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Here's Tova, runners in the middle.

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Oh my word!

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Hassan Kamara, take a bow.

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I mean if you're gonna score your first set of alcohol, then it might as well be like that.

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Sure it is like a melody and welcome back to another episode of Seria Spotlight.

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This is episode 116 and we are hosts Matt and Jake here to talk to you guys about matchday 27.

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Welcome back bro.

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Thank you very much.

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Did you have a lovely birthday? Did you enjoy it?

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I had a very lucky birthday. Yes, I mean on the day I was pretty much working and then I just went out for a few beers after I think a one hour and a half session playing table tennis.

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So it was okay in that sense, it was good and then the weekend is where the magic happened, right?

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You go out with day drinking, you go to the spa, get a nice massage, like get all oiled up and use the indoor pool, the Jacuzzi, the sauna.

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So quite a lucky birthday. How are you feeling? You're sick as fuck, no?

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I'm sick, yes man. I've been inside for two days. I've had feverish nights.

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But yeah, I'm here. I'm here and I'm ready to go and I've done my prep and I'm ready bro.

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My guy, I mean how could you not do your prep if you're at home all day instead of at work?

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I know right? You better do your prep.

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Of course, the problem is trying to stay awake while doing it.

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Did you hear the episode with Alan?

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Not all of it. So it's three hours long, right? Which is fantastic because I'm sure it's great content.

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I've managed to listen to half of it. I have to extend my thanks to Alan obviously for stepping in even on short notice.

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And I thought he was brilliant.

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He was great.

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I thought he was excellent.

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Very level headed speaker.

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Well done Alan. We'll do it again for sure. Even a segment with Jake, myself and yourself would be super happy to have you on again.

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And to be honest, we extend the invite to the rest of our Patreon list because they're all so well versed about the game.

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It'll be great to have their insight on the pod.

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So all of our Patrons from Alan down to Ed, of course, it's Alan, Andrew and the Anthony Tim, Campbell, Sluge, Mcnudel, Lena, David, Kyle, Luca, Mathias, Mint, Michael, Tonna and Ed.

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Thank you very much for your support.

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And yeah, hopefully we can have you all on eventually.

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Yeah, thank you.

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Homies and home et because we do have one home et who we love.

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When it comes to the goal of the week, we've decided.

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So firstly, not that many goals this week.

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I don't think there was a single game where a team scored three goals.

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It's all if you look at the scores to one, one, one.

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Roma popped off as they have been.

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Yeah, of course, of course.

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And that's my game. I should know that.

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And Roma's almost guaranteed three plus goals a game at the moment, especially with how the ball is playing.

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The ball has scored a great goal.

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A free kick. That's his fourth goal this week, bro.

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Juana had a lovely Tira Jira with his left into the top corner. Amazing goal. Amazing.

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Carboni had Andrea.

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assisted by Valentin.

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Yes, it was a carbon squared.

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Carbon are Ferguson had a great volley from outside the area against Atlanta.

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But when there's an overhead kick, especially scored in the manner in which Kamara scored it.

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Brilliant goal.

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Even the ball is coming behind him like that.

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It was a pitch of a ball from Thuvan, by the way, what a fantastic game.

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But the technique on the bicycle kick to get his first goal in Serie A was stupendous.

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Yes, amazing. Amazing still.

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Not my favorite overhead kick we've seen in Serie A.

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I recently thought about that Lea over head kick, the one where he seemed to be falling to the ground.

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And he extended like I believe it was against Lazio.

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I can't quite remember if it was Lazio though.

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But yeah, that was a funny one.

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He was falling on his ass and he was bicycle kicks it into the back of the net.

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He sacrificed a year of goals for that one.

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But there's also European competitions as you know guys.

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Now obviously we're recording this episode on a Wednesday.

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So we know what happened yesterday, but we don't know what's going to happen tonight.

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And we don't know what's going to happen on Thursday, naturally.

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So yesterday Lazio unfortunately fumbled it and lost 3-0 against Bayern Munich.

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So that victory was very short lived and it's been somewhat of a devastating week for Lazio.

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Today currently there is Sporting Lisbon against Atalanta, which is currently tied at 1-1 at half time.

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I believe Skamakka just equalized after some shambolic defending, but he did super well.

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Tomorrow there's Roma Brighton and I think Brighton Roma rather, I think Brighton are home.

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Yes, Brighton are home in the first leg.

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There's Milan Slavia Prague tomorrow and then next week the second leg of the Champions League as well with interfacing off against Atletico Madrid.

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Yeah, there's also tomorrow there's...

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Yes, Napoli Barca next week and tomorrow there's also Maccabi Haifa against Fiorentina.

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Yes, Maccabi Haifa, we watch them live against the mighty Hamrun Spartans.

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Because they had to go through the playoffs for the conference league and that involved the game against the multi-steam Hamrun Spartans.

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And Maccabi Haifa looked pretty good to be honest compared to Hamrun.

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So first Hamrun were doing decently and then Maccabi Haifa fans decided to throw flares onto the pitch.

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And then Hamrun fans decided to get a little bit nasty with their chance and the game was suspended for one hour and 15 minutes.

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That we were spending just waiting there, working the next day, your colleague kept bringing us beers.

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So I got absolutely demolished like my head was spinning during the game.

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So that was an experience.

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It was. Fiorentina should have done one in the bag of course.

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But you know, we're two nice guys trying to grow this podcast.

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So you'll be doing something really cool.

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It's just 3.99 a month. You could find the link in our Instagram bio and we will be very grateful.

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And on that note, we can jump straight to the rundown, bro.

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Yes, sir. We'll start things off with Inter's 2-1 victory over Genoa,

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which saw Inter extend their lead to 15 points over Juventus at the top of the table.

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Controversial call for Inter's penalty there, which ended up subsequently winning them the game.

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Napoli 2-1 was perhaps quite a shock when you consider that Napoli have recently been through a terrible spell of form

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and just recently changed coaches, but they did enough over there to beat Juventus-1.

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They were simply just more effective.

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Lazio-Nil Milan 1 in a very chaotic game, a very rough game,

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which saw three red cards for Lazio, two of them, which were caused by Christian Pulisic,

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who did a fantastic job to get those players riling everyone up.

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And this was the first time our cover photo featured a referee.

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So congratulations, DeBello, for our fellow League of Legends players.

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That's a take on Twisted Fate, the champion over there.

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So yeah, keep going, please.

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Very cool, bro. Twisted Fate of League of Legends.

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Wow. Atalanta-1, Bologna-2 in what was one of the many very crucial fixtures

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we had over here. Atalanta and Bologna are directly competing for that fourth spot

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and subsequently Champions League, that is Atalanta's second loss this week

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after losing 4-0 to Inter earlier.

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They're down six points and as a result of that, significantly down in the table.

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Monsa-1, Roma-4, not even kidding.

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Roma are insane at the moment.

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And to think this is the Monsa side that beat Milan 4 goals to 2

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and DeBello with another goal and another assist.

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That's his fourth goal this week after he scored a hat-trick earlier this week on Monday.

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Pardon me. Verona-1, Sasvolo-0.

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This is a terrible period for Sasvolo.

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They now find themselves in 19th place.

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They're between their third manager in the past three games, I believe.

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A bit of an identity crisis, hopefully some continuity will see them improve.

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And they've lost Barardi, which is the worst part of the tour.

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Pantelto-2025, bro, which is absolutely...

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He's a terrible man.

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Yeah, this was, as you guys know, a relegation six-pointer

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and the following are all relegation six-pointers.

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There's Empolli-nil-calieri-1, a shock defeat for Empolli.

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They were on three wins and three draws under their new management.

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However, Calieri have managed to stop the David.

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Nicola-train, Udinese-1, Salernetana-1, Salernetana-1

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open the scoring through a fire strike.

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And then Udinese equalized through an even more fire strike.

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Frozinone-1, Lecce-1.

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These are all mental relegation six-pointers, bro.

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Frozinone-1, Lecce-1, Frozinone-1,

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potentially with the chances they had.

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They could have won this game, but Lecce did enough.

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And then the final game.

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We always leave a good nil-nil to the end, right?

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This is an entire relegation six-pointer.

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Anything of the sort, but it's Torino-nil, Fiorentina-nil.

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Which featured a lovely exchange between Yuric and Italiano,

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which we were here to.

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So wholesome, right?

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So wholesome.

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Yuric just seems like such a nice guy, doesn't he?

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Yeah, yeah, gentle.

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He's never been caught cussing out the owners of the club by their...

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He's just an overall chill dude.

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A nice guy, you know?

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He's never been caught spying in a tree.

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No, no.

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He's a sister-touch.

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That's fucking hilarious, bro.

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Spying, yeah.

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But let's start off, bro.

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Inter-2, Genoa-1.

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Inter were coming off three-four nil victories in a row.

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One against Salernitana, one against Lecce,

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and the last midweek one against Atalanta.

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Genoa were coming off two nil-win over Odinesia,

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and the previous encounter was the last time that Inter dropped points.

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Which was last December, Genoa-1, Inter-1.

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That's the last time that Inter dropped points in Serie A.

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Inter have now won all 12 of their Serie A matches played in 2024.

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They were extra pumped naturally as Juve had lost to Napoli the night before,

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so they looked to increase their lead at the top to 15.

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Genoa, impressively, had lost only one of their last 11 Serie A matches, bro.

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Yeah, they've been on a good run, man.

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Yeah, and they have a great team, great manager,

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but impressive stuff nonetheless for a newly promoted team.

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Bastoni was suspended, with Cialanooglu and Quadrado injured.

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Turam and Acerbi were only fit for the bench.

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Genoa at full flow, however, Madenovsky was on the bench.

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3-5-2 for Inter, Summer and Gold,

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backline of Augusto, Devry and Pavard.

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They mark out on the left, Dumfries out on the right,

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on the midfield three of you-guested Barella,

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actually you didn't guess it, Barella, Aslani and Miquetarian.

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As I mentioned earlier, Cialanooglu is injured,

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with Sanchez and Martinez up front, the Esbros.

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Speaking of Eses, it was Martinez in goal for Genoa

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in also a 3-5-2 formation, the Winter, Bani and Vasquez at the back,

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Sabelli on the right, Martin on the left,

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and a midfield three of Messias, Badel and Frenjup,

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Goodminton and Retegui starting up front together.

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Now Genoa started the game off by getting the better chances,

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actually they started very aggressively,

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and they almost opened the scoring.

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After Summer brilliantly denied Retegui's header,

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and Goodminton did not react in time to back the rebound,

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that was a scare for Inter that could have changed

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the entire outcome of the game had they gotten a goal so early.

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However in the 30th minute, it was Aslani that opened the scoring for Inter,

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it was a brilliant and direct passage of play by Inter,

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almost trademark at this point,

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which ended with Aslani smashing his finish into the roof of the net

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after a good through pass by Sanchez,

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that is Aslani's first goal for Inter.

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And what a way to take it man, very good goal.

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Brilliant finish, and it seemed like he was a little bit nervous before,

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there was one time in particular where he fumbled,

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controlling the ball and he gave away another corner,

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he didn't seem on top of his game, by the way he took that goal,

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maybe I'm fucking up because it seemed like a very confident finish.

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Absolutely, absolutely, and two replacements managed to score the important goals this game,

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Aslani and Sanchez with the penalty of course,

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when Lautaro can't, Sanchez can't.

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Exactly, and that's exactly what we're getting into now,

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six minutes later in the 36th minute,

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a penalty was awarded to Inter and converted by Sanchez.

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Referee Iroldi shockingly pointed to the spot after

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Frendrup slid in and tripped Barella after the Italian had taken his shot.

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and after doing so he stuck to his on-field decision.

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certain angles even show that Frendrup made contact with the ball

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after colliding with Barella.

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The score was absolutely bizarre, even the commentator couldn't believe it.

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Sanchez stepped up and sent Martinez the wrong way,

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scoring his first Serie A goal in two years.

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I'll just finish the play-by-play and we'll jump straight into that as a talking point.

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54th minute Vasquez got one back, quite impressively,

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actually a goal of the weekend, I would say.

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For Genoa it was Devrae's header that was cleared only as far as Vasquez,

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who struck a first-time volley from the edge of the area into the bottom corner.

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Brilliant goal by the man who has started every single game for Genoa this season.

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Let's jump straight into the penalty.

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What did you think, first and foremost?

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I thought it was a really controversial man, to be honest with you.

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I think this week saw two controversial calls as well with the whole Milan Lazio one as well.

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But this one just didn't strike me to be a penalty man.

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What was the official... Have we got a verdict?

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Has the referee already spoken about it since?

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I don't know if the referee has spoken about it since,

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but what I saw is that VAR have showed data from the end,

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they explored all angles and it does showcase that, not that it matters,

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but it got a touch to the ball. To me it doesn't even fucking matter if it got a touch to the ball.

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That is, bro. You know when I say FIFA bullshit, when we're playing FIFA,

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you shoot, I slide, and then fucking three seconds later,

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four seconds later after the keeper saved the target, it went out, whatever,

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your player trips over, mine and the referee blows and gives a penalty,

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and I say that's FIFA bullshit, and they've since patched it,

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because it doesn't even happen in the game anymore.

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It's such bullshit that they've patched it.

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That is exactly how Inter got their penalty.

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Now to make matters worse, they got the ball.

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Now what is bizarre to me is that the referee instantly awarded a penalty, the genius.

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And then VAR got more, they're like, whoa, whoa, whoa, have a look at this, have a look, G.

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He goes, he looks, he looks for one minute and a half, and he sticks to his decision.

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I found it absolutely bizarre, and I'm not one of those to jump on the bandwagon of Marotta League or whatever,

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but this one was bullshit, man. This one to me, in my opinion, some nerds can come out,

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I know the rules better than me and tell me that I'm wrong, but to me, this should never, absolutely, never be a penalty.

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Yes, I agree, and it did kind of tarnish the game a little bit, because Genoma were playing really well,

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and they actually managed to score to get back into it, so that would have been an equalizer, of course, without the penalty.

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But it's just statistically, man, Inter just head on shoulders above the rest,

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and usually when you have a team that attacks so much, you're bound to get many calls for penalties.

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You remember Milan and the Scudetto winning season, how many penalties they were awarded, everyone saying,

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Milan keep getting these penalties, that's because they were bombarding the box, bombarding constantly.

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I get that, I get that.

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So they're bound to get a few decisions in their favor, you know, when it comes to this stuff.

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I just, you know, as we always scream for continuity, consistency, transparency, it would be nice to hear why they thought this was a penalty.

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I'm going to hit you with a kind of counterproductive, what about, ism, because if that's a penalty,

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Tati Castellanios should have been given a penalty against Milan, when Mike, when there was a defensive clusterfuck,

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Mike cleared the ball, and after he cleared the ball, he clattered Castellanios.

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Now the argument is that he got the ball over there, but so did he, but whatever.

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Yeah, honestly, I don't even know what to say.

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Yeah, for me, they're both soft, they both shouldn't be.

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Yeah, I agree.

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Jumping on to another point away from the controversy, and this was Simone Enzaghi's 300th Serie A match with yet another victory,

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marking his 179th win in the league.

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Where would you rank him with the best managers in the world at the moment?

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One of the best, absolutely, at the moment for me.

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When you look at managers who don't get the players and the personnel that they want, he is one of the most successful.

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Because it was really smart by Inter to bring him in, to be honest, because I was thinking about this last time,

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and how well Marotta can run a football club.

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And the league, I'm joking.

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You're joking.

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Yeah, so he was at Lazio, Simone Enzaghi, a team which every season would get progressively worse,

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maybe not worse, but it definitely wouldn't get stronger.

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So he didn't really have the backing of the chairman or the owner and lotito, right?

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Marotta knew the situation at Inter.

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He knows the financial situation, of course, that they're not able to splash and to upgrade every single position,

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and the fact that they're going to be losing stars.

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Marotta is the type of player who can bring in good replacements on a budget, if even on a budget,

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because he brings most of these players in for free.

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And Enzaghi has always been the type to manage to get the best out of the players that he has.

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He showed that at Lazio.

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He managed to win Coppa Italia trophies with players who you would never think could win this trophy.

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Jordan Lukaku.

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There we go, Jordan Lukaku playing as the left wing back.

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So yeah, I think it was very smart to bring him in, and I think he's impressed.

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He's created his own brand, the 352 formation.

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This is what I was telling Alan in the last episode.

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It's very different to Contest 3 at the back system.

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Contest is more of a 3-4-3.

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This has a kind of its own spin on it.

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It's offensive, it's solid at the back.

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The defenders kind of act as playmakers.

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The midfielders can drop deep and play as 6s, or when they get the ball they will become 10s.

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It's crazy, and the versatility of this team.

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Inter are a super offensive team that never seem to be caught out on a counter.

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How the fuck is that even possible?

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The way they position themselves as a team, they're always in the right place at the right time.

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You see that the right players are hanging back when they're attacking,

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the right players are hanging forward while they're defending,

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and the thing is, it's so well rehearsed, it's like clockwork.

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Even that classic kind of...

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They have a great passage of play that they could do round the wings with those 1-2s with the Marco,

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and then the Marco overlaps and whips in a dirty ball.

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And these that they do through the middle focused around Barella,

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it's genius, and the way Lautaro comes back to help out,

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clockwork is the best way I can describe the way that Inter play.

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One more note on this game is that despite how good Inter are,

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Genoa were not scared of them in this game.

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Genoa went out fearless, they were bombarding Inter with pressure,

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and they almost had success.

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Had that penalty not been given, had in some parallel universe,

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Retegui scored that header, or Goodminton got the rebound in,

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it could have been a very different game.

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And in the second half after Genoa scored, they were looking for that equalizer, bro.

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They were hungry for it.

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Yeah, because they've got a nice cushion from the relegation side for now.

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So they do afford to kind of go forward and give Inter all they can.

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I'm a bit disappointed I didn't get anything out of this game,

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but it seems like Julladino seems to know something about Nzageta,

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maybe the other coaches might not,

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because even as you said the last time Inter dropped points was against Julladino,

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and they got very close over here to doing it again.

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So Kudos to Genoa, Kudos to Julladino for having such an organized side as well.

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Well, the teams that they struggled against are Genoa, Julladino's Genoa, and Bologna.

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So Motano's Inter, because he's played almost the majority of his career at Inter,

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and Julladino obviously may be from spying in trees and listening to their tactics.

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Inter obviously first 72 points in 27 matches, he's a ridiculous man.

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They are on course to beat you as record, and I believe the 2014-2015 season,

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correct me if I'm wrong, Gevortek, I believe they can't lose another game.

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If they lose another game, then they will have to beat you.

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Alan said he did the match. I trust him, I'm sure he did.

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I'm definitely not doing the match, the match is not my forte.

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But yes, apparently they can only lose one game.

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Now, will they manage to do that? Probably not, they're in the Champions League,

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they've got a comfortable cushion and say...

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Bro, but they only lost one.

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Yes, but now's the time to rest players to save some of their stars for the Champions League.

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I think they can do it, bro, to be honest.

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Is it likely? No, but is having 69 goals scored?

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No, but they weren't in the knockout round yet, they weren't in the knockout stages of the biggest tournament.

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But they had their injuries, they had a massive defensive crisis, and now they have Sanchez scoring,

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they've got Arnautovic scoring, they've got Aslani scoring, they've got Fraterzi scoring.

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Sure, sure. However, remember that now even the easy games are going to become tougher and tougher

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because these sides are all facing relegation threats.

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It is obviously less... it's more of a possibility that they don't, than they do.

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But they can, is my point. They are fucking capable.

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Do you think they will?

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I don't think they will, because like you're saying, and also I just never back a team to go undefeated ever,

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especially in the latter stages of the season, you play Caliari and it's harder than playing Fiorentina

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at the latter stages of the season.

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Absolutely.

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So, I don't think so, but I'm not ruling it out.

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Yeah, I just, you know, I envision injuries happening, of course, the season is long, this is crunch time,

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I imagine that a few players will falter for them.

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They're going to get a European heavyweight if they get past Atletico, which I assume they will.

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And they'll have to start, you know, resting a few of these guys.

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And if you go into a game against, for example, I don't know, Hellas Varona at the moment,

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and you start the game, resting Barella, Lautaro, and Bastauni, for example, you know, you risk dropping points over there.

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And I highly doubt they give a fuck about this record, to be honest right now.

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They have a chance to win the league and to win a cup as well in the Champions League.

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That would be a massive season for them.

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So, I'm sure that's what the prioritise right now.

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Absolutely.

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So, Inter first 15 points ahead, not truly.

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On the other hand, I'm blanking out Genoa, right, and 12th on 33 points.

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Now, this is a nice little mid-table battle.

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There's Genoa and 12th, Monza on 11th.

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Do remember that Monza are the most successful debut team in Serie A, their first season since promotion,

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actually their first season ever, but this stat is a Serie B team that goes up to Serie A.

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They had the most success.

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Who knows, maybe Genoa will want to take that crown off them.

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They are just three points behind them, and just four points behind Torino and Tent, so it's possible.

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Yeah, two very exciting teams over there.

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As long as they're not playing against Inter, Monza.

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So, yeah, Napoli played against Juventus at the Maradona, the previous encounter,

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so Juve beating them 1-0.

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This happened in December, and Gatti had scored the second half winner to refresh your memory a little bit.

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This went a little bit differently as Napoli got all three points over here.

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They had Meretti and Gould.

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It was a 4-3-3 back to the Spalletti days for Calzona, right?

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That's definitely the vibe around Napoli right now.

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And you also got a yellow card in this game, so definitely mimicking Spalletti over here.

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So, De Lorenzo was out on the right, and Mattias Oliveira was out on the left with Rahmani,

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and Juan Jesus is a centre-back partnership with the midfield three of Anguissa Lobotka and Hamad Trauery.

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That's right, Trauery was playing in midfield.

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Interesting tinkering by Colantuano.

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Yeah, anything not to play.

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Sorry, not Colantuano, Calzona.

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My god, yeah.

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Anything not to play Ziellinsky at the moment, every single manager that I've had avoided Ziellinsky like the plague.

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Yeah, I guess he's probably acting like he's got one foot out the door.

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That must be the case because he's a very talented player, you know, you'd want to play him.

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He's ridiculous.

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Paulitano started out wide.

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Gavaratskeli on the other side with Victor Ozimen up front for Juve.

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It was a 3-5-2 formation with Cesnien Gould, Sandro Bremer and Rugani at the back

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with Cambiazo on the right and Dilling Jr. on the left.

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Miretti, Locatelli and Alcaraz were in the middle with Vlaovic and Keza up front.

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Of course, Juve are suffering quite a few injuries.

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They've got Deschilio out, they've got Keen out, McKenney, Perin and Rabio all injured, of course.

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This is excluding Fajoli and Pogba who have both been banned.

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And players like Keza and Danilo aren't even at 100%.

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Yeah, and for Napolika, you stand in Gonj.

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Yeah, had muscle injuries.

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Paul started in the 10th minute when Vlaovic missed an unmarked header wide of the post

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following a lovely cross by Keza.

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Juve would go on to get three yellow cards before the 30th minute.

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Crazy.

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And then Vlaovic, Bremer and Cambiazo definitely a heated affair over there with Napoli bringing it to Juventus.

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De Lorenzo, Volidheim after being found in space and Samuel Lilling Jr's effort was saved by Miretti.

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Lilling Jr went over to fire from a promising position but he failed to hit the target.

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Vlaovic chipped Meret brilliantly and hit the post after being played by Keza.

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Yet again, Keza must have been really raging at his teammate.

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He's constantly squandering the chances he was putting him in.

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Gvardskelia managed to score a fantastic goal with Avoli at the near post

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and this came in the 42nd minute just before half time

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and his celebration was absolutely brilliant as he went for a knee slide and then got up saying

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I'm staying right here, I'm the guy, I'm staying here really embracing the role of a leader

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while Viktor Ozim and on the other hand really seems to not, it's not like he's not performing well, you know.

440
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He's had a great start since coming back from Afgorn.

441
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,000
This was the first game where he seemed to struggle.

442
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,000
Absolutely, but Gvardskelia really shows that he's here for...

443
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:21,000
For not the long run but definitely for longer than Ozim and who kind of has one foot out the door already.

444
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:25,000
Maybe Gvara's agent was on to something when he said what he said.

445
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:29,000
I won't repeat it because Ozim and will have a stroke I think.

446
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:34,000
Yeah, Vlaovic could have had the first half, Hatry came as very good opportunities in the first half

447
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:38,000
and in the second half the team would be the same as Meret and Vlaovic

448
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,000
to open the second half by missing chances.

449
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:48,000
Eventually in the 81st minute Federico Chiesa scored a lovely sniper-storing parity for Juventus in the final 10 minutes.

450
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:54,000
He was found well by Alcaraz but to be honest he really had to kind of get his Robocop on

451
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:59,000
and pull off a Vlaovic-esque finish from an awkward angle.

452
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:03,000
A Vlaovic-esque finish of the previous games, not of this one of course.

453
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:10,000
Now, Allegri brought on 18 year old Joseph Nonghe.

454
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:17,000
A bit of a strange decision to bring on an 18 year old in the Maradona and such a heated affair

455
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:22,000
and this player went on to foul Ozim and in the area conceding a penalty.

456
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:28,000
Victor Ozim stepped up to take the penalty. He's not very good at them, let's be honest.

457
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:33,000
He won Laotaro two of the best strikers in the league but they can't hit penalties to save their lives.

458
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:38,000
He missed it, it was saved brilliantly by Chesny who's a specialist.

459
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:43,000
The Juventus defenders should know that Chesny is a specialist and they shouldn't be flat footed.

460
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,000
They were flat footed however. And Raspadoe reacted the quickest to score the rebound

461
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,000
securing Nopolis 2-1 victory.

462
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:54,000
At the end of the game, Rogani skied a golden opportunity in the 91st.

463
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:59,000
They have become a late Euro again but that would prove to be enough and that was the game.

464
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:05,000
Bro, I thought Juve played some decent football and I thought that they created way more than Nopolis did.

465
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,000
The difference is that they didn't take their chances, right?

466
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:14,000
I think when it comes to, if we could see Juve's game plan coming into this game

467
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:19,000
and whether or not it was executed, more than likely was executed.

468
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,000
It's just they didn't take their chances.

469
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:26,000
Had they taken their chances, had Vladovic even taken one of the chances he had in the first half.

470
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,000
It would have been a completely, completely different game.

471
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:35,000
I have to say though that Nopolis, as much as you know,

472
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:40,000
Juve are always going to give you time on the ball and they're always going to invite you to attack.

473
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:45,000
I just think that a little bit of that spunk for Nopolis is back.

474
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:52,000
Too early to tell whether or not this calzone a guy is going to improve this team

475
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:57,000
because one victory, be it over Juve or not, is not enough of a case study to tell.

476
00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:01,000
But I do think that Nopolis had a good game over here as well.

477
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,000
The mood, I think he's improved more than anything else.

478
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:10,000
I think the fact that they have a manager who was around when they won the league

479
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:15,000
just brings them good vibes, that's a good feeling for them.

480
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:20,000
Maybe they think that this guy knows what their beautiful style is all about

481
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,000
and he can let them play with a little bit more freedom offensively.

482
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:28,000
It was with them up until 8-9 months ago, last season.

483
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:32,000
You say the good old days like it was fucking 1992.

484
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,000
But it seems like it was 1992, because that was three managers ago.

485
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,000
They come to think of it, you know, Rudi Garcia and Mazzari were there.

486
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:44,000
And this was a time when the mood was much, much, much better, practically alien.

487
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:50,000
We've seen, Gvara this game looked happier than I've seen him in a while.

488
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:55,000
He's a player who wears his heart on his sleeve, so you can really tell

489
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:59,000
how he's kind of feeling through his football as well.

490
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:04,000
He had a good game this game and he led Nopolis to a well-deserved victory.

491
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:09,000
I still think that the game isn't really flawless.

492
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:13,000
They've got a few holes in the back, you've managed to split them open time and time again.

493
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:17,000
It was only because if Lavish was having an off day, that Nopolis didn't struggle this game.

494
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,000
Because they could have gone the other way completely.

495
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,000
I would say the improvements that I have seen in Nopolis

496
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:27,000
is simply on the offensive end of the spectrum.

497
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:31,000
Obviously, again, this case study isn't enough, but going forward

498
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:35,000
it would seem more threatening than they did over the past two managers.

499
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,000
Let's put it that way.

500
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,000
What do you think about Allegri subbing Nongue?

501
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,000
I don't know how to pronounce his name, but what do you think about it?

502
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,000
He's 18 years old, he brought him on at a very difficult time.

503
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,000
He gave away a penalty and he subbed him off.

504
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,000
He had done the same to Fajrole, if you remember.

505
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:57,000
I mean, Napoli often get gifted these weird moves by the opposing manager.

506
00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:01,000
When Milan brought on Pellegrino against Napoli,

507
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,000
and Napoli went on to humiliate him twice, I believe.

508
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,000
No, I thought it was a strange move.

509
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:14,000
I'm just looking at their bench to see if they had better options.

510
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,000
They definitely did, yeah.

511
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:20,000
And they did. Caviglia being one of them, for example.

512
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000
He's young, but he's played at least.

513
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,000
Yeah, exactly.

514
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:28,000
To me, it's a devastating decision.

515
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:33,000
A similar one to me, but the Terraciano one for Milan.

516
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:37,000
It's obviously not the stage in which you bring on an 18-year-old.

517
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,000
Think of how they've introduced Yildiz to the fray.

518
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,000
That's how you start a young guy off.

519
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:49,000
I just hope to God he doesn't get alienated from the team because of that.

520
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:56,000
Because we've seen Terraciano, for example, no one even having a look at him anymore.

521
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,000
If they gave away that penalty to Pellegrino,

522
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:03,000
maybe he should be sent out on loan to Salernetana, but he was.

523
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:09,000
I just hope that they'll start to introduce him in a friendly way,

524
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:14,000
in a way that he can flourish, and not tossing him in when the stakes are high

525
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,000
and he gets humiliated trying to defend against Victor Ossim.

526
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,000
He's fucking 18. He hasn't even dreamt of playing against Victor Ossim yet.

527
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:31,000
It was a weird move by Al Legri, and then to take him out was this typical old school Italian management right there.

528
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,000
But yeah, bro.

529
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:39,000
Also, I don't know if you have a take on why Ossimen and Lautaro are such deadly strikers,

530
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,000
and they seem to be able to score from anywhere apart from the spot.

531
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,000
I do have a take on that.

532
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:51,000
And to be honest, I think my take is correct in that sense.

533
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:56,000
Strikers are typically beasts reactionally.

534
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:04,000
You cross them the ball, or they find half an inch,

535
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:08,000
and in the moment they react correctly.

536
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,000
Typically, they wouldn't even be thinking.

537
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:15,000
They're just acting out of pure. The word is actually stillness.

538
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:19,000
The flow state, instinctive.

539
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:25,000
Now, strikers, typically they also have a cool head.

540
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,000
They pick a spot, they make a decision.

541
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:33,000
But then you give them time to think on the penalty spot with the mind games that come into play as well.

542
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:38,000
It's not an instinctive scenario, which is where they typically tend to thrive.

543
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:44,000
The goal is that Ossimen scores. He's typically tossing himself somewhere in the area,

544
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:51,000
being an agile beast. Lautaro, on the other hand, taking shots from outside the area,

545
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:56,000
linking up well with his teammates being put on a plate, so on and so forth.

546
00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:01,000
So penalties, and then you see some of the Higuain, for example.

547
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,000
He got better at penalties to the latter stages of his career,

548
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:08,000
and he was jet for that penalties before. He's such an instinctive striker.

549
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:13,000
That's a very good point, man. Maybe too much time to think, as simple as that.

550
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:19,000
Literally. I was remembering, because I obviously have Ossimen on Fanta, right?

551
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:24,000
And the second he stepped up, we saw that he was taking the penalty,

552
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:30,000
I did not celebrate for a second, because I'm like, he's obviously going to miss it.

553
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:34,000
Because he's missed them multiple times, and he's up against Shizn.

554
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:40,000
I'm like, fuck this, he's going to get me a 2.5, and obviously, without hesitation, he missed it.

555
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,000
Yeah, bring back the coconut video, right?

556
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,000
Be careful with that.

557
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:50,000
I think Napoli Adnud better be careful.

558
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:58,000
You are second with 57 points. As Milan have caught up to them, there are only a point behind,

559
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,000
and Bologna, and Roma, and Atalanta, everyone just keeps flying at the moment.

560
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:05,000
Atalanta have hit a bit of a slump, but the others are coming closer.

561
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:10,000
You even need to be careful. They need to put this February past them.

562
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:18,000
They've lost 3 out of their last 6. They've only won 1 out of their last 6.

563
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,000
They've drawn 2, they've lost 3, and they've won 1.

564
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:26,000
The only teams that have won their last 6 are Inter and Bologna.

565
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:36,000
That's Napoli in 7th as well with 43 points, slowly climbing back to a Champions League contention spot.

566
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:39,000
Of course, the 5th place is up for grabs with the coefficient.

567
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,000
Yeah, maybe.

568
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,000
It should be the case. Italy had a nice advantage.

569
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,000
We'll just see how Fiorentina do against Maccabi Haifa.

570
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:51,000
There's meant to be free coefficient points.

571
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:57,000
I'll see how Napoli do against Barça. But I think the main threat was Germany.

572
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:02,000
Unfortunately, the Bayern Munich beat Lazio.

573
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,000
Which is what it is. It was always going to be the case.

574
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:09,000
If you're a listener who knows where we can actually see the coefficient,

575
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:14,000
if there's a website or something live coefficient, I would love to know about it.

576
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,000
So please do send it over if you know something.

577
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:21,000
Shit, we should have really mentioned the new Champions League structure.

578
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,000
That is going to take place as of next year.

579
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:27,000
We'll do that next time on some other episode.

580
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,000
Maybe do a bit of an explainer of how this is going to go down.

581
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,000
Talk me of God when I was playing a Tham recently.

582
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,000
I suddenly qualified for the Champions League.

583
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:40,000
I opened the bloody fixtures and I see this massive league table with like 40 teams.

584
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:44,000
Let's not discuss it, but 3-1 yes or no.

585
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,000
Yes being we like it, no being we don't like it.

586
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:49,000
We don't discuss.

587
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:53,000
Okay, overall right?

588
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,000
3-1 yes.

589
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,000
Okay, cool. For another time don't worry about it.

590
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,000
Lazio Nyl, I really want to talk about it.

591
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,000
Lazio Nyl Milan 1.

592
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,000
I've been waiting to discuss this one.

593
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:12,000
Because honestly, this is a game of football I enjoy to watch.

594
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:17,000
For those of you that just tuned in like we're live or something.

595
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:21,000
There were 3 red cards for Lazio in this game.

596
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:27,000
2 of them okay, they came very late on in the game, but there were 3 red cards which is devastating for Lazio considering

597
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:33,000
they just started fighting for top 4 again and now they've got 3 players missing for the Routiners again, but whatever.

598
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:37,000
Lazio were coming off 2-1 loss to Fiorentina.

599
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:47,000
Whilst Milan were coming off a 1-1 draw to Atalanta, the previous encounter was a 2-0 victory for Milan and maybe were a lay-out squad that over head-kick.

600
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:54,000
This game took place on Friday night as Lazio had to prepare for a Tuesday's Champions League trip to Bayern Munich.

601
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:58,000
They had Patrick Androvella injured but Zakanje returned to the starting 11.

602
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:05,000
Jovic was still suspended for Milan after being an absolute do-do head against Monza with Pobega injured

603
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:11,000
and Reinders rested after becoming a father last night.

604
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,000
Congratulations Tiani!

605
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,000
Congrats!

606
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,000
You don't seem too chuffed for him bro, what's the matter?

607
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000
You should pass more man!

608
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:34,000
Brilliant, congratulations Tiani, Reinders and Mrs Reinders or maybe she's a feminist and kept her surname, respect her no matter what she's done.

609
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,000
Congratulations to both of you.

610
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:47,000
Calulou and Tomori were available on the bench after several months out which is beautiful for any Milan to see after so many Kier Gabbia games.

611
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,000
Gabbia has to keep his spot, Gabbia has to keep his spot.

612
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:54,000
Yeah, he's been very good, granted.

613
00:41:54,000 --> 00:42:00,000
Of course he has been exposed on certain situations but I think overall he's been fantastic.

614
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:11,000
There's more Kier that I need to see on the bench again because he's kind of like that veteran player that looks solid overall until he doesn't.

615
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:16,000
Until he's one on one with a tricky player, until there's a counter.

616
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,000
He's good with the ball at his feet I think here.

617
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:22,000
His positional awareness is very good, his leadership qualities are very good.

618
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:29,000
Unfortunately football is a physical game and you must run in football and when these athletes are charging towards you

619
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,000
unfortunately I don't think Kier has got the legs anymore.

620
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:39,000
Obviously let's not forget he recovered from an ACL fucking injury at the age of 34 or however old he is.

621
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,000
And he peaked quite late as well as a player.

622
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:42,000
Yeah.

623
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,000
Like he was at Atalanta, he wasn't even playing.

624
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:52,000
It was only when he came to Milan that he managed to kind of reassert himself into club football.

625
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,000
I believe he was at Sevilla before.

626
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,000
Sevilla, correct.

627
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:56,000
He was a starter.

628
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,000
With the day in his team he's always been around.

629
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:03,000
However he hit a very high level at quite an old age.

630
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:07,000
But however for some reason whenever Kier is out of the team, Milan are a better team.

631
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,000
I want to say that with full respect about Kier.

632
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:18,000
But when he went out injured and Kalulu went in as a makeshift centre back, Milan went nine games in a row with a clean sheet.

633
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,000
Another clean sheet, 1-0.

634
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:26,000
There was that whole thing and Milan went on to win the league and then he re-entered and it was a mess again.

635
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,000
But whatever, obviously it's all just down to Kier.

636
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:36,000
4-3-3 formation for Lazio, Provedell in goal, a back line of Marusic, Gila, Romagnoli and Pellegrini, two of those players got sent off.

637
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:41,000
Midfield 3 of Luis Alberto, Vesino and Guendouzi, one of those players got sent off.

638
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:45,000
And a front three of Zacani, Castellagnos and Anderson.

639
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:53,000
For Milan it was a 4-2-3-1 formation, Magic Mike in goal and a back line of Florenzi, Kier, Gabia and Teo Hernandez.

640
00:43:53,000 --> 00:44:02,000
A double pivot of Ben Nasser and Yassine the Dream with Pulisic out on the right, Laid out on the left and Loftus Csik playing behind Giroud.

641
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:09,000
Now in the seventh minute a totally unmarked Vesino narrowly missed the target after a Luis Alberto corner.

642
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:14,000
There was a flick on somewhere which is why Vesino was in so much space.

643
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:19,000
It was a reaction strike, he could have done better but very, very close.

644
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:27,000
Just four minutes later Lazio wanted a penalty in the 11th minute after Manjans lit to clear the ball and follow through on Taticas Tellanios.

645
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:31,000
Sorry Lazio, you've got a long way to go until you earn your Inter card.

646
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:38,000
The first half was all Lazio, they controlled the tempo of the game and they looked super, super explosive.

647
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:45,000
I thought Milan did a great job to interrupt their play and to win as much time as possible to calm the game down.

648
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:52,000
In the 55th minute the first red card was shown to Lazio and it was shown to Pellegrini.

649
00:44:52,000 --> 00:45:01,000
He had only just been booked for a foul on Pulisic and he received another yellow card for dragging the American back by the shirt.

650
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:08,000
However, the reason is that Pellegrini thought play should have been halted earlier for a collision between Ben Nasser and Castellanios

651
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:18,000
so he was trying to shepherd the ball out of play when Pulisic went in and nicked it on the touchline and he dragged Pulisic down to the ground

652
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:24,000
and Pulisic would have been a great opportunity over there because he was as well the last kind of defense.

653
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,000
That was Pellegrini on Sakai's?

654
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:32,000
Exactly, exactly. It was a second yellow which caused him to get sent off.

655
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:40,000
I get Pellegrini's frustration absolutely because he was trying to do the right thing but do it better.

656
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:49,000
Don't wait for your team to get a throw in if it's open play and you want the ball to go out, kick it out because there are professionals that want to win the game

657
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:57,000
and I'm not going to bow down to Pulisic as a lover of football and I say that's what the game is all about but at the same time

658
00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:04,000
you have to have that in you, you have to have that winning mentality in you. If you're going to sleep then I'm going to expose you

659
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:09,000
and Pulisic did a fantastic job over there to get Pellegrini sent off.

660
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,000
And that's just how they do it in Hershey, Pennsylvania baby!

661
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,000
Yep baby, Captain America.

662
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:20,000
He was brilliant there man and I think Pellegrini showed his inexperience.

663
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:27,000
If you think your player is down and you're worried about him and you want to play to stop, you kick the ball out yourself.

664
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:30,000
You think Pulisic is going to let you run the ball out so that it's yours.

665
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:35,000
If you're worried about your player, you don't care if the opposing team gets a throw in.

666
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:44,000
If you tried to shepherd the ball out in a Champions League final and I was playing against you, I would take it off the touchline and go for the score.

667
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,000
I would fuck you up.

668
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:49,000
I would spit in your fucking stupid face after this.

669
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,000
There's been a goal. It's offside.

670
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,000
Oh El Bilal with the scoring in Sporting.

671
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:55,000
El Bila.

672
00:46:55,000 --> 00:47:05,000
Milal had the ball in the back of the net in the 74th minute when Laos Cross took a deflection of Mario Gila to Rongfoot Providell.

673
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:11,000
However it was disallowed by VAR as Laos knee and half his head were offside.

674
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:19,000
And then shortly after Tomori came on which was nice to see, he also for the few minutes that he played, he looked good.

675
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:24,000
So yeah, welcome back Fikaio, big dickfick.

676
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:32,000
In the 87th minute, Milan opened the scoring through Noa Okafor, Jovic's clutch but so is Okafor.

677
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:36,000
Milan broke forward well through Theo Hernandez. He played the ball to Laos.

678
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:41,000
He pulled the ball back from the bi-line to Okafor. His first shot was saved by Providell.

679
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:44,000
Gila then made a great block to the Nigeru.

680
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:51,000
And Providell managed to get a firm hand on the third attempt from Okafor as well but it was too powerful to be kept out.

681
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:55,000
Lazio wanted the goal to be cancelled out due to Pulisic interfering with play.

682
00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:59,000
But you are allowed to interfere with play when you are onside.

683
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:00,000
Exactly.

684
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:01,000
Fun fact.

685
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:02,000
That's it.

686
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,000
Fucking El Providella.

687
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:06,000
What a monster.

688
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,000
He just kept saving them and saving it.

689
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:13,000
And the last one as well, he kind of jumped out of the way and it was going centrally.

690
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,000
He extended his arm, that was a strong hand.

691
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:17,000
He was very unlucky not to get it.

692
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:18,000
Like that was a rocket by Okafor.

693
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:23,000
Literally, if that was one of us, we would have broken our elbow like entirely.

694
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,000
Absolutely snapped the arm enough.

695
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,000
He is a very very soft-core keeper.

696
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:29,000
I had a student, you know, he told me about my arms.

697
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,000
He told me they look like a dog's tail.

698
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,000
What the fuck is wrong with you?

699
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,000
He is a good boy.

700
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:37,000
He is a German instructor.

701
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:42,000
So yeah, I kind of made a self-deprecating joke.

702
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:46,000
I kind of called myself spaghetti arms, you know, kind of like a back and forth.

703
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:50,000
And he went, you know what we say in Colombia?

704
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,000
So it's like the tail of a dog.

705
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:54,000
I'm like, ah, thank you.

706
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,000
Very funny in Colombia.

707
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:59,000
Really funny people in Colombia.

708
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:01,000
Moments later.

709
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:04,000
Now this is where all the juices after Okafor's goal.

710
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:07,000
Because obviously, lots of you thought they were being,

711
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:10,000
well, lots of you were victimizing themselves as fuck, right?

712
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:15,000
Because of, they thought they should have had a penalty in the first half,

713
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:17,000
which was never a penalty.

714
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:19,000
They thought the goal should have been cancelled out.

715
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:24,000
They thought that Pellegrini shouldn't have been sent off because it was unfair play by Pulisic.

716
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:28,000
So Mariusic shoved Leia out of the ground.

717
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:34,000
The referee awarded a foul and then he brandished a straight card for dissent.

718
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:38,000
A lot of people say the referee was losing his cool over here,

719
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:42,000
but we've seen straight red cards brandished for dissent, bro.

720
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:44,000
Yeah, depends on what he said.

721
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,000
It is. And I saw the rule.

722
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:51,000
If you say fucking hell ref or fuck you ref, it's a yellow card.

723
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:56,000
But if you threaten or speak in a violent nature to the referee,

724
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:58,000
then that's a straight red card, right?

725
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:01,000
Verbal abuse is what they would call it.

726
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:05,000
After that, this is where there was a bit of a harsh one.

727
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:09,000
Guendouzi got a straight red card for pushing Pulisic to the ground.

728
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:16,000
Now, okay, it was a push at most, perhaps a yellow card, right?

729
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:20,000
Pulisic was kind of tugging his arm first.

730
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:24,000
Guendouzi got frustrated and the push was a rough one.

731
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:29,000
You see one of his arms goes on his neck, the other one on his head like and he shoves him.

732
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:34,000
So, right? It's a harsh call,

733
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:39,000
but I've seen many an article say that the referee lost his cool, lost his head.

734
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,000
I don't think...

735
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:43,000
This is a loss for Guendouzi.

736
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:48,000
It's very harsh, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that the referee lost his head

737
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:53,000
because Lazio were poking and prodding in those last five minutes.

738
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:58,000
They were being annoying. They were being bitchy, unfortunately.

739
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:02,000
Sorry for any Lazio fans that are listening, but what are you going to do?

740
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:05,000
Let them get away with everything. The Guendouzi one is harsh,

741
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:09,000
but I wouldn't go so far as to say that the referee lost his head.

742
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:14,000
More than lost his head, I feel like he lost control of the game

743
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:20,000
simply because of the way Lazio reacted to the decisions that were made.

744
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:23,000
As you said, they played the victim card.

745
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:26,000
They were screaming scandal, you know?

746
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:30,000
And Romagnoli at the end was screaming scandalous, or scandalous, or scandalous.

747
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:36,000
However, if we're being completely honest, maybe the one on Guendouzi was harsh.

748
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:39,000
I'll go so far as to say that probably shouldn't have been a red card.

749
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:45,000
We don't know what Mara Sitch said, but let's assume that he said something that warranted a red card, right?

750
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:46,000
If he got sent off.

751
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:48,000
He didn't complain, no Mara Sitch?

752
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,000
No, he didn't even walk off.

753
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:52,000
So God knows what he said.

754
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:55,000
I'm not sure if it was towards the end of the game or after the final whistle,

755
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:57,000
but there should have been more red cards.

756
00:51:57,000 --> 00:52:00,000
Man, at one point Luis Alberto went head to head with Adelie.

757
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:06,000
I wouldn't say headbutt at him, I'd say he pushed his head away with his head.

758
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:10,000
So it's kind of a mini headbutt. Definitely deserves something.

759
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:14,000
You see, he sighed throwing an elbow out, hitting Jiru.

760
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,000
I think it was in the face of the elbow.

761
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:19,000
So there were many things that the referee actually didn't see.

762
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:21,000
Yeah, but lots of lost their head.

763
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:24,000
I'm sorry, but that's the way it is.

764
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:26,000
What can the referee do?

765
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:33,000
You know, if they're going to keep on, what happens when you're a teacher and your kids keep on misbehaving, keep on misbehaving.

766
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:36,000
You're not going to ask them to leave the classroom.

767
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:39,000
You're not going to give them a break in or whatever.

768
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:42,000
And unfortunately, that's what the referee had to end up doing.

769
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:46,000
Again, I'll reiterate, the Guendouzi one was very harsh.

770
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:51,000
But it was the fucking 94th minute or whatever.

771
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:55,000
Yeah, I think that it was very naive by a lot of people.

772
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:58,000
They really threw away potential points over here because they were better than Milan.

773
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:00,000
Absolutely. They were much better than Milan.

774
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:02,000
Absolutely, especially in the first half.

775
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:09,000
In the second half, they played the majority of it with 10 men, subsequently down to eighth after the 90th.

776
00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:15,000
But I have it. Unfortunately, Lazio, to me, they showed great inexperience.

777
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:20,000
Yes. And Milan, on the other hand, stayed calm the entire game, kept their cool.

778
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:23,000
You see, yellow cards are a brandish to many Milan players.

779
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:29,000
Pulisic got one layout, Adley, Florence, Gabiate, they all got yellows, but they all stayed calm, man.

780
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:33,000
They all stayed calm and none of them, they put the team first.

781
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:38,000
And this is quite unlike Milan this season because Milan love a red card this season.

782
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:41,000
So the discipline hasn't been great. But this game, it was.

783
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:45,000
And Pulisic, I think, deserves all the credit this game.

784
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:52,000
Some of that, what is it, conca-calf, shithausery, for the USA playing in these fucking weird games.

785
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:55,000
We have to shithouse your way to a victory.

786
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:57,000
Came in clutch here for Milan.

787
00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:02,000
And yes, Pulisic put the team on his shoulders and guided them to victory in my opinion.

788
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:10,000
As he often does, and we said this, he has been the catalyst for that US national team for so many years.

789
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:13,000
He's still only 25 years old, you know what I mean?

790
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:17,000
And now he is carrying Milan, essentially.

791
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:26,000
One thing I also want to say is that keep in mind when it comes to Milan that this is virtually still a very, very new team for Milan

792
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:34,000
with lofty streak, with Adli, with Pulisic, typically as well, there's Reinder is over there.

793
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:42,000
Considering that there are so many new starters to the starting 11, Milan being in third place

794
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:45,000
and winning Games Agnes and showing great experience when doing so.

795
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:52,000
I'm quite impressed. And after two, three seasons of this team gelling, I think they can do some serious damage

796
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:57,000
because they have a team of serial winners.

797
00:54:57,000 --> 00:55:03,000
I'm not sure I fully agree with the team of serial winners.

798
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:06,000
This will spark quite a bit of a debate.

799
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:12,000
I think the mentality can be a little bit fragile at times, man, with Milan.

800
00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:19,000
Obviously not always, but at the end of the day, this is a young team and it very much depends, I think, on the mood, on the opponent

801
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:22,000
on who's actually out there playing.

802
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:29,000
Because we saw, for example, in the Europa League, the second leg, I think Milan demonstrated a little bit of a fragile mentality

803
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:38,000
almost letting that slip, conceding early, losing the game when in reality they could have just held the two-two.

804
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:46,000
However, I get what you're saying, but I'm talking more about the mentality than the results on the pitch.

805
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:54,000
I think this team, when I say serial winners, I mean the attitude of the players.

806
00:55:54,000 --> 00:56:01,000
Now I know that there have been certain instances where Laos, where Kethic has been critiqued, when Giroux spoke to the media

807
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:05,000
and said we didn't know whether to attack or defend against Napoli.

808
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:12,000
We have seen a bit of that and that's going to come when the team is going through a tough spell, particularly with Puyol being on their fire.

809
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:21,000
The team is still jelling together, but you see the attitude of the players when the tough gets going.

810
00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:24,000
When the tough gets tough, the tough gets going, is what I'm trying to say.

811
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:26,000
Yeah, yeah, fair enough.

812
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:35,000
Definitely, I would say so far this season has not been two disasters for Milan.

813
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:43,000
It's not as disastrous as many fans are saying it is, you know, they're firmly in top four, they're in a European competition,

814
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:49,000
they're unlucky to be out of the Champions League after getting the most difficult group that was possible to get,

815
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:53,000
literally the group of death as it was named.

816
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:55,000
Dortmund, Newcastle, PSG.

817
00:56:55,000 --> 00:57:05,000
I'm ashamed about the Coppa Italia, but that's pretty much a shame that Milan still haven't really figured out what to do against Inter.

818
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:09,000
And I think it is the end of a cycle with Puyol.

819
00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:12,000
I think I wouldn't be opposed to a new manager, definitely.

820
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:17,000
Just simply because he's been there for so long and I think he's achieved a fair amount.

821
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:27,000
I just hope that the new manager is a progressive attacking manager because this team has the making of being a fucking attacking unit,

822
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:35,000
with Polisic, Lea, Loftus, Stryk, Benasser, with the prospect of Xerxes coming in as well, Teohan Anders on the left,

823
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:40,000
obviously some of these players could leave next season, who the hell knows.

824
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:46,000
But this team is definitely made to be an attacking side and not a pragmatic one.

825
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:55,000
Look man, the names that are being linked to Milan are Deserbi, who apparently is obsessed with Milan.

826
00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:57,000
He's a massive Milan fan, this guy.

827
00:57:57,000 --> 00:57:58,000
You kidding me.

828
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:07,000
And the headlines are all saying that Deserbi might just be crazy enough to go coach in Italy, of course, crazy enough because the salary won't quite cut what he can potentially make.

829
00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:12,000
Absolutely. Don't tell me this shit because I'll hang up at Deserbi post tonight.

830
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:16,000
Mota, who is doing God's work with Bologna, like how?

831
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:18,000
You've ever want him. You've ever want him.

832
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:20,000
I think everyone wants Mota at the moment.

833
00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:23,000
And Kondé, whose lot is pushing for?

834
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:29,000
The least. To me, my least favorite idea, but also a serial winner.

835
00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:34,000
So at least the replacements that are being mentioned are all very exciting.

836
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:37,000
We've seen, man, we've been through so much.

837
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:38,000
We've been through so much.

838
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:39,000
Jump, Paolo, come on.

839
00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:41,000
Are you talking about us or Milan?

840
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:43,000
Milan fans in general, bro.

841
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:48,000
And when it comes to appointing a new manager, there were there were a few years.

842
00:58:48,000 --> 00:59:04,000
So bro fucking a Clarence, Cedor, Pipon, Zaghi, Brocchi, two so brocky, just coaches who are not qualified, man, who are not at that level, even Montella to a certain extent was nowhere near good enough.

843
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:08,000
So it's just nice to see that Milan have really changed, man.

844
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:13,000
They've come a long way ever since the five nil against Atalanta when Piolli took charge and Zlatan came back.

845
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:15,000
It's been a different story.

846
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:20,000
Yeah, firmly, firmly top three, firmly top three in Italy.

847
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:27,000
And the reason I'm saying that with my chest is because Milan haven't been firmly top six in a while.

848
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:33,000
You know, Milan last season finished in fifth, to be completely honest.

849
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:41,000
Thanks to Juve is why they got a lifeline the season before. Okay, they won the league the season before that they were second.

850
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:43,000
That's when shit started to change.

851
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:49,000
Before that they had gotten Champions League for the first time with that two nil victory double KSI penalty over at Atlanta.

852
00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:51,000
Before that it was a nightmare.

853
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:53,000
It was an absolute nightmare.

854
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:57,000
And last season, by the way, could have been a nightmare as well as as you correctly said.

855
00:59:57,000 --> 01:00:00,000
So last season was was to be honest, quite a failure.

856
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:11,000
For me, especially what the Pep Guardiola says this is like after you win the league, change, shake it up after you lose the league, change, shake it up.

857
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:12,000
You have to stay fresh.

858
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:14,000
Yeah, you have to bring in new players.

859
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:15,000
You have to change the system.

860
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:21,000
And unfortunately, Milan stayed with the same recipe that won them the league and they suffered as a result of that.

861
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:24,000
We saw something similar with Napoli in that regard.

862
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:32,000
Okay, they changed manager, but the manager tried to almost replicate the exact same thing that Napoli were doing.

863
01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:34,000
And as a result, they struggled.

864
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:37,000
You have to keep it sexy and you have to keep it fresh.

865
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:46,000
Look at Inter with the rum, for example, you know, but anyway, Milan third place 56 points, just one point behind you.

866
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:52,000
Lazio still struggling man ninth place on 40 points to behind Fiorentina.

867
01:00:52,000 --> 01:01:01,000
And they are six points behind the Europa League spot, which is weird because they're a good team and they play well.

868
01:01:01,000 --> 01:01:04,000
They just can't do it consistently.

869
01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:11,000
Sari and Lothito's relationship is as sour as it can possibly get.

870
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:14,000
He's always complaining about transfers.

871
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:17,000
Lothito tells him shut up and do your job in public.

872
01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:22,000
It is definitely not sexy, not fresh.

873
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:24,000
Absolutely.

874
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:27,000
Also a team that's still gelling together.

875
01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:32,000
And also, where is Luis Alberto?

876
01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:37,000
He can't do it all on his own.

877
01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:42,000
I have to apologize to Lazio fans because I feel like I've been really rude about Lazio in this one.

878
01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:47,000
So apologies to David for Matthew absolutely roasting your favorite team.

879
01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:53,000
Of course, David being one of our patrons, who is one of the funniest people in the chat.

880
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:54,000
Absolutely.

881
01:01:54,000 --> 01:01:55,000
He kills me.

882
01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:56,000
What did he call Pedro last time?

883
01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:57,000
He called Pedro.

884
01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:00,000
He said, nowadays Pedro is a chubby little guy.

885
01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:05,000
Because I was watching the Bayern game.

886
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:07,000
I'm like, he's excellent, definitely has to come on.

887
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:09,000
But what other options are you going to bring on off the bench?

888
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:11,000
Like you're going to bring on Tati Castellano.

889
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:16,000
I always thought that Pedro looks like a waiter.

890
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:26,000
I always thought that in my head, he looks like he should have an apron on, a black waistcoat and a black tie.

891
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:28,000
That's what he looks like he should be wearing.

892
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:33,000
And he'll have his arm out and he'll have the cloth over his arm.

893
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:35,000
I mean, it makes perfect sense.

894
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:38,000
He uses probably like Cune green to do his hair.

895
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:40,000
I think that is Cune green.

896
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:43,000
He goes to the bar and he tells him probably trim.

897
01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:44,000
Yeah.

898
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:46,000
You know, like nothing else trim.

899
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:48,000
Short on top, shorter on the sides.

900
01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:52,000
He cleans shaves apart from when he leaves a bit of a must-sugging.

901
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:54,000
Nowadays living in Italy, you might leave a bit of stubble.

902
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:56,000
So yeah, waiter vibes, absolutely.

903
01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:58,000
Whereas they've said, chubby little con vibes.

904
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:02,000
Well, a lot of waiters are chubby little con so far.

905
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:04,000
By the way, Bayern fucking destroyed lots of it.

906
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:08,000
It's a real shame that second leg, G-Rome mobile, he missed such a good chance, man.

907
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:09,000
Yep.

908
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:11,000
Oh my God, he missed such a good chance.

909
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:13,000
It would have been too nil up at that point.

910
01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:14,000
Yeah.

911
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:15,000
It could have changed everything.

912
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:16,000
But yeah, the next game.

913
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:17,000
Atalanta game finished, 1-1.

914
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:19,000
Yes, yes, 1-1.

915
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:22,000
And Atalanta were actually pretty good towards the end as well.

916
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:26,000
Look minute, the post I was seeing, El Bilal scored offside,

917
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:27,000
but or there was a foul or something.

918
01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:29,000
I'm not quite sure what happened while we were recording.

919
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:30,000
It's difficult to watch.

920
01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:31,000
Yeah.

921
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:32,000
But yeah, definitely good.

922
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:36,000
Atalanta played against Bologna and lost to one at home.

923
01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:41,000
And that is the second time they've lost to Bologna this season as back in December,

924
01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:45,000
they lost to a Ferguson 86 minute goal.

925
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:50,000
So it's the Scotsman who has sunk in La Dea again.

926
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:58,000
For Bologna, it was a 4-1-4-1 kind of formation thing that they have going on with Skorupski

927
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:04,000
and Goal, Christensen on the left, Posh on the right with Kala Fiori and Beokama as a

928
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:09,000
centre-back duo, Riem of Froyler playing in front of the defence with Dan and Doi on

929
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:14,000
the left, Riccardo or Solini on the right, Luis Ferguson and Fabian playing behind Joshua Zergzi.

930
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:22,000
Hold on, look at that 4-1-4-1 formation and think of it as a 2-7-2 with the 2 being the

931
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:24,000
left winger and left back.

932
01:04:24,000 --> 01:04:30,000
Look at that 7 in the middle, how you have Froyler, Bangon in the middle, Skorupski on

933
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:36,000
the right, Zergzi on the far left and then Orsolini and Posh on the far right.

934
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:42,000
He's not kidding around, there are so many variations of this 2-7-2 MOTTA system.

935
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:44,000
What a hypset, though, we did it the right way.

936
01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:51,000
But bro, it is a perfect amalgamation of, that's a good word, I use it so much at work.

937
01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:52,000
Really?

938
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:55,000
We amalgamate the app and social media, it's crazy bro when I say it.

939
01:04:55,000 --> 01:05:00,000
It's fucking sale, sale complete.

940
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:04,000
It's basically an amalgamation of the app and social media.

941
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:05,000
Damn.

942
01:05:05,000 --> 01:05:13,000
What the fuck was I gonna say bro, it's an amalgamation of Gasperini's Genoa and Morinio's Inter,

943
01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:17,000
which is the 2 main teams in Italy that he was involved in and he said that publicly,

944
01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:19,000
so he ain't kidding around.

945
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:20,000
Damn.

946
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:26,000
So for Atalanta, it was another strange formation, 3-4-1-2, not that strange.

947
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:27,000
Are you sure?

948
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:28,000
It's not that 2-6.

949
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:34,000
Sorry, it's a 3-4-3, but the other way.

950
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:38,000
So, Karnasekki was in goal, yes, Calvini, Dream City and Colassenac were at the back

951
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:43,000
with Zappacost on the right and Ruggeri on the left, with Coupe minors Derun and Pasalic

952
01:05:43,000 --> 01:05:44,000
playing in the middle.

953
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:48,000
Decay, Telaura and Lukman started up front.

954
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:54,000
The first half, Ruggeri's cross was met by Cdk, but the shot flew over the bar.

955
01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:59,500
Zappacosta's shot was saved by Lukas Skorupski later on and Lukman scored on the rebound,

956
01:05:59,500 --> 01:06:07,000
and that would be in the 28th minute for Atalanta to get a well deserved lead, to be honest,

957
01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:10,000
as they started off better than Bologna.

958
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:16,000
And Bologna were pressing high and Atalanta were really taking advantage of the space left behind.

959
01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:19,000
The second half, the story would be different, however.

960
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:23,000
Karnasekki pulled off a wonderful save to the Naikala Fiori's point-black header.

961
01:06:23,000 --> 01:06:27,000
Salamakars won a penalty after being brought down by Tion Coupe minors.

962
01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:30,000
He had just been introduced Salamakars.

963
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:36,000
There was a double whammy by Motta in the 46th minute he brought on Salamakars and Lukumi

964
01:06:36,000 --> 01:06:42,000
for Orsillini and Posh, and they had an instant impact, especially Salamakars, who was really threatening.

965
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:47,000
He won the penalty, Koupe minors pulled him down naively, and he knew it was stupid,

966
01:06:47,000 --> 01:06:49,000
as well as he could see from his reaction.

967
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:54,000
Xerxes stepped up and took the penalty as cool as ice and scored it.

968
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:56,000
His penalty run-up is cool, man.

969
01:06:56,000 --> 01:07:00,000
Chill, but it's not over the top.

970
01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:03,000
He still hits them well.

971
01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:06,000
It's not like he stops and stutters too much.

972
01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:08,000
He's such a cool guy.

973
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:11,000
And the celebration.

974
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:13,000
He walks his dog every morning with a guy.

975
01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:16,000
There's a day in the life video on YouTube, watching it.

976
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:18,000
What dog does he have?

977
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:20,000
Does it match his hair?

978
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:25,000
No, it's like one of those Labradors or something like that.

979
01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:28,000
A very normal, generic dog.

980
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:31,000
Exactly, that kind of dog.

981
01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:34,000
You go on.

982
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:39,000
So yes, Ferguson completed the turnaround with a volley from outside the box

983
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:42,000
into the bottom corner in the 61st minute.

984
01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:45,000
He's Atalanta's worst nightmare right now.

985
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:48,000
Lewis Ferguson was doing so well, captaining this Bologna side.

986
01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:50,000
He's one to watch for.

987
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:54,000
And these Scottish people out there who want to keep an eye on the players playing overseas,

988
01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:57,000
he's probably one of the most impressive right now, Ferguson.

989
01:07:57,000 --> 01:07:59,000
Really don't praise him enough.

990
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:01,000
He's a fantastic player, Ferguson.

991
01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:08,000
I honestly think that he must be the most underrated player in that Bologna team.

992
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:14,000
The reason I say underrated is because Bologna always have very marketable key pieces to talk about.

993
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:18,000
But the thing is that once these marketable new pieces are coming in,

994
01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:23,000
like Orsolini had a breakthrough season last season, Zergzei this season.

995
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:29,000
In the meantime, throughout all of that, Ferguson has just been consistent from the day that he signed.

996
01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:33,000
Go scoring with Fielder, his defensive duties are there as well.

997
01:08:33,000 --> 01:08:35,000
Hard worker, very hard worker.

998
01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:40,000
And that's many an opportunity him and Fabian because of the way they play with Zergzei

999
01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:45,000
hanging back, allowing the midfielders to go through Orsolini and Dan into a coming century.

1000
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:47,000
It's very, very interesting.

1001
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:48,000
It really is.

1002
01:08:48,000 --> 01:08:51,000
Gaspirini made four changes within a five minute span.

1003
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:53,000
They increased the pressure.

1004
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:56,000
They being at the long top course, trying to find an equalizer,

1005
01:08:56,000 --> 01:09:02,000
but poor finishing and the resolute Bologna defense prevented them from snatching a share of the spoils.

1006
01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:06,000
Bologna, man, I'm just blown away.

1007
01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:08,000
Week after week, they keep blowing me away.

1008
01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:10,000
I keep thinking this dip is going to come.

1009
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:11,000
It never does.

1010
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:13,000
They had a small one.

1011
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:14,000
They had a small one.

1012
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:15,000
Six games to go.

1013
01:09:15,000 --> 01:09:19,000
And I thought it was going to go from bad to worse for them, but it really hasn't.

1014
01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:22,000
And yes, I'm so sorry for season one.

1015
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:24,000
You know what it is, bro.

1016
01:09:24,000 --> 01:09:26,000
What do you mean, so sorry for season one?

1017
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:27,000
You remember season one?

1018
01:09:27,000 --> 01:09:29,000
When Mota was at Spets, yeah.

1019
01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:32,000
Shitting on him.

1020
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:34,000
You hated him.

1021
01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:37,000
What was I going to say?

1022
01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:43,000
Bologna, the thing is, bro, you can't defend against them.

1023
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:48,000
The reason you can't defend against Bologna is because you think you're going to mark Zerxay.

1024
01:09:48,000 --> 01:09:51,000
And all of a sudden you're marking Ramoff Reuler.

1025
01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:54,000
And Zerxay is running in at the near post.

1026
01:09:54,000 --> 01:09:56,000
You think you're marking Orsolini.

1027
01:09:56,000 --> 01:09:59,000
And all of a sudden you're fucking marking Fabian.

1028
01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:05,000
The way that they shift around, they're so unpredictable in their attacks.

1029
01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:09,000
Their shape is constantly, constantly changing.

1030
01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:12,000
When they defend, it's like a four, five, one formation.

1031
01:10:12,000 --> 01:10:18,000
And the thing is their counter attacks are so smooth because what do they do?

1032
01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:23,000
Zerxay always, when defending, he stays up, right?

1033
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:28,000
If they're defending on the left-hand side, Orsolini is up.

1034
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:32,000
If they're defending from the right-hand side, Dan and Doi is up.

1035
01:10:32,000 --> 01:10:36,000
So when it comes to the counter attack, they constantly have a player in space.

1036
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:41,000
And then you see the midfield too charging up and Zerxay dropping back.

1037
01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:47,000
So they think they're marking Zerxay and all of a sudden, instead of tracking back to mark the striker,

1038
01:10:47,000 --> 01:10:54,000
there's no striker and you see those two central midfielders and the two wingers charging directly at you.

1039
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:59,000
And they overwhelm, but they don't overwhelm in a way where they lose their shape, so on and so forth,

1040
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:01,000
kind of similar to winter in that sense.

1041
01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:06,000
But they're so unpredictable with who is where at what given time.

1042
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:09,000
Like you have to zone a mark against them. There's no other option.

1043
01:11:09,000 --> 01:11:12,000
Absolutely. And this was a ballsy approach against Atalanta.

1044
01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:17,000
They could have gone quite bad in the first half with the space they were leaving behind pressing.

1045
01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:23,000
But yeah, absolutely, bro. When Zerxay drops deep, man, he's the type of player, man.

1046
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:27,000
If you give him the ball, he can pick a player out.

1047
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:29,000
He can waste a player on charge.

1048
01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:32,000
He's so good at hold-up plays, so complete.

1049
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:37,000
The thing that this player was worried coming into the season, he spoke to Mota, he said,

1050
01:11:37,000 --> 01:11:43,000
listen, I'm not a solo number nine. I'm not a lone striker. I'm a second striker.

1051
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:45,000
He technically is, bro.

1052
01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:47,000
Yeah, he technically is in the system.

1053
01:11:47,000 --> 01:11:51,000
But yeah, Mota managed to utilize him to perfection.

1054
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:57,000
He's the perfect player for him to think that Bayern Munich spent all the money on Harry Kainman.

1055
01:11:57,000 --> 01:12:01,000
Right, when they could have had fucking Yoss was their Xay, baby.

1056
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:07,000
Another thing I really like is when they're exercising this 272, sorry,

1057
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:11,000
I've totally geeked out on Bologna recently.

1058
01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:18,000
Calla Fiori, who obviously it was a risk playing him at center back.

1059
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:22,000
But when they're on the ball, he is absolutely not a center back.

1060
01:12:22,000 --> 01:12:26,000
He's playing exactly next to Ramoff Royler and he's in that creative role.

1061
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:32,000
There are other center back and I shit you not to Skorupsky. I swear to God.

1062
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:36,000
Because what happens is they go into a double pivot with Calla Fiori and Froyler.

1063
01:12:36,000 --> 01:12:38,000
Belkem always stays back. He's that last man.

1064
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:43,000
Skorupsky, you'll see him, bro, always next to Belkem.

1065
01:12:43,000 --> 01:12:47,000
They play the ball to exactly literally, literally.

1066
01:12:47,000 --> 01:12:49,000
He becomes a center back in that scenario.

1067
01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:55,000
And there are so many videos on YouTube and on TikTok that you could watch guys that delves so much

1068
01:12:55,000 --> 01:12:59,000
into this very unique team and the way that they play.

1069
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:03,000
And honestly, you won't be able to get your mind off it. It's so interesting.

1070
01:13:03,000 --> 01:13:08,000
Yeah, honestly, I did not expect them to win this.

1071
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:12,000
Their away form has been the only thing this season hasn't really matched anything else.

1072
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:14,000
But fucking hell, they really stepped up to the plate.

1073
01:13:14,000 --> 01:13:18,000
They love a big game. These Bologna players, they love a big game.

1074
01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:23,000
Atalanta, on the other hand, have gone a little bit limp lately.

1075
01:13:23,000 --> 01:13:27,000
They were on the up. They were on a six game winning streak before the draw against Milan

1076
01:13:27,000 --> 01:13:29,000
and they went on to lose four nil to winter last week.

1077
01:13:29,000 --> 01:13:31,000
Their confidence has definitely been shot.

1078
01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:37,000
They rested players in the Europa League today, meaning that obviously they're prioritizing the league.

1079
01:13:37,000 --> 01:13:39,000
What do you think about that? Does that make sense?

1080
01:13:39,000 --> 01:13:41,000
Yeah, I think so.

1081
01:13:41,000 --> 01:13:44,000
Especially with that fifth Champions League spot potentially, right?

1082
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:49,000
For sure. I think morally as well, not morally.

1083
01:13:49,000 --> 01:13:54,000
For their confidence, it's important that Atalanta get top four.

1084
01:13:54,000 --> 01:13:59,000
They've been dancing between eighth, seventh, sixth for too long

1085
01:13:59,000 --> 01:14:02,000
and they're a team that deserve to be in the Champions League.

1086
01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:08,000
They're fantastic. They're so clever. They're super talented and they deserve more.

1087
01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:12,000
Unfortunately, there's always one period where they become inconsistent.

1088
01:14:12,000 --> 01:14:21,000
They just don't have that edge at the moment. Atalanta, I'm not quite sure what's going on.

1089
01:14:21,000 --> 01:14:28,000
But Bologna having a free season and I can't remember the last time a team finished top four.

1090
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:33,000
I think it was Atalanta. Atalanta were the last surprise champions to qualify.

1091
01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:40,000
I remember once, I barely remember, but I remember once Odinez had done something.

1092
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:43,000
They became second, I think, with Odinez.

1093
01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:46,000
That's when Milan won the league, I think.

1094
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:47,000
I think so.

1095
01:14:47,000 --> 01:14:51,000
When Milan won the league, they barely scored any goals, I believe,

1096
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:53,000
but they conceded even fewer.

1097
01:14:53,000 --> 01:14:55,000
There was that.

1098
01:14:55,000 --> 01:14:59,000
Bologna are in fourth with 51 points.

1099
01:14:59,000 --> 01:15:04,000
Just to give you an idea, fifth are on Israma on 47, so they've cut.

1100
01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:07,000
They've given themselves some breathing room over there.

1101
01:15:07,000 --> 01:15:11,000
On the other hand, Atalanta are in sixth with 46 points.

1102
01:15:11,000 --> 01:15:18,000
This was a Champions League six-pointer I've ever seen one, and Bologna totally, totally, totally deserved.

1103
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:22,000
What a performance by them and managed to not only come back into the game,

1104
01:15:22,000 --> 01:15:25,000
but find the winner through Ferguson at the end.

1105
01:15:25,000 --> 01:15:27,000
Great balls.

1106
01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:29,000
Monza won Roma fours.

1107
01:15:29,000 --> 01:15:32,000
Next time we're going to be covering, we'll try to do this one a little bit quicker,

1108
01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:35,000
because I really want to discuss this relegation battle.

1109
01:15:35,000 --> 01:15:41,000
There were three or four relegation six-pointers, so let's skim through this one a little bit.

1110
01:15:41,000 --> 01:15:44,000
Monza were coming off a two-nil away victory over Salernetana.

1111
01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:49,000
Roma were coming off a three-to-home win over Torino, where the ball has scored a satiric.

1112
01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:56,000
The previous encounter was Roma, one Monza-nil, more in your Roma.

1113
01:15:56,000 --> 01:16:02,000
Carslorp and Abraham were still out, and the only absentees for Roma, while for Monza,

1114
01:16:02,000 --> 01:16:06,000
pardon me, it was my food.

1115
01:16:06,000 --> 01:16:11,000
It was suspended, plus Caprari and Vignato being the long-term absentees.

1116
01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:15,000
It was a 4-2-3-1 formation for Monza with the Gregorio Angol,

1117
01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:19,000
a backline of Carbone, Mari, Calderola and Berindelli,

1118
01:16:19,000 --> 01:16:26,000
Bonda and Galliardini in the pivot with Motta and Colpani flanking Pessina and Juric up front.

1119
01:16:26,000 --> 01:16:33,000
4-3-3 for Roma's Villar, once again in goal, and a backline of Christensen, Mancini and Dica and Angelinho,

1120
01:16:33,000 --> 01:16:40,000
Cristante Paredes and Pellegrini in the midfield with Debal and Elshara with flanking Romelu.

1121
01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:47,000
Juric hit the near post with a header in the 15th minute following a Colpani cross-hazard was a decent start for Monza,

1122
01:16:47,000 --> 01:16:51,000
however in the 38th minute Pellegrini opened the scoring.

1123
01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:57,000
Lukaku laid the ball off to Pellegrini who skipped past Berindelli sensationally before slotting into the bottom corner

1124
01:16:57,000 --> 01:17:07,000
from just inside the area, great technique by the captain and just honestly, at the moment Pellegrini and Debal are two of the best players and most creative players in the league.

1125
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:17,000
41st minute Lukaku got his first goal under Daniela de Rossi, he finished off a low cross by Debala following some great work by the Argentine to create the chance.

1126
01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:28,000
In the 63rd minute Debala scored a free kick and his fourth goal of the week, including the one assist, he struck an inch perfect free kick into the bottom corner from around 25 yards out.

1127
01:17:28,000 --> 01:17:39,000
In the 82nd minute Paredes bagged a penalty, the Argentine sent De Gregoria the wrong way with an unstoppable penalty, hitting the crossbar and going into the top corner.

1128
01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:49,000
The penalty was awarded after VAR spotted Bondo wrestling who is into the ground, in the 86th minute Andrea Carbone got a sensational

1129
01:17:49,000 --> 01:17:55,000
consolation goal from some distance smashing the ball into the top corner.

1130
01:17:55,000 --> 01:18:08,000
Not much to discuss in the sense that Roma obviously overwend Monza to a point where Monza, they had no right, they had no opportunities to fight back.

1131
01:18:08,000 --> 01:18:17,000
In the 38th minute and the 41st minute Monza entering the second half, they're entering half time rather super demoralized.

1132
01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:33,000
And then by the 63rd minute Debala with a moment of magic, then they lose their heads, 82nd minute Paredes nails a penalty, they give a penalty away, a very silly one by Bondo, so it's obvious that Roma went there and overwend them.

1133
01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:38,000
However one thing that might be going under the radar over here is Roma's chances for Champions League.

1134
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:47,000
Roma are in fifth place on 47 points and they're four points behind Bologna, they're actually above Atalanta by one point.

1135
01:18:47,000 --> 01:18:52,000
Now I'm going to read you the remaining fixtures and you tell me the likelihood.

1136
01:18:52,000 --> 01:19:11,000
Fiorentina Roma, Roma Sassuolo, Lecce Roma, Roma Lazio, Odinese Roma, Roma Bologna, Napoli Roma, Roma Juve, Atalanta Roma, Roma Genoa and Poliroma.

1137
01:19:11,000 --> 01:19:29,000
Ok so not an easy stretch. No, there's fucking three, four games in a row over there, Roma Bologna, Napoli Roma, Roma Juve, Atalanta Roma that are devastating to say the least.

1138
01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:33,000
I feel like I don't know Roma, so I don't know if I can comment.

1139
01:19:33,000 --> 01:19:45,000
Obviously from what I've seen so far I would guess that they would confirm the fifth spot. But however Atalanta are right there, Atalanta are no joke and Napoli are right there who are no joke either.

1140
01:19:45,000 --> 01:19:55,000
Especially with the performance they've just had over Juventus, the return of the manager that they're finally happy with, third time's the charm.

1141
01:19:55,000 --> 01:20:11,000
But when it comes to Roma system, I saw something quite interesting bro that De Rossi is inspired by Guardiola in a way that he is tactically rigid for three quarters of the pitch.

1142
01:20:11,000 --> 01:20:20,000
But once they skip that three quarter mark, the players have maximum freedom of expression where they can do whatever they want.

1143
01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:28,000
And the quarter being the defensive quarter for Roma. The offensive quarter, they can do what they want offensively.

1144
01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:47,000
So they kind of went from a manager who tried to control everything, who tried to control their every move, kind of spoke to the media about his team not being good enough to play at the back system, not being good enough to play an offensive brand of football.

1145
01:20:47,000 --> 01:20:59,000
To this manager, De Rossi, who is tactically capable from what we've seen, he's got a system that works, but then he gives you full freedom at the end.

1146
01:20:59,000 --> 01:21:01,000
Yeah, he's not a paranoid narcissist.

1147
01:21:01,000 --> 01:21:20,000
So it's kind of like a girl who has really strict parents and goes away and suddenly her parents are out of the way and she's got all these dudes and she's going one, two, three, four. That's what Roma are doing right now.

1148
01:21:20,000 --> 01:21:24,000
These players are rebelling against their strict parent and more in here.

1149
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:29,000
Let's put it in a more family friendly way and just say De Rossi gave Roma their wings.

1150
01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:31,000
They gave them their wings.

1151
01:21:31,000 --> 01:21:35,000
They gave them their wings and boy, are they flying.

1152
01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:39,000
They're fucking, that's Roma right now.

1153
01:21:39,000 --> 01:21:41,000
Roma are the lots of your eagle right now.

1154
01:21:41,000 --> 01:21:48,000
No, but that's a great point that you make, bro. That's very controlling, more in a very controlling style.

1155
01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:50,000
And he would berate them.

1156
01:21:50,000 --> 01:22:00,000
It's say, okay, like it's say I love my boys. You know how many debuts I've given in Roma. It's true. He gave many players their debuts. It's true. But man, he would criticize their ability.

1157
01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:01,000
Shit.

1158
01:22:01,000 --> 01:22:02,000
Yes.

1159
01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:09,000
You think Sanchez would be here if he wasn't always injured and the baller. No, they wouldn't be here or Lukaku.

1160
01:22:09,000 --> 01:22:15,000
Like what are you saying, bro? They think they wouldn't be here. That's a good thing. Imagine you go to work and your boss, like you wouldn't be here if you were better.

1161
01:22:15,000 --> 01:22:20,000
Tris boss, really, that's an alright guy.

1162
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:27,000
But obviously, honestly, I didn't think it would be this way for Roman. I don't think anyone would have done it with Chesco and we all thought he was insane.

1163
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:33,000
So I still think Chesco is insane to be honest. But he got that one right.

1164
01:22:33,000 --> 01:22:39,000
Roma are in fifth on 47 points. Vice Monza are in eleventh on 36 points.

1165
01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:43,000
Yes, precisely. Now we can start with the juicy stuff, bro.

1166
01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:44,000
Yes.

1167
01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:48,000
Hellas Verona one. Saswolo nil.

1168
01:22:48,000 --> 01:22:50,000
Here we fucking go, bro.

1169
01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:54,000
It's getting bad. It's getting bad for Saswolo and it's not only this result.

1170
01:22:54,000 --> 01:22:55,000
Trouble, bro.

1171
01:22:55,000 --> 01:22:56,000
They've lost Variety, bro.

1172
01:22:56,000 --> 01:22:58,000
They're in trouble, man.

1173
01:22:58,000 --> 01:23:05,000
So the previous encounter was a 3-1 victory for Hellas Verona. This came in September. Variety scored two.

1174
01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:09,000
And Amonti scored one and Ngong scored one for Hellas Verona.

1175
01:23:09,000 --> 01:23:10,000
That is so poetic.

1176
01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:11,000
So poetic.

1177
01:23:11,000 --> 01:23:12,000
So poetic.

1178
01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:17,000
Now, they get rid of their best player who scored in the reverse, fixed for Nengonj and they actually win.

1179
01:23:17,000 --> 01:23:20,000
While Saswolo of course lose their hero in the first leg.

1180
01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:27,000
But here, Hellas Verona lined up in a 4-4-2 formation. Love it.

1181
01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:31,000
Montepo was in goal with Ciccio on the right, bless me.

1182
01:23:31,000 --> 01:23:36,000
Kabbal on the left with Davidovic and Coppola as a center back partnership.

1183
01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:41,000
Suslov was on the right and Lazovic on the left with Serdar and Duda in the middle.

1184
01:23:41,000 --> 01:23:44,000
Noslin and Henri started up front.

1185
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:50,000
For Balardini's Saswolo, it was a 4-3-3 with Concili in goal.

1186
01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:55,000
Pedersen as the right back, Dujg as the left back with Ferrari and D'Aurelis as the center back.

1187
01:23:55,000 --> 01:24:01,000
Thordzvet, Boloca and Henrique as the midfielders with Penamonti up front.

1188
01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:04,000
Lauriente on his left and Berardi on his right.

1189
01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:09,000
Now, around the quarter hour mark, Dominico Berardi released Thordzvet in the box.

1190
01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:14,000
But Thordzvet shot was straight at Montepo who parried his attempt away.

1191
01:24:14,000 --> 01:24:22,000
Concili denied Thomas Suslov and Juan Kabbal from a rebound just after 30 minutes into the game.

1192
01:24:22,000 --> 01:24:26,000
And that would be the end of the first half, which was quite a cagey affair.

1193
01:24:26,000 --> 01:24:30,000
Berardi's free kick in the second half curled narrowly past the post.

1194
01:24:30,000 --> 01:24:34,000
The technique on that was absolutely beautiful and could have been a mental goal.

1195
01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:41,000
Lauriente and Penamonti had weak attempts to score, one of them failed to hit the target, the other one was straight at the keeper.

1196
01:24:41,000 --> 01:24:46,000
And then later on at the hour mark Montepo played the ball straight to Berardi.

1197
01:24:46,000 --> 01:24:47,000
It was a massive mistake.

1198
01:24:47,000 --> 01:24:53,000
Berardi took a touch and went down completely unchallenged holding his heel.

1199
01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:58,000
He was forced off the pitch, he was being carried off by two men.

1200
01:24:58,000 --> 01:25:03,000
He looked to be in a world of pain and he was replaced by Samu Castilejo.

1201
01:25:03,000 --> 01:25:08,000
And of course it's come out now that he's done his achilles and will be out for the rest of the year.

1202
01:25:08,000 --> 01:25:13,000
Massive loss for Sasuolo, massive hit for Berardi and his career.

1203
01:25:13,000 --> 01:25:19,000
But I do think that thankfully for Berardi, this is probably his last season at Sasuolo.

1204
01:25:19,000 --> 01:25:22,000
So his next team will be a completely new chapter.

1205
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:32,000
He can see it as a way to kind of move on from his injuries, to move on from his past at Sasuolo and to finally enter a new phase in his career.

1206
01:25:32,000 --> 01:25:33,000
Yeah.

1207
01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:36,000
Yeah, so Henrique lost the ball.

1208
01:25:36,000 --> 01:25:43,000
This was in the 79th minute of course, he had the ball right.

1209
01:25:43,000 --> 01:25:45,000
Not even in front of the defense, he was the last man.

1210
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:48,000
And he lost the ball to Zvidersky, who had just come on.

1211
01:25:48,000 --> 01:25:51,000
Zvidersky played a lovely one too with Bonazzoli.

1212
01:25:51,000 --> 01:25:53,000
Bonazzoli's pass had the perfect amount of weight on it.

1213
01:25:53,000 --> 01:25:57,000
Simple, but you need to get it perfectly done and that's intuition.

1214
01:25:57,000 --> 01:26:06,000
Zvidersky carried the ball well and finished past Konselli, could have done a lot better to score and open his account for Helas Verona.

1215
01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:10,000
The Polish hitman gets his first goal and say yeah.

1216
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:16,000
That pretty much secured a vital 1-0 victory for Verona.

1217
01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:19,000
Konselli joined the attack late on, but it was all in vain.

1218
01:26:19,000 --> 01:26:22,000
Bro Sasuolo have lost Berardi.

1219
01:26:22,000 --> 01:26:24,000
Are they fucked?

1220
01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:26,000
What do you think?

1221
01:26:26,000 --> 01:26:32,000
To a degree, yes.

1222
01:26:32,000 --> 01:26:47,000
And the reason I say to a degree yes is because I bet one of the reasons that they got Ballardini on board is to help them out defensively while they can have confidence in players like Berardi and Lauriante to keep things sexy and fresh up front.

1223
01:26:47,000 --> 01:26:56,000
What Napoli tried to do with Magonna, Mazzarri, what's his name?

1224
01:26:56,000 --> 01:26:59,000
That always happens to me bro, those three.

1225
01:26:59,000 --> 01:27:04,000
I'm mentioning pros and only pros.

1226
01:27:04,000 --> 01:27:06,000
It's like what they tried to do, right?

1227
01:27:06,000 --> 01:27:14,000
They get someone to sort out their defensive issues and they let Guvaro, Simon and Politano do whatever they want basically up front.

1228
01:27:14,000 --> 01:27:17,000
Unfortunately now they're not going to be able to do that.

1229
01:27:17,000 --> 01:27:21,000
Samo Castillejo is way less effective than Dominico Berardi.

1230
01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:23,000
He's not a goal scorer.

1231
01:27:23,000 --> 01:27:26,000
He's not even that good if I'm being completely honest.

1232
01:27:26,000 --> 01:27:30,000
Castillejo leaves so much, so much to be desired.

1233
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:35,000
Some muscle to begin with especially man, because he gets in the edge of the ball so easily.

1234
01:27:35,000 --> 01:27:39,000
And at the moment, bro, draws aren't quite going to cut it.

1235
01:27:39,000 --> 01:27:44,000
Draws aren't going to cut it, draws aren't going to, it's unlikely that draws are going to take them out of the relegation.

1236
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:47,000
But look at what Kalliari are doing.

1237
01:27:47,000 --> 01:27:49,000
You know, these teams are starting to win now.

1238
01:27:49,000 --> 01:27:51,000
It's sink or swim.

1239
01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:57,000
They can still get it done because on paper they still have a better team than a lot of these teams.

1240
01:27:57,000 --> 01:27:59,000
And the fixtures aren't too bad.

1241
01:27:59,000 --> 01:28:01,000
They play Frostin on the next and that's a direct clash.

1242
01:28:01,000 --> 01:28:02,000
That's another six-point.

1243
01:28:02,000 --> 01:28:06,000
I'm canceling any plan I have to watch that game.

1244
01:28:06,000 --> 01:28:07,000
They need to beat them.

1245
01:28:07,000 --> 01:28:11,000
Then they play Roma, then Grands, then they have Udinese and Salernetana.

1246
01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:15,000
So when these next four games are by Roma, they need to pick up points.

1247
01:28:15,000 --> 01:28:17,000
They're all relegations, six-point.

1248
01:28:17,000 --> 01:28:19,000
Yes, all of them, bro. All of them.

1249
01:28:19,000 --> 01:28:27,000
After that, they play Milan, they play Lecce, Fiorentina, Inter, Genoa, Kalliari in the penultimate game of the season.

1250
01:28:27,000 --> 01:28:29,000
And then Lazio in the last match of the season.

1251
01:28:29,000 --> 01:28:32,000
My god, the mape is going to be full of Kalliari fans.

1252
01:28:32,000 --> 01:28:40,000
That might play a massive part.

1253
01:28:40,000 --> 01:28:44,000
And the fact that you look around the relegation pool, most of these teams have a backing.

1254
01:28:44,000 --> 01:28:49,000
The weakest when it comes to the fanbase would be Saaswolo and probably Udinese.

1255
01:28:49,000 --> 01:28:55,000
Yeah, probably. You could always see their beautiful seats in the dacia.

1256
01:28:55,000 --> 01:28:56,000
They make them colorful.

1257
01:28:56,000 --> 01:28:57,000
They make their fans.

1258
01:28:57,000 --> 01:29:01,000
I'm like, wow, look at all those fans in different colors.

1259
01:29:01,000 --> 01:29:05,000
But this is getting mad juicy, man, especially with Bararadi's injury.

1260
01:29:05,000 --> 01:29:09,000
Like, what's Bararadi going to do? What's the plan now?

1261
01:29:09,000 --> 01:29:14,000
I don't know, bro. I don't know what other options they have over there.

1262
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:15,000
It's really many.

1263
01:29:15,000 --> 01:29:16,000
It's customary.

1264
01:29:16,000 --> 01:29:19,000
Maybe Bayrami. Bayrami isn't bad.

1265
01:29:19,000 --> 01:29:28,000
Bayrami has experience and he's got close ball control. He's creative. He can do something.

1266
01:29:28,000 --> 01:29:31,000
Defrel, I guess, is deployable-ish.

1267
01:29:31,000 --> 01:29:37,000
But then the thing is, Pina Monty is also kind of us when he's not.

1268
01:29:37,000 --> 01:29:42,000
He's definitely a shadow of his former and police self.

1269
01:29:42,000 --> 01:29:45,000
And even Laurent has been kind of poor as well.

1270
01:29:45,000 --> 01:29:50,000
Yeah, I think it's going to take individuals to bail this Saaswolo team out.

1271
01:29:50,000 --> 01:29:53,000
They lost this game because of an individual mistake.

1272
01:29:53,000 --> 01:29:56,000
Because other than that, Bararadi did actually steady the ship.

1273
01:29:56,000 --> 01:30:00,000
Helas Verona didn't really threaten, apart from that, that one moment,

1274
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:03,000
that one laps in concentration for Henrika, by the way,

1275
01:30:03,000 --> 01:30:07,000
who I'm sure hasn't made eye contact with any of his teammates since.

1276
01:30:07,000 --> 01:30:12,000
But man, that was an absolutely fun game to watch.

1277
01:30:12,000 --> 01:30:16,000
Bararadi looked like he was going to get it done for them before he went off.

1278
01:30:16,000 --> 01:30:21,000
Saaswolo are currently in 19th with 20 points.

1279
01:30:21,000 --> 01:30:27,000
While Helas Verona are in 17th with 23 points, that's a relegation 6-pointer.

1280
01:30:27,000 --> 01:30:29,000
If we've ever seen one.

1281
01:30:29,000 --> 01:30:34,000
Yes, and man, Verona, for the amount of players, we always say this, right?

1282
01:30:34,000 --> 01:30:38,000
But for the amount of players they've lost, not only across the last five years,

1283
01:30:38,000 --> 01:30:43,000
but this season, and the current financial state that the club is in,

1284
01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:48,000
for them to keep on managing to get these important results,

1285
01:30:48,000 --> 01:30:51,000
Barone has done God's work with this team.

1286
01:30:51,000 --> 01:30:53,000
Hats off to Barone, man.

1287
01:30:53,000 --> 01:30:56,000
Absolutely. I do take my hat off to Barone.

1288
01:30:56,000 --> 01:31:02,000
Susloff, Serdar, Duda, Lazovic, Henri, Nuslin, you know what I mean?

1289
01:31:02,000 --> 01:31:06,000
They've got relegation written all over them.

1290
01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:11,000
And if you look at them, by the way, Marco Barone's career, interestingly enough,

1291
01:31:11,000 --> 01:31:14,000
he's managed quite a few teams at the 60-year-old.

1292
01:31:14,000 --> 01:31:20,000
He, in 2013, was in charge of Juventus's under-19s, which was really weird,

1293
01:31:20,000 --> 01:31:24,000
because he took this job after he was the head coach of Cremonese and Sutterone.

1294
01:31:24,000 --> 01:31:28,000
So it was quite an odd job to take on.

1295
01:31:28,000 --> 01:31:33,000
Spent some time there, went to Pascara, Novarra, Benevento, Frosinone, Cremonese,

1296
01:31:33,000 --> 01:31:36,000
Reggio Calabria, Leccea now, Isatela Verona.

1297
01:31:36,000 --> 01:31:41,000
We're to be honest, yes, he's doing a very impressive job with what he has available.

1298
01:31:41,000 --> 01:31:46,000
Just to make you guys aware, before we obviously get into the rest of the relegation,

1299
01:31:46,000 --> 01:31:54,000
six pointers, Leccea in 13th, around 25 points, Caliari in 18th, around 23.

1300
01:31:54,000 --> 01:31:58,000
That's what we're dealing with. All the teams involved in the relegation battle are Leccea,

1301
01:31:58,000 --> 01:32:03,000
Empoli, Udenese, Frosinone, Verona, Caliari, Sasvolo, Salernetana.

1302
01:32:03,000 --> 01:32:06,000
So yes, it's...

1303
01:32:06,000 --> 01:32:07,000
So exciting, man.

1304
01:32:07,000 --> 01:32:11,000
Empoli, Nyl, Caliari won. That was a shock.

1305
01:32:11,000 --> 01:32:15,000
That was a shock result because Empoli have been on fire.

1306
01:32:15,000 --> 01:32:19,000
I was worried, because I'm all for Caliari surviving.

1307
01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:23,000
I really want Caliari to survive because Salernetana are going down,

1308
01:32:23,000 --> 01:32:30,000
so we need another kind of seaside vibe, kind of heart-to-heart passionate fans.

1309
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:34,000
And I love Caliari and I do wish that they say about Empoli.

1310
01:32:34,000 --> 01:32:37,000
Empoli were in such good form, like you said, bro, with Davide,

1311
01:32:37,000 --> 01:32:39,000
and Nicola, I thought they were going to beat them for it.

1312
01:32:39,000 --> 01:32:40,000
Six games undefeated.

1313
01:32:40,000 --> 01:32:43,000
And think of the dreadful start they had, bro.

1314
01:32:43,000 --> 01:32:47,000
They were lost for a while, like they were terrible.

1315
01:32:47,000 --> 01:32:52,000
But yeah, Nicola, man, she did a fantastic job, but now, Caliari. Here we go.

1316
01:32:52,000 --> 01:32:57,000
This is Nicola's first loss with Empoli, but not her first loss with Dale.

1317
01:32:57,000 --> 01:32:58,000
Nice.

1318
01:32:58,000 --> 01:32:59,000
Molta, Levalen.

1319
01:32:59,000 --> 01:33:01,000
Molta, baby.

1320
01:33:01,000 --> 01:33:06,000
Empoli coming off, are coming off a 3-2 away win over Sasvolo.

1321
01:33:06,000 --> 01:33:09,000
Another relegation, 6-pointer over there.

1322
01:33:09,000 --> 01:33:11,000
And Caliari coming off a 1-1 draw to Napoli.

1323
01:33:11,000 --> 01:33:15,000
Remember that, Zito Lovumbo in the last minute.

1324
01:33:15,000 --> 01:33:19,000
Previous encounter was Caliari nil Empoli nil.

1325
01:33:19,000 --> 01:33:23,000
Now, Empoli were on a fantastic run, since Davide and Nicola took charge,

1326
01:33:23,000 --> 01:33:25,000
winning 3-1, drawing 3.

1327
01:33:25,000 --> 01:33:28,000
Giasi returned from suspension, and Zyrkovski was once again available,

1328
01:33:28,000 --> 01:33:31,000
but Caputo and Grassi were still not fully fit.

1329
01:33:31,000 --> 01:33:35,000
The Sardinians had a lengthy absentee list, including Pavoletti,

1330
01:33:35,000 --> 01:33:39,000
Mancozu, Sulemana, Hatzidiakos and Petania.

1331
01:33:39,000 --> 01:33:44,000
4-3-1 formation for Nicola's men, with Caprila Engol and a backline

1332
01:33:44,000 --> 01:33:48,000
of Ismaili, Valukovic, Luperto and Kakace,

1333
01:33:48,000 --> 01:33:51,000
Kovalenko, Marin and Male being the midfield tree,

1334
01:33:51,000 --> 01:33:55,000
with Kanchilleri and Kambiagi flanking Mattia Destro.

1335
01:33:55,000 --> 01:34:00,000
4-4-1-1 formation there for Caliari, Skufengol and a backline

1336
01:34:00,000 --> 01:34:03,000
of Nandes, Mina, Dosena and Augello.

1337
01:34:03,000 --> 01:34:07,000
Jankto, Makumbu, Deola and Lovumbo playing in midfield

1338
01:34:07,000 --> 01:34:11,000
with Gaetano playing behind La Padula.

1339
01:34:11,000 --> 01:34:15,000
Now, the 16th minute, Empoli charged forward on a counterattack,

1340
01:34:15,000 --> 01:34:18,000
after advantage was played after a foul on Kanchilleri,

1341
01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:21,000
Kambiagi broke forward well and squeezed through a shot

1342
01:34:21,000 --> 01:34:25,000
which hit the post and fell straight to Male, who took way too long

1343
01:34:25,000 --> 01:34:29,000
to shoot the rebound to put the ball on his favourite foot

1344
01:34:29,000 --> 01:34:32,000
and he was subsequently denied by Skufeng.

1345
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:37,000
Caprila got down well to deny La Padula a header on the 43rd minute,

1346
01:34:37,000 --> 01:34:42,000
in the 52nd minute, Empoli were bizarrely not awarded a penalty

1347
01:34:42,000 --> 01:34:46,000
after a clear handball by Makumbu in the area.

1348
01:34:46,000 --> 01:34:50,000
The var room did not instruct the ref to take a look.

1349
01:34:50,000 --> 01:34:54,000
The ref was like, bro, penalty like.

1350
01:34:54,000 --> 01:35:01,000
He was like this, which is technically his hand against his body,

1351
01:35:01,000 --> 01:35:07,000
but is it? His hand is up and it hit like,

1352
01:35:07,000 --> 01:35:10,000
chop his arm off, it would have gone through.

1353
01:35:10,000 --> 01:35:13,000
Penalty not given, you know why?

1354
01:35:13,000 --> 01:35:18,000
Because we have absolutely fucked the handball rule.

1355
01:35:18,000 --> 01:35:20,000
We fucked the handball rule.

1356
01:35:20,000 --> 01:35:22,000
The penalties in general, man.

1357
01:35:22,000 --> 01:35:26,000
That was a penalty, in my opinion, again.

1358
01:35:26,000 --> 01:35:28,000
Come at me.

1359
01:35:28,000 --> 01:35:33,000
64th minute, Kakács powerful rebounded goal was ruled out for offside

1360
01:35:33,000 --> 01:35:37,000
due to the initial strike coming from an offside position.

1361
01:35:37,000 --> 01:35:39,000
He hit that violently.

1362
01:35:39,000 --> 01:35:41,000
He did, New Zealander.

1363
01:35:41,000 --> 01:35:43,000
Libby wanted it.

1364
01:35:43,000 --> 01:35:45,000
Libby wanted to spank that.

1365
01:35:45,000 --> 01:35:50,000
9th minute, Youngto scored to get the winner for Kalyari.

1366
01:35:50,000 --> 01:35:53,000
Totally against the run of play, by the way.

1367
01:35:53,000 --> 01:35:57,000
They took the lead through a Youngto, clean rebound into the bottom corner.

1368
01:35:57,000 --> 01:36:00,000
To be honest, not even a rebound, the keeper was well in position by then.

1369
01:36:00,000 --> 01:36:05,000
Zappa did incredibly well to create the chance, not making the defender.

1370
01:36:05,000 --> 01:36:08,000
And he played through Nandes, who took the initial strike

1371
01:36:08,000 --> 01:36:11,000
before the ball landed to Youngto.

1372
01:36:11,000 --> 01:36:16,000
Kalyari managed to hold on, despite Ampoli really looking to get the equalizer.

1373
01:36:16,000 --> 01:36:23,000
And Skuffe had a brilliant save in the 95th minute to secure the win for Kalyari.

1374
01:36:23,000 --> 01:36:29,000
This is, fun fact, Kalyari's first away win of the season.

1375
01:36:29,000 --> 01:36:35,000
And that's what caused, this is another relegation site who've lost a very important player, bro.

1376
01:36:35,000 --> 01:36:36,000
Zito Lvumbo.

1377
01:36:36,000 --> 01:36:37,000
Absolutely.

1378
01:36:37,000 --> 01:36:40,000
Went off injured in the 30th minute, and he'll be out for three weeks.

1379
01:36:40,000 --> 01:36:43,000
You're right, bro. You're right. I forgot to mention that.

1380
01:36:43,000 --> 01:36:44,000
It's okay, it's okay.

1381
01:36:44,000 --> 01:36:49,000
Bro, he went out, he was off in the 30th minute, and the hope for Ranieri is to have him back

1382
01:36:49,000 --> 01:36:52,000
against Verona on the 1st of April.

1383
01:36:52,000 --> 01:36:57,000
And honestly, I might stop watching the top teams, and just watch them watch them.

1384
01:36:57,000 --> 01:36:58,000
Fucking.

1385
01:36:58,000 --> 01:37:02,000
The relegation games right now, because they are so interesting, man.

1386
01:37:02,000 --> 01:37:07,000
So basically, Kalyari need to find a way without their best player, by far.

1387
01:37:07,000 --> 01:37:11,000
You know, I don't know, man, how they can do it.

1388
01:37:11,000 --> 01:37:15,000
The next two games for them are pivotal as well. They're vital.

1389
01:37:15,000 --> 01:37:20,000
You look at, they have Salernitana next, which they have to win.

1390
01:37:20,000 --> 01:37:21,000
They have to win.

1391
01:37:21,000 --> 01:37:23,000
And then Monza right after.

1392
01:37:23,000 --> 01:37:26,000
So there are two technically winnable games.

1393
01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:29,000
So yeah, they're going to miss Zito Lvumbo, definitely.

1394
01:37:29,000 --> 01:37:31,000
But Gaitano has been a revelation now.

1395
01:37:31,000 --> 01:37:34,000
Ah, Gaitano has given them some creativity.

1396
01:37:34,000 --> 01:37:42,000
They always kind of struggled to get the ball into the box and to score goals, to create chances.

1397
01:37:42,000 --> 01:37:45,000
But Gaitano, he's got some good footwork.

1398
01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:51,000
He's very attacking minded, and he's really linking up the midfield to those big strikers.

1399
01:37:51,000 --> 01:37:55,000
Quite well, or big striker rather, because it was just Lapadoula up front.

1400
01:37:55,000 --> 01:37:57,000
Now, to be honest, I kind of like this.

1401
01:37:57,000 --> 01:38:00,000
Before they always played with two big strikers to win those physical battles,

1402
01:38:00,000 --> 01:38:06,000
with not much going on behind them unless they bring on Zito Lvumbo.

1403
01:38:06,000 --> 01:38:10,000
But now in the case of Zito Lvumbo is out injured, I think this is the way to go,

1404
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:13,000
because Gaitano can really do a lot for them in that position.

1405
01:38:13,000 --> 01:38:18,000
And then he operates centrally usually, of course, or has been lately.

1406
01:38:18,000 --> 01:38:23,000
But after Zito went off injured, he really filled in that pocket on the left side.

1407
01:38:23,000 --> 01:38:27,000
And I think that might be the way forward for them for now against Salernitana.

1408
01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:32,000
On Monsa, they might want to start off with Gaitano on the left.

1409
01:38:32,000 --> 01:38:37,000
Maybe kind of a 4-3-3 or something, 4-2-3-1, something like that.

1410
01:38:37,000 --> 01:38:40,000
We'll see, I'm sure Ranieri will think of something.

1411
01:38:40,000 --> 01:38:48,000
I think, Kallieri, what they did here is they made themselves as annoying to play against as possible.

1412
01:38:48,000 --> 01:38:53,000
They were very pragmatic, they broke down Empoli's play by piling all their men back,

1413
01:38:53,000 --> 01:39:00,000
and ensuring that Empoli weren't going to get a sniff Empoli, because they're very fast fluid and direct nowadays.

1414
01:39:00,000 --> 01:39:03,000
They got their opportunities, they were met with a bit of misfortune,

1415
01:39:03,000 --> 01:39:07,000
they were also met with some heroics by Skuffe.

1416
01:39:07,000 --> 01:39:13,000
But to me, the man of the match, the guy that had the best performance for Kallieri,

1417
01:39:13,000 --> 01:39:19,000
the reason they won this game in my opinion is Dossana, apart from the referee, naturally.

1418
01:39:19,000 --> 01:39:26,000
But Dossana had 10 aerial duels won, and he was just solid as a rock at the back.

1419
01:39:26,000 --> 01:39:31,000
Yerimina had a good performance as well, naturally Skuffe, like I mentioned before.

1420
01:39:31,000 --> 01:39:37,000
But these are the heroic performances that can change everything, and this is what I like, bro.

1421
01:39:37,000 --> 01:39:40,000
This is what I like about Relegation Battles.

1422
01:39:40,000 --> 01:39:47,000
This result not only plays a massive part for the teams involved,

1423
01:39:47,000 --> 01:39:54,000
but the other teams in the Relegation Battle that see Kallieri getting major three points over there.

1424
01:39:54,000 --> 01:39:58,000
It's like a psychological awakening.

1425
01:39:58,000 --> 01:40:04,000
They say, okay, we need to get our shit together because they're doing it, and we have to as well.

1426
01:40:04,000 --> 01:40:07,000
So massive implications for the entire Relegation Battle.

1427
01:40:07,000 --> 01:40:12,000
Absolutely, man. And it's crazy how different each team in this Relegation Battle is, by the way.

1428
01:40:12,000 --> 01:40:18,000
You look at, for example, who do you think has the fewest wins in, say, the season?

1429
01:40:18,000 --> 01:40:21,000
I think, bro, Udinese, I drain you in.

1430
01:40:21,000 --> 01:40:26,000
So it's Salernitana with two, and then right off them is Udinese, who have only won three games this season.

1431
01:40:26,000 --> 01:40:30,000
They have 15 draws and nine losses.

1432
01:40:30,000 --> 01:40:32,000
That's absolutely wild.

1433
01:40:32,000 --> 01:40:38,000
And then you look at, for example, Kallieri, who are very similar to, for example, Verona, Sassuolo, Frosinone.

1434
01:40:38,000 --> 01:40:41,000
They have five wins, eight draws, 14 losses. That's usually the case.

1435
01:40:41,000 --> 01:40:45,000
So Udinese being down there with 15 draws is really weird.

1436
01:40:45,000 --> 01:40:52,000
And then not having won many games might actually bite them in the ass when it comes to this Relegation Battle.

1437
01:40:52,000 --> 01:41:00,000
Yeah, we could potentially see, by the way, three teams getting relegated, none of them are newcomers.

1438
01:41:00,000 --> 01:41:04,000
Yeah, it could easily be Sassuolo, Udinese, Salernitana.

1439
01:41:04,000 --> 01:41:06,000
Fucking mental, bro.

1440
01:41:06,000 --> 01:41:12,000
Yeah, mental. Let's jump on to the next ones when it comes to the standings for these teams.

1441
01:41:12,000 --> 01:41:19,000
Kallieri now in 18th on 23 points, level on points with Verona, who are also on 23 in 17th place.

1442
01:41:19,000 --> 01:41:27,000
Empoli in 14th on 25 points. You'd think 14th would be somewhere near the realms of safety, but not at all.

1443
01:41:27,000 --> 01:41:28,000
Not at all.

1444
01:41:28,000 --> 01:41:37,000
The next game is Udinese, one Salernitana, one speaking of Udinese and not being able to win games and withdrawing every single game.

1445
01:41:37,000 --> 01:41:41,000
These are the two teams which combined have five victories this season.

1446
01:41:41,000 --> 01:41:42,000
Yeah.

1447
01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:43,000
Really good.

1448
01:41:43,000 --> 01:41:47,000
The previous encounter was another one-one draw.

1449
01:41:47,000 --> 01:41:51,000
This was back in August and Dia and Samarjic scored.

1450
01:41:51,000 --> 01:41:56,000
Just an update on Dia, if you're wondering where the hell's Dia been.

1451
01:41:56,000 --> 01:42:00,000
Dia has fallen out with the management yet again.

1452
01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:05,000
He refused to come on this game and he's training separately.

1453
01:42:05,000 --> 01:42:15,000
So that's a shame. That's a real shame for Boulay-E-Dia, not really giving himself a good advertisement over there for any teams who will be looking for him.

1454
01:42:15,000 --> 01:42:20,000
He's just telling you basically when they go and get stuff, I'm gonna leave.

1455
01:42:20,000 --> 01:42:21,000
Exactly.

1456
01:42:21,000 --> 01:42:32,000
Udinese lined up with their 3-5-1-1 formation with Maduka, Okoya in goal, Ferreira, Janetti and Perez as the defenders, with Kamara and the Bosello on the flanks.

1457
01:42:32,000 --> 01:42:38,000
Lovridge, Wallace and Payero were in the middle with Thuvan playing behind Lorenzo Luka.

1458
01:42:38,000 --> 01:42:42,000
For Salernitana it was a 4-3-1-2 formation with Okchova and goal.

1459
01:42:42,000 --> 01:42:48,000
Brother Rich on the left and Zanoli on the right with Pellegrino and Manolas as the centre-back partnership.

1460
01:42:48,000 --> 01:42:54,000
Bazech, Majora and Kulabali were in the middle with Kandreva playing behind Visman and Chouna.

1461
01:42:54,000 --> 01:43:01,000
Can I just make a quick observation slash question? Why the fuck doesn't Samaritze start?

1462
01:43:01,000 --> 01:43:06,000
Why the fuck doesn't Samaritze start? He must be a real asshole.

1463
01:43:06,000 --> 01:43:14,000
I don't know. I don't know why he didn't start this game. I guess he must have not been in the best condition because I can assure you the coach would want him on the pitch.

1464
01:43:14,000 --> 01:43:22,000
He didn't even come on. So yeah, there's definitely some injury problem over there, some attitude problem.

1465
01:43:22,000 --> 01:43:29,000
Or the fact that again, he is on his way out. He's going to be at where next season? Juve, Inter, who knows?

1466
01:43:29,000 --> 01:43:33,000
Inter fell through. Maybe Napoli instead of Zalinski.

1467
01:43:33,000 --> 01:43:39,000
But yeah, he has 3 wins all season. Fucking shut up and play him.

1468
01:43:39,000 --> 01:43:47,000
But 2-1 was fucking excellent. The missing players for both teams, of course, Jero and Bo, thanks, injured for Salernitan.

1469
01:43:47,000 --> 01:43:53,000
A really good bye over there. Faz, Jogh, Jombar, Pirot, C and Pirola, all injured for Salernitan.

1470
01:43:53,000 --> 01:43:59,000
It's a bit of a defensive crisis for them. Beol, Deol, Abosa and Christensen were out for Udineza.

1471
01:43:59,000 --> 01:44:03,000
Apparently Deol, a man might be done forever.

1472
01:44:03,000 --> 01:44:09,000
Of course, he's not old, man. Not old at all.

1473
01:44:09,000 --> 01:44:17,000
Cunha scored a stunning left-footed strike 10 minutes in, giving Salernitana a 1-0 lead. Bend it like Cunha, bro.

1474
01:44:17,000 --> 01:44:21,000
That would have been the episode title of it, wherein for Bello Bellissimo.

1475
01:44:21,000 --> 01:44:25,000
Shoot it like Cunha. There we go.

1476
01:44:25,000 --> 01:44:30,000
He tried the exact same curler with his right earlier on. I was going to praise him for scoring with his weak left,

1477
01:44:30,000 --> 01:44:34,000
but turns out he's left-footed. So the first attempt was with his weaker right.

1478
01:44:34,000 --> 01:44:40,000
Pirot, who's saying it correctly? Cunha or Cunha?

1479
01:44:40,000 --> 01:44:44,000
I think it's Cunha. Cunha.

1480
01:44:44,000 --> 01:44:48,000
I don't know. There's the A before everything else. Cunha.

1481
01:44:48,000 --> 01:44:56,000
Pirot played a brilliant ball to Luka after Abosa and had charged down the right-hand side and squared it to him.

1482
01:44:56,000 --> 01:45:01,000
Luka tried to guide it into the back of the net. He kind of missed hit it, to be honest.

1483
01:45:01,000 --> 01:45:05,000
And Ochoa got down fast enough to grab the ball. Still an impressive save by Ochoa,

1484
01:45:05,000 --> 01:45:08,000
but at the end of the day it was a missed hit shot by Luka.

1485
01:45:08,000 --> 01:45:15,000
In the 38th minute, Sandy Love-Rich missed a golden opportunity to equalize after a lovely flick on by Love-Rich.

1486
01:45:15,000 --> 01:45:22,000
I wrote over here, so it must be Thuvan. Thuvan, I assume, flicked it over to Love-Rich. That's my mistake.

1487
01:45:22,000 --> 01:45:29,000
In the 46th minute at the end of the first half, Hassan Kamara scored an incredible goal, our goal of the week.

1488
01:45:29,000 --> 01:45:36,000
Thuvan crossed the ball behind him and he bicycle kicked it acrobatically into the back of the net.

1489
01:45:36,000 --> 01:45:42,000
Great goal over there to get his first goal in Serie A and his first goal for Udineza.

1490
01:45:42,000 --> 01:45:47,000
Thuvan hit a free kick in the second half, low and hard, and it went narrowly wide.

1491
01:45:47,000 --> 01:45:52,000
He picked out Kamara shortly after in a fantastic position right in front of the goalkeeper.

1492
01:45:52,000 --> 01:45:56,000
The guy had just scored an acrobatic goal, you could swear he was going to score this one.

1493
01:45:56,000 --> 01:46:00,000
But the Ivorian 29-year-old shot it over the bar, disappointingly.

1494
01:46:00,000 --> 01:46:07,000
In the 68th minute, Festi Ebosele received a second yellow card and was sent off after a foul on Pellegrino,

1495
01:46:07,000 --> 01:46:10,000
who was one of those fouls where the offender was in position of the ball.

1496
01:46:10,000 --> 01:46:15,000
So Ebosele had the ball, but his touch was too heavy, and to try to recover it, he took Pellegrino out,

1497
01:46:15,000 --> 01:46:18,000
put himself between the man and the ball, and he got sent off.

1498
01:46:18,000 --> 01:46:23,000
So that's one way of being punished for your crappy first touch, right?

1499
01:46:23,000 --> 01:46:27,000
Suana hit the post, or Chaunas, let's call him Chaunas, or Loom.

1500
01:46:27,000 --> 01:46:34,000
His first name is Loom. I like Loom. Loom hit the post with a close change after being played in Baikon Dreva.

1501
01:46:34,000 --> 01:46:38,000
Another situation where the touch was too heavy, and another situation where a guy who scored

1502
01:46:38,000 --> 01:46:43,000
a very difficult chance missed quite an easy one.

1503
01:46:43,000 --> 01:46:47,000
And that was basically everything, and the match ended one-one, giving them one point each.

1504
01:46:47,000 --> 01:46:52,000
This was the chance for Salerno Netana to get a victory, where Daneza were a man down for 30 minutes.

1505
01:46:52,000 --> 01:46:58,000
They had many moments where they were outnumbering the Daneza defense, but they simply didn't have enough in their locker.

1506
01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:02,000
And I think that Salerno Netana are down for a man.

1507
01:47:02,000 --> 01:47:05,000
It's going to be a massive sequence of events.

1508
01:47:05,000 --> 01:47:06,000
Two seasons ago.

1509
01:47:06,000 --> 01:47:07,000
I know, yes.

1510
01:47:07,000 --> 01:47:10,000
That's what I said, two seasons ago.

1511
01:47:10,000 --> 01:47:13,000
And they didn't go down. And they were...

1512
01:47:13,000 --> 01:47:18,000
Believe me, I believe they were in a worse situation, and there are now at least three fucking wins.

1513
01:47:18,000 --> 01:47:21,000
Can't take them to 12th at this point.

1514
01:47:21,000 --> 01:47:23,000
They need nine points, man.

1515
01:47:23,000 --> 01:47:26,000
And the teams in front of them all have to lose.

1516
01:47:26,000 --> 01:47:31,000
I wouldn't even hint at the fact that they might survive.

1517
01:47:31,000 --> 01:47:37,000
They're probably down, which, my God, is it sad?

1518
01:47:37,000 --> 01:47:41,000
Because they have so much character as a team. Their fans are amazing.

1519
01:47:41,000 --> 01:47:44,000
And I fell in love with some of these players as well, man.

1520
01:47:44,000 --> 01:47:48,000
Like Kandreva just being an icon of that team along with Ochoa.

1521
01:47:48,000 --> 01:47:53,000
Even Sabatini coming back and fucking watching the game with an oxygen tank in the stands, you know?

1522
01:47:53,000 --> 01:47:54,000
Right.

1523
01:47:54,000 --> 01:48:02,000
It's more... Even to the city, it's more than just football.

1524
01:48:02,000 --> 01:48:04,000
It means a lot to them.

1525
01:48:04,000 --> 01:48:06,000
But unfortunately, man.

1526
01:48:06,000 --> 01:48:12,000
Unfortunately, if there's 30 minutes left of play and you're down against 10 men,

1527
01:48:12,000 --> 01:48:17,000
and you... I don't be too harsh and say if you can't get it done, then, you know?

1528
01:48:17,000 --> 01:48:23,000
Because it's easy to put fucking nine men back and you prevent a goal.

1529
01:48:23,000 --> 01:48:28,000
And I don't want to be too harsh by saying this is a bad result for Salernitana

1530
01:48:28,000 --> 01:48:35,000
because these games, the relegation six-pointers, are typically the ones, bro, where you get one point.

1531
01:48:35,000 --> 01:48:36,000
Yeah.

1532
01:48:36,000 --> 01:48:38,000
Because both teams are a little bit cagey.

1533
01:48:38,000 --> 01:48:41,000
Maybe, okay, Salernitana should not have been that cagey,

1534
01:48:41,000 --> 01:48:44,000
but they're playing against Odinesa that are serial drawers.

1535
01:48:44,000 --> 01:48:47,000
They know how to get one point out of the game.

1536
01:48:47,000 --> 01:48:51,000
They're a tough side, Odinesa, but when you're a man up, you have to get it done.

1537
01:48:51,000 --> 01:48:55,000
And they're very physical as well. They have always been a very physical team, man, Odinesa.

1538
01:48:55,000 --> 01:48:59,000
To Odinesa's credit, of course, to Vano was incredible this game.

1539
01:48:59,000 --> 01:49:02,000
He really showed us what he can do. He was everywhere, man.

1540
01:49:02,000 --> 01:49:07,000
He was taking shots, he was playing players, and he was by far the man of the match for this game.

1541
01:49:07,000 --> 01:49:11,000
It's interesting when you look at the way the game went down as well.

1542
01:49:11,000 --> 01:49:19,000
If you look at the stats, so 50-50% ball position, 18 shots to Odinesa, 17 to Salernitana.

1543
01:49:19,000 --> 01:49:24,000
Okay, five of Odinesas were on target, whereas one was on target for Salernitana.

1544
01:49:24,000 --> 01:49:25,000
That must have been the goal.

1545
01:49:25,000 --> 01:49:27,000
I want a shot on target, man. Come on.

1546
01:49:27,000 --> 01:49:32,000
In the first half, it was 10-4 when it comes to shots in favor of Odinesa.

1547
01:49:32,000 --> 01:49:35,000
The second half, which is probably as a result of the red card,

1548
01:49:35,000 --> 01:49:39,000
it shoots to 13 in favor of Salernitana.

1549
01:49:39,000 --> 01:49:46,000
So, you know, quite a predictable way in which the game went down.

1550
01:49:46,000 --> 01:49:53,000
Yeah, man. And Livarani was brought in to kind of impose his offensive style, right?

1551
01:49:53,000 --> 01:49:57,000
This is what happens when you change coach, man.

1552
01:49:57,000 --> 01:50:02,000
You're either going to end up like Derossi, what happened with Derossi.

1553
01:50:02,000 --> 01:50:07,000
To be fair, the caliber of players is much better for Derossi, so it's more likely to happen.

1554
01:50:07,000 --> 01:50:13,000
But at Salernitana, changing the coach so frequently, we keep banging on the same point, man.

1555
01:50:13,000 --> 01:50:15,000
It just didn't make any sense.

1556
01:50:15,000 --> 01:50:18,000
I think they would have a much better chance of surviving had they kept in Zaghe,

1557
01:50:18,000 --> 01:50:20,000
and they would have had more points as well.

1558
01:50:20,000 --> 01:50:24,000
Because granted, it wasn't a particularly offensive brand, but they really studied the ship,

1559
01:50:24,000 --> 01:50:26,000
and he almost got it done against big teams.

1560
01:50:26,000 --> 01:50:29,000
Yeah, it's a marathon, not a sprint at the end of the day.

1561
01:50:29,000 --> 01:50:37,000
And, okay, fucking two seasons ago, their third manager is the one that fucking saved them.

1562
01:50:37,000 --> 01:50:41,000
But football isn't just a replication of what has worked in the past.

1563
01:50:41,000 --> 01:50:42,000
Exactly.

1564
01:50:42,000 --> 01:50:50,000
And Pepon Zaghe, at the end of the day, Hisel had over 10 games left to sort this shit out,

1565
01:50:50,000 --> 01:50:52,000
and he was doing well.

1566
01:50:52,000 --> 01:50:53,000
Look at this team.

1567
01:50:53,000 --> 01:50:55,000
It's not great, man.

1568
01:50:55,000 --> 01:50:59,000
Can't drive up playing behind Chowna and Weaseman.

1569
01:50:59,000 --> 01:51:06,000
But he was managing to utilize his players, at least, effectively.

1570
01:51:06,000 --> 01:51:11,000
He was using Simi as his first defender up front, pressing, cutting the channels.

1571
01:51:11,000 --> 01:51:15,000
He was really closing teams off like that.

1572
01:51:15,000 --> 01:51:19,000
So you're getting rid of defensive solidarity for a manager who prioritizes offensive football,

1573
01:51:19,000 --> 01:51:23,000
and then you can't even beat Danez or a man down for 30 minutes.

1574
01:51:23,000 --> 01:51:25,000
It's not Salernitan as yet.

1575
01:51:25,000 --> 01:51:26,000
It doesn't seem like it.

1576
01:51:26,000 --> 01:51:28,000
If there's another miracle, I'm all for it.

1577
01:51:28,000 --> 01:51:29,000
Fuck it, let's go.

1578
01:51:29,000 --> 01:51:35,000
Se qua le ala squadra del mio cuore, si calo so ala Salernitan, and all that.

1579
01:51:35,000 --> 01:51:36,000
But, yeah, that's...

1580
01:51:36,000 --> 01:51:41,000
Maybe if Pippo was there, Dia would still be playing. If Pippo was like, listen, bro,

1581
01:51:41,000 --> 01:51:43,000
shut the fuck up, play for me.

1582
01:51:43,000 --> 01:51:46,000
Next year, I'll speak to Milan for you.

1583
01:51:46,000 --> 01:51:47,000
I'll speak to Juve for you.

1584
01:51:47,000 --> 01:51:48,000
We'll sort it out.

1585
01:51:48,000 --> 01:51:51,000
Shut up and play, man.

1586
01:51:51,000 --> 01:51:53,000
Yeah, shame.

1587
01:51:53,000 --> 01:51:55,000
Shame they brought in Leveroni.

1588
01:51:55,000 --> 01:52:01,000
But yes, I'm Salernitan, I'm dead lost with 14 points, while Udanez are in 15th with 24 points.

1589
01:52:01,000 --> 01:52:02,000
10 points ahead.

1590
01:52:02,000 --> 01:52:07,000
The final relegation, 6-pointer, we're gonna speak about, Michael, blessed were we.

1591
01:52:07,000 --> 01:52:09,000
Blessed were we, last weekend.

1592
01:52:09,000 --> 01:52:11,000
Fresnoa ne 1, Lecce 1.

1593
01:52:11,000 --> 01:52:19,000
Fresnoa ne were coming off a feisty 3-2 loss to Juve, while Lecce were coming off a not-so-feisty 4-0 home-lost winter.

1594
01:52:19,000 --> 01:52:23,000
The previous encounter was a 2-1 victory for Lecce.

1595
01:52:23,000 --> 01:52:29,000
Now, this was a potentially crucial opportunity to break away from the danger zone, as you guys know,

1596
01:52:29,000 --> 01:52:33,000
as these teams were separated by one point going into this weekend.

1597
01:52:33,000 --> 01:52:41,000
Fresnoa ne were in horrific form after 4 consecutive defeats, and missing Marquitsa, Ollano, Bonifazi and Kalei.

1598
01:52:41,000 --> 01:52:48,000
Lecce had Pongracic and Dorgo back from suspension, but their Maaku is a long-term absentee.

1599
01:52:48,000 --> 01:52:56,000
They lost 8 of the last 10 games that they played, beating only Fiorentina 3-2.

1600
01:52:56,000 --> 01:52:58,000
That is a crazy, crazy stat.

1601
01:52:58,000 --> 01:53:06,000
4-4-2 for Fresnoa ne, with Cero Follini in goal who had a whirlwind of a performance in the game.

1602
01:53:06,000 --> 01:53:16,000
Backline of Valeri, Romagnoli, Occholi and Zortea, midfield of Gelli Brescianini, Mazzitelli and Solea, with Harui and Wallit Kedira starting up front.

1603
01:53:16,000 --> 01:53:19,000
4-2-3-1 for Lecce, with Falcoa ne in goal.

1604
01:53:19,000 --> 01:53:24,000
Backline of Jean Dre, Pongracic, Basquirotto and Gallo, Pivot of Cabba and Ramadani.

1605
01:53:24,000 --> 01:53:29,000
Alcvesta and Banda on the wings, with Rafia playing behind, Kristovic.

1606
01:53:29,000 --> 01:53:35,000
On the 25th minute, Kristovic had a chance to score, but was denied well by Cero Follini.

1607
01:53:35,000 --> 01:53:43,000
In the 47th minute, stoppage time of the first half, Kedira managed to get his second goal in as many games.

1608
01:53:43,000 --> 01:53:48,000
There was some chaos in the box, which is basically what we say when there are too many things to describe.

1609
01:53:48,000 --> 01:53:55,000
Including Falcoa ne, Mazzitelli and Kedira were there to hoof the ball into the back of the net.

1610
01:53:55,000 --> 01:54:00,000
2 goals in 2 games, the last one was against Juve, which is great.

1611
01:54:00,000 --> 01:54:11,000
In the 56th minute, Lecce were awarded a penalty after a horrible back pass by Zortea, left Cero Follini with no choice other than to bring down Kristovic.

1612
01:54:11,000 --> 01:54:18,000
Cero Follini saved Rafia's initial penalty well, but this had to be retaken due to encroachment.

1613
01:54:18,000 --> 01:54:27,000
This time, Kristovic stepped up, Cero Follini went the right way, Kristovic hit the post, the ball bounced off the post,

1614
01:54:27,000 --> 01:54:31,000
hit Cero Follini in the back and went into the back of the net.

1615
01:54:31,000 --> 01:54:36,000
So, Cero Follini gave away a penalty, not his fault, but he gave away a penalty.

1616
01:54:36,000 --> 01:54:46,000
Imagine having this guy on Fanta, he gave away a penalty, saved one, it got cancelled and then he scored an own goal.

1617
01:54:46,000 --> 01:54:50,000
By tracking a penalty a bit too well, he ended up scoring an own goal.

1618
01:54:50,000 --> 01:54:54,000
Brutal for anyone who had him on Fanta. Brutal, bro.

1619
01:54:54,000 --> 01:54:58,000
Personally, I had Kristovic. That was also brutal.

1620
01:54:58,000 --> 01:55:02,000
That was brutal. Having Kristovic in general is devastating.

1621
01:55:02,000 --> 01:55:06,000
The first four games, baby, riding off the high, riding off the high.

1622
01:55:06,000 --> 01:55:10,000
In the 64th minute, Gelli hit the crossbar with a reaction strike.

1623
01:55:10,000 --> 01:55:18,000
Moments later, Brescianini had his goal disallowed for an offside as he met Kediras through the ball.

1624
01:55:18,000 --> 01:55:20,000
Also have him on Fanta.

1625
01:55:20,000 --> 01:55:27,000
And in the 96th minute, Falco expertly denied Kediras, had a tipping the ball over the bar.

1626
01:55:27,000 --> 01:55:36,000
Now, to me in this game, Frazzinone were simply very, very unlucky.

1627
01:55:36,000 --> 01:55:41,000
So there was the whole penalty situation. That's how Lecce got their goal, right?

1628
01:55:41,000 --> 01:55:45,000
So Frazzinone took the lead just before half time. Crucial.

1629
01:55:45,000 --> 01:55:56,000
Lecce's equalizer came from a penalty which despite initially being saved, was retaken and it went in off the back of their goalkeeper.

1630
01:55:56,000 --> 01:56:03,000
They then hit the crossbar in the 64th minute and then they had a disallowed goal.

1631
01:56:03,000 --> 01:56:12,000
Brescianini's goal was disallowed and then the 96th minute Falco on it produced a fantastic save to secure the draw for Frazzinone.

1632
01:56:12,000 --> 01:56:18,000
Unfortunate for Frazzinone in this game. I would go so far as to say they were unlucky.

1633
01:56:18,000 --> 01:56:22,000
I would say so too, man. They were pretty good.

1634
01:56:22,000 --> 01:56:26,000
They dominated Lecce as they were always going to do, to be honest.

1635
01:56:26,000 --> 01:56:34,000
A draw, to be honest, is probably not too unfair a result though because Lecce did put in quite a decent performance,

1636
01:56:34,000 --> 01:56:37,000
especially when it came to creating as well.

1637
01:56:37,000 --> 01:56:41,000
Granted, Frazzinone were peppering the goal, seven shots on target to Lecce's four.

1638
01:56:41,000 --> 01:56:51,000
But the spoils were shared and I'm sure both would be happy with it before they had heard about Kallieri and Verona both winning.

1639
01:56:51,000 --> 01:56:55,000
Because now it's looking a bit dangerous for them as well.

1640
01:56:55,000 --> 01:57:03,000
When all of a sudden, they're on 25 points and 24 points and then Kallieri and their legion pool are on 23rd, for example, in that 18th spot.

1641
01:57:03,000 --> 01:57:12,000
So I'm sure they would have been happy that they didn't lose but worried that they didn't win.

1642
01:57:12,000 --> 01:57:19,000
It has been a while since Frazzinone have won again, unfortunately, for them as well as Sassuola, as well as Salernetana.

1643
01:57:19,000 --> 01:57:25,000
Those are the ones that don't seem able to get three points at the moment.

1644
01:57:25,000 --> 01:57:32,000
But there's something to me that I have conflicting opinions on Frazzinone, man.

1645
01:57:32,000 --> 01:57:43,000
Because there's one that to me says the most simple way to explain football to a child, to whatever, is if you don't concede, you can't lose.

1646
01:57:43,000 --> 01:57:52,000
But then I'm also a massive fan of attacking football, fucking going balls deep into teams.

1647
01:57:52,000 --> 01:57:59,000
Unfortunately, Frazzinone have the latter but their defense is among the worst I have seen in the league.

1648
01:57:59,000 --> 01:58:08,000
They have in fact conceded 56 goals the most, more than Sassuola on 55 and more than Salernetana on 54.

1649
01:58:08,000 --> 01:58:12,000
They just attack everyone in their sights, man.

1650
01:58:12,000 --> 01:58:15,000
Which is fun, it's a breath of fresh air, it's fun to watch.

1651
01:58:15,000 --> 01:58:25,000
For a team that has just come up and I do hope they survive so they can strengthen and maybe solidify a bit at the back when we're in the next season.

1652
01:58:25,000 --> 01:58:26,000
We'll see what they can do with better.

1653
01:58:26,000 --> 01:58:28,000
Do you know what hurts me?

1654
01:58:28,000 --> 01:58:37,000
If they survive, they don't have any of the same players they do now because everyone is on loan, bro.

1655
01:58:37,000 --> 01:58:39,000
Everyone is on loan.

1656
01:58:39,000 --> 01:58:42,000
It would be interesting to see what happens.

1657
01:58:42,000 --> 01:58:44,000
They'll probably just loan in more people, man.

1658
01:58:44,000 --> 01:58:48,000
Probably bringing in people on loan and trying to survive like that.

1659
01:58:48,000 --> 01:58:54,000
But I fucking like teams with their players.

1660
01:58:54,000 --> 01:58:56,000
You know what I mean?

1661
01:58:56,000 --> 01:59:05,000
I can't root for Frazzinone too much when Sole is going to be back at Juve.

1662
01:59:05,000 --> 01:59:10,000
Which they probably will, bro, considering Khezah and his injuries.

1663
01:59:10,000 --> 01:59:15,000
But basically everyone, Ocoli with Atalanta, Zortea as well.

1664
01:59:15,000 --> 01:59:17,000
Reynier with Real Madrid.

1665
01:59:17,000 --> 01:59:20,000
Carriage, Barangio, all of them.

1666
01:59:20,000 --> 01:59:23,000
So I can't get behind this team too much.

1667
01:59:23,000 --> 01:59:32,000
But I do think that out of the bottom tier teams, they are the ones that can bring it the most.

1668
01:59:32,000 --> 01:59:35,000
They can turn it up, they can go forward.

1669
01:59:35,000 --> 01:59:38,000
The most, just unfortunately, they are incredibly compromised.

1670
01:59:38,000 --> 01:59:41,000
They're very, very similar this season to Saswolo.

1671
01:59:41,000 --> 01:59:42,000
Exactly.

1672
01:59:42,000 --> 01:59:44,000
Very similar, bro.

1673
01:59:44,000 --> 01:59:46,000
It's almost uncanny.

1674
01:59:46,000 --> 01:59:51,000
Frazzinone have scored 35 goals, Saswolo have scored 32.

1675
01:59:51,000 --> 01:59:55,000
Frazzinone have conceded 56, Saswolo have conceded 55.

1676
01:59:55,000 --> 01:59:58,000
Frazzinone have won six games, Saswolo have won five.

1677
01:59:58,000 --> 02:00:01,000
Frazzinone have drawn six, Saswolo have drawn five.

1678
02:00:01,000 --> 02:00:04,000
They're having a very, very similar season, man.

1679
02:00:04,000 --> 02:00:07,000
And guess what? Defrancisco, right?

1680
02:00:07,000 --> 02:00:09,000
The common factor.

1681
02:00:09,000 --> 02:00:12,000
That's an interesting point, that's true.

1682
02:00:12,000 --> 02:00:16,000
But I don't think there's too much to add on this game.

1683
02:00:16,000 --> 02:00:22,000
Looking at Lecce's chances on the other hand, Lecce are up there in 13th, you know?

1684
02:00:22,000 --> 02:00:29,000
But on 25 points, so two points from the drop, which is not safe in the slightest.

1685
02:00:29,000 --> 02:00:35,000
I would say that Lecce are the team that have regressed the most.

1686
02:00:35,000 --> 02:00:36,000
Since the start?

1687
02:00:36,000 --> 02:00:37,000
Yes.

1688
02:00:37,000 --> 02:00:38,000
They always do this, man.

1689
02:00:38,000 --> 02:00:41,000
You don't remember episode title, Lecce are fourth?

1690
02:00:41,000 --> 02:00:48,000
Yeah, they had a great start when Alun Gavist was backflipping into a fucking golf swing.

1691
02:00:48,000 --> 02:00:49,000
Golf swing, yeah.

1692
02:00:49,000 --> 02:00:51,000
Gone is that Lecce.

1693
02:00:51,000 --> 02:00:53,000
Yeah, gone is that Lecce.

1694
02:00:53,000 --> 02:00:58,000
They are suffering quite a bit and unfortunately it's been a while since they're lost.

1695
02:00:58,000 --> 02:01:00,000
Victory as well.

1696
02:01:00,000 --> 02:01:03,000
It was 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 games ago.

1697
02:01:03,000 --> 02:01:05,000
Was there the last victory?

1698
02:01:05,000 --> 02:01:07,000
Yeah, that can happen.

1699
02:01:07,000 --> 02:01:11,000
They probably felt safe for the vast majority of the season because of their strong start.

1700
02:01:11,000 --> 02:01:15,000
But suddenly, with 27 matches played, they're in the thick of it, man.

1701
02:01:15,000 --> 02:01:21,000
They really need to find their winning ways and then realize what it was at the beginning of the season that was clicking.

1702
02:01:21,000 --> 02:01:23,000
And why Christovic was scoring and now he isn't.

1703
02:01:23,000 --> 02:01:27,000
And why is it that when you play pick-or-lade as nothing and Christovic does better when he comes on and buys verse?

1704
02:01:27,000 --> 02:01:30,000
I'm like, fuck, fuck, fuck, what the hell are you gonna do, man?

1705
02:01:30,000 --> 02:01:33,000
But fortunately now they've got Pongratric back as well.

1706
02:01:33,000 --> 02:01:34,000
Yeah.

1707
02:01:34,000 --> 02:01:36,000
That's more for them, the horse.

1708
02:01:36,000 --> 02:01:37,000
Yeah, so.

1709
02:01:37,000 --> 02:01:38,000
Absolutely.

1710
02:01:38,000 --> 02:01:40,000
Well, not too much to add from my end about this game.

1711
02:01:40,000 --> 02:01:46,000
Lecce and 13th on 25 points whereas Frosinone are in 16th on 24 points.

1712
02:01:46,000 --> 02:01:50,000
Yes, we have a nil-nil now to discuss with Torino against Fiorentina.

1713
02:01:50,000 --> 02:01:55,000
And finally, I can tell you what Eurich told Italiano.

1714
02:01:55,000 --> 02:01:57,000
Oh my God, I've been waiting this entire time.

1715
02:01:57,000 --> 02:01:58,000
It's been what, two hours?

1716
02:01:58,000 --> 02:02:00,000
Two hours and one minute.

1717
02:02:00,000 --> 02:02:05,000
Yes, they had a heated debate, a heated argument, quite frankly.

1718
02:02:05,000 --> 02:02:11,000
And Eurich told him, I'm going to slit your throat to Italiano.

1719
02:02:11,000 --> 02:02:14,000
He got sent off obviously.

1720
02:02:14,000 --> 02:02:19,000
He's probably going to say, you can't threaten.

1721
02:02:19,000 --> 02:02:26,000
Literally, he ripped out that page of the room, put it in his pocket, and he's like, how am I going to get myself sent off?

1722
02:02:26,000 --> 02:02:28,000
I am going to slit your throat.

1723
02:02:28,000 --> 02:02:30,000
Yeah, I'm gonna fucking slit your throat.

1724
02:02:30,000 --> 02:02:31,000
Take it down a notch.

1725
02:02:31,000 --> 02:02:34,000
I'm gonna headbutt you, I'm gonna punch you in the face, I'm gonna fuck you up.

1726
02:02:34,000 --> 02:02:40,000
People make me laugh, man, when they have absolutely no control over what comes out of their mouth.

1727
02:02:40,000 --> 02:02:43,000
They make me laugh so much, especially when you're angry.

1728
02:02:43,000 --> 02:02:49,000
They'll dare, we told you that's the thing that bro is going out wanting to slit people's throats.

1729
02:02:49,000 --> 02:02:51,000
Like what was said before that?

1730
02:02:51,000 --> 02:02:52,000
That's what I wanted to know.

1731
02:02:52,000 --> 02:02:53,000
Like why did he tell him that?

1732
02:02:53,000 --> 02:02:56,000
What do you think Italiano would have possibly said to him?

1733
02:02:56,000 --> 02:03:02,000
You know, but yeah, when it comes to the lineups, it was a 3-4-1-2 for Torino with Vania and Gold,

1734
02:03:02,000 --> 02:03:06,000
Gigi, Buongiorno, and Masina at the back with Bella Nova and Rodriguez on the flanks,

1735
02:03:06,000 --> 02:03:11,000
and literally the netien Vlasic in the middle with Sanabria and Zapata playing up front.

1736
02:03:11,000 --> 02:03:13,000
I was gonna say Zapacosta, can you imagine that?

1737
02:03:13,000 --> 02:03:15,000
Zapacosta playing up front.

1738
02:03:15,000 --> 02:03:21,000
Bellotti was up front for Fiorentina in their 4-2-3-1 formation, Terraciano was in goal,

1739
02:03:21,000 --> 02:03:26,000
Biraghi, Ranieri, Melenkovic and Cahio, they were at the back with Arthur and Bonaventura as a double pivot,

1740
02:03:26,000 --> 02:03:30,000
Sotel on the left, Gonzales on the right, and Beltran playing behind, of course, Illigallo.

1741
02:03:30,000 --> 02:03:35,000
Well, Aventura has become, they've put a more and more defensive as the season progressed.

1742
02:03:35,000 --> 02:03:37,000
They're liking Beltran in this creative role.

1743
02:03:37,000 --> 02:03:42,000
I think it makes sense, I think it makes a lot of sense, because Beltran has good qualities to be at end,

1744
02:03:42,000 --> 02:03:45,000
despite wearing the number 9 on his shirt which drives me insane.

1745
02:03:45,000 --> 02:03:50,000
Bonaventura in a double pivot, I'm not too sure about, nothing against his work ethic,

1746
02:03:50,000 --> 02:03:54,000
but he's on the older side and he needs a lot of energy to balance a double pivot.

1747
02:03:54,000 --> 02:04:02,000
But yes, the first half, Illig went off injured in 10 minutes, Richey came on as his replacement,

1748
02:04:02,000 --> 02:04:08,000
and I bet that they'd be regretting that. Nico Gonzales failed to hit the target on a free header,

1749
02:04:08,000 --> 02:04:13,000
very unlike him, in the 38th minute Zapata had a goal disallowed for a foul in the build up play,

1750
02:04:13,000 --> 02:04:16,000
which was absolutely hilarious. Have you seen this?

1751
02:04:16,000 --> 02:04:21,000
Bro, the ball came over the top, Duvan Zapata jumped up in the air, like the ball's nowhere near them yet,

1752
02:04:21,000 --> 02:04:25,000
and he has Melenkovic in front of him. He jumps in the air, and as he's landing,

1753
02:04:25,000 --> 02:04:31,000
he just pushes Melenkovic back, controls the ball, shoots and scores like that.

1754
02:04:31,000 --> 02:04:34,000
I think people forget that they're being filmed.

1755
02:04:34,000 --> 02:04:40,000
Zapata has a hilarious playstyle, because he's a bulldozer, even earlier on in the 16th minute,

1756
02:04:40,000 --> 02:04:47,000
he got the ball, and Arthur was on him. And he just went from this marauding run down the left side.

1757
02:04:47,000 --> 02:04:50,000
He cuts inside, Arthur is trying, he's just slapping him.

1758
02:04:50,000 --> 02:04:54,000
It comes to a point where the defender is just slapping the man.

1759
02:04:54,000 --> 02:04:59,000
He cuts inside, he shoots, but he failed to hit the target, he's guided.

1760
02:04:59,000 --> 02:05:05,000
Yeah, somewhere there, Richie, Elboud Niko Gonzalez in the face, and got a yellow card,

1761
02:05:05,000 --> 02:05:11,000
very unlucky that it wasn't more maybe, because some referees nowadays, Bella Bellissimo.

1762
02:05:11,000 --> 02:05:16,000
Shortly after, he was fouled, Richie, and he started shouting at the referee,

1763
02:05:16,000 --> 02:05:21,000
telling him like, what the fuck are you doing? Book him, you book me, don't book him, you fucking asshole.

1764
02:05:21,000 --> 02:05:23,000
And he got another yellow card, almost sent off.

1765
02:05:23,000 --> 02:05:30,000
He went this end, leaving Torino with 10 men at half time. In the second half, Raul Bellanova's shot was stopped well

1766
02:05:30,000 --> 02:05:35,000
by Terrell Chano for the wing of fast break, and Ginnatus was really smooth on the counter over there.

1767
02:05:35,000 --> 02:05:43,000
In the 16th minute, Bonaventura's header was well saved by Vanya, this was Fiorintina's first shot on target in the 16th minute.

1768
02:05:43,000 --> 02:05:49,000
In the 75th minute, Zapata headed wide from a corner, missing a chance to secure an unlikely victory at that point,

1769
02:05:49,000 --> 02:05:53,000
because they were a man down. Urich was sent off, Gonzalez tried to curl one in,

1770
02:05:53,000 --> 02:05:57,000
and in the end it was well saved by Vanya, and that was pretty much curtains for the game,

1771
02:05:57,000 --> 02:06:01,000
which ended in feisty argument between the managers.

1772
02:06:01,000 --> 02:06:09,000
I mean, definitely this game definitely showcases how, despite bringing Bellotti on board and having Nico Gonzalez back in the side,

1773
02:06:09,000 --> 02:06:15,000
Fiorintina still struggled to get goals, right? Now Torino are a tough team, defensively to play against.

1774
02:06:15,000 --> 02:06:20,000
Also we saw Ricardo Rodriguez returning to left wing back, which is interesting over here.

1775
02:06:20,000 --> 02:06:25,000
That's more defensive, right? And I think it balances out well with the form Bellanova has been on.

1776
02:06:25,000 --> 02:06:30,000
Yeah, Bellanova's obviously, and Gigi I think often covers for Bellanova,

1777
02:06:30,000 --> 02:06:37,000
and then Bonjorn and Wazina sent their backs, and Rodriguez on the left, that's typically how the setup would be.

1778
02:06:37,000 --> 02:06:42,000
But Torino are very tough to penetrate,

1779
02:06:42,000 --> 02:06:50,000
but Fiorintina, with the caliber that they want to be, you know, the way they started the season,

1780
02:06:50,000 --> 02:06:57,000
the way they keep improving from season to season, look a few seasons ago, 15th, 14th,

1781
02:06:57,000 --> 02:07:03,000
and they've managed to climb all the way up to where they are now, Conference League final last year,

1782
02:07:03,000 --> 02:07:07,000
they were in two domestic finals as well.

1783
02:07:07,000 --> 02:07:12,000
Unfortunately this year there's a significant problem when it comes to scoring goals,

1784
02:07:12,000 --> 02:07:16,000
when it comes to their flow and creativity, and that's highlighted here,

1785
02:07:16,000 --> 02:07:21,000
when you have an entire half to score one against Torino, like, come on.

1786
02:07:21,000 --> 02:07:22,000
Against 10 man Torino.

1787
02:07:22,000 --> 02:07:27,000
Against 10 man Torino, string something together, Pula Hail Mary.

1788
02:07:27,000 --> 02:07:32,000
That's the interesting thing, bro, about the Torino's main strength is their defense,

1789
02:07:32,000 --> 02:07:35,000
Fiorintina's main weakness at the moment, the scoring goals.

1790
02:07:35,000 --> 02:07:38,000
So I guess this was always going to be the case, in the reverse fixture,

1791
02:07:38,000 --> 02:07:42,000
I don't even think I mentioned that back in December it took a run near a late winner for Fiorintina,

1792
02:07:42,000 --> 02:07:46,000
the winning one, for example, so they were always going to struggle over here,

1793
02:07:46,000 --> 02:07:48,000
especially away to Torino.

1794
02:07:48,000 --> 02:07:54,000
Bellotti's just come in, like Bellotti's the new boy, but Beltran in reality is also a new boy,

1795
02:07:54,000 --> 02:07:59,000
it's his first bloody season, you know, they just haven't got to try it with strikers, man,

1796
02:07:59,000 --> 02:08:04,000
and it's really hammering them, it's really fucking them.

1797
02:08:04,000 --> 02:08:11,000
And I think they need to, I think, move one kind of level up when it comes to their signings.

1798
02:08:11,000 --> 02:08:16,000
They seem to be stuck on this 20, 30 million tool of players.

1799
02:08:16,000 --> 02:08:20,000
I think if they go for a 40 million player, man, you know, just splash a bit, you know,

1800
02:08:20,000 --> 02:08:26,000
Fiorintina have had success in Europe, they've consistently qualified for Europe two seasons in a row now,

1801
02:08:26,000 --> 02:08:33,000
and they made a final, surely, surely financially, you can afford to splash a little bit on a striker.

1802
02:08:33,000 --> 02:08:37,000
And sometimes they surprise me with the business that they're capable of doing,

1803
02:08:37,000 --> 02:08:41,000
and some of the talent they're capable of attracting.

1804
02:08:41,000 --> 02:08:46,000
With that being said, we need to see a bit of better business from them, like, okay,

1805
02:08:46,000 --> 02:08:51,000
they made good money off of Lovic when they sold him to Juventus.

1806
02:08:51,000 --> 02:08:56,000
But there are some guys here that they could potentially cash in on.

1807
02:08:56,000 --> 02:08:59,000
Unfortunately, when I talk about good business at Mirrors,

1808
02:08:59,000 --> 02:09:04,000
the terrible business that they did in the last transfer window,

1809
02:09:04,000 --> 02:09:08,000
bringing in the likes of Beltran and Inzola.

1810
02:09:08,000 --> 02:09:12,000
That's it. And they keep buying these players, man, from struggling sides,

1811
02:09:12,000 --> 02:09:14,000
and it's clearly not working for them.

1812
02:09:14,000 --> 02:09:17,000
And like they brought in Barak, and he hasn't been the same.

1813
02:09:17,000 --> 02:09:19,000
Barak was amazing, I tell you, on another level.

1814
02:09:19,000 --> 02:09:20,000
He was unbelievable.

1815
02:09:20,000 --> 02:09:24,000
They brought in Maxim Lopez from Saasvolo, has barely played, you know.

1816
02:09:24,000 --> 02:09:28,000
They brought in Inzola from Spezia. What are you doing?

1817
02:09:28,000 --> 02:09:32,000
You know, they've not been successful in the market.

1818
02:09:32,000 --> 02:09:33,000
They've been quite unlucky.

1819
02:09:33,000 --> 02:09:36,000
And I don't think that they're doing terribly.

1820
02:09:36,000 --> 02:09:39,000
Granted, I think Italiano's doing a pretty decent job,

1821
02:09:39,000 --> 02:09:42,000
but there are definitely limitations to this team.

1822
02:09:42,000 --> 02:09:46,000
I think, by the way, on the topic before of Bonaventura

1823
02:09:46,000 --> 02:09:49,000
and the pivot with Beltran in the attacking midfield role,

1824
02:09:49,000 --> 02:09:52,000
I don't like Beltran in the attacking midfield role, bro.

1825
02:09:52,000 --> 02:09:55,000
I don't think the solution to not scoring goals

1826
02:09:55,000 --> 02:09:58,000
is tossing another striker out of position.

1827
02:09:58,000 --> 02:10:01,000
At all, I don't think that's the solution.

1828
02:10:01,000 --> 02:10:04,000
I much prefer the balance the team has

1829
02:10:04,000 --> 02:10:08,000
when either Duncan or Mondraga is playing alongside Arte.

1830
02:10:08,000 --> 02:10:10,000
Absolutely. I do agree with that.

1831
02:10:10,000 --> 02:10:12,000
I like a midfield three on Fiorintino.

1832
02:10:12,000 --> 02:10:13,000
Definitely.

1833
02:10:13,000 --> 02:10:15,000
That's everything, man.

1834
02:10:15,000 --> 02:10:17,000
I think we just say where they are in the standings.

1835
02:10:17,000 --> 02:10:21,000
Balotelli threw a firecracker in Turkey in the dressing room randomly.

1836
02:10:21,000 --> 02:10:23,000
Like, you know, you have to.

1837
02:10:23,000 --> 02:10:26,000
Balotelli is in the right place to do crazy shit.

1838
02:10:26,000 --> 02:10:29,000
You see what happens in Turkey. It's crazy, bro.

1839
02:10:29,000 --> 02:10:32,000
Pirlo apparently would be smoking cigarettes when he was coaching there.

1840
02:10:32,000 --> 02:10:34,000
Well, fucking brilliant, man.

1841
02:10:34,000 --> 02:10:37,000
And have you heard this as well, that Spalletti has banned

1842
02:10:37,000 --> 02:10:40,000
playstations from the training camp, from the Italy camps,

1843
02:10:40,000 --> 02:10:42,000
Washington team duty?

1844
02:10:42,000 --> 02:10:45,000
He said he wants to bring that, like, OG mentality back.

1845
02:10:45,000 --> 02:10:47,000
But the OG mentality, if I recall,

1846
02:10:47,000 --> 02:10:49,000
Pirlo was playing PlayStation the night before.

1847
02:10:49,000 --> 02:10:50,000
Literally.

1848
02:10:50,000 --> 02:10:52,000
Before the final when they won it.

1849
02:10:52,000 --> 02:10:54,000
You see, not to know what the OG mentality is.

1850
02:10:54,000 --> 02:10:56,000
Bro is still young.

1851
02:10:56,000 --> 02:10:58,000
Like, playstations were around in his time.

1852
02:10:58,000 --> 02:11:00,000
You know what I mean?

1853
02:11:00,000 --> 02:11:04,000
No, there are weird extents that coaches will go through

1854
02:11:04,000 --> 02:11:07,000
for very superstitious fucking reasons, bro.

1855
02:11:07,000 --> 02:11:10,000
If I know my players are going to perform well,

1856
02:11:10,000 --> 02:11:13,000
it's not like it's going to give them an astigmatism

1857
02:11:13,000 --> 02:11:15,000
and they're going to go out hallucinating.

1858
02:11:15,000 --> 02:11:18,000
I think it just might keep them up, bro, to be honest with you.

1859
02:11:18,000 --> 02:11:21,000
Remember, these are hyper competitive athletes who are young men

1860
02:11:21,000 --> 02:11:23,000
who are playing FIFA one night.

1861
02:11:23,000 --> 02:11:25,000
You know how you and I are, imagine that.

1862
02:11:25,000 --> 02:11:27,000
I used to work night shifts.

1863
02:11:27,000 --> 02:11:28,000
Here we go.

1864
02:11:28,000 --> 02:11:29,000
At the quarantine.

1865
02:11:29,000 --> 02:11:31,000
Fucking name and everything.

1866
02:11:31,000 --> 02:11:34,000
Where the Maltese national team used to stay.

1867
02:11:34,000 --> 02:11:37,000
And Devis Manja, the coach at the time,

1868
02:11:37,000 --> 02:11:42,000
until he was sacked, let's put it that way,

1869
02:11:42,000 --> 02:11:46,000
he and his staff and his team of Italians,

1870
02:11:46,000 --> 02:11:49,000
they were so strict.

1871
02:11:49,000 --> 02:11:51,000
So strict.

1872
02:11:51,000 --> 02:11:54,000
They wouldn't let the team out at any cost.

1873
02:11:54,000 --> 02:11:57,000
They're in their rooms, but there's to play PlayStation.

1874
02:11:57,000 --> 02:12:00,000
You know, that's the only, the amount of times I got calls

1875
02:12:00,000 --> 02:12:03,000
from the second floor because they're just used to stay

1876
02:12:03,000 --> 02:12:05,000
in the second floor, they would bro come help me sort out

1877
02:12:05,000 --> 02:12:09,000
this HDMI shit and I'll be in there for 20 minutes fixing, fixing up.

1878
02:12:09,000 --> 02:12:12,000
It's so much better to be playing PlayStation in your room

1879
02:12:12,000 --> 02:12:15,000
than to be out drinking and trying to get girls.

1880
02:12:15,000 --> 02:12:18,000
They weren't allowed, you know the story.

1881
02:12:18,000 --> 02:12:23,000
And I got a player banned for fucking four months.

1882
02:12:23,000 --> 02:12:24,000
Never trust Matthew.

1883
02:12:24,000 --> 02:12:26,000
He went out to meet a Gieldemon.

1884
02:12:26,000 --> 02:12:28,000
Not on my watch, I'm a football fan.

1885
02:12:28,000 --> 02:12:30,000
I want to see Malta thrive, baby.

1886
02:12:30,000 --> 02:12:33,000
So I was like, Devis, there's spares.

1887
02:12:33,000 --> 02:12:36,000
I'm Devis Manja.

1888
02:12:36,000 --> 02:12:38,000
I'm the receptionist.

1889
02:12:38,000 --> 02:12:42,000
I'm tonight on my duty and I couldn't help but notice

1890
02:12:42,000 --> 02:12:45,000
I'm one of your players sneaking away with a lady.

1891
02:12:45,000 --> 02:12:48,000
I was a bit intimidated. So I locked him out, bro.

1892
02:12:48,000 --> 02:12:49,000
You locked him out.

1893
02:12:49,000 --> 02:12:51,000
I was and when he came back, I called.

1894
02:12:51,000 --> 02:12:53,000
It wasn't Devis I was speaking to, but it was the guy that

1895
02:12:53,000 --> 02:12:56,000
overlooks the accommodation stuff like that.

1896
02:12:56,000 --> 02:12:58,000
If his name was Keith.

1897
02:12:58,000 --> 02:12:59,000
Keith.

1898
02:12:59,000 --> 02:13:00,000
And I called him.

1899
02:13:00,000 --> 02:13:02,000
He's always ready.

1900
02:13:02,000 --> 02:13:05,000
This guy, he's always up, ready to go.

1901
02:13:05,000 --> 02:13:08,000
Before a week, before I went to come up to me, he's like,

1902
02:13:08,000 --> 02:13:12,000
hi, I have like 2000 pieces of paper for you to print.

1903
02:13:12,000 --> 02:13:13,000
Can you do it for me?

1904
02:13:13,000 --> 02:13:16,000
And it's all tactics of how Norway are going to play on this.

1905
02:13:16,000 --> 02:13:18,000
Just to lose for now.

1906
02:13:18,000 --> 02:13:20,000
Literally, literally.

1907
02:13:20,000 --> 02:13:25,000
But I, I locked him out so that when I see him coming, he's out.

1908
02:13:25,000 --> 02:13:29,000
I can call Keith and then I go up to him and I buy myself

1909
02:13:29,000 --> 02:13:32,000
some time like I'm struggling to open the door or something

1910
02:13:32,000 --> 02:13:34,000
like and Keith can come down in the meantime.

1911
02:13:34,000 --> 02:13:37,000
And then I pretended I had to take his temperature.

1912
02:13:37,000 --> 02:13:38,000
I was like, can you hold on bro?

1913
02:13:38,000 --> 02:13:42,000
Cause since you left and you're coming back in, I need to

1914
02:13:42,000 --> 02:13:43,000
take your temperature.

1915
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He's like, please man, please.

1916
02:13:46,000 --> 02:13:49,000
I shouldn't have done this like and I'm feeling bad because

1917
02:13:49,000 --> 02:13:52,000
I'm looking at him and he's like a guy similar to my age.

1918
02:13:52,000 --> 02:13:54,000
He made it like he's playing for mall.

1919
02:13:54,000 --> 02:13:55,000
That kind of kind of thing.

1920
02:13:55,000 --> 02:13:57,000
And behind me, I just hear Keith's voice.

1921
02:13:57,000 --> 02:13:58,000
I'm like, I got this guy.

1922
02:13:58,000 --> 02:13:59,000
Fuck the next morning.

1923
02:13:59,000 --> 02:14:00,000
Newspaper.

1924
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This guy was sent home for disciplinary reasons, bro.

1925
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There we go, bro.

1926
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Well done.

1927
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That's your claim to fame.

1928
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That's my claim to fame.

1929
02:14:07,000 --> 02:14:11,000
Basically, maybe, you know, you did the right thing, man.

1930
02:14:11,000 --> 02:14:14,000
I'm fed up of the fucking shit.

1931
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Like the morning was like two, three o'clock in the morning.

1932
02:14:17,000 --> 02:14:18,000
There's a game the next day.

1933
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We need professionalism, man.

1934
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You can't just do what you want.

1935
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Once you're gonna start the game, probably not.

1936
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But I ruined it.

1937
02:14:24,000 --> 02:14:25,000
Good.

1938
02:14:25,000 --> 02:14:26,000
Whatever.

1939
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We've been your hosts, Matt and Jake.

1940
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Thank you for listening.

1941
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We'll be back next week and we really, really love all of you.

1942
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Love you guys.

1943
02:14:35,000 --> 02:14:36,000
Thank you.

1944
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This is Seria Spotlight.

1945
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If you like Seria Out or have ever liked it in the past, it's a good opportunity for you

1946
02:14:45,000 --> 02:14:47,000
to listen once a week and you'll get filled in.

1947
02:14:47,000 --> 02:14:49,000
In the football weekend, that's like the main dish.

1948
02:14:49,000 --> 02:14:54,000
But then a few days later, you drop your episode and that's like the dessert.

1949
02:14:54,000 --> 02:14:56,000
And the dessert is just perfect.

1950
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It's good, okay?

1951
02:14:57,000 --> 02:15:02,000
It makes it feel like we're all sitting in a room together, just BSing with each other.

1952
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The atmosphere is fantastic.

1953
02:15:04,000 --> 02:15:08,000
I promise nobody will ask you to send boob pics.

1954
02:15:08,000 --> 02:15:11,000
Some time it's maybe good, some time it's maybe shit.

1955
02:15:11,000 --> 02:15:18,000
I love how you go into so much detail and show so much passion towards each and every team.

1956
02:15:18,000 --> 02:15:22,000
Literally, no team is left undiscussed.

1957
02:15:22,000 --> 02:15:26,000
When I listen to you, it's like I'm talking to you in a pub.

1958
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It's like I'm chatting to a friend and you're chatting to me.