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Zirkzee is through here. He waits for the support of ndoye. Zirkzee sets himself and gets the equalizer.

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He just rolled it in, but he did so with so much composure.

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Hello, hello, you beautiful people, and welcome back to another episode of Seria Art Spotlight.

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This is episode 95, and we are hosts Matt and Jake. We've got a lot to talk about in matchday 8 of Seria Art.

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A significant matchday, a lot of happenings leading into this international break naturally.

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Our goal of the week this week was Xerxes with a great finish on the cool head against Inter.

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He completely wiped out three defenders with his first touch and just casually rolled it into the

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bottom corner, leaving summer rooted to the spot from outside the area.

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All right guys, how didn't you choose Lautaro as your goal of the week?

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Spectacular goal, spectacular striker, 10 goals in his first eight matches of the season,

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becoming the third Inter player to ever do that in history. However, you often see a player who shoots

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from distance and the shot is, it turns out to be a good shot, not taking away anything from the

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technique, but the technique which was showcased by Xerxes against Inter's three centre backs over

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there was beautiful that had me screaming man. Absolutely, we've seen the likes of Vincent

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Company score goals similar to Lautaro's. Have you ever seen Vincent Company score a goal similar

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to that Xerxes goal? Very well put bro, perfectly put. Honourable mentions are of course Lautaro

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Martinez and Colpani. Colpani, bit of Messi here and there, how would that go? He's got it, he's a

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good player man. He scored most of Monsa's goals this season, it's crazy. If you look at like if

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they scored, let's say they scored eight goals, well let's say they scored six goals, he would have

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scored like four of them, which is mental. I don't have the actual stat guys, apologies for that,

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but Colpani has scored the majority of Monsa's goals. I would say he's on three or four goals.

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Their all-time top scorer is Carlos Auguston, say last season he got six goals, so Colpani

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could totally become their all-time top scorer this season. If he keeps playing that way then he's

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gonna do that within the next five match days without a doubt man. Yeah definitely. Don't forget,

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sorry you were gonna say? No I was gonna do the exact same. Fantastic, we're in sync, we're supposed

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We've also got Patreon if you'd like to support our content, so yeah you also get to join our Fanta

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League for next season if you do that. How did you do last week in Fanta? I was a man down brother,

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I have a defensive crisis with injuries, I was a man down at the back but fortunately I got enough

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goals and I came one-one against the renegades. The renegades are a team for those of you who do not

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know who led by Taco aka Lewis who drafted every single player for just one credit after the

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auction was done and somehow managed with a decent team. He's got the likes of Soleil, he's got the

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likes of Chris Tante, Derune, a few random players like that who apparently have been playing very well.

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I in case you wanted to ask following my 6-1 dismantling of Lewis who you've just drawn to

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naturally, I've now dismantled Allen. Another day one, I'm just demolishing the day one from now,

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it's upsetting but yeah 4-1 against Allen, yeah good good good performance. I'm in third,

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I've got the most points, naturally the accumulated points are not the points of victories and I'm

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two points behind Mintoff and Luca I believe. Yeah you're a tough tough cookie my brother,

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but there are some other tough cookies in the league. Who have a man down? Yes I was referring

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to myself, it was Bianconeri, Bruisers and Warm Benchers and unfortunately my defense is

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Shambolic right now. This week in Serie A, Kanye West was in the stands watching Genoa Milan where

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there were two goalkeeping red cards, one of which led to Jiru having to step in goal and

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saving Milan through a spectacular save in the dying moments of the match on an onrushing Puskas.

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He was even picked as the goalkeeper of the week and his shirts were sold out, his goalkeeper

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shirts might add on the official website. So safe to say Milan made a made a bit of money from this

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one. Bravo Simi bravo Simi. He's also included in FIFA's ultimate team, any of you will talk about

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that. Milan's website is listed down as a goalkeeper which is brilliant. Yeah I mean it's not every

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day you get something else, you might as well have fun with it. Fiorentina demolished champions,

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Napoli in front of their fans in a dominant display, this led to Rudy Garcia's job being

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in New Jeopardy, leading to links such as Conte and Jean Paolo. However Conte has

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shut it down quickly on Instagram, he said that he wants to spend some more time with his family,

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so that leaves Jean Paolo as a likely candidate. It could be a pain in the ass behind closed doors.

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Yeah well we'll see, I don't see Conte and ADL being a sustainable relationship to be honest.

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No. Yeah Jean Paolo is more of that yes man but that would be the end of Napoli, especially if he

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picks up from where he left off because after Milan you know I mean granted he got a bad name

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at Milan Jean Paolo but he did do well with some Doria prayer to that, he had a very very very good

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season with them but after that he never managed to recover from his poor stint at Milan. We also

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had Victor Rosimont stepping up to take a penalty and score following the entire saga that happened

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last week. The Derby della Molle took place, Juve against Torino that was lovely and it didn't take

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till the last second of the game for that game to be decided. Bonaventura was called up to the

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Italian national team thanks to Luciano Spalletti who has compared him to Real Madrid's Jude Bellig

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saying that Bonaventura can be that guy to insert himself and to get them that that go

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that they need crazy comparison over there. Yeah but I just love Spalletti and I love Bonaventura

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and I hope they do great things together. Yeah same man. Fagioli this is the latest. Fagioli has

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been caught red handed illegally betting. Yeah he might be banned for three years potentially

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that's Juve's golden boy over there absolutely heartbreaking for Juve fans. Yeah he's so young

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he doesn't need to be doing that shit he's got such a bright future ahead of him. No that's all

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right I mean he makes way more than we do and we don't bet that much. Salernitana sacked coach

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Susa following a winless start in eight matches and they replaced him with Pip Poanzagi.

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Pip Poanzagi is the new Salernitana manager that's meant it's like they're almost trying to go all 38

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games without the win. He's always done well in Serie B but has actually not done very well in

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Serie A. Milan have gone top of the table following Inter's draw to Bologna and that dramatic game

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against Genoa. Yeah and I mean Deja Vu Milan go on top thanks to Inter dropping points against

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Bologna. Yeah fast forward to who was it Sansone and Radu right? That big Sansone scored and it was

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Radu's mistake. Yeah Radu's mistake that beautiful Scudetto best year of my life. So yeah I'll just

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do the rundown for all of you guys commuting that don't have time to listen to all of this or just

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want to get a quick catch up before we get into the details. So it was League leaders Napoli

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that hosted Fiorentina absolutely blew Napoli out of the water with the score of 3-1. Lazio

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hosted Atalanta in another dramatic affair with Lazio getting away with a 3-2 victory so many big

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games in this matchday. Inter 2 Bologna 2 Inter started really quick they were 2-0 up within the

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first 15 minutes however Bologna fought back with a decimated team full of injuries. Genoa

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Nil Milan won probably one of the craziest games I've watched in a fucking wild scene Giroud

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wearing Manjane's kit and Superman saving and that puskas strike was absolutely absolutely

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brilliant and the highlight of the season so far. Juve 2 Torino Nil in the Derby della Malle despite

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not having Kiesa and Vladovic in their team. Kaliari 1 Roma 4 the combination of Debala and

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Lukaku is just ridiculous at this point they look so good together. Lecce 1 Sasvalo 1 and a rather

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rather tight affair over there. Monza 3 Salernitan Nil with a brilliant goal by Colpani which we

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mentioned earlier and the sacking of Sousa which we also mentioned earlier. Frozano 2 Verona 1

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Frozano looking like such an attacking team and they've kept it up for eight matches now so they

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had an absolute masterpiece of a game over here and the last game was a Nil Nildra between Empoli

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and Odinesa. What a fucking week bro what a week every game that we're gonna speak about right

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here is one to write home about like and I can't wait to get into everything. Yeah they were all

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bangers man I don't know how we're gonna do this in under two hours but we'll see. Oh man we should

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you know we should do what we do every time we really take our time in the beginning getting

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into all the details and then needing to rush behind a little bit for our poor poor listeners

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I'm so sorry guys. The idea is that the puggers were talking like this. We're paused we've got 30

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seconds to go on you like bro I bet I could read the line-ups in under 30 seconds I'll do it in

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five. But shall we brother? We shall we shall that's what we're here for guys this is what we love

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doing and I am thrilled to start this episode off with Napoli one Fiorentina three. Napoli

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were coming off a four Nile away victory to Lecce and a midweek three to home loss to Real Madrid

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in what was another banger of a match with a banger of a goal by Valverde towards the end which

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ended up going down as a merit own goal. Fiorentina coming off a three Nile will took Al Jari and

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a midweek two to home draw to Ferreng Varos in the conference league. Coming into this game Napoli

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had kept a clean sheet in four of their last six home matches against Fiorentina in Serie A safe to

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say it wasn't the same case over here and Fiorentina had only won one of their last six Serie A matches

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against Napoli both sides came into this match tied on 14 points. Amir Rahmani Juan Jesus and

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Pierre Luigi Gollini were still out of action while Oliver Christensen, Dodo Yerimina and

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Castrovilli didn't make the trip and Nico Gonzalez was only fit for the bench. For Napoli and Giudi

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Garcia it was a 4-3-3 with Alex Merritt in goal and the back line of Oliveira, Natan Ostegard and

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Di Lorenzo, Ziellin's killer bot can d'Anguissa formed midfield three with Gvarracchia and

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Poletano flanking the formidable Victor Ossimen. It was a 4-2-3-1 for Italiano's Fiorentina with

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Terra Ciano in goal and the back line of Cagode, Martinez, Milenkovic and Parisi when I say Martinez

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naturally I'm referring to Martina Squarta. Artur and Duncan in the double pivot over there

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with a con out on the right, Brecal out on the left and Bonaventura playing behind in Zola.

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Now Napoli threatened in the fifth minute of the match but Terra Ciano denied Di Lorenzo's close

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range strike by tipping it over the bar and in the seventh minute Fiorentina opened the scoring

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and it was through Brecalo who slotted in through the legs of Merritt from an immensely tight angle

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with a slight touch from Di Lorenzo on the way in which must have helped it a little bit however

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the goal was awarded to Brecalo. The ball fell to Brecalo after Martina Squarta struck the inside

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of the post with a half volley which I don't think he knew much about it seemed to hit him and then

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hit the post. It was an initial cross by Jack Bonaventura that started this dangerous situation.

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This was Brecalo's first goal for Fiorentina, hopefully for him, first of many. In the 23rd

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minute Ossimen scored but it was disallowed due to an offside and in the 32nd minute Panic mode was

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on for Rudy Garcia as Anguissa was replaced by Raspadori removing a central midfielder to bring

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on an attacking player. In the 50th minute but still in the first half Ossimen netted from the

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spot he actually yes Victor Ossimen stepped up to take a penalty after that entire saga. He didn't

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step up in the previous three which were allocated to Ziellinski and Poletano. It probably had something

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to do with him actually winning the penalty after he was brought down by Terra Ciano in the area

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following an incredibly risky move by Parisi where he attempted to chest the ball back to the keeper

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with Ossimen lurking around the area. Bit of a rookie mistake over there. The Nigerians smashed

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the penalty into the back of the net with no chance for Terra Ciano who tracked it down but couldn't

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do much more than that. It was half time we're chilling on the sofa watching the game naturally

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and we receive a text from a friend and a patron of our podcast Alan who messaged us this quote.

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Hot take. Napoli and Garcia got lucky with that goal. Subbing in Raspadori instead of Kai you

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stored them was a mistake. There's too much space between the lines and Lobotka prefers short passes.

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It looked good for three to four minutes but when Viola was able to pressure them deep and Napoli

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struggled to get out. Their build up play is suffering hard now and OsteGuard is probably

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the least useful person on the planet playing it out from the back. He said this and I quote

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I will laugh so hard if they sub out Politaano or something and bring Kaiouste in to get more

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balance. Ekona struck the post in the 58th minute following some great play by Onzola

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and in the 57th minute Politaano was subbed out for Kaiouste.

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That is the kind of ball knowledge you get on our group chat.

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Fucking hell man. If you're a patron. Fantastic stuff by Alan over there.

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We lost our fucking mind when it actually happened. Oh my god he called it.

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They predicted the man he'd take out as well. The same profile coming on. He's right. I mean

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he left a massive hole in the middle. Alan I'm happy for you brother. I'm really happy

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that you managed to call that. I wish it was me. But yeah moments later Fiorentina once again

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underestimated the sheer pace and determination of Victor Ossimen as this time Ekone or Jorko

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directed his throw in back to Milenkovic once again with Ossimen lurking. Obviously Ossimen

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managed to get there and ended up clean through on goal but Terra Cianostop the Nigerian in a

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one on one situation very convincingly. In the 63rd minute Fiorentina made the 2-1 through

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Giacomo Bonaventura. It was tackled by Oliveira on Duncan which guided the balls straight to

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Bonaventura who ended up with just the goalkeeper to beat and a clear goal scoring opportunity.

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With the form the Italian veteran is in there was absolutely no missing. He started the ball

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neatly into the bottom corner leaving Alex Merritt rooted to the spot. Bonaventura's form has also

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let him to get his national team call up. Jude Bellingham. There were substitutions for both

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sides and from between the 70th and 80th minute Fiorentina naturally looking to sit back and get

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some fresh legs on while Snopoli were looking to get more offensive. In the 93rd minute however

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it was Fiorentina that sealed the deal making it 3-1 through substitute Nico Gonzalez who has

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just returned from injury. Thranus is by Parisi who made the mistake earlier on when Ossimen

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won the penalty. Bonaventura expertly found Parisi down the left wing who whipped in an

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early low cross to substitute Nico Gonzalez who knocked the ball in well. Bonaventura was involved

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everywhere over here. I think every goal I read out started with Bonaventura did this or Bonaventura

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did that. But it just seems that aside from Bonaventura the Fiorentina individuals are on such

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hot form at the moment. You look at Nico Gonzalez, you look at Bonaventura, you look at Martinez

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Cuarta, you look at Raccano, you look at Arthur, you look at Duncan who's been really good. You look at

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Parisi played well as well. Parisi apart from that mistake that he made, Cahioide is playing

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really well. It's just everything is ticking for the Fiorentina team. They are playing such an

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offensive brand of football with such high pressure. What do you make of this game and what do you

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make of the Fiorentina side so far? So this was the best game we've seen in Serie A this season.

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I think it was high octane, high velocity, high intensity. It was end to end. It was fantastic.

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I do think that Italiano outcoached Rudy Garcia. 100 million percent.

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That thing that Alan said as well of taking out Anguissa and then having to bring on Caio

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Stett to make up for your mistake that you made, that's like a rookie mistake. That's so obvious.

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That's such an obvious mistake. That's like a 12-year-old playing football manager without

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being too harsh. I really liked the way Italiano set up last season. He was getting a bit found

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out and they were struggling to score and then transition was taking them a little bit long.

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But now it seems like Martinez Cuartas inserting himself in certain offensive transitions. He's

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never picked up. He's never picked up. Even in this game he found himself in the box. He shot,

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I think he hit the post. Yeah, he hit the post that led to the Breca Los Opener. Exactly.

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Yeah. So they were just everywhere, man. They couldn't deal with them. You know,

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I'm Jack Bonovan to other form. He's like, wow, Caio, that looks bloody good as well.

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Once these guys, especially the youngsters, shake off the rust, you know, because Caio,

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the Emperor, he's the archive of rust. They're still making mistakes. And Ferentino overall

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are still making mistakes at the back. But once they find you in that, they can be top.

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They're one of the best teams in Ligra. Oh, for sure. And I draw comparison to Milan and their

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style of play so far in the sense that they are so offensive and they press so high up the field

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that these holes that you mentioned in the defense because of the certain rusty players that have

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just come in, they don't get exposed that much because they're so high up the field. They're

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carrying so much position that it's their opponents that are constantly in defensive

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situations and not Ferentino. In fact, maybe Napoli had two or three clear cut opportunities.

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They really didn't get many opportunities. Yeah, I mean, statistically Napoli had 16 shots,

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but only four of them were on target with one of them hitting the woodwork.

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That's compared to Ferentino's 12 shots with three of them on target.

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Yeah, obviously the nature of the shots and then if you were to watch this game and the quality of

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the shots weren't anywhere close to Ferentino's. But you mentioned naturally Italian or

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outcoaching Garcia. So to me, Garcia has got a lot to learn about the league.

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I can't judge him too much because he does have a history that is rather successful, maybe in

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questionable areas of the world where football has played me with the quality over there is

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questionable. But I'm sorry, his substitutions and his style of play just really doesn't seem up to

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scratch for a team that he has killed the enthusiasm and the play of a team that just

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convincingly won the Serie A by a landslide and he's coming in and seems like he's absolutely

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destroyed that style of play. And he's destroyed that formidable Napoli team that just constantly

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want to get forward. It doesn't seem like he knows how to utilize his players yet.

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He's bringing on fuck knows who man every now and then just seems like everything he's doing is

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questionable. Do you think that sacking him so early on would be a good decision by Napoli?

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Hard to say. Sometimes I look at these situations and I wonder what the president was expecting.

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Was De Laurentiis expecting Rudy Garcia to come in and just win every game? Was he expecting to

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pick up from where Spalletti left off because they're not the same profile and if he was

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a manager to come in and to just copy and paste what was left behind that's not how managers

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roll. That's not how high profile managers roll. It almost seems like that's what he tried to do.

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It's like he ignored any manager that doesn't play a 4-3-3 formation for example. He was looking

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at someone who has a very similar profile to Spalletti. Yeah but it's totally different at the

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same time. We talk about Lobotka being the focal point of Spalletti's system whereas Rudy Garcia

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likes to play through the full backs. For example De Lorenzo had as many touches as Lobotka

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as many passes so he cannot touch us. But then you have Olivier on 45 for example. What's Olivier

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doing for him? He's seeing the ball so much. And then these guys advance and then you have

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Vecone and Brea-Colo not to mention Bonaventura on the pocket attacking the space left behind

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from the full backs. That's a bit, I don't know, it's not perfect. No it seems like he's trying to

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do something that's very systematic that leaves little room for these players to be expressive.

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And there's one thing that got Napoli far last year. It was the individual quality and the confidence

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that the squad grew together. It was this individual quality and players bringing out the best of

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each other and understanding each other. But through this really systematic, almost disciplined style

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that Garcia is utilizing, it's just killing the ability and almost the pace of the team.

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When was the last time we saw Napoli attacking down space? Because they're not creating space,

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they're not catching teams on the counter. They're killing the game, they're playing a boring

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brand of football. Maybe I'm saying that because they haven't quite hit it off yet,

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but with their lack of success it almost comes across that way.

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I mean they gave Real Madrid a very, very good game in Europe. Perhaps they got a penalty that

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they didn't quite deserve Napoli. But that was still a very good game and I still think it's

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unjust to sack a manager eight games in. Now granted, okay, it's a title, defense and all that,

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but I'm sorry, Mr. President, you sacked the coach because you refused to give him what he

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asked for to meet his demands and you brought this up on yourself. If you're going to replace him,

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you have to break the bank if you want to replace him adequately. So you're bringing a manager,

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okay, from Saudi Arabia who previously had managed Marseille. I believe he had done quite well and

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Marseille is going quite far in Europe as well. But it's not the same type of caliber of manager.

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And now they're probably going to end up downgrading even further. So really Marseille is out for sure.

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He's made up his mind, De Laurentiis and if he's made up his mind there's no going back now.

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Contest said no and now apparently that leaves Gian Paolo. Now you're going to bring in Gian Paolo

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who's practically infamous at this point. Granted, okay, he had a brilliant team at Sampdoria

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and granted they were fantastic. He made Qualiarella at the age of like 30, what was he,

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37, 38? Yeah, something like that. He made Capocalmoniere ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo.

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That was Gian Paolo. And now he's not quite the same. No, no, no. He's interested in

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bringing him into Napoli. I can't help but think that a manager who has the style of play that

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would really suit Napoli, but good luck getting him out of Germany is Shabi Alonso. Shabi Alonso?

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You look at Leverkusen's Shabi Alonso and the brand of football that they play so positive

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and the enthusiasm that they have and the spirit that the team has just reminds me of Napoli

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last year, not as dominant, I guess, it's the early days for young Shabi Alonso.

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But I don't know, I get the feeling that that would work really well, but again,

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good luck getting him out from getting him out of Germany.

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Matias suggested, well suggested, he mentioned the idea that Napoli should probably go for a

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Spanish coach. The style fits well. Yeah, Matias, that means a lot. Matias got great ball knowledge,

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so I'm pleased with that. Like what's his name? Lotegui? Lopetegui?

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Lopetegui. He was the Spain manager that had gotten sacked because he accepted the Real Madrid

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job just before the World Cup. And then he didn't do very well with Real Madrid, right?

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He got sacked instantly and I believe they brought until the end.

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Let's just talk a bit about Fiorentina before we move on. Wow, wow, like what a team.

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Yeah. What a team. Their aggressive pressing really caused Napoli to struggle when it comes

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to build up play. They limited their options. Lobotka was never in space because they were just

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there pressing high up the field. Man, oh man, can Italiano organize a team and can Italiano

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get the best out of his players. What a team Fiorentina are. What do you think their ceiling is

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for the season naturally without getting carried away after this victory? It would be a fantastic

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start. Only one loss against Inter. What can they do this year? I think they can aim for Champions League

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and achieve Europa League. Beautiful. Bro, I would love it if Fiorentina made Champions League. I

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love teams with history. I love teams with pedigree. I love teams with identity and Fiorentina.

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I don't necessarily think they'll qualify for the Champions League and I don't think they'll finish

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top four, but they can most definitely aim to do so. If you aim to get Champions League,

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you're disappointed you fail, you have a Europa League. It's not that bad. They actually did

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better than they did last season if that's the case. The season is very long, but I'm seeing a

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Fiorentina side over here that has some serious depth and a coach that's got his team ticking

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and a team that's developed an identity. We saw the flashes of this Fiorentina side in previous

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seasons. They've been good for a while now. For two seasons, they've been pretty good,

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but they've not been this good. Now it seems like they've got all those little

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problems sorted that they had earlier on. It's also nice seeing them introducing the

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youngsters against Napoli. They're almost rubbing salt in their wounds. They brought on Infantino,

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they brought on Komutsu over there. They brought those two youth players on and then boom, Niko

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Gonzales. It's a beautiful man. They managed to do so well before Niko came on as well. We've

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been hailing Niko as the star of this team. I have to retract those words and say Bonaventura

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as the star of this team because he's been absolutely phenomenal for them, really rolling

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back the years over there. I don't think not even at Milan, can I remember Bonaventura being on such

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great form. But anyway, a late bloom, isn't he? Yeah, man. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he really has been.

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Fiorentina guys are in fourth in Champions League, brother. After just eight matches,

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naturally on 17 points, level on points with Juventus actually, while Napoli three points

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behind them in fifth place on 14 points. The next game we're going to be discussing is Lazio

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3-Atalanta 2. This was once again a high octane clash at the Olímpico, where Lazio managed to

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pull off a surprising win against Atalanta. I was not expecting Lazio to win this one.

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Especially after their start. Yeah. They ended Atalanta's five game on beaten streak and Seira.

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Despite both teams playing their seventh game in three weeks, the match delivered intense

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action and several dramatic moments. Now for Lazio, it was their 4-3-3 formation at Providele

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in goal. Maurizio Ciasa, the Romaniole, and he said the back would go into Ziravella and

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Luis Alberto in the middle. Felipe Anderson was out on the right. Zacani was out on the left,

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and Castellanos was in the middle, up front rather, replacing Immobile, who was not at his best.

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I believe he wasn't even at the game in Immobile. He was injured. Okay. Juan Musso was in goal for

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Atalanta in the 3-4-1-2 formation. Colassenac, Jim City, and Scalvini were at the back with

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Ruggieri and Davide Zappacosta as the wing backs, with Ederson and Derun working in a double pivot.

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Pasa Leuch was playing in the hole with Scamaca and Decay Tellare up front.

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The game got off to a shocking start for Atalanta as an own goal by Giorgio

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Decay Tellare, deflected often from a Luis Alberto corner, handed Lazio an early lead within five

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minutes. Now, you can see, did you see the clip of Gasperini losing his nuts?

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Goal for Zirco, bro. He was so angry at him. Garden norms tend to get a short time.

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You would think, you'd think it'd be a bit more forgiving. More compassionate.

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Yeah. Where it's a player who struggled with confidence. Of course. And who's only turned

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his career around now. You know, he was in the gutter after that spell at Milan.

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Yeah. You know, he's playing well for them and now it's because of one own goal. You know,

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granted he was flat footed. He should have been on his toes if he'd have been more alert.

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Borges hit him and ended up in the back of the net. But you hear Gasperini laugh and go over it.

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Over and over again. I don't know. But yeah, Lazio continued to dominate with Philippe Anderson,

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racing down the right hand flank to deliver a precise cross that Tati Castellanias converted,

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doubling the lead at the 11th minute mark. Lazio's Guendouzi hit the crossbar soon after

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and it seemed like Atalanta wasn't for a tough day. However, Atalanta started to find the rhythm

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and Ederson's header of Matteo Ruggeri cross in the 33rd minute pulled one back for them.

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And at half time it was two-one in favor of Lazio. The second half began with Atalanta pushing hard

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and Decay de laura had a chance to deliver the score early on. But Providil made a crucial save.

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There was a really cool turn here by Decay de laura. I don't know if you saw it. He spun so quickly.

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Yes. All the 360 angles shot it. Atalanta's pressure paid off in the 63rd minute when Saeed

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or Sead rather Colassenac headed in a two-tume Koopminers corner to make a two-two. Brother,

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this wine is slapping me in the face. It's good man. It's good and it's strong.

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Yeah, it's called Koopminers. Tume. I've never heard you call him Tune in the older...

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His name is Teun. Tune. Tune, I think. Tune. Like when a good song comes on.

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Yeah, the heck. Tune, bro. Tune. Banger Koopminers. As the game entered its final stage,

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Mattias Vesino became Lazio's hero, volleying in a precise cross from Castellanios into the net

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from close range in the 83rd minute, putting Lazio ahead three-two. This was the most

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Malinkovish-Savish-esque goal I've seen since he left that. That's true that I get exactly what you

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mean. You know, like what a goal over there. It's not normal for a player to have as many big moments

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as Vesino had. For a fringe player especially to have as many protagonist moments. I was gonna

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say last, I think it was last season we called him a big gameplayer. Yeah, he's totally a big

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gameplayer. He continues to prove that, man. And you almost forget that he's got such finishes in

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his locker and to his arse. But he does, man. He does. And whether or not he's starting a game

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where he's coming on, he's a threat on the big stage, Vesino. Yeah, totally, bro. He's the type

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of player, man, that you can pretty much plug into any of those midfield positions. And he's not

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gonna be a superstar, but he'll get the job done. He's kind of like, you know, kind of like

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Kronich. I was gonna say, Kronich. With even, like with goal prowess. That's it. And a bit more

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goal prowess, a bit less testosterone. But I don't know about that. Vesino is a hard man.

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Yeah. As hard as Kronich. Well, let's not get carried away over here. Atalanta's resilience

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brother is something I would like to discuss over here. Now, lots of you look like they were going

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to run away with at the beginning when they were two in a lot within 11 minutes, you know, but

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they managed to find a goal at the long time, the first half to one and a half time, then as the

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second half kicked off, 13 minutes later, boom, it's two to it's not hard to come back from two

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nil down, bro. No, it's it's it's well, I think you mean it's not easy. I think it's not easy.

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Vina, Vina. But yeah, you're absolutely right. And I think what happened here, well, basically was

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they managed to get a goal in the 33rd minute, which, you know, before half time. And then

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suddenly all they needed was one goal to get back into it. And there's one thing at a lot of

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and always have it's it's team spirit. And they always want to get back into the game. No matter

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what Atlanta, they're not often dead and out of the game. Are they they're constantly there

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looking to get a goal? I think that's what you get with a manager like like Gasperini. And he's

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built a side over here where if I hear that Atlanta scored, I'll be like, okay, who scored?

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If not, what he scored, I bet my money on Ossiman, if Milan scored, I bet my money on Leao,

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if Inter scored, I bet my money on Lautaro, Atlanta are one of those teams that you don't

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know who's going to score because everyone is capable of it, whether it's probably not the

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home. That's what I'd say. He's actually got quite a few. He's got enough you in the past.

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And Scamaca, Decay, Taylor, Pasalic, Ederson, even Zappa Costa, Scalvin, these guys are all

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capable of getting a goal. You never know who's going to get one for them. They're a team with

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thousands and thousands and thousands of combinations. Yes. Yes. That's it, man. They're

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always capable of scoring at Atlanta, no matter what, they're never down and out, man. And they

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fought hard over here. Totally. And it's an absolute shame that Coupe Miners picked up an

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injury on international duty because he's an absolute gem over there. Yes. And the rotation

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saw him starting off the bench, but Pasalic started instead of him. Oh, by the way, brother,

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didn't look very good. So Pasalic, I didn't want to say that he regressed last season,

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man, because you can sometimes have a bad season, shockingly enough. But the start,

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he's also gotten off this season, hasn't been too impressive. He hasn't really been finding

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himself in such opportunities that he used to find himself in in the past. And it seems like

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that started when Atlanta started taking a bit more of a pragmatic approach. It seems like when

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they were more of an expressive and offensive team, Pasalic would often find himself in gold

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scoring opportunities and we would hailed him as one of the smartest players in the league.

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But ever since, they've seemed to take a bit more of a pragmatic approach with

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stop seeing him in those situations. It's weird. It is really weird. I think it might be also a

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question of confidence. Maybe the coach not believing in him as a starter has got to him

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and he feels the pressure now whenever he does play because he hasn't featured much at all this

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season. That's true. So now when he plays, he plays with this pressure that he has to make

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something happen. And I believe when you try to force it, it doesn't quite come off well.

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But the tools that Gaspreen is disposing of, so when you take out Pasalic, you bring on Coop

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Miners, take out Skamaka, you bring on Lukman. Very good over there. But yeah, bro,

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Sarri got sent off in the 85th minute for this cent. What do you think he said?

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Probably the worst thing I've ever heard in my life. He's always got one of those in his locker.

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He's like an old man that drinks too much when something doesn't go his way.

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You know what I mean? Have you ever heard of his interviews in the Premier League?

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This is what you hear.

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Bro, what's the least to stop? Should we go to the filters? Be cool. I'm a smoker and I don't

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like shove my fucking addiction in your face. But you're a casual compared to this guy. I heard

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an interview with him. I forgot who it was, but someone basically had a long drive with Sarri

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and he told him, listen, Sarri, there's this Maurizio or listen, Moe, if they're tied like that.

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There's no smoking in my car. Right? So like, if you want a cigarette at any point, tell me,

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we'll pull over, you can have a cigarette. Apparently, bro, we spent the entire two hour

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ride just chain smoking cigarette. Like he wouldn't even finish a cigarette. He'd use

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the cigarette to light another one. Man smoking them in the car. Man the entire way.

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I think you know, this is the podcast about cigarettes, but either was the enjoyment at

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least totally. It's like, I have a cigarette after recording or in a break from recording.

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And I'm like, yes, Jesus, this is wow. You know what I mean? But if he doesn't have a cigarette,

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he's going to punch you in the fucking throat. You know what I mean? He can't operate without them.

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Smoking is bad for you and it makes you ugly. It's not cool at all. No. But I do want to say

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that both teams look good going forward, brother. However, they are both quite vulnerable at the

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back. Do you think this is a personnel problem? Do you think this is a systematic kind of problem?

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What do you think the problem is here? It's interesting because if you look at last season,

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both these sides didn't concede many goals, particularly. So Provedale had the most clean

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sheets in Serie A while Statalanta. Naturally, they took that more pragmatic approach and

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they conceded way less goals. So it's really interesting seeing them struggling defensively

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this season. I doubt it's individuals. I mean, it's tough to say what the issue is. I don't think

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Roman Yoli or Chazale would be the issue as much as I don't think Scalvini or Jim City would be the

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issue. If you look at Atlanta, they've got some new personnel, for example, Colasinac,

404
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that maybe still needs to find his footing, although he has gotten off to quite a good start.

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But I think it's more the brand of football that they are playing that leaves them vulnerable

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to certain situations rather than personnel. But I still can't put my finger on it because

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it's almost comical at times, particularly Lazio, the manner in which they concede goals.

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Situations where you think they could never concede goals.

409
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Atalanta's goals both came from dead ball situations over here. So Lazio definitely

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have something to focus on over there. Bro, I've also been impressed by this substitute

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for Lazio, Izakzin. Yeah, Izakzin.

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He's good. He's not going to track back much. He's not going to do a lot of defensive dirty

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work for you, but he's an interesting little profile going forward. And this is something

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I noticed about Lazio this season is that last season, who was challenging Philip Anderson

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for his spot, do you remember? It was Conchilleri. Oh, yeah, of course.

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And Conchilleri didn't really challenge him.

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Challenging is a strong word. He was there as a substitute. If he ever got injured,

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if he was ever really too tired to play. Now I feel like this guy can actually

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rotate with Anderson a bit more. You know, they actually do have this depth now.

420
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There was no vice immobile last season. No, no, there wasn't.

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Now this guy came in goal and then assist immediately.

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I was super impressed by Tati Castellanios over here because dropping immobile,

423
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actually it is because of an injury. For the Atalanta game, you're starting this MLS guy.

424
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He's a killer. He's a killer in front of the goal.

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He looked good. He looked good. I'm not going to get carried away, but he looked good.

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He honestly, and we said it, now you can only score where you play.

427
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He was in the MLS, scored quite a few goals. I'm prior to that, I believe he was in Spain with

428
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something like that. He still scored many goals there.

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But this game is proof that every match, and this is what Nannu Jo was saying,

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our granddad Jo. We've often mentioned him on this podcast for getting frustrated for not

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remembering player names back from the 60s. And saying that Aleksandro joined Juventus

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and played as a trequartist. Maybe not. But styles make matches.

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And you look at a team like Lazio that have been struggling. You look at a team like Atalanta,

434
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I've been doing decently well. They go up against each other and Lazio managed to get away with a

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victory when Lazio found themselves coming into this game at around 15th place.

436
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There's also a case of a bit of Robin Hood from Lazio because they've also beaten Napoli this

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season. And they beat Atalanta and they've pretty much struggled against everyone else.

438
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So there's definitely a case of rising to the occasion for the Lazio team.

439
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Yeah, that's absolutely true. Let's see how they settle it, to be honest. Because I do

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feel there's a positive vibe at the Lazio team. And I look at Luis Alberto, for example, who

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the kind of player he is, usually you'd expect him to be a bit of a rebel, a bad man. A bit of a

442
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you know, I don't give a fuck. I get my salary, I play my ball, you know what else happens. He

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was fucking stood next to Sarri on the sideline, clapping his team on, shouting instructions out.

444
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Like I really don't think there's a lot of trouble for Lazio. I don't think Lazio are in

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00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:14,720
trouble. Positive vibe right now. And I do see them actually doing quite well this season and

446
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recovering from this rocky start. Atalanta, what do you think? Atalanta have many, many issues man.

447
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They keep losing players. They had the first they lost their new striker, El Bilal Ture.

448
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:35,520
Then they lost Skamaka. Now they've lost Koopminers. You know, they can't really get it together

449
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:39,360
right now because they're always playing without a missing piece. And the piece is always quite an

450
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:43,360
important one. They have many new players who've come in and they're settling slowly, slowly.

451
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Gaspirini seems to really appreciate Hon who was signed from Atalanta. He's playing quite well.

452
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Colassenage got his first goal man. He said he was signed from Atalanta. Sorry, from Spetsio.

453
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:59,600
Yes. Colassenage is playing in defense and has been playing like, like he's been there for like

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10 years, you know, he fit in like a glove. Backers is slowly, slowly, slowly reduced.

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Ederson looks like he's actually picked up from Lazio because I didn't quite like the way Ederson

456
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played last season. No, but this year I'm liking him. Not because he scored two goals, but he's

457
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:20,720
played well. He's got more of an active role here. Yeah, has a box-to-box midfielder there.

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But the fact that he's had to start with, for example, using Muriel again, you know,

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it's like, it was probably like, Gaspirini is probably like, I've got rid of Zapata finally.

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And then both your strikers getting ready, looking at Dresden Grove and it's the other

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Colombian. Shit, I haven't shipped this one off. Nothing against Colombia. Of course, it's just a

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striker. I love Colombia. And you know what? We, Jake and I, had one of the messiest nights

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00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:58,800
of our lives drinking Aguadriente. Colombian fire water. Water drink. Amazing.

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Atlanta sit in sixth with 13 points. While Lazio sit in 13th with 10 points. As you can see,

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it's early on in the season. So the point discrepancies really are in that deep right now.

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Yeah. Yeah. And off we are to another banger of a game. Inter, two. Bologna, two. Inter were coming

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off a four in the way victory against Salerno and a midweek one in the Champions League over

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Benfica. Why is Bologna were coming off a three in the win over Empoli? I hope you guys enjoyed

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Luca's breakdown of Bologna. Last week, I listened back to that and I love Luca and we did just

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see fantastic feedback. So I hope you know, Luca, that people were sending us messages saying that

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you nailed it. So well done, brother. Coming into this game, Inter had recorded three successive

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home victories against Bologna and Serie A, within each of their last two, six, one. Crazy.

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00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:59,040
Yeah. The Nerazzurri had David Efratesi and Stefano Sensi back on the bench, but Arnautovic was

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out against his old club naturally with a long-term injury. Mottas side were on a strong unbeaten

475
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run conceding just four goals, but also had a decimated defense missing Stefan Posch,

476
00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:18,560
Lukumi, Saumauro and Christian Sin. Inter, three, five, two. You know the drill. Summer in gold,

477
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:25,280
back line of Bassoni, Archer, BM Pavard, who has looked good for Inter. So they mark out on the

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left, Dumfries out on the right, McIthari, Insalaamoglu and Barella in midfield with Turam and Lautar

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Omartinez up front. Four, two, three, one for Bologna, Skorupski in gold, back line of DeSylvestri,

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Beukema, Califiori and Lico Giannis. Yes, decimated. Ferguson and Froyler in the double pivot,

481
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Orsolini out on the right, Endoy out on the left and Abesher playing just behind Zergze.

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In the fourth minute, Ferguson's first time strike flashed just wide of Summer's far post,

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however in the eleventh minute Inter opened the scoring through Archerbi. It was Hakans corner to

484
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:08,320
the near post that was headed into the near corner by the veteran Archerbi, Abismel defending

485
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:13,280
by Bologna over here naturally with their decimated defense. They were clearly not prepared for the

486
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:19,360
near post move, even Skorupski remain rooted to the spot in the center of the net, twice little men

487
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where not little men as in like short men, but few men rather were marking Archerbi at the near post.

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00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:36,000
Brilliant. Just two minutes later Lautaro made a two-nil for Inter in the thirteenth minute.

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Bologna, clearly shaken from conceding the early goal, gave the ball away at the back to

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Ramley the ball off to Lautaro who released a bullet strike from distance with the ball flying

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into the corner with no chance for Skorupski. What a goal, naturally a contender for our goal of the

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week. Six minutes later Bologna pulled one back through a penalty by Orsolini. It was a low corner

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that was delivered by Orsolini and Lautaro was caught wrestling Ferguson to the ground in a

494
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:16,400
really blatant manner. I'm denying him a good opportunity to strike at goal from inside the

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area. After a VAR review, I can't believe it was needed, the penalty was awarded which was converted

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by Orsolini, albeit almost saved by Summer with the ball just squeezing in. In the 52nd minute,

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Bologna found their equalizer through Zergze. It was Ferguson's long ball over the top two Zergze

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which led to three defenders closing down the Dutchman instantly. However, Zergze pulled the

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ball back getting rid of two defenders instantly, you could just see them running off. He fainted

500
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a shot to create space which set Buster only tracking back and tracking back and tracking back

501
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and he had all the time and space in the world to place the ball low and slow into the bottom

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near corner with Summer routed to the spot, clearly expecting a far post bullet. A great example

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of the type of striker Zergze is and a nice showing of what he is capable of on a big stage.

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Fantastic goal, excellent composure. Seven minutes later in the 59th Inter had a goal disallowed.

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It was Sanchez that found the net, however it was offside. Atrebia and Lautaro both got agonizingly

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close following corners which further proves Inter's threat from deadball situations and

507
00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:37,280
Bologna's decimated defence but that was the end of the game. 2-2 draw, do you think it was a fair

508
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:42,640
result because Inter were getting quite close towards the end? Yes, I do think it was a fair

509
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:50,400
result. Once again we have a situation where a team takes the lead and smacks the opposing team

510
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:56,640
with two goals in quick succession. In two minutes they put two pause and I was in the opening 13

511
00:49:56,640 --> 00:50:04,960
minutes. Not very easy to come back from that, it can be very demoralising. Does that remind you of

512
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any game Inter participated in last year? That reminds me of the which way Inter participated

513
00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:17,680
in last year. Yes, the Milan one. Champions League semi-final. Getting an early 2 in a lead

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both goals, just two minutes apart from each other, clearly taking advantage of our rattled

515
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:29,840
defence. That's what Inter are good at, smelling blood man. Yes, that's it and being relentless.

516
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That's Atrebia goal, the way he squeezed the turn by the way. That header, I didn't expect it at

517
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all. When I saw the technique on the header, the way he flicked it in, I wasn't expecting to see

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Atrebia celebrating either. And then just Lautaro being like, you know what, screw it, I'm just

519
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:52,960
going to smack it from here and then score it from there. But Bologna showed a lot of character

520
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and I was quite disappointed when I saw Inter running away with it. I was like, oh no, they're

521
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:03,440
blowing them out of the water. Could it be that Bologna's luck has run out? Could it be that it

522
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was all a fluke like? Could it be that this is on their level? Nope, not at all. Because they managed

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to fight their way back into the game and they did so in style as well because that's Xerxes'

524
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:20,880
role brother. Oh my god, what a striker he is. I'm in love with what Xerxes could become. Oh my,

525
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:26,880
it's not even what he could become. It's what he is. Not many strikers, not many number nines

526
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:33,360
have that level of technique, man. That technique he has is crazy. And you know what, it makes sense.

527
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:39,840
This isn't a nobody. This guy was a bio-menic. He's a bio-menic youth product.

528
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Do you remember watching him in the Serie A debut for Parma coming on?

529
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:57,120
Yes, he came on for Parma and I remember us watching him and despite him not getting many

530
00:51:57,120 --> 00:52:02,480
opportunities in that game, we both agreed that his movement hold up play and the way he moved.

531
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:08,720
I remember us saying Xerxes flows. Yes, he flows. And I remember, it's in last season episode,

532
00:52:08,720 --> 00:52:16,800
I even bet you five Euro that he was going to score. Do you remember that I bet you five Euro

533
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:26,560
that? No. I don't think that I ever gave you that five Euro. You know who's going to have to give

534
00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:36,480
the five Euro though? Fajolit. What is it about Inter against sides from Emilia Romagna, brother?

535
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:46,560
It must be the air. It must be the air. That youthful university air of Emilia Romagna does

536
00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:52,880
something to winter and it's not good. It's funny. They do have a track record against

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00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:57,280
Osvala and Bologna. That is rather negative. It's funny because you look at their track record

538
00:52:57,280 --> 00:53:03,040
against any other team and it's quite positive. But those two in particular, both Emilia Romagna

539
00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:08,560
teams that they seem to struggle against, not really a talking point, just a fun little observation.

540
00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:15,840
Yeah, Lautaro, 10 goals in eight games, brother. Becoming Inter's third player in history to reach

541
00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:21,920
double figures in just eight matches. I mean, I don't want to go off too much about him because

542
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:27,520
it seems like we've been praising him from episode one of season three. But I think he deserves some

543
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:34,000
praise over here. So go ahead, say what you want to say. Totally. I mean, he's formed a fantastic

544
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:39,600
partnership with Marcus Turam and they seem to understand each other very, very well. Lautaro

545
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:46,640
has shoulder the responsibility of becoming a leader at this Inter team. Honestly, leading by

546
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:51,840
example, you know, when you wear that captain's arm band and you're the one getting the goals,

547
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:56,160
you fire your teammates up, you know, your teammates will play for you, they'll die for you,

548
00:53:56,160 --> 00:54:03,440
they're going to feed you the ball. Lautaro Martinez has developed nicely. And I said last

549
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:08,960
episode, I can't see him having a dry spell anytime soon, like he usually does on a seasonal basis.

550
00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:12,960
He's 26 years old, so he can only get better and it's very exciting to see what he can do.

551
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:20,160
Crazy. I forget that he's a young guy. He's 26. Lautaro's my age dog. Yeah, like, how are you Lautaro's

552
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:32,240
age? We thought about how Van Basten retired when he was your age. That's so crazy. I am nothing.

553
00:54:32,240 --> 00:54:39,760
I haven't done anything in my life like Van Basten retired at 28. I am 28 years old.

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By 28 Van Basten had achieved so much. Brother, you are the co-host of Serious Spotlight.

555
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Yeah, and here I am. We are a bit too drunk. Same dog. I have to be up so early tomorrow.

556
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I was just taking our time. All right, let's calm down. I think to be honest, we can close this

557
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game off. There was a bit of a midfield battle going on and it's impressive to see what Mota

558
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and Vod Bolonia were capable of doing with such a decimated side. I'm loving this word,

559
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:18,960
decimated. You've been using it, man. What's the word you've been using? High octane.

560
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High octane. Yes, this is high octane. That's high octane. What is an octane? Who the fuck knows

561
00:55:26,720 --> 00:55:35,920
what an octane is? Inter are in second place on 19 points. Three, no, two points behind lead

562
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leaders. League leaders AC Milan, Vod Bolonia are in 11th place on 11 points. The moment you have

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all been waiting for. Yes. Genoa, nil, Milan won. This was an astonishing match which took place

564
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at the Marasi Milan secured a thrilling victory against Genoa with an 87th minute goal by Pulisic,

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catapulting them to the top of the table. This win comes at the back of a goal. Let's draw with

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Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League and marks Milan's fourth consecutive league victory.

567
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The late drama didn't end there as Milan's goalkeeper Mike Manon received a red card in injury

568
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time, resulting in Olivier Giroux stepping up as an emergency goalkeeper to secure the victory.

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In the lead up to the match, both teams showcased impressive performances with Milan boasting 18

570
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points from six wins and one loss, marking their third best ever start after seven games in a Serie A

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season. Look at that. Look at Genoa. On the other hand, demonstrated their strength at home by

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securing a draw against Napoli and defeating Roma prior to this game. So this was not an easy game

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for Milan by any means. And those of you who have been watching Serie A closely, we're expecting this.

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For Genoa, it was a 4-5-1 formation with Josep Martinez in goal, De Wynter,

575
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Barney, Dragousin and Vasquez at the back with Sabelli playing on the right and Haps playing

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on the left. Thors B, Frend Rupp and Malinovsky were in the middle with Goodman Sim playing as

577
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the lone striker. For Milan, it was a 4-3-3 formation which was heavily rotated. Manon was in

578
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goal with Theo Hernandez on the left and Florence on the right, Tomori and Malicciau were at the

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back with Reinders, Adli and Musa in the middle. Kronich was unavailable as well for this one,

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so Ben Acer and Kronich were both out in midfield. Okafor even Ruben Loftus-Tric could pick up an

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injury and should be back after international break. No Okafor played on the left this time,

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Cioquese played on the right and Lukajov got his first start up front. Interesting. The match began

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with both teams eager to make an impact with Milan testing Genoa's goalkeeper Josep Martinez early

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on thanks to Alessandro Florence and Tiani Reinders' efforts. Despite Milan's initial

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dominance, Genoa put up a resolute defence, making clear-cut opportunities rare for the visitors.

586
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In the second half, Milan coach Stefano Piorri made crucial substitutions, of course,

587
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bringing on Pulasik and Leao to bolster the attack. He basically gave up on the rotation over here

588
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and said it's time to bring on our A-team. Leao came close to scoring with a towering header,

589
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only to be denied by a superb reaction save from Martinez. As the match progressed into the final

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save, Genoa posed a threat with Rado Dragosin's deflected effort, forcing Manjane into an

591
00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:32,080
incredible save. Amazing reflex save over there, like crawling, tapping it, and fingering it.

592
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He struck out an arm at the last second when the ball looked like it was heading in. Fantastic

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save by Mike. In the 87th minute, Pulasik seized the opportunity, swivelling and delivering a

594
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left-footed strike into the bottom corner, controversially, as the ball did seem to come

595
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off the upper part of his arm. Now, I believe the rule states that if the images are not clear,

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you stick to the on-field decision. Now, the images that were available to the VAR team,

597
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like granted, they should have had better images, did show that the ball kind of hit his chest and

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his arm equally. I don't know if you thought, I thought this was a handsball personally.

599
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So when I initially saw the goal, like first time live, I didn't think there was any infringement

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whatsoever. The first replay that was shown to me showed a clear handball,

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and it showed the inner bicep to forearm, really cushioning the ball down to set Pulasik up for

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the strike, naturally, after Yunus Musa's cross. However, every single angle that came after that

603
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was either behind Pulasik to Pulasik's side, and it didn't show any clear contact, and it was looking

604
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like it struck that part between his upper arm and his chest, which is typically legal,

605
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and awarded in football. However, that one angle, I'm going to stick to that and say,

606
01:00:14,240 --> 01:00:17,680
I think that this goal should have been this allowed. Yeah, not to mention,

607
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Gennu had shots for a penalty earlier on too. The drama continued late into the game as Manjan

608
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was shown a red card for a dangerous challenge in injury time, as he rushed out for a header

609
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and ended up kneeing Ekoban in the neck. Very dangerous over there, prompting Jiru to step

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into the goalkeeper's role, as Milan had used all five of their substitutions. Jiru went on to

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make a great save on Puskas, after Ekoban backhealed the ball over the top to Puskas, what broken

612
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free from Calabria, and they found himself one on one with an unrushing Jiru, who was super man

613
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dived with his eyes closed, punched the ball awkwardly and grabbed and pounced onto it to

614
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grab it and claim it, as all his teammates gathered round him and smacked him on the head while everyone

615
01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:14,160
was lost. Immensely brave in both occasions, the initial superman punch and then the way he

616
01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:20,480
claimed the ball from the Genoa players foot. He was about to strike the ball and he just dove in,

617
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in fact, you initially told me what a double save by Jiru, but it didn't seem that way.

618
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It's honestly, I mean, it did seem like a double save, he did have to get onto that second ball,

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he was on the floor Jiru. Wow, what a legend, apparently you know who wanted to go in goal

620
01:01:36,880 --> 01:01:43,360
initially? A. Polisik and everyone was like no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Too short. Shoot as high as

621
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they can. Yeah, yeah, there were like two shots on Jiru, apparently that was a logical choice,

622
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because he was the tallest Southfield player that wasn't a defender, Amila were of course

623
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defending the lead, therefore Olivier Jiru had to step into the net and apparently he's played

624
01:01:56,720 --> 01:02:02,800
goalkeeper before in his childhood, so he has a bit of experience over there. But yeah, man,

625
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Genoa's Martinez was also sent off deep into stoppage time, Amila managed to hold on for the

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win, securing their place at the top. What was funny there is Martinez thought,

627
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he thought those substitutions were made already, but actually three had been made only.

628
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Yeah, he gave his kit to Dragosin, basically thought of me going in goal. Then Dragosin threw

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the kit to someone and saying like, I'm not fucking going in goal. And then you see the board

630
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coming up and the players looking like, oh, we can make substitutions, that's just them because

631
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they're out of substitution. Yeah, well, it was after three subs and the rule up until two years

632
01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:46,560
ago was three subs in a game, so that could be it as well. Is Piori a top 10 Amila manager of

633
01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:51,280
all time? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, without a shadow of a doubt.

634
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Top 10? Yes, I wouldn't say top five. You wouldn't say top five.

635
01:02:55,760 --> 01:03:00,320
Or Milan have had coaches who've won so much, bro. I think it'd be fifth. I think it'd be,

636
01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:04,560
he's not number one, he's not number two, he's not number three. You look at

637
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Cappello, Cappello, Angelotti, but they were blessed with sides. Even a leg, you want to

638
01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:18,240
leave with Milan. I mean, yes, but look at the team he had, got two, so Piori, Lossador.

639
01:03:18,240 --> 01:03:22,640
It's true, it's true. Look who, he wanted to quit fucking who in your messias, bro.

640
01:03:22,640 --> 01:03:28,880
With Caluulu at centre. You're joking, man. It's true, and then Caluulu, Tomori defensive

641
01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:33,360
partnership with many clean sheets in the last nine games of the season, no, no granted.

642
01:03:33,360 --> 01:03:40,000
Piori has definitely overachieved this Milan team and definitely deserves to be in the top 10,

643
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:45,360
in my opinion. Not top five? No, maybe not top five. I need to look a little bit more into it.

644
01:03:45,360 --> 01:03:50,160
There have been some crazy... That's a recent history. A recent history, he's the best.

645
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In recent history, there haven't been many great coaches for Milan and many of them being ex-players.

646
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Obviously, it's more because of what he has been able to achieve rather than his

647
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:07,360
current form. He does do certain things that like his in-game management is something that I have

648
01:04:07,360 --> 01:04:14,400
criticised in the past and I think still to this day, I'm not too confident in Piori's

649
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:19,280
substitutions every now and again, even the way in which... I think he's handled...

650
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It's not easy to handle getting nine new players and seeing how you're going to line up. I think

651
01:04:26,080 --> 01:04:31,360
he has to start in 11, which is great and he's really stuck with it. It's just the manner in

652
01:04:31,360 --> 01:04:37,200
which he's introducing some of these players, I'm not a massive fan of, particularly players like

653
01:04:37,200 --> 01:04:42,480
Czukowice, Jović. But what would you have done differently? He's given them a start now.

654
01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:50,720
So he's given them a start, yes. What he has done that I dislike over the course of the season is

655
01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:56,800
basically... Okay, so you introduced Czukowice in the last 15 minutes of the game, you introduced

656
01:04:56,800 --> 01:05:01,760
Akufor in the last 15 minutes of the game, you give Jović 10 minutes, sure, it's important to

657
01:05:01,760 --> 01:05:11,360
introduce them slowly, I agree. But whenever he makes a substitution, you never see Jović,

658
01:05:11,360 --> 01:05:16,160
for example, let's use Jović as an example, you never see him playing with Leão on the left,

659
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Pulisic on the right. You never see Czukowice playing with Girou in the middle, Leão on the

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left. You never see Akufor playing with Girou in the middle and Pulisic on the right. What I'm

661
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:31,120
trying to say over here is he is testing these players and he's giving these players opportunities.

662
01:05:31,120 --> 01:05:38,640
Either they only get 10 to 15 minutes alongside new players, when defending Alid,

663
01:05:38,640 --> 01:05:44,160
or Reds, he brings them on like in a match against Inter and it's like, okay, now do or die. You

664
01:05:44,160 --> 01:05:50,880
haven't gotten much choice, but this is your chance now, do or die. And then in this game,

665
01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:58,720
he just tosses the three and Czukowice, Jović and Akufor, totally new to each other, totally

666
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new to the system, together in the starting 11. What I would have done, which he shouldn't take

667
01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:12,720
advice from absolutely, is give these guys some opportunities with the best players in the team,

668
01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:16,000
because that's how they're going to get used to the system. That's how Czukowice is going to compete

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01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:20,480
with Pulisic, because Pulisic is playing with Girou in the middle, Leão on the left with Reinders,

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Loftus, Txik, so on and so forth. Czukowice is playing with Musa, Adli, Ović and Akufor.

671
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So how is he supposed to stand out as this player, when the players are around tomorrow

672
01:06:29,600 --> 01:06:34,800
and giving him the opportunity to? Yeah, I mean, probably in his mind, he's giving them all an

673
01:06:34,800 --> 01:06:42,480
opportunity to kind of stand out. Like if Czukowice is playing and Leão is playing at the same time,

674
01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:46,000
you'd think that a lot of the play would be focused around Leão and there'd be a lot of pressure

675
01:06:46,000 --> 01:06:52,160
for Czukowice to maybe feed Leão. But if he's playing with other people who haven't quite made

676
01:06:52,160 --> 01:06:56,640
a name for themselves yet, maybe he gives them more of an opportunity to express themselves.

677
01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:02,080
I'm just super impressed that it paid off and there was a clean sheet as well.

678
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Yes, yes. Now otherwise, like I said, I'm not being critical of Piorre. There are some things that

679
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that could be improved, but at the end of the day, I do have trust in him as a Milan fan.

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I was particularly impressed with Fendrup, Danish midfielder, who so far this season has already

681
01:07:21,920 --> 01:07:26,560
provided three assists. He's very good at winning duels and he's a vital part of

682
01:07:26,560 --> 01:07:31,360
Jan Wasmittefield, very good player over there. Albert Gudmensen had a very good game under showing

683
01:07:31,360 --> 01:07:36,400
that he lives for these occasions and he's totally the type of player that should thrive over here

684
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with his, I believe, great grandfather being the first professional football player in Iceland.

685
01:07:43,120 --> 01:07:50,320
He comes from a generation of footballing excellence over there. But yeah, man, I couldn't

686
01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:54,880
look away from this game, bro. And you had a bit of a nightmare at this game because you left early.

687
01:07:54,880 --> 01:07:59,040
I did. You left early and I called you and I was like, brother, you're losing goal and you're like,

688
01:07:59,040 --> 01:08:02,720
what? And you're like, yes, my husband's no, no, I called you. I'm like red card, bro. You're

689
01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:06,800
like, what? I'm like red card. I'm like money on the center of your shit. I'm like,

690
01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:10,240
you're who's going in. You're like, what do you mean? You're who's going in? I'm like, yep.

691
01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:14,480
You're who's going in. We're out of substitutions. You're like, oh my God, I got a freaking different

692
01:08:14,480 --> 01:08:20,560
the crossbar brother on the rebound. I'm getting PTSD from it, bro. Honestly, you were in the car

693
01:08:20,560 --> 01:08:27,760
now driving to the cinema. Like, like I said, like, like I booked. I want to date night with my

694
01:08:27,760 --> 01:08:33,600
girlfriend. You know what I mean? I said, babe, can we please book the 1121 so that I can watch

695
01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:40,960
Milan? She struggles to stay asleep watching a movie at 6pm. So let alone at 1105 it was. I'm like,

696
01:08:40,960 --> 01:08:47,680
how did this circle with Jamilani bless her love her? She said, yes, sure, whatever. Naturally,

697
01:08:47,680 --> 01:08:54,320
there was a significant amount of added time initially added as well. And I said, you know

698
01:08:54,320 --> 01:08:59,680
what? Like I'm just going to leave Milan got the lead through put a sick issue, drive the game out

699
01:08:59,680 --> 01:09:06,160
now. I'm off, which is something I never do guys, but but fuck it. And you call me I'm in the

700
01:09:06,160 --> 01:09:13,440
passenger seat and God, I wasn't fucking driving bad. I just like, there's been a red card to

701
01:09:13,440 --> 01:09:20,400
money on money on on Fanta as well. Is your losing gold and math it was mental and thank you

702
01:09:20,400 --> 01:09:27,600
for commentating that that entire experience for me. It was scarier than so that experience.

703
01:09:27,600 --> 01:09:32,960
I was impressed by Adley. Impressed by Musa to however, I must say that Reinders has been a little

704
01:09:32,960 --> 01:09:40,160
bit too selfish for my liking recently. I think he he feels I think he needs a goal. Yeah,

705
01:09:40,160 --> 01:09:44,800
there's no he does not need a goal and it would be so much more impressive if he passed the ball.

706
01:09:44,800 --> 01:09:50,640
I agree that finally third, passed the ball. There's a player open up. Demonstrate so much maturity,

707
01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:56,240
so much selflessness, so much skill by passing the ball in this situation, so much awareness,

708
01:09:56,240 --> 01:10:02,800
you know, game changing a level of awareness. Yeah, I agree. I like Reinders. I like the way he

709
01:10:02,800 --> 01:10:08,160
plays. However, I do feel like he needs to be more selfless in his role. And if they are Hernandez

710
01:10:08,160 --> 01:10:12,400
with a silly yellow card, so he'll be missing the UVA game money on will also be missing the

711
01:10:12,400 --> 01:10:16,800
UVA game because of his card, but will be back for the Napoli game. Yeah. Yeah. Now Milan,

712
01:10:16,800 --> 01:10:20,160
now I don't know if there's anything you want to add before I leave. No, I mean, I just want to say

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that that I wasn't confident about Milan getting away with three points in this match because

714
01:10:25,360 --> 01:10:32,720
we've seen how Genoa have been performing and we saw the way Milan lined up. My God, I mean,

715
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Musa, Adley Reinders in midfield, Trucquez, Aove, Chocco for I was telling you before this game

716
01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:43,200
of last season, we fast forward and said, this is how Milan are going to line up against Genoa

717
01:10:43,200 --> 01:10:49,760
next season. I'd have been like, what? Like in what world? But that was the reality of the situation.

718
01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:57,600
Milan went into this game with one, two, three, four, five, five players from last season. I'm

719
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not counting Adley. Five players from last season. And one of them was Florian, who was out with an

720
01:11:02,880 --> 01:11:09,200
ACL for the majority of last season. This was a new team playing against Genoa, who beat fucking

721
01:11:09,200 --> 01:11:14,960
the shit out of Roma and to have beat the shit out of other teams. And they're looking at

722
01:11:14,960 --> 01:11:23,440
not readily held Napoli as well. Did they hold Napoli? They did hold Napoli. And they look

723
01:11:23,440 --> 01:11:28,800
incredible. And I really wasn't confident in getting three points. But in order for Milan to

724
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hold their own and get that goal in the 87th minute, albeit with controversy around it,

725
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for them to still be finding themselves in those positions, so late on in the game,

726
01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:43,920
after Genoa gave them a game and a half, I thought was quite impressive of Milan away from home as

727
01:11:43,920 --> 01:11:48,800
well. Giroud going in goal and doing a bit showcasing great team spirit, put me where you want,

728
01:11:48,800 --> 01:11:53,120
and I'm going to do the job. They all gave their 100%. And I'm looking at the team and I'm saying

729
01:11:53,120 --> 01:12:00,640
I'm proud of these boys. Milan are currently in first with 21 points, two points clear of Inter,

730
01:12:00,640 --> 01:12:08,880
while Genoa sit in 15th with four points of the drop. So over yet, we've got the Derby della

731
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Molle, Juve, two Torino Nile, Juve were coming off a Nile Nile away draw at Atalanta, while

732
01:12:14,480 --> 01:12:20,320
Torino were coming off a Nile Nile home draw to Verona. In all competitions Juventus are undefeated

733
01:12:20,320 --> 01:12:26,400
in their last 18 Torino Derbies, where they won 14 and drew four. Since Massimiliano Legrige

734
01:12:26,400 --> 01:12:31,840
returned to the club, the Bianconeri have three wins and one draw in the Derby, scoring at least

735
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one goal in every game. The Bianconeri went into this clash without Federico Chiesa, Duzan Flavic,

736
01:12:37,360 --> 01:12:42,080
Aleksandro and Mattia Deschiglio, while Milleck was only fit for the bench and Poltpok

737
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:48,160
was obviously still out due to the failed doping test. Toro weren't doing much better, missing

738
01:12:48,160 --> 01:12:56,800
one journal, Voivo da Sopi, Gigi and Paopa, so two decimated sides over here. For Juve it was a 3-5-2,

739
01:12:56,800 --> 01:13:01,040
Cesney and Gould, backline of Danilo Bremmer and Gatti, Costucci on the left, Wea on the right,

740
01:13:01,040 --> 01:13:08,240
Rabio, Locatelli and McKenney in midfield, Moisecchine and Miretti up front. Whilst Torino lined up in a

741
01:13:08,240 --> 01:13:13,840
3-4-1 formation with Vania and Gould, a backline of Thames, Schoers and Rodriguez, Bellanova on

742
01:13:13,840 --> 01:13:18,960
the right, Lazaro on the left and the double pivot of Ricci and Illich, second Vlasic who were flanking

743
01:13:19,840 --> 01:13:29,120
Zapata. Now it was a rather uneventful first half, typical Derby della Molle things, particularly

744
01:13:29,120 --> 01:13:34,000
with the way Juve have been lining up under Allegri and the way Torino typically tend to line up in

745
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:39,280
this derby because they like to play it safe, like I said they haven't won this in around 18

746
01:13:39,280 --> 01:13:44,960
matches. However in the 47th minute, Gatti that opened the scoring in the opening moments of the

747
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:51,760
second half for Juve, Vania made an absolute mess of Costucci's scorer as he dove out to punch

748
01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:57,520
the ball but totally missed it. The ball ricocheted off of Thames and landed to Moisecchine who had an

749
01:13:57,520 --> 01:14:05,120
empty net but also his back towards goal. So he had to over-kick the ball and he hit the post

750
01:14:05,120 --> 01:14:09,840
and Gatti was there for the rebound making sure the ball crossed the line even twice.

751
01:14:09,840 --> 01:14:13,840
The referee initially cancelled the goal due to an apparent offside but since the ball came off

752
01:14:13,840 --> 01:14:21,280
of a Torino defender the goal was awarded. In the 62nd minute Juve made a two through substitute

753
01:14:21,280 --> 01:14:28,080
Arcadius Millic. Now fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. Another Costucci

754
01:14:28,080 --> 01:14:34,240
corner, another missed Superman punch by Vania, another goal for Juve as Millic headed in. The

755
01:14:34,240 --> 01:14:40,320
keeper complained about Moisecchine's obstruction. Well, basketball is big in Serbia so maybe he

756
01:14:40,320 --> 01:14:46,080
got the rules confused but however Vania you are allowed to stand in someone's way in football

757
01:14:46,880 --> 01:14:51,520
you can't blame them for the way that you command your area. Now fool me three times and you should

758
01:14:51,520 --> 01:14:57,360
get demoted to Serie A cheese. Would you believe that he made the same mistake in the 67th minute

759
01:14:57,360 --> 01:15:03,360
after he was the Costucci corner like Jesus Christ? He was a bit nervous. I think the first

760
01:15:03,360 --> 01:15:08,960
mistake got him and he never really recovered. This was a very interesting game so first of all

761
01:15:10,000 --> 01:15:15,040
it's interesting to note that when it comes to shots on targets Torino only had one

762
01:15:15,680 --> 01:15:20,240
so Torino did not play well at all this game and Juve pretty much had them figured out.

763
01:15:21,040 --> 01:15:28,320
Nicely he got the scoring after his comical howler last week. That's a great recovery and he just

764
01:15:28,320 --> 01:15:34,800
goes to show that football is all about highs and lows. Football is a brilliant representation of life

765
01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:39,040
and you've got Gatti last week he was at his lowest this week he was scoring in the Derby

766
01:15:39,040 --> 01:15:44,560
and he's being celebrated and I'm sure he hasn't paid at the restaurant since. Fucking worried bro.

767
01:15:44,560 --> 01:15:51,760
So yeah, Costucci played a fantastic game. From the bad ball. He's such a good crosser of the

768
01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:56,320
ball Costucci and that's what he's going to give you. He's perfected it. Cambio is always an

769
01:15:56,320 --> 01:16:00,880
interesting player. He's good but I don't think he's quite ready to bench Costucci. He is not in

770
01:16:00,880 --> 01:16:06,560
the prime of his career which Costucci finds himself in. But there were... I just... Costucci was

771
01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:12,240
almost out last season. Yeah, yeah nothing on Forest wanted him. All these guys wanted him. I just

772
01:16:12,240 --> 01:16:20,800
want to finish the play by play. Luckily for Vania and Torino it wasn't a third from that corner

773
01:16:20,800 --> 01:16:27,040
because Gatti headed off target. Keen had a disallowed goal for offside at one point

774
01:16:27,040 --> 01:16:31,760
and at one point Keen might have accidentally kicked the moon while controlling a super

775
01:16:31,760 --> 01:16:37,680
high ball with his foot. It looked like a combination of Zlatan Zidane and Stephen Wonderboy

776
01:16:37,680 --> 01:16:42,960
Thompson. In reality he's moist Keen and he's kind of mid. Stephen Wonderboy Thompson. Yeah,

777
01:16:42,960 --> 01:16:50,560
he's a karate style fighter in the UFC. He can kick the sun. Damn. I didn't get that

778
01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:55,040
reference. I apologize. Did you see the way he controlled that ball? I did bro. I did. It was

779
01:16:55,040 --> 01:16:59,760
Zlatan Eskri. Literally. Zlatan Zidane and Stephen Wonderboy Thompson. I must say Keen has a new

780
01:16:59,760 --> 01:17:03,680
lease of life this season. He's looking different. He's looking more complete as a striker. I think

781
01:17:03,680 --> 01:17:09,040
he's one of those strikers that isn't gonna grab many goals. However, if he has a more direct

782
01:17:09,040 --> 01:17:12,880
striker next to him he could be a good partner for him. Unfortunately for him he had Maretti

783
01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:17,520
who probably played in a bit more of a free role over there as a secondary striker.

784
01:17:17,520 --> 01:17:22,800
But Fania had a terribly game over here which isn't like Fania because he's a very solid goalkeeper.

785
01:17:22,800 --> 01:17:28,400
He's formidable between the sticks. His size makes it super hard for anyone to get close to him

786
01:17:28,400 --> 01:17:35,040
because he also has a pair of balls at a bull would be proud of. But in this case they seem to have

787
01:17:35,040 --> 01:17:42,720
shriveled up in the cold Tourine airman and I'm not quite sure what he tried to do because like I

788
01:17:42,720 --> 01:17:47,360
said I'm a full-me-one striker. I'm a full-me-twice striker. I'm a full-me-three times. I get demoted

789
01:17:47,360 --> 01:17:52,160
to Serie A 3. It's ridiculous that you make the same mistake three times in quick succession in the

790
01:17:52,160 --> 01:17:59,200
same half of the same game and he would have gotten a strong talking to from Yurich knowing him.

791
01:17:59,200 --> 01:18:04,480
Probably. Yurich was extremely emotional after the game. Yurich was crying after the game.

792
01:18:04,480 --> 01:18:09,680
Oh, was he? Yeah, he was in tears. He said I've given it all but it's not working. I've been here

793
01:18:09,680 --> 01:18:15,280
for two and a half years and we've made good progress but it's not quite what I have wanted to

794
01:18:15,280 --> 01:18:20,880
achieve so far. There's something missing and it is true there is something missing. They do struggle

795
01:18:20,880 --> 01:18:26,160
to score goals. Stylistically they look good. They're clearly organized. They clearly have good ideas

796
01:18:26,160 --> 01:18:31,200
in place but something really is missing. Let's hope that Yurich can get these guys clicking

797
01:18:31,200 --> 01:18:37,040
because he's a fantastic coach and three and a half come a long way from the relegation team

798
01:18:37,040 --> 01:18:43,520
that they were with it. They were a team that was just outside the relegation.

799
01:18:43,520 --> 01:18:48,320
Yeah, like obviously this game is very important for Torino because it's Derby.

800
01:18:48,320 --> 01:18:53,600
You know what I mean? But how important is Derby de Lamolle victory for Juve?

801
01:18:54,160 --> 01:18:59,520
Because it's massive. I mean, but yes, because it's the Derby and it means a lot to the fans

802
01:18:59,520 --> 01:19:08,000
which is what makes it massive. But you look at this and it's not competitive at this point.

803
01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:14,240
Well, it hasn't been competitive properly. 18 matches.

804
01:19:17,600 --> 01:19:23,040
It's probably an opportunity that's there before Juve to raise their spirits and to be honored

805
01:19:23,040 --> 01:19:30,560
for a game that's actually not that difficult to win. But however, on the other side,

806
01:19:30,560 --> 01:19:38,000
there's a situation that this game is a must win for Torino and a must perform.

807
01:19:38,000 --> 01:19:44,560
So Torino come in with less pressure than Juve because there are fewer expectations for them.

808
01:19:45,440 --> 01:19:51,280
So they can easily disrupt Juve with the pressure and the size of the occasion.

809
01:19:51,280 --> 01:19:59,760
I mean, I praise Juve because they had that weakened side naturally with Vladovic and Kiaz out.

810
01:19:59,760 --> 01:20:09,040
However, with all these like to give Torino some credit, they too had a decimated side that

811
01:20:09,040 --> 01:20:13,520
Bonjourno. Bro, I can't anymore with this word. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. But it's too good.

812
01:20:13,520 --> 01:20:21,600
Man, such a word. Bonjourno, Voivoda, Sopi, Gigi and Popa out for Torino led to Eurich making

813
01:20:21,600 --> 01:20:26,320
several tactic adjustments for this match, including adapting Tamiz as a centre back

814
01:20:26,320 --> 01:20:32,160
and introducing Pelé, Gris and Sanabria in the late stages. These changes aimed to turn

815
01:20:33,040 --> 01:20:39,280
the tide of the game, but they ultimately fell short, highlighting the complexities of in-game

816
01:20:39,280 --> 01:20:46,320
management. Juve simply have a thicker squad with higher quality, which obviously makes it a bit

817
01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:53,520
of a mismatch. Of course, they've got superstars in their team, while Torino don't. What do you

818
01:20:53,520 --> 01:20:59,600
think of Meretti's striker? As a second-geest striker, I don't mind him. I don't mind him as a

819
01:20:59,600 --> 01:21:07,920
second-geest striker. I would say he fitted into the role quite well, but in the first half,

820
01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:13,200
particularly you, who really struggled to create anything, and it did lead to Meretti actually

821
01:21:13,200 --> 01:21:19,440
being substituted in this game. I don't think it's his first position, but I think as he's a young

822
01:21:19,440 --> 01:21:23,280
man and he grows into roles more and more, I think he'll be fine over there in the future.

823
01:21:23,280 --> 01:21:27,200
I see him as more of a midfielder, maybe a mezzal or a kind of...

824
01:21:27,200 --> 01:21:34,320
Ah, less close to goal, more of a... not exactly box-to-box. Mezzalise is perfect,

825
01:21:34,320 --> 01:21:40,400
drifting a bit more wide, so on and so forth. Just one more point on the set-piece dominance.

826
01:21:40,400 --> 01:21:45,760
When you have a game like this where it's tough to create chances, that is the kind of shit that

827
01:21:45,760 --> 01:21:52,080
could take you over the line. We look at Italy in the Euros of 2020, that took place in 2021,

828
01:21:52,080 --> 01:21:56,480
actually, as you all know what happened there. But that is what took them over the line,

829
01:21:56,480 --> 01:22:04,080
I think from open play. Not an even affair, I think Juva were better, but closer than the score

830
01:22:04,080 --> 01:22:08,560
line might suggest and the outcome might suggest. And Juva played a different game,

831
01:22:08,560 --> 01:22:14,480
as in they picked up from where they started at the start of the season with this high-press.

832
01:22:15,520 --> 01:22:22,240
We don't often see that with Juva. Well, I'll agree. But this was very effective.

833
01:22:23,840 --> 01:22:28,880
This was Derbidella Molle, which saw Juva winning quite comfortably and not having to

834
01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:34,400
leave it to a late-lock at a Luhner. Yeah, exactly. One point on Fagioli. Obviously,

835
01:22:34,400 --> 01:22:40,400
we have to address it since it's the Juva game. How much of a significant loss would he be for

836
01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:45,920
Juva? It could be an option of the bench that's gone and an option in rotation that's gone.

837
01:22:45,920 --> 01:22:52,080
He's a very good talent and I think there must be some more for the future than right now. But yeah,

838
01:22:53,040 --> 01:22:56,400
there aren't really many players with these characteristics on the bench for Juva right

839
01:22:56,400 --> 01:23:01,360
now. Yeah, and I think it's the key stages of progression that he is in in his career right

840
01:23:01,360 --> 01:23:06,160
now, his late teens, early 20s. These are the times where getting significant minutes with

841
01:23:06,160 --> 01:23:10,720
the big boys is the most important time. And halting that progression because you're not

842
01:23:10,720 --> 01:23:17,600
getting in game minutes will be very effective to his career. But Juva find themselves in third

843
01:23:17,600 --> 01:23:23,120
guys on 17 points. There are actually four points behind Milan. Torino down in 14th, brother, on

844
01:23:23,120 --> 01:23:27,360
just nine points in eight matches. Yeah, not a good start. Minus three goal difference for them.

845
01:23:27,360 --> 01:23:33,920
No wonder Yurich was in tears, poor guy. Yeah, yeah. Kalyari won Roma four. This was another

846
01:23:33,920 --> 01:23:41,040
action-packed clash. Roma convincingly decimated Kalyari, brother, for your favorite word.

847
01:23:42,320 --> 01:23:48,560
The match was marred by a concerning injury to Argentine forward Paolo de Balot who has since

848
01:23:48,560 --> 01:23:56,880
it was mad. It was mad. It was mad. Dorian Gray was a pun. Paolo de Balot was injured,

849
01:23:56,880 --> 01:24:01,520
but turns out it's not serious. Okay, so it's fine. The fans were anxious about his condition,

850
01:24:01,520 --> 01:24:08,560
of course. This victory marked Roma's third consecutive win. And they lined up in a 352

851
01:24:08,560 --> 01:24:12,720
formation with Rui Patricio and goal in Dica, Cristante and Montrini at the back with spinats

852
01:24:12,720 --> 01:24:17,280
all out on the left, cars drop out on the right, a war parade is on boven, the middle with Lukaku

853
01:24:17,280 --> 01:24:26,160
and de Balot starting up front. For Kalyari, it was a 352 formation with Skoufet coming in instead

854
01:24:26,160 --> 01:24:32,880
of Radunovic. Now, Radunovic, according to Ranieri, has not been at his best this season in Serie A,

855
01:24:34,080 --> 01:24:39,360
but to which correct? He's got tough two games. He's lost two games or a tough one. Yeah. The only

856
01:24:39,360 --> 01:24:47,520
reason I see this substitution as justifiable is because Skoufet and Radunovic have a similar

857
01:24:47,520 --> 01:24:55,920
profile. They're both 27 years old. They're both decent goalkeepers. Skoufet started with Udineze,

858
01:24:55,920 --> 01:25:02,720
if I'm not mistaken. And he debuted for them as a teenager. So he's been around for a while,

859
01:25:02,720 --> 01:25:06,480
and he's a pretty good goalkeeper, and it showed because he had a good save early on on the bottom.

860
01:25:06,480 --> 01:25:12,960
I'm not mistaken. He debuted against Milan years ago. Maybe. I'm not too sure. I'm quite certain

861
01:25:12,960 --> 01:25:19,280
of it. But what Ranieri did here is what some managers struggle to do, which is dropping a

862
01:25:19,280 --> 01:25:24,400
keeper's confidence and instilling a sense of competition between two goalkeepers, particularly

863
01:25:24,400 --> 01:25:28,400
since, like you mentioned, they've got a similar profile. You see other managers that really stick

864
01:25:28,400 --> 01:25:34,320
by their guns. You see United with Onana, for example. You would have seen Inter with Handanovic

865
01:25:34,320 --> 01:25:39,600
for a number of years before Onana had gone in over there. But they had different managers,

866
01:25:39,600 --> 01:25:44,080
different styles. Ranieri's old school, you're not playing well. You're out of the team.

867
01:25:44,080 --> 01:25:51,360
Exactly. Yes. So it was Chatsidiacos, Viteska and Obert at the back for Calieri in their 352

868
01:25:51,360 --> 01:25:57,600
formation with Nathan and is on the right flank. Atzi on the left flank, Sulemana, Prati and

869
01:25:57,600 --> 01:26:04,000
Makumbu in the middle with Oristano and Petanya up front. The game kicked off and Calieri,

870
01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:09,200
displayed energy and intensity, especially through Nandes' efforts on the right flank. However,

871
01:26:09,200 --> 01:26:13,600
with the difference in quality, that soon became apparent, the French midfielder,

872
01:26:13,600 --> 01:26:19,440
Hussam Awar, made his mark with a goal in the 19th minute, showing his prowess to get a second

873
01:26:19,440 --> 01:26:26,080
goal in Italy. Roma's dominance was underlined by goals from Awar and then Romelu Lukaku,

874
01:26:26,080 --> 01:26:32,400
who scored after Karsdorp delivered a delicious cross into the box. And you can see how much it

875
01:26:32,400 --> 01:26:37,040
meant to Karsdorp over here as he celebrated that assist like it was his own goal and Lukaku

876
01:26:37,040 --> 01:26:42,960
took off pointing at him and smiling and praising him for his valiant efforts.

877
01:26:43,600 --> 01:26:49,440
Karsdorp's been through it. He really has. Calieri struggled to find ideas in space. They

878
01:26:49,440 --> 01:26:54,560
faced an uphill battle and the match took a grim turn when Dabala sustained an injury and had to

879
01:26:54,560 --> 01:26:59,840
leave the field in tears. In the second half, Andrea Bellotti added to Calieri's woes with a

880
01:26:59,840 --> 01:27:04,880
spectacular goal making it 3-0, albeit after a Varchek. Brother, this was a goal of the week

881
01:27:04,880 --> 01:27:10,160
contender and we forgot about it. Yeah, we missed it. He absolutely tore the defence apart, fainting

882
01:27:10,160 --> 01:27:16,240
and shimmying before executing the play perfectly. Yeah, prime goal though. I looked like. Prime

883
01:27:16,240 --> 01:27:22,240
goal and Prandalo Torino that was using the second half continued to favour Roma, Lukaku,

884
01:27:22,240 --> 01:27:27,120
with the second goal of the match took the score to 4-0 after Bellotti held the play up well,

885
01:27:27,120 --> 01:27:33,680
and then led it off to Paredes who found Lukaku in a pocket of space who finished cleanly.

886
01:27:34,240 --> 01:27:38,720
Now the game. Paredes to assist in 8 minutes. Yeah, yeah. He's been very good this season

887
01:27:38,720 --> 01:27:44,160
when it comes to actually contributing to goals. In the 87th minute, Crisanti handled the ball

888
01:27:44,160 --> 01:27:50,960
in the box, Calieri wrote the penalty and Nantes slothed it home. Bro, it was many games boys are

889
01:27:50,960 --> 01:27:57,360
here. It was man and I had said this to you before we started recording the episode, which is

890
01:27:57,360 --> 01:28:04,960
Roma got going. They really got going. That signing of Lukaku was that like final piece to what they

891
01:28:04,960 --> 01:28:09,760
needed to turn things up and it seems like they're attacking with way more confidence. Bellotti got

892
01:28:09,760 --> 01:28:14,400
off to a really good start this season. He had scored a hat-trick on the first day, but there

893
01:28:14,400 --> 01:28:19,600
were some disallowed goals over there. Yeah. I believe he ended up scoring two in that game,

894
01:28:19,600 --> 01:28:25,360
two legal goals. Yeah. And Bro is fucking yawning. Sorry man.

895
01:28:28,320 --> 01:28:34,400
But yeah, they look like a dangerous side. I'm not just talking about this game because this was

896
01:28:34,400 --> 01:28:39,920
against Calieri who just don't look good, do they? Man, Calieri. They look like they're

897
01:28:40,880 --> 01:28:45,440
constantly wary that someone can catch them out on the break, but they're not doing too much

898
01:28:45,440 --> 01:28:55,360
about that. You know what I mean? Yeah. They don't move with confidence because they know

899
01:28:55,360 --> 01:29:01,040
they can get caught out, but in some way, shape or form, they're still getting caught out consistently.

900
01:29:01,040 --> 01:29:04,480
Exactly. No, that's it. I think teams feel comfortable attacking Calieri as we mentioned

901
01:29:04,480 --> 01:29:07,360
in the last episode because they're not going to hit you on the break with pace.

902
01:29:08,080 --> 01:29:14,640
So if you attack them and you don't make the most out of your chance and they counter attack,

903
01:29:14,640 --> 01:29:19,120
you're not in danger unless Lovumbo is playing, of course. Then Lovumbo will tell you a new one.

904
01:29:19,120 --> 01:29:25,680
But Lovumbo was on the bench this game and they actually came on in the 39th minute because

905
01:29:25,680 --> 01:29:30,400
Ranier realized like these guys are just attacking and attacking and attacking and we have nothing

906
01:29:30,400 --> 01:29:36,080
to say about it. So he actually had to make the substitution in the first half. Is there a reason

907
01:29:36,080 --> 01:29:42,560
that Lovumbo isn't starting? Is it fitness because it blows my mind? Oh man, I don't know to be

908
01:29:42,560 --> 01:29:45,680
honest. When you play once a week, you should totally be starting, but then you never know,

909
01:29:45,680 --> 01:29:51,040
man. Lovumbo is the type of player who's because of his play style, he struggles a lot. He gets

910
01:29:51,760 --> 01:29:58,480
whacked, man. He gets kicked. He uses a lot of energy to drive forward and dribbling. You know,

911
01:29:58,480 --> 01:30:03,040
you know, exhausting dribbling isn't running into space. It's so tiring, man. Like, you know,

912
01:30:03,040 --> 01:30:09,920
one run from the halfway line to the box, your average man will be out of breath and like whistling,

913
01:30:09,920 --> 01:30:17,440
like wheezing, gasping for air. These guys are incredible. So yes, I think it's an issue with

914
01:30:17,440 --> 01:30:23,120
fitness, to be honest with you. Potentially, yeah. Yeah, because it would be absurd. He's clearly the

915
01:30:24,400 --> 01:30:31,280
only player in their team that is capable of changing a match, turning the tide of the match.

916
01:30:31,280 --> 01:30:39,040
Chelsea have allegedly set their asking fee for Romelu Lukaku at 39 million thoughts.

917
01:30:39,040 --> 01:30:44,480
They don't afford them, Roma. They don't afford them, right? No one has the money to pay for

918
01:30:44,480 --> 01:30:49,280
this guy. He's a luxury signing for 39 million. At his age, no one's going to sign him for 39 million.

919
01:30:49,760 --> 01:30:55,200
Yeah. You know, I feel like he's going to end up going from one club to the next.

920
01:30:56,160 --> 01:31:01,280
In Italy, you've afforded them. In Italy, it's you, Ver. I don't even think you've afforded them.

921
01:31:01,280 --> 01:31:05,760
Due to their assets. They don't have Champions League football or European football at all.

922
01:31:05,760 --> 01:31:09,520
They didn't get anything. They own their own stadium though and they've got plenty of assets.

923
01:31:09,520 --> 01:31:14,000
Sure. But they only afford them enough love, which kind of extremes. Yeah, exactly.

924
01:31:14,000 --> 01:31:19,120
Yeah, exactly. They're going to pay 39 million. It would have to be a man for man kind of deal

925
01:31:19,120 --> 01:31:25,920
like that for anyone to acquire. It's such a shame because I wish that this guy could just call

926
01:31:25,920 --> 01:31:32,400
Rome home because it's working for him there. It is so far. We'll fast forward. I can't wait

927
01:31:32,400 --> 01:31:36,640
to listen back to this episode in two years time and see what the man has done to screw his

928
01:31:36,640 --> 01:31:41,440
relationship with Morinio because that will happen. But sometimes Morinio just gets on with

929
01:31:41,440 --> 01:31:45,200
players and meets their families and stuff when it's controversial. The guy is like,

930
01:31:45,200 --> 01:31:51,120
he can be the best. He can be the worst. Exactly. I must say Lukaku looks as powerful as ever.

931
01:31:51,120 --> 01:31:56,320
He's so hard to muscle off the ball right now and he seems unplayable. At the moment,

932
01:31:56,320 --> 01:32:00,720
he's totally on form and it turns out Morinio is the type of manager he needed.

933
01:32:00,720 --> 01:32:05,280
Yeah. He needs someone to be hard on him because it seems like the second you give him respect,

934
01:32:05,280 --> 01:32:13,760
then he's capable of screwing their relationship up. But it's working so well for him at Roma.

935
01:32:13,760 --> 01:32:20,400
Did you see the moment between Morinio and that youth player? I believe it was Dalessio.

936
01:32:20,400 --> 01:32:25,360
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We talked about not letting the kids through the gates of training, right?

937
01:32:25,360 --> 01:32:29,760
That's beautiful. And Dalessio was one of the kids once and he told Morinio the story and

938
01:32:29,760 --> 01:32:35,200
then Morinio let them in. And they made the kids happy. And now Dalessio went from being one of

939
01:32:35,200 --> 01:32:41,520
those kids shouting to be let into the training facilities to actually playing for Roma. So

940
01:32:41,520 --> 01:32:46,320
that's a beautiful story. Dalessio, you're living it, bro. Living the dream. You look so bashful,

941
01:32:46,320 --> 01:32:51,120
actually. It was like, Grazie, a mistake. You could see his lips doing that thing like when

942
01:32:51,120 --> 01:32:56,400
a kid's about to cry. The theory on it. The theory, literally, but in a sad way. Well, in a

943
01:32:56,400 --> 01:33:02,480
very overwhelmed and grateful way. Yeah. Kallieri are still searching for their first

944
01:33:02,480 --> 01:33:12,080
say victory while Roma's free starting 11 seems to finally be ticking and they're playing some

945
01:33:12,080 --> 01:33:17,840
pretty good football. Granted, it was against possibly one of the worst sides in the league

946
01:33:17,840 --> 01:33:23,120
right now. But a win is a win and a 4-1 victory away from home will do anyone a whole lot of

947
01:33:23,120 --> 01:33:29,600
confidence. Will give anyone a confidence boost. Yeah. Let's want to point out Paredes. Yes. I said

948
01:33:29,600 --> 01:33:36,240
when he signed for Roma and I said this during our Fanta auction and everyone called me stupid.

949
01:33:38,400 --> 01:33:43,040
I said, Paredes, we'll go down there, Morinio. And I think he's showing that I think he's been

950
01:33:43,040 --> 01:33:49,280
solid over the past few games. He's been getting minutes and both the Paredes are war despite

951
01:33:49,280 --> 01:33:54,720
like you looking at that tree and thinking it's not great. It has been working. I'd be interested

952
01:33:54,720 --> 01:34:00,720
to see it against maybe one of the top seven teams, probably the other six. But so far it's

953
01:34:00,720 --> 01:34:04,800
looking, it's looking quite solid. There's some good balance over there. Yeah. This is the type

954
01:34:04,800 --> 01:34:12,080
of game and that can change your season because it's a type of game where you might have created

955
01:34:12,080 --> 01:34:18,320
new protagonists. It's a confidence boost for Karsdorp, a war. Spinozolo got an assist.

956
01:34:18,320 --> 01:34:23,360
Lukaku got two goals, but he got some goals. He got a great goal.

957
01:34:25,120 --> 01:34:31,040
Mia, it's just going to make these guys believe even one of them. Yes. When it comes to the table,

958
01:34:31,040 --> 01:34:38,960
while I buy myself some time, Roma currently sit quite low down the table actually in 10th

959
01:34:38,960 --> 01:34:49,120
with 11 points while Kalyari sit in 20th with two points. 11. The next game we're going to be covering

960
01:34:49,120 --> 01:34:54,800
is Lecce won Sasvolo won Lecce were coming off a foreign home loss to Napoli.

961
01:34:55,440 --> 01:35:01,760
I saw Swallow were coming off a one-nil home loss to Monza. Lecce have lost each of their last seven

962
01:35:01,760 --> 01:35:09,440
games against teams from Emilia Romagna by an aggregate of 9-18. The last Lecce win against

963
01:35:09,440 --> 01:35:15,120
these teams in the top flight was in February 2020, which was a 2-1 victory against Spal at Via

964
01:35:15,120 --> 01:35:23,280
Delmare. Lecce had the likes of Banda, Blyn and Cassio Dermaco out injured while Sasvolo had Alvarez

965
01:35:23,280 --> 01:35:30,560
and Henrique out. It was a 4-3-3 formation for Lecce with Falco and Engol and a backline of

966
01:35:30,560 --> 01:35:36,880
Gendry, Pongracic, Baskirotto and Gallo with Raffia, Ramadani and Kaaba in the midfield,

967
01:35:36,880 --> 01:35:44,720
Strefets and Ancvest flanking, Christovic. There's a 4-2-3-1 for Sasvolo, Dionisi Sasvolo

968
01:35:44,720 --> 01:35:49,600
with Consigli Engol and the backline of Pedestin, Ehrlich, Ferrari and Vignia,

969
01:35:49,600 --> 01:35:55,680
Bologna and Racic were in the midfield, it's either Racic or Racic or Racic.

970
01:35:55,680 --> 01:36:02,880
Crem, Berardi out on the right, Lauriente out on the left, Castillejo as an attacking midfielder

971
01:36:02,880 --> 01:36:09,600
with Pinamonte up front. I was wondering if Dionisi has ever watched Castillejo play.

972
01:36:11,520 --> 01:36:17,040
In the 12th minute, Strefets attempted a looping half volley from just outside the area,

973
01:36:17,040 --> 01:36:23,440
which was expertly saved by an outstretched Consigli. He'll be thinking of that one in the

974
01:36:23,440 --> 01:36:30,080
showers later as he is lightheaded following an intense left-handed showerwag as his right

975
01:36:30,080 --> 01:36:37,200
spared the tedious task of bringing the 36-year-old to climax, particularly after its involvement in

976
01:36:37,200 --> 01:36:50,080
that save. Okay, this one's for the OG listeners, bro, you're gonna have to explain this.

977
01:36:50,080 --> 01:36:55,520
Yeah, we had a theory when Consigli was performing really well two, three years ago and he was never

978
01:36:55,520 --> 01:37:01,840
called up for the Italian national team and there were some questionable call-ups for

979
01:37:03,040 --> 01:37:08,880
Italy's goalkeepers and our theory is that Consigli must be weird in the dressing room

980
01:37:08,880 --> 01:37:13,280
and no one wants him there and we think he wanks in the showers.

981
01:37:13,280 --> 01:37:18,720
Matthew thinks he wanks in the showers. He wanks in the showers, looks the type

982
01:37:18,720 --> 01:37:27,360
as well. So there you go. In the 17th minute, Pongracic got a crucial block to deny Ratchic's

983
01:37:27,360 --> 01:37:33,440
goal, which was a certain goal, but Pongracic really put himself in harm's way over there to

984
01:37:33,440 --> 01:37:38,800
deny that. In the 22nd minute, Berardi made that one nil for Sasvolo. Who else? And it was from the

985
01:37:38,800 --> 01:37:43,360
penalty spot this time. Berardi makes no mistake from the spot, sending Falco on the wrong way.

986
01:37:43,360 --> 01:37:49,200
The penalty was awarded after a corner kick struck the arm of Basquerotto. It was a soft call, very

987
01:37:49,840 --> 01:37:53,920
short distance between the initial contact and the handball, which was very minimal.

988
01:37:53,920 --> 01:37:56,400
Don't think it would have been given in the Champions League, don't think it would have been

989
01:37:56,400 --> 01:38:02,640
given in the Prem, but so yeah, baby, made in Italy. In the 38th minute, Gallo delivered an

990
01:38:02,640 --> 01:38:07,200
inch-perfect cross to Kristović, who quite literally threw the defender to the ground

991
01:38:07,200 --> 01:38:11,360
before smacking his header into the post. He should have done much better. It was a free header,

992
01:38:11,360 --> 01:38:16,880
although it might have gotten cancelled, had that gotten in because, wow, he literally threw him on

993
01:38:16,880 --> 01:38:24,320
the floor. He threw him. He threw him. There's no other explanation. On the stroke of half-time,

994
01:38:24,320 --> 01:38:29,600
Ankhvist fucked Vignia for a pace and got into a goal-scoring position, but his shot was denied

995
01:38:29,600 --> 01:38:37,600
well by the strong forearm of Concilie. In the 48th minute, Kristović got an equalizer for Lecce.

996
01:38:37,600 --> 01:38:43,120
It was Trefetzas' corner that found Baskerotto, who headed into the path of Kristović, who was

997
01:38:43,120 --> 01:38:47,440
right in front of goal, controlling with his right and finishing off with his left.

998
01:38:47,440 --> 01:38:52,160
Baskerotto atones for giving away the penalty, but Kristović atones for his earlier miss.

999
01:38:52,800 --> 01:38:58,720
In the 73rd minute, Trefetzas' crossed free kick should have been nailed in by two-let-ger

1000
01:38:58,720 --> 01:39:03,520
players, particularly Pongaricic, who totally missed the ball. I won't give him too much stick,

1001
01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:07,920
though, as he had a great moment earlier, blocking a variety strike, among other moments,

1002
01:39:07,920 --> 01:39:14,320
and he's been a fantastic defender for Lecce over here. In fact, let's start off by that

1003
01:39:14,320 --> 01:39:20,560
talking point, addressing Pongaricic and how he didn't get many an opportunity last year. He was

1004
01:39:20,560 --> 01:39:26,400
out injured for a while, and there was a certain umtiti starting alongside Baskerotto,

1005
01:39:26,400 --> 01:39:31,280
who's a centre-back partnership. Pongaricic has come in and he showed us that he's a very modern

1006
01:39:31,280 --> 01:39:36,160
centre-back and a very solid modern centre-back at that. I know you're a big fan of him, so I just

1007
01:39:36,160 --> 01:39:42,720
want to get your opinion on him on air. I mean, another player from the youth system of Bayern

1008
01:39:42,720 --> 01:39:51,920
Munich, he was a player with European experience, and he was brought in at the same time as umtiti.

1009
01:39:51,920 --> 01:39:58,000
Now umtiti formed a formidable partnership with Baskerotto last season, and Pongaricic was struggling

1010
01:39:58,000 --> 01:40:03,120
with injuries, so we didn't see much of him. But he has since stepped up to fill the void that umtiti

1011
01:40:03,120 --> 01:40:08,560
has left behind, and he's doing it brilliantly. I think he's a leader back there, he's a commander,

1012
01:40:08,560 --> 01:40:14,000
he's still only 26 years old, and I think the future is so bright for Pongaricicic,

1013
01:40:14,000 --> 01:40:20,960
and I think he's a coup for any of the big teams right now. Yeah, he's a horse as well.

1014
01:40:20,960 --> 01:40:28,880
Yeah, he always thought he was like a normal person. Did you ever see that, that umtik talk of

1015
01:40:29,760 --> 01:40:30,960
whose horse is that?

1016
01:40:34,800 --> 01:40:40,880
No, it's just a random horse somewhere, and there's dead silence, so the horse just

1017
01:40:40,880 --> 01:40:46,880
chilling there, and it's clearly like an Irish person filming it for like 15 seconds without

1018
01:40:46,880 --> 01:40:51,520
saying anything, and then he suddenly just goes, whose horse is that?

1019
01:40:53,600 --> 01:41:00,480
By the way, I'm sorry, why has Pongaricic reminded you of this video, brother? Whose horse is that?

1020
01:41:02,000 --> 01:41:09,120
He's left his horse. My point is he really inserts himself, you could see him charging

1021
01:41:09,120 --> 01:41:14,400
forward when he's attacking, and you really see him charging back when the geni to defend.

1022
01:41:14,400 --> 01:41:19,680
My point is he's a very modern centre back, think of those attacking minded centre backs

1023
01:41:20,880 --> 01:41:25,280
who charge forward and charge back. I really think Pongaricic inserts himself in defensive

1024
01:41:25,280 --> 01:41:29,600
and offensive areas. Because he's also capable of playing as a right back or a left back,

1025
01:41:29,600 --> 01:41:35,440
so he's quite good on the ball, he's comfortable on the ball. Much like horses. Much like your odd

1026
01:41:35,440 --> 01:41:42,800
horse. There's also Kristovic, which is quite a talking point, he's had great scoring form,

1027
01:41:42,800 --> 01:41:48,400
and he's continued his impressive scoring form, netting his fourth goal in seven Serie A appearances.

1028
01:41:48,400 --> 01:41:54,160
His ability to find the back of the net from close range highlighted his poachers,

1029
01:41:54,160 --> 01:42:05,360
instinct and his positional awareness. How good do you think he is among the best strikers in Serie A

1030
01:42:05,360 --> 01:42:09,840
at the moment? I don't want to get too carried away about Kristovic, but he clearly has been,

1031
01:42:09,840 --> 01:42:14,480
let's say he didn't have a solid striker last year, they had Colombo and Cisse, who were rotating

1032
01:42:14,480 --> 01:42:20,400
with each other and both of them kind of failed to cement their starting spot over there.

1033
01:42:21,360 --> 01:42:27,280
And finally they seem like they have their guy, and I think he's good. I think he's very good.

1034
01:42:27,280 --> 01:42:34,880
He's not particularly large, he's six foot one, right Kristovic? He isn't particularly fast,

1035
01:42:34,880 --> 01:42:43,600
he is a fantastic, fantastic, fantastic poacher. And he's the type of player that you need to

1036
01:42:44,160 --> 01:42:47,920
really be careful of your defender, and he's in the box around you because he knows where the

1037
01:42:47,920 --> 01:42:52,560
space is, and he's going to attack it to perfection every time. And he's got a bit of fight in him,

1038
01:42:52,560 --> 01:42:58,720
so he's not going to be afraid to, as you saw, be a bit aggressive with defenders, maybe stepping

1039
01:42:58,720 --> 01:43:03,040
on them a little bit, pulling their shirts a little bit, that type of play. He's played seven

1040
01:43:03,040 --> 01:43:08,400
games this season so far and scored four goals. I think he's at the moment, he stands statistically

1041
01:43:08,400 --> 01:43:13,040
as a top striker, do I think he's a top striker in Italy? Not right now, but at the age of 23,

1042
01:43:13,040 --> 01:43:18,400
the future is very bright. And I just hope he doesn't make the jump too early on in his career.

1043
01:43:18,400 --> 01:43:25,280
Exactly, be patient, Kristovic. They're already calling him Kristovic,

1044
01:43:26,480 --> 01:43:31,840
Jesu Kristo, and fans have led you dressing up as Jesus Christ with the Kristovic kit.

1045
01:43:31,840 --> 01:43:40,720
It's actually quite funny. Football is brilliant. I would say that Streffetso is still the man

1046
01:43:41,280 --> 01:43:49,280
for Lecce in this game. It was his creativity that really put Lecce in goal-scoring opportunities,

1047
01:43:49,280 --> 01:43:55,760
both from dead-ball situations. Kind of reminds me of Insignia, both due to his size and the way

1048
01:43:55,760 --> 01:44:01,600
he cuts inside and releases those early crosses, particularly to the far post, looking for

1049
01:44:01,600 --> 01:44:08,240
someone to slide it and square the ball into the middle. He's still the guy for Lecce, would you

1050
01:44:08,240 --> 01:44:17,200
agree? He's very good. Funnily enough, though, as the guy, he doesn't feature as regularly as some

1051
01:44:17,200 --> 01:44:23,280
of the others. I would say that the guy for Lecce would be Basquerato or Pongratius, right?

1052
01:44:23,280 --> 01:44:29,360
To be honest with you. Basquerato has had a mixed season so far. I think he got sent off and gave

1053
01:44:29,360 --> 01:44:35,360
away a penalty. He was sent off a couple of matchdays ago and he gave away a penalty in this match.

1054
01:44:35,360 --> 01:44:40,480
However, you still can't fault a lot of his defending. You still can't fault the way he inserts

1055
01:44:40,480 --> 01:44:45,520
himself in those set-piece situations. When you're looking for a noggin to ping the ball to,

1056
01:44:45,520 --> 01:44:50,080
he's always there and he's very dangerous over there. That's why I would have picked him up on

1057
01:44:50,080 --> 01:44:56,400
Tantacalcio, for example. But that's covering Lecce a little bit. I do think that this game

1058
01:44:56,400 --> 01:45:04,320
is quite a slow KG affair, looking at two very equal sides this season. Due to Lecce having a

1059
01:45:04,320 --> 01:45:10,480
good start, I would say it was quite two equal teams. Probably the second half was of a very,

1060
01:45:10,480 --> 01:45:16,000
very, very high tempo end-to-end stuff in this game and a significant midfield battle.

1061
01:45:18,080 --> 01:45:21,520
Lecce came out with this greater intensity and a sense of urgency,

1062
01:45:21,520 --> 01:45:28,960
naturally, because they needed to get that equaliser. Evident in their quick equaliser,

1063
01:45:28,960 --> 01:45:34,080
but both teams pushed for a winning goal in the later stages, resulting in a very exciting

1064
01:45:34,080 --> 01:45:38,800
end-to-end contest over here. I think this game was under the radar due to obviously all of these

1065
01:45:38,800 --> 01:45:41,600
things that happened in this matchday, but this was a great game.

1066
01:45:41,600 --> 01:45:47,360
Yeah, and I do think to a certain extent Lecce deserved it. He deserved to go away with it,

1067
01:45:47,360 --> 01:45:52,640
because Sassuolo had only one shot on target and that was their goal. Lecce actually didn't have

1068
01:45:52,640 --> 01:45:58,720
that crystal-ish clear-cut opportunity, for example, and some other nice passages of play as well.

1069
01:45:59,280 --> 01:46:04,960
Yeah, interesting again, just to see Castille Ho being played as an attacking midfielder.

1070
01:46:05,680 --> 01:46:08,480
Does he have the physicality to the players?

1071
01:46:08,480 --> 01:46:12,000
And like he's a player that needs space around him, because he isn't exactly

1072
01:46:12,000 --> 01:46:18,000
blessed with close ball control, but he's rather someone that needs his space and

1073
01:46:18,000 --> 01:46:22,960
he'll just try to knock the ball around you and go for a sprint or try to link up with a 1-2.

1074
01:46:23,760 --> 01:46:29,920
He's not exactly a great passer, a great forward passer, not a very direct player.

1075
01:46:30,640 --> 01:46:32,960
It'll be, I can't imagine him succeeding.

1076
01:46:32,960 --> 01:46:38,560
I have an issue with his vision in this position, because there was an instance where he entered

1077
01:46:38,560 --> 01:46:43,440
the box and he had a player overlapping on his right and he didn't even look up and even notice.

1078
01:46:43,440 --> 01:46:46,400
Just a ball watching the entire time and he went for a shot and then,

1079
01:46:47,840 --> 01:46:51,840
yeah, you need to be very, very, very intelligent to play such a courtista.

1080
01:46:52,480 --> 01:46:58,480
Yeah, but interesting stuff in this game. Like I said, stylistically, very, very interesting match

1081
01:46:58,480 --> 01:47:03,200
over here. Sassuolo currently find themselves in 12th place on 10 points, whilst Dettra find

1082
01:47:03,200 --> 01:47:05,920
themselves in 9th on 12 points.

1083
01:47:05,920 --> 01:47:11,440
The next game we're going to be covering is Monza 3 Salernitana nil.

1084
01:47:11,440 --> 01:47:17,120
This win marked Monza's 5th consecutive positive result, while Salernitana, on the other hand,

1085
01:47:17,120 --> 01:47:24,080
were led by Paulo Sossano's 100th series appearances. They lost 3 nil and he has since

1086
01:47:24,080 --> 01:47:31,920
been sacked. He criticised Salernitana for missing too many chances, when in reality,

1087
01:47:31,920 --> 01:47:37,600
I think the defence seems to be quite problematic over here. But let's get into what happened

1088
01:47:37,600 --> 01:47:43,440
this game. It was a 3-4-2-1-4 Monza with Di Gregorio and goal the ever impressive,

1089
01:47:43,440 --> 01:47:49,920
incredible, underrated lion of a goalkeeper, Di Gregorio. D'Ambrosio, Mari and Calderola

1090
01:47:49,920 --> 01:47:53,840
were at the back, with Shuri out on the right and Kea Coppolis out on the left, with Pessina

1091
01:47:53,840 --> 01:47:59,120
and Gallardini as the midfield double pivot, seeing Samuel Vignato and Andrea Colpaani playing

1092
01:47:59,120 --> 01:48:05,920
behind Milan Loni, Lorenzo Colombo. For Salernitana, it was a 3-4-2-1 formation with Ochoa and

1093
01:48:05,920 --> 01:48:11,360
goal Pirola, Giombra and Danilo Lice at the back, with Mazzocchi, Lagovski, Bohenin and Castanoss

1094
01:48:11,360 --> 01:48:20,640
in midfield, with Cabral and Kandrieva playing behind Boulaye, Dia. The scoring action began

1095
01:48:20,640 --> 01:48:26,000
early as Andrea Colpaani found the net in the ninth minute with his fourth goal of the season.

1096
01:48:26,000 --> 01:48:31,200
He showcased his skills with a precise diagonal shot that left goalkeeper Ochoa with no chance

1097
01:48:32,000 --> 01:48:37,280
after twisting and turning around a few players. Monza continued to press and in the 18th minute,

1098
01:48:37,280 --> 01:48:43,360
Samuel Vignato extended their lead by neatly finishing a play set up by Gallardini on his

1099
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first ever start for Monza. The first half proceeded at a slow pace due to the heat,

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with Monza maintaining control, Salernitana struggled to mount the response and in the

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21st minute, D'Gregorio made a crucial save on Kandrieva's diagonal rocket. The first half ended

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with Salernitana's fans voicing their frustration as they whistled their team. Not like the Salernitana

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feed. The second half saw Sousa making three substitutions for Salernitana in an attempt

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to change the game's dynamic. Despite these changes, Salernitana remained an effective unable to

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challenge Monza's defense held firm. Salernitana did have an opportunity when Dia broke free,

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but his shot was saved by D'Gregorio onto the crossbar and the ball bounced on the line.

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Thanks to goal line technology, it was concluded that it was not a goal. However, it was Monza

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who had several opportunities to extend their lead in the 73rd minute. Bondo's shot was saved

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by D'Gregorio and Kandrieva's rocket was slipped onto the crossbar. The match was ultimately put

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beyond doubt when a penalty was awarded to Monza in the 80th minute, which Matteo Pesina converted.

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Colombo's shot was saved by Ochoa and Galliardini's bicycle kick struck the crossbar at the end of

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the game. Yeah, actually in fact I love this Monza side. They are fabulous. They are aggressive,

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they're stylish, they're tactically drilled, they're expressive in their play somewhere,

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a vignozo over here just driving and dribbling like with so much confidence. You can tell these

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guys play for Paladino. Paladino gives them so much confidence and I can't be happier for Lorenzo

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Colombo. This is a great place for him to go out on loan. Colombo's been coached by some decent

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coaches over the years and has had successful loan spells in the past so it's good for him to be in

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a good environment to grow again. And you can see that this is a healthy side to be in because even

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the likes of Cario Coppola, who seemed to have plateaued in his career, has found a new lease

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of life and even Dan Brosio is playing very well. It's good because you typically see players going

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out on loan in teams that haven't got their shit together. It seems like Letra last season who

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struggled in the latter stages for example and it was hard for Colombo to really insert himself

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because no one was inserting himself but in this side there's a system around it, there's a manager

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with a vision, there's a team with a goal, a project, an ambition and you're seeing him at the

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heart of something great. You've got Pessina, Galliardini, you've got Vignato, you've got Colpani,

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you've got Turia, you've got DeGregorio and Gould, you've got a fantastic team to send a player out

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on loan too. There's an asset to them as well naturally. Definitely. Salernitano on the other hand,

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it is true to Sousa's point that they are very wasteful, however they do have certain gaps in

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defence that have not been addressed and they have been smashed too many times and a 3 in Los

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de Monza is in fact unacceptable. Yeah, it's the cherry on top of the cake in the most negative

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sense possible. The straw that broke the camel's back. The straw that broke the camel's back,

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that's beautiful. But my thing is, so naturally after such a slow start, it's natural to see

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Salernitano acting quick and I say that especially because every time they've had a reaction

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two years ago bringing in Nicola, last year bringing in Sousa, we've always seen them get

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better after they change their manager. The question is, is Pippon's arg the guy? I guess we'll have

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to fucking wait and see. I can't understand the logic behind it. I don't think Sousa was the

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problem over here but we'll have to wait and see how Pippon's arg does. Let's hope that finally

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he can have a good season in Serie A for Salernitano. They sit in 19th with three points while Monza

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sit in 7th with 12 points. A manager is often scapegoated because you can't change your 11 players

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but you can't change the one manager and that's exactly what Salernitano did and can do over here.

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Next game we're going to be covering is Fresno and Verona. One, Fresno and Verona were coming off

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at 2 nil home loss. Sorry, away loss to Roma. Verona were coming off at nil away draw to Torino.

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Coming into this game, Fresno and Verona had won four out of six previous encounters against

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Halas Verona in Serie A and Serie B. Both teams had a surprisingly good start to the season and

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sat at mid table but also had numerous absentees. The hosts missed Kyo George, Harui, Jelli and

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Kalaj but gave Ryanair his debut after a lone move from Real Madrid. Halas made the trip without

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Hien, Doig, Kabal, Mboula and Braff while Davidovic was not fully fit either. The referee in this

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match was Maria Soleferre Caputi, Jesus what a name, who made her debut in Serie A, refereeing

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Saswolo vs Salernitano back in 2022, becoming the first female referee taking charge of a Serie

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A match. Lineups, Fresno lined up in a 4-3-3 formation with Turati in goal and a backline of

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Marquizza, Occholi, Monterizzi and Oiono. A midfield three of Garretano, Berrincia and

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Mazzatelli with Rainier and Sole, flanking Chedira to the 3-4-1-2. For Verona with Monte Paul in goal

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and a backline of Maniani, Coppola and Amione, Terraciano out on the right, Lazovic on the left,

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Duda and Foloruncio behind Soslov and Ingonj and Saponara up front. Saponara up front, I love it.

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The first half saw a great performance by Juventus Loni Sole who was running grandpint and made three

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chances out of nothing through his drive, jibbling and side of goal. He got close from a free kick

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and even hit the post moments later. Our patron and friend Mattias, who you would have often heard

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discussing ampoli on our episodes, compared his style of play to Berardi and I couldn't agree more.

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In the 46th minute, still in the first half, Rainier opened the scoring.

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The Real Madrid Loni netted his first Serie A goal on his debut for the club as he slotted into

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an empty net following Chedira striking the near post. In the 52nd minute, Terraciano had a just

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wide following and a delicious trademark cross by Ricci Saponara. In the 68th minute,

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Sole was once again denied by the post, this time following an incredible no-look pass from

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what I believe was Berrin Ciaz, it was hard to tell. I think Sole could have done better from there.

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In the 66th minute, Sole's moment finally came as he netted in a header following a

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markets across from out wide and in the 94th minute, Giuric pulled one back from Verona as he

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headed in across by Chachua. Rainier opened the scoring, exciting stuff, Real Madrid Loni,

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the girls love him, I'm good to see him off the mark, not a very impressive goal, but he did have

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a good game. I mean he scored on his debut, great game for him, you know, and for Sonona,

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where incredibly they continued to impress, blowing another say, a big dog out of the water

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over here, and what more can I say then?

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Exactly man, and they have such a youthful approach, their strategy of relying on young

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talents such as Rainier and Sole is really paying off, and they had three players born in the 2000s

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with at least one goal in Serie A, indicating a focus on youth development. Coach de Francesco's

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graduate integration of these talents without the pressure of immediate performance contributed

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to their success. He's doing God's work, he's doing God's work, there isn't a single player

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in the starting 11 over the age of 30, my goodness, great goalkeepers, 22 years old,

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or 22, Monterey's a 21, Marquitsa 25, Matsuteli 27, Berentree a 22, Garretano 29, Keddi 25, Rainier

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21, fantastic, they are so young and typically this is the type of team that finishes dead

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loss in the league and gets relegated and pun, they sit here and say, ah, it's because they don't have

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enough experience, well what's your excuse for these guys doing so well then, how do you explain it

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man, they are well drilled and de Francesco has a new lease of life and he has been absolutely

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fantastic with Frostenot, let's hope they can keep it up. Yes, they really made Verona struggle over

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here, they have struggled with scoring goals, they managed a late goal through a Jewish header,

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which was nothing to be impressed by because at that point you put Jewish in the middle and you

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cross to him as much as you can, Verona have taken a bit of a dip since their fantastic start,

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they now find themselves in 16th place on eight points, interesting that they've only conceded

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eight goals, which puts them in the top five for these goals conceded this season,

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whilst Frostenot and find themselves in eighth place on 12 points, impressive stuff.

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The next game I'm going to briefly address over here as we're tied for time is Empoli Nyl Udinez

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Nyl, now Udinez lined up with Sylvester Yingo, Kristen Simbiol and Perez at the back with

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Kamara Pereira, Wallace Samardzic and Ebocele in midfield with Lorenzo Lucca and Thuvan up front.

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Sylvester looks good with his haircut. Yes, for Empoli it was Berish Angola, Buahiz,

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Miley Luperto and Kakachi at the back with Marin Grasian Mali in the middle,

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Baldan Zianca, and Shiliri playing behind Caputo. Now this game basically in a nutshell to

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sum it all up was a sequence of missed Samardzic opportunities in the first half. He missed about

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four opportunities over there, I swear to God. It was quite shambolic by him. He should have

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definitely done better when in the second half Empoli grew into the game and missed a few opportunities

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of their own. It was quite a wasteful game of football, to be honest with you. There was a

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Caputo eventually scored, but it was ruled offside. Jhazi came on and missed a few opportunities,

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as always, of course. Baldan Zianca had a few attempts, Kambi Aghi missed narrowly at the end.

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I would say Empoli deserved to win this and they definitely look much better on their

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adjardzoli. And I must say that Sotel's job is in peril over here because if you look at the

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statistics of what Danez did this matchday in comparison to the other 19 teams in Serie A,

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they were dead lost in everything. Accurate passes, distance covered, everything, they were dead lost.

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So I don't know, there's something definitely wrong with them at the moment.

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I think this game kind of highlights the problem of both sides, which is scoring goals. It's as

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simple as that. If you can't score goals, you can't win football matches and these two teams

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have a lot to learn when it comes to scoring goals. Perhaps some of their personnel doesn't help.

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Yeah, totally. One player that impressed me this game was Tyrone Ebuehi, who absolutely

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destroyed Kamara out on the right hand side. He had a very good game over there.

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Thank you very much guys for tuning into another episode. Naturally, there's the international

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break next week, so we will be seeing you the week after. Thank you very much guys, we love you.

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Love you so much. Ah!