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Hello and welcome back to SEA spotlight, this is episode 93 and we are hosts Matt and Jake.

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But guys, it's Monday, how come you guys are already recording an episode?

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As you know, or maybe you don't know, and this is the first time you're hearing this,

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but there are midweek games that are taking place from tomorrow all the way up until Thursday,

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so that requires naturally quick reflexes from me and Jake considering that then the

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midweek matches and the next weekend matches are so close together, we had to put this

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episode together.

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Still, not convinced on how we're going to tackle the next episode, but we'll make sure

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it's nice, easy and entertaining for all of you.

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Improvise, adapt, overcome.

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Yes, those are three company values, me and Jake.

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What a weekend, what a weekend, and I liked this one particularly because there weren't

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any of the kind of big dogs against each other, so it really was kind of a test for each of

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the seven sisters to see what they're made of.

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Yeah, I think most of the matches that take place over the course of the 38th match season,

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you don't always face the top seven, you don't always face the top ten, sometimes you need

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to see how you fare against the scraps because it so often is the case where the best team

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is the one that's capable of beating the ones that are lesser than them, that are significantly

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lesser than them, beating the teams in the bottom three, beating the teams in the bottom

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ten.

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So now we really start getting to see the character of these teams over a longer stretch

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of time, we're no longer judging them over one big game, but now we're starting to see

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an accumulation of matches.

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Yes, sir, I made 140 euros this week.

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You did, did you?

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You did, when you tell them how you could paint the entire scenario, I think it was quite

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an entertaining thing.

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Yes, I woke up hazy on a Saturday morning and I opened bit365 on my phone to take a look

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at the menu and I decided, you know what, I'm going to make a slip, you know, I'm always

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trying to win these three bets, you know, over five shots, win or draw, you know, like

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well, both teams to get a yellow, you know, I try to get those bets, but I hope this was

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something a bit more crazy this time.

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So I put a bet that Bologna Napoli would draw, that who else was there, that Quarantina would

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be to Deneze away from home, that Atalanta would beat Calieri and that Roma and Torino

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would draw and I put five euros and I saw that I could win 180 as a return.

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I was like, fuck it, let's do it, let's see, worst case I'll cash out halfway through.

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Everything was going flawlessly and then we got to the last game Roma, Torino, where I

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could have withdrawn for what was it, bro?

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Before the game even started, you could have cashed out for around 485 as the game was

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progressing, that kept going up, it went up to the 50s, then it went up to the 60s.

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And I kept holding and the girls kept saying, hold, hold, hold, and you kept saying, hold,

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and I'm gonna go, okay, I'll hold.

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And then Lukaku scored and I had a bloody heart attack.

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Yes, it wasn't a heart attack, it was a meltdown.

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I'm so stupid!

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A seven year old kid that isn't getting mackeyed because of something like that.

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Because it's always Lukaku that ruins something for me.

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Roman Jolia, perfect centre back in time.

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The perfect centre back from Aniloli, he was fine.

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Number 13, he was a lot good.

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The next Nesta.

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Yeah, one game against Lukaku and he's playing alongside a guy called Chazal.

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I'm obviously kidding, they're very good.

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They formed a formidable duo.

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Yes, basically and then Zapata scored, I cashed out immediately because I thought it was five

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minutes to go, 140.

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Ah, no, it was the, there was a VAR check that was taking place.

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So I'm like, I'm like, I can't check out, I can't check out, I can't check out.

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I couldn't deal with it anymore, but yeah.

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That was that, bro.

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How did you do?

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Did you win on the Serie A spotlight fanta, by the way?

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I came draw on the Serie A spotlight fanta against the girls.

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I should have won, but Victor Ossimen missed a penalty and got me a two.

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So quite unlucky, but I was a bit lucky that I got Pasalic's goal because Orsaleini didn't

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play and Pasalic chose my first sub.

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So that takes some skill to choose your first sub as well, so I'll give myself a little

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pat on the back, but I'll take a draw against the girls.

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They've got quite a team, man, I'm surprised they're just on one point and I find myself

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on four points.

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How did you do?

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You're lucky Vlove, which dropped the stinker.

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How did I do?

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I did terribly, I had Shesney and Goal who got me a zero and I had Martin at the back

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from Genoa who got me a two point five, therefore I lost one.

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Oh my god, I hate when some motherfuckers only score one and they get away with a weird man.

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The Bianconeri bruisers are currently first with six points, so shout out to them, shout

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out to our boy Luca Nicolò Argento.

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Yes, shout out brother, shout out.

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But anyway, enough fathom about.

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Yes, what was our goal of the week?

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We heard it from the intro.

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Our goal of the week was DiMarco, he scored an incredible goal, Empoli of course failed

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to clear corner effectively and DiMarco was lurking on the edge of the area where he likes

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to lurk and he curled in a rocket with the outside of his sweet, sweet left foot.

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Yes, some call that a trivela shot, but I don't know if it qualifies, I don't know if

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a trivela takes some additional kind of movement.

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We just call it the choirsma.

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Exactly, literally the choirsma should be called a trivela.

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But yeah, that was our goal of the week.

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I think there were a few good nominations, nothing like last week, but there was Bonaventura

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scored a great goal.

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If you watched Man City against Inter and you saw Rodri's goal in the final, Bonaventura's

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goal was very similar to that.

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There I say a little bit better from further out, bit more of a curl on it, wasn't quite

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a Champions League final goal, but it sealed the victory for Fiorentino Verudinesa.

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Leccese Oudon had quite a good goal, had it not been for the deflection, it could have

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been up there, but it took a slight deflection which was enough to ruin it for us.

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He still makes the cover of the episode, if we're...

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Yeah, correct.

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There was another goal I wanted to point out and that was...

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Because the king of making...

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Quite a, quite a, quite a, I love the way he started running from the halfway line,

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right?

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There was a long ball played over the top for him, and I remember this guy's a centre

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back, he takes the ball down and finishes so calmly, he passes it, like guides it into

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the bottom corner.

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Very well.

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Amazing.

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I know the defending over Deneze was shambolic in that goal, but take nothing away from the

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centre back, who found himself in a goal scoring opportunity and he took it, and it wasn't

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an easy chance at all.

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You see some striker score a goal like that and you take your hat off to them, and this

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time it was my Tinas Quarta, who's having quite a season, man, now that he's back,

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now that Seria Spotlight have summoned him.

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a patron as well.

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So I think before we get into each episode, I don't know why I always bring it up like

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should we do this, because we literally do it every episode, just gonna run down the

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happenings of this matchday, so we're gonna start things off by discussing Saswala's

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shock win against Juventus in the Muppay Stadium with the score of 4-2, a shit show by Juventus

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defensively and a masterclass by Berardi up front for Saswala, it was Empoli, Nyl, Inter

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1 and Andrea Zoli's fucking fifth debut for...

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His fourth, his fourth debut for Empoli, they actually looked a little bit better than they

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did in the past, you can't judge them over one game against a big team because the players

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are actually gonna be motivated, but we did see some of the movement that Andrea Zoli

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likes to promote over there, Bologna, Nyl, Napoli, Nyl, Victor, Ossiman missing a penalty,

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getting me the draw on Fanta, out of the victory, Torino 1, Roma 1, a late Duvan Zapata

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goal, cancelling out Lukaku's earlier strike over there and winning Jake 120 Euro.

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Hey, why are we diminishing it, 130, 140, what was it, 130 I think?

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Well, you don't even know, brother.

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Yesterday was a blur, bro.

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I have no idea what happened, the last thing I saw was...

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We've been drinking, we've been smoking, we've been smoking!

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No, it's because of the emotions, bro.

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End of drinking, end of smoking, end of drinking!

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130, 130, 130, sorry for that 10 Euro, if we get two patrons we can make up for it.

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Milan won Verona, Nyl Leao getting the early goal for Milan, who hung on pretty well in

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this new 343 formation, new again.

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Lazio 1, Monza, one Lazio again, just failing to get victories unless it's against Napoli,

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they do face Milan this week and so probably that will be three points for them considering

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how they're operating.

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Udinese and Nyl Fiorintina, two great goals by Quarta, great goal by Bonaventura who

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scored and assisted in this game.

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Atalanta 2, Calieri, Nyl, Nous, Scamacca, no problem.

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End of victory for Atalanta over there.

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Lecce 1, Geno 1, Nyl, an early red card for Geno, a meant that they spent the entire game

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defending whilst Lecce were spending the entire game trying to grab a goal and they grabbed

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one towards the end thanks to Oudon.

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Salernetana 1, Frosinone 1, Frosinone still looking ridiculously good in Serie A, so pleasantly

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surprised by this team, they did give up a 1-nil lead in this game in front of Salernetana's

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fans so it's a very intimidating environment, you don't blame them for giving up a lead

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away to Salernetana.

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Yeah and that Cabral guy was inspired, Joe Van Cabral, the first time I heard someone

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try to draw him on Fanta I was like Cabral left bro, he's not at Fiorintina anymore.

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I was like no this is a Salernetana guy and he's wicked and he is wicked.

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And then they hit you with the don't you have a series of podcasts?

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You meant to know this stuff.

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He's got the touch of a fucking, pardon me, of a beast.

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His first touch was very good, bar that one opportunity where he could have got them the

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winner.

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Bar that one, that doesn't count.

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But I particularly admire his drive, his relentlessness.

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And drive is met with technique, you get a Chiesa, you get a Zagnolo, you get Berardi

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and finally you get Jovan Cabral.

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Somewhere luckier than others.

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Yeah, exactly.

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Shall we jump right in?

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Let's jump right in and start things off with Sasuolo for Juve 2.

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So Sasuolo were coming off a 4-2 away loss against Frozano, leave it up to Sasuolo to

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lose a game 4-2 and then win the next one for 2, shout out to Santi who said that is

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the most Sasuolo thing ever on the Patreon group chat.

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You know if you joined and you would have found it funny too and we could be laughing

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together potentially.

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Juve coming off a 3-1 home win against Lazio.

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Sasuolo have now achieved 3 wins in their last 5 Serie A matches against Juve.

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Juventus had Alexandro and Descilio out injured while Spogba is still banned for doping.

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Sasuolo's injured.

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Sorry I was a bit slow there, we never used it, it would have been meaning to use it,

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that's Fred America is screaming scandal at the top of his lungs, hit us with it again

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bro.

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Yeah and while we're discussing the details you can play this.

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Paul Potba, Paul Doping, it's a brilliant song, the miracle is a great album by Queen

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I recommend you go listen.

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But not before you listen to Serie A spotlight, Sasuolo had Alvarez and Consigli out injured

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naturally meaning Cranio started once again.

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Now when it comes to the lineups it was a 4-2-3-1 formation for Sasuolo with Cranio on goal

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and a backline of Vignia Tressol the early Cantolian with Henrique and Boloca playing

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as the midfielder with Laurion Te and Berardi on the flanks, Bayram just between them and

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Pinamonti up top.

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Pinamonti, Luca Tone, you decide.

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For Juventus a 3-5-2 formation with Vojcek Szczesny in goal, I think to be honest cause

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there might as well have been no one in goal.

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A backline of Gatti Bremer and Danilo with McKenney out on the right, Costucci out on

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the left and Mitviltro of Miretti, Locatelli and Rabio with Kiesa and Vlavic up front together.

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Now things started off in the 12th minute terribly for Juvent very well for Sasuolo

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as Laurion Te opened the scoring, his knuckleball was aimed straight at Szczesny, he shot it

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from just outside the box.

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Szczesny attempted to parry the ball but he kind of punched it into his own leg, took

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a couple ricochets off his own leg and ended up in the back of the net so a classic blunder

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where the ball is going straight to the keeper and the ball somehow manages to find its way

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into the back of the net.

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That gave Sasuolo the one lead, however and then just 9 minutes later to make it 1-1 for

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Juve, Vignia scored an own goal, it was Kiesa's in swinging cross to the far post that was

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meant for McKenney but instead it was Sasuolo's Vignia who got their first turning the ball

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into his own net on the slide.

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Making it 1-1 naturally.

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In the 37th minute Szczesny the Nitro Soli's point blank header getting down very well,

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he thought he made amends for his previous mistake.

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In the 41st minute Berardi made a 2-1 for Sasuolo, Henrika carried the ball up the centre

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of the pitch very well before laying the ball off to Berardi, setting him up brilliantly

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for a trademark Berardi effort.

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Berardi hit the ball first time from just outside the area on his favoured left foot

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with the ball curling into the bottom corner on the Italian's 300th Serie A match.

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Congratulations Berardi.

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However then in the 78th minute a very very gassed Kiesa got another equaliser for Juve

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making it 2-2.

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Kiesa beat Kranja at the near post following a slightly deflected strike from inside the

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box.

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Fajoli did well to find his teammate following a cleared cross earlier in this attack.

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In the 82nd minute however just 4 minutes later it was Pinamonti that got a goal back

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for Sasuolo making it 3-2.

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Remember the Loriente shot that went through Szczesny, the first goal that I described,

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it was the exactly same shot but this time Szczesny didn't manage to catch it, he parried

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it directly to Pinamonti who headed in on the rebound.

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It sounds like I'm being harsh on Szczesny but he definitely could have caught that ball

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or at least don't parry it directly to the striker, he could have parried it clear.

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I learned that when I was a goalkeeper at 9 years of age.

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This isn't disrespect to Szczesny but it's just proving that it is Szczesny's fault.

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Mati is not bullshitting there by the way he was a goalkeeper with most FC shout out.

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He was very good.

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I was very good but then I didn't go past 5-8 so it's quite naturally quite disappointed

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with that but I was top man, I won the penalty shootout.

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You were very good when it was your height.

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Yeah man, fuck it.

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Now the posts are a bit too tall for you bro.

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Yeah they are a little bit.

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I've played some games and I was alright.

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It's good when you play with people that aren't that good man.

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Or to one.

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Or to one.

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In the 93rd minute Szczesny did very well to deny the Fred's bullet strike from close

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range tipping it onto the crossbar and in the 95th minute it just sealed the shit show

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for Juventus.

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There was a free kick for Juve to be taken just outside their own box close to the corner

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flag.

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When they were chasing the game Szczesny stepped up to take this one as the defender started

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pushing forward.

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Szczesny attempted to play the ball to the centre back.

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Gatti a low dangerous ball in the middle of the pitch.

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Gatti who had only he could either have cleared the ball out for a throw in or played it back

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to Szczesny.

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He attempted to play it back to Szczesny.

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He overcooked the posms, directed it and it ended up in his own net so it was the least

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productive one to I've ever seen between two players.

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It went down naturally as a Gatti on goal.

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I don't think Szczesny did a great job either in this case.

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Szczesny played the ball to Gatti who was not in space.

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He was being pressed quite frankly.

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The press was very effective by Soswald.

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Totally, nothing away from that.

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And Szczesny when he saw that Gatti was being pressed stayed wide.

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He pulled wide.

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Exit 2 off for him an option so he can play it back to him.

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I think the priority over there in that situation should be get back on your line.

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Yeah 100%.

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You know the pass wasn't great.

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You see the players attacking your man.

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Get back and defend your goal.

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It's basic.

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It's do or die.

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And it almost seemed like he made zero effort even when the pass.

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There are other keepers in the world that had they been on their toes they could have

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gotten to that pass.

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You know what I mean?

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And this obviously being overly critical after a very negative performance.

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Of course it's the audacity to just stand there and watch it rolling.

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Just stare at Gatti.

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Like it's almost like exactly.

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Like he took the opportunity to milk Gatti's embarrassment.

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Yeah.

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Instead of like this guy.

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Szczesny has just made two costly mistakes for Juve.

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And now he's in a situation where he might have contributed to a third.

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And instead of running to get the ball off the line like granted they were already losing.

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And instead of running to try to stop the goal from happening he just watched his teammate

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disappoint the entire time.

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He's torturing him essentially.

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A youngster at the end of the day.

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Yeah.

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I didn't like that move one bit by Szczesny.

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Obviously after a negative performance you see Oana in the Champions League he went up

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to the journalists himself said I take full accountability for everything.

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Stop blaming the team and blame me.

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He takes that responsibility and he's new to the team.

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Szczesny is a veteran between the sticks for Juve.

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He's been there for a fucking hot minute now man.

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And he's one of the senior players so he should lead by example.

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It's okay to have a stinker every now and then.

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Well it's not okay but it's understandable.

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And I feel like a young guy like Gatti should be guided at least by Szczesny.

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Yes.

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So I encourage especially alright he's not that young Gatti's 25 but he's new to the

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top division.

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Yeah.

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He was a bricklayer a few years ago.

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I was playing in say whatever a few years back.

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Sorry.

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Yeah.

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Not to be overly harsh on Szczesny of course this game was not like him.

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He's usually very solid and I like the way he organizes the defence and he usually leads

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that defence to many a clean sheet victory.

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So I'm not going to be overly critical with him.

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He does have to be careful however because his backup deputy goalkeeper is no joke.

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He's very competent and I would say that he has the most competition from a backup goalkeeper

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in the league when you look around like there's no backup goalkeeper better than Perrin.

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Sportiello is better than Perrin though.

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On par I would say.

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But that's just making an argument out of nothing.

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The thing I'm doing right now.

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Yeah.

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The thing is there is quite some distance between Manjane and Sportiello right.

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Yeah, between Szczesny and Perrin when you're in Tini are quite divided.

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Yeah.

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And I think like we obviously see performances by Szczesny that completely counter this performance.

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However we have seen in history Szczesny make mistakes.

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Yes.

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The reason that he's not in my top three Serie A goalkeepers.

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The reason that Arsenal fans don't rate him.

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Exactly.

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You Google Szczesny Arsenal blunders and you've got yourself a 20 minute watch.

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Now I want to evaluate whether this performance is a once in a while kind of thing something

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Juve shouldn't be concerned about or should it be a bit of a growing concern?

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Do you think it could be repeated behaviour or?

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I think this was a freak collapse with individual areas that are uncharacteristic of the players

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who commented them.

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Got the even prior to the mistake.

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I had never seen him play so badly.

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Yeah.

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I think the defence was very concerning in the game.

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Honestly apart from Kierze, I can't point out who had a good game for you.

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That was a shambolic performance by Juve.

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Shambolic.

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From top to bottom.

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Like if you look at Szczesny and Goal had an absolute horror show.

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You've got Wlawicz up front, an absolute horror show.

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The things that Wlawicz is usually amazing at like finishing his execution, his killer

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instinct.

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He didn't have that at all.

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I can't point out he was in front of the goalkeeper.

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He rolled it out.

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The finish was so disappointing.

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Yeah man.

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I think to be honest, and if you look at the mistakes that took place in the game, you

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see where Juve were most vulnerable and it was Saswala's press that played a massive,

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massive part.

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They have got the ideal starting 11 to play this press football.

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They've got Berardi by Rami, Laurion Te Pina Monti, well the lesser being Pina Monti in

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this case, because Laurion Te by Rami and Berardi in this game were constantly, constantly

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pressing and putting pressure on that back three who got exposed.

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And they are three great defenders.

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We've got Danilo Bremer and Gatti.

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And to put four past those, it doesn't take a couple of random mistakes.

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But I genuinely think that it was Saswala's efforts that made Juve make these mistakes.

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The shots from long distance by Laurion Te, he knew what he was doing in that case.

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And he knew about the weather conditions.

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He knew about the weather conditions.

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He was hitting the ball on a knuckleball from an angle when Cesney's view was blocked.

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It was a very smart performance by Saswala.

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That's it, street smart, very street smart.

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And I think the man to highlight from Saswala, so we spoke a little bit about Juve and where

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they struggled and why.

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Now Saswala, apart from their press, I think how ridiculously good is Dominic Oberardi?

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Because sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy because every year it seems like he's the

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best right winger in the league.

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And I've been watching Serie A for what bro?

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Most of my life.

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And over the past three to five seasons, over the past five seasons, I was a solid starter

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on the right hand side for Saswala.

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And every year, if I had to make a starting 11 of the best performers, I would have them

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on my right hand side.

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But when I bring him up to Milan fans, when I bring him up to other people, they call

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them a failed Juve player.

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They say he's not up to the standard of other Italian teams, and I can't quite understand

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where the fuck the criticism could come from, man, because his whole life he's been explosive,

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he's been tricky, he's been professional.

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It's his performances for the national team on the big stage that have ruined his reputation

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and the fact that he never left Saswala.

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So many people, instead of romanticizing, and the fact that this guy's stuck with a

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minoclub and appreciating what this guy did is so rare nowadays in the game.

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They view it as Dominico Barardi is not capable of moving to a bigger team.

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He has a weak mentality.

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He's scared to take the next step.

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And it's not true at all, because when the going gets tough for Saswala, it's not like

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he's being urged on by thousands of fans.

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I mean, Saswala only had fans recently.

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They've only started to get this far.

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This season we've started to see some guys out.

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Because the stadium is always empty, literally.

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Every game at the Muppet Stadium is home advantage for the away team.

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Literally.

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Yes, but since 2013 when he debuted for Saswala, he has been absolutely top tier, man.

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He comes in a right wing position, bro.

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And he has this drive, he has this desire, he hates to lose, and you can see it when

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things don't go his way.

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His eyes start burning up, he gets pissed off, he gets heated, his cheeks go rosy.

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You know how it is.

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And that's what motivates him, and that should be enough.

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And I have a feeling that no matter where this guy goes in his career, like let's say

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he goes to Juventus in January, like many people are saying, I think that he will become

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a man on this puted start.

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He won't have it any other way.

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He'll be the first to arrive and the last to leave until he becomes the starter.

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No, that's the thing.

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And he's captain material, Berardi.

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I think anywhere he goes, he'll carry that professionalism that he has.

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He absolutely terrorized Juve in this game.

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I think we saw Juve exposed at the back, which is an area where they were so strong last

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year, until there was one game against Napoli where they had gotten demolished by around

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four goals, and then we started seeing holes in their game.

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This time it came up early.

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It would be interesting to see how they adapt and how they recover after that.

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They have gotten their first loss now.

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Saswolo looking good, man.

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They're looking decent.

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It's good to see Pinamonte more and more on the...

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I think this is third match in a row where he scored Pinamonte, and this is what the

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guy needs.

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The guy, like, yes, this goal was lucky.

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It was a Chesney mistake, and he got the rebound.

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Yes, fucking right.

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Put him in a situation where his score is a rebound.

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He's the striker.

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He needs to score these, and those are the goals he needs to get, first and foremost.

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And secondly, put a few goals on there, his belt, and we'll see how he starts performing

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after that.

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Footballers are very egocentric, so we'll see how he responds to scoring these goals.

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And he's just scored against Juve.

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So that's quite the morale boost.

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100%.

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I want to point out Saswolo's kit.

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00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:50,640
Very bright.

453
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:51,640
Yeah, very bright.

454
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:52,640
Very bright.

455
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:53,640
I thought it was cool.

456
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:57,080
I don't know if it was because he was bowling out, but he looks really cool.

457
00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:58,080
He did look cool.

458
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,080
I like, I always like Saswolo's kit.

459
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,520
I really like dark green as a color.

460
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,960
Yeah, of course, I agree.

461
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,360
It's going to be banned, no soon.

462
00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:08,360
I believe so.

463
00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:09,360
I've heard this.

464
00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:12,720
I've always heard this from weird sources.

465
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:19,040
But apparently the color green in this area isn't going to be allowed on kits anymore

466
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:23,800
for the spectators and for the referees because camouflage.

467
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:24,800
Fair enough.

468
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:25,800
Fair enough.

469
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,160
But they definitely won't have that problem with this Saswolo kit because it's one of

470
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:30,880
the brightest kits I've seen.

471
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,640
They're reacting, gay.

472
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,520
We could go ahead to your game now, brother.

473
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:39,760
Okay, the next game we're going to be discussing is Empoli Nyl Inter 1.

474
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:45,120
This match took place, of course, at the Stadiokar Loka Stelani and it was packed with action

475
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:50,400
and featured a stunning wonder goal that you won't want to miss.

476
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,040
Then Rewind weren't allowed to hear it.

477
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,640
But seeing it's much better.

478
00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:59,920
Inter have maintained their perfect record of five victories out of five games while

479
00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:06,840
Andrea Zoli made his fourth debut for Empoli who look much better already since they replaced

480
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,600
Zanetti with the veteran.

481
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,840
But however they are still searching for their first league goal.

482
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,640
They haven't scored a single goal yet in five games.

483
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,920
Devastating stuff for them and anyone who took their players on fantasy football.

484
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:27,920
Simone and Zaghi made five changes from Inter's midweek 1-1 draw at Real Sociedad.

485
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:32,720
This time he lined up with Jan Summer in goal, Bastoni at Cherubi and Pavard at the back,

486
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,840
of course, is a 3-5-2 as usual, goes without saying.

487
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:39,600
Federico DiMarco was out on the left, Mikita, Insha'Allah, Noglu and Fratese were in the

488
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,680
middle with Darmeyhan out on the right.

489
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:47,760
The forward partnership of Thuram and Lautaro Martinez.

490
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:53,680
For Empoli it was a 4-3-1 formation over here with Andrea Zoli swapping out the double pivot.

491
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:57,960
Berisha was in goal, Abouayhi was the ride back with Ismaili Loperto and Pazzella playing

492
00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:58,960
alongside him.

493
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:04,000
And Marin Ranocchian Malle with midfield three with Baldan Ziantan Biagi playing behind

494
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,760
Steven Spendi.

495
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:10,440
In the early stages it was all Inter and their dominance almost paid off when Matteo Darmeyhan

496
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:14,960
said there was miraculously cleared of the line by Empoli's Ismaili.

497
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:19,040
Empoli however gradually found their footing in the match but they struggled to attack

498
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,440
and it was quite evident to be honest.

499
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:28,640
Inter's formidable five-man midfield orchestrated by the great manager Simone Insaghi.

500
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:35,560
They proved to be a formidable force.

501
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,280
Thuram had the ball in the back of the net in the first half of their great ball by

502
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:44,080
Chalanoglu but it was ruled out for offside and towards the end of the first half Berisha

503
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:50,960
emerged as a hero with his fantastic reflex saves that denied Inter going into the break.

504
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:55,680
By the time the break actually did arrive Inter managed 65% ball possession and 13 shots

505
00:30:55,680 --> 00:31:00,800
four of them were on target while Empoli barely ventured into the final third with just three

506
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:04,280
attempts all off target.

507
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,880
The second half saw Steven Spendi coming close to breaking the deadlock.

508
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,200
You might wonder who the hell is Steven Spendi?

509
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,560
Now I did some googling.

510
00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:17,880
The commentator who really knows how to pronounce the eight stuff was calling him Spendi.

511
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:18,880
Spendi?

512
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:19,880
But I prefer Spendi.

513
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:20,880
I like Spendi.

514
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:21,880
Spendi.

515
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:22,880
It's fun to say.

516
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,240
But that commentator does know how to pronounce everyone's names.

517
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:33,520
He's 20 years old, he's 5'11", he was born in Italy and he started this career at Crescena.

518
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:41,080
He actually represented the Albanian national team at 19, 20 and 21 level.

519
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:42,080
Has he ever scored?

520
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:46,440
He scored a couple of goals for Crescena and 31 games he scored 12.

521
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:47,880
He's currently on loan at Empoli.

522
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,840
We'll see what he can do over here.

523
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,080
But anyway, where the hell was I?

524
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:58,040
Ah yes, so the second half saw Empoli, Steven Spendi coming close to breaking the deadlock

525
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:01,920
but it was Inter who ultimately took the lead.

526
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:07,480
Federico DeMarco etched his name into the mash's history with a sensational first time

527
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:11,800
volley from outside the box with the outside of his foot finding the top corner of the

528
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:16,440
net and leaving Empoli fans gobsmacked.

529
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:21,760
And then his celebration of course rubbed salts in all the wounds and a kind of just

530
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:27,120
pouts his lower lip and opens his, how do you even explain what he does?

531
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,640
He opens his palms up in the air and goes like...

532
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,600
Shrugs, shrugs.

533
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,600
So yeah, so what?

534
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,360
What did I just did that?

535
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:42,320
And the final 20 minutes Inter introduced fresh faces as usual solidifying their lead

536
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,640
and shutting out Empoli completely.

537
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:50,200
This defeat marked a historic low for Empoli as they have become the first Italian team

538
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:56,920
in Serie A history ever to lose five consecutive games without scoring.

539
00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:03,280
Furthermore, contrasting this greatly, Inter extended their impressive record as beside

540
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,560
Empoli has suffered the most defeats against in the league.

541
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:12,560
I think this was a match made in hell for Empoli when they can't get a single victory.

542
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:16,280
They play against a team that can't drop a single fucking point.

543
00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,920
They can't score a goal, they're playing against a team that only conceded one goal

544
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:25,800
to Rafael Leao and Derby della Madonina and they scored five that game.

545
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:32,480
So they conceded one for every five goals that they're scoring.

546
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:37,800
Yeah, I mean, the match went pretty much how anyone would expect it to, right?

547
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,920
An Inter victory to Nill.

548
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:50,200
I think what I noticed in this game at least is firstly the depth of this Inter team.

549
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:58,160
I think in the every season, I look at their squad list and I say, oh, okay, they haven't

550
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,080
gotten that much depth.

551
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:05,720
But the amount of players they have that are capable of playing this system is ridiculous.

552
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:10,200
Now in this case, he had Frattese and he wasn't starting instead of Miquitario, but he was

553
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:15,200
starting instead of Barella over there and he had a great game, Frattese.

554
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:16,840
He had a great game in Derby.

555
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:20,080
He had great games for Italy as well.

556
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:27,360
This Inter team who afforded to make some changes, bringing Pavard on so on and so forth, I wouldn't

557
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:31,440
say they struggled against Empoli, but Empoli gave them a game.

558
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:35,440
The Empoli, what they did was they made it hard for Inter to score.

559
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:36,440
That's all they did.

560
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:37,440
Yes.

561
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,520
I mean, we all know Andrea Zolli, right?

562
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:44,080
He tries to play his own game and I feel like he's implementing his philosophy slowly,

563
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:49,880
slowly over here without overhauling everything and causing a massive disaster in the dressing

564
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:50,880
room quite frankly.

565
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:55,320
Let's play with what we know and slowly, slowly start to get the philosophy going.

566
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,440
I mean, you absolutely nailed it, bro.

567
00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,160
This was a tough test for them.

568
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:00,680
New manager, sure.

569
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,600
But your first test is a team that doesn't concede.

570
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,720
A team that doesn't lose quite frankly.

571
00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:07,600
So far this season at least.

572
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:14,200
And I always struggle to pre-small teams when they have a good game against a bigger team,

573
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,320
because it's what you expect.

574
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:20,840
You'd expect the players to get better when they're playing Inter rather than Genoa.

575
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:26,360
You know what I mean with no disrespect to a beautiful team like Genoa.

576
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,160
But you see it all the time.

577
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,640
Andrea Zolli's first match, he's absolutely transforming the team.

578
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:39,000
Sure, maybe in a couple of days, but right now you had 11 young men who got to play against

579
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,760
the Champions League finalists of next season.

580
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,480
So of course they're going to run their legs out.

581
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:50,200
It's not a direct sign that Andrea Zolli came in and suddenly all these players are motivated

582
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,200
again.

583
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,800
We need to see over a longer period of time.

584
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:54,960
Of course, yes.

585
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,760
I mean, they were very brave to start the Zanetti.

586
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,920
I feel like I'm sure it was a difficult decision because they have had their good moments with

587
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:08,240
the manager, but they had to do it before the spell of games where they can actually get

588
00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:12,000
some points out of it before Zanetti proves to them that he really can't do it and it's

589
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,000
too late.

590
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,080
So this is a sample of us in time to turn the season around.

591
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:17,080
And how?

592
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,600
It's only match day five for f*** sake.

593
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,120
Arnautovic out for a month.

594
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,840
And that basically leaves Inter with more fit number nine than Milan.

595
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:30,080
Who don't have an injury number nine?

596
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,400
This is what we mean, of course, when we talk about Inter's depth.

597
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,000
Arnautovic got injured this game.

598
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,280
How many number nine they have left?

599
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,280
Like pure number nine is Theron and Martinez.

600
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,320
Theron, Martinez.

601
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,600
And then they have Sanchez who's a hybrid.

602
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,080
They have two, right?

603
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,000
Milan have Giroud who's 37.

604
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:53,440
Obviously, hate saying that, but it has to be said.

605
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:57,800
And Jovic who was brought in on deadline day and hasn't quite drilled with the team yet

606
00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,720
and isn't quite ready to start.

607
00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:04,680
So you know, sometimes I look at the center team and I just think they're running a very

608
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:12,520
smart way from Maratas and not for the ownership's end because the ownership's investment

609
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,800
and the financial situation leaves a lot to be desired.

610
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,640
Exactly, they try to make them worse and that's the end.

611
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:25,840
But Maratas working with his directors against him and he's doing God's work quite well.

612
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,160
And we see this time and time again.

613
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:33,160
The last two summers, at least everyone saying Inter don't have any spending power.

614
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:39,280
Okay, but if there's a player on a free first, they've got bigger pull than a lot of the

615
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:47,800
Italian teams, especially at the moment, even the fact that Turam and Fratese joined them

616
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:52,680
over Milan, for example, and over Roma and over all these other teams.

617
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,760
But they're also very smart with the acquisitions.

618
00:37:55,760 --> 00:38:00,120
They think system first and then they think player profile.

619
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:04,240
And it seems like they're only capable of assigning players that really fit the system.

620
00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:05,840
You see Turam off their five games.

621
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,200
How good does he fucking do for them?

622
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:11,440
You see Fratese coming on and starting to be implemented.

623
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:12,640
How fucking good does he look?

624
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,400
Pavard looked good in this game as well.

625
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:20,040
Cialanoglu, when it comes to this new register role, who is he?

626
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:21,040
Cialanoglu or Brozovic?

627
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:22,040
You know what I mean?

628
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,040
He's even got his own song now.

629
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,480
Literally, it's like they have Brozovic back.

630
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:29,040
Yeah, I mean, you're absolutely right.

631
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,080
I wanted to point out as well, bro.

632
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:35,640
Turam had the exact same attempt that let this goal against Milan.

633
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,320
He was going just over the bar.

634
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,600
It was about to do it again one week later.

635
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,880
But yeah, that concludes this game.

636
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,200
Basically Inter continue to dominate Empoli.

637
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:54,920
Do look better, but so far no cigar, no goals and no points for Empoli as Inter sit top

638
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,280
of the table alone.

639
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:58,280
No cigar for me.

640
00:38:58,280 --> 00:38:59,600
I don't know if you guys have noticed.

641
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:04,680
You haven't been hearing lighters going off in our episodes in the last two episodes.

642
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:10,600
It's because we're recording in my bedroom because the sound quality is better over here.

643
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,320
And obviously there's no smoking in my room.

644
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:18,000
Yes, and I'm pretty sure Matthew gave me asthma from smoking cigars and mattress.

645
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:23,080
Big baby, Jake also smokes a couple of cigars during these episodes.

646
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:28,000
Bologna, Nile, Napoli, Nile is the next game we're going to be covering.

647
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,320
This game took place just yesterday.

648
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:36,800
Bologna are coming off a nil-nil draw to Verona, while Napoli are coming off a 2-2 draw to

649
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:44,040
Genoa and a 2-1 away win in the Champions League against Braga at midweek.

650
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:48,240
Bologna are in fact the team against which Napoli have scored the most goals in Serie A,

651
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:53,760
where they have 194 goals in 129 matches.

652
00:39:53,760 --> 00:40:01,120
Napoli have also won 49 of the previous 128 fixtures, with Bologna winning 41 times and

653
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,840
38 draws also.

654
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:08,480
Bologna had Saumauro injured, while Napoli had Gullini, Hezos and Rahmani out for this

655
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,760
game.

656
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:15,280
For the formations, Bologna played a 4-2-3-1 formation with Skorupski in goal and a backline

657
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,160
of Christiansen, Lukumi, Beukema and Posh.

658
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,960
They had Froyler and Abyssir as a double pivot, with Carlsen out on the left, and Doi out

659
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:25,680
on the right, and Ferguson playing behind Xerxes.

660
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:30,880
For Napoli it was a 4-3-3 formation with Merettingol and a backline of De Lorenzo, Ostegard, Natan

661
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:36,480
and Oliveira, that Anguissa Lobotkan-Zielinski in the middle, with Raspadori out on the right,

662
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:40,320
Kvaratskeli out on the left, and Viktor Ossimen up front.

663
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:44,960
Just 5 minutes in, Ossimen hit the post from a tight angle following a good through ball

664
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:46,960
by Raspadori.

665
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,720
Knock knock knock.

666
00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:56,480
However, after that Napoli seemed to struggle to penetrate this very tight defensive shape

667
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,360
that Bologna were maintaining throughout the match.

668
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:05,680
In fact Napoli got their best opportunity in the 72nd minute of the match after they

669
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:07,880
finally got awarded a penalty.

670
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:12,800
It was a little bit harsh, but Califiori gave this one away as he handled the ball whilst

671
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:18,640
he was going to ground, not too well versed on the rules of handball, considering that

672
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:24,640
they change every two years and they just add 50 exceptions every single time.

673
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:29,760
I'm guessing this wasn't one of the exceptions, albeit it might look harsh, the ball was handled

674
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,880
in the area and the penalty was awarded to Napoli.

675
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,880
Now Ossimen stepped up and despite sending Skorupski the wrong way, he failed to hit

676
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:41,480
the target with his shot narrowly straining wide and now their penalty missed for Napoli,

677
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:46,240
they had Raspadori against Osvalo and now they have Viktor Ossimen, their leading talisman

678
00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:47,240
against Bologna.

679
00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:53,240
Ossimen originally was never their penalty taker to begin with, he was never their first

680
00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:57,720
option from the penalty stop, which is weird because he's a proper bomber, 20 goal a season

681
00:41:57,720 --> 00:42:00,920
striker, but usually they take everything.

682
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:05,680
But there's Zielinski who's very talented from Svoderspoletano, who's probably their

683
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:07,320
best penalty taker.

684
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:08,320
He can't hit them.

685
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:13,320
Yeah, but when you've got someone that scores that many goals up front and is constantly

686
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:19,160
on form, then you give the ball to him personally, there's Gavara as well who's missed a few.

687
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:24,680
He could have probably used his penalty to get his name on the score sheet finally.

688
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:29,560
In the 75th minute, Zerkszeg did well to keep the ball at his feet in the box of the opposition

689
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:34,040
following multiple attempts to take the ball off him, but his shot was straight at Maret,

690
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:38,600
however I decided to write this point out because he showed great technique through

691
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:43,000
all of that classic Zerkszeg, showing great technique and then not scoring too many goals

692
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,040
for the time being, naturally.

693
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:51,600
Now let's start off by discussing Ossimen's penalty miss because obviously Napoli struggled

694
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:57,760
to penetrate Bologna because it was Thiago Mottasait putting on a defensive masterclass

695
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:02,280
against Napoli, pressing when they need to press and really playing with the slow block

696
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:09,280
which constantly denied Raspadori's runs and Zielinski's runs, Gavara's runs and someone

697
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:13,480
was always on Ossimen, at least one player.

698
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:17,280
Finally they got the opportunity from the spot.

699
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:23,720
Ossimen stepped up and he did send the keeper the wrong way but he failed to hit the target.

700
00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:30,640
How much of a blow is that for Napoli moving forward this season?

701
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,200
Drawing to Bologna in general.

702
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:42,200
Going to Bologna more than that but it's Gavara is struggling, he hasn't scored since March

703
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:48,520
and now Ossimen just missed the penalties and they have a new manager and they're not looking

704
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:53,040
as direct naturally because it's Ossimen's style but they're not looking as effective

705
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:57,800
as they did last year, they're looking worse and their two top performers are currently

706
00:43:57,800 --> 00:43:58,800
in a slump.

707
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:06,480
Yes and their two top performers have protested the manager's decisions openly.

708
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:13,440
You see when Ossimen was taken off he had two fingers up and not in a way to say up yours.

709
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:19,800
He was basically saying I could have played up top with Simeone, I could have played alongside

710
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:23,480
Simeone for the end while we were looking for a goal, why are you taking me out?

711
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:31,400
Gavara as well seemed to be questioning his decisions, it's not looking good for Rudy

712
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:35,080
Garcia so far, there are definitely some growing pains.

713
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:40,080
He's got all the pressure in the world and that's the difference between Spalletti's

714
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:41,680
time and Garcia's time.

715
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:46,240
Spalletti didn't have much pressure, he was a dark horse for the Scudetto.

716
00:44:46,240 --> 00:44:52,000
Now Rudy Garcia has a lot of pressure and now these players have proven themselves so

717
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,480
they have a bit of leverage over him, the fans prefer the players for the manager because

718
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:58,880
who the fuck is this manager, he didn't win us the league.

719
00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:01,520
It's going to be very tough and I wonder what's going to happen with Napoli.

720
00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:06,800
It's going to be a real test of character for Garcia over here, five matches in, not

721
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:12,000
quite off to the flyer that they were off to last season and some players are already

722
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:17,280
turning against him maybe a little bit and maybe soon we'll start seeing it from the

723
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:21,280
fans but we hope that they'll be able to turn it around.

724
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:25,800
Now there were limited goal scoring opportunities in this match so there aren't too many moments

725
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:28,040
essentially to highlight.

726
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:32,840
It was more Napoli playing the ball around and Bologna really sitting back and denying

727
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:34,400
them.

728
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:41,200
I think Bologna, now that I made the point recently that this is their first full season

729
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:45,480
on their motto and last season towards the beginning they were really struggling under

730
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:50,560
Mahilovic whose health conditions at the time obviously were all over the place and that

731
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:55,920
did lead to his unfortunate passing and then Mota came in and he managed to revitalise

732
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:59,080
kind of the spirit of this team.

733
00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:03,280
He figured out which best players to play, he figured out his system, he figured out

734
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:05,840
the identity of this team.

735
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:09,840
And now we're seeing them at the beginning of the season having some real tests.

736
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:15,840
They've had some tough opening fixtures, they played Juve, they played Milan and now they

737
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:16,840
played Napoli.

738
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:20,840
How are you seeing them perform and get stuff to tell when they play against all these top

739
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:21,840
teams?

740
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:29,960
I mean they've played up to the level of every opponent that they've faced.

741
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:31,800
I've been impressed with them.

742
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:35,600
With each passing year they get better and better.

743
00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:42,560
Especially under Thiago, Mota and we have discussed in our first few episodes doing this that

744
00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:49,600
Bologna had a lot of talent and Mahilovic was holding them back at the time.

745
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:57,920
That proved to be true because they've brought in a manager with clear coaching ideas, young,

746
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:03,360
modern, charismatic, brave, a leader, a silent leader.

747
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:08,000
He's not the type to start shouting at the players and playing the authoritarian.

748
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:12,160
He's an approachable figure.

749
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:14,200
And they've got a few nice pieces now.

750
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:15,600
Chris and Carl on the left.

751
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:17,880
They're doing pretty well.

752
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:20,360
Chris, Christian, and Carlson.

753
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:22,640
I really like the addition of Endoya.

754
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:25,880
I mentioned that every episode I think this season so far he's been superb.

755
00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:27,760
Okay, I'm all good as well.

756
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:31,000
Xerxes is developing nicely.

757
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:32,640
Show me Xerxes in three years time.

758
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:33,880
I think he's going to be superb.

759
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:38,640
Yeah man, I just want to see him be able to have more of a poacher up there.

760
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:43,120
He's already improved, his numbers are already going up.

761
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:44,120
Remember it's matchday five.

762
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:49,040
He has a full season ahead of them with the coaches full trust.

763
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:52,120
What I believe at least.

764
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:56,880
So yeah, it seems like Bologna are getting better and Napoli are getting worse if we're

765
00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:57,960
summing it all up.

766
00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:02,720
But it'll be good to see how Bologna continue to evolve and hopefully we'll see them have

767
00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:05,720
an easier run sometime soon.

768
00:48:05,720 --> 00:48:07,240
And let's see what happens with Napoli.

769
00:48:07,240 --> 00:48:12,760
I mean a couple of their players on a slump screaming at the manager as they leave the

770
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:16,560
pitch and it's another game where they didn't manage to get a full three points and this

771
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:21,280
time they didn't even manage a single goal despite us hitting the post and failing to

772
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:22,680
score from the penalty spot.

773
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:24,680
And there was a rebound there by Guevara.

774
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:26,880
He should have got the rebound as well.

775
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:27,880
But he did.

776
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:29,960
It's here one season one there bro.

777
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,880
We talked about this last episode I believe.

778
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:36,840
This changed your mind at all but what's your stance on it?

779
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:39,880
My opinion can't change after one match.

780
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:45,960
I still think that it is the state of mind he needs to get to in order to replicate those

781
00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:46,960
performances.

782
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:53,080
If he is not able to unlock that state of mind again then he will never be as good as

783
00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:56,560
he was that one season.

784
00:48:56,560 --> 00:49:00,960
Because literally from matchday one to matchday 38 last season he stepped on the pitch and

785
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:06,720
looked flawless, looked ridiculous, looked like prime George best in every single match

786
00:49:06,720 --> 00:49:07,720
that they play.

787
00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:10,040
He rocked it in the Champions League.

788
00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:16,080
He exposed defenders like Trent Alexander-Arnold that before that were hailed by the likes

789
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:21,880
of Kaffu and he was the one to expose him defensively.

790
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:23,520
He needs to get that confidence back.

791
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:29,120
Until he gets that confidence back he's going to be considered a one season one there but

792
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:32,520
it took him one season to prove to us that he was good for a season.

793
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:37,360
Let it not be five matches in the next season that teaches us that he's not that good.

794
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:39,360
Well put.

795
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:43,680
Also Occhio, Salah Mackers made his debut for Bologna.

796
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:46,520
Yes of course you bring him on against Napoli.

797
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:47,600
You have to.

798
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,120
So let's go to the next one.

799
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:53,120
Torino one, Roma one.

800
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:58,000
Torino hosted Roma and Duvan Zapata netted his first goal for Torino to secure a valuable

801
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:00,080
point against Guigello Rossi.

802
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:04,080
The hosts remained undefeated on their home turf this season and will dissect all the

803
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:07,120
key moments and talking points from this exciting game.

804
00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:10,880
He makes excited because this is the game that won him his bet.

805
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:13,920
Yes this is my favorite game of the week.

806
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:19,480
For Torino it was a 3-4-1 formation with Vanya Milinkovic-Savic in goal, Shurs Bonjorno

807
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:25,080
and Ricardo Rodriguez were at the back with Bellanova, Tameze, Ilec and Lazaro as the

808
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:30,520
former fielders, Demba Sek and Dredon Jesh were playing behind Duvan Zapata.

809
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:37,680
For Roma it was their 3-4-2-1 formation with Rui Patricio and goal in Dica, Lorente and

810
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:42,320
Mancini at the back, Spinazola on the left, Christensen out on the right, Paredes and

811
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:47,160
Cristante in the middle with Elsharawi and Dabala playing off the very broad shoulders

812
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:49,160
of Romelu Lukaku.

813
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:58,840
Torino entered this match following a spectacular 7-0 victory over Empoli and an Europa League

814
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:02,040
victory against Serif Tiraspol.

815
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:05,960
On the other hand, Roma hadn't scored in a way league goal since their last meeting

816
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:08,000
with Torino in April.

817
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:12,600
The hosts aim to avoid a repeat of the previous one lost to Roma.

818
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:16,800
The action kicked off early, with Torino carving out the first chance in the fifth minute when

819
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:22,720
Lazaro delivered an inviting cross that Duvan Zapata attacked only to be denied by the quick

820
00:51:22,720 --> 00:51:27,000
reflexes of Rui Patricio.

821
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:32,200
Roma responded swiftly with Lukaku firing a long-ranged effort wide after being set

822
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:33,200
up by Paolo Dabala.

823
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:36,720
Now I don't know about you guys but to me it wasn't that close and if Roma made the

824
00:51:36,720 --> 00:51:37,720
fast.

825
00:51:37,720 --> 00:51:38,720
However, the first…

826
00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:40,720
It was the bar, I think.

827
00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:42,720
No, no, it was Lukaku.

828
00:51:42,720 --> 00:51:43,720
That's right.

829
00:51:43,720 --> 00:51:44,720
It was the same line.

830
00:51:44,720 --> 00:51:47,880
No, but it really was a bro, it looked like…

831
00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:49,880
No, no, I'm saying the fans over here.

832
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:52,080
Oh my god, because I'm shot like…

833
00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:53,080
Exactly.

834
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:59,120
I thought you were talking about my innate bias.

835
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:04,160
So yes, the first half turned into a KGF air, both teams struggled to break the deadlock,

836
00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:10,320
the score remained goalless at halftime and the second half kicked off.

837
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:14,160
Demba sec narrowly missed the target with a low shot while Cristante struck the post

838
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:17,280
at the opposite end and he was so close over there.

839
00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:22,280
He kind of hit the ball as he was falling down and the ball was bouncing, just hit the

840
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:26,680
post, confusion could have sworn Roma were going to score at that point.

841
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:31,480
In the 68th minute Lukaku swiveled in the box and found the back of the net, registering

842
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:35,120
his third goal in as many games for Roma.

843
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:39,480
Torino conceded their first homely goal of the season, however the response was swift

844
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:47,280
as Zapata on loan from Atalanta, not at home, from close range after a juicy, perfect delivery

845
00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:48,760
from Ivan Ilyich.

846
00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:52,800
Yes, a beautiful cross.

847
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:57,240
And the scenes were spectacular, all better way to get your first goal.

848
00:52:57,240 --> 00:53:02,640
And you can see like, you almost couldn't tell who scored, because everyone celebrated

849
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:03,640
and who scored.

850
00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:05,640
That was nice to watch.

851
00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:12,080
And yeah, ultimately neither team could secure a win on the match and did 1-1.

852
00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:17,200
Torino sit in 9th, Roma are 3 points behind in 13th at the moment.

853
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:21,960
Now, let's talk about Duvan Zapata.

854
00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:24,240
This was his first goal for Torino.

855
00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:30,520
Do you think this will kind of revive the sleeping beast that has been Duvan Zapata

856
00:53:30,520 --> 00:53:31,840
over the years?

857
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:36,360
The best thing that could have happened to Duvan when looking to restart his career in

858
00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:43,120
Italy is he joins a club like Torino and he gets off the mark instantly.

859
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:44,120
And that's what he's done.

860
00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:49,400
I think he had one full 90 minutes before this game, or at least one performance before

861
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:51,800
this game, and he got them an important goal.

862
00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:54,920
It was a good goal, it was a header.

863
00:53:54,920 --> 00:54:00,120
In that situation Zapata is very, very strong and he'll be confident from that.

864
00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:03,080
His teammates will be confident in him.

865
00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:08,120
So if he is going to turn it around, he's taken the first step over there.

866
00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:12,080
Yeah, fantastic honestly.

867
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:17,360
I couldn't help but think to myself that he was past it, right?

868
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:20,240
That he was past his best.

869
00:54:20,240 --> 00:54:25,760
But it turns out maybe it was confidence because how old is Duvan Zapata for example?

870
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:28,360
I think he's like 32 years old.

871
00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:32,880
A striker of his skill set at 32 should not be anywhere near finished.

872
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:33,880
No.

873
00:54:33,880 --> 00:54:39,560
He's big, he's strong, he's powerful and he can play in the box.

874
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:41,680
You can feed him in the box, no problem.

875
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:45,880
And he's quite good with his back towards goal as well and the link up plays well.

876
00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:46,880
He can be quite deployable.

877
00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:49,920
I completely agree with you, Bro Torino is the perfect environment.

878
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:55,120
He's the perfect coach to develop Zapata and to try to revive his career over there.

879
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:58,080
And Sanabria would be good help when he comes back as well.

880
00:54:58,080 --> 00:55:06,320
He should be back, he actually featured, thank fucking Christ, in my other one, in my other

881
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:08,520
Fanta, which I hate addressing the other one.

882
00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:11,600
Here we are on the podcast and we're talking about your other Fanta, Kajka.

883
00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:16,360
I have Scamaka injured, I have Caprari injured.

884
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:17,440
This is what I hear all day.

885
00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:23,360
I had Sanabria injured and there was someone else injured, bro.

886
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:28,640
Fuck knows man, but someone else injured, so I had one and a half strikers.

887
00:55:28,640 --> 00:55:32,440
But thankfully he got me a six, which is all I needed to win.

888
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:36,040
From one striker to the next, let's talk Lukaku now, bro.

889
00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:39,680
Lukaku continues to find the back of the net for Roma.

890
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:41,200
Can he maintain the scoring streak?

891
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:47,440
Do you think that we can have a goal scorer who almost hits 20 goals a season like Abraham

892
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:50,440
had done on the Mourinho?

893
00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:56,680
I'm not incredibly confident to say yes, he's going to get 20 goals, but he is definitely

894
00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:59,000
going to get goals for Roma.

895
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:03,880
I think if he could stay fit, he's looking good.

896
00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:10,000
I think him and the Bala up top, whether it's playing with them up top or he has two guys

897
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:15,040
like the Bala and the Sharawi flanking him, that's what he needs.

898
00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:17,440
That is what he needs because two reasons.

899
00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:24,800
One, he's good in the air, not only headers, but even if it's an aerial opportunity, he'll

900
00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:26,400
get it.

901
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:30,080
And he's super strong when it comes to having his back towards goal.

902
00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:33,480
When he has his back towards goal, he's got players like the Bala and the Sharawi that

903
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:35,880
can hit the ball the way they do.

904
00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:41,280
Then it's only going to expose another great part to Lukaku's game.

905
00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:46,240
So I think system wise, and even by having Mourinho as his manager and being in this

906
00:56:46,240 --> 00:56:51,920
system with this fan base, I think Lukaku can have a really, really good season.

907
00:56:51,920 --> 00:56:55,240
They can hit 15 goals, definitely.

908
00:56:55,240 --> 00:57:01,360
You remember him explaining to Jamie Carragher how easy it is for him to turn on defenders

909
00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:02,360
and to beat them.

910
00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:06,200
And he had his back against them and he just turned and he absolutely destroyed them and

911
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:07,200
demonstrated that.

912
00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:09,840
That's done if you haven't seen it guys, it's on YouTube.

913
00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:13,440
He does that to perfection, this game against professional defenders.

914
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:18,000
He has his back facing them, like his back's facing them.

915
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:20,680
He turns and he's just one on one with the goalkeeper.

916
00:57:20,680 --> 00:57:24,000
There's nothing anyone can do about it because no one can dispossess this guy, no one can

917
00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:25,760
match him physically.

918
00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:30,160
There is one guy that had great success doing that.

919
00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:31,160
Who was it?

920
00:57:31,160 --> 00:57:32,160
Who was it?

921
00:57:32,160 --> 00:57:33,160
Dad, this game?

922
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:34,160
Yes.

923
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:35,160
Of course, it was Bonjourno.

924
00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:41,640
Bonjourno, a masterclass on how to deal with Lukaku.

925
00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:47,640
The amount of physical pressure he was putting on him was second to none.

926
00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:50,920
He was constantly up his ass and barging him.

927
00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:55,080
Barge is like, you're not going to go to ground, you're a fucking big boy.

928
00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:57,440
He was nailing him.

929
00:57:57,440 --> 00:58:02,280
And then towards the end, you could see it was the same technique that he had been trying

930
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:03,280
while game.

931
00:58:03,280 --> 00:58:06,640
Lukaku, which is what Jake was saying on the turn.

932
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:14,200
And you could see Bonjourno trying and trying and trying, but the last one was Lukaku's.

933
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:18,880
There was nothing he could do to deny that one, but up until that moment, Bonjourno really,

934
00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:20,720
really had Lukaku's number.

935
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:26,400
Yeah, but it's a shame that he managed to turn him the way he did.

936
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:32,000
But yeah, my concept about feeling that Morinio is stubborn at times, I feel like at one point

937
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:33,000
he was playing.

938
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:34,960
No way, bro.

939
00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:37,400
I feel Morinio is at times stubborn.

940
00:58:37,400 --> 00:58:38,400
Yes, man.

941
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:39,400
The fuck off.

942
00:58:39,400 --> 00:58:43,600
But even with his fucking style, man, like, I get it, he's a proud guy.

943
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:48,880
I get it, he's a little difficult person, maybe slightly narcissistic.

944
00:58:48,880 --> 00:58:55,520
But he had found this perfect balance between a three at the back formation and a mixture

945
00:58:55,520 --> 00:59:03,120
of like direct and short vertical horizontal passes, you know, he had figured everything

946
00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:04,120
out.

947
00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:10,520
There was this perfect balance between attacking fluidly and defending and being pragmatic.

948
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:16,240
Now he's got Lukaku, he's got Dabala, he's got all these guys and he's playing long

949
00:59:16,240 --> 00:59:18,520
ball again.

950
00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:21,040
Why do you go long ball against Torino?

951
00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:22,400
He played into your hands.

952
00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:25,800
I feel like this was a tactical masterclass by your age, if anyone.

953
00:59:25,800 --> 00:59:26,800
I think so.

954
00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:30,160
Who had a team who was worse in every single position.

955
00:59:30,160 --> 00:59:31,720
I don't know.

956
00:59:31,720 --> 00:59:40,160
I can't help but think, bro, for three years at a club, this is his third year and Roma

957
00:59:40,160 --> 00:59:47,720
still haven't been in the top four and they have still been so tough to watch as a football

958
00:59:47,720 --> 00:59:48,720
team.

959
00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:55,480
I don't know, man, maybe he's not cut out for Roma or maybe Morinio's methods are a

960
00:59:55,480 --> 01:00:01,120
little bit outdated, like you're saying, going for the long ball in this game.

961
01:00:01,120 --> 01:00:02,560
Is that really the best call?

962
01:00:02,560 --> 01:00:07,200
Would the best managers in the world take this approach against a team like Torino away

963
01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:09,880
from home?

964
01:00:09,880 --> 01:00:16,800
There is no right and wrong way of playing football, right, as boring as it is to say.

965
01:00:16,800 --> 01:00:21,600
Of course, the great managers at the moment, the top managers don't want to view the game

966
01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:24,840
in the same way that Morinio views the game very differently, right?

967
01:00:24,840 --> 01:00:31,560
You look at Pep's philosophy and Deserby, who's getting a lot of praise and clop and

968
01:00:31,560 --> 01:00:33,520
Zidane, all these guys.

969
01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:36,480
They don't have the same philosophy as Morinio, of course.

970
01:00:36,480 --> 01:00:38,760
Morinio's philosophy is still useful.

971
01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:39,760
Don't get me wrong.

972
01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:41,320
I don't think it's outdated.

973
01:00:41,320 --> 01:00:47,440
I just think that it is the kind of philosophy, it's an underdog philosophy that you can't

974
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:49,960
implement in a top club anymore.

975
01:00:49,960 --> 01:00:56,960
And in fact, I think Morinio's better suited nowadays for teams like Roma, who aren't quite

976
01:00:56,960 --> 01:01:04,240
there, but you need to go there wins smart and kind of pragmatically win.

977
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:09,400
And the business needs, so to say, and the business needs to get wins.

978
01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:10,400
Yeah, exactly.

979
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:11,400
That's it.

980
01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:17,040
He's good at reinstalling that and where he shines most over there is a knockout competition.

981
01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:22,120
In fact, he took this Roma side, who haven't been that impressive at all and have been

982
01:01:22,120 --> 01:01:24,760
operating on a budget for the past few seasons.

983
01:01:24,760 --> 01:01:27,240
He took them to two European finals in three years.

984
01:01:27,240 --> 01:01:29,240
Yeah, two years and two years.

985
01:01:29,240 --> 01:01:30,240
Back to back.

986
01:01:30,240 --> 01:01:31,640
Conference league final he won it.

987
01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:35,040
Europa League final he lost it and he probably should have won it.

988
01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:37,160
No, I don't know about you though.

989
01:01:37,160 --> 01:01:39,640
I'm a supporter of the Italian league.

990
01:01:39,640 --> 01:01:44,400
I'm the supporter of pretty much all the Italian teams when it comes to European competitions.

991
01:01:44,400 --> 01:01:52,040
But I obviously have my favorite team in Italy and as soon as they appoint a coach, my number

992
01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:57,760
one goal as a Serie A fan is that the team gets themselves in the top four.

993
01:01:57,760 --> 01:02:02,840
Now, I don't know if that's different for me because I'm a Milan fan and Milan were

994
01:02:02,840 --> 01:02:04,960
away from top four for so long.

995
01:02:04,960 --> 01:02:11,720
But what I want to do is show that my team is the best within their league.

996
01:02:11,720 --> 01:02:19,400
That is the number one priority and just as a fan, seeing the way Morinio operates and

997
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:23,360
putting all his eggs in the European trophy basket.

998
01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:29,000
And I don't know if it's his decisions or whatever that are making Roma struggle so

999
01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:31,960
much in Italy, but clearly their focus is elsewhere.

1000
01:02:31,960 --> 01:02:33,800
It's on the European competition.

1001
01:02:33,800 --> 01:02:38,640
I don't know how I feel about that, man, because even now it's another season without

1002
01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:40,240
Champions League for Roma.

1003
01:02:40,240 --> 01:02:42,320
And they're third Morinio season.

1004
01:02:42,320 --> 01:02:44,440
They're still not playing Champions League, man.

1005
01:02:44,440 --> 01:02:45,440
Now, it's still early.

1006
01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:49,680
They could get Champions League this season for all I know.

1007
01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:53,000
But when I watch them, I don't get the feeling like this is a Champions League team.

1008
01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:54,000
No, no.

1009
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:56,760
And the competition in Italy is obviously increasing, right?

1010
01:02:56,760 --> 01:03:00,360
And it's becoming tougher and tougher and tougher.

1011
01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:01,360
We'll see.

1012
01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:04,720
I have a feeling that this might be a make or break season for Morinio.

1013
01:03:04,720 --> 01:03:07,680
Either he brings home a trophy or he's down.

1014
01:03:07,680 --> 01:03:08,680
Yeah, frankly.

1015
01:03:08,680 --> 01:03:09,680
We'll see.

1016
01:03:09,680 --> 01:03:10,680
We'll see.

1017
01:03:10,680 --> 01:03:11,680
We'll see.

1018
01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:12,680
I think it's a great match, man.

1019
01:03:12,680 --> 01:03:13,760
And it's so difficult for them to bring a trophy right now.

1020
01:03:13,760 --> 01:03:15,040
I mean, you know.

1021
01:03:15,040 --> 01:03:22,320
And the way they've played hasn't been inspiring, but they can actually turn it around.

1022
01:03:22,320 --> 01:03:25,760
Season is early and they've made some smart signings.

1023
01:03:25,760 --> 01:03:30,000
The way that we're talking about Morinio and Roma, this kind of hot and cold thing,

1024
01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:31,640
is the same thing that Morinio is doing.

1025
01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:36,960
By the way, he's like, hi, you know, I'm really happy right now.

1026
01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:37,960
What's his name?

1027
01:03:37,960 --> 01:03:39,280
Mattic betrays me.

1028
01:03:39,280 --> 01:03:40,280
He leaves.

1029
01:03:40,280 --> 01:03:41,520
We don't bring some guy off the street.

1030
01:03:41,520 --> 01:03:44,600
We bring in Paredes and Renato Sanchez, right?

1031
01:03:44,600 --> 01:03:48,000
One week later, he's like, I look at the players I'm dealing with.

1032
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:50,520
You think if Renato Sanchez was good, he'd be here.

1033
01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:51,520
He'd be at PSUG.

1034
01:03:51,520 --> 01:03:54,440
That's what he said, is seriously.

1035
01:03:54,440 --> 01:03:56,720
So yeah, hot and cold with Morinio.

1036
01:03:56,720 --> 01:03:57,720
That's 100%.

1037
01:03:57,720 --> 01:03:58,720
Yes.

1038
01:03:58,720 --> 01:03:59,720
You're up.

1039
01:03:59,720 --> 01:04:04,000
Milan one, Verona nil is the next game we're going to be covering.

1040
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:08,600
Milan were coming off a devastating 5-1 loss to Inter in the day with El Amado Nina.

1041
01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:12,640
As Verona were coming off a nil-nil draw at home to Bologna.

1042
01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:15,200
Now Milan essentially have Verona's number.

1043
01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:20,920
They've won each of their last five league matches against Helas Verona.

1044
01:04:20,920 --> 01:04:28,080
Milan had Benassar, Caldara, Calhulu and Mike Manian out injured.

1045
01:04:28,080 --> 01:04:34,040
Now when it comes to Manian situations, several Italian media representatives or whatever,

1046
01:04:34,040 --> 01:04:39,760
including Daniel Elongo claim Manian suffered a flexor injury in his left thigh, although

1047
01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:43,320
the Amarai scandal did not highlight any legion.

1048
01:04:43,320 --> 01:04:46,000
Manian's condition was being monitored.

1049
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:52,200
Now he is back training ahead of the Caliari game, but not sure Milan will be in a rush

1050
01:04:52,200 --> 01:04:56,600
to reintroduce him considering his injury history.

1051
01:04:56,600 --> 01:05:01,640
Verona had Braff, Doig Onri and Hrustich out injured.

1052
01:05:01,640 --> 01:05:05,200
Now for Milan, they lined up in a 343 formation.

1053
01:05:05,200 --> 01:05:10,120
They had Tomorri Kier and Tchau at the back, with Sportiello between the sticks.

1054
01:05:10,120 --> 01:05:15,320
They had Florenzi as a left wing back and Musa as a right wing back, with Krunic and

1055
01:05:15,320 --> 01:05:17,640
Reinders forming the double pivot.

1056
01:05:17,640 --> 01:05:22,640
Leao out on the left, Pulisic out on the right and Giroud up front.

1057
01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:24,640
Oh what the hell?

1058
01:05:24,640 --> 01:05:30,320
Yep, it was, obviously as you're seeing, no Teo Hernandez, no Calabria.

1059
01:05:30,320 --> 01:05:35,080
It was quite shocking to see this line up.

1060
01:05:35,080 --> 01:05:41,880
342-1 for Helas Verona with Montepo and Gole, and the backline of Maniani, Heian and Davidovic.

1061
01:05:41,880 --> 01:05:45,800
They had Farani out on the right with Terra Cian out on the left and a midfield two of

1062
01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:53,520
Fodorunso and Hongla, with a front three of Duda, Ngonj and Lazovic.

1063
01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:58,120
Now in the eighth minute Milan opened the scoring through Rafael Leao.

1064
01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:03,560
It was Fodorunso's risky pass on the halfway line, which was intercepted by Pulisic, who

1065
01:06:03,560 --> 01:06:07,440
lost the ball to Heian but wanted back to keep the attack alive.

1066
01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:11,440
The ball fell to Giroud, who played Leao through and as you can imagine, the Portuguese

1067
01:06:11,440 --> 01:06:16,400
outpaced Verona defenders and finished into the bottom corner.

1068
01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:22,120
In the 20th minute, Sportiello denied a Fodorunso close range header in great fashion, and then

1069
01:06:22,120 --> 01:06:27,840
later on in the match, Radic Krunic went down injured for Milan and he did have to come

1070
01:06:27,840 --> 01:06:28,840
off.

1071
01:06:28,840 --> 01:06:36,120
Now, he did have some medical examinations done on him this morning, Monday morning, which

1072
01:06:36,120 --> 01:06:41,240
according to cultureamericato.com have highlighted a legion to the right hamstring.

1073
01:06:41,240 --> 01:06:46,920
Now, one day's report also details that Milan will reevaluate his situation in 10 days time,

1074
01:06:46,920 --> 01:06:51,120
but the early indications are that Krunic will be ruled out for the next three matches

1075
01:06:51,120 --> 01:06:55,920
for Milan against Calieri, Lazio and Dortmund in the Champions League.

1076
01:06:55,920 --> 01:07:02,680
The international break will follow shortly afterwards, but I doubt Krunic will be anywhere

1077
01:07:02,680 --> 01:07:07,520
over there, he'll probably still be recovering until he'll probably be fit for the return

1078
01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:14,520
match which is Milan-Uwe in San Siro, but a massive loss for Milan at a part where you

1079
01:07:14,520 --> 01:07:18,480
pointed out Calabria is also injured for Milan.

1080
01:07:18,480 --> 01:07:25,160
The list is just starting to grow and purely already showed us that he's willing to adapt

1081
01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:29,000
to that and adapt to that he did starting at 3-4-3 in this match.

1082
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:35,960
What was your initial reaction to that seeing the 3-4-3?

1083
01:07:35,960 --> 01:07:43,560
Last season when Milan were getting smashed in the league by Sausvalo, Inter, Lazio, everyone

1084
01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:48,400
was just smashing Milan to the next.

1085
01:07:48,400 --> 01:07:52,800
Milan swapped to a 3 at the back, made it through in the Champions League and managed

1086
01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:57,760
to maintain and hold in the league a little bit to stall until some players return.

1087
01:07:57,760 --> 01:08:04,040
I'm not a big fan of it and I don't think it gives you the best of Leal for example

1088
01:08:04,040 --> 01:08:10,440
who needs space to operate, who's good when he drifts out wide and has a lot of space

1089
01:08:10,440 --> 01:08:16,560
to run, 3 at the back formations and to be quite crammed and if you're playing Leal

1090
01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:21,840
up top in a front too he would have to drift out wide for him to be effective in my opinion.

1091
01:08:21,840 --> 01:08:29,240
And I thought it was useful to be honest, I thought it was executed quite well and I

1092
01:08:29,240 --> 01:08:34,320
thought that Milan beat a tough Verona side were quite stubborn when it came to going

1093
01:08:34,320 --> 01:08:35,320
down.

1094
01:08:35,320 --> 01:08:39,240
And terrible conditions during the match as well which just made it difficult for everyone.

1095
01:08:39,240 --> 01:08:43,200
The game was delayed by 30 minutes and it featured the referee walking around with the

1096
01:08:43,200 --> 01:08:47,840
club captains Faroni and Leal, bouncing the ball in different areas of the pitch until

1097
01:08:47,840 --> 01:08:53,680
it finally bounced and they were like okay we're good to go 30 minutes see you out there

1098
01:08:53,680 --> 01:08:59,480
in other leagues maybe this game wouldn't have gone on but Milan did manage to get an

1099
01:08:59,480 --> 01:09:06,120
early goal in the 80 minutes and they managed to naturally defend until the very end.

1100
01:09:06,120 --> 01:09:10,920
A 3-4-3 formation is very good in the defensive phase man.

1101
01:09:10,920 --> 01:09:14,680
Milan were very organised defensively with 3 at the back.

1102
01:09:14,680 --> 01:09:20,680
However one thing that rubs me slightly the wrong way about the change of formation is

1103
01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:26,400
I don't know if it is because when Piori started playing this 4-3-3 with his new midfielder

1104
01:09:26,400 --> 01:09:31,560
so on and so forth I was like fucking right this is it like this is Milan's new identity

1105
01:09:31,560 --> 01:09:39,040
and Piori swore by it like this new 4-3-3 with the new players who have Milan have.

1106
01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:44,640
Milan lost 5-1 to Winter and it's instantly to the 3-4-3 and now is that a reaction?

1107
01:09:44,640 --> 01:09:52,200
You want to see from the manager because of a bad game and because of injuries or is it

1108
01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:58,640
a lack of faith in the system that he's created in the 4-3-3?

1109
01:09:58,640 --> 01:10:04,920
I don't mind that he goes against his ideal principles and adapts for certain games and

1110
01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:07,840
I feel like that's what good managers do.

1111
01:10:07,840 --> 01:10:12,480
It's just shocking that he never seems to do it against Winter Piori.

1112
01:10:12,480 --> 01:10:18,320
I feel like this was not the logical thing to do against Salah's Varona but it was the

1113
01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:23,080
logical thing to do after public unification because that's what it was in the center.

1114
01:10:23,080 --> 01:10:28,120
Public unification and then a very frustrating nil nil in the Champions League against New

1115
01:10:28,120 --> 01:10:31,800
Castle where Milan deserved to win.

1116
01:10:31,800 --> 01:10:36,000
When it came to if you believe that the team that dominates and that builds the most play

1117
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:39,640
and holds the ball and creates the most chances deserves to win in that case Milan deserved

1118
01:10:39,640 --> 01:10:40,800
to win.

1119
01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:46,160
But yeah, I feel like Piori avoided the disaster against Varona.

1120
01:10:46,160 --> 01:10:52,960
I feel like he prioritized the defence while making sure there was a way to find the goal,

1121
01:10:52,960 --> 01:10:56,560
Milan got the goal and then after that killed the game.

1122
01:10:56,560 --> 01:10:59,440
What did you make of Moussa out on the right?

1123
01:10:59,440 --> 01:11:01,160
I thought he was brilliant.

1124
01:11:01,160 --> 01:11:02,160
He was good man.

1125
01:11:02,160 --> 01:11:03,560
He was really good.

1126
01:11:03,560 --> 01:11:05,560
And Florenti on the left?

1127
01:11:05,560 --> 01:11:14,160
Budget DeMarco from Wish.

1128
01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:18,200
I do like his attitude Florenti.

1129
01:11:18,200 --> 01:11:23,520
Just after all those injuries I don't have too much faith in him tracking back effectively

1130
01:11:23,520 --> 01:11:27,160
and running the full length of the pitch up and down and up and down.

1131
01:11:27,160 --> 01:11:30,640
I don't feel like his deliveries are that good to be honest.

1132
01:11:30,640 --> 01:11:31,640
Maybe it's just me.

1133
01:11:31,640 --> 01:11:35,040
Maybe I'm being a bit harsh but I'm not a big fan of Florenti.

1134
01:11:35,040 --> 01:11:40,520
Okay, well, thankfully for you, Milan also have a certain Teo Hernandez that didn't

1135
01:11:40,520 --> 01:11:46,000
start in this game, who is very, very strong in that 343 formation.

1136
01:11:46,000 --> 01:11:50,040
So we'll see if this is something that Milan are going to repeat and when they're going

1137
01:11:50,040 --> 01:11:52,640
to repeat it and how they're going to repeat it.

1138
01:11:52,640 --> 01:11:59,000
Milan play Caliari this week and then their following game after that is against Lazio.

1139
01:11:59,000 --> 01:12:02,760
And then it's a Champions League game, not sure if it's PSG.

1140
01:12:02,760 --> 01:12:04,760
Yes it is PSG after that.

1141
01:12:04,760 --> 01:12:10,560
So we'll see how often he's going to utilize that 343 formation.

1142
01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:14,000
But he's definitely going to play with three midfielders any time soon considering that

1143
01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:15,600
Khrunich is now injured.

1144
01:12:15,600 --> 01:12:23,400
How would you like to see Milan moving forward with this 343 or would it be with three midfielders

1145
01:12:23,400 --> 01:12:27,360
and if so, who would you start?

1146
01:12:27,360 --> 01:12:31,040
So my ideal is a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1.

1147
01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:34,160
I like those formations.

1148
01:12:34,160 --> 01:12:37,880
My ideal is 11.

1149
01:12:37,880 --> 01:12:46,120
So of course it's Manjan, Teo Hernandez, Tamor, Uchaw, Calabria.

1150
01:12:46,120 --> 01:12:47,720
Fully fit or right now?

1151
01:12:47,720 --> 01:12:48,720
Right now.

1152
01:12:48,720 --> 01:12:55,720
Reinders, Loftus, Csric and Moussa.

1153
01:12:55,720 --> 01:12:57,720
Okay, interesting.

1154
01:12:57,720 --> 01:13:00,560
Reinders, Loftus, Csric, Moussa.

1155
01:13:00,560 --> 01:13:02,040
Is that enough balance?

1156
01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:04,400
Yeah I think so.

1157
01:13:04,400 --> 01:13:07,200
I think it's the best Milan could do.

1158
01:13:07,200 --> 01:13:14,520
Meleao on the left, Poulisic on the right and Giroud up front is what I want to see.

1159
01:13:14,520 --> 01:13:17,360
So Noyassin, Adli as the number six.

1160
01:13:17,360 --> 01:13:18,360
Look I mean, try it.

1161
01:13:18,360 --> 01:13:20,440
That's what is being rumoured now.

1162
01:13:20,440 --> 01:13:21,440
Try it, sure.

1163
01:13:21,440 --> 01:13:26,800
I can't help but feel like we need a little bit of physicality in the midfield.

1164
01:13:26,800 --> 01:13:35,200
You play, okay, let's say you play Adli and you play Reinders and you play Loftus Csric.

1165
01:13:35,200 --> 01:13:41,960
Loftus Csric is the only one there who can win a 50-50.

1166
01:13:41,960 --> 01:13:43,440
That's true.

1167
01:13:43,440 --> 01:13:49,600
I also am curious to see the early kind of rumour was that Poulisic was going to play

1168
01:13:49,600 --> 01:13:51,960
as a 10 and Csric was going to play on the right.

1169
01:13:51,960 --> 01:13:57,240
If Milan shift to a 4-2-3-1 now, maybe if they really want to take an offensive stance

1170
01:13:57,240 --> 01:14:00,640
in one of the matches, that is an option.

1171
01:14:00,640 --> 01:14:05,000
Poulisic as the number 10, Csric on the right, Leão on the left, Reinders Loftus Csric

1172
01:14:05,000 --> 01:14:06,200
behind them.

1173
01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:09,280
With all those injuries that does not sound like a bad start in 11.

1174
01:14:09,280 --> 01:14:10,280
Yeah, that's all.

1175
01:14:10,280 --> 01:14:12,160
And Ocufor hasn't even mentioned it.

1176
01:14:12,160 --> 01:14:16,360
And Ocufor every time he comes on, Mamma Mia man, those feet how they move.

1177
01:14:16,360 --> 01:14:17,360
They're ridiculous.

1178
01:14:17,360 --> 01:14:19,160
He's good with holding the player.

1179
01:14:19,160 --> 01:14:24,040
Yeah, I don't think there's too much to add about Milan on that front.

1180
01:14:24,040 --> 01:14:29,400
It's tough to really make any significant points about Milan after this was their first

1181
01:14:29,400 --> 01:14:32,760
time in the 3-4-3 this season.

1182
01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:35,920
And there are a lot of uncertainties on who is going to be available and who isn't going

1183
01:14:35,920 --> 01:14:39,240
to be available for Milan in the next few matches.

1184
01:14:39,240 --> 01:14:46,520
So over there, I really encourage you to sit down and see what comes next.

1185
01:14:46,520 --> 01:14:48,400
That's what we'll be doing as well.

1186
01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:52,920
For Verona, they were a tough opponent for Milan to score against.

1187
01:14:52,920 --> 01:15:00,440
I think they did a lot right up until that defensive error which led to Girou playing

1188
01:15:00,440 --> 01:15:03,160
Leão through and Leão getting the goal.

1189
01:15:03,160 --> 01:15:06,120
I don't know if Verona are going to be as bad as they were last year.

1190
01:15:06,120 --> 01:15:07,120
No, that's all.

1191
01:15:07,120 --> 01:15:08,120
They're looking better now.

1192
01:15:08,120 --> 01:15:09,120
They are better.

1193
01:15:09,120 --> 01:15:10,120
They're much better.

1194
01:15:10,120 --> 01:15:12,120
I like their defence.

1195
01:15:12,120 --> 01:15:14,120
Their defence is my favourite part of the team.

1196
01:15:14,120 --> 01:15:17,360
They've got Davidovic, Hien and Manjani who provide a very good...

1197
01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:19,120
How interesting last year.

1198
01:15:19,120 --> 01:15:23,040
Like I was saying that is my least favourite part of Verona but now they're performing.

1199
01:15:23,040 --> 01:15:25,040
Hien has been good for a while.

1200
01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:30,640
Davidovic has this season he's looking better.

1201
01:15:30,640 --> 01:15:32,040
He can distribute well.

1202
01:15:32,040 --> 01:15:34,560
And Manjani is just Manjani.

1203
01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:35,560
He gets the job done.

1204
01:15:35,560 --> 01:15:37,560
He's not going to do anything spectacular.

1205
01:15:37,560 --> 01:15:39,080
He's 27 years old.

1206
01:15:39,080 --> 01:15:40,800
He sees his name around.

1207
01:15:40,800 --> 01:15:42,720
He's like that type of player.

1208
01:15:42,720 --> 01:15:46,440
But they do have a few useful tools over here and they have some weapons of the benchers

1209
01:15:46,440 --> 01:15:50,680
where you can see they brought on for example Jury, Trubonatsoli and Saponara.

1210
01:15:50,680 --> 01:15:52,080
Those are offensive weapons.

1211
01:15:52,080 --> 01:15:56,000
They can adapt to their opponents.

1212
01:15:56,000 --> 01:15:59,600
Don't you think Saponara should be starting for this team though?

1213
01:15:59,600 --> 01:16:03,320
I mean with him it's always a question of fitness.

1214
01:16:03,320 --> 01:16:05,160
Fitness mental state of mind.

1215
01:16:05,160 --> 01:16:07,240
But yes I do certainly think the Saponara should be.

1216
01:16:07,240 --> 01:16:09,240
Instead of fucking Duda as a left winger.

1217
01:16:09,240 --> 01:16:10,240
Duda has been very good.

1218
01:16:10,240 --> 01:16:15,840
He's been good but he's not Saponara as a left winger in his number one position.

1219
01:16:15,840 --> 01:16:18,720
But anyway that's enough from me for this game bro.

1220
01:16:18,720 --> 01:16:21,040
We jump to the next.

1221
01:16:21,040 --> 01:16:23,320
The next game we're going to be covering.

1222
01:16:23,320 --> 01:16:26,240
This was a little bit abrupt so I need to speak slowly.

1223
01:16:26,240 --> 01:16:28,840
Lazio 1.

1224
01:16:28,840 --> 01:16:31,400
Monza 1.

1225
01:16:31,400 --> 01:16:33,040
This game took place at the Stadio Olympics.

1226
01:16:33,040 --> 01:16:34,840
Of course Lazio were home.

1227
01:16:34,840 --> 01:16:38,560
We saw a resilient Monza come back from behind to score.

1228
01:16:38,560 --> 01:16:41,440
To secure a 1-1 draw against Lazio.

1229
01:16:41,440 --> 01:16:46,040
The starting lineup for Lazio was a 4-3-3 formation as usual.

1230
01:16:46,040 --> 01:16:47,040
Providelling goal.

1231
01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:48,040
Legend.

1232
01:16:48,040 --> 01:16:50,000
Mariusz Iszpatric, Romaniole and Hisai.

1233
01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:53,160
The back with Gwendozzi, Cataldi and Luis Alberto in the middle.

1234
01:16:53,160 --> 01:16:54,640
His axon was on the right.

1235
01:16:54,640 --> 01:16:59,320
Zakanny was on the left and Ciro Mubile was the lone striker.

1236
01:16:59,320 --> 01:17:04,680
Monza starting 11 featured a 3-4-2-1 formation with DiggraGorio in goal.

1237
01:17:04,680 --> 01:17:08,160
Caboani, Mari and Itzo at the back with Kea Coppolis out on the left.

1238
01:17:08,160 --> 01:17:12,400
Shuri out on the right, Gallardini and Pesina in the middle with Lorenzo Colombo up front

1239
01:17:12,400 --> 01:17:16,520
with Dani Mota and Andrea Colpani playing off his shoulders.

1240
01:17:16,520 --> 01:17:21,480
Now on a Serie A season marked by struggles, Lazio were eager to turn their fortunes around

1241
01:17:21,480 --> 01:17:25,080
as they faced against a very tricky Monza side.

1242
01:17:25,080 --> 01:17:29,640
Within the first 15 minutes they got off to a promising start when Ciro Mubile converted

1243
01:17:29,640 --> 01:17:35,280
a penalty thanks to a fantastic run by Mattia Zakanny who was fouled in the box.

1244
01:17:35,280 --> 01:17:39,200
Monza however refused to back down and could have equalised immediately if not for an offside

1245
01:17:39,200 --> 01:17:41,600
flag denying Dani Mota's goal.

1246
01:17:41,600 --> 01:17:46,520
The visitors continued to press with Patrick Truyam missing a goal and an opportunity to

1247
01:17:46,520 --> 01:17:48,400
level the score.

1248
01:17:48,400 --> 01:17:52,720
Nine minutes before halftime, Monza's persistence paid off as Roberto Gallardini tapped home

1249
01:17:52,720 --> 01:17:55,160
from close range to bring the match level.

1250
01:17:55,160 --> 01:18:00,640
Lazio failed to heed the warning signs and Monza capitalised on well-worked play to find

1251
01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:04,040
the back of the net.

1252
01:18:04,040 --> 01:18:07,440
Recognising their struggles, Lazio made halftime substitutions.

1253
01:18:07,440 --> 01:18:12,160
They introduced Luca Pellegrini, Matteo Vesino and Felipe Anderson to add more firepower

1254
01:18:12,160 --> 01:18:13,320
early in the second half.

1255
01:18:13,320 --> 01:18:18,360
They came closer, regaining the lead when Ciro Mubile narrowly missed a bouncing volley

1256
01:18:18,360 --> 01:18:20,760
that struck the post.

1257
01:18:20,760 --> 01:18:25,240
Monza too however had their chances but the assistance flag denied Andrea Carboni after

1258
01:18:25,240 --> 01:18:30,000
his attempt to follow the Van Profidel's initial save as the match progressed neither

1259
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:34,720
side managed to find the decisive goal and attended a one-on-one draw.

1260
01:18:34,720 --> 01:18:40,680
So Bro, Lazio's struggles in the league continue.

1261
01:18:40,680 --> 01:18:44,000
Do you think that this is a game they should be winning?

1262
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:50,080
I mean if you look at where Lazio want to be which is better than they were last season

1263
01:18:50,080 --> 01:18:52,640
it's sort of a good result for them at all.

1264
01:18:52,640 --> 01:18:57,200
If you see the way that the games have gone for them before this you'll see that they

1265
01:18:57,200 --> 01:19:00,720
have taken a significant step back.

1266
01:19:00,720 --> 01:19:04,240
They've only managed one victory in their opening five matches.

1267
01:19:04,240 --> 01:19:09,760
It was a victory against Napoli which really tells you something about where these two

1268
01:19:09,760 --> 01:19:12,680
teams are so far this season.

1269
01:19:12,680 --> 01:19:17,600
But when you look at the accumulation of times they haven't been able to get three points

1270
01:19:17,600 --> 01:19:23,240
and the need for them to get three points you only look at the ones again and think

1271
01:19:23,240 --> 01:19:26,080
this is a very disappointing result for them.

1272
01:19:26,080 --> 01:19:30,880
I can't help but feel that Imobile is worsening.

1273
01:19:30,880 --> 01:19:35,400
I feel like we've said this in the last few episodes as well.

1274
01:19:35,400 --> 01:19:40,520
He's not quite ticking with his teammates as ideally as he should be and I feel like the

1275
01:19:40,520 --> 01:19:43,240
time of Castellanios might be looming.

1276
01:19:43,240 --> 01:19:47,600
I feel like we might be seeing more of Tati Castellanios up front with Imobile.

1277
01:19:47,600 --> 01:19:49,560
He keeps performing like this.

1278
01:19:49,560 --> 01:19:54,080
Granted he had the post, he scored his penalty, he did what he had to do but sometimes he

1279
01:19:54,080 --> 01:19:57,320
has to offer a little bit more and I feel like Imobile's passing can be a little bit

1280
01:19:57,320 --> 01:19:59,560
wayward especially in the final three.

1281
01:19:59,560 --> 01:20:03,880
Last season we saw the best football lotio we're playing was with a false nine with

1282
01:20:03,880 --> 01:20:06,200
Philipp Andersen up top.

1283
01:20:06,200 --> 01:20:08,440
Pedro on the right, Zacani on the left.

1284
01:20:08,440 --> 01:20:12,120
That's how they had most of their success last season.

1285
01:20:12,120 --> 01:20:13,520
Now they've got some new pieces.

1286
01:20:13,520 --> 01:20:16,960
They've got Tati Castellanios, they've got Isaacson.

1287
01:20:16,960 --> 01:20:20,400
So they have a bit more room to play around and explore over there.

1288
01:20:20,400 --> 01:20:23,240
They've hung on to players like Pedro that they can also utilise.

1289
01:20:23,240 --> 01:20:26,360
They brought on in fact in this match.

1290
01:20:26,360 --> 01:20:33,160
But that striker issue is one that if it persists it could be a proper problem for lotio.

1291
01:20:33,160 --> 01:20:39,320
I think the solution is as simple as popping Philipp Andersen up top and switch the play

1292
01:20:39,320 --> 01:20:44,160
style to one that is more similar to what they played in last season when they had that

1293
01:20:44,160 --> 01:20:45,160
approach.

1294
01:20:45,160 --> 01:20:48,520
I loved the way they played with Philipp Andersen as a false nine to be honest.

1295
01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:50,800
Of course they had growing pains over here with Gwendozian.

1296
01:20:50,800 --> 01:20:53,440
Isaacson starting two new arrivals.

1297
01:20:53,440 --> 01:20:56,800
Yeah, Monsarno joke.

1298
01:20:56,800 --> 01:20:58,600
They're a very tricky team to play against.

1299
01:20:58,600 --> 01:21:02,480
They have some talent in there and Galliardini actually managed to get his first goal for

1300
01:21:02,480 --> 01:21:03,480
them off the mark.

1301
01:21:03,480 --> 01:21:05,240
He's been playing quite well for them, Brok.

1302
01:21:05,240 --> 01:21:09,560
He's been playing very well and it's not just the goal that is making me say that, but they

1303
01:21:09,560 --> 01:21:15,800
lost Ravella last season and Ravella was and they also lost Sensi.

1304
01:21:15,800 --> 01:21:21,080
Those were those two players that added this sense of fluidity in the midfield and it helped

1305
01:21:21,080 --> 01:21:25,480
them be that very offensive team and the team that managed to turn the fence into attack

1306
01:21:25,480 --> 01:21:27,080
in a number of seconds.

1307
01:21:27,080 --> 01:21:31,960
They also had Carlos Augusto that was very good at that, but obviously he's put aside

1308
01:21:31,960 --> 01:21:34,200
in a conversation like this.

1309
01:21:34,200 --> 01:21:41,800
Galliardini came in and he is offering Monsar more experience, more pressure-resisted football

1310
01:21:41,800 --> 01:21:48,280
and he's added that fluidity back and having Pesina to his side to have more of that attacking

1311
01:21:48,280 --> 01:21:53,480
output and more of that forward passing, I think is a good balance to have in the centre

1312
01:21:53,480 --> 01:21:55,040
of the pitch for Monsarno.

1313
01:21:55,040 --> 01:21:59,160
Galliardini getting a goal is naturally going to take things to the next level for him.

1314
01:21:59,160 --> 01:22:00,160
He is going to be one of them.

1315
01:22:00,160 --> 01:22:04,160
He'll probably be a bit of an unsung hero this season for them.

1316
01:22:04,160 --> 01:22:05,680
Yeah, most likely.

1317
01:22:05,680 --> 01:22:07,160
How interesting.

1318
01:22:07,160 --> 01:22:13,160
Ravel actually came in for Lazio in the 76 minutes and that was a gold-elect loading,

1319
01:22:13,160 --> 01:22:14,160
but it never came.

1320
01:22:14,160 --> 01:22:19,800
I can't help but feel that he's a little bit of a liability for Lazio as well at times,

1321
01:22:19,800 --> 01:22:27,160
especially when it comes to playing against wingers who tend to expose his lack of pace

1322
01:22:27,160 --> 01:22:28,160
quite frankly.

1323
01:22:28,160 --> 01:22:30,160
Trujillo had his number all game.

1324
01:22:30,160 --> 01:22:36,160
Trujillo was just knocking it past them and beating him pretty much every time.

1325
01:22:36,160 --> 01:22:38,720
They could do better in that area.

1326
01:22:38,720 --> 01:22:42,160
Hissai and Marusic chose the right back and the left back leaves quite a lot to be desired.

1327
01:22:42,160 --> 01:22:44,240
Loti et al could definitely invest in that team.

1328
01:22:44,240 --> 01:22:45,240
There's a team here.

1329
01:22:45,240 --> 01:22:46,920
They just need a few pieces.

1330
01:22:46,920 --> 01:22:52,960
Yeah, look, it's 2023 and their options in the wingback department are still Hissai,

1331
01:22:52,960 --> 01:22:55,080
Marusic and Lazari.

1332
01:22:55,080 --> 01:22:58,920
And we've been saying that they needed new wingback slots just in Sway before we started

1333
01:22:58,920 --> 01:22:59,920
the podcast.

1334
01:22:59,920 --> 01:23:01,400
They should bring back Rado.

1335
01:23:01,400 --> 01:23:03,960
They should bring back Rado.

1336
01:23:03,960 --> 01:23:06,560
Rado's have Luca Pellegrini that featured off the bench.

1337
01:23:06,560 --> 01:23:11,320
I don't think he was at 100%, but he's a good little left back.

1338
01:23:11,320 --> 01:23:16,520
Definitely an upgrade from Hissai and even if they want to pop him center back, he's

1339
01:23:16,520 --> 01:23:19,840
quite powerful over there as well.

1340
01:23:19,840 --> 01:23:22,520
So the spoils were shared over here.

1341
01:23:22,520 --> 01:23:25,560
It was pretty much equal in possession.

1342
01:23:25,560 --> 01:23:29,040
One's a slighting, edging it ever so slightly.

1343
01:23:29,040 --> 01:23:34,840
There's actually outshot Lazio 16-8, four of those being on target where Lazio only

1344
01:23:34,840 --> 01:23:38,920
had one shot on target, which goes to show how much they are actually struggling.

1345
01:23:38,920 --> 01:23:39,920
Yeah, that's it.

1346
01:23:39,920 --> 01:23:40,920
Yeah, agreed.

1347
01:23:40,920 --> 01:23:46,560
The next game we're going to be covering is Udineze nil Fiorentina 2.

1348
01:23:46,560 --> 01:23:50,880
Now Udineze were coming off a nil nil away draw to Caliari, who has Fiorentina were coming

1349
01:23:50,880 --> 01:23:57,080
off an impressive 3-2 win against Atalanta and Champions League draw away to Genk with

1350
01:23:57,080 --> 01:23:58,680
the score of 2-2.

1351
01:23:58,680 --> 01:24:03,560
Going into this game, Udineze had won three of their last five matches against Fiorentina.

1352
01:24:03,560 --> 01:24:05,520
However, they did have injuries.

1353
01:24:05,520 --> 01:24:08,400
They had Davis injured.

1354
01:24:08,400 --> 01:24:15,880
They had Delefeu, Ebosse, Ezebue, Cabacele, Masina, Padelli and Vivaldo out of this starting

1355
01:24:15,880 --> 01:24:16,880
11th.

1356
01:24:16,880 --> 01:24:23,200
Yeah, vice Fiorentina had Castrovilli, Gonzalez, Mina and Pierrozi out of this game.

1357
01:24:23,200 --> 01:24:29,240
Udineze, it's not all just because they're shit, but they do have a significant list

1358
01:24:29,240 --> 01:24:30,240
of injuries here.

1359
01:24:30,240 --> 01:24:35,520
There's a 3-5-2 formation for them, Sylvesterie in goal and a backline of Christensen, Bizol

1360
01:24:35,520 --> 01:24:36,520
and Perez.

1361
01:24:36,520 --> 01:24:38,520
A lot of Christensen's.

1362
01:24:38,520 --> 01:24:39,520
Yeah, quite a few.

1363
01:24:39,520 --> 01:24:46,920
From one season to the next, we have Quinn Tappel in Christensen's, Christian's, Christovic's

1364
01:24:46,920 --> 01:24:50,160
and it is the year of Chris.

1365
01:24:50,160 --> 01:24:52,160
It's the year of fucking Chris.

1366
01:24:52,160 --> 01:24:55,880
Samar out on the left, Ebosele out on the right, I thought he was injured.

1367
01:24:55,880 --> 01:24:59,360
No, that's the other 3 that sound exactly like him.

1368
01:24:59,360 --> 01:25:06,200
Samar, Zycz, Wallace and Payero were in the midfield with Tuvan and Luka up front.

1369
01:25:06,200 --> 01:25:10,520
It was a 4-2-3-1 formation for Fiorentina with Terra Ciano on goal and a backline of

1370
01:25:10,520 --> 01:25:13,440
Dodo, Martinez, Ranieri and Biraghi.

1371
01:25:13,440 --> 01:25:18,800
They had Lopez and Mandragora as the midfield too with Brecola out on the right, Cuame

1372
01:25:18,800 --> 01:25:22,120
out on the left and Bonaventura playing behind in Zola.

1373
01:25:22,120 --> 01:25:27,600
Naturally, when I say Lopez, it's Maxi Lopez making Maxi Lopez.

1374
01:25:27,600 --> 01:25:28,600
Maxime Lopez.

1375
01:25:28,600 --> 01:25:30,600
Jesus Christ, I'm all for you.

1376
01:25:30,600 --> 01:25:33,600
Maxi Lopez is one of our former lover and father.

1377
01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:34,600
Exactly, apologies.

1378
01:25:34,600 --> 01:25:40,040
I apologize, I call these arch nemesis and it's Maxime Lopez who joined from Saasvalo

1379
01:25:40,040 --> 01:25:43,280
making his first start for the club actually.

1380
01:25:43,280 --> 01:25:49,640
Now it was a quick start for Odineze in this match but there were two great saves by Terra

1381
01:25:49,640 --> 01:25:54,680
Ciano, especially the one on Samaricic in the opening moments.

1382
01:25:54,680 --> 01:25:59,320
Moments later and then Kamara sprinted down the wing in the 20th minute, breaking past

1383
01:25:59,320 --> 01:26:01,280
Fiorentina's defensive line.

1384
01:26:01,280 --> 01:26:07,080
He squared the ball to Luka for a sweaty goal but Terra Ciano got into position well

1385
01:26:07,080 --> 01:26:08,720
and blocked the finish.

1386
01:26:08,720 --> 01:26:11,240
However, Luka could have done much better.

1387
01:26:11,240 --> 01:26:15,520
There's a lot of strikers that when a sweaty opportunity comes, they just say all I need

1388
01:26:15,520 --> 01:26:17,120
to do is get it on target.

1389
01:26:17,120 --> 01:26:19,280
A good striker finishes well.

1390
01:26:19,280 --> 01:26:23,320
Luka just went to hit the target at Terra Ciano being a professional goalkeeper and

1391
01:26:23,320 --> 01:26:28,280
a very talented one, managed to get back in position well and deny him great save by him

1392
01:26:28,280 --> 01:26:29,280
nonetheless.

1393
01:26:29,280 --> 01:26:30,280
Lorenzo Luka.

1394
01:26:30,280 --> 01:26:31,280
Robbisch?

1395
01:26:31,280 --> 01:26:34,320
No, not at all.

1396
01:26:34,320 --> 01:26:39,640
I think he's so intelligent, I think he's so good at all that play and I think that

1397
01:26:39,640 --> 01:26:42,040
he's got a bright future.

1398
01:26:42,040 --> 01:26:46,760
He just needs to work on his finishing and his confidence quite frankly needs to get

1399
01:26:46,760 --> 01:26:47,760
going.

1400
01:26:47,760 --> 01:26:53,160
He's only 33 years old, he's massive but he moves very, very intelligently.

1401
01:26:53,160 --> 01:26:57,880
It's kind of like, you know how you know you have a player when you look at Xerxes, you

1402
01:26:57,880 --> 01:27:00,480
know his mold, you know what his final form can be.

1403
01:27:00,480 --> 01:27:05,440
Luka's final form can be so good, it can be so unique man, he can be that type of striker

1404
01:27:05,440 --> 01:27:09,520
that knocks the ball down, close ball control, Chicky can still beat his man even though

1405
01:27:09,520 --> 01:27:11,440
he's like 6'6".

1406
01:27:11,440 --> 01:27:16,840
He is good and if you look at the way Odineza play, he's actually the one who drifts out

1407
01:27:16,840 --> 01:27:22,000
wide, feeding the ball to Fouvan who's been extremely wasteful more often than not.

1408
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:28,440
Granted Luka missed that empty goal post situation but it was at a bit of a tight angle for

1409
01:27:28,440 --> 01:27:29,440
him.

1410
01:27:29,440 --> 01:27:35,240
He did it again in the 64th minute, missed another sweaty opportunity, this time he

1411
01:27:35,240 --> 01:27:40,200
had decided as he tried to use his favourite right foot following a square ball by Ebo

1412
01:27:40,200 --> 01:27:42,880
Sele on the counter attack.

1413
01:27:42,880 --> 01:27:44,400
That screams a lack of confidence.

1414
01:27:44,400 --> 01:27:48,400
He definitely needs some proof his finishing and his confidence, he has the attributes

1415
01:27:48,400 --> 01:27:52,840
and traits to be a very unique striker, you're absolutely right over there, he's not a bad

1416
01:27:52,840 --> 01:27:56,760
footballer, he's actually very good with the ball at his feet for someone of his size.

1417
01:27:56,760 --> 01:28:02,600
You go look up Luka's goals, you'll see some headers with him being 6'8", but you will

1418
01:28:02,600 --> 01:28:08,120
see a bunch of goals where he finishes well, so hopefully we manage to get that version

1419
01:28:08,120 --> 01:28:09,120
of him.

1420
01:28:09,120 --> 01:28:14,240
But in the 32nd minute it was Fiorentina that opened the scoring through Martínez Cuarta,

1421
01:28:14,240 --> 01:28:18,840
Bonaventura played a lifted long ranged pass from his own half to play through Martínez

1422
01:28:18,840 --> 01:28:23,840
Cuarta who made the most out of a massive defensive hole by Odinera by attacking the

1423
01:28:23,840 --> 01:28:25,360
area of the ball.

1424
01:28:25,360 --> 01:28:29,880
The ball was accurate by Bonaventura and Cuarta did expertly well to bring the ball down and

1425
01:28:29,880 --> 01:28:36,000
finish calmly and coolly past Sylvesterie as striker's goal for the centre back who's

1426
01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:37,680
been on fine form.

1427
01:28:37,680 --> 01:28:42,360
Later on Luka missed that second opportunity that I already described and then the 93rd

1428
01:28:42,360 --> 01:28:47,880
minute Bonaventura turned from provider to goal scorer as Fiorentina countered Odinese,

1429
01:28:47,880 --> 01:28:52,560
the ball found Jack Bonaventura outside the area who expertly and powerfully curled the

1430
01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:57,040
ball into the bottom-near corner, very similar goal to Rodri's in the Champions League final

1431
01:28:57,040 --> 01:29:01,840
as I said in the introduction to this episode.

1432
01:29:01,840 --> 01:29:15,120
So good win for Fiorentina to nil away to Odinese, I think one thing that shouldn't be taken

1433
01:29:15,120 --> 01:29:20,200
for granted is the fact that Fiorentina kept a clean sheet in this match.

1434
01:29:20,200 --> 01:29:27,400
Now a lot of it was Terraciano had five crucial saves in this match, he had five very very

1435
01:29:27,400 --> 01:29:31,040
good saves, he's a great goalkeeper.

1436
01:29:31,040 --> 01:29:37,520
He had a double save at a point on Lovrich and Ebocele and naturally as well the 9th

1437
01:29:37,520 --> 01:29:41,720
Luka and that opportunity in the night.

1438
01:29:41,720 --> 01:29:46,760
On Samard Zittre as well which was a pop-out goal from significant distance but it was

1439
01:29:46,760 --> 01:29:54,040
also Fiorentina's defensive resilience, they had 16 clearances, 14 interceptions, 25 successful

1440
01:29:54,040 --> 01:30:01,000
tackles and they also controlled possession quite a bit, they had 53% off ball possession

1441
01:30:01,000 --> 01:30:07,040
and they were successful in 67% of the aerial duels against a tough Odinese team.

1442
01:30:07,040 --> 01:30:12,640
So Odinese really haven't hit the ground running yet but they're a tough opponent for anyone

1443
01:30:12,640 --> 01:30:18,840
and I feel like Fiorentina managed a very clean victory over here so I think we must

1444
01:30:18,840 --> 01:30:20,920
highlight their defence.

1445
01:30:20,920 --> 01:30:28,040
Yeah and their defence is not only solid but turns out the prolific goal scores as well

1446
01:30:28,040 --> 01:30:31,360
because they have Lucas Martinez part of the scored two league goals, you have Ranieri

1447
01:30:31,360 --> 01:30:36,040
the other centre but who scored two goals in the European fixed German week.

1448
01:30:36,040 --> 01:30:38,520
So yeah, jacks of all trades over there.

1449
01:30:38,520 --> 01:30:40,320
100% man.

1450
01:30:40,320 --> 01:30:46,280
Fiorentina only had two shots on target and they both resulted in goals, on the other

1451
01:30:46,280 --> 01:30:55,640
hand Odinese had 20 shots with eight on target.

1452
01:30:55,640 --> 01:31:03,520
So again Odinese were all over Fiorentina in this match who put in a very professional

1453
01:31:03,520 --> 01:31:07,440
performance however, how do you rate Odinese at the moment?

1454
01:31:07,440 --> 01:31:11,880
Because it's been a tough start for them but I think in this game we did manage to see

1455
01:31:11,880 --> 01:31:14,680
them bringing the game to their opponents more.

1456
01:31:14,680 --> 01:31:19,640
So Odinese have had an absolute nightmare so far, so I think this season.

1457
01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:25,440
They were about to lose some hard stitch, they weren't sure if he was leaving, everyone

1458
01:31:25,440 --> 01:31:30,880
was sure he was going to enter and then it fell through and he joined late on in pre-season.

1459
01:31:30,880 --> 01:31:36,040
Pereira didn't renew his contract, no one wanted to sign him apparently and he ended

1460
01:31:36,040 --> 01:31:39,800
up renewing after the pre-season was over so the two best players who joined after the

1461
01:31:39,800 --> 01:31:41,000
pre-season was over.

1462
01:31:41,000 --> 01:31:46,160
They've got a new striker in Leucan, Fouvan who arrived halfway through the season last

1463
01:31:46,160 --> 01:31:47,720
year so loads of new faces here.

1464
01:31:47,720 --> 01:31:51,240
Their full backs are new apart from Ebocelli who was there last year but wasn't a main

1465
01:31:51,240 --> 01:31:52,240
feature.

1466
01:31:52,240 --> 01:31:58,480
So the only staples in this team are Sylvester G, Wallace and Neumann Pears.

1467
01:31:58,480 --> 01:32:03,600
It's pretty much a new team over here, I look at it on my contract, I recognise it like.

1468
01:32:03,600 --> 01:32:09,120
And I do feel like they will get better and they will become harder units to score against

1469
01:32:09,120 --> 01:32:12,520
especially that's what I feel with Odinese, they'll become tougher to score against, tougher

1470
01:32:12,520 --> 01:32:17,120
to break down as time passes and I feel like they'll start forcing a few draws.

1471
01:32:17,120 --> 01:32:20,120
Do I think that these guys are potential relegation candidates?

1472
01:32:20,120 --> 01:32:21,120
No, not at all.

1473
01:32:21,120 --> 01:32:25,480
I don't think so, I think they've got far too much quality in their team.

1474
01:32:25,480 --> 01:32:27,480
This is, we always have a conversation about that.

1475
01:32:27,480 --> 01:32:37,360
I'm not even sure it's about the quality as it is just the solidity of the team.

1476
01:32:37,360 --> 01:32:38,360
You know what I mean?

1477
01:32:38,360 --> 01:32:43,200
The fact that it's quite a well-oiled system when it gets going.

1478
01:32:43,200 --> 01:32:49,400
We've seen what Sotil can do with the 352 formation and I feel like once he gets to know

1479
01:32:49,400 --> 01:32:55,480
his personnel a bit more, he gets them up to par when it comes to fitness, I feel like

1480
01:32:55,480 --> 01:33:00,880
there'll be a unit and once Luka gets a bit more comfortable in his role, I feel like

1481
01:33:00,880 --> 01:33:02,480
he can cause some problems.

1482
01:33:02,480 --> 01:33:07,920
Well they definitely need to gel more and we do need to give them some more time to gel.

1483
01:33:07,920 --> 01:33:13,280
It's just concerning seeing the way they started last season versus the way they started this

1484
01:33:13,280 --> 01:33:14,280
season.

1485
01:33:14,280 --> 01:33:17,800
It has really shown a significant decline in Odinese.

1486
01:33:17,800 --> 01:33:24,920
I'm not a massive fan of how the club is run at all but if they are one thing then it's

1487
01:33:24,920 --> 01:33:27,760
an absolute pain in the ass to play against.

1488
01:33:27,760 --> 01:33:31,800
I think Fiorentina have had a very strong start this season.

1489
01:33:31,800 --> 01:33:35,360
I think two seasons ago they had a brilliant season.

1490
01:33:35,360 --> 01:33:42,280
Last season three finals but they started off very very slow and now this season I think

1491
01:33:42,280 --> 01:33:48,960
it's time to prove what they can do in the league, in Serie A how far can they go.

1492
01:33:48,960 --> 01:33:54,800
Can they get Euro up a league just from overperforming in the league?

1493
01:33:54,800 --> 01:33:58,200
Could they cement themselves as one of the seven sisters in the league?

1494
01:33:58,200 --> 01:34:03,120
They're definitely the dis trajectory heading into that direction.

1495
01:34:03,120 --> 01:34:08,360
Yeah, it's between them and Atalanta for that last spot and both teams have their ups and

1496
01:34:08,360 --> 01:34:09,360
downs.

1497
01:34:09,360 --> 01:34:11,720
Yeah, 100%.

1498
01:34:11,720 --> 01:34:16,720
But that's enough from me about this game so we could move on to yours.

1499
01:34:16,720 --> 01:34:23,160
The next game I've got is Atalanta, the other seven sister, to Kaljari Nill, Atalanta secured

1500
01:34:23,160 --> 01:34:27,560
a 2-0 victory over the struggling Kaljari side making it five successive home victories

1501
01:34:27,560 --> 01:34:31,360
for the first time since May 2021.

1502
01:34:31,360 --> 01:34:35,920
For Atalanta it was a 3-4-3 formation with Juan Musson, Goulsc, Calvini, Jim City and

1503
01:34:35,920 --> 01:34:37,760
Colastinac at the back.

1504
01:34:37,760 --> 01:34:39,480
Zappa Costa was out on the right.

1505
01:34:39,480 --> 01:34:43,720
Rue Gery was out on the left, still displacing Bucke at the moment.

1506
01:34:43,720 --> 01:34:47,880
Ederson and Martin de Rune were in the middle with tuned Coupe miners out on the right,

1507
01:34:47,880 --> 01:34:50,480
Lukman on the left and Decay Talare up front.

1508
01:34:50,480 --> 01:34:54,120
At least this is the formation that I can see in front of me.

1509
01:34:54,120 --> 01:34:56,200
Of course that front retake it with a pinch of salt.

1510
01:34:56,200 --> 01:35:00,560
I believe Coupe miners in reality was playing in a pocket behind Lukman and Decay Talare.

1511
01:35:00,560 --> 01:35:01,560
100%.

1512
01:35:01,560 --> 01:35:04,160
I think it's a 3-4-1-2 formation.

1513
01:35:04,160 --> 01:35:10,280
For Kaljari it was a 3-5-2 formation with Radunovic at the back, Oberth Dossena and

1514
01:35:10,280 --> 01:35:13,320
Chatzidiacos at the back.

1515
01:35:13,320 --> 01:35:18,080
Nandes was out on the right, Adzi was out on the left, Deola, Makumbu and Sulemana were

1516
01:35:18,080 --> 01:35:19,080
in the middle.

1517
01:35:19,080 --> 01:35:24,920
Zito Lvoomba was up front with Eldor Shumurdov.

1518
01:35:24,920 --> 01:35:29,040
The game began with a risky pass from Martin de Rune inside the first 30 seconds setting

1519
01:35:29,040 --> 01:35:30,360
off an early tone.

1520
01:35:30,360 --> 01:35:34,760
At the Mola Lukmans cross caused chaos in Kaljari's box and Charles Decay Talare's

1521
01:35:34,760 --> 01:35:39,440
effort forced to save from former Atalanta goalkeeper Boris Radunovic.

1522
01:35:39,440 --> 01:35:47,640
Kaljari, despite their lowly position in the standings, had the best moments in their

1523
01:35:47,640 --> 01:35:49,160
performance overall.

1524
01:35:49,160 --> 01:35:54,480
One of the best opportunities saw Zito Lvoomba, who else, sending in an inviting cross that

1525
01:35:54,480 --> 01:35:59,240
was headed wide by Eldor Shumurdov, a chance that would have given them the lead.

1526
01:35:59,240 --> 01:36:02,960
And the Mola Lukmans was a constant threat for Atalanta, striking the crossbar with

1527
01:36:02,960 --> 01:36:07,080
some brilliant fans after receiving an excellent pass from Tiu and Koopminers.

1528
01:36:07,080 --> 01:36:11,320
In the same move Davide Zappacoste hid the outside of the left hand post, Atalanta eventually

1529
01:36:11,320 --> 01:36:15,880
broke the deadlock in the 30th minute when Koopminers released Decay Talare, who squared

1530
01:36:15,880 --> 01:36:19,140
it for Lukmans to prod home from close range.

1531
01:36:19,140 --> 01:36:23,520
As the second half began, Kaljari made a positive start, but clear cut chances were scarce for

1532
01:36:23,520 --> 01:36:24,520
both teams.

1533
01:36:24,520 --> 01:36:29,280
Atalanta made substitutions, including Emil Holm and Mario Pasalic, and it was Pasalic

1534
01:36:29,280 --> 01:36:35,360
who sealed the victory, steering it off the post from a Luis Muriel, precise through

1535
01:36:35,360 --> 01:36:36,360
ball.

1536
01:36:36,360 --> 01:36:41,840
Kaljari came closer, due to the deficit when Geitano Ostriano struck the bar with a close

1537
01:36:41,840 --> 01:36:46,760
range shot late in the game, but that was it in the end.

1538
01:36:46,760 --> 01:36:50,560
Kaljari, bro, what's your stance on Kaljari right now?

1539
01:36:50,560 --> 01:36:52,960
Cause this was quite convincing by Atalanta, wasn't it?

1540
01:36:52,960 --> 01:36:57,920
Yeah, it was a great performance by Atalanta, I think they were simply a bit too good for

1541
01:36:57,920 --> 01:36:58,920
Kaljari.

1542
01:36:58,920 --> 01:37:08,600
Look, when it comes to what I think of Kaljari right now, they look like a team that just

1543
01:37:08,600 --> 01:37:15,920
got promoted, is how they look right now, which is exactly what they are.

1544
01:37:15,920 --> 01:37:21,360
They are not easy to play against, they're quite unorthodox and they're capable of getting

1545
01:37:21,360 --> 01:37:22,360
points.

1546
01:37:22,360 --> 01:37:28,960
What they do have that I'm very pleased by is quite a strong team with Lovumbo and Shumoradov

1547
01:37:28,960 --> 01:37:35,520
up front and then players like Petania and Oristiano on the bench.

1548
01:37:35,520 --> 01:37:37,200
Nathan Nandes as well as Veil.

1549
01:37:37,200 --> 01:37:43,040
Nathan Nandes out on the right, of course they have Viola on the bench and they have

1550
01:37:43,040 --> 01:37:48,280
Augello that can play as a left wing back, that isn't getting as many minutes as I thought

1551
01:37:48,280 --> 01:37:49,280
he would be.

1552
01:37:49,280 --> 01:37:54,560
No, I think they're a good team, I just think they have their limitations and I think they'll

1553
01:37:54,560 --> 01:37:57,920
grow into the season and they'll get a little bit better, I don't think we've seen their

1554
01:37:57,920 --> 01:37:58,920
final form yet.

1555
01:37:58,920 --> 01:38:04,160
Yeah, for sure, they're that type of team that can sit back, absorb and then hit you

1556
01:38:04,160 --> 01:38:05,160
on the break, right?

1557
01:38:05,160 --> 01:38:08,360
They have that Lovumbo that is a counter attacking weapon.

1558
01:38:08,360 --> 01:38:12,520
They are another one that you bring up every year.

1559
01:38:12,520 --> 01:38:18,360
Oh every episode, man, Shumoradov, Lovumbo and Nandes can counter attack very well.

1560
01:38:18,360 --> 01:38:24,800
I'm also intrigued by Sulemana, I'm not sure if it's positive yet or negative so far, I

1561
01:38:24,800 --> 01:38:31,000
think it's more towards negative but the way he plays football intrigues me.

1562
01:38:31,000 --> 01:38:35,120
He has a very unorthodox way of…

1563
01:38:35,120 --> 01:38:42,960
Not even moving, it's the way, yes, I guess moving, it's the way he shimmies with the

1564
01:38:42,960 --> 01:38:44,840
ball, he stutters every time he gets it.

1565
01:38:44,840 --> 01:38:46,840
It's like he's constantly mini-fainting.

1566
01:38:46,840 --> 01:38:48,840
I'm going to get you.

1567
01:38:48,840 --> 01:38:50,840
Look at that.

1568
01:38:50,840 --> 01:38:56,840
Very interesting but I think overall he leaves quite a bit to be desired other than his little

1569
01:38:56,840 --> 01:38:57,840
movement.

1570
01:38:57,840 --> 01:39:02,080
But Atalanta's solid as ever, they don't let their injuries get to them.

1571
01:39:02,080 --> 01:39:08,240
Apparently Skamaka and El Bilal Ture injured up front for them Zapata gone and they've

1572
01:39:08,240 --> 01:39:10,920
got a washed up Muriel on the bench who came on and got an assist.

1573
01:39:10,920 --> 01:39:14,280
Decay Talaria flopped from Ilan last season who's been revitalised.

1574
01:39:14,280 --> 01:39:17,440
Look him in a Premier League flop who's been carrying them on his shoulders over there,

1575
01:39:17,440 --> 01:39:20,040
Coop Miners, a guy no one had ever heard of.

1576
01:39:20,040 --> 01:39:21,040
What the…

1577
01:39:21,040 --> 01:39:23,600
Unless you're an AZ fan.

1578
01:39:23,600 --> 01:39:24,600
How I love Atalanta.

1579
01:39:24,600 --> 01:39:25,600
They're amazing.

1580
01:39:25,600 --> 01:39:30,280
You've got people like Mourinho who if they get an injury prone player or a flop he's

1581
01:39:30,280 --> 01:39:34,080
like you think he'll be here if he was good and then it's Atalanta signing places and

1582
01:39:34,080 --> 01:39:36,760
Gazprins like trust me, they're good.

1583
01:39:36,760 --> 01:39:38,600
Believe me, they're good, you'll see how good they are.

1584
01:39:38,600 --> 01:39:40,080
And that's the difference.

1585
01:39:40,080 --> 01:39:41,080
It's a factory.

1586
01:39:41,080 --> 01:39:42,080
Yeah, exactly.

1587
01:39:42,080 --> 01:39:44,920
A factory of talent.

1588
01:39:44,920 --> 01:39:51,080
Decay Talaria I'm very positively impressed by in the sense that he's playing as a striker

1589
01:39:51,080 --> 01:39:57,480
in this case he was playing alongside Adam Ola-Lukman and he just went in and he's fitting

1590
01:39:57,480 --> 01:40:02,680
their system very well and it's his nifty footwork and his intelligent movement that

1591
01:40:02,680 --> 01:40:05,800
is catching my eye and also his vision.

1592
01:40:05,800 --> 01:40:07,040
He's quite smart.

1593
01:40:07,040 --> 01:40:10,400
He knows what's going on around him.

1594
01:40:10,400 --> 01:40:16,480
And he's also obviously surrounded by intelligent players that know where to be and when to

1595
01:40:16,480 --> 01:40:17,480
be there.

1596
01:40:17,480 --> 01:40:23,320
But the fact that like you said, Scamacca injured, El Bilal Touré injured, Mouriel

1597
01:40:23,320 --> 01:40:26,240
on the bench and they lost to Fanzapata.

1598
01:40:26,240 --> 01:40:28,640
No worries, Lukman Decay Talaria.

1599
01:40:28,640 --> 01:40:29,640
You know what I mean?

1600
01:40:29,640 --> 01:40:31,160
We're not fazed by this.

1601
01:40:31,160 --> 01:40:32,160
Lukman Decay Talaria.

1602
01:40:32,160 --> 01:40:33,160
It's true.

1603
01:40:33,160 --> 01:40:38,160
It's absolutely astonishing to be honest and they keep managing to do this.

1604
01:40:38,160 --> 01:40:40,960
For Atalanta it's five successive home victories.

1605
01:40:40,960 --> 01:40:42,680
It's an impressive run for them.

1606
01:40:42,680 --> 01:40:46,960
For Caliari they still have not found their first victory.

1607
01:40:46,960 --> 01:40:47,960
Will it come?

1608
01:40:47,960 --> 01:40:51,040
I believe it will and I believe it will come sooner rather than later.

1609
01:40:51,040 --> 01:40:52,040
Yeah.

1610
01:40:52,040 --> 01:40:54,840
I just hope they don't become that team that's just a pain in the ass.

1611
01:40:54,840 --> 01:40:55,840
You know what I mean?

1612
01:40:55,840 --> 01:41:00,440
But they can't get any points because it's always hard to wave goodbye to those.

1613
01:41:00,440 --> 01:41:05,360
The next game we're going to be covering is the penultimate game and it's Lecce 1

1614
01:41:05,360 --> 01:41:10,920
Genoa Nill, Lecce were coming off a 1-1 draw away to Monza, whereas Genoa were coming off

1615
01:41:10,920 --> 01:41:13,600
a 2-2 home draw to Napoli.

1616
01:41:13,600 --> 01:41:18,200
Coming into this game, Lecce had only won one of their last 14 Serie A matches against

1617
01:41:18,200 --> 01:41:22,360
Genoa, now two in 15.

1618
01:41:22,360 --> 01:41:29,120
Lecce had Banda out injured alongside Castriot de Armaquo as Basquerotto was suspended for

1619
01:41:29,120 --> 01:41:35,000
this match, whereas Genoa still had Messias injured alongside Voliacco.

1620
01:41:35,000 --> 01:41:38,920
Or Voliacco as I say in every episode.

1621
01:41:38,920 --> 01:41:47,160
It was a 4-3-3 formation for Lecce with Falcone and Goul and the back line of Gallo, Tuba,

1622
01:41:47,160 --> 01:41:49,480
Pongracic and Gendry.

1623
01:41:49,480 --> 01:41:55,480
They had Raffia, Ramadani and Kaba in the middle with Srefetza, Kristovic and Iamgvist

1624
01:41:55,480 --> 01:41:56,480
up front.

1625
01:41:56,480 --> 01:42:00,920
Sorry you could hear me get giggly but Tuba literally means an idiot in the multi.

1626
01:42:00,920 --> 01:42:09,640
This is the best way to call someone an idiot in multi.

1627
01:42:09,640 --> 01:42:16,600
It was a 4-4-2 formation here for Genoa with Martinez in goal and a back line of the Winter,

1628
01:42:16,600 --> 01:42:21,840
Bonny, Dragosin and Martin, that's Sabelli, Stuttman, Baddell and Frendrup in the midfield

1629
01:42:21,840 --> 01:42:25,960
with Retegui and Albert Gudminsen up front.

1630
01:42:25,960 --> 01:42:30,680
In the 20th minute, Kristovic almost opened the scoring when his header flashed just over

1631
01:42:30,680 --> 01:42:36,520
the crossbar following Agallo cross and the 36th minute, Martin got sent off for his second

1632
01:42:36,520 --> 01:42:41,600
yellow after a tripping Almecvist down the wing.

1633
01:42:41,600 --> 01:42:46,800
In the 61st minute, Kristovic almost backed himself an overhead kick after setting it

1634
01:42:46,800 --> 01:42:50,160
up well for himself but the ball flashed just wide.

1635
01:42:50,160 --> 01:42:56,880
There I say he set it up for himself and himself only.

1636
01:42:56,880 --> 01:43:02,680
But yeah, obviously just really trying to get a winning goal over here following the

1637
01:43:02,680 --> 01:43:06,120
red card in the 36th minute by Genoa.

1638
01:43:06,120 --> 01:43:08,720
Finally in the 83rd minute it happened for them.

1639
01:43:08,720 --> 01:43:13,880
Oudon unleashed a powerful strike from distance, they had been shooting from distance for

1640
01:43:13,880 --> 01:43:16,160
an entire second half.

1641
01:43:16,160 --> 01:43:20,560
He unleashed a powerful strike from distance which took a deflection off of Frendrup before

1642
01:43:20,560 --> 01:43:22,600
heading into the near corner.

1643
01:43:22,600 --> 01:43:28,760
It could have been a contender for goal of the week had it not been for the deflection.

1644
01:43:28,760 --> 01:43:30,320
Lecce are third.

1645
01:43:30,320 --> 01:43:31,320
That's it.

1646
01:43:31,320 --> 01:43:32,320
That's it.

1647
01:43:32,320 --> 01:43:33,320
Lecce are third.

1648
01:43:33,320 --> 01:43:34,320
Full stop.

1649
01:43:34,320 --> 01:43:39,280
They are one of two teams that are undefeated this season.

1650
01:43:39,280 --> 01:43:41,440
It is them and Inter.

1651
01:43:41,440 --> 01:43:47,680
So massive congratulations to Lecce and Roberto da Versa.

1652
01:43:47,680 --> 01:43:53,560
They have secured their third consecutive home win in Serie A and they are currently

1653
01:43:53,560 --> 01:44:00,440
in third place and let me tell you what, it might just be a great start but what a start

1654
01:44:00,440 --> 01:44:05,000
it is and they look like a proper fucking football team.

1655
01:44:05,000 --> 01:44:07,160
They look really really strong Lecce.

1656
01:44:07,160 --> 01:44:10,080
They do and they're building off the foundation of last season.

1657
01:44:10,080 --> 01:44:15,720
Everyone thought that they had just sold their best pieces and they were ready for the drop.

1658
01:44:15,720 --> 01:44:20,600
I can't help but feel that we didn't see the best of Genoa of course because of Aaron

1659
01:44:20,600 --> 01:44:23,600
Martin's ridiculously early double yellow.

1660
01:44:23,600 --> 01:44:29,200
We got the yellow on the ninth and then double yellow on the 36th.

1661
01:44:29,200 --> 01:44:35,000
I do think Genoa could have actually given them a tough time this game and Lecce did

1662
01:44:35,000 --> 01:44:39,200
actually struggle to crack open this Genoa side even though they had 10 minutes, took

1663
01:44:39,200 --> 01:44:45,640
a long range strike from Udin after quite a lot of poking and trying and trying and

1664
01:44:45,640 --> 01:44:46,640
trying.

1665
01:44:46,640 --> 01:44:53,360
Genoa saw the team, didn't really get a good sample of them from this game but Lecce as

1666
01:44:53,360 --> 01:44:59,080
always man, wow they just look so street smart and so ready to do the right thing.

1667
01:44:59,080 --> 01:45:03,160
If there's something that needs to be done, okay there's a red card, we need to attack

1668
01:45:03,160 --> 01:45:05,360
them, we need to dominate, we need to push, they'll do it.

1669
01:45:05,360 --> 01:45:08,520
If it's like okay they're much better than us, we need to hold back, we need to contain

1670
01:45:08,520 --> 01:45:11,200
them, we get them on the break, they do it to perfection.

1671
01:45:11,200 --> 01:45:19,520
Roberto de Versa right now has put together a team that is fluid, that's adaptable, that's

1672
01:45:19,520 --> 01:45:23,720
brave, that's talented, amazing work by de Versa.

1673
01:45:23,720 --> 01:45:32,280
100% man and I think they, what Lecce did is they started very strong in this game.

1674
01:45:32,280 --> 01:45:36,600
As they did this season but in this game, they really took the game to Genoa in the

1675
01:45:36,600 --> 01:45:38,000
opening 30 minutes.

1676
01:45:38,000 --> 01:45:42,200
Now they were the best team in the opening 30 minutes and the amount of pressure they

1677
01:45:42,200 --> 01:45:46,680
were putting on Genoa, one of their players ended up getting a W yellow card in the opening

1678
01:45:46,680 --> 01:45:50,360
35 minutes of the match.

1679
01:45:50,360 --> 01:45:56,000
Following that some might say the game might be a bit more difficult after that because

1680
01:45:56,000 --> 01:46:03,160
okay Genoa are gonna go down by one man, sure but every single one of their men is gonna

1681
01:46:03,160 --> 01:46:08,960
try to make sure that Genoa get a point and that Genoa aren't gonna concede a single goal.

1682
01:46:08,960 --> 01:46:15,320
So they defended, defended, defended and if you do that against a top team, the top team

1683
01:46:15,320 --> 01:46:16,760
might struggle to score.

1684
01:46:16,760 --> 01:46:21,160
The fact that Lecce still, it's not that Lecce struggled to find a goal even though

1685
01:46:21,160 --> 01:46:25,120
even though Genoa went down to 10 men but it's the fact that Lecce still managed to

1686
01:46:25,120 --> 01:46:32,840
find a goal when Genoa were piling all those men back and Genoa, they were resilient still

1687
01:46:32,840 --> 01:46:38,040
despite being a man down, it's not like they were just defending, they also created some

1688
01:46:38,040 --> 01:46:41,320
goal scoring opportunities despite being a man down.

1689
01:46:41,320 --> 01:46:46,360
They managed eight shots albeit one of them only on target but they had a lot of counter

1690
01:46:46,360 --> 01:46:54,360
attacking prowess with Goodman's and especially man, Goodman's in so good.

1691
01:46:54,360 --> 01:47:01,080
And Christovic man continues to impress me because he continues to force attempts that

1692
01:47:01,080 --> 01:47:03,280
I didn't think were part of his skill set.

1693
01:47:03,280 --> 01:47:07,600
So every week he shows me something new and every week I'm like damn he's even better

1694
01:47:07,600 --> 01:47:08,600
than I thought.

1695
01:47:08,600 --> 01:47:11,840
Like the question is when will this end, you know, when will I be like okay that's his

1696
01:47:11,840 --> 01:47:12,840
limit.

1697
01:47:12,840 --> 01:47:15,800
I'm 23 years old and he's looking good.

1698
01:47:15,800 --> 01:47:19,520
He is looking good man, he looks like a dangerous man in that box.

1699
01:47:19,520 --> 01:47:20,520
He does.

1700
01:47:20,520 --> 01:47:26,800
Genoa made some tactical adjustments at half time switching to a three man defence.

1701
01:47:26,800 --> 01:47:31,320
So that was another adjustment that they made to their game.

1702
01:47:31,320 --> 01:47:37,000
Let's later on when they couldn't find a goal, Daversa introduced Dorgo and Udon and

1703
01:47:37,000 --> 01:47:39,760
they altered the formation to a 4-2-3-1.

1704
01:47:39,760 --> 01:47:44,280
Alamkivist continued to be a threat throughout that period and let's press Genoa deep into

1705
01:47:44,280 --> 01:47:46,920
their own half for the majority of the game.

1706
01:47:46,920 --> 01:47:52,920
I mean I think that describes the game perfectly and I think we're happy to move on to the

1707
01:47:52,920 --> 01:47:53,920
next one now.

1708
01:47:53,920 --> 01:47:54,920
Is this the last one?

1709
01:47:54,920 --> 01:47:55,920
Yes, it's the last one.

1710
01:47:55,920 --> 01:47:59,440
Salernetana won, Frazzinone won.

1711
01:47:59,440 --> 01:48:03,080
The last one is a banger, quite frankly.

1712
01:48:03,080 --> 01:48:09,920
A thrilling encounter between two teams who are tougher than most people think.

1713
01:48:09,920 --> 01:48:13,280
Let's just jump straight to the lineups for Salernetana.

1714
01:48:13,280 --> 01:48:19,520
It was a 3-4-2-1 formation with Guillermo Ochoa and goal Matteo Lovato, Norbert Ghiomber

1715
01:48:19,520 --> 01:48:21,200
and Lorenzo Pirola at the back.

1716
01:48:21,200 --> 01:48:24,000
Don't know why I'm saying full names, gonna go back to surnames only.

1717
01:48:24,000 --> 01:48:28,760
Matsuki was out on the right, Brotherage out on the left with Martegania Maggiore in

1718
01:48:28,760 --> 01:48:33,440
the middle, Castanoss and Canjeva playing behind Jovan Cabral.

1719
01:48:33,440 --> 01:48:36,480
Frazzinone was their 4-3-3 formation.

1720
01:48:36,480 --> 01:48:41,080
Fun fact they have an average age of 24.6 years which I believe is one of the youngest

1721
01:48:41,080 --> 01:48:43,080
starting 11s of this matchday.

1722
01:48:43,080 --> 01:48:47,240
Tarati, the ever impressive Tarati, was in goal with Marquitza out on the left, Ollono

1723
01:48:47,240 --> 01:48:51,000
out on the right and Romaniole and Ocuali in the middle.

1724
01:48:51,000 --> 01:48:56,120
Resciani made his debut with Berencea and Mazzatelli playing alongside him, Caso was

1725
01:48:56,120 --> 01:49:00,360
out on the left, Zule out on the right and Wally the Kedira up front.

1726
01:49:00,360 --> 01:49:04,160
This was one of those Friday night and I'm feeling alright kind of games huh?

1727
01:49:04,160 --> 01:49:06,320
Oh yeah man I love these games on a Friday night.

1728
01:49:06,320 --> 01:49:12,880
The end of the week of work you get home, you put on some bottom tier series of football,

1729
01:49:12,880 --> 01:49:16,600
that shit slaps if it's different.

1730
01:49:16,600 --> 01:49:20,440
Yes Salernetana were determined to bounce back from two consecutive defeats as they

1731
01:49:20,440 --> 01:49:26,440
faced off against a formidable Fossinonaside who were unbeaten in their last 11 away matches.

1732
01:49:26,440 --> 01:49:30,880
The passionate home crowd at the Stadiorecci eagerly awaited their response from their team

1733
01:49:30,880 --> 01:49:35,880
as they got it with some scintillating attacking play.

1734
01:49:35,880 --> 01:49:41,840
Salernetana's new acquisition Augustin Martagani orchestrated their attacks and their early

1735
01:49:41,840 --> 01:49:47,000
efforts came close to bearing fruit when Jovan Cabral struck the crossbar from a tight angle.

1736
01:49:47,000 --> 01:49:50,720
This marked Cabral's third successive match in which he hit the woodwork.

1737
01:49:50,720 --> 01:49:54,360
The guy tries and tries and tries and gets close and close and close but finally he got

1738
01:49:54,360 --> 01:49:57,120
his goal later on this game however.

1739
01:49:57,120 --> 01:50:01,400
But this Martagani guy looks very good as well, he looks interesting, very nifty with

1740
01:50:01,400 --> 01:50:02,920
the ball.

1741
01:50:02,920 --> 01:50:07,920
However it was the Serie A bell champions Fossinone who stand the home crowd scoring

1742
01:50:07,920 --> 01:50:09,280
against the run of place.

1743
01:50:09,280 --> 01:50:13,720
Simone Romaniolli rose above everyone else in the box to redirect to Cardo Marquizzas

1744
01:50:13,720 --> 01:50:18,040
excellent delivery into the net market so it also had a great start.

1745
01:50:18,040 --> 01:50:22,720
Momentum shifted after the goal with Giuseppe Casuz disallowed the goal for offside and

1746
01:50:22,720 --> 01:50:26,520
the brilliant save by Ochoa Denaencadira's close range header.

1747
01:50:26,520 --> 01:50:32,880
If you are one of the Ochoa deniers, one of the Ochoa haters to say that his reflexes

1748
01:50:32,880 --> 01:50:38,840
have actually plummeted, check out this save.

1749
01:50:38,840 --> 01:50:40,840
Watch him every now and then.

1750
01:50:40,840 --> 01:50:44,520
Apparently he's not that famous in Mexico.

1751
01:50:44,520 --> 01:50:45,760
What the hell?

1752
01:50:45,760 --> 01:50:49,600
It was Aden's wife told us.

1753
01:50:49,600 --> 01:50:51,600
Ah and I heard it again recently.

1754
01:50:51,600 --> 01:50:57,840
Apparently he's not very liked in Mexico, I think he deserves a statue over there.

1755
01:50:57,840 --> 01:51:02,600
I wouldn't take the portion that we've heard it from as an example.

1756
01:51:02,600 --> 01:51:08,000
But here you get a good idea man, once I was speaking to a Swiss student that we had

1757
01:51:08,000 --> 01:51:13,160
at work and he mentioned something about it.

1758
01:51:13,160 --> 01:51:17,400
Football came up in conversation and back then Milan had Ricardo Rodriguez and I mentioned

1759
01:51:17,400 --> 01:51:21,440
him and he was like, ah Ricardo Rodriguez, he's a piece of shit.

1760
01:51:21,440 --> 01:51:23,440
I'm like what really?

1761
01:51:23,440 --> 01:51:27,280
And ever since then I've always asked those people about Ricardo Rodriguez, not many like

1762
01:51:27,280 --> 01:51:28,280
him.

1763
01:51:28,280 --> 01:51:29,280
I don't know why.

1764
01:51:29,280 --> 01:51:30,280
Okay.

1765
01:51:30,280 --> 01:51:31,280
Very interesting.

1766
01:51:31,280 --> 01:51:33,280
Maybe it's the same thing with Ochoa.

1767
01:51:33,280 --> 01:51:38,320
So many World Cups for Mexico and had so many heroic performances.

1768
01:51:38,320 --> 01:51:40,840
I think the Mexicans are crazy about football.

1769
01:51:40,840 --> 01:51:44,440
It's the equivalent of like a Brazilian or a Palette never rated me.

1770
01:51:44,440 --> 01:51:45,440
Exactly.

1771
01:51:45,440 --> 01:51:46,440
Micromepsut, who?

1772
01:51:46,440 --> 01:51:47,440
Who man?

1773
01:51:47,440 --> 01:51:53,600
Only two goals against Manchester United, shout out Mike.

1774
01:51:53,600 --> 01:51:58,400
Tempers flared towards the end of the first half, setting up the save for a fiery second

1775
01:51:58,400 --> 01:51:59,400
half.

1776
01:51:59,400 --> 01:52:04,240
Salernitana led by manager Paolo Sousa came out aggressively and found an equalizer as

1777
01:52:04,240 --> 01:52:09,240
Cabral capitalized on Antonio Canjeva's corner to sweep the ball past Stefano Turatti in

1778
01:52:09,240 --> 01:52:10,240
the Frostinone goal.

1779
01:52:10,240 --> 01:52:13,200
A good goal over there, well deserved for Jován Cabral.

1780
01:52:13,200 --> 01:52:14,840
You can see how much it meant to him.

1781
01:52:14,840 --> 01:52:17,120
He went absolutely mental.

1782
01:52:17,120 --> 01:52:20,440
Despite Salernitana's intent in the closing minutes, they couldn't complete their comeback

1783
01:52:20,440 --> 01:52:25,720
and will now look to end the streak of conceding first when they face bottom place, simply

1784
01:52:25,720 --> 01:52:26,720
in their next fixture.

1785
01:52:26,720 --> 01:52:31,240
Let's hope Empoli don't score before Salernitana or they're definitely doomed.

1786
01:52:31,240 --> 01:52:34,560
Frostinone on the other hand will be content with a point having extended their unbeaten

1787
01:52:34,560 --> 01:52:39,000
run to four games with their only loss of the season coming against training champions

1788
01:52:39,000 --> 01:52:40,000
Napoli.

1789
01:52:40,000 --> 01:52:45,960
Yeah, I thought they were going to get away with a victory over here man.

1790
01:52:45,960 --> 01:52:50,800
But the thing is after they scored they just keep playing their football don't they Frostinone?

1791
01:52:50,800 --> 01:52:51,800
They like that.

1792
01:52:51,800 --> 01:52:53,240
They like the quick passing around.

1793
01:52:53,240 --> 01:52:54,600
They like attacking.

1794
01:52:54,600 --> 01:52:56,600
They like dragging players upfield.

1795
01:52:56,600 --> 01:52:59,440
And that did help Salernitana get back into the game.

1796
01:52:59,440 --> 01:53:02,320
I don't feel like they dropped back.

1797
01:53:02,320 --> 01:53:07,280
It's a weird thing because they'll be dominating the game by playing this fluid offensive brand

1798
01:53:07,280 --> 01:53:08,280
of football.

1799
01:53:08,280 --> 01:53:12,400
And then they're like if we change anything after we score it might impact us negatively.

1800
01:53:12,400 --> 01:53:16,000
So they keep using the same technique to dominate the game.

1801
01:53:16,000 --> 01:53:20,400
But when Salernitana are a goal down and you've given them an inch of space they smell blood,

1802
01:53:20,400 --> 01:53:27,880
especially with players like Kandreva who are so experienced who have incredible accuracy

1803
01:53:27,880 --> 01:53:30,520
and direct style of play.

1804
01:53:30,520 --> 01:53:33,040
And they've got brother Rich and Madzuki down the flank.

1805
01:53:33,040 --> 01:53:35,280
Players like Castanoss and Cabral.

1806
01:53:35,280 --> 01:53:40,520
So it's tough to play that style and maintain a one-lead against Salernitana.

1807
01:53:40,520 --> 01:53:41,520
Yeah definitely.

1808
01:53:41,520 --> 01:53:44,400
Salernitana actually had six shots on target over here.

1809
01:53:44,400 --> 01:53:45,400
He looked at Tarrati.

1810
01:53:45,400 --> 01:53:46,400
He had five saves.

1811
01:53:46,400 --> 01:53:48,400
What a game he had man.

1812
01:53:48,400 --> 01:53:49,400
Tarrati.

1813
01:53:49,400 --> 01:53:50,400
What a game.

1814
01:53:50,400 --> 01:53:55,000
Other than that when it comes to the possession stats of the game, very even.

1815
01:53:55,000 --> 01:54:01,040
It felt like there was some underlying resentment from these teams towards each other.

1816
01:54:01,040 --> 01:54:02,040
It felt like a derby.

1817
01:54:02,040 --> 01:54:06,600
This game I don't know if it's because they're both kind of relegation candidates or it's

1818
01:54:06,600 --> 01:54:09,040
because they have a history in the lower leagues.

1819
01:54:09,040 --> 01:54:12,400
But they absolutely seemed to despise each other.

1820
01:54:12,400 --> 01:54:16,240
It's true we did have a very rough feel about this game.

1821
01:54:16,240 --> 01:54:21,080
It felt like there wasn't one single mother fucker on the pitch that didn't give their

1822
01:54:21,080 --> 01:54:23,000
100% in this game.

1823
01:54:23,000 --> 01:54:24,320
It was one of those man.

1824
01:54:24,320 --> 01:54:27,440
It was like a Serie A bird playoff final.

1825
01:54:27,440 --> 01:54:29,680
But I must say I made a point in the first half.

1826
01:54:29,680 --> 01:54:34,760
Frazzinone looked like the Serie A team and Salernitana looked like the Serie A bird team.

1827
01:54:34,760 --> 01:54:39,600
But things changed obviously after Salernitana had their team talk and managed to get a goal.

1828
01:54:39,600 --> 01:54:42,920
Frazzinone managed to acquire a few talented players this season.

1829
01:54:42,920 --> 01:54:49,880
Like Bre Sianini from Milan, Berence, Anzule from Juve, Marquitsa from Sassuolo.

1830
01:54:49,880 --> 01:54:53,480
These are the signings you make if you want to survive and say you need players who know

1831
01:54:53,480 --> 01:55:00,360
the league, the environment, players who understand the way certain teams operate.

1832
01:55:00,360 --> 01:55:03,320
Again, we go back to that Venetius side.

1833
01:55:03,320 --> 01:55:06,520
We always talk about too many foreign players.

1834
01:55:06,520 --> 01:55:12,240
Then this isn't like a right wing run because they don't have the experience needed to

1835
01:55:12,240 --> 01:55:13,240
survive.

1836
01:55:13,240 --> 01:55:14,240
Exactly.

1837
01:55:14,240 --> 01:55:22,240
But I think Frazzinone, look man, I can't help but say that they are the best out of

1838
01:55:22,240 --> 01:55:28,240
the newly promoted team and with the way they're playing football, I don't see them being

1839
01:55:28,240 --> 01:55:29,760
relegation candidates.

1840
01:55:29,760 --> 01:55:31,240
Can they get figured out?

1841
01:55:31,240 --> 01:55:32,960
They can absolutely get figured out.

1842
01:55:32,960 --> 01:55:37,400
But if they get figured out in January, they would have accumulated enough points until

1843
01:55:37,400 --> 01:55:38,400
then.

1844
01:55:38,400 --> 01:55:44,320
What the MPOLI have done the past two seasons, think of what Lecce did last season, think

1845
01:55:44,320 --> 01:55:47,640
of what Odinese did last season as well.

1846
01:55:47,640 --> 01:55:50,040
We could be seeing something similar with Frazzinone.

1847
01:55:50,040 --> 01:55:51,920
Even Salih and Netana did the reverse.

1848
01:55:51,920 --> 01:55:52,920
They did the reverse thing.

1849
01:55:52,920 --> 01:55:56,400
They didn't win a single game in the first half of the season and they won, they got

1850
01:55:56,400 --> 01:55:58,040
a few points in the second part.

1851
01:55:58,040 --> 01:55:59,040
Exactly.

1852
01:55:59,040 --> 01:56:00,040
Yes, we'll see.

1853
01:56:00,040 --> 01:56:02,200
It might be enough.

1854
01:56:02,200 --> 01:56:05,120
But basically what I'm understanding bro, if I'm getting the thread correct me or if

1855
01:56:05,120 --> 01:56:14,280
I'm wrong is...

1856
01:56:14,280 --> 01:56:18,360
Look at us, we put Lecce and Frazzinone in our bottom two or at least I put them both

1857
01:56:18,360 --> 01:56:19,360
in mine.

1858
01:56:19,360 --> 01:56:21,280
One of them are third and the other ones are eighth.

1859
01:56:21,280 --> 01:56:22,280
No, that's really good.

1860
01:56:22,280 --> 01:56:24,560
No, that's only five days in.

1861
01:56:24,560 --> 01:56:26,480
Our reaction, I know.

1862
01:56:26,480 --> 01:56:31,000
It's just, you know, we have a podcast and we're gonna talk about it.

1863
01:56:31,000 --> 01:56:44,520
That's kind of a comment made by Matt.

1864
01:56:44,520 --> 01:56:50,160
Welcome back to our question segment where you can drop your questions on our TikTok,

1865
01:56:50,160 --> 01:56:53,680
our Twitter or our Instagram and we'll be responding to them.

1866
01:56:53,680 --> 01:56:56,800
You can even drop them off in the YouTube comment section or in the Spotify comments

1867
01:56:56,800 --> 01:56:57,800
as well.

1868
01:56:57,800 --> 01:56:58,800
Wherever guys, we see everything.

1869
01:56:58,800 --> 01:56:59,800
We see everything.

1870
01:56:59,800 --> 01:57:05,240
Steve, our friend Steve Collero says, imagine having a gutty and a tech in your Fanta this

1871
01:57:05,240 --> 01:57:06,240
week.

1872
01:57:06,240 --> 01:57:07,240
Gutty and tech.

1873
01:57:07,240 --> 01:57:08,240
The tech is Vojtec.

1874
01:57:08,240 --> 01:57:09,240
Ah.

1875
01:57:09,240 --> 01:57:10,240
Yeah.

1876
01:57:10,240 --> 01:57:11,240
Yeah.

1877
01:57:11,240 --> 01:57:15,240
I had, I had Shesney and Martin with the red card.

1878
01:57:15,240 --> 01:57:16,840
So zero on the 2.5.

1879
01:57:16,840 --> 01:57:19,520
Two men got me a 2.5 and they meant to average the six.

1880
01:57:19,520 --> 01:57:24,200
Steve, you know what's worse than having them on Fanta?

1881
01:57:24,200 --> 01:57:26,200
Having them in your team.

1882
01:57:26,200 --> 01:57:27,200
Jokes, jokes.

1883
01:57:27,200 --> 01:57:28,200
They're both good.

1884
01:57:28,200 --> 01:57:31,600
They both had a shit show, man.

1885
01:57:31,600 --> 01:57:35,960
I'm also going to read out a comment sent to us by David about Berardi.

1886
01:57:35,960 --> 01:57:39,000
He says, boys, can I just say how good is Berardi?

1887
01:57:39,000 --> 01:57:40,000
Truly.

1888
01:57:40,000 --> 01:57:41,000
He's a freak.

1889
01:57:41,000 --> 01:57:44,000
Create space, the right option and the perfect weight of pass.

1890
01:57:44,000 --> 01:57:45,200
And I do mean every time.

1891
01:57:45,200 --> 01:57:49,640
Just huge IQ, strong on the ball, acceleration and lethal when he gets a look at goal.

1892
01:57:49,640 --> 01:57:51,920
Is there a better player in his position in Italy?

1893
01:57:51,920 --> 01:57:54,640
This lad could play anywhere on earth.

1894
01:57:54,640 --> 01:57:56,320
I watched Saswolo versus Juvent.

1895
01:57:56,320 --> 01:57:57,840
He just battered them on his own.

1896
01:57:57,840 --> 01:57:59,000
I'm not sure it was legal.

1897
01:57:59,000 --> 01:58:02,360
I was frankly in a massive state of arousal the whole time.

1898
01:58:02,360 --> 01:58:03,960
Magic, hopeful as well.

1899
01:58:03,960 --> 01:58:05,560
That's just a door your work.

1900
01:58:05,560 --> 01:58:06,560
What a legend.

1901
01:58:06,560 --> 01:58:07,560
I love David.

1902
01:58:07,560 --> 01:58:09,400
He has the best messages.

1903
01:58:09,400 --> 01:58:14,920
If your messages aren't anything like David's, we're going to like you as much as we like

1904
01:58:14,920 --> 01:58:15,920
David.

1905
01:58:15,920 --> 01:58:20,120
The kind of messages are so entertaining, man.

1906
01:58:20,120 --> 01:58:22,120
And we just entertain it, obviously.

1907
01:58:22,120 --> 01:58:25,040
Sitting down watching football and we hit them back.

1908
01:58:25,040 --> 01:58:26,040
Of course.

1909
01:58:26,040 --> 01:58:29,760
I love how eloquently he phrases everything.

1910
01:58:29,760 --> 01:58:30,760
It's beautiful.

1911
01:58:30,760 --> 01:58:31,760
Amen.

1912
01:58:31,760 --> 01:58:34,720
No, I agree with David wholeheartedly.

1913
01:58:34,720 --> 01:58:40,320
Can he play for any team in the universe or whatever?

1914
01:58:40,320 --> 01:58:42,040
Maybe not.

1915
01:58:42,040 --> 01:58:44,440
But in Italy he's definitely the best right winger.

1916
01:58:44,440 --> 01:58:49,280
And actually there are some other players that can play on the right wing like Chiesa

1917
01:58:49,280 --> 01:58:50,280
so on and so forth.

1918
01:58:50,280 --> 01:58:55,360
But as a consistent right winger, Berardi's been the best for the past three, four years,

1919
01:58:55,360 --> 01:58:56,360
I would say.

1920
01:58:56,360 --> 01:58:57,360
Yeah, yeah.

1921
01:58:57,360 --> 01:59:00,080
He's definitely been top tier for a while in Italy.

1922
01:59:00,080 --> 01:59:01,880
And we discussed this earlier on.

1923
01:59:01,880 --> 01:59:02,880
He's super.

1924
01:59:02,880 --> 01:59:05,840
He could be the star man of a top team in Italy.

1925
01:59:05,840 --> 01:59:06,840
That's how good he is.

1926
01:59:06,840 --> 01:59:07,840
He could be the star man of Juve.

1927
01:59:07,840 --> 01:59:11,240
He could be the star man of Inter, of Milan, of everyone.

1928
01:59:11,240 --> 01:59:14,760
Maybe okay granted, he won't do it on the international stage, but in mobile.

1929
01:59:14,760 --> 01:59:16,360
He didn't do it on the international stage.

1930
01:59:16,360 --> 01:59:17,360
He was useful.

1931
01:59:17,360 --> 01:59:18,360
He was for lots.

1932
01:59:18,360 --> 01:59:19,360
He was a legend.

1933
01:59:19,360 --> 01:59:21,240
He was leaving those scores of the league.

1934
01:59:21,240 --> 01:59:23,080
Our next question comes from Francois.

1935
01:59:23,080 --> 01:59:27,000
Who's better, the Versa's lecture or Pep's Barça or Saki's Milan?

1936
01:59:27,000 --> 01:59:28,400
I think it's an obvious one.

1937
01:59:28,400 --> 01:59:29,400
Yes.

1938
01:59:29,400 --> 01:59:30,400
The Versa's lecture.

1939
01:59:30,400 --> 01:59:31,960
First, Saki's Milan.

1940
01:59:31,960 --> 01:59:34,240
Second, Guardiola's Barça third.

1941
01:59:34,240 --> 01:59:35,240
Exactly.

1942
01:59:35,240 --> 01:59:36,240
There we go.

1943
01:59:36,240 --> 01:59:39,600
And the last question we're going to read out quickly is do you have to wash your mouth

1944
01:59:39,600 --> 01:59:43,240
with soap after saying things like Milan or is blue and Juve is a beautiful club.

1945
01:59:43,240 --> 01:59:45,240
Thank you, Lena, our patron.

1946
01:59:45,240 --> 01:59:47,160
Yes, we do.

1947
01:59:47,160 --> 01:59:48,680
We do every single time.

1948
01:59:48,680 --> 01:59:50,240
Milan is titted with I.

1949
01:59:50,240 --> 01:59:53,960
But yes, thank you very much, guys, for joining us for yet another episode.

1950
01:59:53,960 --> 02:00:20,320
I will see you very, very soon.