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Soslov with the corner, away by Rabiol, that's Folleroonsho!

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That is a glorious goal!

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Michael Folleroonsho with nominally his weaker foot!

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Ayo Pmeet Dux and welcome back to another episode of Seria R Spotlight.

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This is episode 114 and we are hosts Matt and Jake here to discuss matchday 25,

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which was full of bangers.

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Full of bangers and the goal of the week was a particularly difficult one to choose from.

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Yes, yes, today more than ever I would say.

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Folleroonsho had an incredible strike with his weaker left foot, a beautiful volley against Juventus.

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On the turn bro!

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Absolutely insane strike and Huisson just decided to, I don't even know, who he became.

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He became Theo Hernandez.

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There we go, he had the ball on the halfway line, he dribbled a player, advanced, dribbled another player

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and curled it from outside the area, placing it into the back of the net.

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And then he did the softest...

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It was a really chill one, it's like just gonna hit a quick sui guy, we can get on with it.

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It's frozen on at the end of the day, I don't want to give this my all.

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I think the Folleroonsho goal was special though, it was so sweetly struck and so perfectly hit.

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He'll never replicate that goal.

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He'll never connect with a ball like that ever again.

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Especially with his left.

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It's about the cleanest, weaker foot strike you'll ever catch and obviously the stage in which he did it for Verona,

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getting the opener against Juve.

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His stocks are rising, the guy's been on loan from Napoli for a while.

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And he was at Barri last season, I held a promising season, but granted it wasn't Serie B.

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But this year he's been our goal of the week.

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Twice now.

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Yeah, twice, that's crazy.

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The other goal was incredible as well, he dribbled, it was similar to Huysens.

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Exactly, exactly. Just Huysens' goal any other week and it would have fucking taken it, I swear to God.

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Most likely, most likely.

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Just one more point regarding Huysens' goal is that of course Huysen had to make the decision,

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whether to join Frazzinone or whether to join Roma, just last January.

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And he was confident enough to choose Roma because Mourinho wanted him and he said,

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I'll earn my place at Roma and I'll play.

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And there he is, showing Frazzinone what they missed out on.

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Yeah, and Roma of course already want to extend his loan or make him permanent at the end of the season,

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but Juve apparently according to Tutto Sport have closed all the doors

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and are not trying or set to bring him back to Turin for the next season.

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Yeah, look, he's a young, talented and very deployable centre-back.

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Especially Juve, they need as many centre-backs as they can get their hands on with playing at the back formation.

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Roma obviously could have used him this season when Evan Ndik was out at Afgón.

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But yeah, it turns out Huysen is hot property.

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Absolutely, absolutely. And he has the appearance of a teenager and he is a teenager, you know,

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but at the end of the day he plays like a veteran man.

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He's got a calm head, a composed head on those shoulders.

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Yeah, absolutely. Let's speak a bit about Europe, probably didn't speak about it.

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Let's go through the European competitions a bit.

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You were absolutely right about Lazio beating Bayern Munich and I was absolutely wrong.

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Lazio won Bayern Munich in their WTA performance and WTA shift Lazio put in in this game.

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They were defending in numbers, they were attacking in numbers, they were confident.

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What did you think?

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Bro, at the end of the game, Sarri went in front of the press and said he was disappointed that they didn't get another goal.

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After what his name was sent off at the end.

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They honestly could have made it more.

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A completely different side, Lazio.

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Yes, they really played the occasion and they had a lot of frustration that they vented out and they got it done.

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As I said, this was an opportunity for them to kind of have a blank slate, like a fresh start.

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You know, things haven't been going very well in the league, but this is the first round of a European knockout game.

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So they could write their own destiny and kind of like start from the beginning.

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And they seized the opportunity by the balls and Bayern Munich didn't have a single shot on target and they made Harry Kane look like an amateur.

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Yeah, look like a dweeb.

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Yeah, fuck you, Harry.

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That's a fun little statistic as well that it was Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid had zero shots on target against Inter and Lazio.

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Let's jump on to that, Inter won Atletico Nil.

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I definitely think Inter could have had more goals here, I think.

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Well, a lot of them were wasteful, even Lautaro was a bit wasteful at times, but particularly Anatovic, which isn't news, we've seen him do.

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It's a theme.

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Yeah, and typically in order to get a goal against Atletico, be it at home or away in this case, not really until we're home, you need to suck off the entire stadium in order to score against it the way they are quite literally a five at the back.

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Not even a three at the back, but a five at the back.

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It's a Diego Simeone old school system, but Inter controlled the tempo of that game, they were constantly attacking and then Atletico itself.

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I thought Inter were good, I thought they could have made it more, to be honest.

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Yeah, for sure.

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Atletico are still in this tie, but Inter were absolutely dominant in that game.

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Yeah, I don't think they gave Atletico a sniff, to be honest.

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The thing is, Atletico have some players that could turn a game around, they've got some real game changers, particularly Antoine Griezmann.

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And Inter have suffered an injury as well, through runs out for 20 days.

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You see, out for 20 days?

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Does that mean Anatovic is going to need to play for 20 days?

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I guess so, unless they figure something else out, I don't think they have many options, to be honest.

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I think they have more Sanchez.

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Napoli are playing.

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And a thing will happen.

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No, Inter are running away with the league.

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By the way, just an announcement over here.

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Inter won the league, guys.

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Congratulations, Inter.

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You have won the league, it's quite official from where we're standing after Juvent Milan drop points again, but we'll get into that.

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Napoli are playing tonight against Barça, they started around 2 hours, so very excited for that.

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Milan beat Reign 3-0.

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It was a fantastic performance by Milan, great display, dominating.

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Super performance.

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And you know when you play against a team that you don't really watch, your favourite team player, or a team you like plays against a team that you don't really watch,

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or a European fixture and you don't know what to expect.

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I had seen, so these guys, their numbers domestically are great.

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They hadn't lost a game in 2024.

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They had won every single game in 2024, and even the last one of 2023.

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Yeah, they won eight games in a row.

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Yeah, they were flying.

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I don't know if Milan were great, or if they were absolutely terrible, but I don't know, man.

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Let's try to put up more of a fight than these guys, but the Neasers are way tougher side than these guys.

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I agree with you wholeheartedly, bro.

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I'm sorry about this French league, and my opinion is fucking nothing, bro.

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I think that the Italian league is like genuinely, genuinely, like maybe the top two, top three, can offer something.

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I think maybe overall, the standard isn't the same as Italy, of course.

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It's known that the Italian league has improved, whereas the French league, kind of, you know, you have a few teams here and there,

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but a few come up and go down like Marseille, sometimes are good Lyon, sometimes go.

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I think they're more of like a place where players develop nowadays, man.

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Exactly.

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You get so many gems from the French league, like Arthur Théâtre is there nowadays, or Seco Fofana there at one point.

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You know, there are so many bargains in the French league to go for, but of course, still an entertaining league.

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I'm just not sure if Milan were just incredible, or if they were absolutely terrible.

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I think it might have been a combination of both, because their defending left a lot to be desired,

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but they did show quite a bit going forward.

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They challenged Mike a few times, and it wouldn't be the first time if they were to come back.

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If you remember in 2004, Milan, a star-studded Milan, took on Deportivo in a European knockout game.

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I believe this was the air inter-wanted.

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And they won the first leg three-nil, and the second leg, they went out full squad.

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We're talking Kaffu, we're talking C-Dorf, we're talking Gattus, so like, star-studded, Bro, Perlo, everyone was there.

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And they lost four-nil. Milan lost four-nil, and we're knocked out.

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And it's not the first time it happened.

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You look at the Champions League final against Liverpool, for example, three-nil in the first half.

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You can't see three in the second half.

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In European fixture, anything can happen.

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Yeah, that's true.

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I don't think, I don't really think Milan have anything to worry about.

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I think they could go in with a fair bit of rotation and get this done after.

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I wouldn't rotate anyone.

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I think it's a good thing that Piorri got the rotation done against Monza, even though that was a disaster.

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No, this Atalanta coming out.

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Yes, it's true, but at this point, what did Milan want?

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We congratulated Inter on the league.

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What's the point of going out full squad against Atalanta and risking Europe?

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Jake, it is not a guarantee that Milan are going to get Champions League. It's not.

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It's not, it's true, but it's not a guarantee that you'll go out with your reserves.

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You're telling me...

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You'll go out with your reserves, but you can't afford to.

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I don't like the way Piorri rotates, which is something we'll discuss.

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But it's either like all or nothing.

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It's either like three guys who have never played together, or three of the same faces every time.

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It's like, drop one, or drop two of them, keep Giroud in the middle of the course, or let them link them up.

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He never introduces Chouquette with the rest of the starting team.

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He never plays with Giroud, never plays with Leão.

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You know how are they supposed to challenge for the first team.

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But let's jump to the other game.

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It was Feyenoord 1, Roma 1.

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Feyenoord always give Roma a tough game.

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However, Lukaku seems confident that it'll be a totally different game in the Olympic Games.

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This was tough, bro, for Roma.

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Feyenoord looked fucking solid.

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They looked tough to break down, and solid going forward, very fluid.

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I mean, they're always another team that produces great talent, Feyenoord.

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They have some very tricky players, and they did give Roma quite a tough time, as they always do.

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They gave lots of tough times recently, I believe, in the European fixture.

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But yeah, Roma continue to impress, man.

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The Rossi continues to impress.

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And yeah, the second leg will be a different story at the Olympic Games, definitely.

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Yeah, I think so.

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But I think we've been yapping for a while, and we should really, really start talking about what happened on matchday 25.

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For the rundown, we'll start off with Inter's dominant display, with a 4-0 victory over Salernetana.

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It was an absolute baptism of fire.

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For Salernetana coach Fabio Leverani will then jump to Verona, two Juventus two,

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where Michael Folloruncio scored an absolute screamer to open the scoring and Juve,

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once again dropping points.

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Milan had the opportunity to jump Juventus, go in second after facing Monza away from home,

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but lost 4-2.

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They did get back from two goals down with ten men to make it 2-2.

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However, got a little bit greedy and Monza managed to run away with a 4-2 victory.

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Atalanta 3, Sasuolo, Nyl, two penalties saved by Karnasekki,

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which was one penalty which had to be retaken, and two fantastic saves by yet another talented young Italian goalkeeper.

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Lazio 1, Bologna 2, Bologna have now gotten the better of Lazio twice this season,

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and it was a great display over here by Bologna away from home,

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which is only their second away win this season, which is fucking crazy.

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Napoli got an equalizer against Genoa in the last minutes through in Gaunch to make it 1-1.

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Another disappointing result there by Napoli,

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Frosinone and Nyl, Roa Matri, who is now turned into Teohanandes, dribbled the entire team and struck from distance.

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Empoli won Fiorentina 1, you could say what a disappointing result for Fiorentina,

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but keep in mind this is quite a fierce rivalry in Florence, they are the two teams of Florence,

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and naturally Empoli are under great momentum under their new management.

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Torino 2, Lecce Nyl, a red card for Lecce over there as well, it was Pongracic who got sent off,

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and Udineze 1, Kaliari 1-2, end things off.

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Action packed, this was an action packed one quite a few high scoring games here.

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And no Monday night games which was quite odd, I missed the Monday night game,

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but it was Friday, Saturday and Sunday that the games took place.

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But let's start off with one of the Friday games, I believe this was the Friday night game,

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Inter 4, Salernetana Nyl, Inter were coming off and away 4-2 victory over Roma,

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while Salernetana were coming off a 3-1 home loss to Empoli which saw Piponzagi sacked.

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The previous encounter was also a 4-0 win for Inter, but they were away from home naturally.

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So despite Inter being days away from a crucial Champions League fixture vs. Atletico Madrid,

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squad rotation was kept to an absolute minimum in this match, with the exception of their wing backs

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as Darmian and DeMarco were rested and started vs. Atletico.

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Salernetana were making their debut under new manager Fabio Leverani,

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their third coach of the season facing a sheer baptism of fire.

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Toza 3-5-2 formation for Enzagis men, Summer in goal and a backline of Bastoni, DeVrai and Pavard,

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Carlos Augusto on the left, Dampfries on the right and the midfield 3 of Miquitar in Chalano,

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Blue and Barella, with Thuram and Lautaro Martinez up front.

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Toza 3-4-2-1 formation for Leverani's men, Utochowa in goal and a backline of Pasalides,

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Boateng and Pellegrino, Sambia on the right, Zanoli on the left and a double pivot of Cullibali

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and Basic, with Kandreva and Diya flanking Tjuana.

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Now in the opening 5 minutes Inter hit the post twice,

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first Thuram on a rebound following a great save by Uchoa on Bastoni

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and second Barella whacking the crossbar when cleaned through on goal

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following a miraculous pass by Bastoni, turns out Uchoa got a fingertip to this

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so two great saves by Uchoa as well in the opening 5 minutes.

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In the 17th minute Inter opened the scoring through Thuram,

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Augusto charged down the flank and provided a low cross to the unmarked Thuram who slotted in well.

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Great work by Augusto who regained his footing after a collision during his run,

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showing great strength and naturally the way that he plays that ball,

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he's one of those that takes his time to look up and pick out a man

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and Thuram always so patient, also totally unmarked over here.

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Just one minute later Inter scored another goal, this time it was Lautaro Martinez

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who got his 20th goal this season, they scored twice in a minute,

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Lautaro received the ball ahead of Salernetana's defensive line from a throw in,

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and he held on to the ball well whilst awaiting assistance but instead set himself up

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and curled the ball into the far corner from the edge of the area to make it 2-0.

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In the 39th minute Dumfries made a 3, Barella's cross ricocheted off a defender

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and towards Ochoa who spilled the ball, Dumfries who started his first match

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since the 6th of January, pounced to tap in.

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In the 90th minute, just rubbing salt in the wounds over here, Arnautovic made it 4,

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Dumfries' deflected cross fell kindly to Arnautovic who finished off without problem.

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What I found weird about this is, well it worked out but there was virtually no squad rotation,

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just the wing backs, what is it because they run fucking the entire game

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and the rest of them are chilling?

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They do a lot of work, these full backs, depending on which side the ball is at,

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one of them drops deep close to the box, the other one advances

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and sprints to become the highest reference point in the team,

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pretty much advancing further than the striker.

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It's usually Dumfries who makes that run.

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They do definitely work tirelessly and I think rotating the wingers is a very smart idea,

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especially when you have capable wingers like Carlos Augusto as your secondary choice.

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The moment they are playing like one of the best teams in the world,

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you can tell that they believe that they are one of the best teams in the world

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and they are one of the best offensive sides in Italy

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and they are one of the best defensive sides in Italy as well.

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They are perfectly balanced, they can probably take on anyone in Europe.

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I bet you there is a belief there that they can probably push for the Champions League as well.

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A friend of mine put a 100 euro bet on Inter to win the Champions League.

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The return would be 1500 euros from 100.

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That's pretty interesting.

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Betting companies are wild in our country, they are after the sponsor the fuck out of us.

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Please, please.

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Inter have really stepped up and along with Inter stepping up,

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Manlautara has stepped up as well and he's really become captain fantastic at Inter.

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20 goals in the season, 5 against Salerno Tana.

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Like Salemacca, the oldest goal against Salerno Tana.

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Salerno man.

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They've hit a new level this season Inter

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and there isn't much anyone can do to stop them at this point.

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I must say though when it comes to Salerno Tana, on their pitpo,

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I've never seen a performance like this on their pitpo on Zaghi.

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In what sense? Bad.

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Even when pitpo played. They were horrible against them.

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That's the problem, that's the problem because that was the worst display of them all

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and it came in the most important game.

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But against top sides like Juve, top sides like Napoli,

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they put on a fight man. They put up a fucking fight.

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But relax because this is Leverani's first game and the second is fucking Inter.

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I know but Leverani was always going to have a first game.

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You know, you're just changing the coach constantly.

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It doesn't make any sense, especially with their situation right now.

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When the performances on the pitch were looking good with pitpo,

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I think they should have just fucking said, listen, it will come together.

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We've brought in these reinforcements.

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Pitpo's had one or two games with these new guys.

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Why the hell are we sacking him?

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The performances are good.

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With Simi in one co-op front and Boulayedia away at Afcon.

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But the performances were still good. They were organized.

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They were compact and they didn't get any points in that period beyond the 87th minute.

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It was always at the end that they lost the games.

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I think it was a very weird move to sack him.

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And then especially to bring in Leverani who's kind of like an offensive manager

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who deploys a 4-2-3-1. Good luck with that, man.

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I mean, sure, bro, but at the end of the day, when they had the Davideh Nikola miracle,

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he was the third manager of the season.

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I think it's kind of like a do or die period.

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Now, I know it's not because the relegation battle is so tight and I agree with you in a sense.

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Like if you're playing a good brand of football with fucking Boulayedia up front.

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No, with Simi in one co-op.

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Sorry, with fucking Simi in one co-op front and Boulayedia away at Afcon.

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Then clearly something is right.

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Now, the Mpoly game is a bit of a tough one to judge Pippo on because they're on fire.

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They're not a bottom three team Mpoly anymore under Davideh Nikola.

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You know what I mean? They look insane.

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So they were always going to get the better out of Salernetana.

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But it's time to start getting three points.

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And I guess a more fearless style of football could get them more goals, which could result in more points.

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So I guess that was their kind of mind frame with the sacking.

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But it is harsh to be saying, I've never seen Salernetana under Pippo Anzagi playing that bad

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because it was Leverani's first game and it was against fucking Inter.

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Yeah, it was his first game, it was against Inter.

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It's true, but the point does stand, bro.

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That was quite shambolic from Salernetana.

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They allowed Inter a lot of space when they shouldn't have

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and I think with Pippo, they were more compact.

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Now, obviously, yes, he had more time to assert himself

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and more time to implement his system and to transmit his philosophy to the players.

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And we'll see what Leverani can do once he eventually manages to get his philosophy across.

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At the moment, as it stands, there are seven points away from safety

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and it's not looking very good, man.

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They also brought in two promising centrebacks.

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We've addressed Boateng, but I don't think we've actually mentioned that they've brought in Manolas.

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Oh, that's true. The Greek God in Rome, guys.

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Maybe an offensive manager and them bringing in two centreback signings like that

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will offer a little bit of stability or a little bit of balance, rather.

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Or would it have made more sense to stick with the coach who had the team looking quite tight

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and organised and to give him two centrebacks who are of a better quality?

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Maybe that would have made more sense. I don't know.

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I just don't see the point. We've discussed this many times on the podcast.

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Why bring in Nzagy if you're going to sack him a few games in?

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It's not like he's ever done anything in Serie A.

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He's a Serie B coach, at least when it comes to the success he has found.

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As a manager, it's always been in Serie B. He's a great coach for Serie B.

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But in Serie A, it's never worked for him. We've seen him in the event.

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We've seen him with Bologna, we've seen him with Milan. It never quite worked for him.

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So I don't know what the point was to hire him in the first place

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if they weren't going to give him time. He's not going to hit the ground running

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because he never has hit the ground running in Serie A.

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You remember when Gen Oasi and Chef Cenkot didn't score a single goal in six games

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and then dropped them for a blessing? And then they drew six games in a row

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and got relegated anyway? And then they kept the blessing in Serie A.

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And he fell out with all the players, one of them being Hamrun's goalkeeper.

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Marquetti. He called him a small man on Instagram.

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He called him a small man. I love when Italians call people small man.

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It's one of the farthest roasts. And they brought Angeloidino and the rest is his team.

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Exactly. The rest is his team.

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Just to go back a bit to Inter's lack of squad rotation in this,

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Turam got injured. So I don't want to be out here praising Nzagi

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for only changing the wingers because the wingers are the only ones that are running

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because they're not. It could very much be a coincidence

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but these are the kind of things that happen when you're in three competitions.

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Alceri B is now injured as well and I believe Bastoni was doubtful for this game as well.

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Now the January transfer market has came and went.

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They made three reinforcements. They felt were necessary and they do have a very thick squad

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but these things can happen when you're in so many competitions

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and with that thick squad I would expect him to shuffle things a little bit,

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especially against fucking Salerno Tana, like relax.

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Congratulations to Antonio Canjeva for taking Salerno Tana's only shot of the match

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even though it wasn't on target.

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It was horrific. It was a terrible, terrible shot.

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But I don't think there's too much to add about this game.

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Turam has also hit double figures now in his debut Serie A season.

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Congratulations Dog, well done.

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Inter absolutely flying in first place on 63 points.

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Now I can't even do the match on this anymore.

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There are nine points ahead of Juve with a game in hand, which is absolutely crazy man.

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Salerno Tana on the other hand they have 13, so they're quite some distance away from Inter.

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And yes, seven points from safety.

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Speaking of Juve, they took on Helas Verona away from home and they drew 2-2.

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Now the line up for Juventus featured a 3-5-2 formation with Chezny and Gold, Danilo, Rougani and Gatti at the back

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with Cambiaza on the right, Kostich on the left, Rabio, Locatelli and Mckeni in the middle with Vladovic and Yildiz up front.

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For Helas Verona it was a 4-2-3-1 formation with Montipo and Gold, Ciaciuo on the right, Cabal on the left,

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Davidovic and Magnani as a centre back partnership with Duda and Daniel Silva in the middle,

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Lazovic was out on the left, Suclav out on the right, Follerovnszow was in the middle playing behind, Tiani, Noslin.

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Now in the 11th minute Helas Verona took the lead with a thunders volley from Michael Follerovnszow,

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which took our goal of the week of course. He exploited a weak clearance and put the ball into the top left corner of Chezny's goal

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and it was incredibly struck man, totally scripted that goal, incredible.

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In the 28th minute Juve managed to equalise from the penalty spot after Jackson Ciaciuo accidentally blocked a Philippe Kostich shot with his hand in the box.

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Vladovic converted the penalty marking the first away fixture for Juventus since September where both teams have scored.

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At half-time the momentum shifted in favour of Helas Verona who quickly retook the lead thanks to Tiani, Noslin,

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who scored his first goal with Udinese despite playing I think four games now.

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With Verona.

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With Verona, sorry, yes, two very similar teams.

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He had a very smart run, he made a very smart run. It was funny to see two players who were on the ball before it eventually fell to Noslin,

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both diving trying to win a free kick. I think that might have played a part with the goal because Chezny must have been like,

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one of those must be a foul, you know, he's going to whistle for that, boom, suddenly he's getting beaten at his near post.

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He joined from a team called Fortuna Sittard.

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Oh my God.

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Don't ask me where they're from.

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In an instant response, Juve capitalised on defensive disarray as Robbio scored, levelling the score again after Locatelli's cross found him with plenty of time to pick out the bottom right corner.

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During the closing stages of the match, Juve kept pushing.

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It was Kieze who had two good opportunities to equalise the last one coming in the 91st minute when new boy Alcares, Alcaraz, played him through,

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but Montepo pulled off a brilliant one on one save.

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And then I believe in the 96th minute Alcaraz took a free kick himself but shot straight at the goalkeeper and that was full time.

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Yeah, Shezny this game bro, just to show you how even this game was, Shezny had a season high record, seven saves for himself, personal record.

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So Verona were actually all over that man.

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And I'm so surprised by this Verona side and I'm sure the listeners would guess that I'm surprised too because we've been talking about how Hellas Verona have just been selling everyone.

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It's a fire sale at Hellas Verona, but somehow man, there's still a good side.

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Somehow they're still solid, they're still organised, Baron, he's doing God's work with his team.

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Yeah, they're well run by their manager.

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The manager knows how to get the best out of the 11 men that he places on the pitch and he knows how to play to their strengths.

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He's very fortunate that Michael Folleroon's show took an absolute turn for the better because he's been a superstar grabbing a goal and an assistant in this game.

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But he's got players like Duda playing fantastic football, like Duda had such a clean performance in this game.

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It's not easy going up against three midfielders like McKenny, Locatelli and Rabio, but Duda to me was one of the standout performers over there.

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He had a past success rate of 82%.

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He got himself two tackles and even had a crack at goal at the point, but he controlled that midfield for Verona.

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Yeah, absolutely man. It was an all-round even performance, of course, possession stats, of course, you were leading ever so slightly in every department, 56% ball possession.

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They had an ex-G of 1.47 compared to Hellas Verona's 0.66 for those of you who enjoy the ex-G philosophy.

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I know many of our patrons don't.

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Four shots on target for Juventus, nine for Hellas Verona, with Fesni saving seven of them.

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It was a very tight game, a heated game.

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They look shell-shocked to me.

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Let me tell you, I think that the reason Juve were pushing for the league and the reason why they were even in a position to challenge for it was because they believed.

417
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:48,000
And if that squad believes, a leg you can do just enough to get the best out of them.

418
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:52,000
Look, if that squad believes, that squad achieves.

419
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,000
There we go. But they lost to Winter and it was almost like a reality check.

420
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,000
They looked distraught after the game.

421
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:12,000
And ever since, they haven't really had that spirit and that determination and desire and belief that they had earlier before that lost to Winter.

422
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,000
They've almost given up on the league.

423
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:22,000
I think they've realized we aren't good enough to win this and they haven't accepted how to go on without it.

424
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,000
It's like, it's like, literally shell-shocked is a good way.

425
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,000
And I don't think it was the result that threw them off.

426
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:36,000
But I think those 11 players being on the pitch with those other 11 players and thinking, like, they're so far ahead of us.

427
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,000
We can't keep up with these guys.

428
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:45,000
And I think it was more like the players were like, Jesus Christ, we are not fit to win this league.

429
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:52,000
Absolutely, man. And Allegri needs his team to believe because that was like 90% of what Juve was about this season.

430
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000
Alright, Ted Lasso.

431
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:58,000
Most of their goals came at the end of games.

432
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,000
They would concede after parking the bus.

433
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,000
How many times would say this?

434
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:06,000
Juve sat back, they conceded and then they scored again immediately after.

435
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,000
That's because they're hungry, they believe, they have the desire.

436
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:13,000
Now it's weird, man. I don't think Allegri can motivate these guys.

437
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:19,000
And I think to be honest, they're playing once a week and they're thinking to themselves, what's the point?

438
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:25,000
Did you see some fucking, some billboard in New York or something?

439
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,000
Allegri out.

440
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,000
I mean, like, it's not a bit of a waste of money, isn't he?

441
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,000
That's not about the tech.

442
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,000
Because he's off in summer.

443
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,000
That's a good idea.

444
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:40,000
Manager of Turin based Juventus out, put a billboard up in New York.

445
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,000
Why not?

446
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:46,000
And I will put up a, say, a spotlight poster in the Philippines, bro.

447
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,000
Exactly.

448
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,000
Shout out to our listeners from the Philippines.

449
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000
I don't think we have any.

450
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,000
I don't know, we'll need to check.

451
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,000
I'm sure there's one homie in the Philippines.

452
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:03,000
One interesting thing I found, one thing I found interesting about Hellas Verona's approach

453
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:08,000
was that Darko Lazovic is often isolated and very pushed up.

454
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:14,000
And the other flank play very, very closely together and they almost seem to look to him as an outlet.

455
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,000
Kind of like the same thing in Turidu with Dumfries, but it's always Lazovic.

456
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,000
And Lazovic is always the furthest player.

457
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,000
So Lazovic is always kept in heaps of space.

458
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,000
Exactly.

459
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,000
He's always trying to stretch the game, always.

460
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:34,000
And I was looking at Juve's heat map as well and I noticed that Rob Bjor took the most advanced position of the mall,

461
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:38,000
even more advanced than Vladovic with the other game.

462
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,000
Just goes to show, right?

463
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,000
Yeah.

464
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,000
A little bit weird there.

465
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:47,000
I don't know if there's much else to say about this game.

466
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,000
Juve got close at the end.

467
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:56,000
The bench thought that Keza had scored when he came one-on-one with the goalkeeper with Montipo.

468
00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:01,000
You can see from the replay, they started running onto the pitch and then they realized Montipo was saved

469
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,000
and they instantly, everyone touches their heads.

470
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,000
Yeah.

471
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,000
Which was quite a comical sight, to be honest.

472
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,000
Keza flopped the season so far.

473
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,000
Keza works so hard.

474
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:16,000
He works so bloody hard and it's just not working for him.

475
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,000
No.

476
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,000
It might be a combination of many different things, man.

477
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,000
Is he ever fully fit?

478
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,000
Is he...

479
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:29,000
It's a question of is he ever going to live up to this fucking crazy potential?

480
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:36,000
Because season after season, he's showing us 30% of what he's capable of because he is glass,

481
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:42,000
because he is never fully, fully fit and running this team.

482
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,000
It's always like the first three games of the season.

483
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,000
He's the one charging forward, creating chances.

484
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:54,000
And then he gets a bit of a knock and then Allegri keeps him out for another two games and he starts bringing him on

485
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,000
and he starts starting so on.

486
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:01,000
It's always the same cycle with Keza's career at Juventus, unfortunately.

487
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,000
Yeah, and he's 26 nowadays, man.

488
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:14,000
So he doesn't really have that much time as an explosive winger to cement himself in the Juventium as a starter.

489
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:24,000
His playstyle, as we've mentioned many times over here, warrants many injuries, many challenges, many hard tackles as well.

490
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,000
It's hard, painful tackles.

491
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,000
And yeah, as we've addressed, something's going to have to change, man.

492
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:33,000
We're going to need to create a petition, this is what I want to do with Keza.

493
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:40,000
Start a petition to preserve him and just let him play for the national team every two years.

494
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:48,000
He's fit for every Euros and that he's fit for every World Cup because on the international stage, the guy is insane.

495
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,000
He's insane for Italy.

496
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,000
Unfortunately, same can't be said for his club career.

497
00:36:54,000 --> 00:37:00,000
Yeah, and at the moment, you know, there are many Italians who are doing quite well, especially on the wing.

498
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:05,000
So his position as starting place isn't even guaranteed for the Italian national team as it stands, man.

499
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:10,000
Keza, but I'm also curious to see what he would look like under a different coach.

500
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,000
Because let's remember he's playing a leg-reball here.

501
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:20,000
So maybe under a more, you know, positive manager, he might...

502
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,000
Imagine him under at this area before example.

503
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:28,000
He might have more support because right now a lot of the things he tries to do, he's an isolation attempting them.

504
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:33,000
But yeah, Juve are currently second because Milan choked.

505
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:38,000
And they couldn't overtake them despite them dropping points.

506
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:48,000
They're on 54 points while Hellas Verona have momentarily climbed out of the relegation pool and are in 17th spot with 20 points.

507
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,000
Below them, Sasvolo also on 20 points.

508
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,000
Sasvolo have fallen into the relegation pool.

509
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,000
Granted, they do have a game in hand.

510
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,000
Madonna!

511
00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,000
So we'll see.

512
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:04,000
As if they're gonna win their game, it's against one of the beasts if I'm not mistaken.

513
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,000
One of the monsters.

514
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,000
I think it might be tomorrow.

515
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:10,000
I think their game in hand might be tomorrow.

516
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,000
I'm just pulling that up very quickly because I saw Seja tomorrow.

517
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:14,000
Oh my God.

518
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,000
Seja, no, there's Torino Lazio tomorrow.

519
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,000
Torino Lazio tomorrow.

520
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,000
Torino Lazio tomorrow.

521
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,000
That's very nice.

522
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,000
Very nice.

523
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:23,000
And the next game, Monza 4, Milan 2.

524
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:27,000
This was Milan's opportunity to overtake Juve.

525
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:32,000
It was clearly stated by Piori that this was Milan's goal.

526
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:37,000
It's to jump Juve and get as close as possible to Inter.

527
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,000
However, obviously, that didn't work.

528
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,000
Monza were coming off a nil nil home draw to Verona,

529
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:48,000
whilst Milan were coming off a one nil win versus Napoli and a Thursday night 3 nil trash ring of Gen.

530
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:52,000
The previous encounter was a 3 nil victory for Milan.

531
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:56,000
This had a Milan victory written all fucking over.

532
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,000
It came off two clean sheets.

533
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:04,000
A win over Napoli, a win against Wren, winning the previous encounter 3 nil.

534
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:07,000
Monza coming off a fucking home draw to Verona.

535
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:11,000
This had a Milan win literally written all over it.

536
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,000
Now, they knew a win would allow them to leapfrog Juve into second,

537
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:21,000
but they made six changes to their starting 11 because it's never like, you know, medium rare with Piori.

538
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,000
It's either all out or nothing.

539
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:28,000
Naturally, they made these changes with the midweek Europa League clash in mind.

540
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:34,000
This included the return of Malik Chow after pulling his hamstring on November 28.

541
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:41,000
Calabria, Tomori, Calullo and Pobega were out of action while the host Miss Suria, Caprari and Vignato.

542
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:45,000
Starting 11s, it was a 3-4-2-1 formation for Monza,

543
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:49,000
Di Gregorio in goal not for long with a backline of Carboni, Mari and Itso,

544
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:54,000
Mota out on the left, Bredelli out on the right and the midfield 2 of Galliardini and Pesina

545
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:58,000
with Carboni and Carboni flanking the formidable Jurich.

546
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:02,000
For Milan, it was a 4-2-3-1 formation with Mike Manjani in goal,

547
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:08,000
Florenzi out on the right, Teohanand is out on the left with Gabia and Chow as the back 2.

548
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:15,000
Benassir and Adli were in the double pivot with Cicueze, Loftus Cicci and Okafor playing behind Jovic.

549
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:21,000
So off the bat, let me just start the conversation here. What do you make of the line-up by Milan?

550
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:29,000
Fair enough, that's what I make of the line-up. I think that, okay, so Juve drop points

551
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,000
and Milan are in a position to overtake them.

552
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:41,000
Inter's lead is still healthy, but you have to believe these are the players that the management has given purely to use and to utilize.

553
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:46,000
They have all been unavailable for different reasons, to be honest.

554
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:53,000
Jovic started off the season terribly. Cicueze couldn't dribble a bloody, I don't know, Maracone,

555
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:57,000
like at the beginning of the season and then he went off to Afgorn,

556
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:02,000
made it all the way to the final and came back and he still can't seem to get going.

557
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:09,000
Okafor has scored goals, but when it comes to his wing play, it hasn't been consistent enough

558
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:12,000
and he's also struggled with injuries.

559
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:20,000
Chow has been out, but if you're going to bring Chow back into a game and give Chow a game to get his form back,

560
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,000
this is the game, to get his match fitness up.

561
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:29,000
So I think these are the men purely has at hand, purely wanted to go out in the second leg against

562
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:35,000
Ren with the strongest possible starting 11 and fair enough you rotate.

563
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,000
These players are meant to be our depth options.

564
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,000
He disagree.

565
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,000
So you think you should have gone full squad, the rest of the thing is Ren.

566
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:49,000
No, no, no, relax. I didn't want him to go full squad and let everyone get injured,

567
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:56,000
but if in the game against Ren or Ren or Stimpy or whatever the fuck we're gonna call them.

568
00:41:56,000 --> 00:42:04,000
Drop Giroud from that game, start Jovic, for example.

569
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:15,000
That gives you the opportunity that in the game against Monza, Chukweze and Okofor actually have a familiar outlet

570
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:21,000
that is going to help them link up play and give the team some element of familiarity because

571
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:28,000
I don't think I've ever seen Chukweze, Jovic and Okofor start a game together aside from this game.

572
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:32,000
You're just putting in a not a do or die game. I don't be dramatic,

573
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:36,000
but you're putting these guys together for the first time and saying,

574
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:43,000
because you're the players I have, this is quadratation, you know, just drop and plug and play, plug and play,

575
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:50,000
but it's not as simple as that. You don't just put three forward players together for the first time and expect a win.

576
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:54,000
I don't, I think these guys have been here for long enough to have a season.

577
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:59,000
Yes, but the season, it's been a while, think about these guys, they're training together every single day man.

578
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:07,000
And if it comes to a point where you're beyond matchday 20 and you can't feel them together because they don't know each other,

579
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,000
then I'm not quite sure when they're going to know each other.

580
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:15,000
But if purely for eight games or whatever it was in a row, let's say six, so I don't exaggerate,

581
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:24,000
for six games in a row, feel that the exact win, lose or draw feel that the exact same starting 11 with zero changes made.

582
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:33,000
Milan suddenly are a win away from overtaking Juve. He makes six changes and it's not strategic changes.

583
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:40,000
It's let's take this first team and put them all in one basket against Ren.

584
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:44,000
Okay, they were beating Ren, they made the changes, then they came into this.

585
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:51,000
It's like, and totally new faces in the team with no familiarity whatsoever.

586
00:43:51,000 --> 00:44:00,000
The thing is, it would have all gone to plan probably for purely because when he brought in his boys in the second half,

587
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:08,000
they changed this round. The problem was that one of the boys who fucking started in Lukajowicz got sent off for lashing out.

588
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,000
Wait, because we'll get into that.

589
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:16,000
But that's a massive point. That's a big part of the game because if they were tuned down already, they were tuned down before half.

590
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:21,000
But then with 10 men, with 10 men in the second half, they managed to equalize.

591
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:29,000
You don't think that maybe with 11 men and a proper striker on the pitch, they would have won this game.

592
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:35,000
They might have. There was a good chance of doing so. Purely had no control over Chowicz's mistakes.

593
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:42,000
Chowicz was the one rotation piece I think that no one could argue with because Kier has looked terrible lately.

594
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:47,000
We saw last game where Jesus cries at a tempter of attack along Gwarat's scale. It was embarrassing.

595
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:48,000
Hilarious.

596
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:54,000
And you bring in Chow, of course, who we all know what his standard is. We all know that he has been very good for Milan.

597
00:44:54,000 --> 00:45:02,000
This was a game to throw him in. He let him down. There's not much else to say. I don't know if the approach was wrong from the get-go.

598
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,000
I'm not sure I agree with that.

599
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:12,000
To be honest, I find it hard to believe that this isn't talked about enough. Sure, the players let him down.

600
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:20,000
Yes, there were multiple individual errors. Chow, Jovic, both of them deserve a rating of negative 3.

601
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,000
He really didn't step up.

602
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:36,000
Oddly was shit as well. But the thing is Milan couldn't rely on any familiar faces. Why? Because one second, Purely is making zero changes to the starting 11-4-8 games in a row or whatever the fuck the number is.

603
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,000
And then all of a sudden, six changes.

604
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:46,000
Yes, but Purely has given Milan. At the end of the day, what was the objective for Milan this season?

605
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:54,000
I guess qualify for Champions League. I think going into the season, Milan would have expected more.

606
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,000
With the new players to their arsenal.

607
00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:10,000
Maybe, maybe. But the main objective, the most important thing was stop 4. Purely put Milan in a position where they had a comfortable gap between them and the team in 5th place.

608
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:20,000
By fielding that exact same 11. Eight times in a row. Without rotating, without any nonsense. He just played the best 11 in a row that he had available.

609
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:26,000
And he took the team on a good run. And suddenly, they found themselves in a position with a bit of breathing room.

610
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:32,000
The Europa League clash came. That's a trophy that Milan are serious contenders for. They're one of the favorites in the tournament.

611
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:36,000
So he gave the supporting cost a tryout.

612
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:44,000
They didn't deliver. He tried to fix it, to correct it by bringing on the big boys. But one of the starters let him down.

613
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:52,000
And I think it's as simple as that this game. I don't know if it was a problem with approach. I think the players literally let everyone down this game.

614
00:46:52,000 --> 00:47:00,000
I think it's a bit of both. Don't forget that Milan were down 2-0. They were down 2-0 before the second half.

615
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:09,000
And before Jovic got the red card. Why were they down 2-0? It was individual errors. Sure. But did you see Milan going forward in the first half?

616
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:16,000
Yes. But again, what I saw was Adli not connecting his passes properly. Jovic invisible.

617
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:23,000
Cioquese had, I think, one moment where he attempted to charge down the right side. And didn't really do much.

618
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:28,000
Do you not nail that down to unfamiliarity though? Because that's what I nailed it down to.

619
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:34,000
I just think that they're not too sanded at the moment.

620
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:44,000
The players definitely let Piori down. This could have been an all-right risk to take had the players performed better. 100%.

621
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:55,000
But I am concerned. It's not because Milan failed to overtake Juve. But what's going to happen? Milan advanced to the quarter-finals, to the semifinals, whatever.

622
00:47:55,000 --> 00:48:02,000
Is this going to be the system? Are they going to be two completely separate squads that are competing in two completely separate competitions?

623
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:10,000
It needs to be a bit more sustainable. It needs to be. Sure, let's start Liao and Polisic in Europe. Let's put Jovic between them.

624
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:14,000
Let's save Giroud's legs for this game because top four is important.

625
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:19,000
Jovic hasn't had a good performance as a striker this season. As a starter, sorry.

626
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:26,000
Not a single. The last time he started the game, I believe, was against Atalanta in the cup and he was atrocious.

627
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:34,000
He's only found success coming off the bench at the moment. So I don't know if it would be wise to go into a European fixture with him as a striker,

628
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:40,000
even though now Jovic has forced Piori's hand. Because he's going to have to start the next game.

629
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:45,000
Because you're going to have to rest to Giroud. You have this guy unavailable for two games. You start Jovic.

630
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:53,000
What are you saying? Jovic is a shit starter. Throw him into the starting eleven in a Serie A game.

631
00:48:53,000 --> 00:49:01,000
In a Serie A game, yes. Because this was the game where you could find his footing. Monza, not Ren or Khaan.

632
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:07,000
This is the level where you get him to hit the ground running as a starter.

633
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:17,000
Jovic was very impressive with Fiorentina and Europlast here. And I think just because he hasn't had a good performance as a starter,

634
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:25,000
it doesn't mean he's ever going to have a good performance as a starter. Let's get into the play by play, so that people know the actual fuck we're talking about.

635
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:34,000
In the 30th minute, Juric almost scored a fantastic header to open the scoring. It was a header from distance, but it hit the outside of the post.

636
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:43,000
Moments later, there was a horrific collision between De Gregorio and Andrea Carboni as the keeper dove out to intercept a cross and collided into the defender.

637
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:53,000
The collision left De Gregorio completely delirious and totally dizzy and with a huge black eye. He was replaced by Sorrentino after a very lengthy stoppage.

638
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:57,000
This was horrible news for Monza and at the time, fantastic news for Milan.

639
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:07,000
However, did you see the picture of De Gregorio? Bro, he honestly looks like he got in the ring against Francesc and Gano.

640
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:14,000
It was really brave the way he got out as well. It wasn't even the first knock he got in this game.

641
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:18,000
And Chiquiteo just ducking out of the way as two of their players collided.

642
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:26,000
Teo could have gotten it terribly, bro. Terribly he could have gotten it because he was between them, but he ducked. I love Teo so much.

643
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:36,000
In the 44th minute and then just before half time, Pesina, obviously that is the first X that scored against Milan in this game.

644
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:47,000
From the penalty spot, he sent Manjane the wrong way. The penalty was awarded after two very reckless and clumsy challenges in under 5 seconds by Malik Chou.

645
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:59,000
First, he brought down Joric just outside the area with a horribly timed tackle and then sprinted directly to Danimoata and clarded into him inside the area and he gave away a penalty.

646
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:06,000
Honestly, it was a moment of absolute madness for Malik Chou and Pesina actually stepped up, no problem whatsoever.

647
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:16,000
Obviously, there were 8 minutes of added time because of what happened to De Gregorio and in the f***ing, what was it, in the 50th minute, Danimoata scored.

648
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:34,000
Monson knocked the ball forward, which was firstly misjudged by Venace. He failed to deal with it. Colpani collected it and he nutmegged Chou, just like Chou Chou Chou, played the ball to Mota who set himself up and curled the ball into the far corner.

649
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:52,000
I'm not going to go so far as to say that this was also Chou's fault because he got nutmegged but roasted, he got nutmegged. He wasn't patient in defending over there and once they bypassed him, there was a 1v1 situation between Florenti and Danimoata, an unformed Danimoata.

650
00:51:52,000 --> 00:52:14,000
Danimoata, you never know if he's going to go right or left, he's cut inside, he's cut on the outside, he's taken it to the byline and he can shoot with both his right and his left in those situations. So Florenti, it was justifiable that he was confused in that situation because honestly, if he would have gone to block the cut in shot, he would have just gone round and slotted the post.

651
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:32,000
Just one thing I want to congratulate Danimoata, honestly, because if his goal is to make every meal on fans blood boil and get so angry they don't know what to do with themselves with that celebration, good job bro, good job.

652
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:47,000
Because when I'm devastated, the worst thing you can do to me is look me in the eyes and go nene nene nene and stick your tongue out at me. I was going mad bro, mad I was going.

653
00:52:47,000 --> 00:53:03,000
But anyway, so Milan have their team talking, Opiole is like fuck guys come on, we need to go out there and fucking get them. They're like yeah! So in the 51st minute, Jovic went out and fucking punched Itzo in the face.

654
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:17,000
A var czech turned a yellow card into a red card, so he was spotted not punching him but he maliciously swung his palm into the face of Itzo, it was very, very, very...

655
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:28,000
He made fingertip contact with Itzo. He swung. He definitely swung, definitely red card, it's violent contact but he didn't connect with him properly at least.

656
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:44,000
And let's talk about the provocation before. Because Mari was provoking him before, he pushed him. Mari pushed Jovic, Jovic swung at Itzo but it was Mari who pushed him.

657
00:53:44,000 --> 00:54:08,000
It was like the whole incident of me at Tricycle if you remember, it was an incident between me and Matthew, I can't say it here. But yeah. So I don't know if maybe it would have been fair to take the whole situation into account but you know, you're well within your rights to shove a player but swiping at someone's face or trying to slap or punch someone.

658
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:27,000
It's violent contact, it's malicious, it's stupid. And Jovic was, there are so many words I can't use on the spotcast to describe how stupid it is what Jovic did over there and how he let his teammates down from hero to zero to say the least.

659
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:35,000
From zero to hero to zero. Yeah, from zero to hero back to zero and it's gonna take a lot to get back to. No, tomorrow night hero again bro.

660
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:56,000
Come on Jovic. 64th minute Milan got one back through Giroux. This was when you know Giroux came on, Leão came on, Polisic came on. Because that's the thing, fixing the initial, like it's when Milan needs a win, just bring these three guys on.

661
00:54:56,000 --> 00:55:05,000
It was Florence across that was flicked on by Polisic to Giroux who scored after extending well and finishing into the far corner.

662
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:17,000
Milan kept the momentum up, they were constantly chasing that equalizer and in the 87th minute 10 man Milan actually managed to get an equalizer through an exquisite

663
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:27,000
goal as he cut inside the area, fucking 10 men in the box defending, he cut inside the area and curled the ball into the top corner brilliantly.

664
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:40,000
Excellent goal and it was one thing that maybe goes on the radar, what a fucking tight angle it was from, it was very very tight and by the way he curled it around, chef's kiss and Polisic was the best player on the pitch.

665
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:51,000
That's what I was going to say, when you saw the personnel that Milan brought on, you see the likes of Leão, Giroux and Polisic, you're like okay Milan's best player.

666
00:55:51,000 --> 00:56:01,000
It's like the Avengers. Leão was on, Leão was on, the highest turner, the star of the team. Leão didn't shoulder the responsibility that he had to shoulder this game.

667
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:12,000
Grant was against a low block and we know that goes against all his strengths but Polisic really put on a display this game and he really showed that he's the main man for his national team.

668
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:20,000
Exactly what I was going to say. He was the main man for Dortmund for a while and he was even the main man for Chelsea at the point in his career.

669
00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:28,000
He's used to show during the responsibility and Leão quite frankly maybe might not be it.

670
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:39,000
Yeah, no, Polisic is a huge character. He's a huge character. I mean what he does for the US with that captain's arm band, we all know right, the US they're improving when it comes to football.

671
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:50,000
But Polisic is the key player in that team and the amount of times he has bailed them out single fucking handedly and this is exactly what he was doing for Milan in this game.

672
00:56:50,000 --> 00:57:01,000
Even the Giroux goal that Flickon was perfect and he was calling for it. He orchestrated that. He played the ball to the wing, ran into the box and he's like hey, hey, play it here, play it here man, play it here bro.

673
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:04,000
And he passed me the guy, damn soccer ball.

674
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:11,000
So what happens? Milan get the equalizer. The commentator is like will they go for the win? Will they go for the win?

675
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:20,000
Polisic is holding the ball telling everyone look calm down. I'm seeing you all right now. Relax, we got the equalizer. Let's fucking keep it or whatever.

676
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:27,000
Two minutes later, Milan are fucking attacking. They're attacking to try to get the win because momentum favors me.

677
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:45,000
10 man Milan and Bondo scores. Milan, this is what I want, Milan carelessly search forward to find a winner. Daniel Maldini, loaned out from Milan to Monza, broke forward, laid the ball off to Bondo who struck the ball into the top corner from just outside the area.

678
00:57:45,000 --> 00:58:00,000
What I hit by Bondo and there you go and assist by Daniel Maldini owned by Milan to make matters worse. But 89th minute, Monza regained their victory 3-2 so shortly lived that Milan hoped.

679
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:15,000
95th minute as if the heartbreak, as if the fucking heartbreak wasn't enough. Milan fought back. 10 man Milan fought back to make it 2-2. Went for the winner.

680
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:40,000
Daniel Maldini assisted Bondo and Milan fall behind. 95th minute. Monza within a 5v3 situation. Pessina on the ball plays it to Colombo. Colombo loaned out from Milan to Monza who beat Manian at his near post.

681
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:54,000
Shoot me in the fucking dick. Pessina. Pessina has not played with Milan once upon a time in a piece of cherry wood.

682
00:58:54,000 --> 00:59:11,000
But Daniel Maldini with the assist owned by Milan, Colombo with the goal owned by Milan. This was as a Milan fan and I'm sorry I'm wearing it at the forefront of my personality over here but this one was fucking crazy bro.

683
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:27,000
This one was, only Milan can go through something like that in this league. The best part is Monza in the history had never beaten Milan. That's another thing as well obviously. This is so the perfect type of game. That's everything man. That's absolutely everything.

684
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:40,000
My favorite part of this game was going from oh my god we're not gonna get anything to oh my god we've equalized we can potentially get 3 points to oh my god please let's get 1 point.

685
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:59,000
And then it's oh my god please stop fucking me. Everyone stop fucking me please. Let's start off Malik Chow returned and unfortunately he was absolutely dreadful bro.

686
00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:15,000
Gave away the penalty and think as anyone can give away a penalty by accident. Virgil van Dyke, Maldini, the greats have given away penalties. But the challenge is you saw them. You saw them. The first one on Jurich horrible.

687
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:31,000
And everyone was like hey! He fucking clotted. He clotted into I believe it was Mota. The problem with Chow, the most concerning part is that physically he was up for it. Physically he looked better than ever.

688
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:51,000
But Ringgras though. Exactly. Even the recovery to go from Jurich to Danny Mota as the lost man. The way he covered that ground was impressive. He's in great shape but mentally man. Definitely a lot of Ringgras man mentally.

689
01:00:51,000 --> 01:01:07,000
Because he was always a step behind. He looked lost man. Gabia looked so much better than him. Absolutely. Like a mature head man. And let's not forget by the way, Gabia. I just need to say this before I forget because I don't have this written anyway.

690
01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:23,000
At one point Leão got the ball and he tried to just touch it ever so slightly so it moved slightly in front of him and the player gets it but obviously his teammate wasn't expecting it and it was nicked. They nicked the ball.

691
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:39,000
And they advanced and Gabia was forced to kick the man. Remember he kicked the player in the knee? The camera panned to Gabia who was getting a yellow card and he says superficial a cazzo. Which means like superficial dick.

692
01:01:39,000 --> 01:02:01,000
Or fucking superficial would be the most accurate translation. When you have the leader of the team like like I said he's meant to be the leader. He's meant to be the best player. And then you have a player who was sent out on loan to Villarreal and only recalled because there's an emergency and he's shouting and telling him off because of his immature decision. That's very telling.

693
01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:15,000
That's all I want to say. Yeah I think so and I think that was when I believe Milan had already equalized if I'm not mistaken. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Milan had already equalized.

694
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:31,000
That was carried this play by Leal and obviously he wasn't the only one. That's be real. But you're absolutely right. Gabia was forced to become a veteran of this team which he is because he's been with Milan since he was like 3 and a half.

695
01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:51,000
Bro, he's with Milan so 3 and a half this guy. So yeah he was loaned out of Villarreal because he's nowhere on the level at least they thought of Kier, Tomori, Kalulu and Ko. But he's come in and he's become a veteran.

696
01:02:51,000 --> 01:03:03,000
He's become a leader and he's really showing what he's all about. He didn't bug me in this game either man. Jovic, what an absolute twat.

697
01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:15,000
Yeah, Alan made me laugh. I'm going to find it and I'm going to read it. I don't know if how long it will take me but bear with me please.

698
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:27,000
I'm going to get a keyword. Let me search for it. Face, I think said face at one point. I'm quite sure he wants to do something to his face.

699
01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:46,000
Alan, when it happened when Jovic got the red, I fucking hate the sport. Fucking idiot. I don't want to see that stupid face of his ever again. Murphy's law. Fuck everything.

700
01:03:46,000 --> 01:04:12,000
Oh my god man. That was just too good. It was a tough one to digest by Milan but I think there's one thing people take footballers take for granted when they get a big move when they represent clubs is that footballing ability and performances is a massive part to how you are welcomed at a club and it dictates your status at a club.

701
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:36,000
But then there's something and I would consider this to be as high as 30% as being a representative, especially for clubs like Milan, a representative of a historic, what's the word, massive entity of a football team to wear that shirt.

702
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:50,000
You have to ensure tip top, professionality the entire time. Tip top, sportsmanship, discipline, and this is the bare minimum that can be provided.

703
01:04:50,000 --> 01:05:05,000
Now you're too nailed down. You're on the pitch as the striker, as the guy who's supposed to get the gold and you've already shown that you can do it and you go ahead and lose your head like that because some tall handsome guy.

704
01:05:05,000 --> 01:05:22,000
Oh by the way, Milan were running rings around Mari, particularly policy when he came on rings you was running around Mari. He is nothing special because Mari hurt your feelings. You can slap it so on the face was a weird thing to do by the way.

705
01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:36,000
He gave him exactly what he wanted. That's what I find so idiotic about this. It's like Jovic is in a position that this guy grew up playing football in Serbia.

706
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:49,000
God knows the provocation he dealt with coming up in the lower leagues or whatever at youth level in Serbia. He's probably got a lot of shit housey up his sleeve as well Jovic.

707
01:05:49,000 --> 01:06:01,000
The thing is, Mari obviously wanted only one thing from this incident. He wanted to get Jovic, he wanted a reaction out of Jovic to get a yellow card. Hopefully he'll get red. If he's dumb enough to react, he'll get a red.

708
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:11,000
If he's dumb enough to react properly, how he wishes to react. And Lukaj Jovic gave it to him. That's it, unfortunately.

709
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:22,000
So we know where Milan fell short. We discussed that. One more thing is that Milan have received six red cards this season which is pretty crazy.

710
01:06:22,000 --> 01:06:40,000
It's definitely a coaching problem, I think that. Because you need to have a hard share either a straight up philosophy when it comes to red cards.

711
01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:50,000
You can only get them if absolutely necessary. And finds if they're stupid something, put something in place. Stop your fucking players from getting red cards.

712
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:55,000
Because it's become ridiculous. Six red cards in a season. Four games, Milan against a red card.

713
01:06:55,000 --> 01:07:10,000
And now, which lost Milan the game. Obviously that goes under the radar. And enough about Milan. Monza did a spectacular job at capitalizing from these errors. And Monza are great at counter attacking football.

714
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:18,000
They could really attack fluidly. They go from defense into attack in a matter of seconds. Okay, they haven't consistently shown it.

715
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:26,000
For a team like Milan who hold on to possession so much and attack so much, Monza really managed to use this to their advantage.

716
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:32,000
So they were winning the ball. They were counter attacking. They were charging forward. And I think they did that flawlessly.

717
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:40,000
They were defending in numbers. I don't think they defended particularly insanely. It's not like they were impenetrable.

718
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:49,000
But obviously they got a helping hand maybe from the starting 11 and from the early and from the sending off naturally.

719
01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:51,000
But what did you make of Monza in this game?

720
01:07:51,000 --> 01:08:00,000
No, good job. The Monza, they showed up. They really took advantage of the fact that Milan didn't get going in the first half.

721
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:12,000
And not only did they score, but they scored twice and they managed to create a nice advantage for themselves. They were very street smart to force a reaction off of Jovic.

722
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:20,000
They dealt with the fact that Di Gregorio, a vital piece of their system, went off injured and they somehow managed to survive.

723
01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:24,000
You know, granted Sorrentino came on and conceded two goals. But once again, they reacted well.

724
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:35,000
I don't think their approach of trying to defend the Tune in Lide worked out and I think they could have regretted that because they could have definitely pushed and tried to cause a few more problems for Milan.

725
01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:41,000
But it all worked out well for them in the end. And I think that this is a nice team with a good coach.

726
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:50,000
Yeah. The youngest coach in Serie A as well, but 39 years old. That's fucking fucking young. It's 39 years old. And I think he's the only one that wears a full suit.

727
01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:52,000
Well, they're from Milan.

728
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:54,000
Yeah, literally.

729
01:08:54,000 --> 01:09:03,000
You know, by the way, Milan played against Ren, right? Did you notice who Ren had in goal? Ren had Steve Mandanda.

730
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:07,000
Yes, we spoke about this. I'm like, how is he not 50 years old?

731
01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:08,000
He's 38 years old.

732
01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:11,000
How is it 38 if he's been 40 for 10 years?

733
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:17,000
Giroux scored his first professional goal against Mandanda. They played against each other a few days ago.

734
01:09:17,000 --> 01:09:21,000
That's crazy. Wow. What a sweet reunion.

735
01:09:21,000 --> 01:09:24,000
Sweet reunion for the veterans.

736
01:09:24,000 --> 01:09:33,000
Yeah. That was Milan's first loss of 2024. However, they maintained third place at least on 52 points.

737
01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:39,000
They are two points behind Juve, whilst Monsign 11th place on 33 points.

738
01:09:39,000 --> 01:09:45,000
Yeah, and they're on decent form now. They are unbeaten in their last four after losing two on the trot before that.

739
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:49,000
Yeah, we should have left Milan game till the end, man. I'm riled up.

740
01:09:49,000 --> 01:09:51,000
Yeah, I'm in a bad mood.

741
01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:55,000
I'm in a bad mood. Atalanta 3 sasvolo nil. Skip.

742
01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:59,000
Skip. Atalanta good to swallow bad next.

743
01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:05,000
Karnasekki was in goal for Atalanta with Skalvini, Jim Cityanko, Lassenang, shot the back in their 3-4-1-2 formation.

744
01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:09,000
Emil Holm was out on the right. Davidez zappacosta on the left.

745
01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:15,000
Ederson and Pasalic were in the middle with Koopminers playing behind Miran Csuk and Decay Talare.

746
01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:19,000
For sasvolo it was a 4-2-3-1 formation with Andrea Consigli in goal.

747
01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:23,000
Josh Doig as the left back. Marcus Pedersen as the right back.

748
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:29,000
Viti Andruan as the centre back duo with Henrique and Lepani playing in midfield.

749
01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:35,000
Laurenti and Bayrami playing on the flanks with Pinamonti starting up front and towards Vett playing behind them.

750
01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:43,000
Now Atalanta continued their impressive form, securing a sixth consecutive league victory and strengthening their pursuit for top four.

751
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:47,000
Romar on their ass but they're definitely looking like favourites right now.

752
01:10:47,000 --> 01:10:49,000
For that top four spot.

753
01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:51,000
Without a shadow of a doubt.

754
01:10:51,000 --> 01:10:57,000
Sassuolo on the other hand faced yet another setback extending their winless streak to five games.

755
01:10:57,000 --> 01:10:59,000
Congratulations!

756
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:09,000
Midway through the first half Atalanta seized the lead when Mario Pasalic capitalised on a spill by Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli.

757
01:11:09,000 --> 01:11:13,000
How I'd like him, how weird. Putting the narrative firmly in control.

758
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:23,000
Despite Sassuolo's attempt to equalise with Matius Henrique's deflected shot hitting the crossbar, Atalanta maintained their advantage.

759
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:27,000
Atalanta pretty much had it all figured out from the get go.

760
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:35,000
Just before half time Sassuolo had a golden opportunity to level the score after a handball by Giorgio Scalvini.

761
01:11:35,000 --> 01:11:43,000
This was literally at the end of the first half and the referee was about to whistle the blow the final whistle in his mouth and everything.

762
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:47,000
But he went to the VAR monitor and he gave a penalty.

763
01:11:47,000 --> 01:11:57,000
Now the first penalty, Pino Monti stepped up, Karnasecki, no Pino Monti went right, Karnasecki went right and saved it.

764
01:11:57,000 --> 01:12:07,000
Colassenac ran to the ball and cleared it but it turned out Colassenac had encroached, he had entered the area too early and a retake was given.

765
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:11,000
Pino Monti stepped up again and now there's the whole psychological battle.

766
01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:18,000
I've gone right and he went right and he saved it. Should I go right again? Should I go left? Should I go down the middle?

767
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:23,000
He went kind of central left. He would have tried to go left.

768
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:32,000
Karnasecki ran like a book again and saved it again. How absolutely humiliating and devastating for Pino Monti but what a rush.

769
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:35,000
How incredible by Karnasecki.

770
01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:39,000
For me, how old is he? 22 years old?

771
01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:40,000
23 I believe.

772
01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:48,000
Karnasecki is 23 years old and obviously he's a physical freak of nature and he's a good shot stopper.

773
01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:55,000
Maybe his distribution and the way he controls his area as a young goalkeeper still needs a certain element of work but clearly man,

774
01:12:55,000 --> 01:13:04,000
one of the most important things for a goalkeeper is that mentally you can read your opponent and you're cool calm and collected under pressure.

775
01:13:04,000 --> 01:13:08,000
Now I know there's more pressure on the shoulders of the person stepping up to take the penalties.

776
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:16,000
Penalties shootouts and penalties are too bad for goalkeepers in that sense but Karnasecki to stop two penalties in a row like that.

777
01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:19,000
Amazing. He read them like a bookman.

778
01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:22,000
Yeah, if his nickname was Magic he'd be asking for eight million a season.

779
01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:31,000
In the second half, Atalanta extended their lead as Koop Miners scored their second with a first time finish into the top corner,

780
01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:34,000
demoralizing Saswolo even further.

781
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:41,000
Substitute Mitchell Bucke sealed the victory in the 75th minute with a heavily deflected effort from outside the box,

782
01:13:41,000 --> 01:13:46,000
just a minute after coming off and it deflected off Marcus Peterson by the way,

783
01:13:46,000 --> 01:13:49,000
because I wrote down Saswolo three over here.

784
01:13:49,000 --> 01:13:58,000
Yeah, plain sailing for Atalanta had that penalty going in, I'm sure they would have recovered in the second half because as it stands right now,

785
01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:01,000
they've got so much firepower Atalanta.

786
01:14:01,000 --> 01:14:06,000
This goalkeeper is a freak. We've been following him for a while.

787
01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:13,000
We even posted a TikTok video of him with the song Fly Like an Eagle playing in the background when he was playing in Serie B.

788
01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:15,000
He's a very, very good talent.

789
01:14:15,000 --> 01:14:28,000
You remember the Meet the Boys episode where it was like Meet the Boys with the love-hide tune at the cover of the artwork.

790
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:39,000
This was the first episode of season two, the throwback. It was him with a shirt all red sitting now posing like it was like oiled up.

791
01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:43,000
Season two episode one Meet the Boys.

792
01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:47,000
And a really sus photo of Cardis like Pete and Saif.

793
01:14:47,000 --> 01:14:52,000
Concilio man, how is he still playing? He's a good shot stopper.

794
01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:59,000
He's a good shot stopper, Concilio. Don't get me wrong. And even this game, he managed to pull off a save that made the highlights of the best saves of the week.

795
01:14:59,000 --> 01:15:01,000
It was okay.

796
01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:05,000
It was okay. It was one of those where he dropped down and hit cleared it with his foot.

797
01:15:05,000 --> 01:15:10,000
It was a buffon at Parma save, that's great. There's a category of those saves.

798
01:15:10,000 --> 01:15:15,000
Absolutely. But he does make these saves. He's not a bad shot stopper.

799
01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:17,000
He's had some good showings this season.

800
01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:22,000
He's error prone man. And he's blunder prone, not just error prone, blunder prone.

801
01:15:22,000 --> 01:15:23,000
Fits in.

802
01:15:23,000 --> 01:15:28,000
Yeah, he fits a swallows system perfectly because apparently that's something they prioritize.

803
01:15:28,000 --> 01:15:34,000
Cranio is there on the bench. God knows what's been going on with Cranio because the last time we saw him.

804
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:38,000
So he was a regular at Caliari rated as one of the best goalkeepers in the league.

805
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:42,000
He went to Monza, couldn't get a sniff because of the Gregorio.

806
01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:43,000
Understandable.

807
01:15:43,000 --> 01:15:47,000
Eventually got a sniff, conceded three, looked weird, never featured again.

808
01:15:47,000 --> 01:15:53,000
Came to Sassuolo and I was saying okay, Cranio is definitely going to play at Sassuolo because Concili is washed.

809
01:15:53,000 --> 01:15:55,000
Yeah, they're not just going to get Cranio.

810
01:15:55,000 --> 01:15:56,000
Exactly.

811
01:15:56,000 --> 01:15:57,000
Just get Cranio, you know.

812
01:15:57,000 --> 01:15:59,000
A good name, a well-known goalkeeper in Italy.

813
01:15:59,000 --> 01:16:02,000
But again, he hasn't had a sniff man.

814
01:16:02,000 --> 01:16:07,000
And Concili continues to wreak havoc in goal.

815
01:16:07,000 --> 01:16:08,000
Yes.

816
01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:14,000
Cranio is 29 years old, he is missing the prime time of his career man, this guy.

817
01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:15,000
Absolutely man.

818
01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:18,000
Do you think, okay, let's play a game bro right now.

819
01:16:18,000 --> 01:16:22,000
If Sassuolo got relegated, who would leave?

820
01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:23,000
Who would leave?

821
01:16:23,000 --> 01:16:25,000
Actually, who would leave?

822
01:16:25,000 --> 01:16:27,000
Yes, who would definitely leave?

823
01:16:27,000 --> 01:16:28,000
Everyone.

824
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:30,000
Everyone would leave.

825
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:32,000
Everyone except Ruan.

826
01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:34,000
I think Ruan would leave.

827
01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:40,000
I think bro, they have too good a team for anyone to play on Serie B.

828
01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:46,000
We also think that, but let's remember Nathan Nandes, who we thought was too good for Serie B, did two years there with Concili.

829
01:16:46,000 --> 01:16:48,000
Dennis Mann for Parma.

830
01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:49,000
Exactly.

831
01:16:49,000 --> 01:16:53,000
So many players, even Mahaila for Parma, stayed everywhere.

832
01:16:53,000 --> 01:16:54,000
Lauriiente.

833
01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:55,000
Yeah, too good.

834
01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:58,000
Serie A, he'll probably move overseas.

835
01:16:58,000 --> 01:17:03,000
Pinamonti, I believe he's owned by Inter.

836
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:04,000
I think, no, no, no.

837
01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:05,000
Sassuolo bought him.

838
01:17:05,000 --> 01:17:06,000
Sassuolo bought him.

839
01:17:06,000 --> 01:17:07,000
Yes.

840
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:08,000
He leaves.

841
01:17:08,000 --> 01:17:13,000
Even though Pinamonti, a season in Serie B, will not do him bad.

842
01:17:13,000 --> 01:17:24,000
It will probably be great for his career and development, but he'll probably join one of the newly promoted teams and do that for a while and eventually turn into Bonazzoli.

843
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:25,000
Yeah, maybe.

844
01:17:25,000 --> 01:17:29,000
You know, because that was the trajectory of Bonazzoli.

845
01:17:29,000 --> 01:17:30,000
Baranadi will leave.

846
01:17:30,000 --> 01:17:31,000
Obviously.

847
01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:35,000
I can't believe he's still there, kind of thing.

848
01:17:35,000 --> 01:17:38,000
By Rami, towards Vett, they leave as well.

849
01:17:38,000 --> 01:17:40,000
By Rami and towards Vett leave.

850
01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:43,000
And Enrique leaves.

851
01:17:43,000 --> 01:17:45,000
D'Oig leaves.

852
01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:47,000
Viti, Tresoldi, leave.

853
01:17:47,000 --> 01:17:50,000
But I genuinely think they all leave.

854
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:54,000
Have to rebuild or play with a bunch of youngsters.

855
01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:57,000
Molattieri stays like it's what he's used to.

856
01:17:57,000 --> 01:17:58,000
Youth system.

857
01:17:58,000 --> 01:17:59,000
Yeah.

858
01:17:59,000 --> 01:18:02,000
Viti probably stays, you know, and Lepani.

859
01:18:02,000 --> 01:18:13,000
But yeah, absolutely devastating stuff by Atalanta destroying absolutely everyone in their part.

860
01:18:13,000 --> 01:18:15,000
Atalanta are the second best team in the league at the moment.

861
01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:16,000
At the moment.

862
01:18:16,000 --> 01:18:26,000
And I heard the guy say that Gasperini is like Sir Alex Ferguson in the way that like,

863
01:18:26,000 --> 01:18:27,000
I mean, no way.

864
01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:31,000
He boys come up and he develops them and he molds them into his system.

865
01:18:31,000 --> 01:18:32,000
I mean, to a degree.

866
01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:36,000
It doesn't matter who leaves like Ronaldo left United, you know, they managed to replace

867
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:39,000
him and to maintain success kind of like, yeah, that's that's the thing.

868
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:42,000
He's kind of like a budget Sir Alex Ferguson.

869
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:43,000
I see it.

870
01:18:43,000 --> 01:18:47,000
But if you're going to compare someone to Sir Alex Ferguson, they should at least have

871
01:18:47,000 --> 01:18:48,000
10 trophies.

872
01:18:48,000 --> 01:18:50,000
I don't think they have a budget.

873
01:18:50,000 --> 01:18:52,000
Alex Ferguson from Wish, right?

874
01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:54,000
Not even, bro.

875
01:18:54,000 --> 01:18:56,000
Fucking Alex Ferguson at home.

876
01:18:56,000 --> 01:18:58,000
And I love that.

877
01:18:58,000 --> 01:19:01,000
It's not about a prolific goal score at Atalanta.

878
01:19:01,000 --> 01:19:06,000
The goals come from absolutely everywhere because they have so many different avenues

879
01:19:06,000 --> 01:19:07,000
to attack from.

880
01:19:07,000 --> 01:19:10,000
This year they have 47 goals scored.

881
01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:14,000
Coop Miners is the top score with seven tied with look like you're kidding me.

882
01:19:14,000 --> 01:19:17,000
The K Talari has six, Kamaka six, Ederson has five.

883
01:19:17,000 --> 01:19:19,000
The list goes on and on and on.

884
01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:21,000
They've all been getting goals, man.

885
01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:25,000
This is these are the boom town rats, baby.

886
01:19:25,000 --> 01:19:28,000
Why am I so hyped after you said that?

887
01:19:28,000 --> 01:19:31,000
Atalanta are the fucking you're right, bro.

888
01:19:31,000 --> 01:19:34,000
Atalanta are the boom town rats.

889
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:43,000
And they're on 45 points in fourth place while Saswolo are in 18th with 20 points.

890
01:19:43,000 --> 01:19:46,000
Cutting it pretty close.

891
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:49,000
We need to get mint on so we can see what he has to say about this.

892
01:19:49,000 --> 01:19:51,000
I'm surprised Dionysius still in charge.

893
01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:54,000
Why the hell don't they sack him like?

894
01:19:54,000 --> 01:19:58,000
Because I don't know man, Leverani is taken.

895
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:01,000
Bring him Balardini, man.

896
01:20:01,000 --> 01:20:03,000
Put him on the Saswolo bench.

897
01:20:03,000 --> 01:20:08,000
Why don't they go for 42?

898
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:11,000
Loki Balardini is a great shout.

899
01:20:11,000 --> 01:20:15,000
I would even go so far as to say baby Walter Mazzari.

900
01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:18,000
He was, bro was just at Napoli.

901
01:20:18,000 --> 01:20:22,000
Like I'm sure he could bring something to the Saswolo team.

902
01:20:22,000 --> 01:20:25,000
No, stay away.

903
01:20:25,000 --> 01:20:27,000
Stay away from Mazzari.

904
01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:28,000
Red flag, red flag.

905
01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:29,000
Yes, yes.

906
01:20:29,000 --> 01:20:31,000
I don't know what they come right now, man.

907
01:20:31,000 --> 01:20:36,000
Plus I don't even think it wants to go because he's still getting paid from the other.

908
01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:39,000
So that's probably impossible.

909
01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:44,000
You go for one of the experts, you go for Balardini type of guy if you're in this position.

910
01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:46,000
I think that's what you do.

911
01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:51,000
And then next season you try to bring in a manager with a bit more pedigree to try to rebuild with.

912
01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:57,000
And then the Saswolo guys have had a pretty successful time and say, since they came up,

913
01:20:57,000 --> 01:20:59,000
I mean, what's his name?

914
01:20:59,000 --> 01:21:02,000
The Francesco took them all the way to the Europa League.

915
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:03,000
Let's not forget that.

916
01:21:03,000 --> 01:21:06,000
He brought them up from San Eritrean and took them to the Europa League.

917
01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:07,000
Then Deserby joined them.

918
01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:10,000
We watched them against West Ham on the Mediterranean cruise, bro.

919
01:21:10,000 --> 01:21:11,000
Exactly.

920
01:21:11,000 --> 01:21:13,000
Smoking cigarettes in the casino, man.

921
01:21:13,000 --> 01:21:14,000
What the fuck?

922
01:21:14,000 --> 01:21:16,000
I love cruises so much.

923
01:21:16,000 --> 01:21:17,000
It was a gorgeous time.

924
01:21:17,000 --> 01:21:24,000
They brought in Deserby who had them playing this incredible brand of football that no other team in Italy was playing.

925
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:27,000
He was also on the verge of molesting everyone.

926
01:21:27,000 --> 01:21:30,000
And then Dionisi came in.

927
01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:34,000
And Dionisi at first seemed to be a promising up-and-coming manager.

928
01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:36,000
But things have definitely gone stale, as we've said.

929
01:21:36,000 --> 01:21:41,000
Things haven't gone totally stale at Saswolo and it's time for a change.

930
01:21:41,000 --> 01:21:42,000
Yeah.

931
01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:45,000
Next game, Lazio 1, Bologna 2.

932
01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:51,000
Lazio were coming off 3-1 away with Tokaliari and a mid-week 1-0 win over Bayern.

933
01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:56,000
Bologna coming off a 2-0 win over Fiorentina, which took place mid-week.

934
01:21:56,000 --> 01:21:58,000
That's something we forgot to mention.

935
01:21:58,000 --> 01:22:03,000
There was the mid-week game between Bologna and Fiorentina where Bologna won 2-0.

936
01:22:03,000 --> 01:22:09,000
The previous encounter between these two teams was a home victory for Bologna with the score of 1-0.

937
01:22:09,000 --> 01:22:15,000
Vecino and Romagnoli were suspended with Zacani, Hissai and Rovella injured,

938
01:22:15,000 --> 01:22:20,000
so Patrick returned to the starting 11 for the first time since dislocating his shoulder a month ago.

939
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:27,000
But that wasn't for long as he got injured in the beginning of the game, which led to Cesare replacing him.

940
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:34,000
Froyler sat out a ban and Saumauro was injured for the visitors who beat Fiorentina 2-0 on Wednesday.

941
01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:39,000
On the 13th minute Immobile thought he opened the scoring but the goal was disallowed

942
01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:45,000
and this had done very well to Gibril and outmuscle posh before playing a defence splitting pass to Ciro

943
01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:49,000
who finished through the legs of Skorupski, however it was disallowed,

944
01:22:49,000 --> 01:22:55,000
but 4 minutes later, Isaacson managed to get a legitimate goal with the help of Ciro Immobile.

945
01:22:55,000 --> 01:23:00,000
Momentum obviously favoured Lazio, Isaacson won the ball high up the field off of Ferguson,

946
01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:05,000
played a lovely 1-2 with Ciro Immobile and finished into the bottom corner very well.

947
01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:08,000
You told him to relax, hey how about he doesn't?

948
01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:12,000
I think he's relaxed, he has relaxed a little bit. He doesn't look as frantic.

949
01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:15,000
He looks more composed and his confidence has gone up.

950
01:23:15,000 --> 01:23:22,000
I think he's getting positive reinforcement for his performances, so he's starting to build up his confidence.

951
01:23:22,000 --> 01:23:27,000
He's active but not frantic, he was quite frantic before.

952
01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:36,000
In the 30th minute, Matti saw reactionary, this is save of the season so far.

953
01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:41,000
The fully extended one on Isaacson bro.

954
01:23:41,000 --> 01:23:48,000
Finger tips, Isaacson cut inside and curled the ball.

955
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:54,000
He curled it around Skorupski but at the most full stretch possible,

956
01:23:54,000 --> 01:24:01,000
he managed to finger tip literally like with the tiny tiny parts of his finger,

957
01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:05,000
the one that has a lack of cartilage.

958
01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:12,000
Finger tip stuff, to save it onto the post.

959
01:24:12,000 --> 01:24:16,000
If you watch the highlights of this game, there's a fantastic angle in slow-mo

960
01:24:16,000 --> 01:24:21,000
and you get to see him pulling off, that's if you get to see his face while he does it.

961
01:24:21,000 --> 01:24:25,000
The full stretch.

962
01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:32,000
I haven't heard you use the word finger this much since you were 14 years old.

963
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:35,000
That's true man, that's true.

964
01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:40,000
39th minute, Bologna equalized through El Azuzi.

965
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:43,000
Lazio absolutely fucked it to say the least.

966
01:24:43,000 --> 01:24:45,000
Providell played up past Luis Alberto.

967
01:24:45,000 --> 01:24:50,000
Luis Alberto played the ball back to the keeper as though he didn't have four Bologna players around him.

968
01:24:50,000 --> 01:24:56,000
To be honest, he still could have done much better because he played the first time pass without looking.

969
01:24:56,000 --> 01:24:57,000
He crucified him.

970
01:24:57,000 --> 01:24:59,000
Yes, he did crucify him.

971
01:24:59,000 --> 01:25:05,000
But he played it directly to Fabian and bounced off and fell to El Azuzi who finished.

972
01:25:05,000 --> 01:25:12,000
The linesman called for offside immediately but VAR confirmed that El Azuzi was in an onside position.

973
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:14,000
So the goal stood.

974
01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:20,000
30th minute after some chaos in the Bologna box, Lukumi did brilliantly to head Gwendozzi strike off the line.

975
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:23,000
In the 74th minute, Skorupski produced another great save.

976
01:25:23,000 --> 01:25:27,000
This time it was a brave stop to...

977
01:25:27,000 --> 01:25:33,000
He was very brave to dive into the feet of Tati Castellanius who was clean through on goal.

978
01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:38,000
In the 78th minute, Zerg Zey got the winner for Bologna.

979
01:25:38,000 --> 01:25:44,000
He played a lovely ball out wide to Christensen who returned a dangerous cross into the area where Zerg Zey made his run.

980
01:25:44,000 --> 01:25:48,000
And the lunchman finished with a sharp volley into the bottom corner.

981
01:25:48,000 --> 01:25:56,000
An exquisite rifle of a volley into the bottom corner and just shows he can create, he can score.

982
01:25:56,000 --> 01:26:02,000
Yes, sometimes Zerg Zey is uncertain when he's in front of goal.

983
01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:04,000
He's always called between two minds.

984
01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:11,000
He always favours the pass but as time progresses he can hopefully really improve in that area.

985
01:26:11,000 --> 01:26:15,000
Yes, that was the killer's goal.

986
01:26:15,000 --> 01:26:19,000
That was the goal of a killer and that's not something we've been saying about Zerg Zey.

987
01:26:19,000 --> 01:26:26,000
Zerg Zey is silky, he's technical, he's a beast but that killer instinct wasn't something that he's known for.

988
01:26:26,000 --> 01:26:30,000
So it's good to see him scoring goals like this because they would be important for his development.

989
01:26:30,000 --> 01:26:38,000
If he were to be a number nine for an important team he has to get goals, like proper goal scoring striker.

990
01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:39,000
You have to be that.

991
01:26:39,000 --> 01:26:46,000
I thought Lotzio approached the game well, I thought they started very strongly, I thought they picked up where they left off against Bayern Munich.

992
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:50,000
I just think they didn't have enough in the tank to be honest, to do it for two halves.

993
01:26:50,000 --> 01:26:56,000
And I do think that that mistake really rattled them and it was all downhill after that.

994
01:26:56,000 --> 01:26:58,000
I mean these guys are only human.

995
01:26:58,000 --> 01:27:08,000
If they make a mistake like that, you know, Luis Alberto and Providell will both be a little bit frustrated afterwards, frustrated, annoyed.

996
01:27:08,000 --> 01:27:11,000
I can't even imagine the feeling, embarrassed.

997
01:27:11,000 --> 01:27:18,000
Now keep in mind Bologna also had the midweek game against Fiorentina.

998
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:27,000
But the thing is with Bologna's style of play, I don't think these players can get too fatigued.

999
01:27:27,000 --> 01:27:38,000
They play, so it's often been mentioned, this 2-7-2 formation of Motta.

1000
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:39,000
Yeah, the vertical one.

1001
01:27:39,000 --> 01:27:45,000
Yeah, it's a horizontal, rather, a horizontal 2-7-2.

1002
01:27:45,000 --> 01:27:48,000
So it's not like two defenders, seven players.

1003
01:27:48,000 --> 01:27:56,000
No, it's two players on the left, seven players in the middle and two players on the right, which really allows Bologna to dominate.

1004
01:27:56,000 --> 01:27:59,000
The midfield part of the pitch.

1005
01:27:59,000 --> 01:28:08,000
Now if you look at the way they play, switching play from side to side with short, fast passes, almost in a tiki-taka way.

1006
01:28:08,000 --> 01:28:13,000
And they base a lot of their play off of trust.

1007
01:28:13,000 --> 01:28:19,000
No matter what situation a player is in, they pass the ball to him because that is the routine.

1008
01:28:19,000 --> 01:28:23,000
And the player, more likely than not, they are able to pass the ball out of it.

1009
01:28:23,000 --> 01:28:28,000
But because of this style of play, there isn't much, let's call it, physical activity.

1010
01:28:28,000 --> 01:28:30,000
It's not very taxing physically.

1011
01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:31,000
Exactly.

1012
01:28:31,000 --> 01:28:32,000
Exactly.

1013
01:28:32,000 --> 01:28:43,000
So they had the capacity to beat Fiorentina 2-0 midweek, which aren't an easy side to play against, and then travel to Rome and beat Lazio 2-1 away from home.

1014
01:28:43,000 --> 01:28:50,000
So I understand that Lazio didn't have enough in the tank following their great historic victory over Bayern Munich.

1015
01:28:50,000 --> 01:28:59,000
But I think Bologna's style of play is so sustainable that Bologna are one of those teams that are dangerous for 90 minutes, because they don't gas themselves out.

1016
01:28:59,000 --> 01:29:08,000
That's a fair point. Plus they have the personality come off the bench and do exactly what the starters were doing.

1017
01:29:08,000 --> 01:29:13,000
Stylistically at least, the personnel on the bench can get their job done.

1018
01:29:13,000 --> 01:29:14,000
Yeah.

1019
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:16,000
Yeah, the heat maps are very interesting, one of Bologna as well.

1020
01:29:16,000 --> 01:29:21,000
It's like a straight line of the halfway line and no player beyond that. So it's like they press in the middle.

1021
01:29:21,000 --> 01:29:24,000
But it's weird because they force the goal on Provedale by pressing high.

1022
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:25,000
Yeah.

1023
01:29:25,000 --> 01:29:30,000
So there is an element of course of pressing, but it's very tactical.

1024
01:29:30,000 --> 01:29:32,000
Yeah, it's strategic to say at least.

1025
01:29:32,000 --> 01:29:36,000
And it's more about the positioning of the players rather than the press of the players.

1026
01:29:36,000 --> 01:29:46,000
Like you see Fabian for example, he's positioned so high of the pitch, more often than not, he is more advanced than Xerxes.

1027
01:29:46,000 --> 01:29:53,000
More often than not, Xerxes is out in a number eight role, looking for the wingers or looking for Fabian in the middle.

1028
01:29:53,000 --> 01:30:00,000
But yeah, Bologna are back. They went through a bit of a spell where they suffered.

1029
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:08,000
But now they're unbeaten in five and they have four wins on the trot. Before that it was their two-two draw against Milan.

1030
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:15,000
They're definitely back with a vengeance.

1031
01:30:15,000 --> 01:30:22,000
I was quite surprised at how they dipped because they had looked so promising and so consistent and they seemed to have everything figured out.

1032
01:30:22,000 --> 01:30:28,000
And they seemed to have a plan B and a plan C when things weren't going to plan.

1033
01:30:28,000 --> 01:30:34,000
So it's nice to see them bounce back and it would be great to see a team like Bologna in Europe with that stadium.

1034
01:30:34,000 --> 01:30:37,000
Can you imagine that stadium on a European night?

1035
01:30:37,000 --> 01:30:38,000
Absolutely man.

1036
01:30:38,000 --> 01:30:40,000
I would absolutely love that.

1037
01:30:40,000 --> 01:30:44,000
Come on, give us the fifth spot man.

1038
01:30:44,000 --> 01:30:46,000
Give us the fifth spot.

1039
01:30:46,000 --> 01:30:48,000
Honestly, it's going great right now.

1040
01:30:48,000 --> 01:30:50,000
Co-coefficient wise, it's going well.

1041
01:30:50,000 --> 01:30:53,000
Italian teams just keep winning in Europe.

1042
01:30:53,000 --> 01:30:59,000
Lots of you are beat-buying, Inter beat Atletico, Milan beat Ren, this is going swimmingly right?

1043
01:30:59,000 --> 01:31:03,000
Let's just hope that no one shits the bed.

1044
01:31:03,000 --> 01:31:05,000
It's looking good.

1045
01:31:05,000 --> 01:31:08,000
Lots of you, like you said, they started the game off well.

1046
01:31:08,000 --> 01:31:15,000
I thought Immobile is showing us signs of the player he was a couple of seasons ago.

1047
01:31:15,000 --> 01:31:21,000
However, Luis Alberto, it seems like he's fallen off a little bit in recent performances.

1048
01:31:21,000 --> 01:31:23,000
It's like a lack of insertion almost.

1049
01:31:23,000 --> 01:31:27,000
Yes, he looks pedestrian in the games nowadays.

1050
01:31:27,000 --> 01:31:37,000
He doesn't have that kind of, I don't know what it is, but sometimes I feel like the best quality of Luis Alberto is how pissed off he is when he plays.

1051
01:31:37,000 --> 01:31:39,000
How fired up he is.

1052
01:31:39,000 --> 01:31:41,000
He probably hasn't fought with the management for a while.

1053
01:31:41,000 --> 01:31:47,000
He plays with the scowl in his face when he's playing well, you know, and he's always swearing and mouthing everyone off.

1054
01:31:47,000 --> 01:31:53,000
I feel like he looks a little bit either indifferent or not 100%.

1055
01:31:53,000 --> 01:31:55,000
Maybe it's his condition. That's not great.

1056
01:31:55,000 --> 01:32:02,000
Maybe he's tired. All I know is that it's difficult to rest him right now because Camada, once again, not really showing much.

1057
01:32:02,000 --> 01:32:04,000
He came on against Bayern Munich when they were a man down.

1058
01:32:04,000 --> 01:32:05,000
He really had a mobile.

1059
01:32:05,000 --> 01:32:13,000
He could have totally attacked them and he could have really seized the opportunity to try to get his confidence up and make a name for himself on the European stage.

1060
01:32:13,000 --> 01:32:20,000
Instead, he kind of let play happen around him instead of actually asking for the ball and trying to make things happen.

1061
01:32:20,000 --> 01:32:21,000
Exactly.

1062
01:32:21,000 --> 01:32:25,000
Just two things before we move to the next game.

1063
01:32:25,000 --> 01:32:30,000
Zergyz has been sucking Milan off a little bit.

1064
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:42,000
Talking about how it's every Dutch forward or every Dutch player's dream to play at Milan, that he's impressed and in awe of the San Siro and the atmosphere over there.

1065
01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:51,000
Obviously, there have been links and him passing these comments, obviously, it creates speculation.

1066
01:32:51,000 --> 01:32:58,000
Now, we're both massive fans of Zergyz. He's young. He's talented. He's amazing.

1067
01:32:58,000 --> 01:33:06,000
He would typically, on paper, suit the style of Milan who enjoy playing with a more creative number nine.

1068
01:33:06,000 --> 01:33:11,000
However, you said something interesting last time about how you don't see him fitting the system. Please elaborate.

1069
01:33:11,000 --> 01:33:29,000
Ah, because I see Milan lacking a killer man up front and Milan thrive when they can, when they, when Giroud pulls something out of his hat, you know, and like, scores something out of nothing.

1070
01:33:29,000 --> 01:33:35,000
For example, let's look at Milan's most recent successful season, the Scudetto winning season.

1071
01:33:35,000 --> 01:33:38,000
They were playing their best football. They went on a great stretch.

1072
01:33:38,000 --> 01:33:44,000
And let's look at the head to head game that's essentially one meal on the league that season, the game against Inter.

1073
01:33:44,000 --> 01:33:53,000
The winning goal was Giroud being an absolute killer. Turn, shoot, devastating, you know.

1074
01:33:53,000 --> 01:34:04,000
So that's what I wonder when you have a player who's kind of who beats around the bush, let's just say that like Leo, for example, Leo was a player who, who isn't, as we said, a prolific goal scorer.

1075
01:34:04,000 --> 01:34:11,000
What you would want to counter that is someone who's more direct, someone who's more goal scoring focus, someone who's more of a killer.

1076
01:34:11,000 --> 01:34:16,000
Xerxes, I'm not too sure is that type of player. He's a very creative forward.

1077
01:34:16,000 --> 01:34:33,000
And I wonder how he could link up with Leo and I do hope and I do envision them having an incredible partnership and this incredible chemistry of, you know, passing and moving and passing and moving and dribbling and not make that would be incredible to see Xerxes and Leo link up well.

1078
01:34:33,000 --> 01:34:42,000
However, I'm not too sure about it because they're quite similar in the way that they both beat about the bush. They're both not very prolific.

1079
01:34:42,000 --> 01:34:49,000
If you know what I mean. Of course, Xerxes is still young and this can change and we have seen moments where he has actually been a killer this season.

1080
01:34:49,000 --> 01:34:57,000
Like this game, for example, he created that last goal all himself. As you said, his movement into the box was absolutely top notch and that finish was cold.

1081
01:34:57,000 --> 01:35:08,000
But yeah, I'm not sure. To be honest, I'm quite sold by him and I would probably want him more than anyone else.

1082
01:35:08,000 --> 01:35:16,000
I get what you mean because up until last season he wasn't scoring and scoring doesn't exactly seem to be his priority.

1083
01:35:16,000 --> 01:35:22,000
He's often looking for the pass. But I think he's got it in his locker.

1084
01:35:22,000 --> 01:35:30,000
I think he can unlock something in his teammates like Milan don't have someone that can play a defense splitting pass in their team.

1085
01:35:30,000 --> 01:35:38,000
Xerxes can do that. Maybe we'll start seeing Leo and more goal scoring opportunities.

1086
01:35:38,000 --> 01:35:44,000
Maybe we'll see him because the thing is with Leo, what I hate is when he cuts inside and goes for it himself.

1087
01:35:44,000 --> 01:35:49,000
But we never see him making a dangerous run off the ball into a goal scoring area inside the box.

1088
01:35:49,000 --> 01:35:55,000
When is Leo ever attacking the box off the ball? Xerxes could encourage that. He could encourage that with Pudisic.

1089
01:35:55,000 --> 01:36:01,000
He could encourage that with Loftus Tric. I think it's, I don't know, I think it would be a great investment.

1090
01:36:01,000 --> 01:36:08,000
My favorite thing about this potential deal is that Milan have some room for Líhuém over here because of Salimácarz is over there.

1091
01:36:08,000 --> 01:36:13,000
We have the likes of Colombo who's been offered in every deal.

1092
01:36:13,000 --> 01:36:19,000
I think they could make it happen because I feel like Bologna will ask for something upwards of 30 million.

1093
01:36:19,000 --> 01:36:24,000
Yeah, I think they'll ask for it. I think they'll ask for Scuola, Bayern Munich, Humo, Arc de Blu-Guy.

1094
01:36:24,000 --> 01:36:26,000
20 million on Salimácarz I take it.

1095
01:36:26,000 --> 01:36:29,000
20 million Salimácarz I'll take it in a fucking heartbeat dog.

1096
01:36:29,000 --> 01:36:34,000
Last question, Providell overrated, underrated or perfectly rated?

1097
01:36:34,000 --> 01:36:41,000
Perfectly rated, Providell slightly underrated. I would say in Italy perfectly rated,

1098
01:36:41,000 --> 01:36:46,000
overall global reputation underrated because he's a good player.

1099
01:36:46,000 --> 01:36:49,000
Granted he made a mistake over here but he's a fantastic goalkeeper.

1100
01:36:49,000 --> 01:36:52,000
I agree, no cause obviously Twitter has been going nuts.

1101
01:36:52,000 --> 01:36:56,000
He's overrated and I totally disagree with that.

1102
01:36:56,000 --> 01:36:59,000
Remember the guy who was at Spetzia two years ago.

1103
01:36:59,000 --> 01:37:00,000
Stupid bird-up.

1104
01:37:00,000 --> 01:37:06,000
Yeah, Lazio are in eighth place on 37 points,

1105
01:37:06,000 --> 01:37:13,000
whilst Bologna are in fifth on 45 points, level on points with Atalanta who have a game in hand against Inter.

1106
01:37:13,000 --> 01:37:20,000
Napoli, face of Genoa at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona and Drew 1-1.

1107
01:37:20,000 --> 01:37:25,000
So for Napoli who at the time were under Mazzari,

1108
01:37:25,000 --> 01:37:29,000
played with Merettingol in the 4-3-3,

1109
01:37:29,000 --> 01:37:32,000
with Dealer and Zorrahmani, Ostegar the Mazzocchi at the back,

1110
01:37:32,000 --> 01:37:36,000
Anguissa Lobotka and Chama the Trauer in midfield,

1111
01:37:36,000 --> 01:37:40,000
Poletano, Simeone and Gvarratskelia leading the charge.

1112
01:37:40,000 --> 01:37:44,000
For Genoa it was a 3-5-2 formation with Josep Martinez in goal,

1113
01:37:44,000 --> 01:37:49,000
Vasquez Bani and De Winter as the centre-back trio,

1114
01:37:49,000 --> 01:37:51,000
with Sabelli and Martin on the flanks,

1115
01:37:51,000 --> 01:37:56,000
with Frendrup Baddiel and Messias in the middle and Goodman Cenedretegui up front.

1116
01:37:56,000 --> 01:38:01,000
Now, Grigio Gvarratskelia aimed to capitalise on Victor Ozi Menzapsens

1117
01:38:01,000 --> 01:38:04,000
and equalise the Nigerians, say, Tali,

1118
01:38:04,000 --> 01:38:08,000
initiating promising attacks within 2-1.5 minutes.

1119
01:38:08,000 --> 01:38:13,000
He was doing the whole trade marketing at the moment,

1120
01:38:13,000 --> 01:38:15,000
it's the Gvarratskelia, I would call it,

1121
01:38:15,000 --> 01:38:17,000
when you cut left, cut right, cut left, cut right,

1122
01:38:17,000 --> 01:38:19,000
it's like, where's he gonna go?

1123
01:38:19,000 --> 01:38:20,000
He pulled off against Al-Antalas.

1124
01:38:20,000 --> 01:38:23,000
Exactly, and he almost scored one like that from the get-go of this game.

1125
01:38:23,000 --> 01:38:27,000
This was literally broad, this game, I could just summarise it,

1126
01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:29,000
I don't even need to go through the play-by-play.

1127
01:38:29,000 --> 01:38:33,000
It's Gvarratskelia against the world, man.

1128
01:38:33,000 --> 01:38:36,000
Honestly, because it's only him attacking,

1129
01:38:36,000 --> 01:38:38,000
and then eventually at the end they brought in Gunga of the match,

1130
01:38:38,000 --> 01:38:39,000
and he saved them, that's it.

1131
01:38:39,000 --> 01:38:41,000
But throughout the game, man...

1132
01:38:41,000 --> 01:38:43,000
I see you've committed to the in Gunga.

1133
01:38:43,000 --> 01:38:46,000
I don't know what to do, man, no one's saying in Gunga anymore.

1134
01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:47,000
It's true, man, it's true.

1135
01:38:47,000 --> 01:38:52,000
It was all about in Gunga, I guess it was in Gunga at Verona,

1136
01:38:52,000 --> 01:38:53,000
and in Gunga at Napoli.

1137
01:38:53,000 --> 01:38:58,000
Yes, bro, went to the south of Italy and switched up real quick.

1138
01:38:58,000 --> 01:39:02,000
Yeah, I'm still going to run you through the game, obviously.

1139
01:39:02,000 --> 01:39:09,000
Napoli dominated the first half, Hamatra and Anguissa created goalscoring opportunities,

1140
01:39:09,000 --> 01:39:11,000
but they couldn't get anything done.

1141
01:39:11,000 --> 01:39:15,000
And the second half, Genoa seized the lead when Frendrup capitalised on a poor Napoli.

1142
01:39:15,000 --> 01:39:18,000
Clear and silencing the home crowd with a well-placed shot.

1143
01:39:18,000 --> 01:39:20,000
They get his first goal for Genoa,

1144
01:39:20,000 --> 01:39:24,000
and his first goal in Serie A, the exciting Morten Frendrup.

1145
01:39:24,000 --> 01:39:27,000
Gvarratskelia responded with skillful manoeuvres, creating chances,

1146
01:39:27,000 --> 01:39:30,000
but Giovanni Simione and others could not convert.

1147
01:39:30,000 --> 01:39:34,000
Gvarratskelia's set pieces kept Genoa the defensive, notably a corner

1148
01:39:34,000 --> 01:39:39,000
that Zambonguissa missed from six yards with 16 minutes left.

1149
01:39:39,000 --> 01:39:42,000
With time ticking away, Napoli mounted the late comeback,

1150
01:39:42,000 --> 01:39:45,000
Giovanni Diller and Sos Cross found Cyril in Gunga of the far post,

1151
01:39:45,000 --> 01:39:48,000
and in the 19th minute in Gunga maintained composure,

1152
01:39:48,000 --> 01:39:50,000
turning and firing post-goalkeeper.

1153
01:39:50,000 --> 01:39:53,000
It was a little spin on shoot.

1154
01:39:53,000 --> 01:39:58,000
At a point you said, in Gwange and others, I think.

1155
01:39:58,000 --> 01:40:00,000
My mind is thought it's like...

1156
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:02,000
That's the title of the episode?

1157
01:40:02,000 --> 01:40:06,000
No, it's like when you wrote someone's photo,

1158
01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:10,000
and there's someone you follow likes the photo of 109,000 others.

1159
01:40:10,000 --> 01:40:15,000
Yeah, that's it. This game, it's like Gvarratskelia and seven others attempt to the shot.

1160
01:40:17,000 --> 01:40:21,000
But yeah, man, Genoa are just so impressive, as always,

1161
01:40:21,000 --> 01:40:23,000
and Napoli are so underwhelming, man.

1162
01:40:23,000 --> 01:40:27,000
They really don't have any strategy going forward,

1163
01:40:27,000 --> 01:40:29,000
especially on their Mazzari,

1164
01:40:29,000 --> 01:40:31,000
and in fact, this is going to take all the talking points.

1165
01:40:31,000 --> 01:40:35,000
He's been sacked for a man called Francesco Calzone.

1166
01:40:35,000 --> 01:40:37,000
Did we cover this in the last episode?

1167
01:40:37,000 --> 01:40:39,000
No, we didn't, of course not.

1168
01:40:39,000 --> 01:40:44,000
So Francesco Calzone, of course, has been appointed as Napoli manager

1169
01:40:44,000 --> 01:40:49,000
just two days before their clash against Barcelona in the Champions League.

1170
01:40:49,000 --> 01:40:52,000
Now, you'd ask me, okay, but surely he's an experienced manager, right?

1171
01:40:52,000 --> 01:40:54,000
No, he isn't.

1172
01:40:54,000 --> 01:40:57,000
He's only been the manager of one team,

1173
01:40:57,000 --> 01:40:59,000
and that happened in 2022,

1174
01:40:59,000 --> 01:41:02,000
when he became the manager of the Slovakia national team.

1175
01:41:02,000 --> 01:41:05,000
Now, he is still in charge of Slovakia,

1176
01:41:05,000 --> 01:41:08,000
he's in charge of Slovakia and Napoli at the same time,

1177
01:41:08,000 --> 01:41:10,000
didn't even know that was an option.

1178
01:41:10,000 --> 01:41:13,000
Like I thought, couldn't Spalletti have done that?

1179
01:41:13,000 --> 01:41:17,000
But before that, he was the assistant manager at Napoli,

1180
01:41:17,000 --> 01:41:21,000
Caliari, Empoli, Sorrento, Alessandro Aperuja.

1181
01:41:21,000 --> 01:41:23,000
He has worked alongside Sarri,

1182
01:41:23,000 --> 01:41:27,000
and he worked at Napoli with Spalletti.

1183
01:41:27,000 --> 01:41:31,000
So what De Laurentis is doing is absolutely hilarious to me.

1184
01:41:31,000 --> 01:41:35,000
It's like, if you can't get Spalletti back, bring his assistant back.

1185
01:41:35,000 --> 01:41:38,000
At first it was just get someone who plays a 4-3-3,

1186
01:41:38,000 --> 01:41:40,000
because it's the same thing.

1187
01:41:40,000 --> 01:41:44,000
And then it was just bringing someone that's managed him before.

1188
01:41:44,000 --> 01:41:47,000
Now it's like, ah, maybe we should try harder,

1189
01:41:47,000 --> 01:41:49,000
and replicate Spalletti.

1190
01:41:49,000 --> 01:41:50,000
So he got his assistant.

1191
01:41:50,000 --> 01:41:52,000
If they don't beat Barca today,

1192
01:41:52,000 --> 01:41:54,000
I think Eid i Erbil will give him a call and tell him,

1193
01:41:54,000 --> 01:41:56,000
hey, can you shave your head?

1194
01:41:57,000 --> 01:42:01,000
No, but look, at least Caliari has had a lovely playing career.

1195
01:42:01,000 --> 01:42:03,000
He played for one season at Arezzo,

1196
01:42:03,000 --> 01:42:06,000
where he had featured three times and scored no goals.

1197
01:42:06,000 --> 01:42:08,000
Yeah, once in the Coppa Italia as well.

1198
01:42:08,000 --> 01:42:10,000
Respect, respect.

1199
01:42:10,000 --> 01:42:12,000
His manager career has been the assistant manager.

1200
01:42:12,000 --> 01:42:14,000
I know you said this already.

1201
01:42:14,000 --> 01:42:18,000
Perugia, the Sandria, Sorrento and Poli, now Poli Caliari.

1202
01:42:18,000 --> 01:42:21,000
Yeah, and with the Slovakian national team,

1203
01:42:21,000 --> 01:42:23,000
he has a 50% win rate.

1204
01:42:23,000 --> 01:42:27,000
He's managed 14 games, won seven, drawn four, and lost three.

1205
01:42:27,000 --> 01:42:29,000
Actually, to be honest, for Slovakia isn't bad.

1206
01:42:29,000 --> 01:42:32,000
I don't know the quality of opponent, but yeah.

1207
01:42:32,000 --> 01:42:35,000
Definitely not a long term hiring over here,

1208
01:42:35,000 --> 01:42:37,000
unless you find success and you have no choice, right?

1209
01:42:37,000 --> 01:42:38,000
Yeah, exactly.

1210
01:42:38,000 --> 01:42:42,000
Maybe though, when the Champions League.

1211
01:42:42,000 --> 01:42:47,000
It's definitely interesting with Barcelona happening so soon after,

1212
01:42:47,000 --> 01:42:50,000
but yes, that is pretty much what's happening at Napoli.

1213
01:42:50,000 --> 01:42:52,000
I'm very curious to see how they'll play.

1214
01:42:52,000 --> 01:42:54,000
Are they really going to move back to a 4-3-3?

1215
01:42:54,000 --> 01:42:57,000
Because Mazzari kind of had them playing a 3 at the back formation,

1216
01:42:57,000 --> 01:43:00,000
at least in games he would opt for that if not starting like that.

1217
01:43:00,000 --> 01:43:04,000
So the players must be so tired of this at the moment.

1218
01:43:04,000 --> 01:43:08,000
Napoli are in... Where are they? In ninth, okay?

1219
01:43:08,000 --> 01:43:10,000
Ninth to 36 points.

1220
01:43:10,000 --> 01:43:15,000
While Genoa are in 12th with 30 points.

1221
01:43:15,000 --> 01:43:19,000
Next game, Frosinone, Nyl, Roma, three.

1222
01:43:19,000 --> 01:43:23,000
Frosinone were coming off a 5-1 loss to Fiorentina,

1223
01:43:23,000 --> 01:43:26,000
whilst Roma were coming off a 4-2 home loss to Winter,

1224
01:43:26,000 --> 01:43:29,000
and a midweek 1-1 away draw to Feyenoord.

1225
01:43:29,000 --> 01:43:31,000
The previous encounter between these two sides

1226
01:43:31,000 --> 01:43:34,000
was a 2-0 home victory for Roma.

1227
01:43:34,000 --> 01:43:40,000
DiGiallo Rossi rested the Bala after Thursday's 1-1 Europa League playoff draw

1228
01:43:40,000 --> 01:43:43,000
away to Feyenoord, so Baldanzi got his first start

1229
01:43:43,000 --> 01:43:47,000
with Tami Abraham now being the only remaining absentee.

1230
01:43:47,000 --> 01:43:52,000
Surprisingly, or not, Zvilar was chosen ahead of Patricio in goal.

1231
01:43:52,000 --> 01:43:55,000
However, the Canarini had Romaniolli suspended,

1232
01:43:55,000 --> 01:43:59,000
plus Gaggiammus, Gaggiammit, Gaggiammit, Gaffaqit,

1233
01:43:59,000 --> 01:44:04,000
Zortea, Marquitza, Oyono, Bonifazi, and Luzvardi out injured.

1234
01:44:04,000 --> 01:44:06,000
They've had an injury crisis for a while.

1235
01:44:06,000 --> 01:44:11,000
It's probably because you know how Frosinone played their football

1236
01:44:11,000 --> 01:44:15,000
the same way the Japanese fought in World War II.

1237
01:44:15,000 --> 01:44:19,000
Turati in goal for Frosinone with a backline of Valeri,

1238
01:44:19,000 --> 01:44:22,000
Occholi, Monterisi, and Liralla.

1239
01:44:22,000 --> 01:44:25,000
Mats Italian-Brescianini in a double pivot with Gelli,

1240
01:44:25,000 --> 01:44:29,000
Reiner, and Sule playing behind Caio Giorgio.

1241
01:44:29,000 --> 01:44:33,000
There's a 4-2-3-1 formation for the Rossi's men with Zvilar in goal

1242
01:44:33,000 --> 01:44:37,000
and a backline of Christensen, Mancini, Oysin, and Angelino.

1243
01:44:37,000 --> 01:44:41,000
A double pivot of Cristante and Paredes with Baldanzi,

1244
01:44:41,000 --> 01:44:45,000
Azmoun, and Elsharaoui playing behind Lukaku.

1245
01:44:45,000 --> 01:44:49,000
In the 23rd minutes, Vilar pulled off a great save

1246
01:44:49,000 --> 01:44:52,000
to deny Sule's curling strike from distance.

1247
01:44:52,000 --> 01:44:56,000
It was quite similar to the save of the season, of Skorupski.

1248
01:44:56,000 --> 01:45:00,000
But he didn't need to stretch that much to get his finger,

1249
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:04,000
he managed to get an entire palm, you know, so it was a bit easier.

1250
01:45:04,000 --> 01:45:10,000
But no, fantastic save by the keeper stepping in to replace Rupa Trish.

1251
01:45:10,000 --> 01:45:13,000
30th minute, Frosinone had the ball on a plate

1252
01:45:13,000 --> 01:45:16,000
three times in a row inside of Roma's area.

1253
01:45:16,000 --> 01:45:19,000
First Vilar saved, then Mancini blocked,

1254
01:45:19,000 --> 01:45:23,000
and then Kyo George hit it just wide.

1255
01:45:23,000 --> 01:45:26,000
In the 38th minute, Oysin was like,

1256
01:45:26,000 --> 01:45:29,000
why are Frosinone absolutely demolishing us?

1257
01:45:29,000 --> 01:45:33,000
He collected the ball on the halfway line, skipped a pause, George,

1258
01:45:33,000 --> 01:45:37,000
charged forward through the middle, sent Matsuteli to church,

1259
01:45:37,000 --> 01:45:41,000
and curled the ball into the far corner from outside the area

1260
01:45:41,000 --> 01:45:44,000
and hit us with a sui during the celebration.

1261
01:45:44,000 --> 01:45:49,000
What a fucking screamer by the center back, amazing.

1262
01:45:49,000 --> 01:45:51,000
Everyone lost their minds.

1263
01:45:51,000 --> 01:45:55,000
It's one of those things you love to see a center back getting a goal like that.

1264
01:45:55,000 --> 01:45:59,000
Like I said earlier, he was linked with a move to Frosinone in January,

1265
01:45:59,000 --> 01:46:03,000
but he chose Roma and he showed Frosinone just what they missed out on.

1266
01:46:03,000 --> 01:46:07,000
In the 71st minute, Asmune made it two.

1267
01:46:07,000 --> 01:46:10,000
Christantes' crack from distance was saved by Toraati,

1268
01:46:10,000 --> 01:46:12,000
but fell to Asmune, who finished on the rebound.

1269
01:46:12,000 --> 01:46:15,000
Now, I don't think Asmune ever played for Frosinone.

1270
01:46:15,000 --> 01:46:16,000
I don't know, man.

1271
01:46:16,000 --> 01:46:18,000
So why is he apologizing for the goal?

1272
01:46:18,000 --> 01:46:21,000
I have no idea why he put his hands up, why he...

1273
01:46:21,000 --> 01:46:27,000
Maybe, maybe, maybe it was because Oysin had celebrated so obnoxiously.

1274
01:46:27,000 --> 01:46:30,000
He didn't really. The half-assed sui.

1275
01:46:30,000 --> 01:46:34,000
I honestly can't understand why he wouldn't celebrate.

1276
01:46:34,000 --> 01:46:36,000
It doesn't make any sense.

1277
01:46:36,000 --> 01:46:39,000
He has no affiliation with Frosinone.

1278
01:46:39,000 --> 01:46:40,000
Not at all.

1279
01:46:40,000 --> 01:46:43,000
It's just like, sorry, guys.

1280
01:46:43,000 --> 01:46:45,000
How sweet.

1281
01:46:45,000 --> 01:46:48,000
But with a nice guy. Now we know Asmune's one of the real ones.

1282
01:46:48,000 --> 01:46:51,000
Exactly. He doesn't celebrate against Frosinone.

1283
01:46:51,000 --> 01:46:52,000
He's never played for them.

1284
01:46:52,000 --> 01:46:54,000
Until you find out, I'll just say that in the 80th minute,

1285
01:46:54,000 --> 01:46:58,000
Paredes converted a penalty, sent Toraati the wrong way.

1286
01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:03,000
The penalty was won by Baldanzee's shot that struck the stray arm of Ocali.

1287
01:47:05,000 --> 01:47:07,000
Are you still looking?

1288
01:47:07,000 --> 01:47:09,000
Yeah. No, bro, he never played for them.

1289
01:47:09,000 --> 01:47:11,000
There you go. What the hell is going on?

1290
01:47:11,000 --> 01:47:15,000
I have no idea. He played for Rostov and Zenit and Leverkusen.

1291
01:47:15,000 --> 01:47:17,000
But never, never Frosinone.

1292
01:47:17,000 --> 01:47:19,000
Weird, man. Weird.

1293
01:47:19,000 --> 01:47:25,000
I feel like Frosinone has started the game off trying to expose the defensive vulnerabilities

1294
01:47:25,000 --> 01:47:29,000
that Roma are currently facing under the Rossi.

1295
01:47:29,000 --> 01:47:34,000
And I feel like had Roma not opened the scoring in the first half,

1296
01:47:34,000 --> 01:47:41,000
then it would have been quite a tough affair because Frosinone really set the tone

1297
01:47:41,000 --> 01:47:47,000
with consistent offensive football and they can stun a team.

1298
01:47:47,000 --> 01:47:52,000
But they, Roma did well to remain calm and weather the storm.

1299
01:47:52,000 --> 01:47:59,000
They got a hurrah goal and after that they really managed to showcase their dominance.

1300
01:47:59,000 --> 01:48:04,000
Frosinone, I'm not quite sure about their approach.

1301
01:48:04,000 --> 01:48:08,000
I love the fact that they play positive football and was working like a charm for them.

1302
01:48:08,000 --> 01:48:13,000
But in this day and age, lately as the season progressed, this is going to get them relegated, man,

1303
01:48:13,000 --> 01:48:20,000
because you can't continue with this approach because you've stopped scoring as many goals as you used to.

1304
01:48:20,000 --> 01:48:24,000
And if you do go out with this plan, you need to score three goals to win a game.

1305
01:48:24,000 --> 01:48:27,000
Like you're conceding at least two goals every game.

1306
01:48:27,000 --> 01:48:31,000
It's not working. There's something seriously broken about this system.

1307
01:48:31,000 --> 01:48:34,000
And they need a plan B, they need a different approach.

1308
01:48:34,000 --> 01:48:38,000
You can't just attack everyone, especially with the quality you have on your team.

1309
01:48:38,000 --> 01:48:39,000
You can't just attack everyone.

1310
01:48:39,000 --> 01:48:44,000
Listen to this. Frosinone lost seven out of their last nine matches.

1311
01:48:44,000 --> 01:48:47,000
But their last nine matches were against. Listen to this.

1312
01:48:47,000 --> 01:48:55,000
Juve, Lazio, Monza, Atalanta, Milan, Fiorentina, Roma.

1313
01:48:55,000 --> 01:48:57,000
Those are the seven games they lost.

1314
01:48:57,000 --> 01:49:00,000
They then drew to Helas Verana and they beat Calieri.

1315
01:49:00,000 --> 01:49:03,000
But those seven, give them a break.

1316
01:49:03,000 --> 01:49:07,000
You heard who I said, bro. All of them, all of them.

1317
01:49:07,000 --> 01:49:10,000
All of them except Inter.

1318
01:49:10,000 --> 01:49:15,000
And they have Juve up next.

1319
01:49:15,000 --> 01:49:20,000
But then this is going to be very telling.

1320
01:49:20,000 --> 01:49:23,000
Letcher and Saswalo back to back.

1321
01:49:23,000 --> 01:49:26,000
That's going to be telling for Frosinone.

1322
01:49:26,000 --> 01:49:28,000
You know, attacks of Swalo.

1323
01:49:28,000 --> 01:49:32,000
Attack Letcher, sure. I mean, Letcher are quite dangerous on the counter.

1324
01:49:32,000 --> 01:49:37,000
But you can't go out and attack this fucking Roma side from the get-go.

1325
01:49:37,000 --> 01:49:40,000
You know, I don't know. There's something wrong with the approach.

1326
01:49:40,000 --> 01:49:45,000
Yeah. I think Roma, they rotated quite well.

1327
01:49:45,000 --> 01:49:47,000
And this is what I'm talking about, dude.

1328
01:49:47,000 --> 01:49:49,000
This is exactly what I'm talking about.

1329
01:49:49,000 --> 01:49:51,000
They brought on Baldanzi and Azmoun.

1330
01:49:51,000 --> 01:49:54,000
You know what I mean? They kept Lukaku in there.

1331
01:49:54,000 --> 01:49:57,000
They kept Elsharawi in there. They kept Cristante, kept Paredes.

1332
01:49:57,000 --> 01:50:01,000
Subtle changes in order to remain sharp.

1333
01:50:01,000 --> 01:50:06,000
Even in a game like this, sure. Same as Inter to that degree.

1334
01:50:06,000 --> 01:50:08,000
But I don't think there's too much to go into.

1335
01:50:08,000 --> 01:50:11,000
A team like Roma, a team like Frosinone, three goals to it.

1336
01:50:11,000 --> 01:50:16,000
No way. A stellar performance by Roma.

1337
01:50:16,000 --> 01:50:19,000
Daroski continues to impress, as we said in the intro.

1338
01:50:19,000 --> 01:50:23,000
We discussed last week if his performance,

1339
01:50:23,000 --> 01:50:30,000
if Roma's performance against Inter warranted failure on Daroski's behalf.

1340
01:50:30,000 --> 01:50:33,000
I said, yes, he failed to get anything out of the game.

1341
01:50:33,000 --> 01:50:36,000
So it's a failure. You said, no, it's a success.

1342
01:50:36,000 --> 01:50:40,000
He passed the first test because he gave Inter such a run for their money

1343
01:50:40,000 --> 01:50:42,000
and the conditions that there were.

1344
01:50:42,000 --> 01:50:48,000
If that was up for debate, the rest of his tenure has not been up for debate

1345
01:50:48,000 --> 01:50:51,000
because even in the European fixture he got a draw.

1346
01:50:51,000 --> 01:50:54,000
And the away match against quite a formidable opponent.

1347
01:50:54,000 --> 01:50:56,000
So far, so good for Daroski.

1348
01:50:56,000 --> 01:51:01,000
Absolutely. What a start for him. I wouldn't have expected this at all.

1349
01:51:01,000 --> 01:51:04,000
Roma are in sixth on 41 points.

1350
01:51:04,000 --> 01:51:07,000
There's still four points behind fifth-placed Bologna.

1351
01:51:07,000 --> 01:51:09,000
They can't get there very much.

1352
01:51:09,000 --> 01:51:13,000
Frosinone in 15th on 23 points.

1353
01:51:13,000 --> 01:51:16,000
Just three points ahead of Saswal on 18th.

1354
01:51:16,000 --> 01:51:22,000
MPolitec on Fiorentina in the Tuscan Derby and actually held them 1-1.

1355
01:51:22,000 --> 01:51:24,000
They lined up with Kaprile Engol.

1356
01:51:24,000 --> 01:51:30,000
It was a 3-4-2-1 formation with Izmaili, Valukovic and Loperto at the back.

1357
01:51:30,000 --> 01:51:35,000
Giozzi on the right, Kakarce on the left with Grasian Male in the middle.

1358
01:51:35,000 --> 01:51:43,000
Zorkovski and Kambiagi playing behind Alberto Czerri, who is not related to Juven X-Genz Czerri.

1359
01:51:43,000 --> 01:51:47,000
For Fiorentina, it was a 4-2-3-1 formation with Teral Cano and Goul.

1360
01:51:47,000 --> 01:51:51,000
Biraghi on the left, Faroni on the right, who both experienced injuries this game.

1361
01:51:51,000 --> 01:51:56,000
Milenkovic and Martina Squart as a centre-back partnership with Duncan and Mandragora in a double pivot.

1362
01:51:56,000 --> 01:52:01,000
Nico Gonzalez on the right, Ricardo Sotel on the left and Lucas Beltran playing behind.

1363
01:52:01,000 --> 01:52:02,000
Ilegalo Bellotti.

1364
01:52:02,000 --> 01:52:04,000
And Zolaas somewhere crying.

1365
01:52:04,000 --> 01:52:06,000
And Zolaas underwater right now.

1366
01:52:06,000 --> 01:52:18,000
So, Empoli extended their unbeaten streak in Serie A on the survival specialist Davide Nikola to a club record 5 games.

1367
01:52:18,000 --> 01:52:20,000
So that's how the season is going.

1368
01:52:20,000 --> 01:52:22,000
It started terribly.

1369
01:52:22,000 --> 01:52:25,000
They had one goal in how many games, remember that?

1370
01:52:25,000 --> 01:52:28,000
But now they're making history with Davide Nikola.

1371
01:52:28,000 --> 01:52:30,000
Truly a special man.

1372
01:52:30,000 --> 01:52:34,000
I would love to be in a room with him to see what his aura is about.

1373
01:52:34,000 --> 01:52:37,000
Because he changes teams by stepping into that dressing room.

1374
01:52:37,000 --> 01:52:40,000
I might fucking get promoted two days after speaking to him.

1375
01:52:40,000 --> 01:52:43,000
Granted it seems to be short-lived.

1376
01:52:43,000 --> 01:52:47,000
Maybe his effect isn't long-lasting.

1377
01:52:47,000 --> 01:52:49,000
Yeah, the good season, the season after.

1378
01:52:49,000 --> 01:52:50,000
That's all there in Italina.

1379
01:52:50,000 --> 01:52:51,000
Yeah, the decent season.

1380
01:52:51,000 --> 01:52:53,000
But he always gets sacked, you know.

1381
01:52:53,000 --> 01:52:54,000
He always gets sacked after.

1382
01:52:54,000 --> 01:52:56,000
Sometimes even twice.

1383
01:52:56,000 --> 01:52:57,000
Exactly.

1384
01:52:57,000 --> 01:53:01,000
Bro, what's this jazz he got a yellow card in the first minute?

1385
01:53:01,000 --> 01:53:03,000
That's a fantastic question, bro.

1386
01:53:03,000 --> 01:53:06,000
He got that yellow card in the first minute.

1387
01:53:06,000 --> 01:53:09,000
A robust tackle, brother.

1388
01:53:09,000 --> 01:53:13,000
Okay, it was a very hard tackle.

1389
01:53:13,000 --> 01:53:16,000
It was a very aggressive game from the get-go as well.

1390
01:53:16,000 --> 01:53:19,000
I mean, Birag in Faroni and Grassy all got injured

1391
01:53:19,000 --> 01:53:21,000
and they were opening half-hour in this game.

1392
01:53:21,000 --> 01:53:23,000
They were kicking the shit out of each other.

1393
01:53:23,000 --> 01:53:25,000
It was like a loose cannon, bro, out there.

1394
01:53:25,000 --> 01:53:30,000
The 29th minute Mandragaura's precise pass set up Lucas Beltran

1395
01:53:30,000 --> 01:53:34,000
and he went low into the opposite corner, giving quarantine out the lead.

1396
01:53:34,000 --> 01:53:36,000
He literally squeezed the 10-man.

1397
01:53:36,000 --> 01:53:37,000
He squeezed the 10-man.

1398
01:53:37,000 --> 01:53:38,000
Yeah, literally.

1399
01:53:38,000 --> 01:53:39,000
From a tough angle, man.

1400
01:53:39,000 --> 01:53:40,000
From a tough angle.

1401
01:53:40,000 --> 01:53:41,000
Very good goal.

1402
01:53:41,000 --> 01:53:44,000
After half-time, Empoli displayed renewed vigor,

1403
01:53:44,000 --> 01:53:47,000
missing a chance to level early in the second period

1404
01:53:47,000 --> 01:53:49,000
when Contrilieri fired wide.

1405
01:53:49,000 --> 01:53:52,000
On the third, Empoli seized an opportunity to equalize

1406
01:53:52,000 --> 01:53:55,000
when Faroni fouled Contrilieri in the box.

1407
01:53:55,000 --> 01:53:58,000
Contrilieri, man, is the most chaotic player in the league.

1408
01:53:58,000 --> 01:54:00,000
He'll get the ball, he'll charge, and charge, and charge,

1409
01:54:00,000 --> 01:54:04,000
and you never know if he's going to turn, if he's going to pass, if he's going to shoot.

1410
01:54:04,000 --> 01:54:08,000
But his industry is second to none and he is the type of player

1411
01:54:08,000 --> 01:54:12,000
I think a coach would love to have because he leaves everything on the pitch.

1412
01:54:12,000 --> 01:54:14,000
And that was the same point, by the way.

1413
01:54:14,000 --> 01:54:17,000
I know I'm going to deter a little bit over here,

1414
01:54:17,000 --> 01:54:20,000
but this is the point I wanted to make about Gvara Tskeli as well.

1415
01:54:20,000 --> 01:54:23,000
It's true, off the pitch there's a little bit of controversy around him

1416
01:54:23,000 --> 01:54:27,000
because his agent talks a lot and he's open to leaving.

1417
01:54:27,000 --> 01:54:30,000
He's open to leaving publicly and all that, but on the pitch,

1418
01:54:30,000 --> 01:54:36,000
he's never disinterested, he's never pedestrian.

1419
01:54:36,000 --> 01:54:40,000
He's always involved, he's always calling for, he acts like the guy.

1420
01:54:40,000 --> 01:54:46,000
But anyway, Contrilieri has the same philosophy and approach to football.

1421
01:54:46,000 --> 01:54:49,000
So yes, Contrilieri was fouled in the box,

1422
01:54:49,000 --> 01:54:52,000
which means that new boy, Mbaian Young,

1423
01:54:52,000 --> 01:54:55,000
could step up and show us if that first penalty was a fluke or not.

1424
01:54:55,000 --> 01:55:00,000
And boy, was it not a fluke because this penalty was just as tasty as the first one.

1425
01:55:00,000 --> 01:55:03,000
He is a specialist man at penalties, wow.

1426
01:55:03,000 --> 01:55:06,000
He used to be at Milan at the time, Balotelli was there,

1427
01:55:06,000 --> 01:55:10,000
and Balotelli used to take a similar penalty, similar style of penalty,

1428
01:55:10,000 --> 01:55:14,000
so I wonder if he learned that from him because Balotelli was his big bro, remember, at the time.

1429
01:55:14,000 --> 01:55:17,000
Balotelli was his big bro and Balotelli also had a 100%

1430
01:55:17,000 --> 01:55:22,000
he had maintained a 100% record from the spot which I believe got screwed up at Milan.

1431
01:55:22,000 --> 01:55:26,000
I had it on video, remember?

1432
01:55:26,000 --> 01:55:31,000
No, I was like, he never misses, he never misses, and Tori goes,

1433
01:55:31,000 --> 01:55:34,000
he will miss and then he'll miss when I screamed on the video cut.

1434
01:55:34,000 --> 01:55:36,000
Yes, that's crazy.

1435
01:55:36,000 --> 01:55:41,000
Yeah, so I'm sure he learned a thing or two from Super Mario over there.

1436
01:55:41,000 --> 01:55:42,000
And Pauline?

1437
01:55:42,000 --> 01:55:47,000
He probably learned what not to do from Mario and maybe his personal life.

1438
01:55:47,000 --> 01:55:52,000
Remember when he crashed and said he was Trauer?

1439
01:55:52,000 --> 01:55:54,000
Did he too?

1440
01:55:54,000 --> 01:55:59,000
Yes, he crashed, he was in a car crashing young, and the police came up to him

1441
01:55:59,000 --> 01:56:03,000
and they asked for his identity and he said that he was Trauer,

1442
01:56:03,000 --> 01:56:06,000
Trauer was playing with Milan at the time, the Balotelli.

1443
01:56:06,000 --> 01:56:13,000
Can you imagine, bro, you get an axe and I'm Zach, I'm far.

1444
01:56:13,000 --> 01:56:18,000
I haven't done that before.

1445
01:56:18,000 --> 01:56:22,000
Empoli anyway, fueled by the equalizer, pressed forward,

1446
01:56:22,000 --> 01:56:25,000
Razvan Marin tested Taraciano from a distance.

1447
01:56:25,000 --> 01:56:31,000
Despite Empoli's efforts, they couldn't find the second goal.

1448
01:56:31,000 --> 01:56:39,000
Fiorentina held for a draw, preventing their first run of four straight series away defeats since November 2021.

1449
01:56:39,000 --> 01:56:47,000
Wow, what a milestone for Italiano's men not getting their fourth away loss in a row.

1450
01:56:47,000 --> 01:56:50,000
Really, really massive congratulations to Fiorentina.

1451
01:56:50,000 --> 01:56:56,000
I would say that everyone was upset after this game because Empoli didn't really jump,

1452
01:56:56,000 --> 01:57:03,000
didn't really clear the relegation pool and Fiorentina dropped a little bit further away from that European spot.

1453
01:57:03,000 --> 01:57:09,000
Hard for though, Empoli are tough not to crack nowadays, they can really absorb.

1454
01:57:09,000 --> 01:57:13,000
Fiorentina were all over them the first half but they remained organized, they remained compact

1455
01:57:13,000 --> 01:57:17,000
and then by the end of the game, I think Empoli had the better chances than Fiorentina did.

1456
01:57:17,000 --> 01:57:19,000
So they can grow into games.

1457
01:57:19,000 --> 01:57:23,000
How crazy is it that one man can do that?

1458
01:57:23,000 --> 01:57:29,000
Now I know he comes in with his coaching staff and all of that, but one man, bro, one man.

1459
01:57:29,000 --> 01:57:37,000
From the Empoli we saw the opening seven games, I believe six games, seven games, they hadn't scored a single goal yet.

1460
01:57:37,000 --> 01:57:43,000
Incom's a fucking miracle worker, Davide Nicola, snaps his fingers and they're holding Fiorentina,

1461
01:57:43,000 --> 01:57:49,000
they're holding Juventus, they're beating anyone that's around their level.

1462
01:57:49,000 --> 01:57:53,000
Amazing, amazing stuff man by Empoli, they're really, really impressing me.

1463
01:57:53,000 --> 01:58:01,000
And I'm really happy Joseph Minala told us what he told us because we got some insight on Davide Nicola.

1464
01:58:01,000 --> 01:58:05,000
Because I didn't know that before we spoke to him, I didn't know that he was the type.

1465
01:58:05,000 --> 01:58:06,000
You want to reiterate this for…

1466
01:58:06,000 --> 01:58:10,000
Yes, we've mentioned this of course, regular listeners will know this but Joseph Minala,

1467
01:58:10,000 --> 01:58:17,000
the former Lazio man who we interviewed on our podcast, basically told us that Davide Nicola,

1468
01:58:17,000 --> 01:58:21,000
who he was playing for at the bar at the time, yes.

1469
01:58:21,000 --> 01:58:26,000
He's the type of manager who comes in and even though Joseph Minala was on loan at the time

1470
01:58:26,000 --> 01:58:30,000
and didn't really have a career at bar, he didn't really have a long term future at bar,

1471
01:58:30,000 --> 01:58:34,000
Nicola made him want to die for him.

1472
01:58:34,000 --> 01:58:38,000
He said he makes football, Joseph Minala said and I quote, about life.

1473
01:58:38,000 --> 01:58:41,000
He makes football about life so I'm curious to see what his approach is.

1474
01:58:41,000 --> 01:58:46,000
I'm honestly going to read more about Nicola because he does, he's honestly a miracle worker

1475
01:58:46,000 --> 01:58:52,000
and he's done it twice and you can't take a team from dead loss to a miracle survival twice in a row by Comis.

1476
01:58:52,000 --> 01:58:55,000
He's the one at Crotone and one with Salerno Tannamann.

1477
01:58:55,000 --> 01:58:58,000
He must have some real vigor about him.

1478
01:58:58,000 --> 01:59:06,000
We also mentioned that he lost a son, Davide Nicola, which obviously…

1479
01:59:06,000 --> 01:59:12,000
not to say that a dreadful experience like that would give him an asset in a locker room.

1480
01:59:12,000 --> 01:59:22,000
But tragedy occasionally brings groups of people together and using a devastating anecdote

1481
01:59:22,000 --> 01:59:29,000
such as that to really get your players to feel a certain way, to feel that emotion and to go out there

1482
01:59:29,000 --> 01:59:32,000
and say like, yes, this is a matter of life and death.

1483
01:59:32,000 --> 01:59:37,000
You know what I mean? That's what he can do. He's a fucking miracle worker, man.

1484
01:59:37,000 --> 01:59:46,000
Yeah, honestly, respect to him and disappointing stuff for Fiorentina as I struggle to open the table.

1485
01:59:46,000 --> 01:59:48,000
Yes, we're going over two hours in this one, guys.

1486
01:59:48,000 --> 01:59:50,000
It's okay, it's a treat for you guys.

1487
01:59:50,000 --> 01:59:57,000
Fiorentina are in seventh with 38 points while Ampollia are down in sixteenth with 22 points, two points clear of relegation.

1488
01:59:57,000 --> 01:59:58,000
Yes.

1489
01:59:58,000 --> 02:00:01,000
Torino to Lecce nil.

1490
02:00:01,000 --> 02:00:08,000
Torino were coming off a 1-1 away draw to Sasuolo while Lecce were coming off a 4-nil loss to Bologna.

1491
02:00:08,000 --> 02:00:14,000
The previous encounter was an away victory for Torino with the score of 1-nil.

1492
02:00:14,000 --> 02:00:24,000
The Granada were eager to reboot after back-to-back stalemates but had Thames suspended with Bonjorno, Rodriguez and Schurz injured

1493
02:00:24,000 --> 02:00:27,000
so into an emergency situation in defense.

1494
02:00:27,000 --> 02:00:30,000
Torino, don't you worry, we know all about that.

1495
02:00:30,000 --> 02:00:36,000
Gendry returned from his ban for Lecce but La Megbanda was out.

1496
02:00:36,000 --> 02:00:45,000
It was a 3-4-1-2 formation for Eurydice Men with Vania and Gola and a backline of Masina, Lovato and Gigi.

1497
02:00:45,000 --> 02:00:52,000
Bellanova on the right, Lazaro on the left and a double pivot of Illich and Ricci with Vlasic just ahead of them.

1498
02:00:52,000 --> 02:00:56,000
Zapata and Pellegri starting up front.

1499
02:00:56,000 --> 02:01:03,000
4-3-3 for Lecce with Falcone and Gola and a backline of Gendry, Pongratric, Basquirozzo and Dorgo.

1500
02:01:03,000 --> 02:01:11,000
Raffia, Blyn and Dramadani formed the midfield tree with Anq vist on the right, Udan on the left and Piccoli up front.

1501
02:01:11,000 --> 02:01:18,000
Now in the 13th minute Masina had to clear the ball off the line after Vania Milinkovic's savage spilt a corner kick

1502
02:01:18,000 --> 02:01:23,000
which led to a Piccoli attempt on a characteristically error by the big Serb.

1503
02:01:23,000 --> 02:01:32,000
In the 49th minute Bellanova got his first goal ever for Torino with a low thunder strike into the bottom corner from the edge of the area.

1504
02:01:32,000 --> 02:01:38,000
This guy just every time I see him he impresses me. It's much before his time at Torino that we noticed his talent.

1505
02:01:38,000 --> 02:01:45,000
He charges forward so effectively he dribbles like a winger and turns out he has that shot in his locker as well.

1506
02:01:45,000 --> 02:01:48,000
And he's quite a tough motherfucker as well.

1507
02:01:48,000 --> 02:01:57,000
In the 17th minute Pongratric got his second yellow card of the evening following a missed time challenge on Ritchie, reducing Lecce to 10 men

1508
02:01:57,000 --> 02:02:05,000
and one minute later Falconer was forced into pulling off a super save to the Nysa Nabria header from point blank range.

1509
02:02:05,000 --> 02:02:14,000
In the 18th minute Voivodas corner was headed in by Duvan to make it to Nel and seal the victory for Torino.

1510
02:02:14,000 --> 02:02:20,000
Finally Torino who struggled to win games, struggled to get goals, they always look so solid as a team.

1511
02:02:20,000 --> 02:02:23,000
We know that a Euro-rich team is going to look good.

1512
02:02:23,000 --> 02:02:38,000
But struggling to get wins they got two draws against Sasvalo and Salernetana, which are obviously two teams they should have beaten but good to see them get the ball over the line now.

1513
02:02:38,000 --> 02:02:48,000
Yes, absolutely. I still think that it's gone a little bit stale but they are in the running for a European spot and they can push for a conference league spot right up there.

1514
02:02:48,000 --> 02:02:53,000
They're on 36 points, that seventh spot is occupied by Fiorentina at the moment with 38 points.

1515
02:02:53,000 --> 02:02:55,000
So they're right there, they're still in the running.

1516
02:02:55,000 --> 02:03:03,000
Let's see if they manage to consistently see games out until the end of the season because it's definitely not a problem of defence.

1517
02:03:03,000 --> 02:03:14,000
They started off the season with a terrible defence of display against Milan and they recovered after that and they became tighter and tighter and tighter but the goals always struggled to come.

1518
02:03:14,000 --> 02:03:27,000
Now Duvan Zapata has found some form, he's been in a revelation over there and Raul Bellanova as well by the way, I'm sure Spalletti is watching him very closely because this season is special for him.

1519
02:03:27,000 --> 02:03:35,000
Di Lorenzo has been slack a lacking recently alongside all of his teammates.

1520
02:03:35,000 --> 02:03:44,000
Calabria, he's good but he's not an Italy starter and they don't like him.

1521
02:03:44,000 --> 02:03:46,000
He never gets called up.

1522
02:03:46,000 --> 02:03:58,000
Bellanova might be this new right back for Spalletti's men, he might just be it for Italy.

1523
02:03:58,000 --> 02:04:01,000
Give him some time because he's still young.

1524
02:04:01,000 --> 02:04:03,000
33 years old, still young.

1525
02:04:03,000 --> 02:04:09,000
For me, he can start some games from now.

1526
02:04:09,000 --> 02:04:14,000
It depends on how he would cope in a four at the back because we always see him in a...

1527
02:04:14,000 --> 02:04:17,000
He's open to a three at the back.

1528
02:04:17,000 --> 02:04:25,000
If he does that he would have Di Marco on one side and Bellanova on the other potentially.

1529
02:04:25,000 --> 02:04:31,000
Even Di Lorenzo, he's good but Bellanova, when it comes to...

1530
02:04:31,000 --> 02:04:38,000
The way he charges forward is exceptional, it's very good.

1531
02:04:38,000 --> 02:04:40,000
He's got a good stride about him.

1532
02:04:40,000 --> 02:04:47,000
Honestly, I often call players horses, but don't take anything away when I call people horses because I mean it.

1533
02:04:47,000 --> 02:04:49,000
The guy is a horse.

1534
02:04:49,000 --> 02:04:51,000
He's a horse.

1535
02:04:51,000 --> 02:05:01,000
I remember following him at the Premavera and he was supposed to post videos of himself on Instagram making these runs as a 16 year old.

1536
02:05:01,000 --> 02:05:06,000
I always used to look at my pictures of Kylini's dick.

1537
02:05:06,000 --> 02:05:11,000
I always thought to myself, this kid is promising, he's a good player.

1538
02:05:11,000 --> 02:05:19,000
But then eventually when he went off to the French League, I was like, ah, it's a shame that he's taken this trajectory.

1539
02:05:19,000 --> 02:05:23,000
Then he came back to Italy, I don't know who it was with, Calieri, I think.

1540
02:05:23,000 --> 02:05:29,000
Then Inter right after and now he's at Torino and this is his best season by far.

1541
02:05:29,000 --> 02:05:35,000
But nice to see that he's learning, you know, when you move around and you spend some time at Inter, you learn from good players.

1542
02:05:35,000 --> 02:05:37,000
Absolutely.

1543
02:05:37,000 --> 02:05:44,000
And to be honest, this season Inter could have really utilized him because Don Fris has fallen out of favor.

1544
02:05:44,000 --> 02:05:51,000
Darmian is great for the way that he's utilized, but Bellanova to me, his ceiling is high.

1545
02:05:51,000 --> 02:05:53,000
His ceiling is very high.

1546
02:05:53,000 --> 02:05:57,000
So yes, that's enough about Bellanova.

1547
02:05:57,000 --> 02:06:00,000
That's enough about this game, I believe.

1548
02:06:00,000 --> 02:06:05,000
To be completely fair to Lecce, who are quite...

1549
02:06:05,000 --> 02:06:14,000
It's hard to put a finger on Lecce because they are part of the conversation for relegation, but sometimes they don't look like they're part of the conversation at all.

1550
02:06:14,000 --> 02:06:17,000
They were many people's favorites coming into the season for relegation.

1551
02:06:17,000 --> 02:06:22,000
Many people were saying, Lecce haven't strengthened at all, their team looks weird.

1552
02:06:22,000 --> 02:06:24,000
Lecce and them play for relegation.

1553
02:06:24,000 --> 02:06:33,000
They've done well so far and I think that I wouldn't write them off as a relegated team this season.

1554
02:06:33,000 --> 02:06:37,000
No, I wouldn't write them off, but they're part of the conversation.

1555
02:06:37,000 --> 02:06:38,000
Yes, absolutely.

1556
02:06:38,000 --> 02:06:45,000
Anyone from 13th downwards or from literally lecture downwards, everyone's in the conversation.

1557
02:06:45,000 --> 02:06:53,000
To be honest, technically even Jereannou and Monsar are in the conversation because if they lose every single game left, they're relegated.

1558
02:06:53,000 --> 02:06:57,000
33 points, it's happened before the teams have been relegated.

1559
02:06:57,000 --> 02:06:59,000
Look at them, Poli, they're one season.

1560
02:06:59,000 --> 02:07:02,000
But obviously, 13th downwards is...

1561
02:07:02,000 --> 02:07:06,000
I would say 13th downwards, they all have a solid, solid transfer relegation.

1562
02:07:06,000 --> 02:07:08,000
It's a toss up between them.

1563
02:07:08,000 --> 02:07:14,000
Torino sit in 10th place on 36 points, level with Napoli.

1564
02:07:14,000 --> 02:07:16,000
They both have a game in hand.

1565
02:07:16,000 --> 02:07:24,000
Whilst Lecce sit in 13th place on 24 points, just 4 points ahead of Sasvala on 18th.

1566
02:07:24,000 --> 02:07:26,000
Up next.

1567
02:07:40,000 --> 02:07:44,000
Of course, we're talking about Kalyari, the island boys, the Sardinians.

1568
02:07:44,000 --> 02:07:48,000
They're on Udineza away from home and they drew 1-1.

1569
02:07:48,000 --> 02:07:50,000
The island boys!

1570
02:07:50,000 --> 02:08:00,000
For the island boys, it was Skoufet in goal in their 4-4-1-1 formation without Jell on the left, Zapp on the right, Dossana and Mina as the centre-back partnership.

1571
02:08:00,000 --> 02:08:06,000
Jakub Jankto was out on the left, Zito Lovumbo out on the right with Deola and Makumbu in the middle.

1572
02:08:06,000 --> 02:08:12,000
Lapadurra was the soul striker with Gianluca Gaitano playing behind them on loan from Napoli.

1573
02:08:12,000 --> 02:08:24,000
For Udineza, it was a 3-5-1-1 formation with Akoyo in goal, Niuen Pérez, Udranetti and Christensen at the back with Ezebue on the right and Zemmoura on the left.

1574
02:08:24,000 --> 02:08:30,000
Lovrec, Wallace and Samardzic were in the middle with Florian Thuvan playing behind Lorenzo Luka.

1575
02:08:30,000 --> 02:08:41,000
Udineza with just one home victory this season quickly pleased their fans as Udjord and Zemmoura ended an 18th match goal drought with an exquisite curling strike,

1576
02:08:41,000 --> 02:08:45,000
giving the hosts an early lead. This was a magnificent goal.

1577
02:08:45,000 --> 02:08:47,000
It was a very good goal, yes.

1578
02:08:47,000 --> 02:08:49,000
In front of their flans.

1579
02:08:49,000 --> 02:08:53,000
Bro, flans. I don't know why I'm saying flans.

1580
02:08:53,000 --> 02:09:05,000
Despite Udineza's dominance, Lorenzo Luka's shocking miss in the 30th minute, heading just wide with no defenders nearby, proved to be costly for them.

1581
02:09:05,000 --> 02:09:13,000
Kaliari capitalized on this reprieve just before halftime with on loan Napoli player Gaitano confidently heading home.

1582
02:09:13,000 --> 02:09:18,000
Augello's cross. And this was a fantastic header. I didn't think that Gaitano had this in his skill set.

1583
02:09:18,000 --> 02:09:25,000
I thought he was more of a player who thrived with the ball at his feet, but he beat a man in the air comfortably.

1584
02:09:25,000 --> 02:09:33,000
He attacked the box well like he inserted himself perfectly. Good header there by Gaitano to score 2-2 with a lone spell so far.

1585
02:09:33,000 --> 02:09:41,000
Entering the second half, Kaliari, known for a lack of goals on the road, aimed to increase their attacking threat.

1586
02:09:41,000 --> 02:09:49,000
Labadoula's fierce effort at the crossbar early on while Udineza felt aggrieved when a potential handball by Zappa went unnoticed by the referee.

1587
02:09:49,000 --> 02:09:53,000
That was quite a controversial moment over there.

1588
02:09:53,000 --> 02:10:00,000
In the 74th minute, Samar Zik's powerful strike narrowly missed the target, concluding the goal-mouth action.

1589
02:10:00,000 --> 02:10:06,000
I think this game went down to Lorenzo Lucca being a little bit too wasteful.

1590
02:10:06,000 --> 02:10:13,000
In my opinion, Lorenzo Lucca's strengths are actually not what many people would think that they are.

1591
02:10:13,000 --> 02:10:20,000
Many people would think, ah, a 6 foot 7 strike must be great in the air. I think he could be much better in the air.

1592
02:10:20,000 --> 02:10:29,000
I think he's still far from the final product. I think for his size he should be much better, much more dominant when it comes to aerial duels, especially scoring headers.

1593
02:10:29,000 --> 02:10:32,000
He's very good with the ball at his feet, much better.

1594
02:10:32,000 --> 02:10:41,000
At one point, though, a cross did come in and I do think he had time to take it down, but he went for a volley on a stronger foot, but he failed to hit the target.

1595
02:10:41,000 --> 02:10:48,000
These moments come because, this is his first season in Serie A as the main man for a team.

1596
02:10:48,000 --> 02:10:55,000
It's going quite well overall, but you will get these games out of a player in his first season as the prolific goal-scorer.

1597
02:10:55,000 --> 02:11:06,000
That's it, he was thrown into the deep end. He's starting week in, week out for Odeneze and Serie A, which is naturally great for his career, but he's still figuring it out.

1598
02:11:06,000 --> 02:11:10,000
Odeneze are still figuring it out as well.

1599
02:11:10,000 --> 02:11:19,000
Absolutely, man. Jordan Zamora got his first goal in Serie A, the man from Zimbabwe. Very happy for him. He looked pleased with that.

1600
02:11:19,000 --> 02:11:24,000
Nice to see another goal. I don't think we've seen a Zimbabwe score this season.

1601
02:11:24,000 --> 02:11:28,000
Definitely not this season.

1602
02:11:28,000 --> 02:11:30,000
Nice to see that.

1603
02:11:30,000 --> 02:11:34,000
I want to highlight Yeri Mina. Great performance.

1604
02:11:34,000 --> 02:11:39,000
His first good performance, let's be real, this season, because he's looked shaky so far.

1605
02:11:39,000 --> 02:11:44,000
But that's why it's important to highlight him, because he's had a bit of a breakthrough.

1606
02:11:44,000 --> 02:11:47,000
He had a lot of dicks tackle, he loved it at the end.

1607
02:11:47,000 --> 02:11:54,000
One of them was incredible, he got up in fist bump deer, he loved it. He's a showman.

1608
02:11:54,000 --> 02:11:59,000
He scored the penalty for fearing it and he broke into a little dance.

1609
02:11:59,000 --> 02:12:02,000
I rolled my eyes so hard.

1610
02:12:02,000 --> 02:12:05,000
Lapadoula stepped up and took a free kick. I found that funny.

1611
02:12:05,000 --> 02:12:09,000
That's true. I never expected Lapadoula to be on free kick duty.

1612
02:12:09,000 --> 02:12:11,000
Right.

1613
02:12:11,000 --> 02:12:18,000
When it came to who deserved to win this game, I would say Udinezah slightly deserved it.

1614
02:12:18,000 --> 02:12:23,000
But they didn't take their chances, so I guess in the end a draw is a fair result.

1615
02:12:23,000 --> 02:12:27,000
Calieri would be the more disappointed side.

1616
02:12:27,000 --> 02:12:31,000
They currently are in 19th with 19 points.

1617
02:12:31,000 --> 02:12:34,000
Just one mere point from safety.

1618
02:12:34,000 --> 02:12:39,000
While Udinezah are up in 14th with 23 points. It's tight, tight, tight at the bottom.

1619
02:12:39,000 --> 02:12:41,000
Yes.

1620
02:12:41,000 --> 02:12:45,000
That's it for this episode. I don't think we'll have anything else to add.

1621
02:12:45,000 --> 02:12:50,000
It was a bit longer than usual because Milan went through a tough time this week.

1622
02:12:50,000 --> 02:12:54,000
Sorry, we spent a little bit too long speaking about Milan.

1623
02:12:54,000 --> 02:12:57,000
But you know what, man? My show.

1624
02:12:57,000 --> 02:13:00,000
We often say that. Who's our boss? No one.

1625
02:13:00,000 --> 02:13:02,000
Exactly.

1626
02:13:02,000 --> 02:13:04,000
Wanted to speak about Milan, man. So we'll talk about Milan.

1627
02:13:04,000 --> 02:13:07,000
Look at the patrons come to me and they're like, we don't like the Milan content.

1628
02:13:07,000 --> 02:13:09,000
Milan content gone.

1629
02:13:09,000 --> 02:13:11,000
Yep. Well, let's relax.

1630
02:13:11,000 --> 02:13:13,000
It'll never be gone.

1631
02:13:13,000 --> 02:13:16,000
But yeah, we hope you guys enjoyed it.

1632
02:13:16,000 --> 02:13:20,000
Some good talking points here. Some smashing goals, Marianne.

1633
02:13:20,000 --> 02:13:23,000
We'll see you all next week.

1634
02:13:23,000 --> 02:13:26,000
This is something we should say. We're going to Salerno, bro.

1635
02:13:26,000 --> 02:13:28,000
To watch Salerno and Natana.

1636
02:13:28,000 --> 02:13:31,000
Yes, we're off the book. That's going to be fucking crazy.

1637
02:13:31,000 --> 02:13:34,000
Because you don't like saying you're doing things before it's confirmed.

1638
02:13:34,000 --> 02:13:39,000
That's a thing about you. Yes, I don't like saying I'm going to do things till I do them.

1639
02:13:39,000 --> 02:13:45,000
That's a fucking weird thing. I have real dreams moving silent like lasagna.

1640
02:13:45,000 --> 02:13:51,000
Yeah, there you go. Are we lasagna? We've been lasagna.

1641
02:13:51,000 --> 02:13:55,000
Thank you for listening and we will see you all next week.

1642
02:13:55,000 --> 02:13:57,000
Goodbye, guys.

1643
02:13:58,000 --> 02:14:01,000
This is Serie A Spotlight.

1644
02:14:01,000 --> 02:14:08,000
If you like Serie A or have ever liked it in the past, it's a good opportunity for you to listen once a week and you'll get filled in.

1645
02:14:08,000 --> 02:14:10,000
In the football weekend, that's like the main dish.

1646
02:14:10,000 --> 02:14:15,000
But then a few days later, you drop your episode and that's like the dessert.

1647
02:14:15,000 --> 02:14:18,000
And the dessert is just perfect. It's good, okay?

1648
02:14:18,000 --> 02:14:23,000
It makes it feel like we're all sitting in a room together, just be assing with each other.

1649
02:14:23,000 --> 02:14:26,000
The atmosphere is fantastic.

1650
02:14:26,000 --> 02:14:30,000
I promise nobody will ask you to send boob pics.

1651
02:14:30,000 --> 02:14:33,000
Some times it may be good, some times it may be shit.

1652
02:14:33,000 --> 02:14:40,000
I love how you go into so much detail and show so much passion towards each and every team.

1653
02:14:40,000 --> 02:14:44,000
Literally, no team is left undiscussed.

1654
02:14:44,000 --> 02:14:48,000
When I listen to you, it's like I'm talking to you in a pub.

1655
02:14:48,000 --> 02:15:01,000
It's like I'm chatting to a friend and you're chatting to me.