Looking for Taram, just forced a bit wide, Marcus Taram!
What a start to life in the Milan derby for Marcus Taram!
Hello and welcome to episode 92 of Seria Spotlight.
We are Josef and Matt and we're going to be covering the entirety of matchday 4 in this episode.
We're going to be covering an action packed weekend along with an action packed week as the Champions League kicked off and we got to witness a Provedale goal.
Yes, 94th minute, the number that he actually wears on his shirt and he's also 194cm in length.
Born in 1994 as well and he scored in the 94th minute, so 94 is his number this guy.
He has no quite feeling as a spectator of a neutral game and when a team is dying for a goal, that's the last minute keeper goes up for a corner and he ends up getting himself a goal.
And the goal in the manner in which he got it of course, last minute of the game, great header.
Apparently he was quite a striker at a younger age, also loved been hearing now, but you'll hear all kinds of shit now.
Yes, apparently he was a striker at Port D'Aunes Youth Academy, he scored 27 goals in 2008-2009.
Then the season after he changed to a goalkeeper and was picked up by Udinese shortly after.
He'll probably still start as a striker for Port D'Aunes.
He'll probably start as a striker as lots, your next game I'm telling you.
The way he mobile plays.
The mobile looked like a 67 rated player on FIFA in that game, I swear to God. That's exactly what he looked like.
And I was saying, the Providence form and technique was too perfect, it was too flawless for a goalkeeper to make that run.
To be fair, yes, the run was amazing. No one picked him up, it was such a direct diagonal run.
Luis Alberto did put it on a plate for him, it was spectacular, like cross shot.
That kind of thing, if you get a header, if you get a touch on goal, then it's going in.
But he put himself in the right position, he had the balls to stay up after they lost their chance as well.
They were all calling for a handball, the defence were probably a bit distracted,
suddenly no one's marking the massive giraffe in orange.
My God.
And he just dunks on them.
He's a blocking.
Yeah, man, and to say if he got before that, the one on one to seal the 2-0 victory for Atleti,
brilliant, brave stop by Prof. Delman, he must be feeling so good right now.
And I'm happy for him, man.
Yeah, Luis Alberto's like finally some help, it takes the key for him to convert one of my crosses.
But yeah, guys, our goal of the week moving on was not actually Prof. Delz,
but it was two rams goal against Milan in the 5-1 demolition of the Rosson area.
He scored an incredible goal, bro.
I wonder if you've prepared an eloquently worded description for this one.
I mean, not particularly, I think when there are so many goals in one game,
you start losing your, not creativity, but you try to keep them brief.
But what he basically did over here is he, there was a long ball by Dumfries from the right to the left,
was a bit too long for Turam, so he didn't quite pick it up in the middle of the pitch,
in the middle of the box and slot it in, but he had to go wide outside the area.
He was holding onto the ball in the corner of the box as Chow was backing up on him and backing up on him.
He just cut inside and he, yeah, I mean, I've never seen a ball hit the top corner that directly
and that accurately before.
It was a brilliant finish by Turam in what was the highlight of this weekend,
naturally there with the Lama Doninas, the highlight of the weekend in world football.
Unless there's a classical or Celtic Rangers there, or anything of that sort.
But for Inter to get away with that 5-1 victory, that is the highlight of this week.
That is going to consume a lot of conversation, I think,
because we finally got to see two teams head into other, both in full flow and great form,
but it just showed us that world's apart at the moment.
Yeah, it couldn't have been clear.
Of course, we'll get into the game in more detail shortly.
If this is your first time listening, I swear to God, we'll have structure.
This is just the part where we open up, break the ice a little bit,
get comfortable, warm up our voices.
Yeah, I mean, there were many honorable mentions for a goal of the week.
There was Luis Alberto's amazing curler from outside the area,
Cristian Tez Rocket from outside the area, Bonaventura's Voli was very nice to Vlaovic,
had two expert goals as well.
Yeah, I liked Palletano's Voli a lot, man.
Raspadori had a good goal as well.
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and give him a blowjob while you're at it.
That's all the amount of shit he's asking for.
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Standard of face.
Do this, do this, do this.
Anyway.
Yes, so we're fun to culturally because it's fun as fuck.
The girls were off to a bank, they had Vlovevich,
they had everyone and their mother who scored, but they happened to be a man down.
Looks like taking Reiner, Jankto, Borabia, Elisheva, we none of those guys.
They had their reasons for taking who they took.
But yeah, a lot of their guys just simply didn't play.
They're actually unlucky because Illich got injured and what I believe was the warm-up,
if I'm not mistaken.
Shortly before the game.
They had a Chala, Noglu, Gold, Bro, they had a Doppietta.
Who was their Doppietta by?
Vlovevich.
By Vlovevich.
Vlovevich, they had the, who did you say scored for that?
Vlovevich.
Don't know before that.
That's the only one I know.
Vlovevich, Chala, Noglu, there's someone else that's not a goal for it.
Did they take Chieza?
No, I had Chieza.
I'm not sure, but they were lit and the Renegades, the team that…
Taco.
Exactly, Taco's team, Luis's team.
He picked up the players after the auction was done, so he was dealing with scraps over there.
He picked up the likes of Matsatelli, Cristante, Derun, who all happened to contribute to a
gold smite.
Matsatelli, I think too, and he destroyed this currently first in the league.
We'd like to keep up, guys.
We're posting screenshots of the league table on the results on Instagram on a weekly basis.
Matt and I both won.
That's the important thing.
Exactly.
Hopefully that will become a bit of a theme over here that we just simply can't stop winning.
It will really prove our ball knowledge, I guess.
We'll get into each individual match, guys.
I'll do the classic rundowns on Derby, Dalamado, Nina, Inter, got away with a 5-1 victory against
Milan, their biggest victory in Derby since 2009.
Juventus beat Lazio, 3-1, reminding us that they are one of the strongest teams in the
league.
Genoa 2, Napoli 2, Genoa actually had a 2-go lead over there, but Napoli managed to fight
their way back thanks to Raspadori and Poletano both substitutes.
Fiorentina 3, Atalanta 2, and what probably was the tightest affair this weekend.
Roma 7, Empoli 0, was the not-so-tightest affair this weekend.
Frazzinone 4, Sassuolo 2, Sassuolo again, we're in the driver's seat in that match,
but Frazzinone going forward there, relentless and fearless.
Monza 1, Lecce 1, Lecce remain undefeated.
Verona 0, Bologna 0, Salernetana 0, Torino 0.
Until Torino 3, a great showcase of how far Torino have come, Salernetana still have a
lot and a lot of work to do if they want to stay in the division.
Calieri 0, Udineze 0, in quite a tight affair.
It was going so well bro until Calieri, Udineze, Verona, Bologna didn't get the memo.
So many amazing goals and high scoring games and two nil nils out of the bad bone.
Yeah man, there's a 7 nil, there's a 2-2, a 3-1, a 5-1, a 3-2, a 4-2.
It's like a crazy week of football and thankfully since it was the girls' first time being on Fanta
and watching the games, they simply watched 90% of the matches with us.
It was crazy, a whole weekend watching culture.
But let's start things off guys with Inter 5, Milan 1 and the Der Vidella Madonina.
You guys know me and Jake, you'll know that we did not enjoy watching this match but for this podcast
naturally we will remain neutral.
Milan were coming off a 2-1 away victory against Roma, while Inter were coming off a 4-nil win to Fiora and Tina.
Not quite the momentum that they were coming off of however because this was just before the international break
which shifted players' focus elsewhere essentially.
This is the first time in history that Inter have won all 5 of the last editions of the Der Vidella Madonina.
Milan truly is blue at the moment.
This was not just a local derby but also a head-to-head battle of top 2.
We can call that so early on.
The only remaining teams with a perfect record after 3 rounds as each team had 3 victories.
Both made changes in defence as Acerbi made his season debut while Fikayo Tomori was suspended and Pierre Caloulu injured.
Olivier Giroud shook off an ankle knock from international duty to actually start the game.
And obviously play 80 minutes of the game and then play 90 in the game after.
Inter lined up in their classic 3-5-2 formation with Summer in goal and a backline of Bastoni, Acerbi and Darmian.
They had DeMarco out on the left and Darmfries out on the right with Amit Filtri of Henrik Mkhitary in Hakkan, Cialanoğlu and Nicolo Barella.
They had Lautaro Martinez and Turam up front.
For Milan it was their 4-3-3 formation, their signature 4-3-3 formation this season with Mike Manjane in goal, RIP.
A backline of Calabria, Kier Chou and Theo Hernandez with Amit Filtri of Ruben Loftus-Chiq, Radek, Kronich and Tiani Reinders.
They had Pulisic and Leo Flanking, Olivier Giroud.
Now it comes to the play by play, I mean yes, Piolli was right to point out that Milan did so well in the first opening 4 minutes.
However it was the 5th minute where Inter opened the scoring through Henrik Mkhitaryan.
It was DeMarco whose low shot cross into the box just needed a touch by one of the Nerazzari's shirts to which Mkhitaryan obliged.
It was Turam who started the attack down the right, absolutely outmuddling Chow to the ground and getting the initial ball in over there.
In the 38th minute, our goal of the week took place which gave Inter a 2-goal advantage.
It was Turam who cut inside past Chow for the Tira, Giroud nailed the ball right into the top corner for our goal of the week.
The half time came up, obviously a couple of words of wisdom here and there by both managers.
In the 57th minute Milan actually pulled one back through Leo, Giroud played Leo through very well with his back towards goal and Leo used his pace well to break through and slot in past summer.
69th minute however just 13 minutes later Lautaro was allowed far too much time on the ball around Milan's area and he spotted the run of Henrik Mkhitaryan at the far post
who slightly deflected the shot off Chow fell into Manjans bottom near corner.
You'll see how in all of three of Inter's goals so far Chow's name was mentioned.
In the 79th minute Theo Hernandez gave away a penalty as he looked to volley the ball to safety with a vicious swipe but arrived second to Lautaro landing his kick on the Argentine on a definite penalty over there.
Milan's best friend stepped up, Hakan Cialano-Glu and went straight down the middle as Manjano left.
41th to Inter, 93rd minute and Fratese just dropped salt in the wounds, makes it 5th, Mkhitaryan exposed a ridiculous gap in Milan's defence and played a through ball to Fratese who slid in and beat Manjano.
Two goals for Italy and one in the derby all in the space of a week, his life must be almost as sweet as Profidels right now.
Even better than that, Mkhitaryano-Glu made the cover art of Serie A spotlight.
Oh yeah, he did, of course he did. And he got painted, crafted by one of the finest artists known to man Jake Fennec.
Congratulations, bro, there's a thousand questions I can ask you about this game but just give me your take.
As Jake would say, where the fuck should I really even start?
I got a hose, sorry.
It was bad, it was really bad. Everything that we'd seen go wrong in the derby went wrong again.
For Milan.
Yes, for Milan. Purely was asked prior to the game, what do you make of having lost the previous four games against Inter and he said, I don't care about the previous four games.
I don't care about the one in front of us.
Bravo, but maybe you should care a little bit. No, I watched Bédère's video on this and...
Shout out Bédère.
I must say incredible Bédère Ball on YouTube, he is so observant and passionate and smart and honestly is a pleasure to listen to.
It's funny as well.
But yeah, he highlighted that there was plenty of evidence in the previous games that this was not going to work against Inter at this approach.
Yet purely changed absolutely nothing in the approach to this game.
You can say, okay, Tomori was injured and then his substitute Calou got injured so he had to play Kier.
Okay, everyone freaking out how Kier going to cope with all that pace of Turam, how is he going to cope with this and that and that and I don't feel safe.
Turns out it was the golden boy Malik Shraou, who was at the centre of each goal of Inter, essentially, pretty much there.
As was Romagnoli a few seasons back.
Exactly, and that's what was highlighted.
You have Romagnoli against Lukaku getting exposed in the exact same position.
You have Tomori getting exposed later on in the exact same position, all while they were being rated very highly these players.
And all of a sudden Shraou hasn't put a foot wrong since he debuted for Milan.
And all of a sudden he's getting absolutely destroyed.
And he's like, okay, it's a mismatch.
It's a mismatch, Turam against Shraou.
Okay, I disagree, but okay, fair enough.
But are you telling me that Leão against Darmion isn't a mismatch?
Because Leão against Darmion, watch the goal of Leão.
Darmion's face after Leão beats him, you can tell like he can't believe they play the same sport.
But the thing is Inter set themselves up for that to be a one-off situation.
Whereas with Milan, every single attack that Inter had, every time Inter gave Milan the false sense of security,
they stole the ball and clapped, they managed to expose the weakness, they managed to go 2v2, their strikers against the centre-backs.
Man for man, the same tactical error, the same imbalance in the game, and they absolutely destroyed Milan.
Quite possibly their easiest fixed-fair of the season.
Oh, well, 100%. How is it that every time Milan pick up the ball to attack against Inter,
they are quite literally attacking against 11 men who are defending,
and when Inter decide to attack Milan, they are against 2 or 3 individuals.
It's always the case, you see Milan going forward, you see Lautaro and Tooram over there, bro.
You see them leading that shape of 10 men shifting consistently together as a figure, defending, attacking.
It's just one shape, constantly shifting, it's ridiculous.
And then every time Inter attack Milan, it's scattered, it's all everywhere.
You've got Tiani Reinders, I think this is the first time that we saw Milan's midfield exposed as a result of a lack of balance.
So to say the fact that you've got Krunic, who is the balance apparently,
you've got Loftus Tric who is very box-to-box, and Tiani Reinders just played in such an offensive role in this game.
No fault of his own for not tracking back, I would reckon.
I think the tactical setup had him so close to the striker, he was nowhere when it came to defending,
and then if you have one of the other midfielders tracking back, for example, or slightly out of position,
you suddenly have one man and then the two centre-backs.
That's the way the game went for the entire thing, man.
It's safe to say that the 4-2-3-1 worked against Inter before because you have Kessy,
who used to do the work of two midfielders, of two men.
The work of two men, Kessy did.
Now you can tell me right, whatever, Milan have moved on, they've upgraded the department, whatever, but you can't take away the fact that Kessy,
for the system, was absolutely perfect because you have, okay, there are not these bombs forward,
and he's encouraged by purely and the team to bomb forward, obviously.
No, obviously he's encouraged to bomb forward because he's incredible going forward.
Leo, I think, is allowed to track back.
Does he track back, exactly.
I think if he tracks back, he's going to get fucking assaulted in the dressing room.
But, honestly, you have a player like Leo, he doesn't track back because why would you waste a second or a single...
Don't waste any of that guy's energy on anything else other than trying to create goals because he's so good at it, it's fair enough.
But there's a hole, there's a massive hole, there's a massive hole in that left-back position, where...
And Reinders is on the left as well.
Exactly, Reinders is pushing up, he can't defend, okay, he has this over there, he said, you have Kessy who's a great defender, okay.
You have Tonali who's a good defender, and then you have Reinders who, for all his qualities, he's been brilliant so far since joining,
but he's not a particularly good defender.
That's not the type of defender, exactly, he doesn't defend.
He doesn't defend.
See, he must be instructed not to defend.
Yeah, there are many factors, bro, I can run if you want.
No, I mean, look, I think we've established the weak points that Milan had in this game, I think one that also should be mentioned is if something isn't working, change it quickly.
We've learned that from all four fixtures against Inter last season, including two devastating losses in the Champions League semi-finals.
We see Jirou being played for the entirety of the match, and it's the same system that isn't working, the same long balls to him to flick down, so on and so forth,
and they simply weren't working in this match, not to say that they never work, because they do work.
It's not working in this match, you have a plan B, you have a very different striker, but Milan have got no aqua for who they can bring on,
but that's enough about what was particularly wrong about Milan.
I do have two more points.
Go for it, please.
So, first of all, your Jirou point totally agreed 100%. Love Jirou to bits, one of my favourite players bought his kit last season.
I will remember him fondly, and I will speak to my children and grandchildren.
And he can still do it, and he's still a perfect striker for Milan's system.
Yes, the problem is you can't have a top European team, a team that made the semi-final of the Champions League last season on Wonder Domestic League this season before.
You can't have their strongest 11 featuring a 37-year-old striker up front.
It's not even the fact that he's 37, it's the fact that he's 37, and he's uncontested, and he's being played twice, three times a season, and fuck me, dog.
Because we've had, in a week, we've had a summer as Milan fans saying,
finally, bro, every hole is getting filled in and it's being sorted, match day four, bro.
And we're like, where was that striker signing, man?
I'm very surprised, because they were super efficient, the management was super efficient when it came to recruitment.
They recruited everyone really early, and then suddenly on the last day, they said,
do you remember that?
Snow Aqua for us and the striker we wanted, we want a different profile.
So they pushed for Tarremi, and Milan were close getting Tarremi, we're almost hype.
Tarremi would have been fantastic, don't get me wrong.
All of a sudden, they're panicking buying Jovic, granted, Jovic isn't terrible, okay, I'm not a big fan, but he's not terrible.
But he didn't have a pre-season with Milan, he joined on the last day, deadline day.
So he's not ready to strike, so Milan are in this situation now where they're playing at the air,
and they're playing in the Champions League four days later.
Nill Nill draw against Newcastle, and they're playing their 37-year-old striker for 90 minutes each game.
I don't understand it.
And also Calabria joining the midfield is effective, it's nice, it's modern, it's good to watch,
but don't do it against the best counter-attacking team in the Champions League.
No, with DiMarco on his side, obviously.
Are you mad?
Is this inter in their final fucking form, bro?
They're so, so, so ridiculously strong now, I don't know if it's just because they've got Milan's number.
But the way they move as a team is so incredibly unique, with their formation with the 3-5-2,
the way they shift and transition, and the way they counter, and the way they just constantly have these different triangles
placed around the pitch, and you've got this one-touch passing, really fluid players in the midfield,
really, just these tireless workhorses with great output down the flanks, you've got two things.
Bastoni becoming the third-quartist, I'm really like, it's crazy.
What is this? My God, man, my God, I would hate to be second best to these guys.
Because what can you do to stop them when they're having a game like that, man?
And they'll make you think you're dominating.
They'll let you have the ball, they'll let you.
You'll be like, this is going well, we've had the ball, we've not really been doing much.
Suddenly you're dispossessed, and they're behind you, they're behind you and they're in, and they've scored.
And they score their chances, they're so efficient, they're so efficient.
What was it, the fourth minute they scored? The first one? Just a minute.
One of the strangest, one of the most infuriating goals I've ever seen.
It was when Manjan, God fucking bless him, held onto the ball for a long, long, long, long, long time.
He went to ping it upfield, it went straight to an interplayer, and they countered and scored directly from it.
So it's not about the quantity, it's about the quality, the fact that you can't give these guys,
you can't let them smell blood, they're constantly circling you like sharks.
Like sure, you can have the ball, pass it around, it's okay.
We've got you contained right now, you're in a box, you could play the ball around in that box all you want.
The second you leave that box, you're fucked.
So I think we're seeing Inter in, this was just to say it, as I put it when I predicted Milan to win the league, whatever, pre-season.
I said Milan will be off to a slow start, they're a brand new team, they are a brand new team.
I don't blame the players for this performance, I think they will get better as the season progresses.
But right now what worries me about Milan is that purely it just doesn't seem to have an idea of how to tackle this Inter team,
which is concerned and considering he's been there for four years, we can't put the blame on the players over here.
And what about the mental Ws that Inter got with the Toram goal, the Fratese goal and the Hakkan goal?
Honestly, my life is full of these deep plots.
In this case, you guys don't know Toram incredibly close to joining Milan in summer.
He rejected PSG to go to Milan, it just wasn't for the Rossoneri, it was for the Nerazzurri and he did that on the last day of the saga.
Fratese was also in talks with Milan, ended up going to Inter also and Hakkan former Milan player.
He scores a penalty, does a knee slide, the entire stadium starts singing Hakkan's song, Hakkan starts crying.
I liked him better when he was the villain, but now it seems like he's a bit of a hero.
Yes, and you have Achiré Béandamian who were in Milan's product as well, the youth setup.
It's worse than where it's for Milan fans, right?
But congratulations to Inter, they are fucking good.
They're insane.
Not devastating for Milan, at the end of the day, I want to know what would have been the same thing.
Yes, but it's devastating.
It is devastating, sure.
Moral and you think of the worlds apart that the teams are in right now.
But if they're mentally strong, the setback is three points.
That's it.
Season is long, matchday four, you got fucked against Inter, use that as fuel.
Use that as fuel to push you on, and to maybe not backheal.
You got a nil nil against Newcastle, the Sun Zero when you're dominating and they're playing like shit.
Maybe not to go for a backheal, I think for the goalkeeper when you're shooting.
Milan should have beaten Newcastle, the three nil, Newcastle were rubbish, but I'm just going to do a bit of a Milan thing.
But that's a taste of your own medicine and your Katanaccio, you know?
Yeah, I guess.
That was my extraction.
Yeah, that was really good, bro.
I'm just going to do this one thing, go die, ragazzi, die, ragazzi, just fucking recover.
Jesus, come on, we can do it.
But anyways, on to the next game, brother, all yours.
All right, Mella, the next game we're covering is another banger.
Mella does, when we say Mella, we don't mean Apple in Italian.
We mean so in Maltese.
Mella, no.
Juventus three, Lazio one.
Lazio's wildly inconsistent start to the season continues as they manage to beat the defending champions.
Napoli pretty convincingly, only to lose to Letria, Genoa, and now perhaps less surprisingly, Juventus.
Juve, on the other hand, have only dropped points in their draw against Bologna and have looked different.
They press high and they are aggressive.
They want the ball and this is something that we're not used to seeing.
What can be the cause of this before we get into the lineups and the play-by-play?
Have you ever heard of Mani Annelli or rather, do you remember Mani Annelli?
I remember Mani Annelli.
Was he not a defender that had been at the same club for a very long time?
A midfielder, which is a swallow for a very long time.
Oh, there you go.
He worked under Dezerbe.
And yes, he's basically the mastermind behind this new Juventus is what they're saying,
because he took on a coaching role at Juve.
And now Juve are playing a bit more of a modern brand and they're hailing this genius and Mani Annelli.
Mani Annelli, the genius, the philosopher.
The oracle.
The guy who's leading Juve to the new world of football.
Now, Juve lined up with the 3-5-2 formation.
Like these men, Czesnie was in gold, Danilo Bremer and Gatti were at the back.
Kostich was out on the left while McKenny was out on the right.
Weird, but he did very well.
Rabiolo Katelli and Marek Tiwer in the middle with Vlaovic and Chiesa partnering up top.
For Lazio, it was Sarri's 4-3-3 formation.
He wouldn't have it any other way.
It's Malbro Gold and 4-3-3-4.
Just the filter nowadays is just showing on the filter.
So just a true filter, like a pacifier.
He's essentially a grown baby.
Literally, man.
It's an oral fixation.
It has to be.
Providell was in gold for Lazio, the gold scorer of last night.
Marisic was the right back, Kiesa was the left back from Anioli and Czesali were the centre backs.
The midfield 3 were Kamada, Katal, Diandl, Usalberto, Felipe Anderson on the right.
Zakanye on the left and Immobile up front.
Now give me a second while I just try to figure out how Evernote works.
All right, it all started in the 10th minute.
Locatelli crossed the ball to Vlavich who finished devastatingly on the volley.
McKenny had barely kept the ball over the line and the build up to the zeal
and there was some controversy that was filled up the ball across the line, but it hadn't.
They have the technology for this in Italy.
McKenny kept it in.
His hard work paid off essentially.
And Vlavich with an expert finished.
Nice to see the vintage Fiorantino Vlavich back over here.
All the anti-Uwe Twitter heads.
So, Sbjjja saying this is so clearly off the line and just showing the photo with an incorrect angle.
Come on guys, have some shame about your ball knowledge.
You know damn well that that's not the angle.
The 26 minute Robbio took a touch on a ball that came his way,
but just before he could tee himself up for a shot, Kheza came out of nowhere and smacked it out of his...
I thought I was going to say the palm of his hands, but I'm trying to say the soles of his feet.
He smacked it out of the soles of his feet and rocketed the ball into the back of the net.
Fantastic goal for Kheza over there, which truly seems to be back.
Yes man.
Yes.
Early on in the first half, Providell made a great save on Robbio's header following the corner.
Now Providell's name is the same, Providell makes me smile.
Ayy, bad, ayy, oh man, the scenes.
64th minute, vintage Louis Alberto Kerler alert.
Right foot from outside the area, what a goal.
It shocked everyone, everyone thought that Lazio were back in it.
Lazio's Louis Alberto rather is just a level above the rest when it comes to this Lazio team.
When it comes to most of the players around him, most of the time to be honest, he's so intelligent and his technique is so good that it backs it up probably.
Have you ever asked what was the Louis Alberto goal like?
Yeah.
You're asking a dumb question.
Magnificent.
Exactly.
It was a Tira, Jira, into the far corner.
Or a back heel, alright?
Yeah.
There's nothing in between.
In the 67th minute, McKenney, the best fullback in the world, played a mental ball to Vlavich, like Crossfield passed, crazy, Vlavich took a touch, controlled it casually, like it was nothing with his chest.
After he took it down with his chest, took another shot and rifled it past three players into the back of the net.
Duzan, baby.
Duzan, what a good game for Vlavich.
Yes.
At the end of the game, where had an empty net, the goalkeeper was quite close to the answer he did sky it, so he essentially missed an empty net, so I have to mention it.
Okay.
So, bro, thoughts?
I think firstly, great reaction from you following a couple of legalities that have gone on once again surrounding their club.
Do elaborate for those who don't know.
I mean, apparently Bonucci is suing.
Apparently, Cristiano Ronaldo is suing for some kind of, well, they owe Cristiano Ronaldo, some that I believe is up to 19 million euros.
Yes, an amount that hadn't been paid while he was there basically during COVID or something.
And then Bonucci, I don't know, to be honest, I just think Bonucci is a bit of a baby.
Character, no, defamation, I believe, or yeah, basically character assassination, but he did that himself, no?
Oh, this is Bonucci?
Yeah, I mean, he's drawing Milan and celebrating under their curva with a signature celebration in their stadium.
Like, they're gonna sue the club, bro.
Do you have no shame?
My God.
But I think good reaction by them.
It's all noise, so it's good to see that the 11 players are focused on actually playing the game.
I don't think Lazio were bad, but they just don't turn me on, man.
There isn't that spark about them yet this season.
They don't quite have that guy that's going to finish off their chances that is typically...
Providell.
...Chiro Mobile.
Like now, like Jake's saying, it's probably going to be Providell.
Juve, on the other hand, showing us that they are still one of the strongest teams in Serie A.
This season don't get to twist it just because they did drop two points to Bologna at some point.
They're devastating, they're very offensive, they had a two-nil goal advantage in the 25th minute.
So that does change everything, and then Alberto gets one back and then they get the third and they get the job done.
Juve were in control throughout.
I don't think Lazio gave them too much to worry about except for maybe hanging on the ball for a bit too long.
Yeah, safe to say in the words of Antonio Conte for Lazio.
The situation went to become worst.
Exactly.
That sums it up perfectly, I believe.
Worse.
You know, Lazio had two-thirds of the possession but lost 3-1.
Seems to be a theme this week, by the way.
Yeah, but...
Milan's exact same situation.
You've had more shots than Lazio, 17-16 actually.
They are tough, not to crack with their all-Brazilian defence.
No, Juve.
Wow, it's all-Brazilian defence.
It's all-Brazilian, there's Gatti, but Danilo and Alexandro, those bros.
And Bremer actually, not Alexandro.
Bremer.
This time out at least.
But they have the potential to play an all-Brazilian defence which would be pretty cool.
Yeah, a lot of skill moves at the back.
So, Bro, Juve's ex-UG in the first 30 minutes.
0.44.
Juve's goals.
In the first how many minutes?
30 minutes, sorry, did I say three?
No, no, you said first 30.
In the first 30 minutes it was 0.44 goals, right?
But they were too nil up.
That's just pushing back, right?
Clinics.
That's what you get when you've got strikers like Vlove, Vincenco and Kiesama.
Simple as that.
Literally, bro.
The Allianz arena is back.
It feels like it's been a while since we saw it full, full of passionate fans,
encouraging fans, pushing, but it always seems like amidst the chaos.
When Juve are slapped with controversy, they rise above it all and they unite.
Now, the only time when this wasn't the case, I think we mentioned this in the last episode,
was when they had their point of deduction.
But that was devastating, of course.
That would be realized the fuck out of them.
But any off-field issues that don't affect their points, at least, they rise above it every single time.
Every time.
If something comes out in the news about Juve, put it to bed that they're going to win their next game.
Yeah, and at the start of the game, they're all singing the trademark Juve song.
The story of the grandeur, the entire stadium with their lights in the air.
It's enough to give you chills.
A beautiful club, Juve, is obviously through and through with their fans.
It's a shame that there's so much political chaos around them.
Of course, in true sorry fashion, the shit-houser began in the second half
when he brought on Nicola Rovella and Luca Pellegrini and a double whammy.
Of course.
Two former Juve players for those who do not know.
Yeah, that will show them.
Yeah, that.
They're owned.
Fucking roasted.
A few stats from the game.
Chiesa has been involved in seven goals in his last nine Serie A appearances.
Five goals and two assists.
Fucking hell.
It might be fun to mention that Vlavic celebrated with the Luca Tone celebration.
Oh yeah, of course.
For what I mentioned that.
Luca Tone, before the game, said that he believes Vlavic is going to be the top scorer.
Vlavic must have heard that and celebrated doing the Luca Tone celebration.
Luca Tone has been one of my favorite.
One of the most gas players to ever play the game.
Love the guy.
Why would he pick Vlavic though?
Why would you, if you had to publicly, as a person, you know, whose opinions are listened to
and commented on, you know, a former striker who you have a certain amount of ball knowledge
associated with you and you have to pick the top scorer of the season.
You want to try to get it right, right?
Yeah.
So you're going to go for a team managed by Allegri?
I mean, I don't think it's a crazy show that Vlavic should be top scorer.
I don't exactly, I don't see it happening because I know there's Aussie men and I know
there's Lautaro who play for more offensive teams.
But I think all the guys trying to say is that he's going to have a breakout season for Juve.
The fact that he's, he said he's going to be Capocannonier is quite a stretch.
But I think the point that he was trying to make is in fact that he's going to have a breakout season
and he's going to score a bunch of goals.
To be honest, it depends on what the other two do.
Yeah, I mean, safe to say Vlavic has already broken out hard at Fiorentina.
Yeah.
But yeah, Immobil had one shot on target to a game.
I'm liking this guy less and less and less with each passing game.
It doesn't seem like he's got it in him.
Yeah, when did Seria install the fucking Italy national team version of Immobil?
Because that's what he's playing like, man.
Good, man.
He's playing as a player that's always one step back and everything he does is slightly reactionary.
And he seems out of touch with it.
I don't know.
It doesn't seem quite as sharp as he once was.
He's lagging a little bit.
Is that what age looks like?
Maybe.
Castellanius must be frothing at the fucking gash ticket.
Yeah, tatty.
Yeah, ticket to Momentan.
I mean, at this point, he might even displace you.
Bro, you just said frothing at the gash on Seria spotlight.
Yes, sir.
That, that you do know what that means, right?
Of course, bro.
So, you know, foaming at the bit, no?
Yeah, but I do believe it's the woman's part.
Yeah, in between.
Frothing at the gash.
One crumb de memp.
This is 18 plus.
It is, it is.
It's 118 crumbes off.
Exactly.
Okay.
You mentioned before that Frathezzi, the game he is, Italy must have hyped him up.
Yep.
Logatelli.
The game for Italy must have hyped him up as well because he had a fantastic game over here.
Yes, it was great against Ukraine.
Midweek, it was great against Lazio this game.
Okay, played a great game.
Good to see Manuel Logatelli playing well.
Yeah, and I've seen, I actually read this on one of the you've fan blogs after the Droto Bologna.
I believe I was covering that game.
They said, you know what you're going to get with Logatelli?
He's not quite who we want, but he gets the job done.
That's it.
That is it.
I find it a bit harsh because like I'm sorry, but when he played for Italy in the last euros,
before he was replaced by Veratti, because Veratti was initially out injured,
he did a spectacular job.
Logatelli, when he plays for Juve, he does a good job.
I don't think he's flashy and I don't think he's incredibly marketable.
And I think that's why he doesn't get praised for just being a solid register for this team.
And I feel like there's everybody really knew how to bring out the best in him.
I feel like Alleghi isn't quite bringing out the best of Logatelli.
Three defeats and one win for Lazio this season.
I mixed the bag.
Do you anticipate they'll be turning it around shortly?
I think so.
I think their only victory this season, which was against Napoli, which is fucking hilarious.
I think it says more about Napoli than does Lazio, to be honest.
I don't think Lazio did anything spectacular in that game.
I think they had a spectacular spell and they were lucky that Napoli were so wasteful in the first half.
Rudy Garcia made the wrong changes in the second half.
So I don't think it's been mixed.
I think it's been bad for Lazio thus far.
The results would say otherwise, but just performance-wise.
I do anticipate that they'll turn it around.
It's a 4-3-3 formation on their side.
They'll be fine.
They'll be fine. They'll definitely get top 7.
They might not get top 4.
Because at the end of the day, Jake, they obviously lost SMS, which we've been discussing for the entire four episodes.
But have they lost 3-0 as well?
Have they lost their two giants?
That is what would give a devastating season.
Because if that's the case, they're competing with Fiorentina.
That's probably the case.
If judging by how Fiorentina have also been a mixed bag, they've actually been better than Lazio.
But anyway, the one bright spark for Lazio, apart from Providell,
who by the way, I'm sorry to go off on Providell again,
but the commentary pieces in different languages was French, Arabic, English, Italian.
Providell in different pronunciations, which was your favourite one?
Did you like Providell?
I quite liked the French commentary.
Why was Bro going?
I know why Bro was going.
The key was scored.
My God bless our neighbours.
God bless our neighbours.
I wasn't watching the game that intently because I was prepping for this episode.
This is the last four minutes, so I'm like, ah, scenes.
So I just put my laptop down, I watched the last four minutes.
Like my life depended on it.
I'm just seeing that happen right in the front of me.
I wish we had a recording of our reaction to that goal.
There's nothing in the world like a goalkeeper scoring a goal.
There's nothing in the world like it.
I thought the manager, he must have felt he was so gassed.
He didn't let go.
He was like, whaaat?
I was totally expecting him to get weird, but he was very passionate about it.
He celebrated like a man called Ivan.
Luis Alberto, Bro, we have to give him his flowers.
Lots of them may not be that good, but Luis Alberto surely is a fantastic player.
And this was a special day for him because he now has directly contributed to 100 goals for Lazio.
44 goals and 56 assists.
Ah, he's so fucking good, bro. He's so good.
He's so fucking good.
Amazing.
Shout out to Dean or whatever his name is, the guy that...
For our foreign listeners listening over there, that's Mothiz.
That means like, holy shit, how good he is, essentially.
But the guy is talking about Monster and he's like, that's so fine.
Like the way he just says it.
And then he starts, bro, is talking about like, each flavour that he's...
I prepared the second one.
You're a little bit like...
A little bit.
Yeah.
Milinkovic's self, which he left with 101 contributions.
He's gonna overtake him, maybe Luis Alberto, unless he leaves.
This game might have been quite dominant by Juve when it came to the scoreline at least,
but Luis Alberto did have seven key passes this game.
Yeah, I think Luis Alberto might as well put his signature on the middle of the Stadio Olímpico
because he owns the midfield in that Lazio stadium.
It's all his, everyone should aspire to play up to standard.
If you're a young central midfielder that's got a bit of a sweet foot, an eye for a goal and a good pass,
what should Luis Alberto highlight, definitely.
His movement is what you should keep an eye on.
Yeah, and his attitude is what you should ignore.
Exactly.
Lazio currently sitting 15th.
No, we're doing this, we're starting.
I wonder when we should start.
You know, there are 12 points in first place.
Yeah, but man, we at least need to be in the 20s, you know.
Right, I know what you mean.
It's a bit ridiculous, but it's fun seeing Letcher, is it?
Yeah, fighting for a Champions League.
But Lazio at the moment are down 15th.
That's quite interesting to point out.
Lazio are battling relegation and Letcher are guaranteed European football.
It's great.
Alright, bro, you're up.
The third game we're going to be covering is Genoa 2, Napoli 2.
A bit of an upset over here, I would say.
Napoli coming off a 2-1 loss, a home loss too.
Lazio as Genoa coming off a 1-0 defeat to Torino in Torino.
Apologies.
Now, excluding the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium,
the stadium where Napoli have obtained the most Serie A wins since their return to the competition in 2007-2008,
is the Luigi Ferraris in Genoa, where they have 18 victories, 4 draws and 8 losses.
So a bit of a home away from home, the stadium.
The part on the pay were eager to shake off their surprise defeat to Lazio,
who curiously were also the side beaten by Alberto Gelardino's Genoa earlier this season.
Poletano was not fully fit after international duty,
so Elma stepped in after scoring against Malta,
while the host continued to miss Hunior, Messias, Haps and Voliacco.
Or Voliaccio, you can correct me.
It was a 4-2 formation for Genoa, with Martinez in goal and a backline of Martin, Drogosin, Bani and De Winter.
Friend Drup and Sabelli out on the wings with Badel and Strutman in the middle,
Goodminton and Jete Gui up front.
4-3-3 for Napoli, Maretti in goal, backline of De Lorenzo, Ostegaard, Juan Jesus and Mario Rui,
Anguissa Lobotkanzi, Elinski or in the midfield with Elmas on the right, Guevara on the left and Ossiman up front.
20 seconds into the game, Elmas got a yellow card.
20 seconds into the game.
What was Bro thinking about when that whistle was blown?
He must have been.
He had to be angry about something, that minute of silence was way too long, it was more than a minute.
I had just picked up Elmas for one credit during the repair auction.
And I was so happy about it, he fools you forget about Elmas, this guy definitely scores like it as well for Napoli comes on.
He's the ultimate wild card, the ultimate jolly.
Bro, it was like 20 seconds in, he totally missed the ball.
Crazy foul.
To get a yellow card so early on, it must have been a terrible foul, because usually referees are quite lenient early on.
But yeah, totally finished the game with a 4.54.
Yeah, that was a point, Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker actually brought up.
They would always tell referees before the match, don't let them get a free hit.
Because in the opening minute they clatter them and they don't even get a yellow, they just get a warning.
Don't give them a free hit, watch them, they're gonna take me out within the first minute of the game and they always take them out.
Elmas, you don't have that green card, you don't get away with it.
So you have a yellow card.
Yeah, exactly.
Well put.
When Napoli were struggling in this game, particularly when it came to building the ball out from the back.
But in the 40th minute they conceded the first goal of the match as Bonny opened the scoring for Genoa.
It was Goodman's in-scorer to the first post that was flicked on by the winter and converted by Bonny with somewhat of a flying or rather collapsing header.
Genoa went into the break with the lead and they came out and made it two in the 56th minute.
This time it was Jetegui that scored.
Merritt's punch clearance only went as far as Strutman, whose low ball into the centre of the box was finished off by Retegui with one touch.
Genoa, two nil ahead, 56th minute.
Crazy stuff.
Couple of changes carried out by Napoli, unlike the last match where the changes weakened them.
This time it made them stronger and it was the substitute combination of Caillouste and Raspadori that gave them one goal back in the 76th minute.
The Italian received the ball towards the corner of the box.
By Caillouste he took a touch and pelted the ball into the top corner of the near post.
Absolute bullet strike, definitely a contender for a goal of the week.
Couple minutes later in the 84th minute, Ziellinski played a great ball over the Genoa defence and Paulitano was the one who volleyed the ball expertly into the top corner of the near post.
Another substitute that got a goal for them over there as it was obviously Elmas that started the game.
Good reaction by Napoli to get back in the game, it's good to see Garcia's substitutes actually working after the Lazio game, but nonetheless it's a disappointing result for Napoli.
Of course, and they're going to be asking questions as to what the hell went wrong, why they were tunnelled down against a newly promoted side, right?
So please together draw at the end of it. A funny story about this game is in the 75th minute I decided to send a message to La Lantena for a podcast friend.
Shoutout to La Lantena podcast.
I told them, doing great guys, you're killing them.
Excellent.
The second I sent it, Raspadori scored and he replied, essentially I forgot what he said, something along the lines of like,
thank you, it's going well so far and I replied, sorry if I jinxed you, right after that, Politanos scores the equalizer.
Like two messages, two goals.
So we owe them one, essentially. Shoutout La Lantena podcast.
Yeah, the next time Genoa are struggling, we're going to message you saying, wow, you guys are struggling, man.
Hopefully that'll turn it around.
However, I do think that Genoa have a lot to be encouraged by obviously from this game. I think this is a great job, Bossyman was double team,
I didn't get a sniff, it was Bani and Dragosin that had him for the entirety of the match.
I think the winner who assisted the opening goal, hardly made a misstep in defense, he had a brilliant game.
He was tasked with marking Gvara, who he kept him off the score sheet once again and also with the support of Sabelli and Strutman.
And they really managed to section him out of the game.
So a good defensive performance as well.
Now, with Napoli's front six seemingly not on the same page, because that is one thing we're seeing with Napoli,
the fluidity is what's lacking when they are attacking.
It seems like they're less familiar with each other than they were last season.
Last season they could pass the ball to each other with a blindfold on.
This season they couldn't do it with their glasses on.
I think that's because they're looking to attack through different avenues because of Riddhi Garcia's philosophy.
And this is how a manager can totally take a team to another level or limit them entirely.
So you look at Spalletti, he managed to find a formula to play the vodka as the central piece to his project,
playing Ozyman behind from anywhere in the pitch, playing sideways, taking your time,
waiting for space to open up and then attacking.
Garcia is way more direct. Garcia focuses on full back play a lot, a lot, a lot.
So you hardly ever see like Lobotka holding the ball in the middle and being the metronome and dictating play as we used to.
And I feel like that was a massive part of Napoli's game and I made them one of the strongest teams in the league.
And yeah, I think Riddhi Garcia might want to think about how strictly he wants to stick to his system.
Yeah, well put. I think it's important to try out different things when you're a new manager just to be obviously clear with that.
But while he's figuring it out, some people are going to take advantage and Genoa took advantage over here.
I feel like when Napoli did seem like they weren't on the same page,
Genoa consistently played out of the back and into midfield where there was tons of space to exploit.
So there's really didn't seem like they were keeping their shape.
It didn't seem like they were like inter where you clearly have that one person that's that's pressing the one person that's tracking back.
And I feel like them just not being on the same page really allowed Genoa that freedom to play the kind of football they want to be playing.
And like we've seen like frozen on a play the football they've they want to play against Napoli as well.
So it seems like Napoli are really allowing their opponents to be the best version of themselves against Napoli.
It's not to say that Napoli won't get away with the victory, but it seems like it's like here's the stage.
You can dance on it all you want.
And I'm going to sit back and I'm going to clap for you. You know what I mean?
Yeah, totally. It's they are letting other teams play because they're not about dominating games as much anymore.
And that allows yes any team to play against them and we're finding out now that if you press them high you can cause some serious problems.
Yeah, exactly. And in fact, Genoa's press in the first half was very, very effective.
It seems like when they were when they were pressing Napoli, Napoli ended up, you know how last season we made the comment that
ping the ball up to Victor Ozzyman wherever it is he's going to get to it.
They believe that too much in this game because every time Genoa were pressing them they were launching it up to Ozzyman.
Launching it, launching it, launching it, which is such a difference from how they were last season.
They were building the ball up through the botca playing the early pass to Guevara taking on a man squaring it to Ziellinsky and seeing all that wonderful play.
But they're finding their feet.
Yes, and in reality, it is true that they only lost one player in the market right in the last transfer market transfer window.
Kim, for those listening.
Yeah, they replaced them with Natan who haven't really seen it.
So they're lining up with Rahmani and Juan Jesus or in this case, Ostegard and Juan Jesus.
And if you look at the two goals they conceded, the first goal was a corner.
It was from a corner where you need the big bodies, a formidable figure like Kim would have been totally appreciated in there because a man was a gorilla in the box.
He would overpower any attacker.
And the other goal, I don't even know what the hell happened, it was like a quick ball to Riteg, we defended on the floor.
It was quite an uphill world over the place to be on this very punch to ball out.
It fell straight to some general player.
I can't remember who, but Matt, you've got to treat him down brother to Strutman who just needed a simple pass to Riteg with to slot in well.
Yeah, turned off, everyone was turned off and Ostegard was on the floor as well.
Yeah, Napoli don't have it easy this season.
And for the first time in a while they're playing with a lot of pressure on their shoulders because last season you could say no one was expecting Napoli to win it.
You know, the dark horse without any pressure, the sleeper pick for the Skodetto, the ones that can do it quietly with all the support in the world with zero expectations.
There are definitely expectations now. The fans have had a taste of silverware and they're going to be vocal if they don't like what they see now.
Yeah, I agree then. I just want to make two more points before we move on.
I am conscious of time already just one hour in because we've only covered three games in one hour, which is hilarious.
But the two points I want to make is number one, Albert Goodminton, more like Albert Bestminton.
So, bro, I had a prem head over of my best friends, Jamie Dent, shout out Jamie Dent, prem head, doesn't care too much about Seria, watch a good game when it's on, you know what I mean.
And he was over, we had Gen 1, Apolly on. And he's the kind of guy that he'll watch Gen 1 and make sure he shits on them loads so that we understand that Burnley are better or something like that is one of those.
He was impressed by Gen 1, but every time Albert Goodminton did something, he was like, bro, bro, this guy is, whoa, he was really, really impressed by a good, every time Goodminton touches the ball, he does something that looks really easy to do, but it's really difficult.
It takes a lot of skill and technique.
That's what Lala Internavinshund actually, I praised him in the chat and they said he won MVP last season, you can understand.
Right.
And another level, Albert Goodminton.
He's so, so technically gifted.
So technically gifted.
He's insane.
Now I just want to highlight the Garcia substitutions really quick to give you guys a clear idea of what went on. At the start of the second half Garcia replaced Elmas with Poletano, who immediately improved Napoli's attack and scored a stunning volley to equalize in the match.
Garcia made his second set of changes in the 58 minute.
He introduced Mathias Oliveira to replace Mario Rui, who couldn't seem to complete a single pass in his first start of the season.
At the same time, Raspadori replaced Anguissa, facilitating a switch to the 4-2-3-1 formation.
Raspadori also improved Napoli's attack, scoring the Azuris first with a powerful left footed strike into the top corner.
Jens Kajust assisted Raspadori on the goal.
The Swede replaced Stanislav Lobotka in the 74th minute.
Caruso was also involved in the build up to Poletano's goal. So last week, we criticized Garcia for his substitutions. This week, I take my hat off to Garcia for his substitutions.
Well done, Garcia.
Also failed.
Also failed, bro.
Also failed.
Also safe to mention that Gavard Scalia has had the worst free kick of the season so far.
33 minutes into the game and he fucking skied. I don't know if you saw that meme.
There was a meme going around of a player who had a terrible miss and they were enlarging the goal post.
Of course, I saw it on the toilet today.
300% is correct.
Exactly, 325%. I think it went in.
Same thing, you could do that with Gavard's free kick. I think it gets it up to 450%.
You need a circular goal post for that to go in. It didn't even head north like or whatever the hell it needs to head.
Gavara, bro, he hasn't scored in 27 games. He actually has a question for Mintoff. I was wondering if we should discuss it or save it for the question.
To be honest, that's why I didn't bring up Gavara. I'm aware of the question. However, like...
We might want to. Let's do it now. Why not?
Luke Mintoff, our friend and host at times in emergencies, he's kind enough to do that. Basically, he has a hot take that Gavara Dona is one season one there.
And I think it is too harsh and too soon to say, but I view it in this way. He hasn't scored in 27 goals. He started scoring, I think, much day one last season.
Of course, that had been the first game against Varona.
Yeah, but at Scalia for me, in the first season, it was the rare situation where the league had to adapt to the new player.
It doesn't happen often, but the player was so good and so unique that he came in. He tore everything apart.
He was totally abnormal the way he played football, the way he took the ball on the wing. No one knew what he was going to do.
Close ball control, the coaching courage, the freedom. It was something not very common in, say, only the elite players like Leão who can do that.
Now, in the second season, people are starting to figure out, we know this guy is very good with double team.
It's kind of the same thing Leão went through when he was getting double teamed at first. He needs to adapt to the league now.
The league had to adapt to him. They did now. He has to adapt to the league and he needs to figure out what he's going to do when he's double teamed.
Not to try something flashy every single time, play the ball around a couple of times. The force sense of security is a powerful weapon.
I can't totally be utilised.
There's no way Gvarracchelia was consistently as good as he was last season. No one's that good.
No one's as good as Gvarracchelia was last season. At least consistently that good.
We've seen how good he can be. His goal is to get back to that level now, but he hasn't scored in, like you said, 27 games.
And it seems like he's putting a lot of pressure on himself to do something spectacular.
Because effortlessly everything he touched turned to gold last year.
Now he gets the ball and the defenders approach him and he's like, okay, last season I'd have the audacity to drop my shoulder left, f**king faint right and turn him inside out and not make him do whatever the hell I want to know with this guy.
He'd toy with everyone, like even in the Champions League.
But now it seems like he's putting a lot of pressure on himself to replicate what he was doing last season.
And he lost that effortless kind of touch that he had.
And there's no amount of training, there's no amount of extra work he could put in to help him get back to that level.
That flow is a state of mind, that flow is a state of being.
That flow is literal stillness on the football pitch, seeing everything being in the moment, having the best judgement at the perfect time.
Mentally he's not quite there yet this season.
He was linked to Saudi Arabia, he was linked to Real Madrid, he was linked to everyone and their dog for hundreds and millions of euros.
The entire world are talking about him, we're talking about him, now they're talking about him.
It's always they're either sucking his dick or they're shitting on him, basically.
Because that's what it is.
Kvartzkela has only been praised or shut on.
It's never like that, first it's who the hell is this guy from fucking nowhere and then he's okay, that guy from fucking nowhere is the best player in the world.
Now it's like, ah, he's shit, it was a...
That's the media, bro.
That's the media, they don't exaggerate, they're not going to get their clicks.
He's going through that.
A wise man once said, Los Pecheches a vertugo, patience is a virtue, be patient with him on his day, he's genuinely one of the best players in the world.
And you risk, man, you risk the player starting to play with fear.
And that's what happens to many youngsters who join a club and they start playing with this confidence and this flair and they hardly put their foot wrong and you're like, wow, we've got this crazy talent.
Then the second they make a mistake, they make two mistakes, they make three and slowly so they start, they stop trying to go for those things that they would have previously gone for.
Perhaps that could also be a thing that's happening to Guevara, you know, before he'd shoot from anywhere, it would be a goal.
He had that mindset, right?
Everything I touched turns to gold, like you said.
Now probably the numbers are...
I'm not telling you, it's been a while since I scored.
Providell has scored and I still haven't scored.
Salah Mackers dribbled everyone at the Maradona and scored more recently than I've scored at the Maradona.
This has to end with the Allah, it's brilliant.
Of course, you're not going to cut that part out.
Like today I took a screenshot and the kind of screenshot I took was the Command Shift 4, which basically don't screenshot the entire screen.
You can section a box and screenshot it.
I'm curious to see where you're going to go with this.
Whatever.
And typically when it comes to screenshotting an A4 paper on your man, I have to screenshot an A4 PDF, call me.
I'll get it done for you in less than a second.
I go corner to corner and typically you need to zoom in, make sure you're getting the perfect...
No, fuck you man, I'll get the corner instantly.
I'm a monster.
And today I got it wrong.
I'm like, shit, no it's fucking...
From one side or another.
Then I tried again, I got it wrong again.
I got some black in it.
I'm like, shit, I've lost it.
And then I started going against whatever made me good at doing this.
So I started saying, okay, so clearly I need to go more to the left.
That went too much to the left.
And then I said, okay, so clearly I need to go more to the right.
And then I started over analyzing that flow that I typically have taking the screenshot.
You started to think about it.
Exactly.
That's a problem, right?
When you think about it too much, when you really think about what you're doing.
Yeah.
Imagine being in a social situation and you can't stop thinking about what you're doing with the...
Where to put your hands, how you're breathing.
Shoot me, shoot me in the face.
Whenever I fucking think about that shit in a social setting, it throws me off.
And I think footballers are humans and I think Guvara is literally...
Matt not being able to take a screenshot.
That's it, bro.
I fade that hell back.
Matt and Guvara.
Yeah, perhaps it might be wise to save the nil nil for the very end for this one.
It's gone quite long, huh?
Yeah, maybe.
That's a good point.
But let's go.
Let's go up next, right?
Yeah.
Another bang before he aims in.
The quality, do you think the quality is going to get worse?
You think we don't have another 30 minutes to talk about one game?
Fuck you.
Fiorentina 3, Atalanta 2.
My god.
In a comeback.
My god.
The Fiorentina just lose to Winter and then went Atalanta.
Just by play.
Structure, no.
Patterns, no.
Logic, no.
Seja.
Fiorentina held on to grab their second win in the SEA campaign with a pulsating 3-2 victory over Atalanta.
They've leapfrogged Atalanta on the table and maintained their undefeated home record at the Stadio Artemio Francki since February.
Did you know that?
No.
Oh, you didn't know that?
I didn't know that.
You didn't fucking know that?
Yes.
So, lineups.
Coach Vincenzo Italiano made six changes from La Viola's 4-0 thrashing to Winter.
Okay.
Atalanta.