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It's Maldini! It's a beauty!

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What a strike by Daniel Maldini!

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He's been in such good form recently, two goals, and an assist in his last three games.

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Hello and welcome back to Seria Us Spotlight. This is episode 118 and we are hosting Jake and Matt.

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Here to cover all the events of matchday 29 and what an eventful matchday 29 it was.

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Absolutely eventful and it's not because of the amount of goals that took place.

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In fact there were hardly any goals. One goal feased in Froseno and Alazio, which ended 2-3, but the others find margins in every other game.

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Yeah, pretty much, but there was a lot that happened off the pitch and on the pitch that would make this quite an eventful one.

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We'll get into that very soon.

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Our goal of the week was Milan Loni, Daniel Maldini with a stunning free kick that he scored for Monza against Calieri.

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Enough to cross the bar, only just crossed the line, but a magnificent strike. Such great technique on Daniel.

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And I could have swung called Pani, I was going to take that. What a lovely free kick, man, inch perfect.

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And that's obviously the goal of the week.

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I mean close contenders, we had Nuslin who had a pretty good goal against Milan, that was a rocket.

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Kedira had a bicycle kick, which was purely instinctive and the technique was there.

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It wasn't the crispest, cleanest kind of bicycle kick you'll ever see, but instinctive and it was good.

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Cioquese had a lovely strike and Pellegrini had a good goal too.

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Pellegrini was amazing, especially in the absence of the ball, whereas before Mourinho would make it very off-key,

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because he only has one good player, you see some other top-caliber players coming through over there.

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Exactly. It's like with every goal they're rubbing it in his face at this point.

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Yeah, literally.

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We had a few off-field antics. The first one that we should probably address is the fact that Atalanta Fiorentino was not played

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this matchday due to the unfortunate passing of Joe Barone, the director of Fiorentino.

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It's important to mention that he had not passed away when the decision was made,

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but he had fallen ill, apparently, in front of the players.

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Apparently, they saw it and they were disturbed, essentially, and the game was postponed.

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That and obviously the fact that, I don't know how close their relationship was with him, but it's obviously devastating, right?

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And finally, he's a lovely man, you know, a man's man.

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So, yeah, he was probably loved and seeing him in that state was quite hard.

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He was rushed to hospital and he passed away shortly after.

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So that's definitely sad and our wishes are with his family.

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Absolutely.

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The other thing is something that I feel like we cover every few months, man.

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I know this podcast, unfortunately, and it's another racial incident.

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This time it was Inter's H.A.R.B., 36-year-old veteran, Francesco H.A.R.B.,

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who allegedly racially abused Juan Jesús of Napoli, the center back, calling him the N-word, basically.

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Juan Jesús immediately reported this to the referee as H.A.R.B. was apparently allegedly, naturally apologizing to him.

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It ended there for the time being.

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And then in a post-match press conference, H.A.R.B. totally denied making any claims,

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and Juan Jesús took it to social media going like, bro, what the fuck, he literally apologized to me on the pitch.

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What's this now?

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Basically calling him out for being fake.

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Yeah, yeah.

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And now even Inter's Turam has come out and said, listen, not Cherubi, I demand answers for this.

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We want answers.

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And this was during the week in which, in Syria, that they were campaigning for saying no to racism, for keeping racism out.

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And obviously they do it often, but this was one of the weeks where it was on everyone's fucking sleeve.

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It was the backdrop when players were entering the pitch.

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And it wasn't the fans.

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The fans, I think, at least, behaved themselves.

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It was H.A.R.B., 36-year-old former Lazio captain, apparently a lovely guy.

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Yeah, sure, whatever.

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Disagree.

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Yeah.

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An interesting detail is that in the referee's report, apparently H.A.R.B. did not actually...

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It wasn't mentioned that that actually would be apologised at any point.

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That's something that's being mentioned.

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Maybe H.A.R.B. didn't catch the apology because of football pitch is big and maybe they were a bit further away.

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They should have gone to war.

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Yeah, good.

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Well, I think they've got the technology to read players' fucking lips nowadays, no?

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Like Messi always has his mouth covered.

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I'm sure that's because of the amount of technology that there is that or he's an absolute fucking pervert.

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He's just constantly...

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He's just going up to people talking sex the entire time.

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I feel the need to mention that in honour of the international break, I am wearing my Malta kit, my retro Malta kit.

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Aranama Udin, alobahir anin.

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Al-oh-du-am, abriyuhu al-qazim.

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But yes, Viva Malta.

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Shout out to any aspiring or current Maltese footballers that are listening to us right now.

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Shout out to all of you.

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We're behind you.

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We love you.

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Let's do this.

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Let's fucking go.

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Come on.

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We need more telmas in this world.

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Italy are in the USA at the moment.

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Yes.

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The national team.

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Our cherry bee has been dropped from the national team and replaced with a figure who isn't controversial at all, right?

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In Gianluca Mancini.

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He's rumoured to be going straight into the starting 11.

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How does that work?

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He wasn't even called up.

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To be honest, man.

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In a back three for Italy, debate for another day, but I really see Mancini fitting in.

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Especially you lose Bonnocchi and Chiellini.

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You're not going to bring that guy fucking in.

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That's what I was going to say.

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When you look at the Italian national team, the one thing they're missing is a fucking dick.

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An asshole.

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A dirty player.

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Bonnocchi.

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These guys.

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It's good to have one.

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Some of the Barrellas.

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You know, fucking no.

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Before we get into the rundown, so on, so forth, the European matches have taken place

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in the meantime.

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Unfortunately for Italian teams, there are no Italian teams left in the Champions League

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and Napoli crashed out after losing 3-1 to Barcelona and Inter crashed out in the match

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against Atletico after losing on penalties.

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That was a very entertaining match, but unfortunately for every Serie A fan and for Inter fans in

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particular, it was Lauta, who missed the penalty along with Alexis Sanchez as well.

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So no more teams over there.

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However, you know, still in the Europa League, still in the conference league, here we are.

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There is Milan Roma, the fixtures have been announced and that's an all-Italian match

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over there.

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Good and bad, like, it's going to be entertaining.

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But good and bad because one Italian team is definitely progressing, but one Italian

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team is definitely getting knocked out.

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Speaking of bad, Atalanta Liverpool.

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That's devastating.

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We'll see what they can do.

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Maybe Coop Miners puts on an audition because he's become the latest player to say that

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it's my dream to play in the Premier League.

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I've been basking in this sand, but now it's time for some rain.

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It's time for some fish and chips.

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I'm tired of carbonara.

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How could you ever say that?

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So Lea as well said, it tends to play in the Premier League.

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Fiorentina in the conference league drew, you're going to have to help me out here,

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Victoria Pilsen.

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Pilsen?

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Pilsen?

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Fiorentina are one of the favourites to go all the way in that competition, so let's hope

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that last year they can make it happen because last year it was quite a disappointing final.

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I thought they deserved it, but West Ham eventually won it.

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Yeah, well, their fans wanted by beating the living shit out of their players.

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But let's get into the rundown so we can jump straight into the action.

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Guys, the first game we're going to be covering is Inter won Napoli won, and those are the

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Champions-Elect versus the current Champions.

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Some of us forget that Napoli are Champions because they've been really on and off.

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That's another point for Calzone, and that is the first time this season that Inter have

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conceded in the last 15 minutes of a match.

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Verona won Milan 3, that's where Cicuerza got that goal.

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Milan are actually currently the team in Serie A, which feature the most goals coming off the bench.

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Purely subs our shit, purely subs our shit, maybe give purely good players, and then his subs will be good.

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Juve and Nile are very frustrating outings for Juve, and a clear divide, particularly in Juve's fan base.

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And the Vlovvich read.

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Boiled over onto the pitch, and Vlovvich did end up getting sent off for telling the ref something about his mother.

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He's reported.

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Empoli-Nile Bologna won the only goal, the opener and the closer was scored in the last minute of that game by young boy Fabian.

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These midfielders are allowed so much fucking liberty to attack for Bologna, and it was another young midfielder that got a goal over there.

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Roma won Sassuolo, Nile Sassuolo looking significantly cleaner when it comes to defending.

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They frustrated Roma, but even though Roma didn't have the best outing, they managed the three points.

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That's what we always say, it's about getting the three points at the stage.

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Frozzinone 2, Lazio 3, Atatic Castellanios, Bray saved them from yet more heartache,

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but finally Lazio get a hard earned victory over there despite it being Frozzinone.

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Frozzinone, we know that they come out, they attack and they make your life hell even if they do.

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Fucking split like the sea that Moses split whenever they're defending.

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Udinese Nile Torino 2, Torino looked absolutely fantastic in this game, super attacking, they had all the chances.

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But Udinese's goalkeeper Okoya had a really, really good game over here.

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Monza 1, Kalyari Nile, the only goal was Daniel Maldini's free kick.

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Unfortunately for Kalyari, their positive streak comes to an end over there.

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Salernetana Nile, lecture 1 is the final game, we're going to be covering another relegation,

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six-pointer over there and once again Salernetana fail to win.

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That which has led to Livarani, a little more breaking news, Jesus Christ, Livarani being sacked

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and they bring back Colantua.

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Can you believe it? The same man who got them promoted originally?

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Yes.

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A few years back was it three years ago.

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They're preparing for Serie B but they have to be.

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But they had sacked them really unjustly.

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If you remember.

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There was a really sad picture of Colantua and not sat on a bench.

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Like Pablo Escobar bro, like Pablo Escobar photo.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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So I can't believe he accepted and I can't believe before that they were rumored to be bringing in Pipa and Zaghi again.

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Who they should have never let go to begin with and you don't listen regularly.

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Literally.

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What we think about this.

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Hot and cold man this team.

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Hot and fucking cold.

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It would have been smart to bring back in Zaghi because he's a Serie B specialist nowadays.

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Absolutely.

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So you would have gone straight back up, you know.

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Yeah, I just hope that in Serie B Southern Etana, you know, they pick it up man and they get straight back up to Serie A because it's not going to be the fucking same without them.

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Absolutely.

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Without further ado brother, shall we jump into the happenings?

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Yes.

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Thank you.

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I feel like you buffered for a bit over there.

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Well, let's start with Inter won Napoli one.

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Both teams had crashed out of Europe in the build up to this match.

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They both crashed out of the Champions League as the only two Italian teams that remained in the Champions League.

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Inter were coming off a 1-0 away win against Bologna and losing to Atlete Comedri don penalties.

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West Napoli were coming off a 1-1 draw to Torino and losing 3-1 to Barca.

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The previous encounter between these two sides was Napoli in the Inter 1.

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Inter ended their run of 10 consecutive Serie A victories as Napoli earned a 1-1 draw at San Siro.

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Victor Ozimán was only fit for the bench with a muscular issue and Ziellinsky did not start against the side that are going to be his future club.

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And out of each Carlos Augusto, Quadrado and Sensi were still out of action for the hosts.

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Quadrado is one of the funniest things I would have ever said on this podcast man.

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3-5-2 formation for Inter, Summer and Gold, backline of Bastoni, Achery, Biiiiuu and Favard.

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They mark on the left, Darmean on the right and the midfielder of Miquitaria, Insha'Allah Noglu and Barella with Turram and Martinez up front.

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4-3-3 for Napoli, meriting gold and a backline of DeLorens or Rahmani, Juan Jesus and Oliveira.

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Go Juan Jesus, midfielder of Anguissa, Lobotka and Traore once again with Poletano and Gvarratskalia flanking Raspadori.

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Now captains Lautaro Martinez and DeLorens or Schock Hans in front of a massive keep racism out back drop and a massive patch mirroring the same phrase on their sleeve,

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reminding everyone that it only takes a man without balls to revert to racism.

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Inter threatened Napoli in the 12th minute as Darmean and Lautaro forced Merit into a double save before Barella sent the third attempt into the stands.

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In the 43rd minute, Bastoni's low cross was finished cleanly by Darmean who grabbed his second goal of the season and the first of this match.

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In the 52nd, the mark was threatened from a free kick routine where Merit got down well to deny his Italian counterpart and in the 60th minute there seemed to be some drama concerning a conversation between Acerbi and Juan Jesus.

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Jesus could be seen reporting to the referee that Acerbi had called him the N-word to quote the Italian centre-back allegedly said get away from me, you're just an N-word.

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Turns out we were absolutely wrong, it doesn't take a man without balls to revert to racism, sometimes it takes just the one.

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So yeah, that absolutely happened.

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5 minutes later however this absolutely turned the tide of Juan Jesus' performance, in the 65th minute, Jesus got a crucial block to deny Barella's goal, keeping Napoli in the game and in the 81st minute, Juan Jesus scored the winner because racism never fucking wins brother.

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What a reaction man, I have to say Juan Jesus handled this so well.

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Amazingly.

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He was calm, he was composed, he reported to the referee, he didn't lose his head, he didn't make a scene when he was well within his right.

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Absolutely.

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But he didn't.

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Yeah, every right to walk out the same way, Mike Manjian walked out the same way, Balotelli walked out the same way all these guys walked out.

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Exactly, Montaari as well back in the day.

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And those were because of the fans, let alone because of a player, a player you're sharing a pitch with, a colleague at the end of the day.

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A veteran colleague.

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Yeah, and then he scored which was just crazy, what a reaction.

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Absolutely man, absolutely and the first time Inter concede in the last 15 minutes this season.

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Now just to stick onto the topic of the incident, there are ongoing investigations by the FIGC prosecutor's office.

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Both players are going to be interviewed and there are potential sanctions.

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Now, here we go, article 28 paragraph two of the Code of Sports Justice suggests a minimum 10 match suspension for discriminatory behavior raising the stakes for a chairby's future.

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So there is the possibility, not of deemed guilty, a chairby could be out for at least 10 games.

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A chairby has been dropped from the national team by Spalletti for their two upcoming friendlies replaced by Mancini.

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Let's see what happens for the Euros.

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Let's see what happens for everything.

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Call of fury robbed that by the way.

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Absolutely.

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But for the friendlies, I find that everyone was telling me I was mentioning color fury, everyone was like, ah, but these are just the friendlies, you know, but isn't this the audition life?

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Isn't this where you call up the guys that you might fucking call up so you could say yes or no.

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Okay, if color fury wasn't called up to the friendlies, it's very unlikely he'll be called up to the Euros.

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It's as simple as that.

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He's very subtle man, he'd be good for that.

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The problem is there's quite a wide pool of talent there at center back in Italy.

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It's not like the number nine position or the midfield at the moment because the midfields going quite thin.

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We were talking about the midfield last time and we were like, it got so much worse since Giorginio fell off and since Verratti moved back to Saudi.

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It's like, okay, so, Locatelli is a guaranteed starter.

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Is that the case? So Pellegrini kind of has to walk in at this point.

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Balegrini is the staple there. Barella. Barella is fucking brilliant bro.

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So Barella is the staple.

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The question is, when is Tonali's suspension up? Does he go back straight into the team?

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For example, I don't think he'll walk straight into the team and prove himself from the very beginning.

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For the balance of the team as well.

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Now, be it a 3-5-2, be it a 4-3-3, you need three midfielders with good balance.

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You need a regista, you need a treco artista and you need a medzala.

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And unfortunately, I don't think there is a significant ball winning midfielder in the team.

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And the metronome, the regista, lacks a bit of talent and it's literally named an Italian phrase.

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It's a really staple, the perfect position for an Italian man to play that and send it back.

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But yeah, enough about the national team, we can record a special for the Euros in summer.

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We've got a lot to do as well.

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We do.

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Hopefully.

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To move away from that and talk a bit about the game, this is the end of Inter's winning streak.

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They had 10 consecutive Serie A victories before this.

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So they had the bad Champions League game where they lost on penalties.

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Then they drew to Napoli, I know they have won this competition but could this, including the drama within the team,

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lead to a slight dip in form for Inter?

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Absolutely.

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I mean, if you look at this game, it was a definition of two teams who are hungover from Champions League elimination.

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Literally.

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I'm sure Napoli would take this, they'd be very happy with this.

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Inter on the other hand, probably not too bothered either because of the comfort they've created for themselves, essentially.

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So yes, both teams, to be honest, are quite demoralized.

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It was a showcase event where you have some of the brightest attackers in Italian football.

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You've got Lautaro, you've got Turam, you've got Gvaratskelja, you've got Ozymen, you've got all these guys.

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Unfortunately, no Ozymen in this one.

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That was also very strange because he was on the bench, apparently he wasn't 100%.

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So you have all this talent and then the goals come through centre-backs and assists as well, which is quite crazy.

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One thing I didn't mention, speaking of centre-backs, is that Juan Jesus, obviously, for those of you that have been watching ball for more than four years,

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watching Serie A for more than four years, you'll remember that Juan Jesus was an Inter player.

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So I guess double the W for him in this, a Royal Odel X goal and also a good goal for justice.

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I think that despite Inter dropping points in this game, I thought they were significantly the better side against Napoli.

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But what Napoli did well is preventing them from getting more than one goal.

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And I think that came as a combination of Napoli being solid defensively, relatively solid.

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They have gotten better defensively, to be honest, they started getting better defensively under Mats Arri.

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For a while, and then they kind of caged.

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But also, I felt that Inter were a pretty wasteful man.

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Absolutely, I mean, they had 19 shots in total, only six of them on target.

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Not exactly great, they did miss quite a few opportunities.

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They're quite short on confidence, you know, I mean, Theron will still be thinking about that miss against Atlético, for example.

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Lautaro will still be thinking about that penalty, missing how the ball mysteriously levitated, you know, and all that stuff.

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So yeah, naturally, this was the way it was always going to go.

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They're going to need to smash a team, three-nil, to get their confidence back up.

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Or even win by fine margins, that'll get them back right in track.

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I think we're Napoli kind of turning the tide in the game, is towards the latter stages, let's say from, like in the second half,

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one thing that Napoli did in an attempt to get the equalizer.

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So obviously they brought on Mario Rui for the crosses, so on and so forth, they made good changes.

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But also, they increased their press on Inter, and particularly around Cialano Glue as the number six playing the ball round.

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They were, even, you know how the defenders typically control the game, that back three, particularly Bastoni, so on and so forth.

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They were really pressing them, and we forget that, okay, if you press Inter, you really run the risk of them breaking through,

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because they are quick, sharp, and direct.

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But also, at times, and we've seen this happen even last season with Brozovic, and even this season with Cialano Glue,

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we do see that if you press them, sometimes they can give the ball away.

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It can happen.

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Got an incredibly press-resistant team. They're dominant, but not press-resistant.

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They were definitely more press-resistant, I feel, on their Brozovic.

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Now, I feel like they can be very good. Of course, one of the strengths of the Inter team is actually evading the press.

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However, yes, they obviously can be caught out, especially when you look at Cialano Glue,

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who does have a mistake in them every now and then, who does kind of pass it waywardly.

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Yeah, so might as well press them.

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Absolutely, and with... I forgot the Napoli manager's name for a second.

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Calzone.

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Calzone, yes. Damn, I'm hungry.

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With Calzone, they're playing that pressing system again, the same spalletti system.

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So that's what it's all focused around.

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Yeah, absolutely. I think that's it for this game, unless you have anything that you want to bring up.

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I hate it when most of the talking points are taken up by disgusting things that happen on the pitch,

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but unfortunately, that's the way that this game went. That was the breaking news.

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Breaking news is also that obviously Inter's 10 game winning streak has come to an end.

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Finally, no more WWW and X to each other, but there's a D at the end of it.

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They are still in first place, but only 14 points ahead of second place Milan,

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whilst Napoli are in seventh place on 45 points.

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There are nine points behind fourth place Bologna.

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So a lot of work to do if they want to get European football,

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if they want to get Champions League.

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Yeah, absolutely. Still quite a way to go.

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Milan took on Verona away from home, and Verona lined up with Montepo and Goul.

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They had a back four of Fabian Centonse, Davidovic and Juan Cabal,

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with Duda and Serdar as the double pivot, with Sussloff and Lazovic playing out wide,

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with Michael Folorentso playing behind Tiani, Nosslin.

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It was that team last year, Cremonnez, they had an absolute go.

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La Cossvili and...

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La Cossvili, Pickel, Pickel was fine, but La Cossvili was crazy man.

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So many weird names on that team.

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Milan on the other hand lined up in their 4-2-3-1 formation with Mania and N'Gol,

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Theo on the left, Calabria on the right, with Tomori and Calhulu as the centre back pairing,

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with Reinders and Benasser in the double pivot, Leaon put a switch out wide,

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with Oka 4 playing up front and Loftus Cric playing in the pocket behind him.

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I feel like...

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Interesting to note over here that Oka 4 started over Jovic for the first time in a while.

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Go on.

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It's funny how the staples centre back is Tomori and the other hand it seems like the others are auditioning at the moment.

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So Calhulu, Kier, Gabia, Atime Steyer, they're all popping in next to him, see how it goes.

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Calhulu's having a nightmare this season when it comes to his fitness man.

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He went off in the 46th minute as well.

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And you saw, they're asking him, how do you feel now?

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They interviewed him after he recovered from injury and he was like,

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100%

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100%

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He said he thought about quitting for a while when it was at his worst.

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Madonna.

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But yeah, Milan came out firing and they hit the post twice through Pulisic and Oka 4.

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Oka 4 wasn't... it didn't hit the post actually, it was a remarkable save.

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I thought it hit the post originally, but it was a brilliant, brilliant, brilliant save.

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by Montepo, who does have a good save in him.

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Yeah man.

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The first goal for Milan came in the 44th minute when Theo kept trying to square it to a teammate.

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He tried it once and bounced back to him.

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He tried again and bounced back to him.

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Suddenly he's in front of the goalkeeper and he just fires it and passed Montepo.

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And then he runs up, he does his trademark celebration.

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Yeah, the Aono.

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Yeah, which he's been doing for a while.

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But if you look up photographic evidence, you'll find out that Theo has been doing this before DiMarco.

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So for anyone who's saying that Theo's copying DiMarco, that's not the case at all.

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It also is not the case.

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This was a petty guy DiMarco, but he wasn't doing it first, okay?

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He wasn't copying DiMarco guys, okay?

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He's been doing it for ages actually.

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DiMarco copied him.

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Exactly.

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Yes.

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Even though the timing was so sweet with Inter just getting eliminated from the Champions League

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and Theo running to the camera and going,

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He did put a bit more of a bounce.

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He got a yellow card for it.

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The referee saw it as provocative towards the opposition fans.

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And he'll be missing the Fiorentina game now.

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And the manager, Verona's manager who initially reported that to the referee,

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saw after the game that that's Theo's celebration and he apologized.

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Now the apology, like, Chiers brother for the apology doesn't change anything,

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but at least, you know, like a genuine dude, you know?

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Yeah, at least he can admit he was wrong.

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Yeah.

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Like most officials in the same...

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Marco Baroni.

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Ah, God, I thought, never mind.

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So in the 50th minute in the second half,

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Okofar's high press won the ball back for Milan.

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He charged and forced Montepo into a save and Pulisic was there to tap in the rebound.

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It seemed to be job over and job done for Milan.

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However, in the 65th minute, Tiani Nosslin unleashed a rocket

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because of course Milan have to concede and it went past Mike Manjano.

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It was quite an unstoppable strike to be honest by Nosslin,

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who's hit the ground running ever since coming to replace Juric.

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More than Zvidersky.

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More than, I mean, there's no Nosslin's on two, Zvidersky's on one.

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So technically they've got three goals out of the replacement of Juric,

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which for a relegation battling side is decent, you know.

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And how many does Juric have for Monza?

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Absolutely none.

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None.

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And then in the 79th minute, Super Sub Samuel Cioquese scored a lovely volley

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to get his first goal in Serie A.

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That goal put a smile to everyone's face, man.

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I like seeing Cioquese happy, I like seeing him thriving.

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Absolutely, man.

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Leo missed a massive opportunity in the 70th minute when he did everything perfectly.

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Now Leo seems to be back at his best in my opinion.

434
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:23,000
However, in front of goal, he's still not totally sharp yet.

435
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:27,000
There was a time last season where it seemed to be a given

436
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,000
that he would slot that coolly past the goalkeeper.

437
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:34,000
However, now he is a little bit in his head when it comes to his finishing.

438
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:38,000
I think the criticism must have got him to a certain extent.

439
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,000
How many times are you going to read the same things?

440
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,000
And we know that Leo is a person who is active on socials,

441
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,000
he's always liking things and retreating things.

442
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:50,000
So yeah, I'm sure that his confidence has been affected.

443
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,000
It's clear to see.

444
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,000
Definitely.

445
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,000
I think one thing that he has gotten back to,

446
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,000
I'm not sure if it's down to confidence

447
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,000
because when it comes to confidence,

448
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,000
he really is inserting himself in those situations.

449
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,000
I feel like even through making those more central runs,

450
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,000
allowing Okafor to drift and just stunning the defenders,

451
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,000
it doesn't mind putting himself in those situations.

452
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:20,000
It's not a matter of him being stuck between two minds or anything like that.

453
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,000
He hits it, he's there.

454
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:29,000
It's just he's not accurate in those situations yet.

455
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,000
He's not accurate in those situations yet.

456
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,000
Leo is not a clean finisher.

457
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:40,000
He has had great runs of form where finishing,

458
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,000
which was never his strong point,

459
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,000
but he would slot them in that goal against Inter.

460
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:49,000
I remember from quite a tight angle after beating one of the players

461
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,000
down to his ass, I forgot who it was.

462
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,000
I think it was Dev Rai.

463
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,000
Dev Rai, maybe.

464
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:59,000
But I don't know, I think he's getting more confident

465
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:03,000
on your point that he's on social media a lot.

466
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,000
I think that he's one of those people.

467
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,000
Unfortunately, I think he's one of those people

468
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:13,000
that wants just to prove people wrong.

469
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,000
You see when a player, Duzan Vlavic is another one,

470
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,000
you see that when players go through a long streak of not finding the net,

471
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:24,000
and then they finally score, you could tell by their celebration.

472
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,000
There are the humble players that you could see them take a breath

473
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,000
and smile at their teammates and celebrate with their teammates.

474
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,000
Yes, finally, man, this weight is off my shoulder.

475
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,000
You guys know how much I struggled.

476
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,000
Let's share this moment.

477
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,000
Wow, what a weight off my shoulder.

478
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:42,000
Then there's Vlavic spamming triangle, square, circle, and X.

479
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,000
His squad is doing every single fucking celebration.

480
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,000
Leo, when he scores, the first thing he does is either a show-shore

481
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,000
or everyone's talking.

482
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,000
I don't know.

483
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,000
When people exercise that kind of behavior after scoring a goal,

484
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,000
it's like, how much are you doing this for you

485
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,000
and how much are you doing it to kill the critics?

486
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:05,000
I think some of the greatest of all time have had that mentality, though.

487
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,000
I guess, chip on their shoulder.

488
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,000
Exactly. And that can be used as fuel.

489
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:14,000
As long as he uses that as fuel and not as anything else,

490
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,000
then I think it can be very good for him.

491
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,000
I mean, think of one of the greatest of all time in Cristiano Ronaldo.

492
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,000
He would be the first.

493
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,000
Cristiano Ronaldo is the pettiest of them all when it comes to this stuff.

494
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,000
Cristiano Ronaldo was once, I think, was the United fans

495
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,000
who were saying that he had gained weight or something.

496
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,000
Really?

497
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,000
They had said he gained weight or he wasn't in great shape

498
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,000
or he was unfit, something like that, before they played Juve.

499
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,000
I don't know. I think it was Juve.

500
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,000
And then they came against each other in the Champions League

501
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,000
and Ronaldo scored.

502
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,000
You remember, he ran to the fans, he took off his shirt,

503
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,000
and he flexed his abs like this, like this.

504
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,000
Look at this, like you call this out of shape.

505
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:57,000
I did with Juve against Atletico, he imitated Cholito.

506
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,000
Yeah.

507
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,000
Many things.

508
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,000
I think you have to have a bit of that.

509
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,000
The difference is none of these guys are Cristiano Ronaldo.

510
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:08,000
I'm a firm believer that whatever gives you good form,

511
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,000
fucking exercise, it do it your best.

512
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,000
But obviously then there's something sustainable and healthy,

513
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,000
and then there's something that's not sustainable

514
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,000
and something that can keep digging that hole

515
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,000
deeper and deeper and deeper.

516
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,000
If you keep trying just to prove people wrong,

517
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,000
now these are athletes, I'm not gonna fucking give them advice,

518
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,000
so I'll end my point there.

519
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,000
Yeah, fair enough, bro.

520
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:33,000
Now this was quite a tough Hellas Verona team to break down.

521
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,000
We highlighted their goal difference in the last episode,

522
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,000
saying that it's definitely by far the best one

523
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:45,000
in the bottom five, sorry, in Serie A.

524
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,000
So this was quite a tough game for Milan,

525
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,000
but they handled it pretty cool and they didn't seem to be under any pressure

526
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,000
throughout the majority of the game.

527
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,000
I liked seeing Okofar over there in that position.

528
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:02,000
Apparently it was time to try it out,

529
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,000
because Jovic as a starter simply hasn't been working.

530
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,000
Of the Benches changed games for Milan,

531
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:12,000
but as a starter, I don't think he's done anything yet as a starter this season.

532
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,000
He's probably getting a red card in one time.

533
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,000
No, what you get from Okofar as well as a quick start,

534
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:22,000
good tempo from the get-go, the way he's chasing every ball down,

535
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:26,000
which typically isn't something we all know the qualities

536
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:30,000
that players like Zürich and Jürow bring to the game,

537
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,000
which is linking up with the midfield thing with their back towards goal,

538
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:37,000
but having someone absolutely pressing this shit out of

539
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,000
and as well, they are always quite chill when it comes to the press.

540
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:44,000
So, I think that's why Okofar absolutely running rampant, chasing everyone up there.

541
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,000
Made a world of a difference.

542
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,000
I thought it worked well.

543
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,000
Going into the season, we both thought that was going to be Plan A.

544
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,000
Yeah, I thought so.

545
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,000
I thought it was going to be a dynamic trio,

546
00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,000
but of course, Zürich has been on another level and his skill set really complements these guys.

547
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,000
It's a shame he's not as mobile or as young anymore.

548
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,000
And apparently he's off to the MLS, bro.

549
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,000
I think he's done his time.

550
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:12,000
He's been flirting with it for a while, the move saying it interests him.

551
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:17,000
I think that leaving on a high sometimes is good.

552
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,000
He's no spring chicken, oh, Contre.

553
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,000
He's an ancient chicken.

554
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,000
He's 37 years old, you know.

555
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,000
He's probably one of his best ever seasons this year.

556
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:33,000
Might as well end it over here before it goes tits up, so you remember it as a hero.

557
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,000
This guy came to Milan, he had one of his best ever seasons.

558
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,000
He won Milan the league.

559
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,000
That's good.

560
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,000
This is our Ziru bubble head.

561
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,000
And for those of you that can't see, no, no, no, no.

562
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,000
This is the Ziru bubble head.

563
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,000
This is a glass of red wine because he ages like wine.

564
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,000
And to be honest, change is good.

565
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,000
I'm going to miss the fucking shit out of Ziru forever.

566
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,000
An icon of Milan, but change is good at times.

567
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,000
It's good for him.

568
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:05,000
It's probably good for Milan because they can put more focus in bettering that area.

569
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:09,000
Sometimes you settle for good when you should take it up to excellent.

570
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,000
Yeah.

571
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,000
And I think that's what Milan are looking to do.

572
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,000
There are fucking four names that are being mentioned.

573
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,000
Apparently Milan want to make two heavy investments, man.

574
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,000
There's Cesco being mentioned.

575
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,000
There's Ergze being mentioned.

576
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:23,000
There's a bunch of guys.

577
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:29,000
Now, apparently speaking of the transfer market on rumors, allegedly Mike Manjane is asking.

578
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:33,000
Now, again, this has already come out before and then went quiet a little bit.

579
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:38,000
Now it's come out again that Manjane wants the same salary as Leo, who is one of Milan's highest earners.

580
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,000
And who has been there for five years.

581
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,000
And then it's Leo after him.

582
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,000
And exactly who's been there for five years as well.

583
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,000
Very important to mention.

584
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,000
What do you think about that, man?

585
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,000
Because I'm seeing people online saying, ah, you have to give it to him.

586
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:56,000
You have to give Manjane what he's asking for.

587
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,000
I disagree.

588
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,000
I disagree as well.

589
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:06,000
I'm going to think of this through the lens of a guy with a podcast totally neutral, like not a Milan fan.

590
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:07,000
Right.

591
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,000
But as a Milan fan, it pisses me off, right?

592
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:17,000
As a Milan fan, it angers me because you've been there two years, three years rather.

593
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:27,000
First season, fantastic one Milan, the league saving penalties, fucking Portia, that can't have being just being fucking magic Mike, you know.

594
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,000
Then started the injuries, man.

595
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,000
Started the injuries and then started the attitude.

596
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:39,000
I then started this whole fucking, oh, look at me, look at me, look at me kind of mentality and then starts asking for money.

597
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,000
So it was just from absolute hero.

598
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:46,000
I feel like all he has done from season one is regressed.

599
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,000
He regressed from season one up until this point.

600
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:54,000
He is now the season, apart from being one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

601
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:58,000
He is conceding at his near post at times.

602
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:02,000
He's going off injured.

603
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,000
I am more than more than regressing certain.

604
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:06,000
That's okay.

605
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,000
More than regressing.

606
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:14,000
I think it's he isn't the flawless goalkeeper that we had that Milan had in the first season.

607
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,000
Yeah.

608
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,000
It's a simple as he's showing.

609
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:21,000
I mean, his form is regressing, not his vulnerabilities.

610
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:25,000
He's showing that, for example, he does have his weaknesses that is near post.

611
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:31,000
There's no way he's top five in the world, for example, when it comes to getting down and saving shots at his near post,

612
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,000
because he's been beaten way too many times at his near post this season.

613
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,000
The injuries are ridiculous.

614
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:41,000
How can he demand that salary when a team can't rely on you for 38 games a season?

615
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,000
It worries me, man, because he's a goalkeeper.

616
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:44,000
Exactly.

617
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000
Imagine he was an outfield player, he'd be fucked.

618
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,000
He wouldn't have a career.

619
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:51,000
He was a goalkeeper as they play the full season, they was a game or two with injury, you know?

620
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:55,000
But being so injury prone is bizarre as a goalkeeper.

621
00:38:55,000 --> 00:39:04,000
Bro, 100 million, which is between 70 to 100 is being mentioned, like just ridiculous numbers.

622
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:10,000
Inflation is fucking real, like there's no way you sell money on for 100 million.

623
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:20,000
The thing is, man, that ever since this whole Milan project has started and they started buying young, the money ball movement, as we call it,

624
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:30,000
Milan have really invested wisely and suddenly out of nowhere they have players in their team that they could have never dreamt of having five years.

625
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:35,000
You could never acquire Lea as he is nowadays as Milan.

626
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,000
You could have never acquired Tomori as he is nowadays at Milan.

627
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,000
Theo the same, Manjane the same.

628
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:46,000
You buy these people before they explode, good scouting network, you know?

629
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:50,000
I forgot his name, the scout of Milan, there's a very weird...

630
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:53,000
Fucking Jonah Hill, bro.

631
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,000
Jonah Hill and money ball.

632
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:56,000
What's his name?

633
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,000
I forgot his name.

634
00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:01,000
I can see his face right now so clearly, like he's got like, young, spiky hair.

635
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:10,000
But yes, they invested very, very intelligently and now they've got these players who they afford to flip and do the same thing again.

636
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:17,000
So in two, three years time you have another three players who are exactly the same and suddenly your whole squad is full of stars.

637
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:21,000
This is a very, very, very intelligent way of investing.

638
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:25,000
And even Ben-Asser was acquired for like 12 million after winning MVP at Afgan.

639
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,000
Are you mad?

640
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,000
Literally, literally.

641
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:36,000
No, with, again, just to go back directly to Manjane, like, obviously he's a fantastical keeper, one of the best in the world.

642
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:42,000
But when it comes to negotiations, brother, you've chosen the wrong season to ask for such a high fucking wage.

643
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,000
That's it.

644
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:49,000
If you look at the three years, is he warranted to have one of the best wages in the team?

645
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,000
Probably, probably.

646
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:59,000
But the season has been a completely different story and to be so harsh in your negotiation with the team when you know damn well that you've been struggling with injuries,

647
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,000
there was a time last season, bro.

648
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,000
He was out for fucking months, like, for months.

649
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:14,000
And all you can ask for your goalkeeper, all you can ask, bro, is to be available 24-7s for your number one keeper, to be available and fit for every single game.

650
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,000
And of course, you can't guarantee that.

651
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,000
So 70 million.

652
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:18,000
Enjoy.

653
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:22,000
In the scudetto winning season, I forgot, Tataru-san had to save Laotaro's penalty as well.

654
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,000
Yes, bro.

655
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,000
Yes.

656
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:29,000
And then the second season, he couldn't save anything because he had an astigmatism.

657
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:34,000
39, you know, Tataru-san with an astigmatism.

658
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,000
He did the operation at 39.

659
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,000
Like, bro, are you mad?

660
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,000
Like, I've got an astigmatism and I struggle.

661
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:47,000
Nowadays, bro, I've just got new glasses and until I got used to these things, I'd throw a paper into a bin.

662
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,000
And I'd just miss completely.

663
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,000
And that right next time, I was always like good at that shit, you know?

664
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,000
And I'm like, damn, I'm aging, man.

665
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:58,000
I don't know how Tataru-san was a professional goalkeeper with his astigmatism.

666
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,000
I'm a fucking leopard, bro.

667
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,000
But yeah, you're a leopard.

668
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,000
With my eyesight, like, oh, crazy, man.

669
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,000
You're 2020, bro.

670
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:08,000
Mental, like, first time you ever got full marks, huh?

671
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:16,000
Last barona are down in 15th with 26 points.

672
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,000
I'm sure they'll be happy with that.

673
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:24,000
You know, I mean, it's Milan at the end of the day who are up in second with 62 points.

674
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:31,000
Juve nil, Gen 1 nil, another bad result for Juve to put it quite frankly.

675
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:38,000
Juve coming off a 2-2 draw to Atalanta, whereas Gen 1 coming off a 3-2 home loss to Monza.

676
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:44,000
The previous encounter was a 1-1 draw between these two teams, so Juve have not managed to be Gen 1 this season.

677
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:55,000
Juve had, whoof, whoof, Juve had Vladovic back from suspension and Rabio on the bench after coming back from a dislocated toe,

678
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:59,000
though Miliq and Alcara suffered muscular problems.

679
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:04,000
The griffon I missed, Aaron Martin, Alan Matturo, I always fucked that up,

680
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:10,000
and the band Stefano Sabelli following back-to-back defeats, but gave Vittinia his first start.

681
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,000
I like this Vittinia guy, man.

682
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:17,000
3-5-2 formation for Allegri's men, Shesney in goal and the backline of Danilo Bremer and Gatti,

683
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:21,000
Kostic on the left, Kambias on the right on the midfield 3 of Miretti, Locatelli and McKenny,

684
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:24,000
with Vladovic and Kea as a starting up front together.

685
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:30,000
3-4-2-1 for Gen 1, Gilar Dinozman with Martínez in goal and the backline of the Wintar, Bani and Vasquez,

686
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:35,000
Spence on the right, Messias on the left and a double pivot of Badel and Frendrup,

687
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:39,000
with Vittinia and Goodman sin playing behind Retegui.

688
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:47,000
Now, the first half, I mean nothing really to write home about Juve.

689
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:53,000
Gen 1 did start off bringing the game to Juve, but the game was majority,

690
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:58,000
the majority was being controlled by Juve, they were attacking, they were going forward,

691
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:03,000
but the action really took place in the slow action game in the second half.

692
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:09,000
In the 66th minute, Ilin Jr. took a low strike from outside the air, which struck the outside of the post.

693
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:15,000
Two minutes later, in the 68th, Juve scraped the frame of the goal through a great header by Vladovic.

694
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:20,000
In the 74th, Vladovic again had an opportunity with a header, but missed an absolute sitter,

695
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:24,000
as he misjudged the flight of the ball and failed to hit the target.

696
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:28,000
Moise Keane hit the post in the 89th with a low strike into the near post,

697
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:31,000
so that's twice that Juve hit the post over there.

698
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:36,000
And the 92nd minute, Vladovic was sent off for dissent after only just returning from suspension,

699
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,000
that's one thing we forget.

700
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:47,000
The first thing I want to talk about is something very interesting between the Ultras and the fans, right?

701
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:50,000
In the U.S. stadium, it's very, very interesting.

702
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:55,000
Juventus' Ultras in Curva Sud chanted a legreese name right after a kickoff,

703
00:44:55,000 --> 00:45:00,000
but the rest of the fans in the other sections of the stadium booed the Curva.

704
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,000
Yeah, it's a civil war.

705
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:06,000
For doing so, Juve's Ultras hit back after the halftime whistle,

706
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,000
when most supporters booed the players rather than supporting them.

707
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:14,000
At that point, Juve's Ultras insulted the other fans by chanting,

708
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:18,000
the translation's a bit off, you are a shitty public.

709
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:23,000
Supporters in the Curva Sud kept supporting the team for the entire match,

710
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:27,000
but appeared to be asking for clarification from players after the final whistle.

711
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:33,000
So, it's the same thing you see with every team, you know, Curva ride or die.

712
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:37,000
They're the level-headed ones, they're the super fans,

713
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:41,000
and they keep it professional throughout their part of the team.

714
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:49,000
And then there are the bit more casuals, it's not their life, they go when they can.

715
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:53,000
It's just interesting to see this very clear divide.

716
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:59,000
Which side are you essentially on?

717
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:04,000
I think that when it comes to the Juve Ultras and their stance,

718
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:11,000
it's mostly romantic simply because of the fact that Allegri has had so much success with Juventus historically, right?

719
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:15,000
This season, Allegri started off perfectly fine.

720
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:21,000
He was competing for the Scudetto, for the majority of the season.

721
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:27,000
It was only after the head-to-head against Inter that they were really out of the title race.

722
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:35,000
I think that the hardcore fans showing solidarity with Allegri is sweet.

723
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:40,000
The public booing him, I think that's kind of unnecessary at this point.

724
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:44,000
You know, you've got a team right now who are trying their best, trying their best.

725
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:49,000
Who are trying to cement top four, and they need your support.

726
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:53,000
They tried to go all the way this season, they actually gave it their all.

727
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:57,000
But clearly they fell short, man, and they weren't quite talented enough.

728
00:46:57,000 --> 00:47:03,000
It is the case that, okay, Juve haven't decided if they're going to move away from Allegri or not.

729
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,000
That hasn't been decided.

730
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:08,000
It hasn't been decided, it's not confirmed apparently.

731
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:15,000
However, they're leaning more, the mood is more that they will be parting ways with Allegri.

732
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:22,000
The first piece of evidence for this was the acquisition of Napoli Sporting Director, Junta Li.

733
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:27,000
Because Junta Li has some very interesting ideas for Juve and the future.

734
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:30,000
And I think Allegri is not one of them, quite frankly.

735
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,000
It goes against his philosophy.

736
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:37,000
I think he wants a more modern, offensive approach.

737
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:43,000
I think don't boo him, support the team, and then push for it in summer.

738
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,000
If you want to change protest when the season is over.

739
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:47,000
That's my point.

740
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:49,000
What the hell do you want them to do now?

741
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:52,000
If you boo them, what do you think that's going to fucking get you a victory?

742
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:56,000
Isn't that what you all want, all thousands of you?

743
00:47:56,000 --> 00:48:03,000
Allegri during the game displayed visible frustration during and after the match.

744
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:08,000
Emphasizing his discontent with the team's performance and the tactical execution.

745
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:19,000
One thing that there is is Allegri does not believe that the players are carrying out Allegri's tactics in the correct manner.

746
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:26,000
So what they're doing on the training pitch subsequently isn't being mirrored on the big stage, on the football pitch.

747
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:29,000
But he seemed particularly displeased with Chiesa.

748
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:37,000
And this wasn't the first time he even mentioned in the press conference that he had to reply to somebody who wanted to replace the coach.

749
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:42,000
And everyone is saying that it scares him.

750
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:49,000
But clearly the divide is that there's the Ultras and the fans, there's the team and the coach.

751
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:51,000
It's bad that you were there.

752
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,000
There's the love which on the riff.

753
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:56,000
It wasn't even this bad when the whole points deduction came out.

754
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:59,000
They were more united, that kind of united them.

755
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:02,000
Yeah, this is weird man.

756
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:06,000
This is a post-titled push collapse.

757
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:13,000
And thankfully they have that safety net of the points they managed to pick up earlier on the season.

758
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:18,000
But you look at the statistics and even you watch Juve play man.

759
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,000
It leaves so much to be desired man.

760
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:23,000
The wings are snipped with Allegri.

761
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:28,000
One shot on target in the first half, one shot on target in the second half.

762
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:29,000
Oh good man.

763
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:31,000
That's Juve. That was Juve's game.

764
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:35,000
Granted, Allegri brought on Ilin Junio.

765
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:38,000
And they both hit the post.

766
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,000
Granted, Keen was offside.

767
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,000
Keen by the way is another one.

768
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:44,000
We spoke about Kalu Lu's having a nightmare this year.

769
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,000
Keen is having the worst season.

770
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,000
The unluckiest season of his life.

771
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:53,000
It's crazy he either hits the post or scores offside every single fucking game man.

772
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,000
The offside call earlier this season.

773
00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:56,000
Bro, bro.

774
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:57,000
It's one of the tightest.

775
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:00,000
That was the first time that I ever disagreed with Var I think.

776
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:03,000
The first time I disagreed with Var was that call.

777
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:07,000
What's speaking of absolute fucking nincompoops?

778
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:08,000
Speaking of the fans.

779
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:12,000
Speaking of Allegri so on and so forth.

780
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,000
Vlovic.

781
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:17,000
Alright you happy bro.

782
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:20,000
Did you call the referee a mean word?

783
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:24,000
Because you weren't playing well and your teammates aren't playing well.

784
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:30,000
And they can't stick to the great philosophist tactics during the game.

785
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:31,000
You called to my motherfucker.

786
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:32,000
You did whatever you had to do.

787
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:34,000
And now you're missing Lazio how good.

788
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:39,000
A really big game for Juve in this devastating ground of poor form.

789
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,000
And now they have to play Lazio.

790
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:44,000
They have a chip on their shoulder without Duzan Vlovic.

791
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:47,000
And that would be two doors first game in charge.

792
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:48,000
Yep.

793
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:49,000
So yeah.

794
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,000
Lazio win or draw.

795
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:53,000
Lazio win or draw.

796
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:54,000
Lazio win or draw.

797
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:56,000
Serious spotlight slips.

798
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:59,000
And Vlovic.

799
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:05,000
A few episodes ago I praised the fact that he's so resilient when it comes to you know

800
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:08,000
just missing and missing and missing and he keeps trying.

801
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:12,000
This game he was a petulant child bro.

802
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:13,000
That's what he was.

803
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:14,000
That's what he was.

804
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:17,000
A petulant child with a petulant perm.

805
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,000
Flailing his arms around complaining.

806
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,000
The mood is bad.

807
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:23,000
The mood is bad.

808
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:24,000
The type of guy man.

809
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:27,000
You'll have a long day at work.

810
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:29,000
You don't even have time to go home.

811
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,000
You've got your football shoes in the car.

812
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:33,000
You have a fiveside right after work right.

813
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:34,000
You get in your car.

814
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:35,000
You go to your bloody fiveside.

815
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:36,000
You've had a terrible day.

816
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:37,000
You just want one wind.

817
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,000
There's a person you've never seen before in your life.

818
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,000
He's on your team and he's the worst.

819
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:45,000
That's what it was like watching Vlovic.

820
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,000
Like he's just complaining demanding the ball.

821
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:49,000
Why didn't you pass?

822
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:50,000
Why did you shoot?

823
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:53,000
You know every day questioning everything.

824
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:54,000
No man.

825
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:56,000
This wasn't a good.

826
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:59,000
No it looks like you're watching a free for all.

827
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:05,000
It's like a free for all eleven men who again a manager like Allegra and we saw Roma with

828
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:06,000
Morinio.

829
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:09,000
You see what happens when they get given their wings back.

830
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:12,000
So it's to really be fucking weird about this.

831
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:16,000
Talking about their wings and how they're going and then they're back.

832
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:25,000
But pragmatic coaches are I think save them for the bottom part of the table or for a

833
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:27,000
recovering fucking football team.

834
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:38,000
But for a team bro with Yildiz, Kiesa, Rabio, Vlovic, Kambiazo and these kind of guys.

835
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:42,000
You give them a leg re you take their wangs.

836
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:45,000
That's that's that's what happens.

837
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:47,000
It can you imagine.

838
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:52,000
Can you imagine them with an offensive pressing manager.

839
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:55,000
How much more devastating they would be.

840
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:57,000
They can't score.

841
00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:00,000
They've got so much talent and they're really really struggling for goals.

842
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:05,000
Bro, you've I think are having apart from Salernita and at the moment form wise.

843
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:10,000
One of the worst teams at the moment for the most devastating run in the league man will

844
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:15,000
devastating run and they do need to change things around in summer.

845
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:18,000
But booing now isn't the solution.

846
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:20,000
Another interesting observation I have from this game.

847
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:28,000
Did you notice that they kind of you've a kind of shifted to a to a back four in the second half and and gutty was playing

848
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:29,000
out wide.

849
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:36,000
Crossing the ball in gutty six foot five gutty crossing the ball guy that we've seen him at the end of these late

850
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:42,000
winners man who plays like he's wearing timberland sometimes you know like literally man like what's he doing on the

851
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:43,000
wing crossing the ball.

852
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:44,000
I don't know.

853
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,000
It's just a mess at the moment.

854
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:47,000
Absolutely.

855
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:54,000
Well they are now down in third and they're three points behind Milan now were in second.

856
00:53:54,000 --> 00:54:00,000
Whilst Genoa are in 12th on 34 points.

857
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:07,000
Two things I want to tell you before I actually one thing we were the mention of Alcaraz who's injured at the moment.

858
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:10,000
He's been brought in from Southampton right.

859
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:11,000
Yes.

860
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:12,000
On a loan without shouldn't to buy.

861
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:20,000
Not to buy for a gasoline for 50 million for 50 euros for 50 million euros right.

862
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:27,000
And first of all that's already ridiculous because how are you going to decide if someone's worth 50 million euros in 12

863
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,000
games 15 games.

864
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:36,000
And now he's injured so what are they going to do but apparently they might get an extension of Southampton don't get

865
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:37,000
promoted.

866
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:44,000
Now I don't know where they stand but it's not a guarantee that Southampton will get promoted so Alcaraz might have some

867
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:46,000
more time to prove his worth.

868
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,000
That's good at Juventus.

869
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:49,000
That's good.

870
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,000
And what's there gonna say you know when I used to use that tactic.

871
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:58,000
There was this one FIFA bro you know you know me I'm a manager mode boy bro now days I'm all about out with him but at

872
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:04,000
heart we are manager mode boys you know taking fucking Northampton up to the prem.

873
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:08,000
And that's what we used to do with our free time road is mental.

874
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:15,000
But what I used to do is get fucking Northampton or whatever where are you going to buy messy.

875
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:17,000
You can't get messy.

876
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:21,000
Watch me watch me.

877
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:29,000
Lone for a season or two seasons I think just for a season option to buy nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine

878
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:33,100
And at that time it wasn't advanced enough

879
00:55:33,100 --> 00:55:34,480
for the boards to tell you like,

880
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:36,860
yo, we don't have those funds.

881
00:55:36,860 --> 00:55:38,600
So Barça would just be like,

882
00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:40,660
999999 Take him.

883
00:55:40,660 --> 00:55:42,560
Take him.

884
00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:45,160
I used to get all the stars, like that.

885
00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:46,860
That's fucking incredible.

886
00:55:46,860 --> 00:55:47,920
Thank you, bro.

887
00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:49,160
You're incredible.

888
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:50,740
On another note, at the moment,

889
00:55:50,740 --> 00:55:53,820
Mortar are playing friendly against Slovenia.

890
00:55:53,820 --> 00:55:58,140
The mighty Maltese are playing against

891
00:55:58,140 --> 00:56:02,460
Azmin Kurtis, formerly of Parma, and Jacques Biorre of Udineze.

892
00:56:02,460 --> 00:56:08,140
Benjamin Sesco, and Jano Blockingol, and Malta are winning 2-1.

893
00:56:08,140 --> 00:56:12,220
Aranama Udine, alobahir an'n.

894
00:56:12,220 --> 00:56:15,180
We've put two past the block, bro.

895
00:56:15,180 --> 00:56:16,180
There you go.

896
00:56:16,180 --> 00:56:17,180
Okay.

897
00:56:17,180 --> 00:56:18,180
There you go.

898
00:56:18,180 --> 00:56:19,180
Lautaro Vartides.

899
00:56:19,180 --> 00:56:20,180
Who scored, bro?

900
00:56:20,180 --> 00:56:21,180
Who scored?

901
00:56:21,180 --> 00:56:22,180
Who scored?

902
00:56:22,180 --> 00:56:23,180
Who scored?

903
00:56:23,180 --> 00:56:24,180
Who scored?

904
00:56:24,180 --> 00:56:25,180
Dotcom.

905
00:56:25,180 --> 00:56:30,180
I'll just close it one sec.

906
00:56:30,180 --> 00:56:31,980
Let's see.

907
00:56:31,980 --> 00:56:34,180
Stephen Pisani and Matthew Gulliini.

908
00:56:34,180 --> 00:56:35,180
Oh, fucking Gulli!

909
00:56:35,180 --> 00:56:36,180
Yes, Astia!

910
00:56:36,180 --> 00:56:37,180
Come on, boys.

911
00:56:37,180 --> 00:56:38,180
Come on.

912
00:56:38,180 --> 00:56:43,180
The next game I feel the need to cover, bro, is Empoli Bologna.

913
00:56:43,180 --> 00:56:44,180
Right?

914
00:56:44,180 --> 00:56:46,940
Now, let's take a look at the line-ups.

915
00:56:46,940 --> 00:56:49,220
We have Caprila in goal for Empoli.

916
00:56:49,220 --> 00:56:50,220
The phenomenal Caprila.

917
00:56:50,220 --> 00:56:52,220
He's been playing so well this season.

918
00:56:52,220 --> 00:56:53,700
Yeah, he really has been, man.

919
00:56:53,700 --> 00:56:58,340
Three, four, two, one formation for them with Berzinski, Valukovic and Luperito at the

920
00:56:58,340 --> 00:56:59,340
back.

921
00:56:59,340 --> 00:57:05,180
Jazi on the right, Petzella on the left, Malehann Marin in the middle with Zierkovski and Kambiagi

922
00:57:05,180 --> 00:57:06,180
playing behind.

923
00:57:06,180 --> 00:57:07,180
Niago.

924
00:57:07,180 --> 00:57:14,900
For Bologna, it was a 4-3-3 formation with Skorupski in goal, Beoucam on the right, Christensen

925
00:57:14,900 --> 00:57:20,580
on the left, Kalafjore and Lukumi as a center back partners with Urbanski, Froyler and

926
00:57:20,580 --> 00:57:22,100
Ferguson playing as a midfield.

927
00:57:22,100 --> 00:57:26,860
P. Salamakkers on the left, Andoi on the right and Odgard up front.

928
00:57:26,860 --> 00:57:33,540
Now, this was kind of a test for Bologna because Xerxes did fall injured as we discussed in

929
00:57:33,540 --> 00:57:39,020
the previous episode and they had to see if they had what it takes to get it done without

930
00:57:39,020 --> 00:57:40,020
him.

931
00:57:40,020 --> 00:57:43,020
Odgard stepped up who, I must say, not bad.

932
00:57:43,020 --> 00:57:44,020
Not bad.

933
00:57:44,020 --> 00:57:49,220
Pretty interesting player, nice touch, physical, quite technical.

934
00:57:49,220 --> 00:57:51,380
He fits what they're looking for in that position.

935
00:57:51,380 --> 00:57:54,020
I was quite impressed by him.

936
00:57:54,020 --> 00:58:00,980
However they did struggle to score and it took a very, very late winner in the 93rd minute

937
00:58:00,980 --> 00:58:03,900
when all hope had been pretty much diminished.

938
00:58:03,900 --> 00:58:07,220
Giovanni Fabian stepped up for what's that man?

939
00:58:07,220 --> 00:58:11,420
How many has he scored this season because he hasn't stopped, it feels like.

940
00:58:11,420 --> 00:58:15,860
The boys on loan from Inter and he once again scored the winning goal for Bologna and the

941
00:58:15,860 --> 00:58:17,580
scenes were just beautiful.

942
00:58:17,580 --> 00:58:22,620
You can tell at the moment now they're just thinking of it like we've got 10 games to

943
00:58:22,620 --> 00:58:25,580
cement this top four spot.

944
00:58:25,580 --> 00:58:29,980
We've got a little bit of a safety net ever so slightly, we can mess up once but we need

945
00:58:29,980 --> 00:58:30,980
to win.

946
00:58:30,980 --> 00:58:34,980
And you can see that at that moment when Fabian scored, you can see that the collective mood

947
00:58:34,980 --> 00:58:37,220
was like nine to go.

948
00:58:37,220 --> 00:58:40,380
It's amazing man to see what these guys do.

949
00:58:40,380 --> 00:58:45,260
I went to a restaurant this weekend and the owners from Bologna.

950
00:58:45,260 --> 00:58:51,300
You know me, I obviously fucking hit him with the Bologna season bello.

951
00:58:51,300 --> 00:58:57,700
And the people from Bologna firmly believe my friend who have the worst Italian accent

952
00:58:57,700 --> 00:58:59,980
ever, the best team in Europe.

953
00:58:59,980 --> 00:59:04,100
One of the best team with the best manager with the best track.

954
00:59:04,100 --> 00:59:07,700
They're so confident this season and it's good to see them like that.

955
00:59:07,700 --> 00:59:09,500
They went through some hardships man.

956
00:59:09,500 --> 00:59:17,380
Let's forget their manager fucking died man, their manager had died like it was devastating.

957
00:59:17,380 --> 00:59:22,860
And one of the worst parts about that is it complicated everything because in an ideal

958
00:59:22,860 --> 00:59:26,620
world they would have parted ways with Maile of which way things were going but because

959
00:59:26,620 --> 00:59:31,500
of his situation it just made things more complicated and they kept him on board.

960
00:59:31,500 --> 00:59:32,500
What a club in that sense.

961
00:59:32,500 --> 00:59:33,500
What an absolute.

962
00:59:33,500 --> 00:59:38,740
Amazing, amazing but they had a team even at the time man a very interesting team of

963
00:59:38,740 --> 00:59:43,260
young talented players many different nationalities.

964
00:59:43,260 --> 00:59:47,900
An international team you know with many many talents and it's still the case.

965
00:59:47,900 --> 00:59:50,940
They are a very interesting team very dynamic.

966
00:59:50,940 --> 00:59:55,020
They did struggle to create clear cut chances this game and at the end of the goal it was

967
00:59:55,020 --> 00:59:56,020
just hilarious.

968
00:59:56,020 --> 01:00:01,260
Call of fury had been defending all game was just like I have had enough.

969
01:00:01,260 --> 01:00:05,300
He won the ball back he conned it forward into the goalkeeper.

970
01:00:05,300 --> 01:00:09,900
The goalkeeper spilt it and it fell to Fabian there was a good understanding there between

971
01:00:09,900 --> 01:00:13,940
the players because there were like three around the ball and many many players wanted

972
01:00:13,940 --> 01:00:18,900
to hit that but they let Fabian have it because he was in the best position and of course

973
01:00:18,900 --> 01:00:21,860
the kid is so cool on their pressure man.

974
01:00:21,860 --> 01:00:29,420
I'm freaking out a bit because I'm noticing a lack of two seven two in this four.

975
01:00:29,420 --> 01:00:35,020
No no it is a two seven two because Ferguson and Orbanski are centre mids.

976
01:00:35,020 --> 01:00:38,380
They had been narrow in the middle in that sense so yeah it's a two four two.

977
01:00:38,380 --> 01:00:40,460
It's a two seven two.

978
01:00:40,460 --> 01:00:41,980
Everything is a two seven two.

979
01:00:41,980 --> 01:00:42,980
Every one.

980
01:00:42,980 --> 01:00:45,940
Every where you look two seven two.

981
01:00:45,940 --> 01:00:50,060
And Polly to be honest I think we would have been happy with the draw they were playing

982
01:00:50,060 --> 01:00:53,420
to kind of get something off the counter.

983
01:00:53,420 --> 01:01:00,220
The front three kind of did give them the outlet to do so but at the end of the day they had

984
01:01:00,220 --> 01:01:03,060
one shot on target and twenty nine percent ball position.

985
01:01:03,060 --> 01:01:07,540
This was thoroughly deserved by Bologna who had an ex-UG of two point four two if you

986
01:01:07,540 --> 01:01:08,540
are about that life.

987
01:01:08,540 --> 01:01:09,540
Madonna.

988
01:01:09,540 --> 01:01:13,820
Yeah with nine shots on goal by the way Caprilo is just pulling saves out of his ass.

989
01:01:13,820 --> 01:01:20,220
Yeah they're on a bit of a negative run and Polly it all started right they were on such

990
01:01:20,220 --> 01:01:26,420
a good streak after they won their first game against Monza three goals to Nieland the Daffodil

991
01:01:26,420 --> 01:01:27,420
Nicola.

992
01:01:27,420 --> 01:01:33,580
They drew to Juve they drew to Genoa they killed Salernita and Ango Pippos act.

993
01:01:33,580 --> 01:01:36,660
They held Fiorentina and Derby.

994
01:01:36,660 --> 01:01:40,620
They beat Saswalo three two away from home.

995
01:01:40,620 --> 01:01:44,940
Now they lost one Niel for three matches in a row.

996
01:01:44,940 --> 01:01:53,780
Now these matches were Calieri at home Milan away and Bologna home so a relegation six

997
01:01:53,780 --> 01:01:59,700
pointer and two very tough matches but what where's your where's your head at when it

998
01:01:59,700 --> 01:02:00,700
comes to M.Poly.

999
01:02:00,700 --> 01:02:08,340
They've got a tough running coming up but they boy do they have the coach to guide them

1000
01:02:08,340 --> 01:02:09,340
up.

1001
01:02:09,340 --> 01:02:16,180
I don't know if that will be enough actually honestly I have a tough run until the end

1002
01:02:16,180 --> 01:02:18,820
of the season right because it's inter next.

1003
01:02:18,820 --> 01:02:26,540
So it's inter Torino Lecce, Napoli Atalanta, Frazzinone Lazio Odinese Roma.

1004
01:02:26,540 --> 01:02:31,260
It's in their hands they have a tough run coming up but they have two games there that

1005
01:02:31,260 --> 01:02:32,260
they can win.

1006
01:02:32,260 --> 01:02:37,500
It's the Lecce game that's going to be crucial the Odinese games a crucial one Frazzinone

1007
01:02:37,500 --> 01:02:39,500
they've got three chances.

1008
01:02:39,500 --> 01:02:45,180
I think they'll be okay and maybe they can do something against Torino who knows.

1009
01:02:45,180 --> 01:02:51,740
But it's become more complicated now with Sasvolo essentially shutting shop at the

1010
01:02:51,740 --> 01:02:53,140
back.

1011
01:02:53,140 --> 01:02:54,140
It's interesting man.

1012
01:02:54,140 --> 01:02:58,100
I think Frazzinone are done for that's it I think I've been saying this for a while

1013
01:02:58,100 --> 01:03:02,820
I think Frazzinone are down Salernitano, Frazzinone and then we'll see either M.Poly

1014
01:03:02,820 --> 01:03:08,540
either Calieri and probably one of them too to be honest because I can't see Odinese

1015
01:03:08,540 --> 01:03:16,940
Lecce or Verano going down at this point for Sasvolo but I've learned right and I'm

1016
01:03:16,940 --> 01:03:23,980
just thinking think the season the season the season the season Sasvolo they're on

1017
01:03:23,980 --> 01:03:28,020
their third manager okay one of them was a caretaker let's say they're on their second

1018
01:03:28,020 --> 01:03:36,220
manager but 29 matches in and they're still on 23 points.

1019
01:03:36,220 --> 01:03:40,340
In Lecce still on 28.

1020
01:03:40,340 --> 01:03:42,180
Odinese is still on 27.

1021
01:03:42,180 --> 01:03:44,820
Verano is still on 26.

1022
01:03:44,820 --> 01:03:48,020
No matter what all these teams can still get relegated.

1023
01:03:48,020 --> 01:03:53,100
I don't see any of these teams as ones that are guaranteed like I wouldn't even say like

1024
01:03:53,100 --> 01:03:56,780
Sasvolo obviously have a better team and a better track record than any of these teams

1025
01:03:56,780 --> 01:04:01,540
that they're up against fucking they were in Europe four years ago whatever it was five

1026
01:04:01,540 --> 01:04:03,700
years ago.

1027
01:04:03,700 --> 01:04:08,180
But the season is the season this could be the season that one of the fucking mid table

1028
01:04:08,180 --> 01:04:17,740
teams goes down and I'm not totally totally against the idea of Sasvolo getting relegated.

1029
01:04:17,740 --> 01:04:20,020
No like I think it can happen.

1030
01:04:20,020 --> 01:04:27,260
No it can happen it's just difficult because they look defensively solid for the first

1031
01:04:27,260 --> 01:04:32,620
time in a while and if you get that team to be solid defensively they've got the talent

1032
01:04:32,620 --> 01:04:36,780
to get a goal without memo debatable.

1033
01:04:36,780 --> 01:04:38,780
Pinamonte up front.

1034
01:04:38,780 --> 01:04:40,780
Lauriante is good.

1035
01:04:40,780 --> 01:04:42,780
Ratchich has been okay.

1036
01:04:42,780 --> 01:04:45,780
Ratchich towards that like sure.

1037
01:04:45,780 --> 01:04:50,820
I'm not blown away by them bro I'm not blown away by any of these fucking players except

1038
01:04:50,820 --> 01:04:52,460
for Lauriante.

1039
01:04:52,460 --> 01:04:55,740
It's just gonna be fun to observe to be honest with you.

1040
01:04:55,740 --> 01:04:56,740
Yeah.

1041
01:04:56,740 --> 01:05:01,580
So yeah that's it man for this game to be honest with you Bologna are in fourth with

1042
01:05:01,580 --> 01:05:06,660
54 points they've got the European run man they've got that safety net of three points

1043
01:05:06,660 --> 01:05:11,380
between them and Roma nine games to go let's hope they can hang in there because that coefficient

1044
01:05:11,380 --> 01:05:18,180
is you know you've got England and Germany and Germany capturing up yeah.

1045
01:05:18,180 --> 01:05:26,820
On the other hand of course as we've just mentioned Empoli down in 70 to 25 points.

1046
01:05:26,820 --> 01:05:29,180
When are we gonna start vaping on this podcast?

1047
01:05:29,180 --> 01:05:34,060
This is when I want to go brother because when I have a drink I go mental.

1048
01:05:34,060 --> 01:05:39,300
Roma one Saswolo nil.

1049
01:05:39,300 --> 01:05:43,900
Roma coming off a two to a way draw to Fiorentina and a one nil lost to Brighton.

1050
01:05:43,900 --> 01:05:47,060
Bitch on the baby.

1051
01:05:47,060 --> 01:05:50,900
One nil lost doesn't matter they won on aggregate 4-1.

1052
01:05:50,900 --> 01:05:54,740
Saswolo coming off a one nil win over Frosinona and the previous encounter between these two

1053
01:05:54,740 --> 01:05:58,220
sides was Saswolo one Roma two.

1054
01:05:58,220 --> 01:06:04,220
The Jallorosci lost to Dibala, Smalling and Christensen but Tammy Abraham was on the bench

1055
01:06:04,220 --> 01:06:10,060
for the first time since his knee surgery in June welcome fucking back Tammy.

1056
01:06:10,060 --> 01:06:17,740
That must have been a pain in the ass for Tammy obviously for Roma but for Roma especially

1057
01:06:17,740 --> 01:06:22,540
I think because Tammy Abraham is one of the most expensive players.

1058
01:06:22,540 --> 01:06:23,540
One of the highest earners.

1059
01:06:23,540 --> 01:06:29,100
One of the highest earners with them I believe above him Lukaku and Dibala and that's Tammy

1060
01:06:29,100 --> 01:06:30,100
Abraham.

1061
01:06:30,100 --> 01:06:33,300
Spin Uzzola's up there as well by the way who keeps getting injured.

1062
01:06:33,300 --> 01:06:37,940
Abraham running out into the training ground and he's looking around there's Azmoun Lukaku

1063
01:06:37,940 --> 01:06:38,940
with Dibala.

1064
01:06:38,940 --> 01:06:39,940
He's like what the hell happened here?

1065
01:06:39,940 --> 01:06:40,940
What?

1066
01:06:40,940 --> 01:06:42,940
Where am I gonna play?

1067
01:06:42,940 --> 01:06:51,020
Literally man he can be utilized on his day he's very intelligent Tammy Abraham as a striker.

1068
01:06:51,020 --> 01:06:55,780
His first season and second one was a nightmare but his first one he was unbelievable I think

1069
01:06:55,780 --> 01:06:58,220
it was top three goal scorers in the league man.

1070
01:06:58,220 --> 01:07:03,300
David Balardini side had towards Vettandoix suspended with Berardi out for the rest of

1071
01:07:03,300 --> 01:07:05,500
season with Ator and Akkilis tendon.

1072
01:07:05,500 --> 01:07:10,540
4-3-3 for the Rossi's men with Zvilarengold and the back line of Spin Uzzola, Lorente,

1073
01:07:10,540 --> 01:07:11,540
Mancini and Karzdorp.

1074
01:07:11,540 --> 01:07:15,180
Spin Uzzola did go off injured quite early in this game.

1075
01:07:15,180 --> 01:07:19,980
Pellegrini Paredes and Cristante formed the midfield three, Hotel Sharawi and Alwar flanking

1076
01:07:19,980 --> 01:07:21,660
Romelu.

1077
01:07:21,660 --> 01:07:27,980
Also a 4-3-3 formation for Saswolo with Concilingold and the back line of Pedestrian, Erlich, Ferrari

1078
01:07:27,980 --> 01:07:35,620
and Viti and midfield three of Rakic, Obyang and Henrique with Defrel and Lorente flanking

1079
01:07:35,620 --> 01:07:38,620
Pinamonti.

1080
01:07:38,620 --> 01:07:42,980
Now Lukaku missed the target with two headers in the first half where he probably should

1081
01:07:42,980 --> 01:07:48,540
have done better but by his standards who knows if he should have done better.

1082
01:07:48,540 --> 01:07:51,540
He's took place in the 4th minute and in the 45th minute.

1083
01:07:51,540 --> 01:07:55,980
In the 50th minute however just after half time Pellegrini cut inside and curled his

1084
01:07:55,980 --> 01:08:00,420
long range strike into the bottom corner from around 25 yards out.

1085
01:08:00,420 --> 01:08:06,620
Brilliant strike, another star in the absence of Paolo de Bala, captain fantastic.

1086
01:08:06,620 --> 01:08:11,140
In the 67th his Vellare did great to deny Rakic as he got down well.

1087
01:08:11,140 --> 01:08:15,620
In the 73rd minute Lukaku did well to out muscle Erlich and get a strike away.

1088
01:08:15,620 --> 01:08:19,180
At first I thought he missed another great chance by failing to hit the target but a

1089
01:08:19,180 --> 01:08:25,260
replay showed a crucial touch by Erlich showcasing fantastic defending by the Croatian.

1090
01:08:25,260 --> 01:08:29,020
Saswolo were looking for an equaliser and almost got one in the 80th as Bayrami's low

1091
01:08:29,020 --> 01:08:34,460
cross was deflected goalwards by Roma defender Lorente and Vellare got the luckiest off touches

1092
01:08:34,460 --> 01:08:39,420
as the ball was going between his legs deflecting the strike onto the post.

1093
01:08:39,420 --> 01:08:43,020
Viti had little time to adjust himself and turn in the rebound so he missed hit the strike

1094
01:08:43,020 --> 01:08:47,420
high and wide and Roma got away with the 1-0 victory.

1095
01:08:47,420 --> 01:08:51,940
Again not vintage the Rossi ball for Roma but they managed 3 points against a very stubborn

1096
01:08:51,940 --> 01:08:57,660
opposition over here as Saswolo continued to take shape under Balardini after his debut

1097
01:08:57,660 --> 01:08:59,500
victory over Frozzinone.

1098
01:08:59,500 --> 01:09:03,220
I wanted to ask you about Saswolo's chances but we just discussed that.

1099
01:09:03,220 --> 01:09:11,420
These are the toughest games for a new manager who doesn't have much domestic experience

1100
01:09:11,420 --> 01:09:17,300
coming up against a team like Saswolo who are literally fighting for their lives who

1101
01:09:17,300 --> 01:09:23,500
have a manager who's been managing since the dinosaurs were around in Davide Balardini.

1102
01:09:23,500 --> 01:09:30,700
You know he's known to be a master of disrupting play and of just stopping you from playing

1103
01:09:30,700 --> 01:09:33,860
football and then smacking you on the counter man.

1104
01:09:33,860 --> 01:09:38,020
These are the toughest games for Roma and the fact that they managed to keep a clean

1105
01:09:38,020 --> 01:09:42,860
sheet of the ground but the fact that they managed to get across the line in such a difficult

1106
01:09:42,860 --> 01:09:48,780
environment I think they're a see here past another test to be honest with you.

1107
01:09:48,780 --> 01:09:54,220
And this is also the case of a man manager, a manager that can get the best out of his

1108
01:09:54,220 --> 01:10:01,380
players because when you can't penetrate a team, when you can't break Balardini ball

1109
01:10:01,380 --> 01:10:11,620
what's the culture? You need sometimes individual brilliance and it's about getting the best

1110
01:10:11,620 --> 01:10:16,140
out of these players not to take another dig at the fantastic Jose Mourinho.

1111
01:10:16,140 --> 01:10:21,540
But that's what Mourinho lacked, he couldn't get the best out of everyone because if you

1112
01:10:21,540 --> 01:10:28,460
weren't spectacular you were shit and only one player was spectacular to him and it was

1113
01:10:28,460 --> 01:10:35,860
the ball. That's just a weird, weird, weird thing to constantly mention and press conferences.

1114
01:10:35,860 --> 01:10:41,820
Like imagine you're a manager just let's move away from football right now. Imagine

1115
01:10:41,820 --> 01:10:48,180
you are the head of a department at some company and you've got 10 employees under you. Imagine

1116
01:10:48,180 --> 01:10:53,300
in every meeting you're just going on about one employee. Steve's good only, the rest

1117
01:10:53,300 --> 01:10:58,380
is terrible. Terrible. Terrible. You know what do you want me to do? These are the numbers,

1118
01:10:58,380 --> 01:11:02,420
we can wrap up with this work for you. This is why you get minimum wage because you're

1119
01:11:02,420 --> 01:11:07,980
shit. You see the other companies they've got 10 Steve's I have one Steve. What the

1120
01:11:07,980 --> 01:11:15,180
hell kind of kind of a problem is this and they would have had Mark who before this head

1121
01:11:15,180 --> 01:11:21,620
of department took over would have been the main guy. Everyone wants to be Mark. Pellegrini.

1122
01:11:21,620 --> 01:11:29,860
Pellegrini for multiple, multiple seasons before the ball ever dreamt of joining Roma

1123
01:11:29,860 --> 01:11:35,780
was their guy, their star man for seasons and seasons and seasons people paying over

1124
01:11:35,780 --> 01:11:43,180
a hundred to take him on Fanta culture bro because he's fucking a dead ball specialist,

1125
01:11:43,180 --> 01:11:48,740
great at dribbling good eye for goal around the area. He's the guy, good finishing. He's

1126
01:11:48,740 --> 01:11:56,180
a top fucking player. He's born and raised in Rome. The fans absolutely adore him and

1127
01:11:56,180 --> 01:12:00,940
this is what it takes. It takes a manager that respects his players, that gives him good

1128
01:12:00,940 --> 01:12:05,900
opportunities in order for them to find their best form and that's what the Rossi did and

1129
01:12:05,900 --> 01:12:11,420
the swing. But they got a spectacular goal. That's why they won the game. There's nothing

1130
01:12:11,420 --> 01:12:15,780
to do with the Rossi. No, it has everything to do with the Rossi because the Rossi sets

1131
01:12:15,780 --> 01:12:21,700
these players up by being a good man manager. That's why Pellegrini scored that goal.

1132
01:12:21,700 --> 01:12:27,820
Absolutely, absolutely bro. Very, very well put. Say Sassuolo could have used Dominico

1133
01:12:27,820 --> 01:12:33,460
Berardi over here with Greg War, Defril starting out wide. The more you look at this team

1134
01:12:33,460 --> 01:12:36,460
actually the more you realize that this is not the Sassuolo of the past.

1135
01:12:36,460 --> 01:12:39,020
No way, no. Even when it comes to that.

1136
01:12:39,020 --> 01:12:49,380
This is not the Sassuolo with Vlad Kirikas at centre-back. Yeah, but I think Roma have

1137
01:12:49,380 --> 01:12:58,740
been very impressive since the Rossi's appointment. Absolutely. One more thing, Milan Roma. Europe

1138
01:12:58,740 --> 01:13:09,740
Alid. Give me some. Totti's been chatting shit about Milan. What's he been saying?

1139
01:13:09,740 --> 01:13:15,260
Bring him here. One second bro. Oh my god, he's about to drop everything. No, we're fine.

1140
01:13:15,260 --> 01:13:23,220
What about Totti? So a journalist asked Totti, how do you feel about Milan with Milan's history

1141
01:13:23,220 --> 01:13:30,500
in Europe with that Europe DNA Champions League is like, come on. This isn't the Milan of

1142
01:13:30,500 --> 01:13:34,620
the past. I know. Okay. I highly doubt that. That's

1143
01:13:34,620 --> 01:13:42,140
chatting shit because this isn't the Milan of the past. It's a jab though. It's a giant.

1144
01:13:42,140 --> 01:13:46,180
This isn't the Roma of the past either. You know what I mean? No, it's not. It's not the

1145
01:13:46,180 --> 01:13:50,700
best version of Roma that has ever existed. The fuck. You know, this isn't the Milan of

1146
01:13:50,700 --> 01:13:55,180
the past, but this is also a Milan who have been causing Roma problems in the past. I

1147
01:13:55,180 --> 01:13:58,140
don't know how many fix you. What was the last time Roma beat Milan? Because I genuinely

1148
01:13:58,140 --> 01:14:02,340
before before more in your before more in your for sure. Purely he's had their number.

1149
01:14:02,340 --> 01:14:10,420
Now have Milan faced the Rossi's Roma? No. No. Am I a little bit worried? Absolutely. Yes,

1150
01:14:10,420 --> 01:14:16,180
I am. We'll see. It's going to be a good encounter. Definitely. It's going to be heated. We're

1151
01:14:16,180 --> 01:14:21,820
talking one leg at the Olympic or one leg at San Siro on a European tie. We're going

1152
01:14:21,820 --> 01:14:28,620
to be in Sardinia. We're going to be in Sardinia watching Calieri take on who's left. No,

1153
01:14:28,620 --> 01:14:36,500
what a lot. We're going to watch. We're going to go watch Calieri get creamed. Hopefully

1154
01:14:36,500 --> 01:14:40,980
Lovumbo's back by then. But I can get one of those signs, you know, Lovumbo give me

1155
01:14:40,980 --> 01:14:47,980
your shirt. I want what's his fucking name shirt. I can't even remember. I DM'd him the

1156
01:14:47,980 --> 01:14:54,420
other day. Who did you DM? I DM'd him. Who? What's his name? Deola. No, bro. Fucking teardrop.

1157
01:14:54,420 --> 01:15:01,260
What's your name? Viola. Viola. What did you say? I saw you use Google. You do podcasts?

1158
01:15:01,260 --> 01:15:07,660
No, not from serious, but I DM'd him myself and I said something like, it's cringe, man.

1159
01:15:07,660 --> 01:15:14,380
I said something like, is that left foot hard work and dedication or a gift from God, brother?

1160
01:15:14,380 --> 01:15:19,500
I didn't fucking reply. Like, brother, how often is it that someone tells you your left

1161
01:15:19,500 --> 01:15:26,380
foot is a gift from God? 30k followers. You know what I mean? The local company I work

1162
01:15:26,380 --> 01:15:32,380
for has more than fucking followers than you. Give me a shout, bro. Like I'm out here respecting

1163
01:15:32,380 --> 01:15:36,580
you. Anyway, I think that it's going to be a super tight affair. I wouldn't be surprised

1164
01:15:36,580 --> 01:15:44,420
if Roma get it done because with the way that they take control and attack games, Milan,

1165
01:15:44,420 --> 01:15:50,060
it's like Milan are going up against Milan. Milan like taking control and they like attacking.

1166
01:15:50,060 --> 01:15:54,260
Roma like taking control and Roma like attacking. Before it was a perfect fit. Why? Because

1167
01:15:54,260 --> 01:15:58,260
Roma are like, have the ball, have the ball and Milan are like, okay, this is literally

1168
01:15:58,260 --> 01:16:03,380
what we do like and Milan have the ball and they had no problem getting the job done.

1169
01:16:03,380 --> 01:16:07,620
But now Milan are going to be hit by firepower. Milan are going to be hit by El Sharaoui on

1170
01:16:07,620 --> 01:16:12,020
the wing, the ball on the other side. We'll see how both sides. And then Greeny as a track

1171
01:16:12,020 --> 01:16:17,900
white star. We'll see how, I'm curious to see how both sides can, will set up because

1172
01:16:17,900 --> 01:16:23,300
Roma can totally set up to absorb as can Milan. I highly doubt Milan will. These are two teams

1173
01:16:23,300 --> 01:16:30,660
who both have European experience. We know that Roma with this very set of players won

1174
01:16:30,660 --> 01:16:35,980
the conference league and got to a Europa League final. Milan got the semi-finals of

1175
01:16:35,980 --> 01:16:41,060
the Champions League with pretty much the squad. So there isn't really an advantage when it

1176
01:16:41,060 --> 01:16:47,300
comes to experience in any aspect. The one thing I can think of is maybe the team knows

1177
01:16:47,300 --> 01:16:52,460
purely very well and I'm sure purely might have a trick up his sleeve or two in these

1178
01:16:52,460 --> 01:16:58,660
knockout tournaments. Milan have the more experienced manager essentially, but the

1179
01:16:58,660 --> 01:17:02,140
Rossi's been flying. So it's impossible to call it. It's one of those that you should

1180
01:17:02,140 --> 01:17:13,820
never put money on. The winner of Milan Roma will face either West Ham or Bayer Leverkusen.

1181
01:17:13,820 --> 01:17:20,140
Boom. West Ham are the bubbles, they blow bubbles. They blow bubbles. But then they're

1182
01:17:20,140 --> 01:17:28,620
the hardest. They're hard as fuck. Milo are the hardest. But yeah, West Ham, that's

1183
01:17:28,620 --> 01:17:33,660
an intimidating atmosphere going to the West Ham stadium man. Coming out and the road blowing

1184
01:17:33,660 --> 01:17:37,980
bubbles. You get soap in your eyes. Oh my God. How are we going to have soap in my

1185
01:17:37,980 --> 01:17:46,220
eyes? God damn it. Roma are in fifth on 51 points. Sa Swala in 19th on 23 points but

1186
01:17:46,220 --> 01:17:52,100
two points from survival. Can I quote me off guard? Say it. The next game we're going

1187
01:17:52,100 --> 01:17:57,780
to be covering is a fun one. It's Frostin on a two. Lazio three. Now it's important

1188
01:17:57,780 --> 01:18:01,940
to notice that Lazio had lost their previous four matches. Sorry it was sacked and for

1189
01:18:01,940 --> 01:18:07,380
this game. No. Sorry what is sacked? Sorry I keep saying that. Sorry resigned. You just

1190
01:18:07,380 --> 01:18:11,860
keep it like potato. Someone's not going to hire him because of you. I'm a great guy

1191
01:18:11,860 --> 01:18:19,620
making it clear. But yeah, they had I swear I have the written somewhere over here. The

1192
01:18:19,620 --> 01:18:27,020
Giovanni Martus. Martus. Shiello was the caretaker manager. There you go. For now. Shout out Giovanni

1193
01:18:27,020 --> 01:18:32,980
Martus. Shiello. So for Martus. Shiello, it was Christos Mandas in gold. Yes. To replace

1194
01:18:32,980 --> 01:18:39,180
the injured Providell who's probably still fuming teammates for having to go up in the

1195
01:18:39,180 --> 01:18:44,300
90th minute. It was a 4 3 3 the same systems are used. The Pellegrini was on the left.

1196
01:18:44,300 --> 01:18:48,980
Mariccic on the right with Chasale and Romaniole is the center back duo. Luis Alberto Cataldi

1197
01:18:48,980 --> 01:18:52,620
and Gwenduzi were in the middle with Zacani on the left. Felipe Anderson on the right

1198
01:18:52,620 --> 01:18:57,740
and the mobile up front for for Rosin on it was to Rati in gold with Lirola on the right.

1199
01:18:57,740 --> 01:19:02,300
Zorte on the left. Ocogli and Romaniole at the back so far. That's one player they own

1200
01:19:02,300 --> 01:19:09,300
Brescianini, Berentia and Mazzatelli were in the midfield three with Suley on the right.

1201
01:19:09,300 --> 01:19:14,300
Jelly on the left and Valid Kedira up front. Now Castellanius emerged as the hero this

1202
01:19:14,300 --> 01:19:21,580
game coming off the bench and scoring twice to secure a stunning three to come back.

1203
01:19:21,580 --> 01:19:26,100
For some honest started aggressively and they actually took the lead through Paul Lirola's

1204
01:19:26,100 --> 01:19:33,500
header from Zorte as cross. This was the club's 100th seya goal. Lazio responded with Zacani

1205
01:19:33,500 --> 01:19:39,740
equalizer converting Gwenduzi's cross. Turati denied Kedira on mobile as angled drive keeping

1206
01:19:39,740 --> 01:19:44,820
the scores level before the break. In the second half Lazio intensified their attack

1207
01:19:44,820 --> 01:19:50,460
with a mobile at testing Turati early on. Castellanius eventually did come on to replace

1208
01:19:50,460 --> 01:19:59,460
him in mobile and scored with his first touch heading in Luis Alberto's free kick towering

1209
01:19:59,460 --> 01:20:04,580
over the defender to give Lazio the lead. He almost added another with a spectacular volley

1210
01:20:04,580 --> 01:20:10,340
that was saved by Turati and then he capitalized on a rebound from Cressales deflected attempt

1211
01:20:10,340 --> 01:20:15,900
to extend Lazio's lead. For us to know on a fourth back as Kedira pulled one back with

1212
01:20:15,900 --> 01:20:23,860
an acrobatic overhead kick that we discussed in the intro. He had also leveled three minutes

1213
01:20:23,860 --> 01:20:30,860
later following a howler from the goalkeeper that's replacing Providele, Christos Mandas,

1214
01:20:30,860 --> 01:20:38,740
but it was ruled offside. Yeah bro, Mandas would be it. So I think that this was a very

1215
01:20:38,740 --> 01:20:44,820
important victory for Lazio. They're currently in between managers which is a very awkward

1216
01:20:44,820 --> 01:20:49,580
place to be because like how can you take Giovanni Martusciallo seriously you know what

1217
01:20:49,580 --> 01:20:52,980
I mean but you know that next week someone's going to be coming in to replace him in two

1218
01:20:52,980 --> 01:21:00,900
door who's a very good manager essentially. So I guess at the same time this was kind

1219
01:21:00,900 --> 01:21:05,300
of like an audition. They knew two door was going to be watching so I guess that might

1220
01:21:05,300 --> 01:21:09,380
have driven Castellanius for example because I don't think he had scored since maybe the

1221
01:21:09,380 --> 01:21:17,380
Frost and Honor return leg. Yeah but they did very well to remain in the game but Frost

1222
01:21:17,380 --> 01:21:22,340
and Honor just remained that team and that just can't shut up shop when they take a lead

1223
01:21:22,340 --> 01:21:28,180
and that will always concede goals. And if you look at the chances created on the goal

1224
01:21:28,180 --> 01:21:32,260
scored it literally makes perfect sense. The ex-G for Frost and Honor 2, the ex-G for

1225
01:21:32,260 --> 01:21:38,540
Lazio 3.26 so that adds up nicely. There you go. Shot some goal literally was an action

1226
01:21:38,540 --> 01:21:42,700
packed game and to end stuff. Frost and Honor with five shots on goal, Lazio with seven

1227
01:21:42,700 --> 01:21:50,380
shots on goal. Yeah this was a very nice game to watch. Yeah I mean Frost and Honor bring

1228
01:21:50,380 --> 01:21:55,140
it against these big teams as a very very similar game they had against Milan. I believe

1229
01:21:55,140 --> 01:22:01,060
it was a 3-2 victory for Milan as well and they got that win at the very end while I'm

1230
01:22:01,060 --> 01:22:09,140
mistaken they were 2-1 down as well. Frost and Honor are fearless. It's not always as

1231
01:22:09,140 --> 01:22:16,580
we often say sustainable but it's one that has been effective in taking them up to Serie

1232
01:22:16,580 --> 01:22:22,180
A and also keep in mind up until four months ago, three months ago this was a mid-table

1233
01:22:22,180 --> 01:22:31,020
team for Zinon and they were doing bits in Serie A. But it's almost like for every goal

1234
01:22:31,020 --> 01:22:38,820
they score they are guaranteed to concede one. They are capable of taking the game to their

1235
01:22:38,820 --> 01:22:45,180
opponents but in a shootout like this you go to a shootout as Frost and Honor against

1236
01:22:45,180 --> 01:22:53,060
Lazio then quality of individuals is going to play a part right? Yeah that's it. The

1237
01:22:53,060 --> 01:23:01,020
better quality is surprisingly Lazio. Yeah and that's pretty much it bro. Speaking of

1238
01:23:01,020 --> 01:23:05,260
auditions by the way before Castellanis I don't know if you noticed but after the, well I

1239
01:23:05,260 --> 01:23:12,340
should be discussing it, after his first goal he gathered the whole team including the

1240
01:23:12,340 --> 01:23:17,380
subs together and they huddled and they had like a moment together and I really admire

1241
01:23:17,380 --> 01:23:22,180
that leadership because Castellanis at the end of the day has big shoes to fill. Granting

1242
01:23:22,180 --> 01:23:28,540
T-Rome Mobile is not what he was but we're talking about a living legend. We're talking

1243
01:23:28,540 --> 01:23:33,620
about the old time Lazio top scorer. It's not every day that the top scorer of the

1244
01:23:33,620 --> 01:23:40,580
club still plays. So it's nice to see that he scored and then he also huddled everyone

1245
01:23:40,580 --> 01:23:44,740
together kind of had this, he showed that he was a leader you know at the same time

1246
01:23:44,740 --> 01:23:49,580
which is very important. Yeah leader, team player especially when there's much like you

1247
01:23:49,580 --> 01:23:54,180
where there is a divide going on at Lazio right now so much so that the manager resigned

1248
01:23:54,180 --> 01:23:59,500
himself up and left half and do you see that midway through a season? Not often at all.

1249
01:23:59,500 --> 01:24:04,100
It's great great sportsmanship by Tati. And Latito has shithoused himself to another good

1250
01:24:04,100 --> 01:24:08,740
manager I don't know how he's doing this. Tudor who was a manager who was wanted by

1251
01:24:08,740 --> 01:24:15,180
Juventus not too long ago. Yeah. He you'll remember him in Seja managing Goodenez and

1252
01:24:15,180 --> 01:24:20,740
Verona. He's 45 years old he's Croatian and his last job was at Marseille which he left

1253
01:24:20,740 --> 01:24:25,860
in June after leading Marseille to third place in the French league. So this is a very good

1254
01:24:25,860 --> 01:24:30,580
manager you know I mean Lazio might have a resurgence with him but they might be fighting

1255
01:24:30,580 --> 01:24:37,420
for top four again next season who knows. Maybe maybe they definitely got a good a good

1256
01:24:37,420 --> 01:24:44,500
manager. They definitely got a good manager. It's not a name that you know you typically

1257
01:24:44,500 --> 01:24:49,180
see big teams go for because they'd rather go for a big name. Yeah but this is a fucking

1258
01:24:49,180 --> 01:24:54,180
brocky right. Yeah. Well Tudor nowadays is kind of a big name. He did. He did. He did

1259
01:24:54,180 --> 01:24:58,460
great for Verona bro. I hated the great for Verona. And Matias had mentioned a very good

1260
01:24:58,460 --> 01:25:07,140
point on our on our Patreon group chat 399 a month subscribe that that when Tudor was

1261
01:25:07,140 --> 01:25:14,620
a thela's Verona Simeone had his best ever season. Remember that season where Simeone

1262
01:25:14,620 --> 01:25:18,860
kept scoring essentially earning him the move to Napoli that was on their Tudor and as a

1263
01:25:18,860 --> 01:25:24,820
striker Castellanos does have similar qualities to Simeone. So it would be interesting to

1264
01:25:24,820 --> 01:25:28,180
see maybe next year Castellanos would be a player to keep an eye on when it comes to

1265
01:25:28,180 --> 01:25:34,100
for example our Fanta College of Players. Yeah. Yeah. Could could very much be my bang

1266
01:25:34,100 --> 01:25:43,060
in a few. Even with Verona with Verona bro they were I believe top 10 with Tudor 11th

1267
01:25:43,060 --> 01:25:52,060
10th with Tudor when he was there. I mean remember what the whole bet Verona are so

1268
01:25:52,060 --> 01:25:57,500
swallow are going to finish each other. That was to door. Wow. We've been doing this for

1269
01:25:57,500 --> 01:26:03,660
a while. Yeah. We're about to hit three years at the end of the season. We'll be three years

1270
01:26:03,660 --> 01:26:10,900
which is fucking crazy. We only took us three years to get on YouTube. Yeah. So this hard

1271
01:26:10,900 --> 01:26:18,180
earned Lazio victory has pushed them up to ninth. No, no, it was very important for them

1272
01:26:18,180 --> 01:26:21,940
to win because they were in a four match losing streak in all competitions. So so yeah, they're

1273
01:26:21,940 --> 01:26:30,580
ninth with 43 points while on the other hand for Simeone are in 18th with 24 points. Pardon

1274
01:26:30,580 --> 01:26:35,900
me. The next game we're going to be covering is Odineza Nyl Torino to the Neza were coming

1275
01:26:35,900 --> 01:26:41,540
off at two on a way victory over Lazio. West Torino were coming off a one one away draw

1276
01:26:41,540 --> 01:26:47,340
to Napoli. The previous encounter was a one one draw. New Impairs was suspended with Delafo

1277
01:26:47,340 --> 01:26:53,900
and a boss injured. And you're rich set out a touchline ban with Gigi Tamiz, Ilich and

1278
01:26:53,900 --> 01:27:01,180
Shores on the treatment table. 352 formation for Odineza with Okoya and goal and a backline

1279
01:27:01,180 --> 01:27:06,900
of Gianetti, visual and Ferrera. Kamara on the left, Ferrera on the right and the midfield

1280
01:27:06,900 --> 01:27:14,660
three of Payero Wallace and Lovrec with Tuvan and Luka up front. 3421 for Lazio. Sorry for

1281
01:27:14,660 --> 01:27:20,100
Torino with Milinkovic, Savic and goal and a backline of Voivoda, Bonjiorno and Mazina.

1282
01:27:20,100 --> 01:27:24,660
Bellanova on the right, Ricardo Rodriguez on the left and a double pivot of Ricci and

1283
01:27:24,660 --> 01:27:31,940
Ginetti's with Vlasic and Okerike playing behind Duvan Zapata. In the fourth minute,

1284
01:27:31,940 --> 01:27:36,900
Duvan Zapata played Okerike through with a beautiful touch only for the Nigerian to overcook

1285
01:27:36,900 --> 01:27:45,220
his strike. In the seventh, Vlasic hit the post for Torino. What did I say? No, no, bro.

1286
01:27:45,220 --> 01:27:56,300
Okay, okay, okay, I was gonna say, bro. In the seventh, Okerike. In the seventh minute,

1287
01:27:56,300 --> 01:28:01,740
Vlasic hit the post for Torino with a great low strike from outside the area. So Torino

1288
01:28:01,740 --> 01:28:07,220
really started offensive, bro. Fourth minute, seventh minute, then the tenth minute, Zapata

1289
01:28:07,220 --> 01:28:12,300
to Colombian opened the scoring. He scored a looping header after a Beckham-esque cross

1290
01:28:12,300 --> 01:28:17,700
by Voivoda from the right hand side. That's another wall of the legs. That was a wicked

1291
01:28:17,700 --> 01:28:23,500
cross. What a cross. What, you saw the spin, the trajectory at the end. He wasn't alone,

1292
01:28:23,500 --> 01:28:28,700
but he was alone. Like after, like with the trajectory of the ball, he placed it perfectly

1293
01:28:28,700 --> 01:28:33,860
on top of his head for him to seem like he was alone. He wasn't alone. Dude, and that

1294
01:28:33,860 --> 01:28:39,220
was kind of a slam dunk as well. It was a looping header, looping header. How are Mota

1295
01:28:39,220 --> 01:28:46,940
2-2? Oh, shit. And Setsuko guys scored. Roasted. Torino continued to dominate in the first

1296
01:28:46,940 --> 01:28:51,300
half as Okerike kept to the ne'erseh in the game by Denayago Kereke twice, and then the

1297
01:28:51,300 --> 01:28:57,180
52nd minute Torino made a two through Vlasic. Vlasic received the ball just inside the

1298
01:28:57,180 --> 01:29:02,540
area from Duvan Zapata before he cut past Janetti and slotted into the bottom corner

1299
01:29:02,540 --> 01:29:07,340
to get his first goal since January. In the 71st minute, Okerike pulled off another great

1300
01:29:07,340 --> 01:29:13,420
save this time to deny a Duvan Zapata header. I thought that Torino came out in this game

1301
01:29:13,420 --> 01:29:19,820
and were like, let's go for their throats. Like they're absolutely relentless after

1302
01:29:19,820 --> 01:29:27,380
attack. It was like, fuck what you heard. It's what you hear and listen. They were on

1303
01:29:27,380 --> 01:29:31,820
one this game. They looked inspired, man. And to be honest, it's like against like with

1304
01:29:31,820 --> 01:29:37,620
the Nezzan Torino, kind of like two tough teams to break down, you know, but Torino,

1305
01:29:37,620 --> 01:29:45,140
Torino man, continue to be the best of the rest. And what else can they do? Look above

1306
01:29:45,140 --> 01:29:50,540
them. Look above Torino. Yeah, this was the point Alan made. Yeah, exactly. This is where

1307
01:29:50,540 --> 01:29:55,940
I got the point from. Thank you, Alan. Look above Torino. Like if they, how much better

1308
01:29:55,940 --> 01:30:02,940
can they get? They've got Bologna, Rome, Atlanta, Napoli, Fiorentina, Lace, Omil, a new

1309
01:30:02,940 --> 01:30:08,100
Vente. Monza. Monza is one point above. Yeah. But no, you absolutely right. That was a very

1310
01:30:08,100 --> 01:30:14,060
good point by Alan. It's like, you're just probably taking them as far as you can possibly

1311
01:30:14,060 --> 01:30:22,500
go. We'll see if Cairo invests. It won't bro. Yeah. A little bit better than in the past,

1312
01:30:22,500 --> 01:30:29,180
right? Yeah. They've picked up a Torino. They're not as moody as they were at the start of

1313
01:30:29,180 --> 01:30:34,380
the season. Now, in some consistency, they had a good draw to Napoli. They, Bellanova

1314
01:30:34,380 --> 01:30:40,020
changed everything. Bellanova is brilliant, man. Bellanova take him to the Euros, man.

1315
01:30:40,020 --> 01:30:45,620
On the other hand, the Nezzas are struggling. They endured that difficult outing. They failed

1316
01:30:45,620 --> 01:30:50,940
to register a single shot on target in the first half and they were facing vocal criticism

1317
01:30:50,940 --> 01:30:56,540
from their own supporters also being booed. Manager Luca Gotti faced scrutiny from the

1318
01:30:56,540 --> 01:31:02,180
fans and was subjected to GAs as his team struggled to cope with Torino's dominance.

1319
01:31:02,180 --> 01:31:07,300
This obviously highlights the pressure that's mounting on the club amidst this relegation

1320
01:31:07,300 --> 01:31:13,700
battle. Imagine again, because I can't stand the booing personally, but imagine being in

1321
01:31:13,700 --> 01:31:20,460
a relegation dogfight, right? Struggling, struggling. Every point counts. You're losing and you're

1322
01:31:20,460 --> 01:31:28,100
getting booed by your own supporters. What? Okay. So you want to boo them so that they

1323
01:31:28,100 --> 01:31:35,300
make better decisions perhaps next summer for Serie B because you kept booing them and

1324
01:31:35,300 --> 01:31:41,300
they kept regressing. What are they booing? Choffee just led the Neza to a victory over

1325
01:31:41,300 --> 01:31:46,300
Lattio a week ago. They drew to Salernetana the week prior granted. They had a red card

1326
01:31:46,300 --> 01:31:52,380
and they lost to, you know, the Neza or whatever. But this season, the Neza have beaten Milan.

1327
01:31:52,380 --> 01:31:57,420
They've beaten Juve. You know, they, again, they've drawn many games that they should

1328
01:31:57,420 --> 01:32:02,260
have won, of course. And I don't think Choffee is the right guy to be honest. Oh my God,

1329
01:32:02,260 --> 01:32:10,140
I said Gotti. I love Choffee. I'm really drilling this for Choffee. I do think that they could

1330
01:32:10,140 --> 01:32:15,340
do better than Choffee. However, to boo him, it's pointless. It's redundant. This team's

1331
01:32:15,340 --> 01:32:21,060
essentially in a relegation battle. Might as well try to stick behind the team, especially

1332
01:32:21,060 --> 01:32:26,060
when the team has so much talent on it. Yeah. It will take a moment of brilliance. You know,

1333
01:32:26,060 --> 01:32:29,260
Torino is not the game you're going to win. No. Torino is a game that's going to be difficult.

1334
01:32:29,260 --> 01:32:33,620
I'm mostly at one point out of it now. One thing I wanted to mention about the Neza,

1335
01:32:33,620 --> 01:32:39,460
bro, you know, Simone Papundi, not, you know, and but, you know, okay, absolutely. Under

1336
01:32:39,460 --> 01:32:45,300
21 and goat. He's a 17 year old. He's a 17 year old. That is playing for the under 21s. Yes,

1337
01:32:45,300 --> 01:32:51,700
exactly. He's in like three years to climb. I have everything written down over here. I actually

1338
01:32:51,700 --> 01:32:58,500
have a little segment on him. So he is currently on loan for some reason. It's not like Odin as

1339
01:32:58,500 --> 01:33:04,500
a could use a magician of five foot five player who's been hailed to be the next the Dina Talle

1340
01:33:04,500 --> 01:33:11,660
or the next Messi by some, you know, he's on loan in the Swiss Super League at Club Lua

1341
01:33:11,660 --> 01:33:18,980
Zan Sport. Right. And in his last three games, he's got a goal against Serbet. He's got an assist

1342
01:33:18,980 --> 01:33:24,220
against young boys and a goal and then assist against Scotland under 19s. Come on, Papundi.

1343
01:33:24,220 --> 01:33:31,700
He's 18 nowadays. Sorry, he's no longer 17. But he has in the past 17 months gone from Italy under

1344
01:33:31,700 --> 01:33:37,340
17 to Italy under 19 Italy under 20. And he's also been called up to the Italian. Oh my God,

1345
01:33:37,340 --> 01:33:42,300
I said he played for the under 21s. And he's literally the only one that he jumped like 17,

1346
01:33:42,300 --> 01:33:49,580
19, 20 senior team. I think they could have used him. It's not like Odin as I have this bloody

1347
01:33:49,580 --> 01:33:54,140
thing wrapped up, you know, they're clearly looking for solutions. They're looking for,

1348
01:33:54,140 --> 01:34:01,220
for some creativity. There was a point in the cops or they brought on Papundi in the cup. And

1349
01:34:01,220 --> 01:34:06,220
everything was going around him. Everything. But Dines were just giving him the ball, he was

1350
01:34:06,220 --> 01:34:11,260
passing and moving and they were trying to give him the ball back. He's a player who, who, who

1351
01:34:11,260 --> 01:34:16,580
demands the ball, you know, he's got this kind of for his age, man, very confident for his age.

1352
01:34:16,580 --> 01:34:25,300
Look at him, a young guy like very young. It's ridiculous. But I guess I'm never against a

1353
01:34:25,300 --> 01:34:29,180
young player going out on loan, right? I don't think Odin as expected to be in this position.

1354
01:34:29,180 --> 01:34:33,620
And I don't think they expected Papundi. They sent them out on the halfway through the season.

1355
01:34:33,620 --> 01:34:41,940
It's weird. Yeah, it is weird. It is weird. Well, hopefully at least as long as some more play

1356
01:34:41,940 --> 01:34:48,260
time so that next season will be even more vital for Odin as a. But yeah, Odin has a

1357
01:34:48,260 --> 01:34:54,700
have a lot of work to do. They want to avoid this relegation battle. And because they are

1358
01:34:54,700 --> 01:35:01,620
significantly struggling to get goals and perhaps creativity is something that they lack and maybe

1359
01:35:01,620 --> 01:35:07,780
someone like Papundi is a breath of fresh air that they can bring in. At least they'll have to do

1360
01:35:07,780 --> 01:35:12,180
that next season. The next game for them is against a swallow. And then they play Inter,

1361
01:35:12,180 --> 01:35:18,980
Roma, Verona, Bologna, Napoli, Lecce, Empoli and Frosinona. So once again, these teams, these

1362
01:35:18,980 --> 01:35:23,260
lowly teams, man, there's a lot to play for left and they all have to play each other still.

1363
01:35:23,260 --> 01:35:29,020
Somehow it feels like they've been playing each other for a while because there are so many

1364
01:35:29,020 --> 01:35:33,900
teams that are battling relegation. This is going to be so juicy. It is, man. It is. Our

1365
01:35:33,900 --> 01:35:37,180
great friends are going to fucking hate us. This is going to be the start of summer. We're

1366
01:35:37,180 --> 01:35:43,820
going to be like, no, no, there's nothing there's a Verona. Let's go to the beach. No, there's no

1367
01:35:43,820 --> 01:35:50,220
Wi-Fi on the beach. I think it's safe to move on from this game. I have some more talking points,

1368
01:35:50,220 --> 01:35:55,020
but to be honest, we've got the main points nailed down. I just want to praise Duván Zapata for

1369
01:35:55,020 --> 01:35:59,660
his 10th goal of the season. And he also grabbed an assist in this game. He really has found his

1370
01:35:59,660 --> 01:36:03,900
form again. He was struggling in his lattice in the latter stages of his career at Atalanta.

1371
01:36:03,900 --> 01:36:07,820
Verkis found himself now at Torino once again. Fantastic by the Nigerian.

1372
01:36:07,820 --> 01:36:19,420
Okay, Reck has the Nigerian. Udineze are in 14th on 27 points. So that's three points from the drop

1373
01:36:19,980 --> 01:36:26,860
whilst Torino are in 11th on 41 points. Monza played Calieri, bro. And I was quite

1374
01:36:26,860 --> 01:36:31,500
disappointed with Calieri. Yes, actually, let's get into the lineups for a set.

1375
01:36:31,500 --> 01:36:36,780
Tell you about Calieri. Tell you about Calieri, man. All right, their closest

1376
01:36:37,340 --> 01:36:41,980
opportunity was a dosa na header. So Monza 4-2-3-1, Digra Goryo in goal,

1377
01:36:41,980 --> 01:36:47,180
Birindelli on the right, Andrea Carboni on the left. Itso and Maria as a centre back partnership

1378
01:36:47,180 --> 01:36:57,820
with Pessina and Warren Bondo as the midfield double pivot. What are you laughing at?

1379
01:36:57,820 --> 01:37:01,740
Would you say it like that? You know Milan were after Warren Bondo,

1380
01:37:01,740 --> 01:37:06,620
where he's of their strong connections in the scouting network of fronts. But apparently

1381
01:37:06,620 --> 01:37:11,660
Monza has snapped off. He's pretty good. I'm Warren Bondo, very good player. You're laughing

1382
01:37:11,660 --> 01:37:18,460
because the name doesn't match the surname. Exactly. Michael Foloruncio makes me laugh.

1383
01:37:18,460 --> 01:37:25,900
So fun. Andrea Carboni was on the right with Dani Mota on the left. Daniel Maldini playing behind

1384
01:37:25,900 --> 01:37:30,540
Gerich up front. It's been such a long day, bro. I'm about to have a nervous breakdown laughing.

1385
01:37:32,140 --> 01:37:37,500
Simone Escoffet was in goal in a 4-4-1-1 formation with Augelo on the left, Zappa on the right,

1386
01:37:37,500 --> 01:37:42,620
Viteska and Dosen as a centre back partnership with Youngton on the left. Nandes on the right,

1387
01:37:42,620 --> 01:37:46,300
Deola and Makumbu in the middle with Shomaradov playing behind Lapadou.

1388
01:37:46,300 --> 01:37:57,900
So sorry, bro. That guy's so smart. Yes. So this game was decided by Brilliant Free Kick.

1389
01:37:57,900 --> 01:38:03,180
A moment of brilliance by Daniel Maldini. Literally. Kalyari didn't create anything.

1390
01:38:03,820 --> 01:38:10,380
Zero. They had a close free kick, I guess. That kind of clipped the post by Lapadou. That was low

1391
01:38:10,380 --> 01:38:15,100
and kind of driven. It was one of those tricky ones, but it didn't quite work. Dosen, I have

1392
01:38:15,100 --> 01:38:20,140
got the closest. But then, man, one of the things I want to talk to you most about this game,

1393
01:38:20,940 --> 01:38:28,620
Colombo. The worst, two terrible misses, but one of them was the worst miss I've seen since

1394
01:38:28,620 --> 01:38:34,300
Cyril and Gonj with Veron. Remember that moment? It was one-on-one and he kind of went for a dink

1395
01:38:34,300 --> 01:38:38,460
and he completely missed the target. The same thing for Colombo. Clean through completely,

1396
01:38:38,460 --> 01:38:45,340
one-on-one. He'd just come on totally fresh, bro. The goalkeeper kind of rushes out a little bit.

1397
01:38:45,340 --> 01:38:51,020
He goes to chip him totally, miss hits the ball, bro. It didn't even cross the line.

1398
01:38:52,700 --> 01:38:57,180
I think what an embarrassing finish. What an embarrassing finish. You don't even get it

1399
01:38:57,180 --> 01:39:01,740
past the line. There's no power generated. He completely fluffed his line. That's embarrassing.

1400
01:39:01,740 --> 01:39:09,260
And the fact that fucking hole is Jewish. They brought Jewish in to start ahead of Colombo.

1401
01:39:09,260 --> 01:39:17,100
Colombo came on to be fair. He did start. Exactly. The Jewish is starting ahead of Colombo.

1402
01:39:17,100 --> 01:39:25,420
Yes. It's embarrassing for Colombo. He's fucking 20 something year old, Milan prodigy. He's being

1403
01:39:25,420 --> 01:39:31,740
Jewish, just starting ahead of him. This whole Colombo thing is very weird. I don't know.

1404
01:39:33,180 --> 01:39:38,940
He kind of, he scores everywhere he goes on loan. But he has phases where he explodes and he just

1405
01:39:39,900 --> 01:39:45,420
dies. He doesn't do anything. He's inconsistent, right? Super inconsistent, man. And he's not very

1406
01:39:45,420 --> 01:39:50,940
young. He's, I think, 21, 22, something like that. So it would be nicer if he would be good if he got

1407
01:39:50,940 --> 01:39:57,740
some consistency to him. Just confirm 22 years old. 22 years old. Yes, man. It would be nice to see him

1408
01:39:57,740 --> 01:40:04,860
getting a bit more consistent with it. And this was just a complacent kind of showing for him.

1409
01:40:04,860 --> 01:40:10,460
After he missed the trip, he was laughing. How are you laughing after missing the trip so terribly?

1410
01:40:11,180 --> 01:40:17,900
Oh, no, sorry. I almost vomited. Not a good performance by Kalljärvi.

1411
01:40:17,900 --> 01:40:23,500
No, they hung in there to be honest. I mean, could have taken something at the end. They could have

1412
01:40:23,500 --> 01:40:27,900
been right back into it because essentially when you manage to maintain a one-nil deficit, you can

1413
01:40:27,900 --> 01:40:32,460
get back into it at any time. And quickly the narrative changes. But that wasn't the case this

1414
01:40:32,460 --> 01:40:39,420
time for Kalljärvi. And I think they were missing some dudes as well. Of course. Lovumbo has been out.

1415
01:40:39,420 --> 01:40:48,700
Lovumbo and Gejtano as well. It wasn't anywhere here. And at least when they, like in the last

1416
01:40:48,700 --> 01:40:55,340
few matches where they were on a positive streak, like, okay, they didn't have Lovumbo. But Gejtano

1417
01:40:55,340 --> 01:41:00,140
was the star guy during that period. And now that's a start which Shumorodov behind La Padula,

1418
01:41:00,140 --> 01:41:04,940
okay, Shumorodov had grabbed a few goals recently. Of course, who's against Fazio.

1419
01:41:04,940 --> 01:41:11,580
Yeah, yeah. But yeah, absolutely no, not a good performance by Kalljärvi. These

1420
01:41:11,580 --> 01:41:15,260
performances make me think that they are strong candidates for relegation.

1421
01:41:15,980 --> 01:41:23,660
Yeah. Unfortunately so. Unfortunately so. I definitely hope not. We're gonna be in Sardinia.

1422
01:41:23,660 --> 01:41:30,540
With our fucking shirts off. With our shirts off, hoping to god that dude, the halftime show

1423
01:41:30,540 --> 01:41:36,780
this game was hilarious. What was it? There were like, I think there was every school in Sardinia,

1424
01:41:36,780 --> 01:41:42,860
right? And the children came out and they're walking around the pitch. And I don't even know

1425
01:41:42,860 --> 01:41:47,260
what they were doing. They're just walking around like the teachers are like guiding them, like

1426
01:41:47,260 --> 01:41:51,100
herding them like sheep and they're just walking. Everyone's clapping at these kids.

1427
01:41:51,980 --> 01:41:57,420
I guess. But do you know if there's any significance? Like maybe they survived a fire or something?

1428
01:41:57,420 --> 01:42:02,700
I thought, I thought they were hard to be honest, bro. I was very disappointed seeing the family

1429
01:42:02,700 --> 01:42:07,260
atmosphere. You thought they were what? They were hard. Come out here with the kids. I'm

1430
01:42:07,260 --> 01:42:12,460
saying it's always nice to see the funniest shit ever was when Saswal or all of a sudden like

1431
01:42:13,740 --> 01:42:20,860
decent turnout for Saswal in this game. And it turns out it's like a school outing just a bunch

1432
01:42:20,860 --> 01:42:28,940
of fucking like eight year olds, seven year olds just packing the fucking stage of going nuts,

1433
01:42:28,940 --> 01:42:35,340
bro. They were going fucking crazy. It was so funny because Saswal had squared like an equalizer

1434
01:42:35,340 --> 01:42:41,260
or something and it pants them and pants. They were falling over each other and jumping, bro.

1435
01:42:42,460 --> 01:42:49,180
I love what fucking drunk energy children have, man. They are every seeing children go fucking

1436
01:42:49,180 --> 01:42:55,020
crazy and there's like not a sip of alcohol or something. Bro, every day this week. There you

1437
01:42:55,020 --> 01:43:03,180
go. That's that's hard. It's too much. But anyway, they're like they're like little they're like

1438
01:43:03,180 --> 01:43:12,540
shrunken old people on a lesdian. Like they're really creative. They see all these colors really

1439
01:43:12,540 --> 01:43:15,980
happy by life, but the occasion they should themselves and fall on the floor. I don't fall

1440
01:43:15,980 --> 01:43:24,220
on the floor. Is that it? That's pretty much it for that game. And it was Caliari of course

1441
01:43:25,020 --> 01:43:32,220
in 16th with 26 points. And the Monza are in 10th with 42 points. Yes, perfect limit table

1442
01:43:32,220 --> 01:43:39,660
for Monza. There you go again. Still in the running for a conference league spot. Of course they are

1443
01:43:39,660 --> 01:43:47,020
because that's eighth this season, 43. Monza 42, just one point away. You might see Monza on a

1444
01:43:47,020 --> 01:43:51,260
European night, but I think to be honest now, this has been a good run for them. I think it's

1445
01:43:51,260 --> 01:44:00,700
bound to end. Yeah. Yeah. They beat me, London were on a high. They have been pretty consistent

1446
01:44:00,700 --> 01:44:07,340
lately. Let's just say that. Yeah, I know that they're good and keep in mind that like now there's

1447
01:44:07,340 --> 01:44:11,980
a bit more continuity last season. It was like, okay, a bunch of these guys are on loan. They just

1448
01:44:13,180 --> 01:44:19,100
got they just got promotion. How sustainable is this project? They just threw loads of money.

1449
01:44:20,300 --> 01:44:25,420
Berlusconi just threw in loads of cash, but now they're showing they managed to keep the

1450
01:44:26,300 --> 01:44:32,380
players that were important to them, you know, the the Pesina so on so forth. And actually

1451
01:44:32,380 --> 01:44:37,580
it's showing that this project is a strong one. The fact that their 10th again this season,

1452
01:44:38,380 --> 01:44:42,620
great signs man. And they're constantly a pain in the ass for the bigger teams as well.

1453
01:44:44,060 --> 01:44:50,540
The last game recovering is a relegation dogfight. Jake and I were supposed to be at this game,

1454
01:44:50,540 --> 01:44:54,940
but we opted out because we said Salernetana are essentially already relegated. So let's go

1455
01:44:54,940 --> 01:45:00,300
to Caliari instead. Salernetana, they let you one Salernetana were coming off a four or two

1456
01:45:00,300 --> 01:45:06,540
lost to Caliari. That would have been a mental one, bro. Letcher coming off a one-nil home loss

1457
01:45:06,540 --> 01:45:12,060
to Verona and the previous encounter was a two-nil victory for Letcher. The visitor sacked

1458
01:45:12,060 --> 01:45:18,060
Daversa last week after he had butted Verona striker Tomas Onri along with a shite run of nine

1459
01:45:18,060 --> 01:45:24,460
defeats in the last 12 matches. And this was the debut for their new manager, Luca Gotti.

1460
01:45:24,460 --> 01:45:31,420
Bandau was suspended while Kaaba and Dermac were injured and the 4-3-3 formation was a scrapped

1461
01:45:31,420 --> 01:45:39,820
for a 4-2-2. Castano sat out a band with Pierrozzi while Bulae Dia was frozen out after refusing

1462
01:45:39,820 --> 01:45:48,220
to come off the bench. Still frozen out. 4-3-1-2 formation for Salernetana. We've seen it all

1463
01:45:48,220 --> 01:45:55,900
with Salernetana, bro. What the hell? This is a man. This is a man. This is a drawing of a man

1464
01:45:55,900 --> 01:46:01,660
sideways. Head, you seeing it? That's crazy, bro. That's that's how what are you doing, bro?

1465
01:46:02,780 --> 01:46:09,420
Liver on. You're just cooking up a 4-3-1-2, bro. Costilling goal and the backline of

1466
01:46:09,420 --> 01:46:18,060
brother Rich Pirrola, Manolas and Giomber. A midfield three of Basic Maggiore and Cullibali

1467
01:46:18,060 --> 01:46:23,020
with Kandreva ahead of them and Visman and Tsuana starting up front. Really good.

1468
01:46:24,140 --> 01:46:28,700
4-2-3-1 for Letcher with Falcone and Goul and the backline of Jean-Dre Pongratric,

1469
01:46:28,700 --> 01:46:34,700
Basquerotto and Gallo. Ramadani and Blyn in the double pivot with Angvis, Oudon and

1470
01:46:34,700 --> 01:46:41,500
Piccoli playing behind Krzysztofic. That's interesting. Totally wrong. Should be Angvis

1471
01:46:41,500 --> 01:46:45,420
and Oudon playing behind Krzysztofic. Let me check the average positions and see if that's really

1472
01:46:45,420 --> 01:46:54,780
the case. So we're talking, Piccoli wears the number 91. No, it's right. He was out on the wing.

1473
01:46:54,780 --> 01:47:01,180
Interesting. Piccoli played a bit further away from goal. I would think that if they had to choose

1474
01:47:01,180 --> 01:47:05,260
one to play further away from goal, it would be Krzysztofic with his shooting boots being off.

1475
01:47:05,260 --> 01:47:09,180
I don't know. I guess Krzysztofic is purely a poacher. That seems to be his game.

1476
01:47:10,140 --> 01:47:14,620
I mean, and Piccoli is a target, man. But I guess he could cross at the far post.

1477
01:47:15,260 --> 01:47:22,620
I guess. I guess. So Letcher won this game through a Giomber-owned goal, which took place in the

1478
01:47:22,620 --> 01:47:27,340
17th minute. It was a cross by Jean-Dre that caused some commotion in the Salernitana box,

1479
01:47:27,340 --> 01:47:32,780
as Angvis took two swipes at goal before Giomber turned it into his own net, silencing his own

1480
01:47:32,780 --> 01:47:38,380
fans, essentially. Now, from here on out, Falco and I was the main difference between the two sides,

1481
01:47:38,380 --> 01:47:43,500
as he kept a clean sheet with several great stops to deny Salernitana's desperate attacks,

1482
01:47:43,500 --> 01:47:51,020
because believe me, Salernitana were actually attacking. He pulled off a great save to deny

1483
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a Chuana half volley, an even better save to deny Majore at the end of the first half,

1484
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where he made himself big and was brave to commit. He went on to position himself well

1485
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to deny Simi, then deny a dangerous cross shot by Gomez, where he waited for the perfect moment

1486
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to react, anticipating a touch from the rushing Salernitana forwards. What's that, bro? Leverani.

1487
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Leverani. But Falcone is a fantastic, fantastic goalkeeper, and it's not the first time we're

1488
01:48:24,460 --> 01:48:31,660
saying this about Falcone. Genuinely, the only reason Letra won this game, because Salernitana,

1489
01:48:31,660 --> 01:48:36,940
actually, for the first time, looked pretty good. I mean, that's what Leverani's meant to give you,

1490
01:48:36,940 --> 01:48:41,340
you know, an offensive kind of weapon. Salernitana came out, they dominated possession, they had all

1491
01:48:41,340 --> 01:48:45,580
the pressure in the world to try to get something out of this. Letra could sit back and absorb,

1492
01:48:45,580 --> 01:48:51,820
and that's what they did. And to be honest with you, Kristović has to be the luckiest and lucky

1493
01:48:51,820 --> 01:48:58,700
player ever. You know what I mean? Like, he hasn't, he has been, he started off the season, he exploded,

1494
01:48:58,700 --> 01:49:03,900
and he scored a handful of goals, four or five, something like that. And then he went dry after,

1495
01:49:03,900 --> 01:49:08,380
for a while, missing good chances. And now that he started scoring again, none of them are actually his.

1496
01:49:08,940 --> 01:49:12,380
Like, he scored two goals recently, and like both of them have been given his own goal.

1497
01:49:12,380 --> 01:49:17,180
Yeah, that's true. Yes. So, Letra could just literally afford to sit back and just bounce on

1498
01:49:17,180 --> 01:49:22,060
opportunity like that, a very messy one, and they managed to get it over the line. And Leverani was

1499
01:49:22,060 --> 01:49:28,540
therefore sacked. Yeah, this is Letra's first away win this season. Obviously, everyone's like,

1500
01:49:30,220 --> 01:49:36,460
what do you call it? Everyone's big events take place against Salernitana.

1501
01:49:36,460 --> 01:49:40,220
No, of course, this is a free win for everyone at the moment. The records are broken

1502
01:49:40,220 --> 01:49:47,820
against Salernitana. Let's say, I was going to say they're the goats of relegation six

1503
01:49:47,820 --> 01:49:51,740
pointers, but they're really not because they drew the frozen on and they lost to Verona.

1504
01:49:51,740 --> 01:49:57,660
Let's try the one that didn't as of this season. In what sense? In the sense that they had a crazy

1505
01:49:57,660 --> 01:50:02,460
start to the point that they were put for. They were, let's try for episode title. Exactly. And then

1506
01:50:02,460 --> 01:50:09,180
they just, all the way down, but they acquired and accumulated so many points early on in the

1507
01:50:09,180 --> 01:50:13,340
season that it doesn't actually matter. But they are cutting it tight with nine games to go.

1508
01:50:14,220 --> 01:50:19,420
Just some news. Obviously, Leverani has been sacked after this. After just five matches in

1509
01:50:19,420 --> 01:50:24,940
charge and they're set to appoint Stefano Colantuano, their fourth coach of the season.

1510
01:50:24,940 --> 01:50:30,620
More coaches than victories. Yep. Yeah. Fun fact. Leverani was the third coach of the campaign as

1511
01:50:30,620 --> 01:50:36,300
Souza was dismissed on October 10th after one win and three draws and five defeats in all competitions.

1512
01:50:36,300 --> 01:50:42,860
Inzaghi actually lost to the 18 games between Serie A and the Coppa Italia overseeing three

1513
01:50:42,860 --> 01:50:48,700
victories, four stalemates and 11 losses. Leverani was appointed February 11th and had by far the

1514
01:50:48,700 --> 01:50:55,500
worst average of the three, earning a single draw, three goals and concede a 12. There were reports

1515
01:50:55,500 --> 01:51:00,860
that Inzaghi could be recalled seeing as he still under contract, but Sport Italia,

1516
01:51:00,860 --> 01:51:07,100
Tutta Mercato, Web and Sky Sport Italia noted that President Danilo Iervolino rejected the request

1517
01:51:07,100 --> 01:51:13,420
to extend his contract. They will instead promote Colantuano, who actually he was in charge of their

1518
01:51:13,420 --> 01:51:19,580
youth academy and had previously coached in Serie A with Catania Perugia, Atalanta Palermo, Torino

1519
01:51:19,580 --> 01:51:26,700
and Odinese. I don't think this is a decision for the club to stay in Serie A. I think they'll do

1520
01:51:26,700 --> 01:51:33,180
their best to stay in Serie A, but I think they see more potential in someone that knows the club

1521
01:51:34,060 --> 01:51:37,820
and they'd rather go down to Serie B with someone that knows the club and knows how to get them

1522
01:51:37,820 --> 01:51:43,580
up rather than with Leverani. Yeah, absolutely that definitely makes sense.

1523
01:51:46,780 --> 01:51:52,540
Colantuano has been around for a while, he started his managerial career in 2002, he has coached the

1524
01:51:52,540 --> 01:51:57,980
likes of Catania, Perugia, Atalanta, Palermo, Torino, Odinese, he's had many multiple stints of

1525
01:51:57,980 --> 01:52:04,460
the same team. Funnily enough, since 2017 he has only ever coached Salernitana. He's coached them

1526
01:52:04,460 --> 01:52:13,020
for a season in 2017, stopped, probably got sacked, coached them again in 2021 for a season, got sacked

1527
01:52:13,020 --> 01:52:19,420
now 2024, we'll see. So yeah, he's just waiting for Salernitana's phone call constantly this year.

1528
01:52:19,420 --> 01:52:24,620
Yeah, he loves Salernitana and don't we all brother, don't we all. Salernitana are still dead

1529
01:52:24,620 --> 01:52:32,940
last on just 14 points. Honestly, 19th place, Saswala are on 23, so you do the math, they're

1530
01:52:32,940 --> 01:52:39,580
quite some distance behind, that's nine points. From 19th place, so it's not even like from safety

1531
01:52:39,580 --> 01:52:46,460
or something. Letcher are in 13th on 28 points and they're three points from, sorry, they're four

1532
01:52:46,460 --> 01:52:53,660
points from 18th place, Frazzinone. Well, I guess that's pretty much it for this episode, we have a

1533
01:52:53,660 --> 01:53:00,940
weekend of no Serie A, so like when there are no games on TV, I don't know what to do. I don't know

1534
01:53:00,940 --> 01:53:04,540
what to do, I feel like I should be checking something and I don't know what it is. I go on

1535
01:53:04,540 --> 01:53:10,940
live score, there's nothing. Why couldn't I have Algerian league, bro, I missed so many games this

1536
01:53:10,940 --> 01:53:17,100
weekend because of fucking St. Patrick's Day. Like if only it was, there was no football when

1537
01:53:17,100 --> 01:53:21,660
there was St. Patrick's Day, that would have been mental. Bro thinks he's Irish. I mean,

1538
01:53:22,220 --> 01:53:28,220
all of them are, I think they're Irish, bro. But anyway, thank you very much for listening guys.

1539
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Pardon me, Jesus Christ. We've been your hosts, Matt and Jake from Serie A Spotlight, we will see

1540
01:53:34,060 --> 01:53:41,500
you all next week still, we're cooking up something for you guys. We've got a surprise. Take care,

1541
01:53:41,500 --> 01:53:50,460
we'll see you soon and we love you all. This is Serie A Spotlight. If you like Serie A or

1542
01:53:50,460 --> 01:53:54,700
have ever liked it in the past, it's a good opportunity for you to listen once a week and

1543
01:53:54,700 --> 01:53:59,900
you'll get filled in. In the football weekend, that's like the main dish, but then a few days later,

1544
01:53:59,900 --> 01:54:05,980
you drop your episode and that's like the dessert and the dessert is just perfect. It's good, okay?

1545
01:54:05,980 --> 01:54:11,100
It makes it feel like we're all sitting in a room together, just be assing with each other.

1546
01:54:11,100 --> 01:54:17,420
The atmosphere is fantastic. I promise nobody will ask you to send boob pics.

1547
01:54:17,420 --> 01:54:22,780
At some time it's maybe good, some time it's maybe shit. I love how you go into so much detail and

1548
01:54:22,780 --> 01:54:31,420
show so much passion towards each and every team. Literally no team is left undiscussed.

1549
01:54:31,420 --> 01:54:34,300
When I listen to you, it's like I'm talking to you in a pub.

1550
01:54:34,300 --> 01:54:52,780
It's like I'm chatting to a friend and you're chatting to me.