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Hello and welcome to episode 98 of Serie a Spotlight.

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I'm your host Jake, I'm usually joined by my brother and co-host Matt but he is in

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Australia sorting out some personal issues. He should be back in about two

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weeks but until then you're stuck with me and I often wonder and think to myself

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what are the fans thinking right now? What are the listeners thinking right now?

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Oh we're stuck with this one, the weird one. Ah thank god it's this one and not

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the other one. I wonder, let us know should Matthew stay in Australia? Comment

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below. Selecting the goal of the week for this week was particularly difficult

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it was so difficult actually because you had Xerxes goal which took the

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cake at the end of the day where the first touch with his back heel, he was

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playable perfectly in front of him to give him space to beat his man then the

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faint to drop the keeper and just taps it in like he makes it look so easy but

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that's so hard to do you know like for me that's the goal of the week and then

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you have Scamucca on the other hand who scored a back heel goal where he not

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make the goalkeeper absolutely crazy over there. Paulitano who headed the

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ball down past Pellegrino and Schimit passed another man and smacked it into

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the back of the net. Raspadori's amazing free kick, Solead dribbling the Sena and

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placing it into the back of the net. All incredible goals guys I'm gonna drop a

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poll below if you're on Spotify, if you're on YouTube please comment below

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let us know which your favorite goal was and why. But yeah before we get into the

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invest in our studio. I'm currently using the studio fun fact for the first

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of cardboard to the door frame because we don't actually have any doors installed

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have any doors so it totally defeats the purpose but yeah this should be

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adequate for now. Before I get into a detailed analysis of each game let's

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just quickly run down the scores so it all kicked off on Friday with Genoa

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Salernitana that's so Genoa defeating Salernitana with a score of 1-0.

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Sasvolo Bologna to place on Saturday afternoon this is a derby in

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Reggio Emilia the score was 1-1 over there Lecce and Torino faced off

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Torino winning with a score of 1-0 while Juve struggled to get past

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Genoa with a score of 1-0 and they did not struggle because of a lack of

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quality they struggled because it seemed as though the entire world was against

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them for this one. Sunday kicked off with a fantastic game and it's gonna be the

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main game the first game we're gonna be covering and I don't ever think and say

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a spotlight history we've started off with a minnow game and I'm not sure

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Matti would agree with this but thankfully he's 24 hours away so by the

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time he gets here he'll have calmed it down. Calieri 4, Frostinone 3 this will be

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the first one I'll be covering in this episode. Monza 1 with Denezzar 1, Inter

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1, Roma nil over there Roma absolutely boring and then a good ad for Serie A

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Napoli 2 Milan 2 but it did not stop there as on Monday it kicked off with

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Ampolli nil at Atlanta 3 and then a fantastic clash between Lazio and

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Ferentino which saw Lazio win with a score of 1-0 thanks to a goal at the

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death by Ciro Immobile. In a weaker blaze with the thunderous clashes of

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Serie A giants where legends battled and the net quivered with the weight of

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their prowess one showdown sword above all an unparalleled spectacle of skill

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grit and redemption. Calieri 4, Frostinone nil this game saw Calieri become the

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first side in Serie A history to come back from 3-0 down past the 70th minute mark.

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Yeah I wish I spoke like that all the time to be honest what a game what a game

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1230 on a Sunday if you were doing anything else like if you were out for

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brunch I pity you because this was the place to be and it all kicked off with

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Frostinone absolutely annihilating Calieri but don't get it twisted

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Calieri did hold their own and they were always in it despite being down 3-0

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it's just that luck was not on their side and that's why this game

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particularly was a was a testimony of determination and willpower and just

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never giving up you know all the cliches and of course Essela Metti,

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Senna Pavoletti. Now let's get into the line-up before we get into what happened

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for Calieri it was a 4-3-2-1 formation with scuffe in goal Nathan Nandes as

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the right back out Jello as the left back a Golden Ega and Dossena at the back

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with Macumbu Prati and Deola and midfield Youngton Lovumbo playing behind

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Manco Zoo. For Frostinone it was Turati in goal with Leroy La on the right

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Marquitza on the left from Manuelia Montereyzi as the center back duo with

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Brescia Nimi and Berencea midfield Suley out on the right Bayez out on the left

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Reiner in the pocket and Czuny up front. It was a cagey start but Frostinone

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did start off on the front foot this game especially possession wise but in the

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22nd minute the individual errors begun as Dossena who you'll hear a lot about

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this game gave the ball away cheaply in a dangerous position Reiner the exciting

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youth prospect on loan from Real Madrid played the Suley and the exciting youth

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prospect on loan from Juventus and of course he finished clinically what you

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notice about this Frostinone team is they are young and most of them are

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on loan it's just crazy how selflessly they play same can't be said about many

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of the other lowly teams particularly with Daneza for example where every

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week they show me how fucking selfish they are. Now in the 28th minute Suley

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accidentally handled the ball in the area from hero to zero

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Manco Zoo had to take the penalty he stepped up and he smacked it into the

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crossbar the ball fell to Youngtoe who couldn't hit the target so that was

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already one massive chance missed by Calieri who had the opportunity to

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equalize but could not capitalize on it. In the 38th minute just 10 minutes later

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Suley went on a solo run twisted and turned Paas Dossena that's the second

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time mentioning him before slotting home calmly so it's redemption again of

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course two goals gave way a penalty granted but they failed to convert so

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he's living in dreamland at this point and the 43rd minute Lovumbo played a

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perfect cross to Manco Zoo whose header hit the woodwork this is

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the second time he struck the bar this game after the penalty so you can tell

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you know Calieri hitting the post twice trailing to nil they were still in it

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they were still in it up until this point so now it's half time you can tell

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probably Ranieri was telling his boys come on you've been unlucky we can't

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do this don't concede another one we're still in this game let's go out let's

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get them 49th minute Brescianini opens the second half by beating Dossena

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third time 1v1 and rolling the ball into the back of the net to make it 3-0 so at

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this point I thought to myself fuck the game's over and I'm just gonna have to

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watch Frosinone defend a 3-0 lead by Calieri fluff their chances

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but that was far from being the case Gabriel Alazapa attempted to hit the

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ball into the back of the net for Calieri after a corner but it was cleared

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of the line brilliantly by defense defender Montereyzi now this is

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another massive opportunity squandered by Calieri luck was not on their side

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however they did not give up in the 72nd minute Paavoletti who had just come on

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played the ball to a Ristano who had just come on on loan from Inter he curled

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it in absolutely beautifully with his left foot this was another potential

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goal of the week contender there were quite a few this week last week I

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commented that there weren't many crazy goals apparently they were all saving

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them for this week in this 76th minute shortly after Beringcia who is also

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on loan from Juventus playing for Frosinone gave the ball away clumsily

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well to be honest he played the ball in a tight space where where he really

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shouldn't have been risking it especially considering the fact that

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Calieri had just scored and they were driven he should have totally played

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the safer pass over there I just cleared the ball up but it was intercepted by

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Mokumbu basically it took full advantage drove forward and he finished to make it

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3-2 now all of a sudden Calieri are back into the game they need one goal to get

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an equalizer and there are 15 minutes plus at a time remaining the referee

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shortly after awarded a penalty to Calieri for a foul by goalkeeper

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Turatti on Pavoletti who basically Superman dived and punched the ball

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out of his feet upon a far review the penalty was overturned as Turatti had

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clearly punched the ball first disappointment for Calieri but they

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did not give up in the 94th minute Nicolas Viola

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delivered a perfect corner to the head of Pavoletti who got the equalizer with a

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header of course Pavoletti if you know anything about Pavoletti he comes on in

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the second half and he scores late headers that's all he does

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in fact you know there was a s'e la metti senia Pavoletti which translates to

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if you put him on Pavoletti will score two minutes later a long ball was played

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over the top it was flicked down by Dossena

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okay this is the fourth time we're mentioning him and it's the only positive

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okay massive contribution over here it flicked the ball down to Pavoletti

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who managed to get the ball over the line absolutely brilliant scenes

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s'e la metti senia Pavoletti

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now some of you might ask how the hell did this happen

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how did it happen that they were losing 3-0 and then all of a sudden

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they take out some of their best players in young toe and

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Lumbo and Monco Zoo and they come back not only to equalize but to win

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and I would say that the substitutions that Ranieri made were very smart okay so

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bringing on the likes of Nicolas Viola, Oristano and Atsi gave you a nice

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mixture of like experience young flair in Oristano you know no

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one really knows what he's gonna do you know young and

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lone from Inter he comes on he's driven he's hungry and he was the catalyst in

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fact he was the one to score the first goal he was the one to give them hope

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not to mention Atsi as well who's got a bit of experience under his belt

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as well not to mention that Frosinone are

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to blame as well you know they're victims of their own

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lack of composure because when the goals started coming in they panicked and they

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just kept coming in and then and then and then and then and four goals in 20

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minutes is just mental to concede and I feel like the

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substitutes that had just come off were so shocked they couldn't even get into

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the game like you see Borabia came on Oyoano came on Garretano

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Kedira they didn't even know what to do at one point the 88th minute he panicked

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he brought on a call he's like fuck it we need a defender over here

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nothing it was all in vain because Paveletti

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absolutely destroyed them at the end another factor of course is

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the determination by Kalliri okay the fact that they were never out of it

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do you know what the players did when they scored in the 93rd minute

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the equalizer the 3-3 they ran to the ball

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they grabbed the ball they ran back to their half and they placed the ball on

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the halfway line ready to go score another one

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like that's crazy you just scored three to come back

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from 3-0 down to 3-3 you should be celebrating you know celebrating like

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it's a winner no no that was not enough for them

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they wanted to go all the way and boy did they

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now i'm sure this victory will help Kalliri

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with their confidence you know they hadn't picked up a single victory all

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season there's a couple of draws here and there they

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currently sit in 19th with six points let's hope that this is a turning

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point for them they even have La Padula coming back and I can't wait to see him

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because he was absolutely bossing it in Serie B

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and he's a leader also you know they've got a few nice options up front not to

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mention Petania who hasn't even settled yet i'm curious to see if we can do

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anything as for Frasinone this won't be the end of

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the world for them as they had quite a strong start to the season and they

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sit 12th with 12 points um yeah I don't think this will

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affect them too much hopefully they it will make them hungry and it'll teach

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them a brutal lesson in composure and focus

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speaking of a brutal lesson in composure and focus the next game we're

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going to be covering is Napoli 2 Milan 2 it unfolded as a

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spectacle to be honest it left both teams with mixed

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emotions because Milan were totally devastated to throw

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their 2-0 lead away while Napoli also looked disappointed

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by the fact that they didn't manage to get three points

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out of this one despite being 2-0 down. Rudy Garcia approached the game with a

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4-3-3 formation with meretting goal and the Lorenzo as the right back

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Mario Rui as the left back and Natan and Rahmani as the center back duo

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in the midfield it was Elmas Lobotka and Zelinski with Gvaret Scalia out on the

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left Politano out on the right and Giacomo Raspadori playing as a

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false 9. For Milan it was the exact same formation of 4-3-3

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with Manjani and Goul Calabria as the right back Theo Hernandez as the left

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back with Tomori and Pierre Calulu as the center back duo

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Reindersk, Kronich and Musa with the midfield 3 with Rafael Leao out on the

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left, Pulisic out on the right and Olivier Giroux up front now the game

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started off with Milan on the front foot but they had bad news in the 19th

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minute as Pierre Calulu who was the third choice center back

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or fourth choice arguably with you if you think that Kier is ahead of him in the

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pecking board I think it depends on the on the matchup

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he fell injured and he will be out till 2024 and Marco Pellegrino who has

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never played a Serie A game in his life had to step in and replace him for his

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debut and the Maradona talk about the baptism of

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fire absolutely fucking stressful for him stressful for everyone watching

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and he looked nervous and that's quite a shit way to start the game for Milan

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unfortunately for them the the injury crisis does not hold up

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but but Milan started strongly and in the 22nd minute Pulisic played a great

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ball to Giroux who converted shortly after just 10 minutes later

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Davide Calabria as well played a perfect ball to Giroux who was on red hot

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form and he scored his second goal of the game and at this point we were

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wondering oh my god are Milan gonna fucking smash

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Napoli at the Maradona yet again after last season's

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four-nil smacking of the champions quite frankly

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but yeah the first half ended with Milan up by two

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and at halftime Milan took out Christian Pulisic who was also injured

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apparently and brought on Luca Romero so all of a sudden you're playing with

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Pellegrino and Luca Romero who are two

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relatively inexperienced players of course Luca Romero having more

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experience playing with Lazio and featuring a few times with Milan

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as for Napoli they made three substitutions at the halfway

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mark they brought on Ostigar to try to deal with Giroux a little bit better

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Simeone to partner Raspidoria up front so they can play with two up front

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and Mattias Oliveira to play on the wing instead of Mario Rui perhaps offering

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a little bit more defensive solidarity against Romero in this case it would

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have been Christian Pulisic but yes it took till the 50th minute for Marco

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Pellegrino to be exposed of course that's a little bit harsh but

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Politano used his experience and his technique to absolutely

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destroy him when he went to head the loose ball and Politano just

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flicked it over him Simeone passed the Hernandez and smacked it

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into the back of the net absolutely brilliant goal

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by him and then later on in the 63rd minute Romero gave away a free kick

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just outside the area which Raspidoria took so

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brilliantly he shot it to Manian's near post

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Manian should have definitely done better he set up

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a secondary wall to kind of cover the the second post but he

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sorry his near post but it proved to be redundant as all it did was block his

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view and Manian should never have been beaten

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over there quite frankly the game featured quite a few missed chances as

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well as in the first half Politano received a square ball

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right in front of the goal well at an awkward angle to be honest he shot and

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he failed to hit the target Calabria and when there was a flick on by

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Jovvich later on failed to score as well and at the very end of the game

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Gvarratskelya should have scored the winner but he missed when he was one

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on one with the goalkeeper he was also squared the ball

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yeah a mixed bag a total mixed bag over here and I'm hearing

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shouts of purely out this has been a very very tough two weeks for Milan

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when you look at the uve game when you look at the PSG game when you look at

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this game now and purely is being criticized and not only by the fans

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now it seems to be the players so we've already seen this season the players

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criticizing his decision to take out Loftus

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Schriek earlier on the season you could see Leao and Teo Hernandez

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basically telling purely why are you subbing him he's strong we need his

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physicality why are you taking him out but purely of course stuck with his guns

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this game you see Giroud absolutely fuming at the fact that he's being

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substituted when he had already scored two goals and

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was in red hot form and usually I tend to say the opposite like for example

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when Milan were a man down against Juventus and purely decided to keep

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Giroud on I questioned that decision and I said

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do you really want to keep on a relatively a mobile

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player when you're a man down against Juventus

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and you want to attack I thought that was a little bit bizarre personally

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now in a game like this where you have a seasoned striker who's in the form of his

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life and you need goals and you look at your

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alternative and your alternative is Jovic who hasn't scored a goal for you

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hasn't even settled yet it seems like the wrong

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decision to make however purely did say that if Jovic

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flick on to Calabria had found its way into the back of the net would have

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been hailing him to be a genius but unfortunately we can only talk about

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and discuss things that have happened purely

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and this is it this is what happened at the end of the day

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you took out one two your two top goal scorers okay so

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Pulisic was off at the start of the half with an injury then he took off Leão

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and Giroud were the two other top scorers now Leão was

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visibly pissed off as well and he publicly said I need an explanation

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from the coach as to why I was substituted I can give

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him an explanation very easily he played like a moron

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he played stupidly he was selfish he was casual and apart from running to the

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byline he didn't really provide any form of threat

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I do think that when it comes to stretching the game and beating

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men down the wing and taking the ball to the byline

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Leão is absolutely incredible he's one of the best in the world and that is what

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has earned him his reputation right his ability to

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to absolutely leave defenders in the mud as he takes off and knocks the ball

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forward and it takes advantage of the space in

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front of him however he seems to think that

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he's better than he is quite frankly because I've never seen him score a goal

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from out of the box and he keeps trying them he keeps trying these long-range

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shots like what why play to your strengths it's prima donna-esque you

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know like it's so frustrating at times and then when you

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when you see him say I want an explanation the explanation should be that

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moment where you had Romero wide open and you attempted to trip the goalkeeper

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from out of the box when a goal was needed

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again he had the opportunity to empower a youngster he had the opportunity to

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to play the ball to a player who's very smart smart beyond his ears like

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granted Romero is a youth player but he's he's known for his IQ you know he

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wouldn't have wasted that opportunity if you gave him the ball over there

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it's just very frustrating when it comes to Leão because he is

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clearly a freak of nature he's physically stronger than everyone else

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he's faster than everyone else he's he's skillful he's when it comes to dribbling

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he's so smart he knows where to put the ball he knows where to faint he it comes

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naturally to him you know but sometimes I question his

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his decision-making I question his attitude at times as well

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and it's clear to see you know I mean everyone questions that you have to be

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blind to to stand for this because it's selfishness and

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unselfishness that's costing the team points at this point

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you know honestly if Chouquets and Poulesique were both fit let's say

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start the next game with them on the wings but unfortunately everyone's in

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hospital so so yeah Leão obviously can't be benched

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and let's be real Leão was a player that you have to keep

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happy because he is a world-beater but the coach

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does need to fucking grab him by the neck and put him in his place I feel

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as for Napoli two fantastic goals two goal of the week contenders

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on say a spotlight I highly doubt they give a fuck about that but two fantastic

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goals and good substitutions by Garcia to keep

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them in the game as well those three substitutions he made at halftime

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proved to be quite useful the decision to start

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must confuse me to be honest but yeah it all worked out in the end for them

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I would say a draw is the deserved result over here it was a game of two halves

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the usual cliche the first half was all Milan the second half was all Napoli

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and I could have gone any other way to be honest the margins were so fine towards

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the end with all the missed opportunities

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Natan got sent off at the end of the game by the way 89 minutes so Milan

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actually had a few minutes playing a man up

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and Napoli actually got closer to scoring than Milan did at the end with that

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guard skelia miss but alas

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Milan find themselves in third with 22 points three points off inter in first

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which isn't bad it's not a bad start to the season at all Milan are definitely

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still in this the purely out crowd is back and I

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feel like they've never really left how do I feel about the whole purely out

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movement I feel like tactically he can be a little bit

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stubborn at times I feel like he sometimes doesn't read the game

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as well especially when it comes to making substitutions his in-game

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management can be questionable and I always find myself wondering why the

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hell did he bring him on and not him why did he take him out you know what I mean

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the season is long however and sacking him now would be absolutely mental

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because you're not going to get a replacement that's better

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and you risk this grumbling the dressing room I say

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unless there's a situation where Milan are

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like are about to miss out on top four there should be no reason for Piori to

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be sacked granted then at the end of the season assess

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go back to it and say okay there were these three there was a three in a loss

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over here a five one loss over there a loss over here a lead

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thrown over there do we want to continue with this guy

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and at the end of the season if you decide that that's not what you want to

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do you sack him and you bring someone and you give him a full pre-season and you

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do it properly not sacking a coach halfway through the

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season when you're third and still relevant in the Champions League

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because let's breathe Milan aren't dead yet in the Champions League

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granted they don't have a victory they haven't scored a goal

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they've got three games remaining in the group of death and

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with the way the other games have turned out the ball is still in Milan's court

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to a certain extent Napoli sit in fifth with 18 points as they

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kind of figure themselves out with their new identity I'm sure this

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result will give Napoli fans a little bit of faith in Garcia as a tactician

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perhaps not about the way he approached the game initially but the way he

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adapted to it and eventually prevented a humiliating loss

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some of you might argue that Diwali did that himself not Garcia but

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but anyway let's let's remain positive over here

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the good news for Napoli is that Victor Ozzymen should be coming back in the

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near future and he's obviously a massive asset to them because playing without

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one of the best strikers in the world is obviously much harder than playing

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with one of the best strikers in the world the next game I'm going to be

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talking about is Inter one Roma nil and Roma over here really demonstrated

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what a negative boring side they are and I'm being nice over here because

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Sasuo approach games against Inter with a positive mentality and they play

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their football and they try to score their goals while while Roma absolutely

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surrendered the ball and let Inter play and try to take advantage

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of slip-ups or of half chances and to be honest they did get close to getting

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something out of this with that with a Criston Tehider at some point

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but it's absolutely mind-boggling to me how a team like Roma

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approaches a game like against Inter in this manner having the ball for

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merely 19 minutes in the entire game that's the least

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any club has held the ball this matchday the least 19 minutes they had the ball

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for now I know this is Mourinho's approach I know yes okay it almost

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worked it's just it's just so so boring to watch you know I love I love Mourinho

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nowadays didn't use to like him when he was when I was younger let's just say

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that but nowadays I've grown to appreciate him as a man as a

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character and even historically for what he's done but but yeah the

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football is absolutely brutal to watch and Inter thankfully brought the spice

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over here so for Inter it was a 3-5-2 formation with

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Summer in goal Bastogna, Czerbian Pavard at the back with

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Di Marco on the left flank and the Dumfries on the right flank

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Miquitario Insha'Allah no gluambarella were in the middle with Lautaro

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Martinez and Thuram up front for Roma it was Rui Patriciongo,

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Mancini, Lorente and Indica at the back with Cristante on the right,

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Zalewski on the left, Bofei Paredes and Cristante in the middle with Lukaku

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and Elshara we up front this was Lukaku's first time back at Sun Zero

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after he refused to renew his contract with Inter

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and not only that he actually I don't even think he was offered a contract with

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Inter because he was in talks with with other teams before the Champions

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League final had even been played so so the fans

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Rosentum, the players Rosentum, Barella and Martinez were particularly

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cold towards him during the handshake at the beginning of the game

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fans had thousands of whistles at the stadium I believe was

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like 30,000 whistles or something plus they had apps on their phone for those

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who didn't have a whistle they could download a whistle app on their phone

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they could actually use that instead

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the sound was deafening from our TV so let alone what it

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must have been like over there every time Lukaku touched

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the ball absolute carnage by the Inter fans but yes let's quickly run down

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how the game went the first action was

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Shala Noglu smacking the crossbar from a distance with have been a fantastic goal

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Rui Patricio had a one-on-one save on Turam Dimorko had a narrow miss with the

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outside of his foot Pavard they kept bombing into the box that was an

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interesting thing we observed and I think he actually had more touches in the

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box than Lukaku did in the entire game

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more shots too actually Turam missed a golden opportunity with his head

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still quite wasteful Cristante headed the ball goal

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words and this was a very very good shot on target for Roma

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and it required a full stretch saved by Summer to

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stop that from going in. Shala Noglu took another long range shot which

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deflected and almost found its way into the back of the net

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while Dimorko kept pelting in crosses obviously you know how relentless he can

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be eventually he delivered a low cross between the goalkeeper and the defense

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it took up until the 81st minute for this to to actually work

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where Turam was there to slot it in and he scored the winning goal

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Lukaku's replacement right in front of Lukaku in Lukaku's stadium

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while he's being whistled and everyone's cheering for him it must have been

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absolutely horrible for Lukaku to watch that can you imagine

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and I'm sure he hated every second of it because he has demonstrated that he has

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a particularly large ego. Shortly after that Carlos Augusto struck

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the ball venomously from way out and rattled the crossbar

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and at the end of the game Cristante had the ball from outside the area

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and he had a miracle attempt where he shot from long range but failed to hit

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the target he actually skied it. Yeah I mean I'm sure Inter have had tougher

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games than this they created many chances and they were actually quite

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wasteful if you look at the shooting stats over here

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Inter had 19 shots to Roma's 3 and 63% ball position. When it comes to

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shots on target however Roma kept it tight so they actually didn't allow

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Inter many shots on target they only had three shots on target Inter

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while Roma's one shot on target was probably the closest opportunity in the

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game that anyone got who didn't score of course.

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Yeah that header by Cristante wow what a save by Jan Sommer.

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I want to highlight quickly the importance of DiMarco who in my opinion is one of

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the best left wing backs in world football he is

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absolutely relentless he is a playmaker

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inter tick through DiMarco don't get it twisted it's all about DiMarco

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he links the defense to the attack he's the

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the catalyst in this team he's brilliant amazing player.

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I also want to congratulate Simone Insaghi for trusting one of his players on a

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yellow card and not substituting him as Alessandro Bassoni with a

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yellow card in the 64th minute and that would usually mean that in the 78th

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minute it'd be subbed off but he actually left him on until the end of the

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game so congratulations Simone Insaghi in trusting your man something you are

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not very used to to doing. When it comes to Roma I forgot to

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mention that Mourinho wasn't actually on the bench

439
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:25,160
because he's serving a suspension as always it was the assistant manager who

440
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,600
was there and it would have been entertaining to see

441
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:32,760
Mourinho at Sun Zero even though he's usually well behaved over there

442
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,240
because the Inter fans absolutely love him because he won the

443
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:39,480
treble with them but yeah it is looking quite

444
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,080
bleak for Roma and these big games they really don't turn up

445
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:46,760
and they currently sit in ninth with 14 points

446
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:52,840
and I think obviously their European aspirations are alive and well and even

447
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,360
a Champions League spot is up for contention for them but they are going

448
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,160
through a little bit of an injury crisis and with their best players back

449
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,360
hopefully we'll get to see them playing more expressive football

450
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:08,920
not just pragmatic defensive counter attacking opportunistic football that

451
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:12,600
they're they're playing right now. Inter on the other hand sit comfortably

452
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:18,200
in first with 25 points two points ahead of Juventus in

453
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:22,760
second as they continue to to show that they are

454
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:28,360
a force to be reckoned with in this league. Let's talk about Lazio

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00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:32,760
one Fiorentina nil this was a Monday night clash

456
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:38,840
in the 10th round of SEA and it took up until the 95th minute for the game to

457
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:43,560
be decided and it was absolutely beautiful the way it was decided

458
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:46,920
because at one point late into the second half the

459
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:50,040
fans in the Olympics started chanting

460
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:56,840
Ciro Ciro basically summoning their all-time leading

461
00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:02,200
gold scorer in Ciro mobile. Kind of unfair on Castellanus was having

462
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:06,120
a great game but of course they want to see their talisman and the man who has

463
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:13,160
exchanged so many games for them. Obviously Ciro mobile came on and

464
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:17,320
Lazio were giving a penalty at the end of the game and he converted it

465
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:21,560
to win the game. You know football is all about these moments for me

466
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:25,320
you know like Turam scoring in front of Lukaku the

467
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:32,520
the contrast between Turam's night and Lukaku's night the fact that

468
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:37,000
the fans have so much power they call for a player

469
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,840
the coach brings him on and they empowered him so much that there was no

470
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,720
doubt that Ciro mobile was ever going to miss the penalty

471
00:35:43,720 --> 00:35:47,400
and you can tell Patrick they didn't have to look away because Ciro mobile

472
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:52,760
hardly ever misses penalties. He's a fantastic penalty taker

473
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:58,600
but yeah football is poetry and football imitates art which imitates life

474
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:04,280
and that's just that's just beautiful man but yeah we should probably get into

475
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:09,000
the lineups for Lazio it was the usual 4-3-3 formation

476
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,120
with Providellingo, Lazari, Patrick, Romaniole and Maricin

477
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,800
tried the back with Gwendozzi, Rovel and Luis Alberto in the middle

478
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,800
Zacani was out on the left, Filippandesim was out on the right with Castellanios

479
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,560
starting up front the ever impressive Castellanios he's

480
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:27,720
looking better and better. For Fiorentina it was Teral Ciano in goal and

481
00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:31,320
therefore 2-3-1 formation with Biraghi, Milenkovich, Martina,

482
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:35,160
Squadra and Parisi at the back, Arthur and Duncan in the double pivot

483
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,360
with Iqone Bonaventura and Gonzalez playing behind

484
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:43,560
Lucas Beltran. You know the home side started the game

485
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:49,480
strongly of course being Lazio they had missed opportunity by Luis Alberto

486
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,920
who was set up really nicely by Tati Castellanios

487
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:58,360
you had Gwendozzi trying and playing the ball into the box

488
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:02,280
you had Beltran actually in the 12th minute was scored offside

489
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:07,000
he was playing a marvelous ball over the top but he controlled it with his arm

490
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,040
he showed great technique though to take the ball down

491
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:15,080
with his arm and round the goalkeeper and scored the guvar for the referee to

492
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:20,760
to call that goal off. He did hit the post later on

493
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,280
he hit the post and then the ball ricocheted off Providell and back into

494
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:28,040
play and at the end of the half there was a little bit of drama actually

495
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:32,120
as Iqone seems to be dropped in the box however

496
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:37,800
the ref seemed to think otherwise as he did not give the penalty.

497
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:42,680
Luis Alberto had a particularly poor game I feel this game

498
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:46,040
Felipe Anderson displayed some good moments where he

499
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:50,200
he got the ball at one point in the box and turned and shot so brilliantly

500
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:53,800
forcing the goalkeeper into a reflex save

501
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:57,720
but yeah Lazio were looking much better in this game

502
00:37:57,720 --> 00:38:03,400
and Salvi did comment he said that it's a shame that Kamada

503
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:08,840
can't get more minutes with Alberto on the pitch because apparently the

504
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:14,040
their characteristics do not complement each other and they are too similar

505
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:19,720
you know Luis Alberto is a fantastic player on his day

506
00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:22,840
Daishi Kamada you can clearly tell that there's talent over there

507
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,640
but this is just the thing with Salvi you know I remember him saying that Milenko

508
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,240
Salvić and Luis Alberto can't play well together

509
00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:33,480
and he ended up utilizing them until SMS went off to

510
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,920
Saudi Arabia but yeah we'll see I'm sure he'll figure things out

511
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:40,360
Daishi Kamada is too good to be kept on the bench and you can't obviously bench

512
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:44,600
Luis Alberto because he's become a leader in this team. At the end of the game

513
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:49,240
it was Milenkovic who handled the ball the big

514
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:54,360
Serbian defender in the box the referee pointed to the spot and it was a

515
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:58,440
mobile who stepped up of course shot the ball low and hard to the left

516
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:02,520
the goalkeeper went the wrong way and Lazio

517
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:08,600
took home all three points. Lazio seem to be on good form they seem to be

518
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:12,440
recovering they've won four out of their last five matches and they have

519
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:19,960
climbed up to seventh with 16 points as for Fiorintina they are in sixth one

520
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:23,880
point ahead of Lazio with 17 points as now they've got

521
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,320
two losses in a row they have a bit of they're going through a bit of a slump

522
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:31,240
right now but obviously this tends to be the case both teams are trying to

523
00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:35,000
balance European football and the Serie A

524
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,400
they're both trying to play to their high standards

525
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:42,360
and sometimes they come bite you in the ass like Fiorintina's

526
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:46,920
loss last week was you know they in Maltese there's an expression

527
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:50,840
there's a lot of inertia in Fiorintina you slip

528
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:55,960
where it's dry and Fiorintina definitely slipped where it was dry last week

529
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,720
I lost to Lazio it's forgivable and excusable

530
00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:02,760
granted perhaps it was a little bit harsh they had them

531
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:06,840
they had many opportunities they had a goal that was ruled out they had a

532
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,600
penalty call they lost to a last-minute penalty

533
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:16,600
they had seven shots on target to Lazio's three shots on target you know it's

534
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:22,280
a bit of a bitter pill to swallow but but yeah I'm sure they'll bounce back

535
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,640
the next game I'm going to be covering is Juventus

536
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:31,480
one Verona nil Mjueva lined up with a 352 formation with Cesnien goal

537
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:35,080
Rugani Bremerangatti at the back with Kostics out on the left and way out on

538
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:38,440
the right with Robbio Locatelli and Mckeni in the middle

539
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:43,160
Moisquín and Duzan Vlaovic formed a striking partnership up front for Verona

540
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:47,960
Marco Baroni's men lined up with a 3412 formation with Montipo and goal

541
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:51,880
Terra Ciano Davidovic and Maniani at the back with Faroni out on the right

542
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:56,200
Doig on the left, Hongla, Folloroune show and Duda playing in the middle

543
00:40:56,200 --> 00:41:02,120
with Juric and Bonazzoli up front in the 12th minute of the match

544
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:06,920
Moisquín scored a fantastic goal but the goal was disallowed because he had

545
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:12,840
been offside in the build-up play by a stud

546
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:18,440
harsh very very harsh over there and it drew a lot of attention

547
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:23,160
should the goal have stood was it onside you know at the end of the day people

548
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,520
are arguing that it was so close that the goal should have been given

549
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:31,400
however where do you draw the line I feel like the offside rule could be one of

550
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:36,840
those that's black or white you know pun intended let's

551
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:42,920
just say it was intended because of you of course and it was it was offside you

552
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:47,560
know marginally and as close a call as it's going to get but we can't make

553
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:52,680
exceptions like this you know unless the rule is changed entirely I do like the

554
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:59,000
idea of the offside rule favoring the striker so that if the

555
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:03,960
striker is in line with the defender it's onside regardless

556
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:09,480
or if he's ahead of him or not however that is not the rule at the moment the

557
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:14,440
rule states that if the defender is ahead if the striker is ahead of the

558
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,880
defender when the ball is played and that's offside and unfortunately with

559
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:21,480
that being the rule this this is offside now maybe

560
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:28,280
before the next game Moisquín will have to wear a shoe size smaller

561
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:33,720
yeah you've got close again through Moisquín in the first half and Bonacoli

562
00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:37,560
had an opportunity and towards the end of the first off where he forced Shresny

563
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:41,960
into a great save Moisquín scored again in the second half but this time it was

564
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,160
ruled out for a foul and this was absolutely ridiculous okay

565
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:53,160
Juve were hard done in this game this was a very harsh foul to give as he

566
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:59,160
barely made contact with the player yeah ruled off and it seemed like

567
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:04,520
Juve were not going to get the three points over here however at the end of

568
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:08,440
the game in the 96 minute gutty whipped the ball into the box

569
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:14,360
Millik headed it into the bar and Cambiazzo scored the rebound to give

570
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:18,200
Juve a dramatic 1-0 victory at the death against Verona

571
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:22,920
victory that was well deserved Juve absolutely dominated Verona taking

572
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:27,400
30 shots to Verona 7 you've had six shots on target this

573
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:31,560
game while Verona only had but one Bonacoli attempt and they deserved

574
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:35,240
the victory it would have been extremely harsh if they didn't get all three

575
00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:39,080
points considering the nature of the goals that were called off

576
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:45,800
but yeah Juve won and temporarily entered first place with inter's victory

577
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:49,480
that sees Juventus in second place with 23 points

578
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:53,800
while Helas Verona are in 16th with eight points

579
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:59,000
just one point outside the relegation pool I also forgot to point out that

580
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:02,280
there was a penalty call on Chiesa as well so that would have made it even more

581
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:06,040
controversial if it could get any more controversial

582
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:10,040
than it currently was at the time

583
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:14,280
Chiesa's influence of the bench was absolutely amazing adding energy and

584
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:19,560
chaos and attacking the Verona goal on a multiple occasion

585
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:25,800
for the Ampoli Nyl Atalanta 3 game this was a fantastic game to

586
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:30,920
to come home to after work on a Monday Ampoli lined up with a 4-3-3 formation

587
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:36,760
with Berisha in goal this was of course a potential banana slip for Atalanta

588
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:40,920
as Ampoli have got their shit together since the

589
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:43,400
reappointment of Andrea Tsoley

590
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:48,200
Ebuahi Walukovic, Luperto and Kakaccia were at the back with Marin,

591
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,840
Grussi and Maleh in the middle with Kambiagi out on the right,

592
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:54,200
Kanchileri out on the left and Kaputo up front

593
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:59,080
for Atalanta in their new third kit which is red and lovely

594
00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:03,080
Juan Musso was in goal, Colasinac, Jim City and Skalvini were at the back with

595
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:07,000
Ruggieri on the left, Hans Hattaber on the right making his return

596
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:10,520
he used to be a regular starter and that's how we remember him on the great

597
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:13,560
Atalanta side. Ederson and Martin Derun were in the

598
00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:17,640
middle with Koopminers playing behind Skamaka and Lukmin.

599
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:21,720
The first half witnessed Atalanta's complete domination

600
00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:25,720
as evidenced by their overwhelming possession and attacking prowess quite

601
00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:29,240
frankly Skamaka's goal early on in the game set the tone for Atalanta's

602
00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:33,480
attacking intent with his creative back heel flick,

603
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,920
nutmeg flick ensuring a well-deserved lead. Atalanta's

604
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:40,200
overall superiority was underscored by Skamaka's

605
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:45,080
attacking prowess the Italian was on fine form this game and played a

606
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:50,920
pretty much flawless game. He also went on to almost score again just

607
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:54,840
near miss over there and scoring a goal which was chocked off

608
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:58,840
for offside. Skamaka also went on to set up

609
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:02,680
Tune Koopminers who scored with a well-placed finish and then scored

610
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:06,200
another goal in the second half thanks when assist by Martin Derun

611
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:11,320
in the 51st minute. Empoli got close through Kambiagi but

612
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:15,880
Atalanta's offensive onslaught was simply too much for them and at the end of

613
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:20,840
the day it was quite an easy win for Atalanta who had 56% ball

614
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:25,240
possession and 18 shots to Empoli's 9.

615
00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:29,400
6 shots on target for Atalanta to Empoli's 2.

616
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:34,760
As for the league standings Atalanta are in fourth place with 19 points while

617
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:39,000
Empoli are in 18th place with 7 points despite their lowly

618
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,560
standings there's a clear improvement over there.

619
00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:46,760
Atalanta continue to push for Europe as they do look very good this year

620
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:51,560
and they've got some some good depth and some quality players once they get

621
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:54,600
ticking they might really be a force to be reckoned with and I do think they'll

622
00:46:54,600 --> 00:47:00,040
be a contender for top four and playing in the Champions League next season.

623
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:05,720
We had Derby this matchday between Sasvolo and Bologna it was an

624
00:47:05,720 --> 00:47:10,440
Emelian Derby and this was where our goal of the week was scored of course.

625
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:14,120
Why did the inconsistent start for Sasvolo who have beaten Juventus and Inter

626
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:18,440
but failed to pick up a single victory in the last three rounds? Their line-up this

627
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:22,440
week was Andrea Consili and Goulinder 4-2-3-1 formation with Tolyon,

628
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:27,240
Erlich, Ferrari and Vigniad the back, Bologna and Tordzvet in the middle

629
00:47:27,240 --> 00:47:31,160
with Berardi by Rami and Laurent playing behind Pina Monti.

630
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:35,240
For Bologna it was Skorupski and Goulinder 4-2-3-1 formation basically

631
00:47:35,240 --> 00:47:39,640
mirroring Sasvolo, Lico Giannis, Callofiore, Bonifazzi and the Sylvesteria

632
00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:43,000
at the back with Abishar and Froyler playing in the double pivot with Alexis

633
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:46,680
Salamacar out on the left, Riccardo or Salini out on the right, Luis Ferguson

634
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:52,120
playing behind Joshua Zergzi. Sasvolo's offensive tactical

635
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:55,400
configuration allowed them to maintain a strong presence in the opponent's

636
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:58,760
half creating several goal scoring opportunities especially through the

637
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:02,760
efforts of Berardi and Pina Monti. Sasvolo attempted to control the

638
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:06,280
midfield emphasizing the importance of maintaining possession and creating

639
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:10,120
cohesive attacking movements to penetrate Bologna's defense.

640
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:13,800
On the other hand Bologna took a more defensive approach, they were looking

641
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:17,960
to thwart Sasvolo's attacking threats and minimize their goal scoring chances.

642
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:23,320
Bologna strategically focused on keeping everything tight

643
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:28,520
and players like Skorupski and Callofiore did very well to disrupt

644
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:33,640
Sasvolo's rhythm and limit their ability to play sustained attacks.

645
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:38,280
Despite Bologna's initial defensive posture they also sought opportunities

646
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:42,600
for quick counter attacks to capitalize on any defensive lapses from Sasvolo,

647
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:47,320
an opportunistic approach over there from Mota. The game actually started with

648
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:51,560
Sasvolo's attempts, many attempts for Sasvolo including a close transfer by

649
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:55,720
Rami, however Bologna quickly took the lead through a brilliant

650
00:48:55,720 --> 00:49:00,440
trademark play by Xergyz, who skillfully evaded the defenders to score a stylish

651
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:05,000
goal. His back heel control was to die for, you

652
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:07,480
should totally go watch that if you haven't.

653
00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:10,920
Despite Sasvolo's efforts the first half saw them struggling to convert

654
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:14,920
their possession into concrete goal scoring opportunities.

655
00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:18,600
The second half witnessed both teams making strategic substitutions while

656
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:22,360
Sasvolo intensified their attacks. Bologna also attempted to increase their

657
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:25,960
tempo with the match continued with moments of back and forth action

658
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:29,880
with Sasvolo's Bologna eventually scoring an equalizer with a well-placed

659
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shot from outside the box. Another potential goal of the week contender,

660
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:35,880
there were many this week. The game saw further attempts from both

661
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:39,880
sides with Xergyz initially scoring another goal which was disallowed

662
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:45,400
due to Orsallini's offside position. A few crucial saves by Skorupski saw the

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00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:50,840
game and won one with Bologna in eighth with 15 points while Sasvolo are

664
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:56,520
down in 15th with 11 points. Yeah, a draw here was I think the

665
00:49:56,520 --> 00:50:02,920
the fair result. Five shots on target for each team. Bologna dominating the

666
00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:06,120
possession even though watching the game it totally didn't feel like that was

667
00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:08,840
the case. I mean how the hell did Bologna have 60% ball

668
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:13,480
possession? It felt like Sasvolo were more involved than that.

669
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:19,640
But yeah it was an interesting watch and yeah fair draw, fair draw over here.

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00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:25,240
We'll be moving on to Monza Udinesi which ended 1-1 for Monza. It was Di

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00:50:25,240 --> 00:50:28,600
Gregorio Angol, Carbooni, Mardi and Calderola. The back with

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Chiro Coppolis on the left, Ciorio on the right with Pesina and Gagliardini in

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00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:37,480
the middle. Viniato and Colpani played behind Colombo for Udinesi. It was a

674
00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:42,440
3-5-2 formation with Silvestri Angol, Perez Biol and Cabalese at the back

675
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:46,760
with Ebosele out on the right and Zamura out on the left with Piero, Wallis

676
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:52,520
and Samaritan in the middle. Success and Pereira were up front.

677
00:50:52,520 --> 00:50:56,840
Now Monza got an early lead orchestrated by Colpani and it aligned with the

678
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:59,800
team's strategic approach to be honest. With the absence of Itza and

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D'Ambrosio in defense the inclusion of Carbooni was obviously

680
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:08,760
necessary. The structured offensive head set up spearheaded by Viniato and

681
00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:13,480
Colpani posed a significant threat to Udinesi's defensive line and in fact

682
00:51:13,480 --> 00:51:19,400
the first half was all Monza as they had 57% ball possession and 3 shots on

683
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:24,440
targets to Udinesi's nil. However, however the second half

684
00:51:24,440 --> 00:51:30,360
saw Udinesi making a few tactical changes bringing on Camara, Love Rich,

685
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:35,880
Lucca and Pereira and they easily grew into the game. Their

686
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:40,680
substitutions brought in a lot of energy and as the game progressed both teams

687
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:45,640
continued to make more tweaks in pursuit of a decisive breakthrough.

688
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:50,200
Monza's tactical adjustments included the introduction of Bondo and Carvalho

689
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:54,040
sought to fortify their defensive strategies while Udinesi brought on

690
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:57,640
of course offensive players dimensioned earlier.

691
00:51:57,640 --> 00:52:04,360
A ball over the top that wasn't dealt with by Monza so Lucca at the far post

692
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:09,320
executing a perfect poachers finish over there the 6 foot 7 striker.

693
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:13,160
Hardly ever scores with his head because his technique is just that good

694
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:16,520
that he doesn't need to when you have a player who's that tall with so much

695
00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:19,320
technique it's always fun to watch. Udinesi are one of the most selfish

696
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:23,240
teams in the league and I hate watching them quite frankly because

697
00:52:23,240 --> 00:52:26,600
players like Love Rich for example towards the end of the game had a

698
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:28,840
player wide open but he went for the shot

699
00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:32,120
absolutely disgusting there's a situation like this every single week

700
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:35,960
with Udinesi. I don't know if it's you know there's

701
00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:40,760
an expression that says the fish rods from the head a fish rods from the head

702
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:44,840
down and this applies perfectly to be honest

703
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:48,840
because Udinesi's ownership doesn't seem to be

704
00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:54,360
investing in the club and if they don't see any value in the club then I

705
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:57,960
highly doubt the players do so the players might view this team as a

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00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:01,560
stepping stone in their career or as an opportunity to

707
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:05,000
stat pad a few personal stats and that seems to be the case with Udinesi

708
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:09,640
unfortunately at the moment and we all know that their owners also own

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00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:17,800
Watford so they do have other interests and priorities. Udinesi sit in 17th

710
00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:22,760
with seven points they have actually drawn seven games so they don't lose

711
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:25,480
very often they never win they have zero wins they've lost three times but

712
00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:30,920
they've drawn seven times as for Monza who are way more impressive

713
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:34,840
and their project is lovely compared to Udinesi especially

714
00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:38,680
they sit in 10th perfectly mid table with 13 points

715
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:42,440
they've won three they've lost three and they've drawn four

716
00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:46,360
so yeah despite Udinesi's lackluster start and the fact that they've

717
00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:51,880
sacked a manager already they're actually a very solid team when it comes to the

718
00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:55,320
defensive setup and teams are struggling to beat them

719
00:53:55,320 --> 00:53:59,000
so I highly doubt they'll get relegated and will

720
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:02,120
keep seeing them slowly deteriorate until they do

721
00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:06,360
I predict within the next five years if it's the same ownership they will go

722
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:12,280
down to Celia B. As for Lecce Torino where Torino beat

723
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:15,480
Lecce away from home with a score of one nil thanks to

724
00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:21,880
goal by Buongiorno on his return the lineups involve the Lecce's 4-3-3

725
00:54:21,880 --> 00:54:26,200
formation with Falcone and goal Jean-Jé Pongratius Bascarrotta and Gallowed

726
00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:29,000
the back with Raffia Ramadani and Gonzalez in the middle

727
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:32,920
with Al-Gvistambanda on the wings with Christovage up front

728
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:38,840
for Torino it was Vania Milinkovic-Savage in goal in a 3-4-3-5-2 formation

729
00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:42,280
sorry with Ricardo Rodriguez Buongiorno and Voivoda at the back

730
00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:45,800
Lazaro in Bellanova on the wings Gili Netti and

731
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:50,760
Ginnatis in the middle Bellegri and Sanabria up front

732
00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:56,120
now the game started off and it was all Lecce with missed opportunities from

733
00:54:56,120 --> 00:55:00,200
Banda and Christovage and Al-Gvist they were really pushing

734
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:03,400
to get the lead but in the 40th minute Buongiorno

735
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:08,360
got on the end of a cross and smashed the ball into the roof of the net and the

736
00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:12,040
second half Torino seems to have settled into the game nicely and the defensive

737
00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:15,480
cohesion was clear to see they created the better

738
00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:19,320
chances in the second half and Lecce slowly faded out

739
00:55:19,320 --> 00:55:25,240
and didn't have anything to answer to the Torino side

740
00:55:25,240 --> 00:55:31,000
these two teams are both very exciting we all know and we have discussed

741
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:34,600
many times on this podcast that Urich is facing a few problems especially when

742
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:37,800
it comes to getting the team ticking offensively

743
00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:40,840
maybe he should start playing Buongiorno as a striker

744
00:55:40,840 --> 00:55:44,520
yeah, as for Lecce of course you know that we are enamored by them over here

745
00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:48,280
we are big fans of Al-Gvist, Christovage, Banda,

746
00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:51,880
Streffetza all these guys they're all so much fun to watch

747
00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:55,560
and they did put on a show at the beginning of the game before they kind

748
00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:59,560
of fizzled out Urich got sent off towards the end of a

749
00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:04,360
game for a foul on Bella Nova that seemed to injure him

750
00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:10,760
he got sent off for complaining of course as he's the manager

751
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:14,920
I made that sound over there like Urich ran onto the pitch, fouled Bella Nova and

752
00:56:14,920 --> 00:56:19,800
got sent off trust me this was not the case

753
00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:26,120
Torino currently sit in 13th with 12 points while Lecce sit in 11th with 13

754
00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:30,040
points 10 matchdays in and this table is really taking shape curious to see what

755
00:56:30,040 --> 00:56:32,360
happens and curious to see what Matti has to say

756
00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:36,600
about this my co-host yeah I can't wait for him to be back

757
00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:41,800
because I must say that doing this alone is way less interesting than doing it

758
00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:45,080
with him the final game I'm going to be talking

759
00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:50,360
about was Genoa one Salernitana nil this saw Alberto

760
00:56:50,360 --> 00:56:55,400
Gilardino facing Philipp Poinsagi two men who have won a Champions League

761
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:59,960
trophy together Genoa lined up with Josep Martinez in goal

762
00:56:59,960 --> 00:57:03,800
under 3-5-2 formation with Dragosin, Bani and Vazquez at the back

763
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:07,080
Sabele and Martin on the wings with Malinovsky, Badel and

764
00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:11,160
Fendrup in the middle Retegue and Goodminton were the striking

765
00:57:11,160 --> 00:57:16,120
partnership for Philipp Poinsagi Salernitana it was a 3-4-2-1

766
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:19,320
formation with Ochoa in goal, Piralag Yomber and

767
00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:22,280
Lovato at the back with brother Richa Matsuki on the wings,

768
00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:26,920
Kulibali and Major in the middle with Cabral and Kandreva playing behind

769
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:32,520
Dia. Genoa created several close goal scoring opportunities early on both

770
00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:35,400
Badel and Retegue hit the post in the opening minutes

771
00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:39,480
reflecting Genoa's strong offensive intent from the get-go

772
00:57:39,480 --> 00:57:43,240
however Retegue's performance was cut short as he had to leave the field due

773
00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:47,640
to a recurring knee injury. So sad to see over here I really hope

774
00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:51,880
we get to see him at his best as he's a very exciting striker.

775
00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:55,560
Despite this setback Genoa continued to dominate the game with Goodminton

776
00:57:55,560 --> 00:57:59,720
eventually scoring a crucial goal exploiting an assist from Malinovsky

777
00:57:59,720 --> 00:58:03,880
which would have also been a potential goal of the week contender.

778
00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:07,000
In the second half the tactical adjustments made by both teams

779
00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:11,560
significantly impacted the game. Salernitana shifted to a 3-4-2-1

780
00:58:11,560 --> 00:58:15,720
formation introducing Sambia and Bohinan to create a more balanced midfield.

781
00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:19,560
This change allowed Salernitana to take advantage of Genoa's slightly lower

782
00:58:19,560 --> 00:58:24,360
tempo and exploit the absence of Retegue. However their efforts to equalize

783
00:58:24,360 --> 00:58:28,920
were hindered by Genoa's resilient defense led by the strategic

784
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:33,160
substitutions of the brilliant and promising manager Alberto Geladino

785
00:58:33,160 --> 00:58:37,320
who brought on Kutlu and Strutman to reinforce the team's stability.

786
00:58:37,320 --> 00:58:40,360
While Salernitana attempted to push forward and create goal scoring

787
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:44,280
opportunities their efforts were thwarted by a lack of creativity and

788
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:48,200
precision in the final third. Despite Matsuki hitting the crossbar later

789
00:58:48,200 --> 00:58:53,480
in the game Salernitana failed to convert their chances

790
00:58:53,480 --> 00:58:57,240
into goals and it reflected their struggles to find the right approach in

791
00:58:57,240 --> 00:59:01,640
the attacking phase under both Sousa and now under Insagi.

792
00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:05,800
In contrast Genoa although under pressure managed to withstand Salernitana's

793
00:59:05,800 --> 00:59:09,560
late surge emphasizing the importance of defensive solidarity

794
00:59:09,560 --> 00:59:16,440
in this Genoa team. Alberto Gudmetsen is fantastic I will say this he is way too

795
00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:21,480
good to be playing at Genoa unfortunately for Genoa and their fans.

796
00:59:21,480 --> 00:59:25,880
I'd see him leaving as early as January. He's got

797
00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:29,720
a case going on in Iceland right now

798
00:59:29,720 --> 00:59:34,760
a case of abuse so I think big teams will want that to blow over before

799
00:59:34,760 --> 00:59:38,280
before signing him I believe that's the reason he's not included in the

800
00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:43,160
Iceland national team. He tried to dribble the entire world in the 90th

801
00:59:43,160 --> 00:59:47,080
minute Gudmetsen so despite him being fantastic at the end of the game

802
00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:51,160
he had players open but he kept going and I did think that he was going to

803
00:59:51,160 --> 00:59:55,960
manage to dribble the entire team but he lost the ball and the counter

804
00:59:55,960 --> 01:00:01,640
attacks so so Dia almost scoring at the end of it. He had

805
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:07,800
he had Ekuban wide open and the fans have been booing Ekuban and that's

806
01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:12,920
very very tough to to watch as Gudmetsen had an opportunity to empower his

807
01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:19,080
teammate but he decided to almost cost his team the game instead.

808
01:00:19,080 --> 01:00:23,880
I do think that the booing of Ekuban is very unfair because he's a player who

809
01:00:23,880 --> 01:00:30,040
despite his lack of quality perhaps always gives his all

810
01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:32,680
and that's what you need from your players. No you need your players to give

811
01:00:32,680 --> 01:00:37,080
their best I mean you can protest against the club signing the player but

812
01:00:37,080 --> 01:00:41,480
booing the player when he's trying his best leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

813
01:00:41,480 --> 01:00:46,840
At the end of the day his replacement is Puskas and Puskas I believe might be

814
01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:50,440
even worse than he is so be careful who you boo.

815
01:00:50,440 --> 01:00:54,440
The fans have an opportunity to lift their players and to fill them with

816
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:59,240
confidence and a confident player will obviously make the difference.

817
01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:02,760
Instead they're taking the approach of booing him when Ritegwi

818
01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:06,200
can barely stay fit to play they're gonna need Ekuban they better change their

819
01:01:06,200 --> 01:01:10,040
approach. So that is it for match day 10 and we'll

820
01:01:10,040 --> 01:01:21,640
be moving on to our questions segment.

821
01:01:21,640 --> 01:01:25,400
If it's your first time here welcome to our questions segment this is where we

822
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:30,040
take listener questions and hot takes you can drop voice notes you can drop

823
01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:34,520
your opinions on twitter or on instagram you can find us at say a spotlight and

824
01:01:34,520 --> 01:01:39,480
we will be sure to discuss them. Our first hot take comes from Alessio

825
01:01:39,480 --> 01:01:44,040
on twitter at am juve he says I don't know if this is a hot take but

826
01:01:44,040 --> 01:01:48,040
I'm loving the performances of Joshua Zergsi so far this season

827
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:51,800
he's made huge steps to becoming a top striker in the league yes

828
01:01:51,800 --> 01:01:56,360
we've been singing Zergsi's praises since the start of this podcast saying that

829
01:01:56,360 --> 01:02:00,680
it's clear but Bayern Munich had seen in him because he is a Bayern Munich talent

830
01:02:00,680 --> 01:02:05,560
however his finishing has always disappointed him and it seems that he's

831
01:02:05,560 --> 01:02:08,520
been taking a different approach when it comes to his finishing

832
01:02:08,520 --> 01:02:13,320
opting for precision and intelligence instead of power.

833
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:18,040
He's smart enough to move his body in a way to deceive the opponent and goalkeepers

834
01:02:18,040 --> 01:02:21,960
and he often leaves goalkeepers flatfooted as he just rolls the ball past them

835
01:02:21,960 --> 01:02:25,800
his development has been fantastic and he's having a fantastic season

836
01:02:25,800 --> 01:02:29,960
I do think that he would be a good fit at a big club for example a team like

837
01:02:29,960 --> 01:02:33,640
Milan who need a striker who thrives at hold up play he might be

838
01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:37,080
he might be perfect who knows but if he keeps scoring goals at this rate he's

839
01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:44,120
definitely not gonna come cheap. Frank our loyal listener love you Frank

840
01:02:44,120 --> 01:02:49,080
he said based purely on form does Keane now start ahead of either Kierzauer

841
01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:55,960
or Vlava which if yes who drops out I think Keane's form is fantastic and I

842
01:02:55,960 --> 01:03:00,680
think he's putting Vlava which to shame I think a spell on the bench for Vlava

843
01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:05,720
which might not be a bad a bad thing for you right now with the form Keane's

844
01:03:05,720 --> 01:03:10,360
in. Kea's impact of the bench is always very good he brings a lot of energy so

845
01:03:10,360 --> 01:03:15,960
maybe using him as an impact sub could be good for you however good luck

846
01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:19,880
explaining that to the player and trying to keep the player happy so I think in

847
01:03:19,880 --> 01:03:23,800
theory when you look at the big profiles of Vlava and Kea's it's gonna be hard

848
01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:29,400
to bench them I think they could play with maybe Keane alongside Vlava which for

849
01:03:29,400 --> 01:03:34,040
the time being. William on Twitter asks can you touch

850
01:03:34,040 --> 01:03:38,600
on Mathias Soule. Of course we can't touch on Mathias Soule we often talk about

851
01:03:38,600 --> 01:03:43,960
him on this podcast he is a fantastic youngster he's only 20 years old and

852
01:03:43,960 --> 01:03:49,080
he's owned by Juventus. Juventus bought them nice and young

853
01:03:49,080 --> 01:03:53,480
from a team called Kimberley. Don't ask me anything about Kimberley

854
01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:57,640
I don't know anything about them but he is from Argentina and has featured for

855
01:03:57,640 --> 01:04:05,160
Argentina at under 16, under 21 and under 20 level. Last season he scored his

856
01:04:05,160 --> 01:04:09,240
first ever goal for Juventus and his only goal for Juventus he's had 15

857
01:04:09,240 --> 01:04:14,040
appearances for them and this year he's become a prolific player and the star

858
01:04:14,040 --> 01:04:19,000
at Frostinone with eight games and five goals. I think his playstyle is quite

859
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:23,320
similar to Domenico Berardi where he's got that kind of large

860
01:04:23,320 --> 01:04:30,600
rich frame he's six feet tall and he's very hard working and technical and

861
01:04:30,600 --> 01:04:35,160
has a certain amount of flair to his game which is always fun to watch.

862
01:04:35,160 --> 01:04:41,080
He's extremely exciting and I do hope that he continues to develop like this.

863
01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:45,880
The question is is Juventus the right environment for this guy to continue

864
01:04:45,880 --> 01:04:50,840
developing. In a 4-3-3 he thrives Frostinone a

865
01:04:50,840 --> 01:04:55,240
player fantastic attractive positive brand of football

866
01:04:55,240 --> 01:05:02,360
and definitely contrasts Juventus's approach starkly.

867
01:05:02,360 --> 01:05:08,280
Leo Messi asks a question on Instagram I asked for his name but he preferred to

868
01:05:08,280 --> 01:05:14,440
not share it so he asked to be referred to as the cool mysterious Leo Messi.

869
01:05:14,440 --> 01:05:22,280
He asks did the furentina get robbed against Lazio? I don't think it was

870
01:05:22,280 --> 01:05:27,160
a robbery you know if you are referring to the penalty call

871
01:05:27,160 --> 01:05:33,560
on Iqone I don't think there was enough in it for it to be given a penalty. Iqone

872
01:05:33,560 --> 01:05:38,200
seems to already be falling when the defender put his hand on his

873
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shoulder I wouldn't say they got robbed.

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They were unlucky but definitely not robbed. I would also like to give a

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shout out to Andy Chrétien who DMed us telling us that

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he had bet on keen to score over for keen to score and for Juventus to get over

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1.5 goals against Hilas Verona if anyone's been robbed it was definitely Andy.

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And also shout out to our boy Jake for showing us how to do viola celebration

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from the last episode thanks to you I have finally managed.

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Thank you for listening guys thank you for tuning in be sure to DM us to rate us

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to sign up to our patreon to support us and to be added to our whatsapp chat

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you know the drill goodbye