We'll see. It might be at the start, but I do feel like
with the players on the pitch, there will be goals.
You know, there will be a lot. Even the fact that you've got Tomori out
and Kalulu stepping in, I feel like that might be something that Inter feel they might be able
to exploit with all respect to Kalulu, because he's a fantastic player.
But you never know.
The occasion might always get to you.
It might make you have an incredible game.
At the end of the day, that's something that Milan ideally wouldn't want to have,
right? That they want to have their starting players.
Even Giroux up top, who might have to actually start with Jovic, you know,
up front or Okaforas the nine.
And then you put policing like everything might change.
Yeah, there's still a week left to go.
There are also the, there's also like Giroux got injured yesterday,
because he was representing France.
There are more fixtures today.
There are more fixtures tomorrow.
There are more fixtures the day after.
So they think of all the things that can happen over there.
But let's jump to the next game.
And Pauline L, you've two, you were coming off a victory over Odinez
and that draw against Bologna, while Sempoli are three out of three,
four losses now losing out to Verona, Monza and now Juve.
Coming into this game,
Empoli had one, two of their last four against Juve,
including a devastating four-one victory over the Bianconeri last season.
Following the announcement of their point deduction,
moving them down from second to seventh, that was the scenes there where
very tense and nerve-wracking.
Now the Bianconeri made several changes after the controversial one-one draw with Bologna,
still missing Cesney and Mattia de Schilio.
Empoli had lost both matches without finding the net,
with Elia Caprile and Daniel Maldini injured,
so Berisha made his debut in goal over here.
Now Empoli started the game in a 4-3-3 formation with Berisha in goal
and a backline of Berezinski, Valukevic, Luperto and Petzella,
then with field three of Mále, Márin and Fazzini and Cambiaghi starting out on the left,
Baldanzi on the right and Ciccio Caputo up front.
For Uvert was a 3-5-2 formation with Perrinding goal and a backline of Gatti, Bremer and Danilo.
McKenny started out on the right, Costage started out on the left,
Andrabio, Locatelli and Miretti formed the midfield three,
Lutkiesa and Vlahovic up front.
So Danilo headed the ball into the back of the net in the 10th minute,
but the goal was ruled out due to a foul on goalkeeper, Berisha,
when the initial cross came in, the foul was made by the goal scorer himself.
In the 24th minute and then Danilo, this time his goal stood as there was confusion in the area
following an eventous corner and the ball ended up in the feet of the captain who slotted in
past Berisha, making it Uvert 1-1-0. In the 39th minute, Vlahovic stepped up for a penalty and
missed. The Serbian was denied from the spot as Berisha got down well to deny a rather central
strike by Vlahovic, the penalty was won by Gatti who was tripped up by Mále in the box.
In the 65th minute, Pogba's expert volley was ruled out after Vlahovic to be in an offside position,
couldn't catch a break, even ruined Pogba's moment. It was a great volley by Pogba.
Pogba's 15 minutes between injuries, right?
Yeah, exactly. In the 82nd minute and then one of my favourite goals of the week,
it has to be said, Kierza made it 2-0 after Kierza had been threatening for an entire game
in the 82nd minute, he managed to score and make it 2-0. After terrorizing Mpoly for a full match,
Kierza finally put his name on the score sheet as Mpoly piled men for the slick 1-2 between
Kierza and Mlec put the Italian clean through on goal. Berisha came way off his line to the
Nike Kierza who rounded the keeper, lost his footing due to the contact with the goalkeeper
but got back up and finished into an empty net from a rather tight angle at that point.
Classic Kierza, whose green tar is unmatched. I would have loved to hear that goal without fans.
I would have loved to hear with Kierza somewhat.
Literally, if only it happened during Covid. In the 91st minute,
Mlec's header following away across hit the crossbar but that was pretty much it.
Mpoly nailed you, there were probably no doubts about that.
Gatti and Pogba picked up minor injuries, it is said that they'll be back sooner rather than
later but yeah, Pogba enjoyed again man. He can't catch a break for a guy. I wonder if his
body can't actually hold up at this level. That is where my head is at now because it's like,
okay, I've picked up a minor injury, it could happen to anyone at any time, a minor injury,
you know, when you're playing a fucking game of football but again and again and again and again
and again, it's like the pattern is really repeating itself and it's not. It's 30 minutes
of football. Yeah man, yeah. But power to Pogba. I'm still waiting to see him at his best in Italy.
That's crazy, he always looks so good no matter how long he's been injured for or whatever.
He's a level above the rest. Yeah, he's a world-class footballer. If it weren't for those
fucking injuries, man, it'd be like we saw the season he won the World Cup for France, for example,
that shit was or the other seasons at Juve, that shit is ballon d'or, esq potential, like you
know what I mean, Puskas award potential and all that. But anyway, let's talk about this game a
little bit. What did you make of, I mean, it was an expected victory for Juve up against
Empoli winning 2-0. I personally think that Juve, it would be disappointed that they didn't win the
game by a larger margin because they had many opportunities. What did you make of this game?
I appreciated Allegri's approach. I like the fact that after the goal that came in the 82nd minute,
Juve had another four shots, for example. That's always good to see. The question with this Juve
aside is okay, so they're playing once a week. We've got a good team. Even though Allegri made
the funny comparison, let me find the one second to know it. He basically made reference to, you
remember when Conte said you can't go to a 100 euro restaurant with 10 euro? He kind of has his own
version of this Allegri. He said you can't take on a tank with a pistol, is what he randomly said
about his team. Now granted, the only team they've dropped points to are Bologna. Are you saying
Bologna have a tank, bro? Well, you're playing once a week, use your pistol wisely. Allegri,
he's the master of this. It's just downplaying their chances up until the final day.
But yes, they do look more positive. The problem with Juve has come so far when they face a very,
very competent tactician that's backed with a good squad, Motta and Bologna. Juve are always
going to win these games against Ampoulis, Soler and Natal. They'll win these games. The problem is
when they face the bigger teams, can they hold up? Is Allegri's style going to remain relevant or
will it look like the Milan Roma game? Similar, yes, similar with Juve and Roma in that sense.
I think Juve are looking more positive with more attacking football being played.
They're more confident having the ball than they were in the past. And I think despite the penalty
miss, Vlaovic is generally looking more comfortable on the pitch. I'm not saying his shooting boots
have been on because they haven't been. He's scored one penalty so far in three games and he
missed one as well. But he isn't simply being marked out of matches in the last few seasons.
He's more involved. The movement and his chemistry with his teammates looks improved to
how it was in the past. They still, however, aren't feeding him as much as they should be.
But I think once Juve are mastered, Vlaovic and how to use our main guy up front efficiently,
it would make them much more dangerous. I think him and Chieza up top is looking like
that is the best case scenario for Juve. They couldn't line up in a better way.
And this means they have a lot of speed on both sides of the pitch because you've got
Kostas on one side who can devastate his man and Chieza on the other. He can use that and keep
up with pretty much anyone on the counter. Yeah, waya as well. Exactly, waya too. I was really
impressed by the way with Millic's footwork on the second goal on the pass. Perfectly weighted
ball. Perfectly weighted. Enough for Berisha to think that he can get to it to make him rush off
his line but enough for Kierza to actually get to it before him. It must be a joy having up there
that quick to play on to it. You mentioned Kostich, he's back. He wasn't injured or he
wasn't suspended. Nothing, he was just transfer. The transfer rumours that are forrest interested
among some other teams. Poor Kambiaso man. Kostich played, he pretty much did what you'd
expect from Kostich. Work hard for the entire game. Tackle, run, sprint, cross. That's exactly
what you expect from him. Poor Kambiaso man. I feel like he is a better fit for this team when it
comes to chemistry and the way they play together. I feel like Kambiaso and Kierza really understood
each other and then Kostich kind of comes in, does his own thing a little bit. I prefer Kambiaso
and the team. There's after just like two games. We have to see. Kostich was one of you as best
players. The fact that Kambiaso even got games is already surprising and he's already doing very
well. Competition never hurt anyone especially when you're coming up through the ranks, having
an older player that you can look up to, you got to learn from and you can also compete with.
Definitely. Weekly Danilo Hurra. Three, two, one. Hurra! Empoli have not put up a fight against any
of their opponents so far. I wasn't quite expecting them to put up a fight against you,
but maybe in their previous matches up against, I believe it was Verona and I know this,
Verona and Monza. I feel like they could have done more in those games. I think Empoli at the
moment look like two-way steam in the league. Yeah, they do have the players and the manager
to actually grow into the season. But what a terrible start for them right now. Many people
have moved them into their bottom three. They were in my bottom three two weeks before the season
started. And then you changed your mind. And I put them a bit higher. But you know what man,
I still think the team's stupid to get relegated. No, I mean the Decibel. We've said that before.
We've said about Calhire. It's match day three. Exactly. You know, let's relax. Yeah. Did Marin
try any long-range shots this game? I can't. If I didn't include it in my
rundown, then I didn't deem it a threat. So you're go brother. You're go. I'm up. Yes, sir.
We have got Atalanta three Monza. Oh, yes. Atalanta were simply too much to handle for Monza
after a cage restart to the game. Since Monza's first season in Serie A, last season basically,
Atalanta have always beaten Monza. They are currently on aggregate 10-2. Wow. 10-2 for Atalanta.
Jesus. So yeah, Monza always struggling at Atalanta. I mean, Atalanta tend to blow the
newer teams out of the water unless you're frozen in the on app. Exactly. So 3-4-1-2 for
Gasperini's men with Musson goal, Colassenac, Jim City and Scalvini at the back, Ruggeri out on the
left, Zappacost out on the right with Ederson on the rune in the double pivot. Coop miners playing
behind the strikers. So in this case, both getting their first start for Atalanta were Scamacca
and Decay Telares. Of course, Duvan Zapata has moved to Torino. For Monza, it was a 3-4-2-1
formation with Di Gregorio on goal. Caldi Rola, Mari and Itzo were at the back with Birindelli
out on the right. Patrick Turey on the left, Cina and Gallardini in the middle with Colpani
and Caprari behind Mota. As you can hear, my voice is still weird, guys. It's been almost a month now.
I might have to find a new co-host soon, bro. It looks like me and the dog are sooner or later.
So neither outfit really threatened in the first 20 minutes. The first real site of goal coming
shortly after the midway point in the opening period of Atalanta. Some are signing Scamacca.
Heather was denied by a Monza goalkeeper, Di Gregorio, while Scalvini buried the rebound,
but it was ruled offside. I read that terribly. Basically, we didn't understand. Scalvini scored,
but it was offside. In the 35th minute, Ederson opened the official scoring. The goal was a result
of a corner kick taken by Coopminers who whipped in the ball and was hit by Caldi Rola. It struck
the neck of Colpani, creating an opportunity. Charles Zeketalari then provided the assist to
Ederson who managed to score and take advantage of Monza's lackluster reaction.
In the 42nd minute, the goal was a result of a perfectly weighted cross by Ruggieri to Scamacca.
I must say Ruggieri can really whip it up. Scamacca positioned himself expertly outside
inside the penalty area and used his head to get the ball into the back of the net. Pablo
Marri, the Monza defender, was marking Scamacca, but he couldn't do anything about the giant man
with the baggy T-shirt. He looks so cool as Scamacca with his scarecrow-like physique and his baggy
Atalanta kick. He's dope. He looks like a really cool praying mantis. That was his first goal.
The start of the second half of Atalanta appeared to look content to let Monza enjoy a more position.
They tried to pick them off on the counter attack and this strategy ultimately led to their final
goal in the 62nd minute. Scamacca positioned himself now outside the penalty area on the edge
this time. He received the ball while being on mark. He controlled it and rifled it low and hard
into the bottom corner. Gasparini's men had the ball in the back of the net for another
two occasions. One scooped minors and one against Scamacca, but they were ruled offside for a hand
ball and offside respectively. And Muriel had the shot saved at the end and the home had his
header brilliantly saved by Diego Goria at the end. The ex-spezia. So bro, Atalanta blowing Monza out
of the water were you surprised? Yes, to be honest, I think Monza is a tough draw for anyone.
And I think Atalanta coming off a disappointing game against Frosenone, I was expecting it to be a
closer affair than it was, but I think Atalanta had a great, great, great game over here. I think
individual performances were great all around as well. You look at, for example, Copa Miners
having a good game, Ederson getting himself a goal with Scamacca with two goals,
Cate Alare grabbing himself an assist. Scalvini as always solid at the back, the home playing
the ball around beautifully. I think individually they had a spectacular match and I think this
is the thing about Monza. If they don't get going, they don't get going. You know what I mean? If
they don't put up a fight in the first half, don't expect them to put up a fight in the second half.
That's a very good point. They never really grew into matches, is it? No, no, no. If, like,
God forbid, a team gets an early lead against Monza because Monza are out of the game.
That's true. Where do they stand for you at Atalanta though? They've beaten
Sassuola. Monza quite comfortably and they lost to Frosinjone. They really promoted.
This, remember, this was the first start for Scamacca, the first start for CDK.
Yeah. I think so, for Frosinjone, the way I'm looking at them is like looking at Ajax in that
Champions League where it's like, ah, like it's fine. We're only against them, but then you play
them and they're like, no way, comparing Frosinjone to Ajax. This is the dynamic like.
So I don't want to get carried away with any of my statements because as I said, it's still very
early. But I do think that Atalanta will fight for top four. Yes, I think so too. They simply will.
Like they gave this very much a work in progress and now they gave.
They gave Scamacca and the KT Lare their first starts. They have Colasinac starting at Colasinac,
starting at the back as well. So this is all a work in progress. The only thing that is worrying
me now are these Gasperini drama that's going on. He's probably defending him though now.
Yes. Yes. I forgot who it was. A player came. Okay, so let's tell the whole story. Yes. So
who was the first one? Was it not Demiral? Who was the other? I think it was Demiral. No, someone
else. Mele. Mele, yeah. Mele basically said that Atalanta is a prison. Gasperini is a control freak.
That basically we got angry when him and Hoylund drove to training together. He wanted them to
be separate. He wanted everything to be professional. Everything's by his terms. Then Demiral commented
on this news and said like to Toa Vero basically everything is true. And then he had the home
joining the national team. And one of the former Atalanta players, Kulusevski,
on the Swedish retreat told him like congrats on Gasperini. So there's been a lot of pressure on
Gasperini. And we know he fought with Papu Gomez a few years ago as well. So he's clearly a difficult
person to work with. But let's be real. He fucking knows how to get the best out of his players.
Yes. Fantastic manager. Yes, man. One of the best in the league. I mean, yes, but the nice man,
you know what I mean? I know. But one of the things Mele pointed out, for example, was how they
mostly care about making players, getting players and increasing their wealth. Yeah, sounds fucking
good to me. No, no. And I mean, he's the longest serving manager in the league. Yeah. It's just
okay. Yes. But if this system, how far is the system getting him? They haven't won trophies. You
know what I mean? So I think with the team they have, and they've had the same manager for that
amount of time. And he's clearly done a good job turning out of nothing to something because
Atalanta were in nothing. They were in nothing. And now they're one of the top teams in Italy.
And they play, they often play in the Champions League, so on and so forth. If you go, but like,
but shouldn't have won a trophy in the spiritual, you have not won a Copa. Maybe yes. But at the
end of the day, you look at the minnow side that Atalanta are and you look at the books,
he's exceeding expectations year after year after year. So you can't really ask him for
any more. Well, not in the past two seasons, to be honest. No, okay. But still, when you look at
the size of Atalanta and the wage, you build anywhere in the top, anywhere in a European spot
is good. Not fair enough. If you get the opportunity to work with Gasperini, then I think what you
need to do is suck it up. You need to accept him for what he is. And you need to understand that if
you do what he tells you to do, a big team will swoop in for you. And if not, you get to succeed
and to play many minutes because he's fair with his minutes, right? It gives everyone an opportunity.
And you're playing in the top division, you're potentially fighting for Champions League with
Atalanta. And if you're not content with that, you have the opportunity to be sniped and poached
by a bigger team. So how long do you go in your career if you listen and if you deal with him for
a bit? Yeah, I would agree with you there. I think it would be great experience and playing with Atalanta
under that manager. It's essentially like joining one of the best youth systems that there are because
the training that that team, I don't know what they do so special, I can't get into that. But
the players just grow so much when they're there. Firstly, they get fucking jacked when they join
Atalanta. They're a steroid's means, no? Yeah. Secondly, there's a certain intelligence and grace
about these players. It seems like every player that joins Atalanta needs to have a certain
fucking level of football IQ. And yeah, I think they should suck it up. And not every manager is
going to hold your hand. Some of them are a bit tougher to work with. But naturally, it's the
tougher ones that are going to make you improve more. You know what I mean? And then if he's
attacking their personal lives or something like that, I don't know. But if he's not then.
There's just too much. Apparently Papu says he punched him. So we'll see. Take that with a pinch
of salt. Could have easily been the other way around. 18 goals, scoring opportunities created
by Atalanta the most of the match day when they want to attack, they can attack. And we remember
the absolute fucking terror they were a few seasons ago. They still have that. Now it's
kamakka firing. They're going to be dangerous, bro. And I like him and Decay Telaara up front.
Two big boys and two very different profiles. Yeah. Mons are really struggling to do anything
without Carlos Agustin. So that's how they find other alternatives to focus on. They're playing
Turia on the left now. Yeah. And Birindelli on the right to try and make up for that loss
down the left. How's that working for you guys? Yeah, not great for an hour. I think
Pesina needs to get more involved. I think I think there are still avenues for them to
succeed. They need to get their shit together. Yeah, they did that offensively because defensively
they're okay until not a lot of really penetrated them and they try to get back in the game. Then
they ran away with it. Yeah. But we saw them, for example, in preseason against Milan, they looked
tight. They looked very tight. They looked very tight. Um, still early. I still wait to see the
best out of Monza. They had a very slow start last year that was expected. Um, let's hope that
they don't get off to a similar start this season because now it's not expected. Exactly. You're
up. I'm up. Woo. The next game we're going to be covering is Bologna to Caliari one Bologna's first
win of the season following a loss to Milan and a draw to Juve. Why is Caliari are still yet to win
after some tough opening fixtures where they held Torino and lost to Inter in the last 12
meetings in Serie A between Bologna and Caliari. Each team have won four times and four have been
a draw. However, Bologna are unbeaten in their last 10 home games against Caliari in Serie A
where they won seven and drew 10. Sorry, I drew three, Jesus. Um, Adam Saumauro and new signing
Alexis Salamacers were injured for the hosts with Mousa Barrow, Sosa and Liko John is left behind.
The Sardinians threw Petania straight into the mix as Paavolletti, Lapadoula, Rog, Mancozu, Pereiro
and Capra Dossi were sidelined. So a few injuries over here, some more significant than others.
For Bologna it was a 4-2-3-1 for me, Schuitt-Skorupski in goal and the backline of Christian Sin,
Lukumi, Beukema and Posh, double pivot of Mouro and Abishir with Carl Sin out on the left and
Doya out on the right and Ferguson playing behind Xerix A. On the other hand for Caliari it was a
4-1-3-2 formation with Radunovic in goal and the backline of Zappa, Dosena, Vietesca and Augello.
They had Sulemana in the register role with Nandes, Makumbu and Youngto playing behind
great bro, you don't get the plague behind Petania and Lovumbo. That was tough. I'm not even gonna lie
guys. So for the play by play in the sixth minute Carl Sin is powerful strike from 25 yards out,
hit the outside of the post for what could have been a sensational goal.
He had Radunovic beaten and the ball could have ended up in the top corner very easily.
What a strike. So early on. Bologna they love getting off to these fiery fucking stars.
They like to have it early on.
From distance. I've earned a 22nd minute Lovumbo open the scoring for Caliari. He let Vietesca's
long ball run past him and he absolutely demolished the defender for pace before slotting into the
far corner from a tight angle. In celebration of Caliari's first goal of the season, Nandes managed
to crack the glass barrier. He's either really strong or the Sardinians haven't refurbished their
stadium in decades. I think I know which one it is. Probably a bit of a combination of both.
Nandes would be quite strong. It was a great goal. This to me is a contender for goal of the week.
He's a super player Lovumbo. He's the only player that looks like he can actually run on this
Caliari. Literally. On the half hour mark, Radunovic produced two great saves in quick succession.
One where he got down well to deny Carlsen from close range and the other on the follow up where
Zergze shot with great power. In the 59th minute was the Dutchman who got the equalizer.
One-one thanks to Zergze. Christensen's first time pass found Zergze at the near post and the
Dutchman did supremely well to finish at the near post with a first time left footed strike.
Great finish by Zergze. He's looking like a very complete striker. This is great because I
praised him only last week, the week before. I said that he's a great striker but he doesn't shoot
enough. He really took the opportunity, the half chance he had here to take a shot on and he
fucking finished perfectly. He's happy to see him developing like this. Very well rounded striker.
He's looking good. He's looking really good. In the 75th minute, Orsolini had the goalkeeper
beaten from a penalty but smashed the crossbar foiling his 100% record from the spot. The
penalty was awarded as the parter stopped Christensen's cross with his arm inside the area.
I thought Orsolini would never miss a penalty, bro. But here he is. Too hard to miss. Yeah,
but he had the keeper beaten the poor guy but he went for too much power, I believe. Maybe that's
just a lesson in life that sometimes you just need to relax now. Yeah, I think Kalljari held on well
and then but in the 89th minute, Bologna got a stroke of luck and Fabian got the winner.
Christensen's strike seemed to be easy pickings for the talented Radunovic who had a great game
up until that moment. But the goalkeeper uncharacteristically spilled the ball after
getting both hands behind it. The ball fell to Fabian who needed to get a simple touch to score
and score he did. 2-1 for Bologna. It's funny because this is the first game where they were
favorites going into it because otherwise they played against Milan and Juve and it turned out
to be a very tough fixture for them. I didn't think they were going to get the win because Kalljari
did well to hang on to that 1-1 and it seemed like they were hanging on well to the 1-0 as well.
But a stroke of luck for Bologna to get their first win of the season,
considering the way they played in the opening three games I think is deserved at the end of the
day. Yeah sure, they deserve to win most of the games they've played so far. Especially the one
against Juve last week when they had a clear penalty. So I really like Kalljari's setup. I
really like the fact that they line up with a 4-4-2. They try to disrupt the game. They have a few
sneaky ideas on how to get goals. I think they're fun to watch. Are they good enough to stay up?
I'm not sure yet but I really enjoy watching them play and Petani and Lovumbo up front is just
a dream for me to watch because you've got the wallers in the box and the fucking speedy Gonzalez.
Yeah he's so fucking quick Lovumbo and he's so technically good.
Bro just called Petani a waller. But in the best way possible a human isn't going to outmuscle a
waller. That's what I'm saying right? They've got a good header on them as well. No is that a
seal seal? Some good headers. Not sure what the difference is now. This Fabian guy who scored the
winner bro. He is an inter-youth product who was out on loan at Egrina last season when he played
36 games and scored 80 goals in Segebe. So he's a confident kid, 6 foot 1. He can score plays in
midfield offensive player and I didn't think that his first goal would come on his first appearance.
This is a few minutes after coming on. He was gifted sure but that can blow him up. He's
been in the headlines. His name outpins walking in the street. He might burst onto the scene right
here. Like Michael Richards. I agreed. I think take nothing away from his instinctiveness of the
goal. Like I know Radonovic literally jumped the ball. But it was crowded. He could have picked it
back up or somebody could have cleared it but he had his leg out instantly. He smelled blood over
there. Must have been so frustrating for Radonovic right now. He had such a good game as well man.
He didn't even drop it. He lost grip of it. He had both hands behind the ball and everything
had pretty much caught it. Similar to kind of like Dida's error against Celtic was it?
Yes. Similar to that. We spoke about Cerexia already so I won't get into that too much.
Lovumbo I want to highlight and this front two for Kalyari is looking to be can be quite dangerous.
If you look at both player profiles Petania like you said the wall is in the box can really hold
up play well and just having Lovumbo who can run in behind him is going to be a headache for a lot
of teams. I think once Kalyari increased the fluidity of their play that that that can be
a very dangerous duo up front. But for the time being I'm a bit disappointed with Kalyari. I'm
not going to lie for the time being as much as I enjoy watching them. You think that with a manager
like the thinker man himself they could have gotten a slightly better start. So who have they had so
far? Who have they had? They held Torino to 1-0 draw. That's a good result. That's a that's a decent
result and then they got trashed to Inter was it? I believe so. Yes they got beaten by Inter. Yes
they got beaten by Inter and now they lost out. Now they lost to Bologna. It's a tough start and
they got to point out of it. I mean but I don't know I just feel like the football they're playing.
This is the football they're gonna play. Yeah they're hustlers in that sense.
Kattenaccio. Yeah you know what I mean. But then they have said that that's why I'm saying they need
to be more fluid in order to feed this front two because once they get the ball to that front two
they can be quite dangerous. Even with Nandes and behind them and Youngtoff for example these are all
good players. But just I'm seeing them playing quite negative football which is probably the way a
newly promoted team would tend to set up against these higher ranked teams in Serie A so you don't
blame them. Excited to see Kalyari against some opponents that are on par with them say at least.
And this was Petania's first game for them. I think he pretty much did what we expect Petania to do.
Can he get more services the question like we just spoke about pretty much. I think it was a good idea
for them to bring in another striker apart from Pavoletti because Pavoletti is particularly good
coming on right. Yeah Petania is meant to bring you a cool head. He has been the center of many
projects. The Spal one for example he had the whole team working to feed him. Yeah you know you
feed Petania he's definitely gonna eat. So just give him the ball as much as you can get him going.
He can be a machine now. Yeah we'll see. I like this Kalyari team though. No I like the team but
good players as well. I like the team and that's why I'm a bit disappointed in how they've started
off. It's just the manner in which they're playing and the style of football you're playing isn't
typically one that appeals to me so much the Katanaccio style and stuff but you do what you
have to do at the end of the day man. And at the end of the day they almost managed to get another
point in a roster of the first three matches that are very tough and like that they would have gotten
a point against Torino and a point against Bologna but Bologna stroke of luck and they managed to
get away with their first three points when you see how they played in the first three matches.
Definitely deserved but over to your game bro. Sasvolo three, Helas Verona one. So basically
Barardi returns to Sasvolo starting 11 and as always he steals the show. Helas had no answers
for him and he just shows his professionalism this guy constantly over and over again. I granted
yes he was trying to force his way out he wasn't starting 11 in the first two games but here he
is all right he didn't sell me boom I'm gonna score two goals and win you again. Exactly. He's
not spiteful he's a professional and he hates losing above anything else. So for Alessio Dionisi's
Sasvolo it was a 4-3-3 as always with Concili in goal Vigna out on the left Antolio and out on the
right with Tresol the underlitch at the back. Henrique, Bologna and Thordesvet were in the middle
with Lauriente out on the left Barardi out on the right and Pinamonti up front. For Verona it was a
3-4-1-2 formation with Montipo and Goul, Maniani, Coppola and Davidovic at the back. Faroni was out
on the right while Doi was out on the left with Duda and Hongla in the middle. Folo Runcho was in
the track-whattista position with Ingonj and Inboula playing ahead of him.
Now in the 11th minute Sasvolo capitalized on a moment of defensive disorganization by Verona.
Verona failed to clear their defensive lines, Sasvolo regained possession, they capitalized on
the opportunity. Tolján whipped in the ball in the box and Andrea Pinamonti who was left on marked
easily headed the ball into the net to give Sasvolo a 1-0 lead. This goal marked Sasvolo's first
goal of the season, Coppola and Maniani were daydreaming over there. Pinamonti to be honest,
had he been on his toes, not flat footed, he could have scored earlier before this opportunity
because the ball came to him and he didn't react in time. So again he needs to be more of a fox
in the box, he needs to be more alert maybe. In the 56th minute Verona managed to equalize
against Eranoff, play a speculative cross by Serial Ingonj into the 6 yard box, took an unexpected
trajectory and caught everyone by surprise and ended up in the back of the net. After Verona's
equalizers Sasvolo regained the league thanks to a fantastic display by Baradi scored by beating
Coppola and deflecting the ball into the net. This made the 2-1 for Sasvolo shortly after that
he was fouled on the box by Doig here and the penalty himself, he took it himself, converted
it and he ran up to the 40 Sasvolo supporters and extended his arms to show like your god is
bro. It's growing. It's growing. They had many more fans in the stadium, young people in
Sasvolo, that's what I love to see man. It's nice because we've often spoken about this problem
and Sasvolo's fans are non-existent because the stadium is far from the city, the fans have already
chosen clubs and have been supporting these clubs since they were children. Sasvolo are quite a new
team so nice to see that their following is growing. You know what Sasvolo need? A good social media
manager that can further target young people, be a cool football brand for young people and hopefully
try to get them young and try to increase the amount of supporters they get on a year-to-year
basis because there's not going to be any convincing a 50 year old who's been supporting Bologna
his entire life, no start supporting. But you know they're around to you when they were first
promoted. I thought people would fall in love with you. I think Helos Verona this game really felt
the loss of Hien who got a red card against Roma. He's the defensive leader and I felt like they
stuck a lot over there. Verona are quite similar to Sasvolo in the sense that they've always struggled
at the back as well and we've never seen them invest in the back. Hien was a good addition
but you see what happens the second they lose him and they look disorganised in this game.
I think Sasvolo did a good job of playing an offensive brand of football in this game. I'm
putting a lot of pressure on Verona. They didn't give Verona time to build the ball from the back
or do any of the Verona things but they suffocated them and as a result they managed to get a 3-1
victory. Barardi obviously had a lot to do with that because he is the player that's constantly
up until the 19th minute pressing and fucking doing this and that and getting all the goals
and I think Sasvolo deserved the victory by the end of it. Absolutely. So we've got a few teams
who are a bit more reliant on certain players than others. Let's say you have for example
Luzan Ezen, Samoan Ziccio, Salah Netana and Dia for example. Of course. For Sasvolo it's Barardi
all the way. Now Sasvolo have good players all around. Laurent is a very good player but when
Barardi is there it's different. He runs the show and everyone accepts it. Season after season
after season after season. He's just one of the best right-wingers in the league every season.
Yes. This year he's got some competition otherwise he has been for the past five years.
Absolutely. When do you think, Kranjo will play this season?
I think he will at some point but I think he will because Constille isn't showing
like clearly he's aged and he's not as good as he used to be.
He was a cross-sinterdict. Yeah. But what about Kranjo? Is Kranjo still at the level he was at
when he was in Caliari? How is he physically? Exactly. Last season we saw him play one game.
Now I know that's not a great case study of where he's at now. But hey man, he would have been benched
by DeGregorio for a reason. He would have been benched by Constille right now for a reason.
So I don't know where Kranjo is when it comes to his ability. So that's why I'm unsure because I
think Constille you should be replaced at some point. I hope we see him soon. Kranjo is fantastic.
Yeah, agreed. Yeah. So pretty comfortable for Saswolo overall playing Helas Vrana out of the
water over here. Helas Vrana had their opportunities, they had their moments but they couldn't quite deal
with Saswolo. And that's it. The next game we're going to be covering is Torino 1,
Genoa nil. So this is Torino's first win of the season following a goal is draw to Caliari
and a thrashing in Milan. West Genoa were coming off a 1-0 away victory against Lazio,
following an open day defeat to Fiorentina. Genoa won their last meeting against Torino
in Serie A on the 18th of March 2022. 1-0 where Manolo Portanova scored after a streak of nine
games in which the Granata had remained unbeaten against the Griffone where they won 7.
And drew 2. Torino lost Antonio Sanabria and coffee Gigi to injury so deadline
day signing Duván Zapata made his debut from the start. Junior Messias, Haps and Voliaccio
were out for Genoa who were fresh off of a 1-0 away victory to Lazio. Now for Torino it was a 3-4
to 1 formation with Vania Angola on the back line of Ricardo Rodríguez, Bonjorno and Schuirs.
They had voivode out on the left with Bellanova out on the right and a double pivot of Linetti
and Tamez. Vlasic Hendrikci started behind, new signing Zapata. Genoa started in a 4-3
to 1 formation with Martinez in goal and a back line of Sabelli, Bani, Dragousin and Vasquez.
They had Strutman, Badelge and Frenjup in the middle with Malinovsky and Goodman
sin playing behind Retegui. That's looking more like a team over there slowly.
So in my opinion Torino should have been awarded a penalty in the 25th minute after Martinez
dangerously came out to collect the ball, kneeing Zapata on the upper back in the process,
causing the Colombian some pain. The contact was made before the ball was collected yet they
didn't even seem to be any debate regarding this decision. I didn't even notice any var checks or
any complaints made to the referee but to me that's a penalty. The ball was up in the air,
the keeper rose with his knee out, banged Zapata on the back. Got the ball. I found it quite weird.
It was quite a KGFA throughout this entire game. Genoa were impossible to penetrate and it didn't
seem like Torino had any answers. However, in the 94th minute there was a crossfield ball
by Ilic that found his fellow countryman in Radonjić who was not necessarily in a dangerous
position, he was out wide. Then he just made this quick work of hefty taking the ball to the
byline and he just cuts the ball into the roof of the net from an incredibly tight angle.
The way I describe this goal to people is have you ever had a pissed off friend at a fiver side
who was good at football? That's the kind of goal that they score. It's like none of you guys can
do it, leave it up to me. He just quickly dribbles the defender. The ball was from such a tight
angle and he just hoofs it into the roof of the net. Nothing Martinez could have done about it,
nothing anyone could have done about it. But he's a donkey. I forgot. His manager thinks he's a donkey.
So he got a dude. It was an absolute fuck it moment. Yeah, fuck it. I'm him. I'm going to win it for
us. And it's so sad to see because you can't tell hefty when he was brought on. Like a bit tight.
Don't let them skip you. Play it safe. Don't get dribbled. You have three minutes. I'm bringing
you on for three. It's 87th minute. Don't let anyone do you. Hefty comes on with his fake blonde hair
and his preppy appearance overall. You know, only the head fucking absolutely marked six minutes
later. Yeah, man. Poor guy. I mean, there's nothing he could have done about it. I mean,
maybe if he didn't press Radonjić too hard over there and he allowed him a little bit of space
so he could judge where he's going better because I think he put pressure on him instantly, which
is why Radonjić was capable of doing him so quickly. So I have to you have to feel bad for him, but
like world class stuff by Radonjić over there. Obviously, isn't a world class player, but that
was a world class goal. Genoa gave Torino a very tough time. They even had seven shots, two of
which were on target. And I felt like when they did get to the final third, they moved the ball
well over there and they had a few moments straight. They had certain moves that were straight
out of the training ground. However, they always at the moment, they're just lacking that final
decision making, which is essential in top flight football. But this is a step in the right direction.
They'd be hard broken with the late goal. As they didn't give Torino too many chances,
aside from a pelé gris header, aside from that, and Torino were capable of turning it around.
But Genoa almost did it, man. Yeah, they almost did. Every week, I'm more impressed by Albert
Goodman. They rounded the keeper. They granted him a score in the end and he was offside the
entire time anyway. But he looks like quite a nifty player there. And I can't wait for Malinovsky
to get going because that attacking Trident is going to be very interesting. They're midheels
kind of agent, but they showed today that they can just get the job done. They can contain and
they can burst and they can attack you. Yeah, that's the thing that I like about them.
I would like to see some more personality come through from them because they have the players
to have quite an attacking brand of football. I do want to see Retegey getting more opportunities
to put his name on the score sheet, for example. I do want to see Malinovsky start getting into
shooting opportunities from outside the area. But this is again something we will see in time.
They're short-promising things. Yeah, Angelo Adino has shown many times that he is willing to
adapt to his opponent. So I think these aren't things that he's going to be opposed to. I think
we're going to see many different setups at Genoa and I think eventually it will click. They will
find something. I think so, man. I think so. Yeah. I think it's time for your last game, bro.
Oh, yes. My last game is Lecce to Salernitana. Lecce were just two street smart for Salernitana
who were missing Boulayedia to some last-minute transfer drama as the team from Salento beat
the team from Salerno to Nel. Yeah, Boulayedia, bro. What's going on there? Apparently, it's
attitude as well. Yeah, Wolves came in on the last day of the transfer market and tried to deal with
Dio. Salernitana were not too happy with this and the president desanches or you see the…
I believe so. Yeah. Because the team went, Wolves went straight to the pair and not to Salernitana,
which is disrespectful. Disrespectful offer. He called for a press conference this guy.
Nothing against the club. Wolves. Nothing against an important historic club,
Wolves or Hampton. And then he said basically… What the fuck? Disrespectful. We will never
forget. So it sounded a bit like a threat as well. Jesus Christ. So funny that he called the press
conference to say that we won't forget this. Lecce have won nine of their 19 matches played
against Salernitana and Serie A and Serie B. So they beat them often. Now let's go. Lecce's
formation. Four three three as always. We've got Falco on end goal. We've got Gallo as the left
back and Gendry as the right back with Basque Rotto and Pongrati as the back. Raffia, Ramadani
and Kaba were in the middle with Band out on the left, Amgvist out on the right and
Christovic up front. Jesu Christovic. For Salernitana it was a three four two one
formation with Ochoa and goal. Lovato, Giomber and Pirala at the back with Cabral out on the right.
Brotheric out on the left, Kulibali and Legovsky in the middle. Castagnos and Kandreva were playing
behind Botheim up front. It's like someone invented a name for a Polish football over here. Legovsky.
Legovsky. There we go. Legovsky. Botheim is not quite a striker you see. No, I don't understand it.
Please Stuart man. Hey, like you brought him in. Oh play the other one. There's Ikumuezi.
He looked pretty good up front. I don't know man but Botheim doesn't quite cut it. No, no, no.
I don't like him as a striker at all. Yeah, same. Like I really don't see it.
But you know who does look like a striker? The man who scored in the sixth minute, Nikola
Christovic. What a poacher. He's new, he's young, he's Montenegrin. He scored like 20 goals. He was
the top scorer in his division last year where he was playing. I think it was in Ukraine I'm not sure.
He scored up one entry against Fiorentina. He scored on international duty just yesterday
and now he scored again. Well, he scored before technically but whatever. He got onto the cross
which was whipped in by a genre and headed it perfectly in between two centre backs.
Great other. Into like an unsavable area. He beat Ochoa there and Ochoa is a great goalkeeper.
If he could remain injury free, this guy can be good man. Yeah, super promising striker over here.
Purely instinctive, very exciting talent and you can see when he was being subbed off.
The Lecce fans were looking at each other saying like a bravo, a bravo. And apparently Vucinic
who came up through the ranks at Lecce has been texting him as well and has hailed him to be a
very exciting talent. It was underrated for so long that guy until he joined you.
And Roma. Yeah, but I feel like he was a bit underrated at Roma.
In the 97th minute of Lecce, I never actually managed to penetrate Lecce.
No. And in the 97th minute there was a penalty. It was given after Cabral
intercepted a long range shot from Dorgou with his hand in the penalty area. Strefetza
confidently stepped up and placed the ball into the net from the penalty spot sending Ochoa the
wrong way. He was out of the starting 11. Very interesting. Strefetza to play.
Christovic. Christovic banda Ankvist up front. I think they like having Strefetza coming into
games. He's a very good impact sub. As a creative spark, you know, you might need to change the
game. Yeah, yeah, I think so. As a starter, he could get figured out because naturally he's a
smaller player. If you look at, for example, best two examples I could give is he's kind of similar
to Suso and kind of similar to Insignia in that sense, size, technique and all of that. And those
players can't then to get figured out because there's one thing that they can't do, which is
cut inside and use their favorite foot. So starting with Ankvist, banda and having Christovic up front
is great. And then getting him on later on when his legs are energetic should allow him to do what
he does more successfully than I think it's a good setup. Yeah, I think banda and Ankvist are
too energetic to bench. Yeah, they're great options to start the game with. Banda, this game, I feel
I should have been sent off. It was clear. Clear second. Tomori was sent off them. Banda should
have definitely been sent off over there. He was so frustrated. They kept picking on him.
He's an easy target. He's five foot three defenders really like to rattle. And it's super
tricky as well. You know, like five foot three and playing against a great defender like these
guys, you know, you've got Lovato, Giomba and Pirrola defending against you. And I think it was
something to that effect that they basically made fun of his height. And he looked to get
pissed off. It was so rattled like there was a point where I think the referee sympathized with
him because he had a clear view of the foul. And he was already on a yellow and he kicked
a man. He missed the ball completely and clipped the leg, but the referee showed a human side and
didn't send him off. He was substituted shortly after the referee was Massimi. Yeah. Do you
do you appreciate that? But from the referee or do you deem it to be, you know, if it's a red,
it's a red fuck your feelings. Red fuck your feelings. Yeah, I'm not gonna be honest because
let's say Tej Hernandez was getting beaten up all game and he kicks someone out of frustration.
Red cards. He's getting red. But because he's five foot three and is cute, then he gets away with it.
You kick someone maliciously and it's a red card. I think his band does well. The type of person
he has. He has very positive energy. You see him. He's always joking and smiling. So probably,
you know, he must have like, the referee must have realized that. It's quite unlike. But yeah,
I guess. Yeah. Good move by the, by the manager though, to replace him. Yeah, absolutely. I want
to hail once again, Letcher's organization over here. They look like they've got it figured out.
Every time they play a newcomer or a smaller team than them or a team that's meant to be on par with
them, they always show that they've got more organization. Yeah. And they're looking good,
man. Letcher. I mean, I'm not gonna say they're high up the table. They're in fourth place on
seven points to behind league leaders and Milan like, um, but what a start. What is it? They
didn't have a super. They didn't have an easy start either. Letcher and they're doing great. I mean,
they beat Lazio for fuck's sakes. You know what I mean? They're doing a great job.
They are. They're super and they're fun to watch and they're like a team full of superheroes. You
know, you've got honestly the most caricature where the team you've got. Buscarotta, who's
ridiculously big. Banda, who's ridiculously small. You know, you can make like the Avengers out of
there. It'll be super cool. Gallo's like perfectly human. You know what I mean? It's the most normal,
like, the un-spectacular player ever, but he gets the job done. His name is the Falcon.
Falcon. They're a cool team, man. They are a cool team. They really are. But anyway, that's it,
basically. The best nil nil, the best Italian, all Italian nil nil since the 2003 Champions League
final between Milan and Juve. I've been waiting for this bro. Bro, are you ready? Let's go.
Udinese nil, Frosinone nil. So Udinese racked up their second point of the season following
a draw to Salernetana on matchday two and a loss to Juve on matchday one. Frosinone on the other
hand are now on four points this season in a tough start with a loss to Napoli, defeated Atalanta
and now got away with a point against Udinese. The three Ulanes were still decimated by injuries to
Pafundi, De La Feo, Ezebue, Ebb Bosse, Brenner and Mazina, but Samarzic was solidly back into the
squad for the first time since his failed transfer to Inter. The Canarene made numerous
signings on deadline day and caused an upset with last week's win over Atalanta, welcoming
back goalkeeper Stefano Torati from his ban. Now, the lineups, it was a 3-5-2 formation for Udinese,
Sylvesterie and Goldback, line of Cabacele, Bezol and New Impares. They had Camarra out on the
left, Ferreira out on the right, Midfieldtree of Lovrich, Wallis and Samarzic, Thuvan and Luka
up front. You've got pace, you've got size, you've got a team. For Frosinone, for 2-3-1
formation, Torati and Goldback, line of Oyonom, Monterese, Romaniole and Marquitza,
Mazzatelli and Berre and Chea as the Midfieldtree with Sole out on the right,
Gelli out on the left and Harui playing behind Kedira, we've got a team.
We start things off. Fourth minute, boom, Sole hits the post after Harui's unintentional crossshot
bubbled to the far post, but the angle was far too tight for Sole to get the shot on target
and he only managed to hit the post, so off to a quick start over here. 13th minute,
Torati denied Thuvan's volley at the far post, very, very well, great save by Torati,
who was suspended in the last game because he was the blasphemous term, that's all we know about it.
So that's already two chances in the fourth minute and 13th minute, boom, 17th minute.
Gelli brought down by Ferreira in the penalty area and the penalty was awarded.
VAR review found that Mazzatelli was in an offside position in the build up to this,
so the penalty was cancelled. That's the first half. At the start of the second half,
Derefri Guida awarded another penalty, this time to Odinesa, for what he deemed to be a foul on
Luka by Monterizzi. However, following a VAR check, it was evident that Luka was the one that
initially brought the defender down to the ground and lost his footing in the process.
In the 50th minute, Frosinone's new signing Romaniole put the ball into the back of his own net
as he slid in following a Tuvan cross. Once again, a VAR check took place and came to the
conclusion that the ball was marginally out of play when Tuvan delivered his cross as he got
to a long ball to Ferreira, but he didn't actually quite get to it. But a hilarious
own goal that would have been. He extends his right but hits the ball with his left.
Four minutes later, 54th minute to Rati, another great save to the nice Samaritzyc's
long range strike. He got down well to deny the Odinesa star man. In the 70th minute,
and then Silvestri did very well to deny Harui, who had a clear goal scoring opportunity.
The ball bounced off the goalkeeper and into the part of Kedira, but Cabacele did well to
clear the ball off the line. Action after action after action, VAR checks, penalties
that were cancelled, goals that were cancelled, drama, end to end stuff. This was a game and
a half between Odinesa and Fosinone. What did you make of it? Who do you think deserved to win this
game? Go ahead, bro. Definitely exciting. I feel like a draw is a fair result, to be honest,
because both teams had their moments. What do you think of the Lukakor?
The Lukakor being, I think Lukak played for it a lot, and I think he was, you could see he had
an arm full of the defender's shirt. But actually, these big players, they get away,
smaller players get away with hitting larger players very often. Like, you're back into Lukakor
hard, but he's so big that it's hardly ever called before. But I don't think Lukakor was going down
due to any contact with the defender. I think it was a tussle. And I think Lukakor went down and
took the defender down with him to make it seem a certain way. Now, it's always interesting because
that is subjective and the referee, every referee would make a different call over there,
because it's the human element of a referee. Now, he went to check VAR. Now, initially,
his decision was, okay, there was significant contact that brought Lukakor down. He then went to
VAR. And after seeing that, he could have made the decision to stick with his own decision, because
he in the moment could deem something to be significant or not significant. It's harder to
see it slow down and change your mind when you see it in the moment. But he reverted back,
clearly, because he said, okay, no, there was no contact. And there was Lukakor bringing him down
himself. I doubt he made the call because it was the contact was less significant than he initially
imagined, because that would be a bad call. Fair enough. Yes. I'm also surprised by Udinez's style.
Like, you've got a player like Lukka. Why is he being played these long balls that he has to chase
in wide positions and Thuvan's running into the area? And you see Lukka whipping the ball to
Thuvan. It's meant to be the other way around. It's something pretty basic. No, you look at
Thuvan, and he's very technical. And you look at Lukka, okay, granted, Lukka's technical, but
at the end of the day, he's a tree. He's the tallest striker in the league. Pop him in the box. He's
taller than most defenders. Like, he should be the man at the end of your crosses.
And I found that weird. And to be honest, I think it's an execution thing, because I think it's
common sense to win when you're crossing it across to the bigger boy. I think I think they
haven't quite gotten used to the setup yet, or they haven't gotten used to where their teammates are
at and at what time. But I think they can grow into it. But yeah, because don't get me wrong,
Lukka does it well. He's good at chasing these balls out wide. But the thing is, they have no
one in the box to convert. That's the thing. And Odener is like, that's one thing I really
haven't seen for them yet, this season, that that's the ability to score goals. I don't think they've
been creative. And I don't think they have that guy that can capitalize on half chances or just
a unique goal score. The same like they had Beto and De La Feo last season and the season before
that. De La Feo will be back. De La Feo will probably be back with Beto, won't be, because he's
gone for good off to the preamp. They're calling him the new Drogba at everything right now.
Relax. We don't know about his first touch. You don't notice it when you have more space.
But this is a downgrade for Odener for the time being. Tovan doesn't have the creativity that
De La Feo has in that sense, but he'll get there. And Luca, I mean, he's no poacher. He's a target.
He's a target. He played the ball to him, knocked the ball down. He's not going to score 15 goals
for you. The fact that they lost Peret, it just looks like they're not creative. I feel the
chances that they had is this was a proper scrap. If they're frozen on, they piled men forward,
Odener's a piled men forward. And there was, it was a proper game of football. Like,
like tactically, if you were to look at it and break it down, of course,
each team was set up in a certain way. But I feel like frozen on a plate, their adventurous
football that they like to play, and that allowed Odener to finally get forward a little bit.
They created chances. I don't think it's a plus that they created chances because they were gifted
opportunities to have chances and they didn't manage to score. So I think a bit negative
over there. Frozen on it looked like this area outside.
Facts. Yeah. Odener looked like the newly promoted team here.
Agreed. But this was such a typically you look at an in the game and you think that was boring,
but this had like the VAR team and the referee had such a busy game over here. It does show that
technology is so important in football as well, man. The amount of things we saw on this match day
that could have gone horribly wrong. Of course. Like lots you would have beaten Napoli 4-1,
you know what I mean? And even this, it would have been unjust to give any of those calls. So
at the end of the day, I think frozen on it could have probably gotten out with a little bit more
from this game. I think there was the slightly better side as we should soon air hitting the
post early on so on so forth. But no, no, both teams will take it on move.
Well, come back to our question segment, guys. If you want to leave us a question every week
before our episode is released, feel free to DM us on Instagram or tweet us wherever you want.
Really, we check all of our socials as well. We try to include all of the questions asked,
but our patrons get priority for the segment. So Jake has the questions. Go ahead, Mibrello.
Our first one comes from our boy and patron, Andy. Thank you for the new microphone, Andy.
Thank you, sir. He says, was I slash we wrong to discount lots you this year from top four,
mainly due to the fact that they lost SMS? I think it's too early. Like I said earlier,
and I think it's too early to make any call to include or exclude anyone from anything at the
moment. I think maybe some people are quick to exclude lots you because they're not maybe one
of the more exciting teams that people like to talk about, maybe. But yeah, I think we forgot
that there might be an answer to the loss of SMS and maybe it's Kamada. I don't know. We'll wait
and see. In our preview, we both excluded lots you from our top four, but we both said essentially
that it's disrespectful to remove them from the top four because at the end of the day, they lost
one player granted a very important player. And this is a sorry team with another year to it.
So sorry team that should have the style nailed down by now, right? Or should really be nailing
it down at the moment. Yes, so perhaps it would be wrong to rule them out. They were they finished
second quite comfortably last season. Yeah. Yeah. But anyway, the next question comes from Kurt on
Instagram. He says who scores more goals this season? Do one or Scamaca Scamaca easy peasy, bro.
Come on. Do one won't even get 10. Problem. I think how long does Sanabria starts again?
Exactly. Our next question comes from Kiran, Kiran Brady, our boy. He always every week.
Yeah, man. Legend. And I'm always confused by the pronunciation because it's Irish.
Because it looks like like. Yeah, exactly. I don't know. Okay, let us know.
If we're ever fucking your name up, let us know, bro. Please. He asks a great question.
Best player to go on a night out with? Oh, I like this one in Syria right now.
They was always a good shout because it'd be a fucking animal on the night.
I think it'd be a bit too mad. I think Petanya would be a very luxurious one. He'll end up like
on a fucking rooftop penthouse with a helipad and the drinking fucking
in Rosé d'Anjou like a thousand restaurants. He loves food and drink.
I think that's how it would be with Petanya. But I think I think I would say, you know what, give me
give me Chichocaputo on a night out. Give me a classic bar like, you know, and you know what,
bring Destro with us as well. We'll have a proper night out. Yeah. The vets.
The vets. What about you? A bit of a question. But Petanya's night out might be a bit too,
you know, restaurant-y, social-y. I don't think I'd enjoy it too much. I'd have to be like a rave goblin.
Who would be a rave goblin in Syria? Somebody can. Like, who could you imagine with strobe lights on them?
Like a techno party. I don't know. I'm certainly thinking of one. I don't, Salem Akers would be great fun.
Oh man. Yeah, Salem Akers would be great. Yeah, he'd do anything, I think.
Okay, so our last question comes from Lady, because it starts to be under two hours.
Oh, we've got five minutes left. Yeah, he says, hot take. Bastani is the best center back in Syria.
Probably, yes. Probably. He's up there. He's up there. He's top three, definitely. Bastani.
Three for sure. The best. Is he the best? That's a question. It's a good one. I think he might be.
I think he might be. He might fucking be the best. It's a good take. I like it. Yeah, but
Bastani must be the best center back in Syria. I'm trying to think right now of like people,
like you have Bremer, okay? He won best. Bremer is good. I think Milans have somewhere to do it.
You knew the young, like Chow is too young to make a name for that. Tonto Mori is a bit aggressive.
Not really. Rahman is good. Rahman is good. Juan has us nowhere near.
Yeah, man. He's probably the best. Bastani is the best, completely.
I don't think anyone better to be honest. And he might be one of the best trequartists in the
league. I think there are some good underrated ones in Skalvinia and Bonjorno. Again, I always
talk about these two. I think they're the future. But yeah, Bastani is a step ahead of them.
Thank you very much for listening, guys. We have been your hosts, Jake and Matt.
And sorry, this episode was late, but thank you very much for waiting and thank you.
You've made it this far. Thank you, guys. We'll see you all next week. Ciao, ciao.