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Cross in the middle, right, control, then he tries, right!

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Mattia right!

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He gets out like this, at the 49th, at the first chance for Lempoli!

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Hello and welcome to Seia Spotlight Season 2 Episode 10, we are your hosts Jake and Matt

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and this is our 50th episode.

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What a milestone, huh?

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What a milestone, bro.

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Road to 100.

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Road to 100 and 50 episodes of us talking.

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Yeah man, for two hours pretty much each one, like that's crazy to be honest, there's so

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much discussion on the internet between us.

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And it's funny because normally when we hang out we just sit in silence and do nothing,

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like play games or watch football.

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I mean we've known each other for our whole lives, there's pretty much nothing else left

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to say to each other, like what are you gonna tell him?

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Like, oh I really like biscuits!

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Dude, I know everything that you like, I know everything you dislike.

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Fair enough.

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Our goal of the week, as you guys heard from our intro, was Mattia Destro's first goal

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of the season and first goal for Lempoli and what a manner in which to get his first goal

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of the season.

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Bro, his first goal in 8 months.

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As Freddie Mercury once said, I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike and that's

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what Destro did.

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Bicycle kick against Torino, what a goal, what a way to open his account for the season.

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The best display of the saying, form is temporary, class is permanent.

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He's been off, he gets half an opportunity, back to words goal, provides something magnificent,

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something spectacular.

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We will get into this more later on.

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Honourable mentions for goal of the week, of course, there was Brahim Diaz's messy-esque

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solo goal against Juventus, there was Gerard de Vleufel, who was insane free kick against

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Atalanta and Diaz Kerler to Sack Choffey.

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Really, really good goals this matchday man.

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Amazing goals.

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To be honest, matchday nine has had me at the edge of my seat throughout.

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We got to watch a very healthy amount of culture this weekend and I'm hoping it will be the

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same this weekend.

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Oh yeah, and unfortunately the midweek Champions League games, am I right?

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Forget about it, forget about it.

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We're not going to be talking about those.

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Serie A, spotlight slips.

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Another victory bro, two in a row.

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Now we are 13 euros and 28 cents richer thanks to Napoli and Roma's victories along with

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Sasha Lukas's late equaliser against Turin.

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Now bro, I screamed at the top of my lungs when I scored that.

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I remember man, I remember.

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And he scored it with his stomach.

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It was one of the messiest goals this week.

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Totally undeserved at that point.

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Well to be honest, we'll get into that.

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It was probably deserved but it's just the funny way in which they got the goal.

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We are currently at 28 euros and 30 cents.

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We're getting there bro.

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It's a slow and steady race.

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We understand there are 38 matchdays so that might mean that sometimes we lose six in a

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row and then we'll win two in a row.

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You know what I mean?

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Hopefully that becomes two, three, four, five, six.

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And I like these five euro bets.

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They're quite safe, like they're not crazy.

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Yeah but they're a bit lame as well, putting a fivey.

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Sometimes I want to toss a ten.

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In the beginning after we won the first.

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Fifteen!

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After fifteen, after fifteen.

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We learn, we grow.

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We learn and we grow.

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Give us your feedback.

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Yeah pretty much.

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But before we get into it, we'll just have a quick rundown of the week.

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So the highlight match of this weekend was Milan 2, Juve nil, spectacular win there for

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the champions.

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Udinese 2, Atalanta 2, Sassuolo 1, Inter 2, Inter getting one over their bogey teams over

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there.

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Cremonese thought they had Napoli at one point but Napoli came off with a 4-1 win away from

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home.

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Fiorentina nil, Lazio 4.

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Roma 2, Lecce 1.

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Napoli hold Torino in Turin with the score of 1-1.

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Bologna 1, Sampdoria 1, Samp under new management over there.

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Salernitana 2, Verona 1, Trecioffi sacked and Monza 2, Spezia nil.

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Thoughts on this match day bro?

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Amazing bro it was intense.

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There was a lot of drama, many big games over here all around.

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I really enjoyed it.

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100% I mean you look at Milan, Juve, you look at Udinese, Atalanta, Sassuolo, Inter, Fiorentina

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nil, Lazio, Torino, Empoli as well these are all games too.

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Many goals man, many many goals.

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For sure 100%.

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We had a little bit of back and forth you and I because I wanted to put Milan, Juve

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as the first game with cover because it is the biggest game of this weekend and you wanted

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to put Udinese, Atalanta why was that?

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So basically for me at the moment Udinese, Atalanta is the big game in Serie A. You look

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at the team that is second, you look at the team that is third and they go hit the head.

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It's literally the big game of the week.

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Milan, Juve is the big game historically.

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Now I don't know about you bro but I am against the Super League.

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I know what you mean obviously Udinese, Atalanta is second against third at the time at least

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second against fourth.

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So I get that whereas Milan, Juve was what fifth against eighth, fifth against ninth

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something like that but these motherfuckers have played against each other in Champions

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League finals and they have two of the biggest fan bases around the world so I guess people

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are going to tune in.

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No for sure that's the populist decision not the purest decision.

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Yeah I decided to go a bit populist but as you could see populism has once again won.

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So we'll start off then with Milan, Juve it was Milan 2, Juve 0.

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So Milan were coming off a dramatic 3-1 win at Empoli if you guys remember that but a

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dreadful 3-0 defeat to Chelsea in the Champions League.

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On the other hand Juve were coming off an impressive 3-0 win against Bologna and a 3-1

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win against Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League leading up to this.

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Now both matchups last year between Milan and Juve ended in draws even though Milan

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went on to win the league, Juve were a bit disappointing at least towards the beginning

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but they both ended in draws and Milan have gone unbeaten in four of their last five Serie

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A meetings against Juve where they won 2-2 and drew 2 after having lost 13 of their previous

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14 where they only won 1.

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Now obviously those figures have changed a little bit Milan would have 3 wins and 2 draws

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in their last five so a bit more of a positive ratio for Milan over there.

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But to get into it Milan started in a 4-3-2-1 formation a much changed side from the side

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that took on Chelsea midweek obviously that was a 4-3-3 with Dest at right back, Kalula

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and Tomori at centre back with Balotu at out wide.

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This time Hernandez returned from injury, Kalula was shifted to a right back position

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and Gabia filled in that centre back slot alongside Tomori.

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3 in the midfield were Pobega, Benassir and Tonali, I must say that I do like Milan with

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a 3 in the midfield, Léo and Diaz out wide with Giroud up front for Juve on the other

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hand was the classic 4-4-2, Cezny in goal, Danilo, Bremer, Bonucci and Sandro in the

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back.

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In the midfield it was Quadrado, Locatelli, Rabio and Kostić with Vlaović and Milik

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up front.

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Recipe for this game, Orzato, recipe for disaster normally for Milan fans that have a massive

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fright when that announcement comes out.

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It's not a popular name amongst Milan fans as you say.

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Absolutely, it's a popular one among Juve fans normally.

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Now I don't know about you, maybe it could say something about my pessimism at times

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but I thought that Juve were coming in as slight favourites in this game particularly

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after the injuries that were announced for Milan after the Empoli game and the midweek

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embarrassing loss against Chelsea.

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I don't know what you think about that.

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And obviously Juve beating Bologna 3-0, then beating Maccabi, Haifa so on and so forth.

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I thought that Juve had more momentum and I thought that that might cause an upset but

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at the end of the day I still think that Milan came into this game as strong favourites especially

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the fact that this was played at sun zero, you have Theo and Lea of fit, that's the left

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hand side, that's an offensive threat.

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Backline was quite solid as well, Kalulu at right backs, fine, Gabia is holding his own

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lately and he's shown even last season Gabia that he can be a dependable fourth choice

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centre back.

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I thought Milan set up well and I did have a good feeling about this game coming into

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it.

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I had a terrible feeling coming into it.

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Once I saw that Piole changed up the system to fit the players that are fit at the moment

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with that 4-3-1, adding kind of more stability in midfield, adding more stability in defence

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as well with Kalulu going out wide, I thought that was a good sign and then seeing Juve

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as 4-4-2 I was like okay, this is going to be totally different.

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With two classic number nines.

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But that to be honest has been decent for them, Vlavic and Milik.

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Milik was never planned to start.

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You know he's starting because Di Maria is out, because Chiesa is out, so on so forth

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but he's doing a good job alongside Dusan.

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But I think that many of their problems creating simply come because they have two target men

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who they're trying to provide so you have literally two banks of four working to satisfy

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those two strikers up front.

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There's not much creativity there.

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Yeah and you look at Quadral, you look at Kostadjic, these are two players that have

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been moulded to be wing backs and they're their most offensive outputs in midfield,

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so on so forth.

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We all know that Juve do have a couple of issues at the moment.

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But to get into the game a little bit, so Milan started off the better team from the

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get-go you could say.

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There was a moment where Liao hit the post with a back heel, then there was a shout for

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a penalty after Vlavic kind of used his elbow to block a Liao cross shot.

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His arms were against his body so it would have been harsh but then you see his elbow

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was sticking out slightly, had his arm been cut off it probably would have gone through.

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There's a bit of controversy over there.

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He definitely extended his arm to kind of block the shot.

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Now I mean it looked innocent at first but then when you look he pulls his arm in, realises

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the ball is passing by and just extends his arm ever so slightly.

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Yeah that's the thing when you slow it down it always looks a bit more malicious doesn't

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it?

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At the moment it could have been a simple kind of human error but at the end of the

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day look his elbow at least was in an unnatural position, it was sticking out.

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It's as simple as that.

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Now I'm not too mad about, obviously I'll get into why later, I'm not too mad about

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that not being a penalty for Milan but it's just interesting that referees are so selective,

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the VAR room is so selective with when to take action and when not to and that'll be

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a bit of a theme over here guys.

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Moments later in the 34th minute Liao hit the post one last time, it was a shot from

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distance this time to sting Chesney's left post and then it was in the 46th minute where

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Tomori opened the scoring for Milan.

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Great to see him get on the score sheet particularly after the Chelsea match where he struggled,

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kind of seemed like he was trying to prove himself a little bit too much but this goal

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in particular there was a volley by Giroud after a corner that hit Tomori who thankfully

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was not in an offside position, the defender readjusted and he fired in from 6 yards out

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on the half volley himself, fantastic goal sending Milan ahead, what a celebration as

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well.

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What a celebration dude.

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The entire team surrounded him as well.

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And the fucking fans like, who was he staring at, was it the fans, was it the…

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God knows.

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Not even the camera, I know right, it was the fans.

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God knows but I would not like to be whatever it was that he was staring at.

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That's the same face he pulled at the referee in the last game against Barcelona.

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100% that's the exact same face.

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Every single official as well man.

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That is Tomori's second career goal for Milan and they were both against Juve, we all remember

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that 3-0 victory where he put the icing on the cake, cherry on top of the cake, I don't

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know the saying here.

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Cherry on the icing on the cake?

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Exactly, with that header making it 3-0 a couple of seasons ago but yep, that was Tomori's

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effort.

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One thing that obviously we have to mention about this goal was that they did seem to

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be a foul on Quadrado, Barito or Hernandez but VAR couldn't check that because it wasn't

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part of the build-up that led to the goal but part of the build-up that led to the corner.

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So that decision was made and they weren't going to VAR the decision on a corner.

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What did you make of it?

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Do you think it was a foul on Quadrado?

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It was a foul, he went in very aggressively, he missed the ball completely, he got the

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man first, that was a foul.

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So cancelled out there with the earlier error which is why I wasn't too mad about the first

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one not being a penalty for Milan.

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I mean these things happen, a foul in the middle of the pitch that led to a corner isn't

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as bad as a penalty not being given for example.

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Or VAR not interfering when there's an incorrect penalty call or a correct penalty that wasn't

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actually called.

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Yeah, I mean tackles in the middle of the pitch, you think they'll lead to nothing,

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sometimes they do.

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This was one of those situations not obviously excusing the decision.

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If you take those to VAR you're going to end up VARing every time there's a goal you're

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going to go like three plays or four plays back to check.

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Exactly, it'll become rugby and we don't want that.

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Brahim made it 2-0 in the 50-40, he intercepted a wayward Vladović pass in his own half,

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he sprinted away from Bonocci, rode a Millec sliding tackle and hit it so hard that it

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bent back Cezny's gloves at the near post.

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What a fucking goal by Brahim, takes his shirt off, Léo carries him around, he's flaunting

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the Brahim Diaz name at the back of his shirt with the number 10.

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Absolute scenes there, those are, at that point you're watching the game, you just want

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to be a Milan fan, you just want to be enjoying that moment.

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Yeah man, especially for a player who comes under so much criticism and he's a young player

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at the end of the day who's in his third season I think.

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And you know, he's not doing too badly and he has moments where you can say this guy

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has some quality, he's capable of taking his man on but he clearly lacks the physicality

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to actually do it consistently.

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But to see him score a goal like this, it's just like, it's the underdog's story, you

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know, you're seeing someone's hard work pay off and it's just amazing to watch.

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It's a shame Calabria wasn't there to pull his shirt down when he was trying to take

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it off this time, right?

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Even Piole at the end of the game was like, why the fuck did you take off your shirt?

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Score a goal like that, the shirt's coming off, I'm surprised he didn't take his shorts

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off as well.

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Then we realize why, it's for the Messi celebration.

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Yeah for sure, for sure.

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I do think that he does look good on the right hand side, he does look better than he does

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in the middle.

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In the middle obviously he's got two centre backs on him.

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Over here he could kind of slot in between that left centre back and the left back which

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kind of allows him to get into the pocket a bit more, make runs off the ball.

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It helps him when he's charging as well, he doesn't have three men around him instantly.

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It was good to see him over there, I heard some comments saying that before the goal

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he was utter shit, nope he wasn't.

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He was driving the ball forward, he was playing the ball, sure his output wasn't always there

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but no one's output was there before the goal.

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He had 93% post succession for example, he barely made any mistakes.

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He was involved, he dribbled successfully, I can't remember him dribbling and losing

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the ball at any point, you know what I mean?

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I thought this was a very mature performance by Ibrahim Diaz.

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Yep agreed.

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And I really like the formation change, the way Piole adapted to the players available.

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This was a good idea, the Christmas 3 formation, the 4-3-2-1, that famous formation that Milan

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won so much with.

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And Pobega slotting into the midfield brilliantly, we'll have to mention him obviously, we've

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seen Krunic fill in that role before.

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I must say man, now Krunic obviously everyone here listening knows how much we love Krunic,

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Pobega slots in nicely, I love that physicality he brings, man sure sometimes his output is

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a little bit, that's where I'd rather have Krunic, but on the breakdown of play, he's

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such a good addition man, Pobega, such a good addition to that midfield.

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I mean, you're right, Pobega is fucking brilliant and he's a very exciting talent to have, 23

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years old.

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Krunic is 29 years old, he's Piole's probably favourite player.

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I think Krunic understands Piole's vision perfectly and I think that's why Piole tends

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to prefer Krunic in big games, in big moments, to fill up positions where there's no one

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else who's adequate for example.

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So yes, I do agree, however I disagree with your point about Pobega's output, I think

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that for example when it comes to long distance shooting, Pobega is probably even better than

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Krunic is, he can hit the ball bro.

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Long distance shooting probably, we'll not say like advanced passing, sure Pobega has

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sometimes where they come off for him, but we do see him being a step behind play.

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Sometimes yes.

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Quite often, but he'll get there, I mean Tonali was like that the season he signed and look

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at him now, you know what I mean?

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And I think Pobega's having a way better start than Tonali did, way better.

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Pobega's having very good games, like I said over here man, he slotted in and he gave Milan

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exactly what Milan needed to fucking win this game.

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Now Allegri asked for Milan injuries bro, he got Milan injuries and he's still lost,

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is there a message you have for this man?

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Yes man, watch yourself, you have to watch yourself bro, because somehow you still have

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a job, it's crazy how proud Anjeli is, like not sacking him after they're lost to Macaroni

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Hashish or whatever the hell their name is, it's just crazy to me, how the fuck is this

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guy still in a job man, how much do they have to pay to sack him?

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9 million.

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He's on 9 million a season, but I think they'll have to compensate more, now I've seen something

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like 30 million to sack him or something.

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Because I spoke to a Juve fan at Freshers today, so this guy just rocked up to school

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in a Juve kit, I'm like you're brave man, you're brave, two losses in a row like that

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and we chatted for a while and I'm like it'll cost you guys 9 million to get to the Val

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Legg, he's like 9 million, like he's on 9 million a year and he's got two and a half

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years left on his contract which means 18 million, 18 plus 4.5 it'll be like 22.5 million

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to fucking sack this guy and at the end of the day they just want to add that to another

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60 million and buy Sergei in midfield, no they don't want to sack Anjeli.

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Yeah that's what they're gonna do now, they're gonna buy Milyinkovic-Fasavitch, I can't

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see that happening by the way at the moment, but money talks huh, so you never know.

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Playing finances is always a task and often football you look at Barcelona everyone talking

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about how broke they are and they go and break the bank and suddenly they're alright playing

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in the Champions League as a favourite in their group once again, so it's always weird to

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see.

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100% and still on the topic of Milan, I am in a place now because obviously as Milan

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fans we take a look around the roster and we say okay Tonali is consistently brilliant,

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Milan Asser is consistently brilliant, we're big fans of Giroud, Brahim is doing stuff

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and obviously you listen to pundits around the world, everyone raves about Liao and of

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course he is obviously Milan's standout player and I don't feel like we show him enough credit

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because we're hipsters, you know what I mean?

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So we want to highlight…

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You're not a hipster if you say you're a hipster.

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Well I am kind of referring to us in the third person so I guess I'm allowed to do that.

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But we like to highlight the players that maybe aren't obviously being highlighted

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so it takes a bit away from Liao.

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Liao is something else, the touch that he has, the way that he beats every single man

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in his path for his…

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He was taking the piss late on against Juve, turning everyone inside out like it was nothing

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man.

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There was a point he turned Miretti into Morliti, he spun in circles, he went right then he

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went left then he hit the chop like, he's like where is he gonna go dude?

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Morliti are hemorrhoids and Maltese, I repeat Morliti are hemorrhoids and Maltese.

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Thank you very much for explaining my joke to our foreign listeners, I hope you enjoyed

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that guys.

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One more point on Milan that I have to make, I don't know if you wanted to say something

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over there.

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I just want to say that Liao is such a physical specimen, such a raw talent, he's so explosive

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right, he's a physical freak, he can take his man on, he can outpace anyone, he can

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out muscle anyone, it almost looks like he's playing with children sometimes.

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Yeah honestly, it looks like he's playing against an under 16 sometimes.

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It's true, it's like you have an 18 year old teacher at school and he's playing with

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a bunch of 18 year old kids, playing with both a bunch of 18 year old kids.

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But yeah I mean, spectacular performance by Milan over here to get the win, you are in

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the kind of team to make it super easy and obviously Milan had some controversy with

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the two Chelsea games where they basically lost on an aggregate of 5-0 and looked absolutely

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hopeless, but hopeful in the league that they will keep up these performances and with this

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4-3-1 system, even with the injuries, they can continue to be serious title contenders.

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Juve on the other hand need some serious work to get there, they don't have a bad starting

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11, it's just the way that they're deployed, the way that they're utilised, everything

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is shambolic, I don't know what comments you have about Juve's performance.

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No it just leaves a lot to be desired, it leaves everything to be desired quite frankly.

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Overall uninspiring man, I can't even remember a time where Tatarasan was challenged, they

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had one shot at one point I remember with Moiskeen, no Millek, Millek had a shot at

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the point for a shot and Tatarasan just caught it.

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In fact did they even have any shots?

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They had a decent attempt like you said of Moiskeen but Kalulo got back and got a fucking

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vital touch man to that.

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They had three shots on target, three off target and four blocked.

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Yeah and Kalulo bro wow.

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Kalulo insane.

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But yeah if I were a Juventus fan right now I would want Allegri out quite frankly as

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soon as possible, it can't be, he was sarcastically applauding them as well against what are they

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called?

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Makkabi Haifa.

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Makkabi Haifa yes he was sarcastically applauding his own players simply berating them on the

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sideline, don't berate your players just play the young hungry ones, play Miretti like I'm

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sure Miretti will put in a shift for you you know what I mean.

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But yeah he has his ways, his philosophy, he's stubborn and quite frankly I think he's

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past it right now especially in this environment.

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I'm sure he can do well elsewhere but right now I think Juvent need something different

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definitely.

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Yeah Juvent need their fans to start a petition where everyone donates 5 euro and hopefully

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that will equate to the 34 million euro needed to remove this man.

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I was speaking with that Juve fan at freshers who said why doesn't he leave himself, why

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is he such an asshole?

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Because he's on 9 million a year.

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He's on 9 million a year but everyone's gonna forget his fucking legacy man, everyone's

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gonna forget what it is that he did with Juve before that winning all those league titles

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in a row, it's the now that people care about and right now he's digging this team's grave.

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That's an interesting point because in fact Agnelli is also on their fire for not making

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a decision.

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Some are saying he's being too passive, he's being too proud keeping Allegri on right.

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Agnelli is the man who brought Juve 9 leagues in a row right.

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So you can compare it for example to Berlusconi who made Milan a global brand for example,

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who turned Milan to one of the best teams in the world, best teams in history quite

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frankly.

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And Berlusconi did do that and then he did single handedly almost fuck Milan up, he gave

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them many years of damage, almost irreparable at the point.

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Completely fucked the team financially, there was no talent, ageing players, it was looking

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hopeless and Agnelli is still in time to not allow that to happen.

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Allegri is the guy once again, yes he brought you great success in the past but the past

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is the past.

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I always say Juve tried to progress with new management after winning all those league

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titles with Allegri, they're like okay let's go for Sarri now, it's time for Sarri, they

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gave him a season, they're like okay let's go for Pirlo now, they gave him a season,

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they panicked and they went back to Allegri.

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They've halted all the progress that they were working towards for those two seasons

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where they were still getting Champions League.

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Now they're risking not getting Champions League in their old system stuck in a very

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conservative starting 11 and it's not looking good for them, they have to pick it up.

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Like Sarri had said, this Juve side is unculturable, everyone mocked him back then, perhaps what

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he said was true.

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Perhaps it was, Juve are currently in 8th place on 13 points, West Milan are in 5th

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level on points with Odinese on 20 points.

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Speaking of Odinese, the best Bianconeri side in Italy at the moment, they took on the best

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Nerazzurri side in Italy at the moment, Odinese 2, Atalanta 2, the real big game of the weekend

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guys, let's go.

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So Atalanta were actually unbeaten, oh they are unbeaten as we speak in their last 10

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Serie A meetings against Odinese with 7 wins and 3 draws.

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Now in the past there have been 30 goals in the last 6 Serie A meetings between Odinese

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and Atalanta, 5 per game on average.

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This is always a shootout bro.

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This game marked Gian Piero Gasparini's 300th game in charge of Atalanta in all competitions

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since his debut in 2016-2017.

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Only 3 coaches in Europe have collected more appearances with a single side bro, and the

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big 5 leagues, do you want to guess who they are?

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For sure, Sir Alex Ferguson.

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No no, active.

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Oh, active.

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With a single club in the top 5 leagues, more than 300 appearances, fuck huh?

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That's difficult man.

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I mean some are quite obvious.

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I mean Allegri.

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No, well because he left, that's why.

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But I'm talking since I think about who's been there for ages, ages like.

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Who's been there for ages?

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Yeah, it's Simeone for Atletico Madrid, he's got 326 appearances, Klopp exactly with Liverpool

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with 339, and Guardiola with City exactly 363 appearances.

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And then it's Gasparini.

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Fuck me.

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The gnome.

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Atalanta striker Luis Muriel has scored 11 Serie A goals against Sudinese in the 3 points

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for a win era, only 2 non-Italian players have had more against a single opponent in

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this competition.

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Are you going to make me guess who they are as well?

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No no, they're Crespo with 14 against Sudinese as well, and Higuain with 12 against Lazio.

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Jesus, was Muriel was with Sudinese?

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Yes he was.

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00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,360
That's mean, that's kind of fucking mean.

445
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,400
Inter have just scored against Barcelona.

446
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,200
Yeah it's 1-1 at the moment in the 50th minute.

447
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:06,560
Anyway, moving on to the lineups, Udinese lined up with their usual 3-5-2 formation with

448
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:13,520
Silvestri in goal, Eboce, Biol and Perez at the back, Udodji and Pereira on the flanks

449
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:21,560
with Mackengo, Wallace and Lovridge in the middle, the striking duo of Beto and Deo Lefebvre.

450
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:27,120
Atalanta lined up with a 3-4-1-2 formation with Sportiello in goal, Scalvini, Demiral

451
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:32,320
and Okoli at the back, Hattabur and Meili out wide, a double pivot of Kupeminer and

452
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:39,240
Derun with Pasalic as the check-war tista, Lukman and Muriel up front.

453
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:44,600
So it all kicked off in the 36th minute when Luis Muriel held up play amazingly on the

454
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:50,400
left using tricky feet and he played a perfect low through ball to Lukman at the far post

455
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,120
who smashed it in.

456
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,920
And then he was interestingly enough booked for his celebration bro.

457
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,600
Now I don't know, Lukman's celebration is where he puts like the binoculars on his eyes,

458
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:04,000
you know, he puts like his hands in binocular shape and puts them to his eyes and he got

459
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,000
booked for it.

460
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,120
He was like what the fuck, ref, that's my celebration.

461
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:08,600
It's so fucking weird.

462
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:15,000
And like I don't understand, I'm a very privileged man but in what world is that offensive like?

463
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,800
In what world is that offensive to anyone?

464
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,480
As a straight white male I don't understand.

465
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:24,320
He was probably he saw it as he was taunting the fans I guess.

466
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:28,000
Like where are you Udinese fans?

467
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,360
Get over it like.

468
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:34,520
In the 56th minute Muriel was tripped by Udodjie in the box, it was a clear penalty.

469
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:38,480
Silvestri guessed right but couldn't stop Muriel's low one heart shot into the bottom

470
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:42,920
corner 2-0 that was Muriel's first goal of the season.

471
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:49,520
Now Gerard de Oliveira in the 67th minute, you know, gave a bit of life to Udinese, they

472
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,720
were looking down and out.

473
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,560
They still fought you know but of course the scoreline was against them, everything was

474
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:59,200
against them but this fucking free kick from a distance, wow bro.

475
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,720
Incredible, long range free kick into the bottom corner, brilliant.

476
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,600
Mad, mad, beautiful strike.

477
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:09,680
And then in the 78th minute a move straight off the training ground, it was a corner played

478
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:13,200
short to de Oliveira who played it through to Pereira at the byline.

479
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:17,500
Pereira kept it in by crossing it first time to Perez who headed it home.

480
00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:22,200
And I was 2-2 in the 78th minute and then after that it was all Udinese bro and I thought

481
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,180
they were actually going to do it.

482
00:31:25,180 --> 00:31:28,640
By the way the Luckmann celebration clearly pissed off the fans as well because after

483
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:33,000
Perez's goal you can see the fans all doing the Luckmann celebration as the camera packs

484
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,800
fans over, that was hilarious.

485
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:39,520
Arslanie at the end of the game had a good opportunity to get the winner, it was given

486
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:43,640
to him at his feet, you know, he had the whole world at his feet there, he could have made

487
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:49,320
the headlines but of course he failed to hit the target shortly.

488
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:53,960
Just a little bit before that he was really frustrated for not being played the ball so

489
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,640
it's funny and then when he's actually played the ball he makes a hash of it, it's always

490
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:57,640
funny to see.

491
00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:01,200
But yeah bro what a response by Udinese after going 2-0 down, they could have taken all

492
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,600
three points, what do you think?

493
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:07,320
For sure, so one thing we've really praised Atalanta for is that slightly more conservative

494
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:12,680
approach whereby they'll get the goals, they'll defend the lead and they basically would allow

495
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:18,120
their opponents to tire themselves out whilst they stay compact, whilst they stay calm and

496
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:23,000
that has led them to be this side and say yeah that has conceded the least goals.

497
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,340
With that being said then doing that against Udinese could cause problems because like

498
00:32:27,340 --> 00:32:33,800
we said in the last episode Udinese pick and prod at teams for 70 minutes non-stop, they

499
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:39,080
tire out their opponents who are constantly shifting formation and shifting positions

500
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:45,680
to kind of defend, they keep attacking, attacking, attacking, attacking and then come the 67th

501
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:50,720
minute they get a goal and then obviously momentum is in their favour and they get another

502
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:51,720
one.

503
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:59,060
So Atalanta didn't technically do anything wrong, it's just Udinese have so much longevity

504
00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:04,160
and so much life in their game that it's difficult to execute Atalanta's game plan against them

505
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:05,300
at the moment.

506
00:33:05,300 --> 00:33:09,360
That's true bro, we're seeing over here this Udinese side is similar to the Atalanta of

507
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:13,720
the past and this Atalanta is similar to the Udinese of the past.

508
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:17,840
So yeah and when they went head to head it was quite an encounter bro, it was definitely

509
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:22,360
difficult for Atalanta to keep them out with the low block when Udinese are so persistent

510
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:23,360
going forward.

511
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:28,080
Yeah, I mean Atalanta hardly concede goals and these guys put two past them bro, I mean

512
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:31,000
I can't, who was the last team to put two past them, has there even been a team this

513
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,720
season that has put two past Atalanta?

514
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,560
This season I don't think so, yeah probably not.

515
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:42,840
They're undefeated, they conceded one against me, no one has put two past them.

516
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:50,360
De La Feu is Udinese's assist king and he's their goal scorer too, kind of the same as

517
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,560
Muriel right now.

518
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:58,800
Who do you think is the most important offensive outlet for their teams?

519
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:06,920
I would say De La Feu, I would say De La Feu simply because he, yeah he's an assist there,

520
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:13,480
he takes spot kicks so he could whip the ball in from corners, he can take penalties, he

521
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:19,120
can take free kicks be it from out wide or be it direct free kicks to goal and I also

522
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:24,000
think that Atalanta are kind of covered in the sense that they've got a very diverse

523
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:33,520
squad like if Duvan Zapata starts for example he could have Pasalic and I don't know Kup

524
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:39,080
Miners behind him for example, he could have Lukman and one of their other guys basically

525
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:40,080
behind him.

526
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:46,200
I think Udinese are slightly more limited up front, I think De La Feu has been their

527
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:51,160
go to guy for so long, it's been him and Pereira for so long over there.

528
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:58,560
Since the Depol days, I would confidently say De La Feu in this one.

529
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:05,800
Yeah, Muriel brings something that the other Atalanta players do not have, he's got that

530
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:14,280
like raw vision and that explosive creativity, that fantasy play you know what I mean, no

531
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:18,560
one quite has the talent or the eye that Muriel has on this Atalanta team and there are talents

532
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:22,560
that don't get me wrong like Pasalic and Kup Miners for example are very good playmakers

533
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:26,000
but none with the eye that Muriel has.

534
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,640
But yes I have to agree with you over here, De La Feu is irreplaceable and I can see for

535
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:35,600
example if he ever falls injured God forbid Udinese will be in trouble.

536
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:39,520
Well they won't be in trouble but they definitely won't be as strong as they currently are.

537
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:44,080
I think they'll be in trouble personally, I mean you think of his replacement which

538
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:49,480
would be Isaac's success and that is a massive dip in quality for them, a massive dip in

539
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:50,480
quality.

540
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:56,000
Yeah, I mean he's significantly worse but the system is there and it's ticking bro and

541
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:01,720
I don't know if they're one man reliant you know what I mean, I'm not too sure about that,

542
00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:07,560
like they've got fucking good tools pretty much all around but yes nothing can compare

543
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,800
to De La Feu's impact of course.

544
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:15,920
Their link-up play and their set pieces will take a significant hit if you were to.

545
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:19,400
But I mean Pereira is very capable from the set pieces as well you know.

546
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:23,760
As well, link-up play though, success on De La Feu, massive difference.

547
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,960
Especially when it comes to the ability to drive no one quite has that compared to De

548
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:27,960
La Feu.

549
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,040
But yes I don't know if there's anything else you'd like to add from this wonderful

550
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:34,240
game of football.

551
00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:40,600
It just highlights perfectly the new era of Serie A man, just two highly changed teams

552
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:47,480
from last season battling it out at the top of the league pretty much after the opening

553
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:48,480
nine matches.

554
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,880
It was just a spectacle this game and I enjoyed every second of it man.

555
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:57,520
Same here bro, Atalanta currently sit second with 21 points, that's two points behind Napoli

556
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,240
who are in first of course.

557
00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:05,840
Udinese currently sit fourth with 20 points, level on points with Milan and Lazio.

558
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:10,840
Mad, so I just heard back a little bit of the podcast while you were at the bathroom

559
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:17,240
and I sound terrible I just want to clarify guys I am super sick at the moment, my glands

560
00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:22,160
are the size of my fists and my body aches.

561
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,320
So that's me trying to talk football.

562
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:32,240
So the real hero over here is me, I'm risking my health and my well-being by being here

563
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:35,960
with you today recording bro, sharing a microphone you know.

564
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,640
But thank you very much for powering through bro.

565
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,600
My pleasure I was going to bitch off I'm not going to lie.

566
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:46,920
The next game we're going to be covering is Sassuolo 1-2 Inter getting another 2-1 victory

567
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:51,880
at the Mappé, we were there the season before watching this fixture and similarly Zerco

568
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,760
scored in this match again.

569
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:59,880
So Sassuolo were coming off a 5-0 victory against Salernitana so Inter must have been shitting

570
00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:00,880
themselves.

571
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:06,720
The Nerazzurri beat Barca midweek in the Champions League but had lost four of their last six

572
00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:13,200
Serie A games including two in a row and were level on points with Sassuolo going into this

573
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,480
game as well.

574
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:20,320
So and Sassuolo are obviously known to be Inter's dark horses as well so much so that

575
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:27,280
Sassuolo have beaten Inter more than any other side in Serie A with 8 wins out of 19 fixtures

576
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:28,280
for Sassuolo.

577
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:33,680
They also have 8 wins against Sampdoria and Genoa but they're shit like so it doesn't

578
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,320
really matter.

579
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:42,960
So going into the line-up Dionisi's side started in a 4-3-3 formation, concilien goal with

580
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:48,000
a backline of Rogério, Ferrari, Erlich and Toleon, midfield three of Torz, Vett, Lopez

581
00:38:48,000 --> 00:39:00,840
and Frattesi, and front three of Loriente, Pinamonti and Cede.

582
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:06,160
On the other hand for Inter it was their classic 3-5-2 formation, this time it was Onana starting

583
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:11,520
in goal, we said a hundred times Andonovich will be starting and then he'll show that

584
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:15,840
he's not what he used to be and Onana will be introduced to the squad as their number

585
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:16,840
one.

586
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:21,680
So exactly what happened onana between the sticks over there, back three of D'Ambrosio

587
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:26,800
who took place of Scrinia along with Acerbi and Bastoni.

588
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:33,560
Massive changes there for Inter, a back three there without Scrinia and Devry.

589
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:38,720
Downfries and DiMarco as the wing backs with Barella, Aslani and Cialnoglu in the midfield

590
00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:43,160
with Zerco and Lautaro Martinez up front.

591
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:48,640
So it was pretty end to end to start things off, both sides seemed confident and both

592
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:53,200
sides seemed to fancy their chances in this game, but Inter did open the scoring in the

593
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:58,360
44th minute through Eden Zerco who backed his 100th goal in Serie A.

594
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,680
Downfries flicked on ahead there from a corner to Zerco who dragged the ball into the back

595
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:07,040
of the net, that's where Zerco is good and obviously the poacher.

596
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:13,320
In the 60th minute, Davide Frattesi equalised here for Saswal, it was a Rogerio cross to

597
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:19,400
the back post which was half-vollied in by a totally unmarked Frattesi over there, Inter's

598
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:21,320
defence caught flat-footed.

599
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:26,600
Frattesi is really turning out to be what he was in Serie A and what we all expected

600
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:34,800
him to be in Serie A. His output is looking better and hopefully as Azzurri fans as well

601
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,960
would hope to see more of this from Davide.

602
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:41,720
He had a very good season as well last year in his debut season in Serie A scoring quite

603
00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:45,040
a few goals, 5 or 6, how many did he get by the end of the year?

604
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:46,040
Something like that.

605
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:49,040
Al Fak trick you can continue.

606
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:56,400
Concilier had a spectacular save on Lautaro's header, you remember that we freaked out man,

607
00:40:56,400 --> 00:41:02,000
it was a stellar save but moments after that and then Zerco got his 100th and first goal

608
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:06,720
in the game as if the 100 wasn't enough, he beat Ferrari off the ball to head in a

609
00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:09,880
Mkhitaryan cross at the far post.

610
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,920
Four goals in 3-6 Frattesi.

611
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,680
Last season four goals in 3-6 for Frattesi, super stuff.

612
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:22,800
So this was quite an even encounter, bro, so Saswal with 52% ball possession to Inter's

613
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:30,280
48, Saswal with 15 goal attempts, Inter with 16 so just one more shot there, on target

614
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:35,960
for Saswal, a 3 on target for Inter, 4 really really even stuff.

615
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:39,680
But at the end of the day, do you think Inter deserved the victory?

616
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:43,760
I think they did bro, deserved the victory here, I think they persevered and they played

617
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:50,040
against Boguyside, a team that has proven to give them problems and to be honest they're

618
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:55,000
under a lot of pressure right now, I think that Barcelona victory came at the right time,

619
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:59,800
it gave them enough motivation to come here and get the job done, what with otherwise

620
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:04,440
been a very complicated game if they were still down in the dumps.

621
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,240
For sure man, for sure.

622
00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:12,000
Like you said Saswal are totally Inter's bogey teams, it's never going to be an easy match

623
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:18,640
against them, Saswal again coming off a 5-0 win against Salernitana and Inter coming off

624
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:24,360
okay a win against Barca but two losses in a row in Serie A, four losses out of six and

625
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:26,520
they had midweek football.

626
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:31,360
For them to get a win over here that might be a little bit of a turning point for Inter,

627
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:36,080
still I think that for example there are certain factors like for example Lautaro Martinez

628
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:42,840
in my opinion as great of a striker as he is and as essential he's been for Inter in

629
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:48,400
the past three seasons or whatever, he does seem to go missing at times and this is one

630
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,760
of those periods where he seems to be missing his shooting boots, he hasn't scored since

631
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,280
match day four against Cremonaese.

632
00:42:54,280 --> 00:43:00,040
He does go on these spells, we've seen it before, I think he's a player, most strikers

633
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:05,040
are like this but he's a victim of poor form.

634
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:09,720
When a dry spell starts he seems to struggle to shake it off.

635
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:13,800
We see it for example with Simeone, Simeone is the perfect example of this, even Higuain

636
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:17,720
was kind of like that bar, that crazy season he had at Napoli.

637
00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:23,960
But yeah, I mean normal stuff over there plus it's not his job to be the main goal scorer,

638
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:30,320
you know the task is in the hands of Lukaku and Eden Zerko who by the way was fucking

639
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:31,320
good this game.

640
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:36,520
Yeah, that's the next point I wanted to highlight Zerko quite a bit over here.

641
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:42,600
I seem to forget that Zerko last season was that starting man alongside Lautaro Martinez

642
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:47,440
so I'd say they're missing a certain link up front which is normally brought about by

643
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:51,920
Lukaku and Lautaro because of their very intimate relationship.

644
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:57,440
But obviously Lautaro and Zerko have something going quite well as well, they came second

645
00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:00,480
last year and they were super together up front.

646
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:02,640
Two points, they would have had the league.

647
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,680
Exactly, but what were they for?

648
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:06,800
Inzaghi, Inzaghi this game bro.

649
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,720
Yeah, he started substituting everyone on the yellow right?

650
00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:15,120
Exactly, yes, yes, yes, so he took out, who was it, Aslani and D'Ambrosio you know, in

651
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:18,120
the 46th and the 58th minute.

652
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:22,080
So yeah, that's interesting that his mind works like that.

653
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:27,720
Well they have Salernitana next and maybe if it were last season I'd say he wouldn't

654
00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:32,040
have needed to sub them out but nowadays you have a game against Salernitana, do you want

655
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:35,680
your best 11A so if Big's allowed to make the change.

656
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:39,760
The only problem is that he would make that substitution regardless.

657
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:45,280
He'd make those substitutions maybe even in the fucking Champions League final, like

658
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,280
he seems so committed to doing it.

659
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:50,520
He's a very analytical man.

660
00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:55,560
Last point about Inter is the Onana vs Handanovic debate, do you think that Onana is now their

661
00:44:55,560 --> 00:45:01,160
main man between the sticks or do you think the 39 year old is getting some well deserved

662
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:03,560
rest?

663
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:08,240
Good question, I think this is something we're going to see more often than not now Onana

664
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:13,160
starting, he impressed in the Champions League, he's impressing with his performances in

665
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:20,280
Italy too, he's 26 years old, he's the future for Inter over here.

666
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:26,120
Handanovic of course is aging, he's pissing fans off by remaining rooted to the ground

667
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:32,280
doing his palm tree impersonation but yes I do think that we'll be seeing more of Onana

668
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:33,920
and less of Handanovic.

669
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:35,760
Do I think Handanovic should be totally excluded?

670
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:39,880
No, we'll see him in the Coppa Italia for example, we'll see him when they play twice

671
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:43,000
midweek we might see Handanovic, kind of like Perrion and Cezne.

672
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:52,120
Exactly and not a bad goalkeeper to have as your second choice Handanovic, when he performs

673
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:57,320
he's a man of the match performer, when he has a fucking good game he's class but it

674
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:01,000
just seems that obviously age is catching up to him and he's human at the end of the

675
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,000
day.

676
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:06,880
Sasuolo, on God they play beautiful football these guys.

677
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:07,880
So intricate man.

678
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:14,680
Yeah I thought they'd dip from last year but honestly their play style has improved even

679
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:19,920
with the losses that they face that we all know.

680
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:24,960
Their football style is still there, they have loads of injuries as well but it's just

681
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:28,720
the way they switch play and the way they hang on to position, the way that they're

682
00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:32,960
capable obviously they didn't dominate a game against Inter, who the fuck dominates a game

683
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:33,960
against Inter?

684
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:39,480
But the fact that they got 15 shots away against Inter and they had 52% ball possession and

685
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:45,800
they had Inter fucking screaming to get a victory, beautiful signs, this is all gelling

686
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:51,280
together very well and last year I criticised Dionisi so much but now I'm like give the

687
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:52,280
guy time man.

688
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:54,080
Yeah of course, of course yes.

689
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:58,200
He has a clear philosophy of how he wants to play, it matches the Sasuolo philosophy

690
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,400
and what Deserbi left quite frankly.

691
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:07,040
The Sasuolo team has been evolving since Euserbi and Di Francesco quite frankly since he took

692
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:12,120
them up from Sevilla to the fucking Europa League, it was crazy.

693
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:16,440
They've not been that good, they've not been Europa League good but they have been a team

694
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:20,800
that can give anyone a fucking tough time and they certainly gave Inter a tough time

695
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:21,800
this game.

696
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:22,800
For sure.

697
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:28,200
They face Atalanta next which is their fourth encounter against a top seven team this season.

698
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:32,720
Now normally they fucking demolish top seven teams in the second half of the season particularly

699
00:47:32,720 --> 00:47:37,600
so far they have a loss against Juve, they have a loss against Inter and a draw against

700
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:38,600
Milan.

701
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:41,840
Do you think they could do something against Atalanta, maybe hand them their first defeat

702
00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:42,840
of the season?

703
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:44,720
Or a Sasuolo at home or away?

704
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:49,480
Sasuolo are, let me just double check that real quick, give me a sec.

705
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,840
Oh yeah put you on the spot baby.

706
00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:56,200
I can actually check here.

707
00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:59,200
Sasuolo are away.

708
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:00,200
Sasuolo are away.

709
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:01,200
Yes.

710
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:02,200
No.

711
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:09,080
At most a draw but I think it will be a tough tough game for them.

712
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:13,200
I think they could get away with a draw over there, maybe a draw against Sasuolo would

713
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,800
put the odds nice and juicy.

714
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:20,920
By the way next week is a tough one, next week is one of the toughest gambling weeks

715
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:21,920
we have so far.

716
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:22,920
For sure.

717
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:26,360
Maybe we cook up, maybe we do like goals over and under or something.

718
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:28,680
Yellow cards, corners.

719
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:34,640
Inter in seventh on 15 points and now you know like eight points behind league leaders Napoli

720
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:36,240
which is quite crazy.

721
00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:40,240
And Sasuolo in ninth on 12 points.

722
00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:45,880
The next game we're going to be covering is Cremonaizer 1-Napoli 4.

723
00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:51,120
Napoli have gone unbeaten in their last seven meetings against Cremonaizer in all competitions

724
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:54,460
bro with four wins and three draws.

725
00:48:54,460 --> 00:48:58,360
Their last defeat was back in September 1994.

726
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:03,360
Two nil away from home in Serie A.

727
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:08,060
Yeah Cremonaizer were unbeaten in their last two Serie A meetings against Napoli and they

728
00:49:08,060 --> 00:49:12,800
have never gone three in a row against them in the competition without a single defeat.

729
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:17,400
They were unbeaten against Napoli under Luigi Simone bro.

730
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:18,800
That's quite crazy to be honest with you.

731
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:24,840
So yes Napoli managed to end their dry spell against Cremonaizer.

732
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:26,160
How weird is that to say?

733
00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:28,720
Bro respect to Napoli.

734
00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:29,720
Definitely tough opponent.

735
00:49:29,720 --> 00:49:31,400
They really were.

736
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:32,400
Now we'll get into it.

737
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:39,200
Gaviccia Kvaratskelia bro, a little bit of a stat on him before we get into it, has scored

738
00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:42,500
five league goals so far this season.

739
00:49:42,500 --> 00:49:47,600
The only player to have had more in his debut Serie A season for Napoli in the first ten

740
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:54,720
matchdays in the three points era was Edinson Cavani back in the 2010-2011 campaign with

741
00:49:54,720 --> 00:49:55,720
eight goals.

742
00:49:55,720 --> 00:49:58,600
Bro I've said this before and I've said it again.

743
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:01,960
They're starting to call Kvaratskelia Gvaradona.

744
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:07,080
I think it's about time they start calling Maradona Maratskelia.

745
00:50:07,080 --> 00:50:10,040
This guy is something else.

746
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:12,040
Super.

747
00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:14,040
Maratskelia.

748
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:18,920
Diego Maratskelia Stadium.

749
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:20,160
My god.

750
00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:21,160
That's amazing bro.

751
00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:22,160
Thank you.

752
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:28,440
Cremonaizer, Lord help me lined up with their 4-2-3-1 formation with Radu Ngole, Qualiata

753
00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:33,600
on the left, that's a new one, Ser Nicola on the right, Bianchetti and Lacosh Rizvili

754
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:39,960
as centre backs, Mete and Skaky Bar as the double pivot with Valeri on the left, Zanemakki

755
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:45,120
on the right, Afanajan behind the deserts in attack.

756
00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:51,320
Napoli lined up with Marete Ngole, Di Lorenzo on the right, Mario Rui on the left, Kim Min

757
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:55,480
Jae as the centre back and Rahmani as his partner.

758
00:50:55,480 --> 00:51:02,320
The midfield tandem of Ndombele, Lobotka and Anguissa with Poletano on the right, Gvaratskelia

759
00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:04,600
on the left and Raspadori up front.

760
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:08,800
Ozymane was not quite ready for this one yet but he did feature in the Champions League

761
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:11,280
today and scored today being Wednesday.

762
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:24,920
Okay, so the first goal came in the 26th minute through Matteo Poletano, just like Gvaratskelia

763
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:31,240
did against Milan, he won a penalty by dribbling into the box and just causing havoc, he was

764
00:51:31,240 --> 00:51:33,720
dropped by Bianchetti.

765
00:51:33,720 --> 00:51:37,520
Poletano sent the keeper the wrong way and placed into the bottom left corner.

766
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:42,720
He's a very reliable penalty taker, Matteo Poletano.

767
00:51:42,720 --> 00:51:47,680
It was in the 47th minute where something crazy happened, a deflected shot came to the

768
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:52,640
feet of Dessers who lofted the ball over Marete and into the back of the net and suddenly

769
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:58,800
they're 1-1 and then 10 minutes pass, then another 10 minutes pass, and another 10 minutes

770
00:51:58,800 --> 00:51:59,800
pass and they're still…

771
00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:02,400
And we're like, oh no our bet but oh yes Milan.

772
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:03,640
Exactly, exactly.

773
00:52:03,640 --> 00:52:06,160
And oh yes the fairy tale.

774
00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:12,560
It was in the 76th minute where coming off the bench of course Giovanni Simeone scored.

775
00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:17,400
Again just like the goal against Milan, Mario Rui crossed the ball to Giovanni Simeone,

776
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:23,280
this time at the far post, the Argentine rose majestically and headed it home.

777
00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:27,560
Once again it was a slam dunk, what a fucking header man, so dominant.

778
00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:31,640
And Mario Rui and him are really getting to know each other well.

779
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:36,080
Like I said bro, I'm still waiting for someone to fucking put Mario Rui on the bench.

780
00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:40,240
Every season we say they need to upgrade that left side, they bring someone in and he's

781
00:52:40,240 --> 00:52:44,000
nowhere near the level that Mario Rui is at least moving forward.

782
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:50,880
And having someone like Simeone, Ozymen, Andreas Spadori to feed must be scratching his hand

783
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:52,160
game in game out man.

784
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:53,160
Right man.

785
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:56,800
And Mario Rui apparently bro, massive personality.

786
00:52:56,800 --> 00:53:01,900
Like he's the type of guy, like apparently when Guevara arrived he said that he really

787
00:53:01,900 --> 00:53:03,960
helped him settle in, Mario Rui.

788
00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:05,880
On and off the pitch in general.

789
00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:06,880
He's been there for ages man.

790
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:08,960
Yeah he's the guy like Mario Rui.

791
00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:12,880
He is the guy and he also looks a bit like Johnny Depp in my opinion.

792
00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:13,880
Think about it.

793
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:19,760
Johnny Depp if you leave him in the washing machine for too long.

794
00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:26,600
And then basically Cremona of course committed way too many men forward in a desperate attempt

795
00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:31,600
to find the equalizer and it was in the 92nd minute that Guevara Scalio on the break charged

796
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:37,640
forward squared it through Herving Lozano who found the back of the net.

797
00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:41,760
Shortly after in the 94th minute Di Lorenzo crossed the ball in.

798
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:46,560
It was Matias Oliveira who headed it past Raudu and scored the winner.

799
00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:49,600
His first goal for Napoli actually he was the guy who was brought in as the Mario Rui

800
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:50,600
replacement actually.

801
00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:53,660
He found the back of the net interesting for him.

802
00:53:53,660 --> 00:53:58,280
So yeah at the end of the day the scoreline certainly did flatter Napoli bro.

803
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:01,280
Cremona gave them a tough time.

804
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:07,240
Probably were full of praise particularly Spalletti who said that Cremona's position

805
00:54:07,240 --> 00:54:12,080
in the table does not reflect them as a side as they are actually way better than that.

806
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:13,080
Do you agree?

807
00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:14,080
I do.

808
00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:15,080
I do agree.

809
00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:20,520
We've seen Cremona against the likes of Fiorentina for example and then other matches as well.

810
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:25,560
I can't seem to remember right now but even against Napoli and against Fiorentina they

811
00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:27,040
can play.

812
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:34,120
They have significant bursts where they are capable of attacking and otherwise they are

813
00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:38,120
a very mature side when it comes to holding their shape and when it comes to defending.

814
00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:40,800
They are a good team.

815
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:46,080
Thing is they lack quality and the quality doesn't come down to their management.

816
00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:49,560
It doesn't come down to their formation.

817
00:54:49,560 --> 00:54:53,800
It comes down to the individuals that are in their squad.

818
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:57,800
They have a good system built around them but I'm afraid that they don't have many

819
00:54:57,800 --> 00:54:59,600
players to rely on.

820
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:02,280
I personally got excited when they signed Afen Adjian.

821
00:55:02,280 --> 00:55:08,800
I think moving forward once Afen Adjian finds himself a little bit more he could upgrade

822
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:11,320
Cremona significantly.

823
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:15,200
You know how he is when he gets into the groove, gets on the ball, goes on these tantalizing

824
00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:16,200
runs.

825
00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:17,200
Once again he's a youth player right?

826
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:20,000
They are developing for another team quite frankly.

827
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:21,680
But he was signed.

828
00:55:21,680 --> 00:55:22,680
He was signed by Cremona.

829
00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:24,400
Of course he was yes.

830
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:28,880
More in your bottom shoes.

831
00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:33,320
Cremona is a bro about their impressive games which by the way you're absolutely right.

832
00:55:33,320 --> 00:55:36,120
The first game against Fiorentina should have been a draw.

833
00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:38,000
It was Rodrius Blunder at the end.

834
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:39,000
They lost 3-2.

835
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:41,960
Amazing display by them with a man down.

836
00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:46,240
Next game against Roma they lost 1-0 barely.

837
00:55:46,240 --> 00:55:47,800
They lost to Torino.

838
00:55:47,800 --> 00:55:52,640
They lost to winter of course but then they held Sassuolo and they held Atalanta.

839
00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:53,640
Madonna.

840
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:54,640
Then they lost 4-0 to Lazio.

841
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:55,880
Everyone loses 4-0 to Lazio.

842
00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:56,880
They held Lecce.

843
00:55:56,880 --> 00:56:00,320
They should have probably won that one if they wanted to pick up points.

844
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:01,640
They were much better than Lecce.

845
00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:02,640
They were.

846
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:03,640
They were.

847
00:56:03,640 --> 00:56:04,640
Oh my god Inter.

848
00:56:04,640 --> 00:56:05,640
Gossens.

849
00:56:05,640 --> 00:56:06,640
Is that Gossens?

850
00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:07,640
Oh my god it's Gossens.

851
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:10,640
I have him on fantasy football if you want.

852
00:56:10,640 --> 00:56:11,640
I mean.

853
00:56:11,640 --> 00:56:12,640
Oh my god look at that.

854
00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:14,680
Oh my god.

855
00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:16,480
The fans have just stormed the pitch for those.

856
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:17,980
It's a pitch invasion.

857
00:56:17,980 --> 00:56:19,280
That looks like stuff bro.

858
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:20,560
Yeah that's the stuff.

859
00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:23,000
The entire Inter bench just ran onto the pitch in the 88th minute.

860
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:24,000
This is a fucking game.

861
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:25,000
Crazy.

862
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:26,000
Okay sorry guys.

863
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:27,000
Now.

864
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:28,000
Yes.

865
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:33,720
The next point I would like to make is that every new Napoli signing has now officially

866
00:56:33,720 --> 00:56:34,720
scored.

867
00:56:34,720 --> 00:56:35,720
Respect.

868
00:56:35,720 --> 00:56:36,720
Respect.

869
00:56:36,720 --> 00:56:42,000
From Olivera to Raspadori to Simeone to Gavarazkelia to.

870
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:43,480
No actually there's one who hasn't.

871
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:44,480
Indombele.

872
00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:45,480
Oh okay.

873
00:56:45,480 --> 00:56:46,480
Indombele hasn't.

874
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:48,800
Once he scores every single signing with a score.

875
00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:53,880
Raspadori by the way four goals in the Champions League so far one behind Haaland.

876
00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:55,360
And he's played 93 minutes.

877
00:56:55,360 --> 00:56:57,320
He's scored four goals in 93 minutes.

878
00:56:57,320 --> 00:56:58,320
There we go Raspadori.

879
00:56:58,320 --> 00:56:59,320
Mini Aguero.

880
00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:00,320
Raspadori.

881
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:04,560
Rahmani bro had a crazy run in the third minute where he struck the bar.

882
00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:08,960
Everyone wants to get one for Napoli right now.

883
00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:13,560
And Simeone I want to highlight bro that at the end of the game he was looking good with

884
00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:16,480
the ball like he was playing some fucking good passes bro.

885
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:17,480
Pre assist to Lozano.

886
00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:21,760
Should have also had an assist on Lozano too when he crossed the ball and Lozano missed

887
00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:24,360
a crazy chance.

888
00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:27,000
But yeah Simeone is looking super inspired right now.

889
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:29,040
Come to think of it dog.

890
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:34,400
The three forwards that the three strikers that Napoli have all I mean I was going to

891
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:39,160
say fighting for their place but they have Ossimen they have Raspadori and they have

892
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:40,960
Simeone.

893
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:42,840
They all deserve to start.

894
00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:44,560
None of them are bench players.

895
00:57:44,560 --> 00:57:49,720
Verona's top goalscorer third top scorer last season.

896
00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:54,400
Raspadori was the leading not the leading forward because there was Skamaka but he basically

897
00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:56,080
any excuse to play Raspadori.

898
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:57,920
Add left wingers injured play Raspadori.

899
00:57:57,920 --> 00:57:59,720
Barardi's injured play Raspadori.

900
00:57:59,720 --> 00:58:01,200
Nidalee 10 play Raspadori.

901
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:02,200
Our striker Raspadori.

902
00:58:02,200 --> 00:58:08,440
So that's another striker and then Ossimen is fucking the joint probably best striker

903
00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:10,720
in the league as well.

904
00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:13,020
It's true bro that's a good point.

905
00:58:13,020 --> 00:58:18,400
From Cremones I wanted to highlight Mata who is the former Milan player played against

906
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:22,040
United in the Europa League.

907
00:58:22,040 --> 00:58:23,960
He's still a very nifty player.

908
00:58:23,960 --> 00:58:25,800
Those fucking dribbles and tight areas.

909
00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:26,800
He's really good.

910
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:29,720
Yeah I forget that he knows how to use his long legs.

911
00:58:29,720 --> 00:58:30,720
Yeah yeah yeah.

912
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:31,720
He really does.

913
00:58:31,720 --> 00:58:32,720
He's very elegant actually.

914
00:58:32,720 --> 00:58:39,320
But yeah bro not much else left to say about this game.

915
00:58:39,320 --> 00:58:45,760
There were fucking relentlessness by Napoli shown over here to keep going in such a manner

916
00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:47,920
that they just fucking keep beating them.

917
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,160
And a heroic display by Cremones.

918
00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:53,880
A very unfortunate for them to let it collapse at the end and make it look like they were

919
00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:56,000
embarrassed when in reality they totally weren't.

920
00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:57,680
Yeah agreed agreed.

921
00:58:57,680 --> 00:58:58,680
So oh my god.

922
00:58:58,680 --> 00:58:59,680
What happened?

923
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:00,680
That's a goal.

924
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:01,680
Lev Avandowski.

925
00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:02,680
This is mad.

926
00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:03,680
Mad game.

927
00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:04,680
3-3.

928
00:59:04,680 --> 00:59:11,120
Now Napoli currently sit first solo on top of the league.

929
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:14,360
They've lost five games in a row.

930
00:59:14,360 --> 00:59:16,480
23 points for them.

931
00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:18,280
Second at Atalanta on 21.

932
00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:21,720
Cremones on the other hand sit the 19th with three points.

933
00:59:21,720 --> 00:59:26,120
The lowest amount of points in the league along with Sampdoria.

934
00:59:26,120 --> 00:59:27,120
Shocking.

935
00:59:27,120 --> 00:59:29,920
Well not really.

936
00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:35,200
The next game we're going to be covering is a shocking result to say the least.

937
00:59:35,200 --> 00:59:38,120
Fiorentina nil Lazio four.

938
00:59:38,120 --> 00:59:42,720
Now much like the game we just covered this wouldn't exactly do in you know it looks like

939
00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:47,000
Fiorentina had a shambolic performance.

940
00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:50,800
I'll get into why it wasn't exactly that shambolic very soon.

941
00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:56,680
So Fiorentina coming off a 1-0 loss to Atalanta and a midweek 3-0 away victory at the hands

942
00:59:56,680 --> 01:00:04,560
of Hearts in Scotland whilst Lazio obviously had won two games 4-0 in a row making it three

943
01:00:04,560 --> 01:00:11,760
games winning 4-0 in a row and they drew 0-0 to Strumgrad midweek but clearly Lazio don't

944
01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:14,320
give a fuck about any Europa League.

945
01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:16,200
And they're still alive there.

946
01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:17,200
Are they?

947
01:00:17,200 --> 01:00:19,280
Yeah man if you look at their group they're still in it.

948
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:21,480
Okay okay you want to look that up whilst I do this?

949
01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:23,480
They'll have it right here.

950
01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:24,480
Okay.

951
01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:28,360
Let's have a look.

952
01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:31,480
So check this out standings one sec.

953
01:00:31,480 --> 01:00:35,000
So fuck Allah doesn't give me their group.

954
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:38,080
Ah yes so here everyone in their group is on four points.

955
01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:39,080
That's mad.

956
01:00:39,080 --> 01:00:43,840
Feyenoord, Mittleland, Strumgrad and Lazio are all on four points each so that group

957
01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:47,040
is very much still alive and well.

958
01:00:47,040 --> 01:00:49,960
You look at the opposition Lazio should be on nine points.

959
01:00:49,960 --> 01:00:50,960
It's crazy.

960
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:56,040
In the league they beat everyone 4-0 like three games in a row 4-0 victories and then

961
01:00:56,040 --> 01:00:57,840
they come against these guys and they can't do it.

962
01:00:57,840 --> 01:00:58,840
I mean that's Strumgrad.

963
01:00:58,840 --> 01:01:00,200
This is the comfort zone right bro?

964
01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:01,200
Yeah the comfort zone.

965
01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:03,040
We saw it with Milan as well.

966
01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:09,360
So Fiorentina 4-3-3 Lazio 4-3-3 it's the Italiano system against the Sarri system.

967
01:01:09,360 --> 01:01:14,640
So for Fiorentina it was Terracciano between the sticks with a back four of Birraghi, Igor,

968
01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:16,440
Martinez and Dodó.

969
01:01:16,440 --> 01:01:22,600
Midfield three of Mandragora, Amrabat and Bonaventura, front three of Ikone, Jovic and

970
01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:23,600
Kwame.

971
01:01:23,600 --> 01:01:29,160
For Lazio it was Providelli in goal with Lazari, Patrick, Romagnoli and Marisic at the back.

972
01:01:29,160 --> 01:01:37,480
Sergei, Antonio and Vecino in the midfield with Anderson, Immobile and Zaccagni up front.

973
01:01:37,480 --> 01:01:42,720
Nothing really, nothing too shocking to write home about over there obviously.

974
01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:47,240
Luis Alberto didn't start the match, Fiorentina did some Fiorentina things, once again not

975
01:01:47,240 --> 01:01:53,920
starting Nico González, not starting Barak, not starting Milenkovich, not starting Malé,

976
01:01:53,920 --> 01:01:57,720
obviously a bunch of changes over there as we're used to.

977
01:01:57,720 --> 01:02:03,520
So in the 11th minute Vecino opened the scoring with a header at the near post against his

978
01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:04,520
former club.

979
01:02:04,520 --> 01:02:07,400
He didn't celebrate, very sweet of him.

980
01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:11,480
Now the assist was from Zaccagni but I think we should show some respect to Sergei.

981
01:02:11,480 --> 01:02:17,000
He was literally signalling to Zaccagni to play the corner to him, signalling with his

982
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:19,720
head so that no one sees him pointing.

983
01:02:19,720 --> 01:02:24,360
It was mad, he deserves a plus one or plus two on Fanta over there.

984
01:02:24,360 --> 01:02:30,520
25th minute Zaccagni turned from Provider to scorer, it was an in-swinging cross by

985
01:02:30,520 --> 01:02:34,520
Sergei to Zaccagni who flicked it in with a header.

986
01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:40,040
It then took all the way up till the 85th minute for Lazio to get their third, it was

987
01:02:40,040 --> 01:02:44,640
Luis Alberto after Chiro laid the ball off to Alberto just inside the area who slotted

988
01:02:44,640 --> 01:02:46,400
into the bottom corner.

989
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:52,880
And then in the 91st Chiro, Moble scored thanks to a Sergei assist classic.

990
01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:57,120
Alberto played the ball to Savicu at his back towards goal, he laid it off to Chiro with

991
01:02:57,120 --> 01:03:05,740
a clean finish, this was a super, super goal and the perfect kind of example of what a

992
01:03:05,740 --> 01:03:08,880
hold up striker should be.

993
01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:15,880
See the hold up striker in this case being Sergei Mlinkovic, motherfucking savage.

994
01:03:15,880 --> 01:03:21,240
Now they won 4-0 right but there's a lot of factors to go into.

995
01:03:21,240 --> 01:03:25,160
Fiorentina created a lot.

996
01:03:25,160 --> 01:03:29,840
They created the most of this matchday, no other team has created more chances than them

997
01:03:29,840 --> 01:03:30,840
this matchday.

998
01:03:30,840 --> 01:03:33,640
24 attempts, second Milan of 21.

999
01:03:33,640 --> 01:03:36,240
62% ball possession.

1000
01:03:36,240 --> 01:03:39,500
They also had the most key passes with 18 to Fiorentina.

1001
01:03:39,500 --> 01:03:42,520
So it's not a system problem per se.

1002
01:03:42,520 --> 01:03:43,520
No, no.

1003
01:03:43,520 --> 01:03:46,120
And I'm going to highlight the problem.

1004
01:03:46,120 --> 01:03:47,120
Yes please.

1005
01:03:47,120 --> 01:03:52,500
Lukajovic, right, he's not solely the problem.

1006
01:03:52,500 --> 01:03:57,800
You know if you had a squad like Lazio it seems like everyone kind of wants to get involved

1007
01:03:57,800 --> 01:04:01,600
over there and no one seems to want to get involved for Fiorentina.

1008
01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:06,160
Probably because they don't have many staple starters in their side.

1009
01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:09,560
It seems like there's a lot of rotation, a lot of what Atalanta were doing last season

1010
01:04:09,560 --> 01:04:11,080
that caused them to struggle.

1011
01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:13,720
I'm seeing that a lot in Fiorentina this season.

1012
01:04:13,720 --> 01:04:18,800
But Lukajovic is a high caliber striker, right?

1013
01:04:18,800 --> 01:04:26,000
He got 6 shots, one was on target and they were all bro, half-assed attempts.

1014
01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:31,320
It's like he doesn't follow through his shots, I don't know what it is.

1015
01:04:31,320 --> 01:04:32,320
What is it?

1016
01:04:32,320 --> 01:04:34,880
Why is he weak?

1017
01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:37,680
It's a striker who isn't inspired right now.

1018
01:04:37,680 --> 01:04:40,440
It's a striker who is doubting himself and you can really see it.

1019
01:04:40,440 --> 01:04:41,440
Smack the ball, man.

1020
01:04:41,440 --> 01:04:42,440
You know what I mean?

1021
01:04:42,440 --> 01:04:43,440
Put your leg through it.

1022
01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:45,840
Put some whip in it.

1023
01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:47,160
Do something.

1024
01:04:47,160 --> 01:04:50,800
He simply doesn't at the moment and I don't know what it is about him but you could see

1025
01:04:50,800 --> 01:04:51,800
it.

1026
01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:53,920
He missed a penalty as well in all the seasons.

1027
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:54,920
He's not having it at all.

1028
01:04:54,920 --> 01:04:57,680
He hasn't settled in well, he hasn't acclimatized well.

1029
01:04:57,680 --> 01:05:04,440
There's a lot of pressure on him to fill in the massive shoes of Dusan Vlavic of course.

1030
01:05:04,440 --> 01:05:07,960
But I think they would have been better off keeping Pjantec honestly when Cabral looks

1031
01:05:07,960 --> 01:05:13,680
like, I don't even know how I'm going to put this nicely, he kind of looks like a canteen

1032
01:05:13,680 --> 01:05:14,680
man right now.

1033
01:05:14,680 --> 01:05:15,680
You know what I mean?

1034
01:05:15,680 --> 01:05:18,720
Like someone who eats too much greasy food right now.

1035
01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:19,960
He's not looking good at all bro.

1036
01:05:19,960 --> 01:05:26,000
He looks out of sorts, out of shape like not the same player that we saw on the Europa League.

1037
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:29,520
And Kwame probably is looking like their best striker.

1038
01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:33,540
Honestly at this point I'd start with him as the 9 and I'd play one of the million wingers

1039
01:05:33,540 --> 01:05:34,540
they have on the right.

1040
01:05:34,540 --> 01:05:37,920
Maybe Nico Gonzalez on the left and Icona on the right or something.

1041
01:05:37,920 --> 01:05:43,600
Honestly like it's clear that now Fiorentina aren't shy of investing some money here and

1042
01:05:43,600 --> 01:05:44,600
there.

1043
01:05:44,600 --> 01:05:47,320
They do invest.

1044
01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:49,920
Now they invested in Lukajovic.

1045
01:05:49,920 --> 01:05:54,660
Obviously okay it was a free transfer I believe.

1046
01:05:54,660 --> 01:05:56,600
Don't quote me on that because I think it's a loan.

1047
01:05:56,600 --> 01:05:59,280
It's a loan with an option or something.

1048
01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:02,020
We'll fact check that and we'll get back to you guys.

1049
01:06:02,020 --> 01:06:08,200
But at the end of the day the man needs to be… it's tough to say after 9 matches but

1050
01:06:08,200 --> 01:06:11,160
it seems like the man needs to be replaced.

1051
01:06:11,160 --> 01:06:12,160
Honestly.

1052
01:06:12,160 --> 01:06:15,240
Oh you're right bro.

1053
01:06:15,240 --> 01:06:17,200
He left Real Madrid on a free transfer.

1054
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:20,520
3 years after the club paid 60 million for him.

1055
01:06:20,520 --> 01:06:24,680
Yes he joined Fiorentina on a 2 year deal until 2024.

1056
01:06:24,680 --> 01:06:25,680
Crazy bro.

1057
01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:29,040
Okay so they could potentially cash in on him this summer and give him a season and

1058
01:06:29,040 --> 01:06:30,120
see if he picks up.

1059
01:06:30,120 --> 01:06:36,360
But I think it's also the fact that this guy hasn't played regularly in a while.

1060
01:06:36,360 --> 01:06:40,040
So it could be that he needs some time to get back into shape.

1061
01:06:40,040 --> 01:06:45,200
To get used to the intensity of playing week in week out sometimes even twice a week with

1062
01:06:45,200 --> 01:06:46,680
all the pressure and all that.

1063
01:06:46,680 --> 01:06:49,120
A goal would definitely help him right now.

1064
01:06:49,120 --> 01:06:54,600
Bear in mind that last season he was loaned out to Frankfurt so he did see quite a bit

1065
01:06:54,600 --> 01:06:56,680
of the ball while he was there.

1066
01:06:56,680 --> 01:07:03,280
So technically it's his first season in Serie A still but I still think there were

1067
01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:09,640
certain occasions where at least one or two chances that he hit the target.

1068
01:07:09,640 --> 01:07:13,360
It was honestly a little bit embarrassing of a performance from Jovic.

1069
01:07:13,360 --> 01:07:17,960
He had 8 appearances for Frankfurt.

1070
01:07:17,960 --> 01:07:18,960
Just 8?

1071
01:07:18,960 --> 01:07:20,960
In the German Bundesliga.

1072
01:07:20,960 --> 01:07:21,960
8?

1073
01:07:21,960 --> 01:07:22,960
Yes exactly bro.

1074
01:07:22,960 --> 01:07:25,160
8 fucking appearances last year only.

1075
01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:26,280
With them 4 goals though.

1076
01:07:26,280 --> 01:07:27,840
I mean that's fucking decent.

1077
01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:30,160
Yeah that's a good return.

1078
01:07:30,160 --> 01:07:31,160
Way better than now.

1079
01:07:31,160 --> 01:07:32,160
Yeah 100%.

1080
01:07:32,160 --> 01:07:36,160
But I obviously don't want to just blame him for it.

1081
01:07:36,160 --> 01:07:39,160
He and I have been weird the entire time.

1082
01:07:39,160 --> 01:07:44,840
I think there are many occasions where I believe at one point Nico Gonzalez should have scored

1083
01:07:44,840 --> 01:07:45,840
as well.

1084
01:07:45,840 --> 01:07:48,160
He totally totally missed the ball.

1085
01:07:48,160 --> 01:07:54,020
It feels like Bonaventura never plays the ball forward and he always takes a bunch of

1086
01:07:54,020 --> 01:07:56,440
additional steps.

1087
01:07:56,440 --> 01:07:58,920
Just a bunch of additional steps.

1088
01:07:58,920 --> 01:08:01,240
Yeah it really does overcomplicate it sometimes.

1089
01:08:01,240 --> 01:08:02,240
Nothing left to add over there.

1090
01:08:02,240 --> 01:08:07,320
The only highlight I would take from Fiorentina's team is Amr Abad.

1091
01:08:07,320 --> 01:08:09,840
Amr Abad bro super player.

1092
01:08:09,840 --> 01:08:12,480
Super super super player.

1093
01:08:12,480 --> 01:08:13,480
He's good at everything.

1094
01:08:13,480 --> 01:08:15,080
He's good at breaking down play.

1095
01:08:15,080 --> 01:08:19,300
Like when Fiorentina are off the ball he's a pit bull.

1096
01:08:19,300 --> 01:08:22,680
When they're in possession he's the metronome and he's fucking good at pinging the ball

1097
01:08:22,680 --> 01:08:23,680
to the wing.

1098
01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:26,080
He's got things perfect passes to Icon at the point.

1099
01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:27,960
And Icon's touch was quite good.

1100
01:08:27,960 --> 01:08:30,720
He played him a fucking superb all over the top man.

1101
01:08:30,720 --> 01:08:32,600
It was amazing.

1102
01:08:32,600 --> 01:08:37,360
I think he's one of the positives for Fiorentina bro as well as Jonathan Icon has actually

1103
01:08:37,360 --> 01:08:38,360
improved lately.

1104
01:08:38,360 --> 01:08:44,120
He has improved and he's a highlight when you look at his past couple of performances.

1105
01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:48,080
With that being said I do believe that Fiorentina even though they do have Amr Abad that like

1106
01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:52,720
you're saying is a metronome, he missed Torreira so much bro.

1107
01:08:52,720 --> 01:08:54,320
They missed Torreira so much.

1108
01:08:54,320 --> 01:08:57,720
Just that midfielder that's capable of turning defense into attack.

1109
01:08:57,720 --> 01:08:59,200
That's capable of getting the final touch.

1110
01:08:59,200 --> 01:09:01,120
Change direction so quickly.

1111
01:09:01,120 --> 01:09:02,120
Literally man.

1112
01:09:02,120 --> 01:09:03,120
Literally.

1113
01:09:03,120 --> 01:09:04,320
That's something that they missed 100%.

1114
01:09:04,320 --> 01:09:09,560
But let's move over to Lazio because Lazio have been spectacular.

1115
01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:18,760
Lazio have been in my opinion alongside Napoli the team and Udinese to be fair the most relentless

1116
01:09:18,760 --> 01:09:21,200
team going forward.

1117
01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:22,720
So a couple points to make.

1118
01:09:22,720 --> 01:09:26,920
In my opinion this was another 10 on 10 display for Fiorentina.

1119
01:09:26,920 --> 01:09:30,960
You can't fucking win a game 4 in the land it's not a 10 on 10 display.

1120
01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:33,920
All around annihilation they scored their first goal in the 11th minute and their last

1121
01:09:33,920 --> 01:09:34,920
one in the 91st.

1122
01:09:34,920 --> 01:09:36,920
Just a whole game scoring.

1123
01:09:36,920 --> 01:09:40,320
Hot take bro.

1124
01:09:40,320 --> 01:09:46,280
If Chiro and Serguei actually had some titles to their name, let's say Lazio were slightly

1125
01:09:46,280 --> 01:09:49,880
more of an accomplished team, they would be considered the best partnership in Serie A

1126
01:09:49,880 --> 01:09:51,360
history.

1127
01:09:51,360 --> 01:09:55,360
Serie A history?

1128
01:09:55,360 --> 01:09:59,000
I wouldn't say history but active players definitely.

1129
01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:00,000
Active players they're 100%.

1130
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:02,200
100% probably the best duo.

1131
01:10:02,200 --> 01:10:06,640
For sure when it comes to assist the goals I think yes.

1132
01:10:06,640 --> 01:10:09,840
But historically I don't know about that.

1133
01:10:09,840 --> 01:10:12,600
Like god knows who was around in the 50s in Serie A.

1134
01:10:12,600 --> 01:10:18,360
If you look at their numbers, they're there.

1135
01:10:18,360 --> 01:10:19,640
If you look at their numbers they're there.

1136
01:10:19,640 --> 01:10:22,720
The only thing that's missing is the silverware.

1137
01:10:22,720 --> 01:10:26,880
Maybe that will come one day in the near future if they manage to hold on to them.

1138
01:10:26,880 --> 01:10:32,800
Yeah 100% but still they've been doing it together for such a long time.

1139
01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:33,800
They've had this understanding.

1140
01:10:33,800 --> 01:10:38,160
It's not this season, it's not last season that they found this understanding for each

1141
01:10:38,160 --> 01:10:39,160
other.

1142
01:10:39,160 --> 01:10:43,440
They've had this understanding since what 2017, 2018.

1143
01:10:43,440 --> 01:10:49,560
It's actually quite crazy, it's super impressive and again if these guys were for example part

1144
01:10:49,560 --> 01:10:53,920
of something special, part of a Lazio that would be winning league after league or something

1145
01:10:53,920 --> 01:10:55,360
of the sort.

1146
01:10:55,360 --> 01:10:58,480
They would go down in his Serie A dynamic duo though.

1147
01:10:58,480 --> 01:10:59,480
That's for sure.

1148
01:10:59,480 --> 01:11:03,520
100% I've never quite seen anything like it at least since I was born.

1149
01:11:03,520 --> 01:11:08,480
Yeah I mean Immobilize joked in the past that Mlinkovic Savic knows him like his wife knows

1150
01:11:08,480 --> 01:11:11,600
him better than his wife he said actually.

1151
01:11:11,600 --> 01:11:14,440
Yeah my god.

1152
01:11:14,440 --> 01:11:18,560
Lazio are serious threats for everyone.

1153
01:11:18,560 --> 01:11:25,640
It seems like occasionally season by season they do go on these four nil streaks.

1154
01:11:25,640 --> 01:11:28,540
Especially at the beginning of the season they always start off well.

1155
01:11:28,540 --> 01:11:33,400
Even last season when Milan played them I remember saying that they were the hottest

1156
01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:34,720
team in Italy at the moment.

1157
01:11:34,720 --> 01:11:37,400
It was like matchday 6, matchday 7.

1158
01:11:37,400 --> 01:11:41,920
But it is hard to make a prediction and not have them in your top four at the moment.

1159
01:11:41,920 --> 01:11:44,120
It's very difficult to do that.

1160
01:11:44,120 --> 01:11:47,520
But then you have to remember that Inter are going to find themselves, Juve are going to

1161
01:11:47,520 --> 01:11:53,840
find themselves, Roma are going to find themselves, Zidanezza might dip so on and so forth.

1162
01:11:53,840 --> 01:11:55,200
So there's so much that's going to happen.

1163
01:11:55,200 --> 01:11:58,240
I don't want to get carried away.

1164
01:11:58,240 --> 01:12:00,640
Lazio are currently in third on 20 points.

1165
01:12:00,640 --> 01:12:04,640
So as for Inter they are in 13th on 9 points.

1166
01:12:04,640 --> 01:12:05,640
Very good.

1167
01:12:05,640 --> 01:12:10,080
Now Roma 2, lecture 1.

1168
01:12:10,080 --> 01:12:13,460
This is on the other side of Rome of course.

1169
01:12:13,460 --> 01:12:20,100
Now fun fact about this matchup, Roma have actually won 9 of their last 10 Serie A meetings

1170
01:12:20,100 --> 01:12:24,600
against Lecce scoring 2.4 goals per match on average.

1171
01:12:24,600 --> 01:12:31,200
So if we actually trusted the stats we could have done easily 2 goals over 2 goals.

1172
01:12:31,200 --> 01:12:33,600
It would have been a safe one.

1173
01:12:33,600 --> 01:12:39,560
They lost their last one 4-2 on April 7th 2012.

1174
01:12:39,560 --> 01:12:43,200
The same year the world ended.

1175
01:12:43,200 --> 01:12:51,480
Lecture are the only side which Paolo Di Balla has faced more than once and scored in every

1176
01:12:51,480 --> 01:12:53,120
single game in Serie A.

1177
01:12:53,120 --> 01:12:54,120
My god.

1178
01:12:54,120 --> 01:12:56,480
So 3 goals in 3 meetings.

1179
01:12:56,480 --> 01:12:57,480
Fuck.

1180
01:12:57,480 --> 01:12:59,760
Yeah that's fucking pretty impressive.

1181
01:12:59,760 --> 01:13:04,840
It's a shame that he pulled his hamstring scoring this one.

1182
01:13:04,840 --> 01:13:09,360
But yeah and a fun fact about how Roma's goals come bro because we've discussed this a lot

1183
01:13:09,360 --> 01:13:13,040
with set pieces and their training ground routines.

1184
01:13:13,040 --> 01:13:17,480
Roma have scored the highest percentage of goals via headers in Serie A this season.

1185
01:13:17,480 --> 01:13:19,800
40% of their goals bro came through headers.

1186
01:13:19,800 --> 01:13:24,400
In the big 5 European leagues only Mallorca and Monaco have a higher percentage than the

1187
01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:27,600
Giallo Rossi who are level with a team called Ayaccio.

1188
01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:28,600
Ayaccio?

1189
01:13:28,600 --> 01:13:29,600
Okay.

1190
01:13:29,600 --> 01:13:31,180
Yes they have 40% as well.

1191
01:13:31,180 --> 01:13:35,920
But yes Roma lined up with Rui Patricio on goal, Ibanez smalling a Mancini at the back,

1192
01:13:35,920 --> 01:13:41,360
Vigno on the left, Zalewski on the right, Pellegrini and Crisant is a double pivot and Zanjol on

1193
01:13:41,360 --> 01:13:44,000
the ball playing behind Bellotti up front.

1194
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:47,400
Another game on the bench for Tammy Abraham.

1195
01:13:47,400 --> 01:13:50,720
Falcone started the goal for Lechia, very impressive Falcone I might add.

1196
01:13:50,720 --> 01:13:55,520
John Drey on the right and Petzella on the left with Umtiti and Basquerotto as the centre

1197
01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:56,520
back duo.

1198
01:13:56,520 --> 01:14:02,520
Askelson, Humlind and Gonzalez as the midfield tandem with Streffetza on the right, Banda

1199
01:14:02,520 --> 01:14:04,520
on the left and Cissé up front.

1200
01:14:04,520 --> 01:14:09,080
Standard stuff for Lechia over here.

1201
01:14:09,080 --> 01:14:13,720
So it was in the 6th minute that Chris Smalling scored his third goal of the season, it was

1202
01:14:13,720 --> 01:14:17,520
a great cross by Pellegrini from the right to the far post.

1203
01:14:17,520 --> 01:14:23,400
John Drey stood no chance on Smalling who towered over him and headed it home.

1204
01:14:23,400 --> 01:14:27,720
Fun fact, Smalling has more goals than Abraham this season.

1205
01:14:27,720 --> 01:14:28,720
Fuck.

1206
01:14:28,720 --> 01:14:29,720
Yeah.

1207
01:14:29,720 --> 01:14:33,040
So whoever took Abraham on their fantasy league he must be swearing.

1208
01:14:33,040 --> 01:14:34,040
You?

1209
01:14:34,040 --> 01:14:41,760
Now in the 22nd minute bro there was a 50-50 battle between Humlind and Bellotti.

1210
01:14:41,760 --> 01:14:47,320
Humlind's studs were kind of up in this 50-50 and they hit Bellotti's shin.

1211
01:14:47,320 --> 01:14:52,200
The decision went to VAR and Humlind was sent off.

1212
01:14:52,200 --> 01:14:53,880
I think it was really harsh bro.

1213
01:14:53,880 --> 01:15:00,280
Like Orsolini the same match they had a foul on Rincon that was way worse and he didn't

1214
01:15:00,280 --> 01:15:01,280
get sent off.

1215
01:15:01,280 --> 01:15:04,880
So classic inconsistency over here.

1216
01:15:04,880 --> 01:15:06,200
I just want to make a point.

1217
01:15:06,200 --> 01:15:12,720
I think sometimes people are going to get hurt and that doesn't necessarily mean that

1218
01:15:12,720 --> 01:15:14,600
someone needs to get sent off for it.

1219
01:15:14,600 --> 01:15:21,800
There is such a thing called intent and I think malicious intent 100% deserves a red

1220
01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:23,520
card.

1221
01:15:23,520 --> 01:15:30,520
I think if you go into a 50-50 and someone gets the short end of the stick because he's

1222
01:15:30,520 --> 01:15:35,200
half of a second slower than his opponent it doesn't necessarily mean that the man should

1223
01:15:35,200 --> 01:15:36,400
be sent off.

1224
01:15:36,400 --> 01:15:37,400
That was the case over here.

1225
01:15:37,400 --> 01:15:42,240
It was the 22nd minute Humlind gets sent off and it's just a little bit.

1226
01:15:42,240 --> 01:15:43,880
That decision could have been avoided.

1227
01:15:43,880 --> 01:15:47,840
Yeah I mean there's the referee's interpretation of intent right.

1228
01:15:47,840 --> 01:15:51,520
It's a grey area but I do kind of agree with you over here.

1229
01:15:51,520 --> 01:15:56,800
If it's not malicious if it's a 50-50 and the challenge isn't that dangerous like this

1230
01:15:56,800 --> 01:15:57,800
one.

1231
01:15:57,800 --> 01:16:01,680
I think he put Bellotti in any danger to be honest.

1232
01:16:01,680 --> 01:16:05,760
He was greatly exaggerating to get him sent off but yes it worked.

1233
01:16:05,760 --> 01:16:14,200
So by the second 22nd minute Roma were 1-0 up and the man up against Lecce and they were

1234
01:16:14,200 --> 01:16:17,320
probably like yeah this is straightforward let's get this done.

1235
01:16:17,320 --> 01:16:23,840
39th minute indecisive defending by Roma on a Lecce training ground corner routine.

1236
01:16:23,840 --> 01:16:28,320
So the hosts conceding a clumsy goal at the hands of Streffetza.

1237
01:16:28,320 --> 01:16:33,960
The shot was not central so of course Rui Patricio could not save it.

1238
01:16:33,960 --> 01:16:41,540
And yes this put Roma quite a bit of stress and half time arrived with the score at 1-1.

1239
01:16:41,540 --> 01:16:47,240
Now it was in the 48th minute in the second half that Abraham received the ball in the

1240
01:16:47,240 --> 01:16:52,040
box he had just been subbed on and he threw himself between the man and the ball and was

1241
01:16:52,040 --> 01:16:54,680
fouled by Askelsson.

1242
01:16:54,680 --> 01:17:00,680
The referee pointed to the spot penalty, Debala steps up and he scores the penalty but pulls

1243
01:17:00,680 --> 01:17:03,040
his hamstring.

1244
01:17:03,040 --> 01:17:06,160
He substituted off for Nermanja Matij.

1245
01:17:06,160 --> 01:17:14,440
I call him Nermanja, Olaraina.

1246
01:17:14,440 --> 01:17:19,080
But yes Mourinho after the game said he thought it was bad but after speaking to Debala he

1247
01:17:19,080 --> 01:17:22,360
can confirm that it is very bad.

1248
01:17:22,360 --> 01:17:27,360
So I wish him well, it's a shame he's really injury ridden, who knows the player could

1249
01:17:27,360 --> 01:17:29,440
have been without these injuries right?

1250
01:17:29,440 --> 01:17:32,520
But apparently it's not as bad as Mourinho.

1251
01:17:32,520 --> 01:17:34,680
He's missing the rest of the year right?

1252
01:17:34,680 --> 01:17:35,680
That's what I saw.

1253
01:17:35,680 --> 01:17:37,720
I saw between 4-8 weeks.

1254
01:17:37,720 --> 01:17:44,800
4-8 weeks I mean that's pretty much the rest of the year, it's more towards the 8th.

1255
01:17:44,800 --> 01:17:45,800
Because of the World Cup.

1256
01:17:45,800 --> 01:17:48,520
Because of the World Cup that's true.

1257
01:17:48,520 --> 01:17:55,800
He missed 14 games with Roma this season and last year I did the maths.

1258
01:17:55,800 --> 01:17:57,640
How many games has he missed for Roma?

1259
01:17:57,640 --> 01:17:59,120
14 so far.

1260
01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:00,120
14 so far.

1261
01:18:00,120 --> 01:18:03,480
So not games, days, 14 days.

1262
01:18:03,480 --> 01:18:09,920
Last year he missed about 80 something days for you, injured for 80 something days, poor

1263
01:18:09,920 --> 01:18:10,920
guy man.

1264
01:18:10,920 --> 01:18:12,480
What can you say you know.

1265
01:18:12,480 --> 01:18:15,800
And it's a pity because he brings so much to this Roma team.

1266
01:18:15,800 --> 01:18:18,320
He really does, he's really dynamic.

1267
01:18:18,320 --> 01:18:23,440
Yes bro so it was essentially Letria's red card that helped Roma get the three points

1268
01:18:23,440 --> 01:18:24,440
here.

1269
01:18:24,440 --> 01:18:26,560
Not sure they would have been able to otherwise to be honest.

1270
01:18:26,560 --> 01:18:31,920
Letria are a super organised unit capable of scoring goals through Cissé, Colombo,

1271
01:18:31,920 --> 01:18:34,120
Streffetza and Banda bro.

1272
01:18:34,120 --> 01:18:36,080
What did you make of this?

1273
01:18:36,080 --> 01:18:40,480
I think like you pretty much hit the nail on the head man.

1274
01:18:40,480 --> 01:18:48,080
Roma again kind of rely on those dead ball situations to get over the line.

1275
01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:53,880
They do get over the line so there's not much criticism to be made over there.

1276
01:18:53,880 --> 01:18:57,520
Did they exactly look pretty getting it done?

1277
01:18:57,520 --> 01:18:58,680
No.

1278
01:18:58,680 --> 01:19:06,600
I believe that sides like Letche, Cremonaise, Monza, these three teams that have been promoted.

1279
01:19:06,600 --> 01:19:12,120
Sure Letche and Cremonaise like we said earlier lack the quality but they do have an element

1280
01:19:12,120 --> 01:19:18,040
of know-how and they know how to stay in a game and it's rare that you see them getting

1281
01:19:18,040 --> 01:19:26,840
absolutely mauled by their opponents unless they're a lot or something like that.

1282
01:19:26,840 --> 01:19:31,360
Roma struggled but the whole thing is that a team that struggles and gets away with three

1283
01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:34,560
points is not only a winner but a champion.

1284
01:19:34,560 --> 01:19:35,560
That's true.

1285
01:19:35,560 --> 01:19:36,560
Yes.

1286
01:19:36,560 --> 01:19:40,240
So not much criticism for the result.

1287
01:19:40,240 --> 01:19:44,880
We hope to see that Roma are a bit more convincing by now.

1288
01:19:44,880 --> 01:19:45,880
Yes.

1289
01:19:45,880 --> 01:19:49,320
Particularly their strikers man have been woeful.

1290
01:19:49,320 --> 01:19:50,320
Tammy Abraham man.

1291
01:19:50,320 --> 01:19:51,800
The end product is gone.

1292
01:19:51,800 --> 01:19:58,120
Granted he won them the winning penalty right Tammy Abraham but he's still misfiring man

1293
01:19:58,120 --> 01:20:02,800
at the point he received the ball in the box in acres of space which is in common when

1294
01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:06,960
you're against Basquiatta and Umtiti but he had a lot of space on the volley like and

1295
01:20:06,960 --> 01:20:09,080
he volleys and the ball goes upwards.

1296
01:20:09,080 --> 01:20:13,280
Crazy like how poor he's been.

1297
01:20:13,280 --> 01:20:17,960
These strikers that start misfiring man it's tough to watch them play sometimes.

1298
01:20:17,960 --> 01:20:21,720
It's an uncomfortable experience.

1299
01:20:21,720 --> 01:20:23,520
What the fuck happened to Umtiti?

1300
01:20:23,520 --> 01:20:25,160
I thought he was dying at the point.

1301
01:20:25,160 --> 01:20:28,360
At the point it's true even I thought he was out for the season.

1302
01:20:28,360 --> 01:20:31,480
No but he got up and he was fine.

1303
01:20:31,480 --> 01:20:32,480
I'm glad.

1304
01:20:32,480 --> 01:20:37,800
It would have been so anti-climactic if he came to Lecce and just got injured in his

1305
01:20:37,800 --> 01:20:41,440
third or second appearance.

1306
01:20:41,440 --> 01:20:44,520
I like that Pellegrini is finding his feet again he had a really good game this game

1307
01:20:44,520 --> 01:20:46,120
potentially the man of the match.

1308
01:20:46,120 --> 01:20:47,120
Yeah.

1309
01:20:47,120 --> 01:20:49,400
I don't know if there's anything you'd like to add about this game bro.

1310
01:20:49,400 --> 01:20:56,660
I mean Roma returned to that system where Pellegrini was in that midfield too alongside

1311
01:20:56,660 --> 01:21:02,840
Cristante and to be honest that earlier kind of comment that we had made about Mourinho

1312
01:21:02,840 --> 01:21:08,480
maybe wanting to utilize two holding midfielders and rotating between Zanjola and Pellegrini

1313
01:21:08,480 --> 01:21:15,520
or Debal and Pellegrini and Zanjola so on so forth wasn't entirely accurate.

1314
01:21:15,520 --> 01:21:23,200
I think Pellegrini's natural position is in the heart of that midfield.

1315
01:21:23,200 --> 01:21:25,360
Of course a bit more offensive than Cristante.

1316
01:21:25,360 --> 01:21:29,200
He could do a lot with Cristante covering for him so that's why he's so ideal to have

1317
01:21:29,200 --> 01:21:33,800
over there because he does have someone to cover him while he goes forward and tries

1318
01:21:33,800 --> 01:21:37,400
a shot so on so forth but it's good to see him finding his feet again.

1319
01:21:37,400 --> 01:21:39,320
Yeah I like him playing deeper as well.

1320
01:21:39,320 --> 01:21:46,360
I think he has a lot of energy and he's very good at almost playing the ball out you know

1321
01:21:46,360 --> 01:21:48,320
shifting the game left to right.

1322
01:21:48,320 --> 01:21:49,320
I think he's very good.

1323
01:21:49,320 --> 01:21:51,560
I don't think he's a pure Trecortista for example at all.

1324
01:21:51,560 --> 01:21:54,760
Kind of a Metzala he'd be good and a double pivot would be okay.

1325
01:21:54,760 --> 01:21:59,960
They seemed a bit slow with Matej and Cristante over there like for the transitions Pellegrini

1326
01:21:59,960 --> 01:22:03,800
is really clean man he's really good to have there and it'll be interesting to see what

1327
01:22:03,800 --> 01:22:08,040
they do when Gini is back in the team and how he's going to be utilised within that

1328
01:22:08,040 --> 01:22:09,040
midfield.

1329
01:22:09,040 --> 01:22:11,920
For sure he'll totally transform them to be honest.

1330
01:22:11,920 --> 01:22:18,920
Roma sit in sixth with 19 points while Lecce sit in 16th with 7 points.

1331
01:22:18,920 --> 01:22:23,160
The next game we're going to be covering is Torino 1-1 Empoli 1.

1332
01:22:23,160 --> 01:22:29,120
So Torino coming off a three game losing streak most recently a 3-1 loss at Napoli whilst

1333
01:22:29,120 --> 01:22:34,320
Empoli were coming off that 3-1 home loss against Milan.

1334
01:22:34,320 --> 01:22:38,880
Empoli unbeaten against Torino in 16 games out of 20.

1335
01:22:38,880 --> 01:22:43,680
They have a very very good record against Torino.

1336
01:22:43,680 --> 01:22:51,380
So for Torino it was the 3-4-2-1 formation with Milinkovic Savic in goal, a backline

1337
01:22:51,380 --> 01:22:57,620
of Rodriguez, Schuers and Gigi, Lazaro and Aina out wide with Linetti and Lukic forming

1338
01:22:57,620 --> 01:23:03,960
that double pivot, Vlasic and Mirancuk playing behind Tony Sanabria.

1339
01:23:03,960 --> 01:23:09,080
For Empoli it was a 4-3-1-2 with Vicario on goal, Ebuhehi and Parisi as the left back

1340
01:23:09,080 --> 01:23:14,300
and right back, Wintour and Luperta as the two centre backs with Huss, Marin and Bandinelli

1341
01:23:14,300 --> 01:23:19,040
as the three centre midfielders, Bayrami just behind Kambiaki and Lammers.

1342
01:23:19,040 --> 01:23:24,680
So obviously like I said Torino had lost three on the bounce and they also had their coach

1343
01:23:24,680 --> 01:23:27,500
Ivan Juric suspended for this match.

1344
01:23:27,500 --> 01:23:33,180
But thankfully at last for them it was an empty treatment room, we saw Mirancuk making his

1345
01:23:33,180 --> 01:23:36,520
way back into the team, that must be a breath of fresh air for them.

1346
01:23:36,520 --> 01:23:44,760
Empoli on the other hand missed Adrian Ismaili, Grassi, Akpah Akpro and Tonelli, most of those

1347
01:23:44,760 --> 01:23:47,620
came to that, came against the game.

1348
01:23:47,620 --> 01:23:50,600
My god, came in the game against Milan.

1349
01:23:50,600 --> 01:23:52,600
Came in your mother.

1350
01:23:52,600 --> 01:23:54,540
What the fuck.

1351
01:23:54,540 --> 01:24:04,740
So in the opening moments of the game there was a red card for Tony Sanabria but the referee

1352
01:24:04,740 --> 01:24:09,920
Forno went back on his decision to send off Sanabria after checking VAR, reverting back

1353
01:24:09,920 --> 01:24:11,080
with a yellow.

1354
01:24:11,080 --> 01:24:16,520
So it was the interpretation of the referee that his studs were showing, there was a stomp

1355
01:24:16,520 --> 01:24:21,240
but he stepped on him and he didn't stomp him, there wasn't that intent so he went back

1356
01:24:21,240 --> 01:24:25,640
and rightly so he handed a yellow card and deleted the red card.

1357
01:24:25,640 --> 01:24:30,840
It's funny how Sanabria was so smug with the referee, even when he took his decision back

1358
01:24:30,840 --> 01:24:39,160
he was just like see, you're wrong, you know, shook his hand.

1359
01:24:39,160 --> 01:24:45,940
Respect for being so open minded and not letting your pride take control.

1360
01:24:45,940 --> 01:24:48,240
Maybe Champions League refs should have a look, I don't know.

1361
01:24:48,240 --> 01:24:50,880
Yeah that would be nice.

1362
01:24:50,880 --> 01:24:56,960
Later on, 12 minutes later, Miranchuk scored a header and they got VAR'd off after Sanabria

1363
01:24:56,960 --> 01:25:01,320
was caught offside 7 years before the ball went into the back of the net.

1364
01:25:01,320 --> 01:25:05,560
But jokes aside, like we mentioned about the Milan-Uva game, this was part of the same

1365
01:25:05,560 --> 01:25:06,560
attack.

1366
01:25:06,560 --> 01:25:10,480
So in that case they can go back and deem the, you know, if the ball was still in play,

1367
01:25:10,480 --> 01:25:15,480
they could technically go back to the previous attack and say yep, he was offside there,

1368
01:25:15,480 --> 01:25:16,480
stop play, restart.

1369
01:25:16,480 --> 01:25:18,520
And that's exactly what happened there.

1370
01:25:18,520 --> 01:25:22,200
That's phase of play, you know, phases of play, so it can't be too long.

1371
01:25:22,200 --> 01:25:23,200
Yeah exactly.

1372
01:25:23,200 --> 01:25:25,720
Of course, of course.

1373
01:25:25,720 --> 01:25:31,040
Shortly after and then in case Sanabria didn't hate the ref enough, he scored with a little

1374
01:25:31,040 --> 01:25:37,660
dink over Vicario, but again he made the run too early and he was in an offside position

1375
01:25:37,660 --> 01:25:39,200
so the goal got cancelled.

1376
01:25:39,200 --> 01:25:45,080
That would have been the second time in a row that Vicario got tripped.

1377
01:25:45,080 --> 01:25:47,720
But yeah, that won't happen to Vicario.

1378
01:25:47,720 --> 01:25:50,160
Heroic performance by Vicario.

1379
01:25:50,160 --> 01:25:53,720
Vicario is unbelievable man, he is literally unbelievable.

1380
01:25:53,720 --> 01:26:01,120
In the 49th minute, Mattia Destro, so there was a ball into the box by Ebwehi across that

1381
01:26:01,120 --> 01:26:07,280
wasn't in the position that a striker would normally like the ball, back towards goal,

1382
01:26:07,280 --> 01:26:12,720
Mattia Destro, control, bounce, overhead kick into the bottom corner.

1383
01:26:12,720 --> 01:26:18,040
For goal of the week, contender, for goal of the season, form is temporary, class is

1384
01:26:18,040 --> 01:26:19,040
permanent.

1385
01:26:19,040 --> 01:26:24,640
That's his first goal this season, first goal in eight months, first goal for Empoli.

1386
01:26:24,640 --> 01:26:28,280
Brilliant brilliant stuff by the party animal.

1387
01:26:28,280 --> 01:26:34,380
It was then a 90th minute equalizer for Torino through Sasha Lukic.

1388
01:26:34,380 --> 01:26:40,120
So Vicario was down after a save, Luperto got his foot under the ball for the clearance,

1389
01:26:40,120 --> 01:26:44,920
but Lukic was there to deflect the ball into the back of the net with his stomach and it

1390
01:26:44,920 --> 01:26:47,360
was almost cleared off the line by Stojanovic.

1391
01:26:47,360 --> 01:26:54,040
It was an incredibly messy goal, but nothing short of what Torino deserved after the performance

1392
01:26:54,040 --> 01:26:55,440
that they put in after Empoli.

1393
01:26:55,440 --> 01:27:00,520
They were prodding, they were moving forward, attack attack attack attack attack.

1394
01:27:00,520 --> 01:27:04,960
20 shots, seven on target, 66% ball possession.

1395
01:27:04,960 --> 01:27:06,520
They had 11 shots of target.

1396
01:27:06,520 --> 01:27:08,400
They had two blocked shots.

1397
01:27:08,400 --> 01:27:10,560
They had six corners.

1398
01:27:10,560 --> 01:27:11,560
It was madness.

1399
01:27:11,560 --> 01:27:16,440
It's crazy how Torino didn't manage to get more goals in.

1400
01:27:16,440 --> 01:27:18,920
By far the better side.

1401
01:27:18,920 --> 01:27:20,480
What do you make of this result?

1402
01:27:20,480 --> 01:27:24,520
Yes, so Torino certainly deserved something out of this game.

1403
01:27:24,520 --> 01:27:29,160
Perhaps not a victory, but a draw for sure at the least.

1404
01:27:29,160 --> 01:27:33,360
They dominated in pretty much every aspect of the game, but Empoli were once again very

1405
01:27:33,360 --> 01:27:40,240
street smart and almost got all three points had it not been for that very unlucky goal

1406
01:27:40,240 --> 01:27:42,120
at the end of the game.

1407
01:27:42,120 --> 01:27:44,760
Vicarrio, super performance.

1408
01:27:44,760 --> 01:27:47,400
Cannot stress enough how good he's been.

1409
01:27:47,400 --> 01:27:50,880
Empoli would be a totally different side without Vicarrio on the team.

1410
01:27:50,880 --> 01:27:54,200
For sure, for sure bro.

1411
01:27:54,200 --> 01:27:57,960
But yeah, Empoli have proven that they're a team that can rack the points up.

1412
01:27:57,960 --> 01:28:00,720
They're not looking like relegation candidates right now.

1413
01:28:00,720 --> 01:28:04,720
I know it's still early, but they're on eight points, which is quite decent for them in

1414
01:28:04,720 --> 01:28:05,720
nine games.

1415
01:28:05,720 --> 01:28:09,240
They're a side that wants to survive right now.

1416
01:28:09,240 --> 01:28:10,880
That would be their focus.

1417
01:28:10,880 --> 01:28:15,160
I think last year they shocked all of us with the first half of the season and the performance

1418
01:28:15,160 --> 01:28:16,400
they had over there.

1419
01:28:16,400 --> 01:28:20,560
That was like if they were to try that again for the next 10 years, I don't think that

1420
01:28:20,560 --> 01:28:24,240
managed to pull off what they did last year.

1421
01:28:24,240 --> 01:28:26,480
With the win against Juve early on as well.

1422
01:28:26,480 --> 01:28:27,480
Exactly.

1423
01:28:27,480 --> 01:28:29,160
But that's three losses to their name.

1424
01:28:29,160 --> 01:28:32,400
I mean Inter have lost more than Empoli.

1425
01:28:32,400 --> 01:28:33,400
That's true.

1426
01:28:33,400 --> 01:28:34,400
They're experts at drawing.

1427
01:28:34,400 --> 01:28:35,520
They've got five draws.

1428
01:28:35,520 --> 01:28:38,400
That's the most actually in the league so far.

1429
01:28:38,400 --> 01:28:42,680
So be careful when you go up against Empoli because they might just hold you.

1430
01:28:42,680 --> 01:28:43,680
Exactly.

1431
01:28:43,680 --> 01:28:44,680
Exactly.

1432
01:28:44,680 --> 01:28:49,160
Torino and then a little bit disappointing.

1433
01:28:49,160 --> 01:28:52,800
We know that they started off quite strong.

1434
01:28:52,800 --> 01:28:56,320
We saw their opening performances were like, okay, Torino are there.

1435
01:28:56,320 --> 01:28:57,320
Torino are good.

1436
01:28:57,320 --> 01:29:02,480
They're improved even though they lost fucking Bellotti and Bremer.

1437
01:29:02,480 --> 01:29:07,080
But I made this point earlier, but I want to make it again and I want to use Torino

1438
01:29:07,080 --> 01:29:08,920
as an example.

1439
01:29:08,920 --> 01:29:11,120
Torino have a good system.

1440
01:29:11,120 --> 01:29:16,840
They have a good team, but again, again, again, and again, there's a certain quality that

1441
01:29:16,840 --> 01:29:17,840
is lacking.

1442
01:29:17,840 --> 01:29:18,960
Sanabria isn't an option.

1443
01:29:18,960 --> 01:29:24,200
The striker, man, they need a striker and they've needed a striker since Bellotti left.

1444
01:29:24,200 --> 01:29:28,200
Even in Bellotti's last season, they needed a fucking striker.

1445
01:29:28,200 --> 01:29:32,200
Honestly, like they're like what Bologna were without a striker, man.

1446
01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:33,200
Exactly.

1447
01:29:33,200 --> 01:29:37,080
You know, Bologna brought in an out of action all of a sudden, they're completely different.

1448
01:29:37,080 --> 01:29:38,080
Exactly.

1449
01:29:38,080 --> 01:29:41,040
There was a pundit on Dazen, is that how you say it?

1450
01:29:41,040 --> 01:29:42,640
Dazen, D-A-Z-N, Dazen.

1451
01:29:42,640 --> 01:29:43,640
I guess so.

1452
01:29:43,640 --> 01:29:51,720
On Dazen who said that if you put Haaland on Torino, they'll get top four.

1453
01:29:51,720 --> 01:29:56,000
And honestly, with the way that Torino play, they feed their strikers.

1454
01:29:56,000 --> 01:29:58,400
So that's not that much of a bold claim, man.

1455
01:29:58,400 --> 01:29:59,400
No, it's not.

1456
01:29:59,400 --> 01:30:00,400
That's to be said.

1457
01:30:00,400 --> 01:30:01,400
It's not.

1458
01:30:01,400 --> 01:30:03,600
Yeah, and Haaland's an animal, of course, as we've seen.

1459
01:30:03,600 --> 01:30:07,560
I know we don't often address the Premier League, but what he's doing there is next

1460
01:30:07,560 --> 01:30:08,560
level.

1461
01:30:08,560 --> 01:30:13,400
Yeah, I think there comes a time where even on the most passionate Serie A podcast, you

1462
01:30:13,400 --> 01:30:17,360
to stop and kind of admire what people are doing elsewhere.

1463
01:30:17,360 --> 01:30:22,720
It's very rare that someone brings that much attention about, but this time Erling Haaland

1464
01:30:22,720 --> 01:30:28,400
is by far at the moment the most impressive player there is in the world.

1465
01:30:28,400 --> 01:30:30,360
It's unbelievable what he's doing.

1466
01:30:30,360 --> 01:30:34,640
It'll be interesting to see how he copes in a tough league like Serie A.

1467
01:30:34,640 --> 01:30:35,640
It's true, man.

1468
01:30:35,640 --> 01:30:39,360
Maybe rather than getting a hat-trick a game, he might score two a game.

1469
01:30:39,360 --> 01:30:42,200
You know what I mean?

1470
01:30:42,200 --> 01:30:50,880
But yet, Empoli, you know, they didn't have many chances unlike Torino and they needed

1471
01:30:50,880 --> 01:30:55,280
a stroke of magic to kind of get a goal to put them in a good position all game and get

1472
01:30:55,280 --> 01:30:57,120
something out of the game.

1473
01:30:57,120 --> 01:30:58,280
The boy did they get it.

1474
01:30:58,280 --> 01:30:59,440
Two shots on target.

1475
01:30:59,440 --> 01:31:01,080
One of them was the rubber shot.

1476
01:31:01,080 --> 01:31:02,080
I like that.

1477
01:31:02,080 --> 01:31:03,080
Exactly.

1478
01:31:03,080 --> 01:31:04,080
Crazy.

1479
01:31:04,080 --> 01:31:05,080
Yeah, exactly.

1480
01:31:05,080 --> 01:31:06,080
But that's the game for you.

1481
01:31:06,080 --> 01:31:07,960
There isn't really much to add over here.

1482
01:31:07,960 --> 01:31:13,240
I mean, it was very one sided for Torino, but Empoli had half a chance.

1483
01:31:13,240 --> 01:31:16,080
They took it and they rode their luck for the entire game.

1484
01:31:16,080 --> 01:31:18,800
Brilliant performance by the goalkeeper.

1485
01:31:18,800 --> 01:31:19,800
Good shape by Empoli.

1486
01:31:19,800 --> 01:31:21,920
I mean, that's something we can never complain about.

1487
01:31:21,920 --> 01:31:23,120
The wide man played pretty well.

1488
01:31:23,120 --> 01:31:25,080
The Parisian and the Buéjy were very good.

1489
01:31:25,080 --> 01:31:26,080
For sure.

1490
01:31:26,080 --> 01:31:27,080
100%.

1491
01:31:27,080 --> 01:31:28,080
100%.

1492
01:31:28,080 --> 01:31:30,520
And even the midfield three, man, I'm quite a fan of that midfield three.

1493
01:31:30,520 --> 01:31:31,520
It's quite on and off.

1494
01:31:31,520 --> 01:31:32,520
Same, bro.

1495
01:31:32,520 --> 01:31:37,880
And since we've been seeing Bayrami playing more over there nowadays, he's really proving

1496
01:31:37,880 --> 01:31:39,080
himself, man.

1497
01:31:39,080 --> 01:31:40,680
And Baldanzi is back from injury.

1498
01:31:40,680 --> 01:31:42,560
We should be seeing him soon coming back.

1499
01:31:42,560 --> 01:31:43,560
Amazing.

1500
01:31:43,560 --> 01:31:44,800
He's a very promising player.

1501
01:31:44,800 --> 01:31:48,920
I think he'd be good in rotation with Bayrami.

1502
01:31:48,920 --> 01:31:49,920
Yeah.

1503
01:31:49,920 --> 01:31:57,200
Torino are in 10th on 11 points, whilst Empoli are in 14th on 8 points.

1504
01:31:57,200 --> 01:31:58,560
Off to Bologna we go.

1505
01:31:58,560 --> 01:32:01,680
For Bologna 1, Sampdoria 1.

1506
01:32:01,680 --> 01:32:09,000
Thiago Motta and Sampdoria new man Dejan Stankovic reunite.

1507
01:32:09,000 --> 01:32:13,160
Ex inter-colleagues, of course, I believe they won the treble together.

1508
01:32:13,160 --> 01:32:19,400
So yes, it was nice to see them hugging and exchange formalities before the game kicked

1509
01:32:19,400 --> 01:32:20,400
off.

1510
01:32:20,400 --> 01:32:25,440
Bologna are actually unbeaten in 14 home games against Sampdoria and Seiya with 8 wins and

1511
01:32:25,440 --> 01:32:26,440
6 draws.

1512
01:32:26,440 --> 01:32:32,400
While Sampdoria's last win at the Dallara in the league was back on November 2nd in

1513
01:32:32,400 --> 01:32:33,400
2003.

1514
01:32:33,400 --> 01:32:34,400
Oh ho.

1515
01:32:34,400 --> 01:32:37,280
Yeah, thanks to a goal by Cristiano Doni.

1516
01:32:37,280 --> 01:32:40,600
Oh my god.

1517
01:32:40,600 --> 01:32:43,960
These two teams, by the way, bro, are two of the teams with the lowest distance covered

1518
01:32:43,960 --> 01:32:47,280
this matchday, so it was one of the lower intensity games of the week.

1519
01:32:47,280 --> 01:32:52,320
It was like everyone decided to take it a little bit easy this game.

1520
01:32:52,320 --> 01:32:56,360
Skorupski was in goal for Bologna, the second best goalkeeper in the league, right, Matt?

1521
01:32:56,360 --> 01:33:00,880
Liko Duran is on the left and Kambiasso on the right with Lukumi and Saumour as a centre-back

1522
01:33:00,880 --> 01:33:01,880
partnership.

1523
01:33:01,880 --> 01:33:04,760
Medellin and Schouten formed the double pivot.

1524
01:33:04,760 --> 01:33:09,120
Orsolini was on the left, Abishev on the right, Dominguez as the attacking midfielder and

1525
01:33:09,120 --> 01:33:10,840
Arnautovic as the striker.

1526
01:33:10,840 --> 01:33:13,320
This was the best I've ever seen Dominguez play in my life.

1527
01:33:13,320 --> 01:33:14,320
Yeah, yeah, he's back.

1528
01:33:14,320 --> 01:33:17,320
Out there, he's back, he never started.

1529
01:33:17,320 --> 01:33:20,440
Exactly, which is why he's here.

1530
01:33:20,440 --> 01:33:22,280
He's here, he's arrived.

1531
01:33:22,280 --> 01:33:24,600
Yeah, he's arrived, but he was there last season.

1532
01:33:24,600 --> 01:33:27,040
He's back since that one FIFA card he had.

1533
01:33:27,040 --> 01:33:30,040
What are you talking about, man?

1534
01:33:30,040 --> 01:33:33,600
Dominguez, he wasn't playing this season, he's back in the side.

1535
01:33:33,600 --> 01:33:36,400
I thought you meant like he's back, like he's back on form.

1536
01:33:36,400 --> 01:33:37,400
No, no, he's back, he's back.

1537
01:33:37,400 --> 01:33:39,400
He's actually physically back.

1538
01:33:39,400 --> 01:33:41,440
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1539
01:33:41,440 --> 01:33:43,480
Yes, excuse my lame FIFA joke.

1540
01:33:43,480 --> 01:33:49,480
Audero was in goal for Sampdoria, Berezinski on the right, Augiello on the left, Colli

1541
01:33:49,480 --> 01:33:55,680
and Murillo at the back with Ronaldo, Viera as the central holding midfielder over here.

1542
01:33:55,680 --> 01:33:59,800
Doesn't play like Ronaldo, doesn't play like Viera.

1543
01:33:59,800 --> 01:34:05,200
Sabiri, Rincon, Angiuri, Cech with Gabiadini and Caputo up front.

1544
01:34:05,200 --> 01:34:11,080
Yes, I mean, you can take Jean-Paul out of Sampdoria, but you can't take Sampdoria out

1545
01:34:11,080 --> 01:34:12,080
of Sampdoria.

1546
01:34:12,080 --> 01:34:14,880
I mean, it's not the best, not the best line-up.

1547
01:34:14,880 --> 01:34:15,880
Absolutely not.

1548
01:34:15,880 --> 01:34:18,480
But they did look a little bit better.

1549
01:34:18,480 --> 01:34:20,960
Let's get into the play by play.

1550
01:34:20,960 --> 01:34:26,400
It was in the 30 second minute that Arbishev charged down the left-hand side, cut in and

1551
01:34:26,400 --> 01:34:27,400
shot centrally.

1552
01:34:27,400 --> 01:34:31,480
It was saved by Audero onto the path of Dominguez who managed to bounce it off the floor and

1553
01:34:31,480 --> 01:34:33,840
into the back of the net.

1554
01:34:33,840 --> 01:34:34,840
Back, man.

1555
01:34:34,840 --> 01:34:35,840
Yeah, he's back.

1556
01:34:35,840 --> 01:34:37,880
This is his FIFA card.

1557
01:34:37,880 --> 01:34:42,880
Shortly after this, Dominguez actually had a shot from a distance and rattled the crossbar

1558
01:34:42,880 --> 01:34:47,400
could have made the two goals in a quick succession would have been quite beautiful.

1559
01:34:47,400 --> 01:34:54,000
It took till the 72nd minute for Sampdoria to equalize through Juricic.

1560
01:34:54,000 --> 01:34:58,040
Laris kind of had like a cross shot on the ground.

1561
01:34:58,040 --> 01:35:03,800
It came to Juricic who headed it unorthodoxly also off the ground and into the net.

1562
01:35:03,800 --> 01:35:07,280
So basically, Laris assist was bounced off the ground and in Juricic's head there was

1563
01:35:07,280 --> 01:35:08,280
also bounced off the ground.

1564
01:35:08,280 --> 01:35:09,280
Oh my God.

1565
01:35:09,280 --> 01:35:10,280
Yeah.

1566
01:35:10,280 --> 01:35:11,280
Ping-pong.

1567
01:35:11,280 --> 01:35:15,360
Sampdoria actually went all the way at the end of the game when Caputo had a great chance,

1568
01:35:15,360 --> 01:35:21,040
but Samaro had an incredible block and the results were a good double save by Skorupski

1569
01:35:21,040 --> 01:35:23,640
at the end of the game to deny a late winner.

1570
01:35:23,640 --> 01:35:25,120
Of course there was.

1571
01:35:25,120 --> 01:35:27,200
So Sampdoria do look a little bit better, bro.

1572
01:35:27,200 --> 01:35:32,920
Bologna to be honest, arguably even look worse, bro, than they did with Mihailović.

1573
01:35:32,920 --> 01:35:36,840
Like they're exactly the same, but this time are not efficient scoring anymore.

1574
01:35:36,840 --> 01:35:37,840
I agree.

1575
01:35:37,840 --> 01:35:39,320
I agree with you.

1576
01:35:39,320 --> 01:35:45,400
So far this whole MOTTA thing at Bologna hasn't really, I thought it was a bit of a

1577
01:35:45,400 --> 01:35:51,960
weird move from the start, but everything seems a little bit out of place so far.

1578
01:35:51,960 --> 01:35:56,040
Now either things are going to gel together and the team is going to get better, but Bologna

1579
01:35:56,040 --> 01:36:01,640
aren't in a very good place at the moment and you should be beating Sampdoria.

1580
01:36:01,640 --> 01:36:06,120
You should now is the best time to play Sampdoria because they can't get anything fucking right.

1581
01:36:06,120 --> 01:36:07,120
Yeah, true.

1582
01:36:07,120 --> 01:36:11,920
They've also exchanged their manager and that does tend to have an immediate effect at times.

1583
01:36:11,920 --> 01:36:15,480
So did Bologna though, dog, and they haven't won a game under him.

1584
01:36:15,480 --> 01:36:19,440
But you know the first game everyone's playing to impress this guy, you know what I mean?

1585
01:36:19,440 --> 01:36:22,760
There's the first game with a new manager that's always a little bit shaky.

1586
01:36:22,760 --> 01:36:26,120
In fact you should never bet against a team of a new manager.

1587
01:36:26,120 --> 01:36:27,120
Yeah.

1588
01:36:27,120 --> 01:36:29,460
Never bet on a team of a new manager either.

1589
01:36:29,460 --> 01:36:33,320
But yes, bro, talking points about this game.

1590
01:36:33,320 --> 01:36:35,800
I think it was a fair result.

1591
01:36:35,800 --> 01:36:40,120
Bologna started off better, Sampdoria grew into the game or probably the better side

1592
01:36:40,120 --> 01:36:41,280
towards the end.

1593
01:36:41,280 --> 01:36:46,160
Three shots on target for each team, even in possession, lowest distance covered this

1594
01:36:46,160 --> 01:36:48,120
match day for both teams of course.

1595
01:36:48,120 --> 01:36:53,880
I just need to point out bro that Bologna are, they are better with Medel on the pitch though.

1596
01:36:53,880 --> 01:36:56,400
Oh 100%, 100%.

1597
01:36:56,400 --> 01:37:01,000
And especially since he's moved into the midfield again, we get to see more of him.

1598
01:37:01,000 --> 01:37:05,360
We get to see his aggression more significantly and higher up the pitch which allows them

1599
01:37:05,360 --> 01:37:08,320
to kind of settle a bit higher up the pitch.

1600
01:37:08,320 --> 01:37:14,000
Which you would hope is the case but obviously Medel spends most of the time defending when

1601
01:37:14,000 --> 01:37:16,440
he's playing for Bologna.

1602
01:37:16,440 --> 01:37:20,440
But like you said, I would say it's a fair result between two teams that are struggling,

1603
01:37:20,440 --> 01:37:22,240
that are looking to find themselves.

1604
01:37:22,240 --> 01:37:25,720
At the end of the day, they could both use a point, can't they?

1605
01:37:25,720 --> 01:37:26,720
Yeah, for sure.

1606
01:37:26,720 --> 01:37:27,720
And they both got a point.

1607
01:37:27,720 --> 01:37:30,560
Like you said as well, lowest distance covered.

1608
01:37:30,560 --> 01:37:33,600
I think they're both like, eh, we'll settle for this.

1609
01:37:33,600 --> 01:37:35,560
We'll settle for this f**k it, one each.

1610
01:37:35,560 --> 01:37:36,560
Let's go.

1611
01:37:36,560 --> 01:37:41,360
Bichir is getting quite good at bombing forward, bro has to be said.

1612
01:37:41,360 --> 01:37:44,600
But yeah, I mean that's pretty much it for this one.

1613
01:37:44,600 --> 01:37:49,120
Yeah, quite a disappointing game.

1614
01:37:49,120 --> 01:37:55,640
I don't think anyone looks at the fixture and sees fireworks but I would hope that for

1615
01:37:55,640 --> 01:37:59,640
two teams that are struggling, they would have gone a bit more all out to kind of get

1616
01:37:59,640 --> 01:38:01,080
the victory over there.

1617
01:38:01,080 --> 01:38:02,900
Was this a relegation 6-point?

1618
01:38:02,900 --> 01:38:04,600
It is a relegation 6-pointer.

1619
01:38:04,600 --> 01:38:10,520
I mean, I know long term we probably don't see Bologna getting relegated per se but at

1620
01:38:10,520 --> 01:38:12,280
the moment that's exactly what it is.

1621
01:38:12,280 --> 01:38:16,480
At the moment, yes, it is but yeah, I do agree with you.

1622
01:38:16,480 --> 01:38:20,960
Sampdoria I think will linger but Bologna I think will improve.

1623
01:38:20,960 --> 01:38:25,680
If you want us to live in the moment and not look at what's going to happen in the future

1624
01:38:25,680 --> 01:38:26,680
historically.

1625
01:38:26,680 --> 01:38:30,640
So right now, my friend, relegation 6-pointer.

1626
01:38:30,640 --> 01:38:34,280
Right now the match of the week was Udinese-Atalanta, right?

1627
01:38:34,280 --> 01:38:35,280
Exactly, exactly.

1628
01:38:35,280 --> 01:38:36,280
Sharing logic.

1629
01:38:36,280 --> 01:38:39,800
So yeah, we both swapped there.

1630
01:38:39,800 --> 01:38:45,520
Bologna are 17th with 7 points just outside of the relegation pool while Sampdoria are

1631
01:38:45,520 --> 01:38:48,600
dead last with 3 points.

1632
01:38:48,600 --> 01:38:50,160
On to the next game.

1633
01:38:50,160 --> 01:38:51,160
Is this the last game?

1634
01:38:51,160 --> 01:38:53,160
No, we've got Monza-Spetsia too.

1635
01:38:53,160 --> 01:38:54,560
Oh, Monza-Spetsia after this.

1636
01:38:54,560 --> 01:38:57,360
So this game is Salernetana against Verona.

1637
01:38:57,360 --> 01:39:04,000
Salernetana winning 2-1 over here after coming off a devastating 5-0 loss at the Mape.

1638
01:39:04,000 --> 01:39:08,240
As Verona were coming off a hard-fought loss against Udinese.

1639
01:39:08,240 --> 01:39:13,760
They did decently in that game but obviously got away with nothing.

1640
01:39:13,760 --> 01:39:18,160
This was the match that got Trophy sacked after a 4-match losing streak.

1641
01:39:18,160 --> 01:39:24,240
He's the fourth manager this year to be sacked after Marco Johnpaolo for Sampdoria,

1642
01:39:24,240 --> 01:39:29,760
Sinisa Mihailović for Bologna and Giovani Stropa for Monza.

1643
01:39:29,760 --> 01:39:41,360
Verona are one of only 5 teams against which Salernetana are unbeaten in Serie A.

1644
01:39:41,360 --> 01:39:42,840
So starting line-up.

1645
01:39:42,840 --> 01:39:51,400
Salernetana in their 3-5-2 formation with Sepengol, Pirola, Danilulic and Gjomber at

1646
01:39:51,400 --> 01:39:57,800
the back, Matsoki and Kandreva as left wing back and right wing back, Kulebali, Radovanović

1647
01:39:57,800 --> 01:40:01,360
and Majore in midfield with Piontek and Bonozzoli up front.

1648
01:40:01,360 --> 01:40:10,320
3-4-2-1 for Verona, Monte-Pogon goal with Jens Gunther and Keccherini at the back, De

1649
01:40:10,320 --> 01:40:17,440
Pauli and Duhigg out wide with Veloso and Tamerze in the middle, Hrstić and Verdi playing

1650
01:40:17,440 --> 01:40:19,760
behind on Rhee.

1651
01:40:19,760 --> 01:40:26,280
Much changed side here for Verona, without Lasagna I believe he is out injured for this

1652
01:40:26,280 --> 01:40:31,360
one and with the introduction of Verdi and Hrstić.

1653
01:40:31,360 --> 01:40:38,120
Now in the 18th minute the scoring was opened by Kristof Piontek, he still had a lot to

1654
01:40:38,120 --> 01:40:42,480
do after Bonozzoli's true pass, he finished well after a good touch that took him past

1655
01:40:42,480 --> 01:40:44,720
the two centre backs.

1656
01:40:44,720 --> 01:40:51,320
It was then De Deughe's deflected cross which caused confusion in the Salernitana box leading

1657
01:40:51,320 --> 01:40:57,880
to De Pauli heading in at the back post to get the equaliser in the 56th minute.

1658
01:40:57,880 --> 01:41:03,400
Moments later and then in the 59th it was a penalty awarded to Verona for a Radovanović

1659
01:41:03,400 --> 01:41:07,100
handball which was cancelled after a Varchek.

1660
01:41:07,100 --> 01:41:09,600
What is going on this week?

1661
01:41:09,600 --> 01:41:11,160
What is going on this week?

1662
01:41:11,160 --> 01:41:12,640
Everything is so confusing.

1663
01:41:12,640 --> 01:41:19,440
But rightly so, penalty would have been incredibly harsh and it is, joking aside, really good

1664
01:41:19,440 --> 01:41:28,960
to see referees going back on their decisions and not having that fucking pride.

1665
01:41:28,960 --> 01:41:35,440
It was then in the 93rd minute that Salernitana managed to regain the lead, it was absolute

1666
01:41:35,440 --> 01:41:41,320
scene here, it was some fantastic one touch play by Salernitana which ended with a butthame

1667
01:41:41,320 --> 01:41:48,240
layoff to Dia who curled it with a first time strike into the corner.

1668
01:41:48,240 --> 01:41:52,320
Absolutely brilliant, golden commentary as well, I was tempted to put it as our intro

1669
01:41:52,320 --> 01:41:53,320
just because of the…

1670
01:41:53,320 --> 01:41:55,640
BLYAT DIA!

1671
01:41:55,640 --> 01:42:00,520
The fans roaring Salernitana have some of the best fans in the league man.

1672
01:42:00,520 --> 01:42:05,640
This led to a pitch invasion which sparked a touchline brawl leading to red cards for

1673
01:42:05,640 --> 01:42:11,920
Radovanović and already substituted Verona defender Federico Ceccherini.

1674
01:42:11,920 --> 01:42:12,920
Absolute scene there.

1675
01:42:12,920 --> 01:42:14,520
What a game, what a game, what a game.

1676
01:42:14,520 --> 01:42:17,480
Dia with the dagger into Trofi's heart my friend.

1677
01:42:17,480 --> 01:42:19,320
Literally bro, literally.

1678
01:42:19,320 --> 01:42:25,640
Now what pisses me off is that I was on Twitter surprisingly while this game was going on

1679
01:42:25,640 --> 01:42:32,960
and everyone was saying that after this game David and Nicola is gonna get sacked if he

1680
01:42:32,960 --> 01:42:33,960
drops points to Verona.

1681
01:42:33,960 --> 01:42:34,960
Ah yes, bullshit right.

1682
01:42:34,960 --> 01:42:41,400
Bro, do you think it's as bizarre as I do that it's even a consideration to get this

1683
01:42:41,400 --> 01:42:42,400
man sacked?

1684
01:42:42,400 --> 01:42:49,120
I mean brother, they're in 11th, they're in 11th, he saved their asses last year and

1685
01:42:49,120 --> 01:42:51,880
they're still looking good, they're 11th bro.

1686
01:42:51,880 --> 01:42:57,600
Look, there's the whole thing about being humiliated man.

1687
01:42:57,600 --> 01:43:00,720
When you're humiliated people don't take it that lightly.

1688
01:43:00,720 --> 01:43:04,720
Like if they sacked him it would have been a punishment for the 5-0 loss but I think

1689
01:43:04,720 --> 01:43:12,320
at the end of the day common sense prevailed because the Salernitana side were saved by

1690
01:43:12,320 --> 01:43:18,040
David and Nicola and David and Nicola can probably turn water into wine man after what

1691
01:43:18,040 --> 01:43:19,040
you did.

1692
01:43:19,040 --> 01:43:20,040
Literally.

1693
01:43:20,040 --> 01:43:22,680
And he's done a crothone as well you know I think he deserves a full season pretty much

1694
01:43:22,680 --> 01:43:25,360
uncontested especially if he's 11th right.

1695
01:43:25,360 --> 01:43:26,360
100%.

1696
01:43:26,360 --> 01:43:27,360
I think Mourinho.

1697
01:43:27,360 --> 01:43:28,680
They're playing so well too.

1698
01:43:28,680 --> 01:43:33,480
I think Mourinho said it best when he said he'd rather lose a game 4-0 rather than lose

1699
01:43:33,480 --> 01:43:35,360
four games 1-0.

1700
01:43:35,360 --> 01:43:40,640
Salernitana were embarrassed by Sasuolo, I couldn't put my finger on what happened over

1701
01:43:40,640 --> 01:43:44,520
there and why they were so weak but look at them now man, they bounced back well, they

1702
01:43:44,520 --> 01:43:49,320
beat Verona, Verona are not an easy side to play, I know they're weaker this year but

1703
01:43:49,320 --> 01:43:57,240
I did enjoy seeing a moment of humanity at the end of this game with Verdi and… was

1704
01:43:57,240 --> 01:43:58,760
it Verdi and Mazzocchi?

1705
01:43:58,760 --> 01:44:00,520
No, was it?

1706
01:44:00,520 --> 01:44:08,040
It was one second, it was Verdi and Bonazzoli because they were together at Salernitana.

1707
01:44:08,040 --> 01:44:13,720
Exactly, sharing a pizza in the tunnel, that was beautiful, really cute to see.

1708
01:44:13,720 --> 01:44:21,880
Yeah I heard that Phil Foden and fucking John Jones shared the fucking fish and chips bro

1709
01:44:21,880 --> 01:44:23,360
and the fucking website.

1710
01:44:23,360 --> 01:44:27,560
John Jones, the UFC heavyweight.

1711
01:44:27,560 --> 01:44:34,840
Johnny Bones Jones.

1712
01:44:34,840 --> 01:44:42,440
But anyway, I think that Salernitana play way better against teams that focus the playout

1713
01:44:42,440 --> 01:44:46,200
wide because they can actually beat teams out wide with their flanks, they have Kanjevan

1714
01:44:46,200 --> 01:44:47,200
and Mazzocchi.

1715
01:44:47,200 --> 01:44:50,480
I think the biggest problem against Sasuolo is that Sasuolo were forcing the play down

1716
01:44:50,480 --> 01:44:54,680
the middle and they exploited them over and over again in doing so.

1717
01:44:54,680 --> 01:44:55,680
That's true, that's true.

1718
01:44:55,680 --> 01:44:59,640
Verona still had their chances, they had 12 goal attempts, only two of them were on target

1719
01:44:59,640 --> 01:45:02,200
but Verdi and Gunther also hit the post.

1720
01:45:02,200 --> 01:45:07,760
Verdi with a good attempt, Gunther with a header.

1721
01:45:07,760 --> 01:45:10,960
Now Verona obviously they've sacked Trophy, right?

1722
01:45:10,960 --> 01:45:14,160
Oh it's early, oh it's early.

1723
01:45:14,160 --> 01:45:18,920
Verona did the exact same thing with Di Francesco last year, shouting about oh it's early,

1724
01:45:18,920 --> 01:45:23,880
oh it's early, oh it's early and it was proven to be ideal for them because they got

1725
01:45:23,880 --> 01:45:27,120
Tudor on board and they turned things around.

1726
01:45:27,120 --> 01:45:34,360
Now I trust that they're making a good decision from experience, however I was looking at

1727
01:45:34,360 --> 01:45:39,560
their potential replacements and everything is pointing towards a gentleman named Diego

1728
01:45:39,560 --> 01:45:42,920
Lopez who has managed, so he was a former…

1729
01:45:42,920 --> 01:45:44,640
Former Real Madrid goalkeeper?

1730
01:45:44,640 --> 01:45:52,280
No not him, he was a former Uruguayan footballer though, there he is.

1731
01:45:52,280 --> 01:46:02,560
He managed Caliari in 2013, he managed Bologna in 2014, Palermo in 2017 and Caliari in 2017.

1732
01:46:02,560 --> 01:46:14,160
They went to Pena Rol and then Brescia in 2020 and he was most recently the Chile manager.

1733
01:46:14,160 --> 01:46:17,400
Yeah young guys, well 48 years old for a manager that's quite young.

1734
01:46:17,400 --> 01:46:19,360
I remember this guy's face on the bench.

1735
01:46:19,360 --> 01:46:24,000
Yeah I remember the salt and pepper look.

1736
01:46:24,000 --> 01:46:27,320
So we'll see what they can do with him, I mean I was impressed by the signing of Choffy

1737
01:46:27,320 --> 01:46:30,720
who's just been sacked so maybe we'll be impressed with him and then he'll be sacked.

1738
01:46:30,720 --> 01:46:35,040
Yeah exactly, I don't want to kind of say ah because this guy hasn't really been with

1739
01:46:35,040 --> 01:46:40,080
anyone or anything like that because I mean we're seeing guys like Sotil doing magnificent

1740
01:46:40,080 --> 01:46:45,320
things so I hope he comes in and he gives Verona one hell of a season.

1741
01:46:45,320 --> 01:46:49,960
I want to see Verona fighting for a top 10, I don't want to see them down there and I

1742
01:46:49,960 --> 01:46:54,960
believe they really have the squad to at least be the best of the rest, you know what I mean,

1743
01:46:54,960 --> 01:46:57,480
be between the 12th to 10th place.

1744
01:46:57,480 --> 01:47:02,800
But as we stress every single week the management just keeps weakening them and weakening them

1745
01:47:02,800 --> 01:47:06,800
by selling the best players and not replacing them quite frankly.

1746
01:47:06,800 --> 01:47:11,800
But that's pretty much it for this game and our breakdown of Salientana and Verona.

1747
01:47:11,800 --> 01:47:20,760
Salientana are in 11th on 10 points, Verona still the danger zone 18th on 5 points.

1748
01:47:20,760 --> 01:47:25,620
The final game we're going to be covering is Monza 2-Spetsia nil.

1749
01:47:25,620 --> 01:47:30,400
This was the first match between Monza and Spezia when considering competitions such as

1750
01:47:30,400 --> 01:47:34,100
Serie A, Serie B and the Italian Cup.

1751
01:47:34,100 --> 01:47:35,640
So they've never played each other.

1752
01:47:35,640 --> 01:47:36,640
Oh my god.

1753
01:47:36,640 --> 01:47:37,640
Yeah yeah.

1754
01:47:37,640 --> 01:47:39,640
Very exciting game.

1755
01:47:39,640 --> 01:47:46,120
The last six official appearances of Monza manager Raffaele Palladino as a footballer

1756
01:47:46,120 --> 01:47:51,240
came while playing for Spezia and Serie A between January and April of 2018.

1757
01:47:51,240 --> 01:47:57,760
So a nice way to play his first match against them as well with Monza and you know beat

1758
01:47:57,760 --> 01:47:59,280
them.

1759
01:47:59,280 --> 01:48:02,360
This was Daniel Averda who appeared off the bench.

1760
01:48:02,360 --> 01:48:08,000
This was his 100th match in Serie A. 56 of these so far have arrived with Spezia.

1761
01:48:08,000 --> 01:48:12,560
The player born in 1996 has been involved in the most goals for Spezia and Serie A.

1762
01:48:12,560 --> 01:48:13,560
21.

1763
01:48:13,560 --> 01:48:15,440
He has 14 goals and 7 assists.

1764
01:48:15,440 --> 01:48:17,280
The man with the beautiful beard.

1765
01:48:17,280 --> 01:48:18,280
Literally.

1766
01:48:18,280 --> 01:48:24,520
So Monza's super team line up was Di Gregorio on goal with Caldi Rola, Mari and Itso at

1767
01:48:24,520 --> 01:48:25,520
the back.

1768
01:48:25,520 --> 01:48:31,120
Carlos Augusto on the left, Shuria on the right, Sensi and Rovella as the double pivot with

1769
01:48:31,120 --> 01:48:37,040
Caprari and Pessina playing off the shoulder of the formidable Gitkiere.

1770
01:48:37,040 --> 01:48:44,400
Dragovski was in goal for Spezia with Ampadu, Kirvior and Nicolao as the centre back.

1771
01:48:44,400 --> 01:48:45,400
Trident.

1772
01:48:45,400 --> 01:48:46,720
Trident that's the word thank you very much.

1773
01:48:46,720 --> 01:48:48,080
I blanked the fuck out.

1774
01:48:48,080 --> 01:48:52,800
Holm was on the right, Simone Bastoni on the left, Agudelo, Burabia and Kovalenko in the

1775
01:48:52,800 --> 01:48:54,800
middle with Jazi and Denzola up front.

1776
01:48:54,800 --> 01:49:00,520
You know classic Spezia as we always say this is literally their team every single season.

1777
01:49:00,520 --> 01:49:06,480
The game started off quite toksy-turvy you know it's a fucking relegation 6-pointer at

1778
01:49:06,480 --> 01:49:07,680
the end of the day.

1779
01:49:07,680 --> 01:49:12,360
On paper these teams have both been in Serie A but quite recently because Monza obviously

1780
01:49:12,360 --> 01:49:14,960
more recently than Spezia.

1781
01:49:14,960 --> 01:49:19,160
In the 32nd minute there was some intricate build-up play by Monza that led to Pessina

1782
01:49:19,160 --> 01:49:23,960
playing Carlos Augusto through who made no mistake with the finish.

1783
01:49:23,960 --> 01:49:27,640
It was an amazing sliding tackle by Sensi on Agudelo that started the whole thing off

1784
01:49:27,640 --> 01:49:29,440
bro.

1785
01:49:29,440 --> 01:49:35,760
By the way man Carlos Augusto, Augusto Carlos, Roberto Carlos is the 23 year old Brazilian

1786
01:49:35,760 --> 01:49:38,040
playing out wide for Monza bro.

1787
01:49:38,040 --> 01:49:43,120
He looks solid as fuck to be honest with you and I had my eye on him when he was playing

1788
01:49:43,120 --> 01:49:46,480
in Serie A as well because he was on my Fanta culture shortlist.

1789
01:49:46,480 --> 01:49:50,520
He's quite an offensive player back over there.

1790
01:49:50,520 --> 01:49:57,080
He also looks like Arnautovic and Frattesi's long lost love child.

1791
01:49:57,080 --> 01:49:58,880
Have you ever seen this guy bro?

1792
01:49:58,880 --> 01:49:59,880
Carlos Augusto?

1793
01:49:59,880 --> 01:50:00,880
Tell me he doesn't.

1794
01:50:00,880 --> 01:50:03,400
I've never zoomed in on his face you know what I mean.

1795
01:50:03,400 --> 01:50:04,400
Look at this guy.

1796
01:50:04,400 --> 01:50:05,840
I'm going to show you a picture of him.

1797
01:50:05,840 --> 01:50:08,480
Tell me he doesn't look like the combination of Arnautovic and Frattesi.

1798
01:50:08,480 --> 01:50:14,200
I'm going to make a post about this on Instagram.

1799
01:50:14,200 --> 01:50:16,640
Frattesi and Arnautovic?

1800
01:50:16,640 --> 01:50:21,240
He's literally Frattesi and Arnautovic infused into one man.

1801
01:50:21,240 --> 01:50:24,640
He's giving me the creeps.

1802
01:50:24,640 --> 01:50:26,000
He's freaking you out.

1803
01:50:26,000 --> 01:50:28,000
He's freaking me out a little bit.

1804
01:50:28,000 --> 01:50:30,000
He looks a bit creepy.

1805
01:50:30,000 --> 01:50:34,120
I'm going to bite my tongue.

1806
01:50:34,120 --> 01:50:40,800
So the next goal came in the 63rd minute through Pablo Mari.

1807
01:50:40,800 --> 01:50:45,640
It was a perfect corner by Barberis into the feet of Mari who blasted into the roof of

1808
01:50:45,640 --> 01:50:47,500
the Manet.

1809
01:50:47,500 --> 01:50:49,600
What a goal by them.

1810
01:50:49,600 --> 01:50:55,680
Spezia's best chance came through Daniel Maldini who kind of cut in on the right, cut back on

1811
01:50:55,680 --> 01:51:01,720
the left, shot and forced Di Gregorio into a great save at his near post.

1812
01:51:01,720 --> 01:51:06,080
Three wins in a row for Monza bro looking good for them under Rafael Palladino.

1813
01:51:06,080 --> 01:51:08,280
Yes, sir.

1814
01:51:08,280 --> 01:51:09,600
Another win for him man.

1815
01:51:09,600 --> 01:51:14,680
He kept on saying because he wanted to win a row maybe Berlusconi was right.

1816
01:51:14,680 --> 01:51:16,120
You know what I mean?

1817
01:51:16,120 --> 01:51:17,760
Another win here.

1818
01:51:17,760 --> 01:51:19,360
Another convincing win.

1819
01:51:19,360 --> 01:51:26,360
Spezia aside, none of these matches that they've won out of those three in a row were easy

1820
01:51:26,360 --> 01:51:27,360
matches man.

1821
01:51:27,360 --> 01:51:32,840
They got away with three victories and it seems like their individual players are playing

1822
01:51:32,840 --> 01:51:35,520
with much more confidence.

1823
01:51:35,520 --> 01:51:41,240
So Caprari has found himself, Pesina has found himself, waiting for Petania to find himself.

1824
01:51:41,240 --> 01:51:45,240
He's currently injured but when he comes back I'm looking forward to it.

1825
01:51:45,240 --> 01:51:48,440
I think he can get a few goals over here.

1826
01:51:48,440 --> 01:51:53,520
Coming into this game, you know, Spezia were on eight points, Monza were on seven.

1827
01:51:53,520 --> 01:51:56,680
So Monza did very well to leapfrog a direct rival over here.

1828
01:51:56,680 --> 01:51:57,680
That's massive.

1829
01:51:57,680 --> 01:52:01,360
And they beat a team that has a lot of say experience as a unit.

1830
01:52:01,360 --> 01:52:06,200
You know granted Monza have a lot of say experience individually but the fact that everything's

1831
01:52:06,200 --> 01:52:07,920
gelling for them quite early on.

1832
01:52:07,920 --> 01:52:12,880
I thought it would take them a little bit longer to start gelling but this was a situation

1833
01:52:12,880 --> 01:52:17,280
where sacking the manager was the best thing to do apparently clearly.

1834
01:52:17,280 --> 01:52:20,760
Stroppa's magic had stopped if there was ever any magic.

1835
01:52:20,760 --> 01:52:26,400
Exactly and you have to respect that they did attempt to give Stroppa some time.

1836
01:52:26,400 --> 01:52:27,400
Yes.

1837
01:52:27,400 --> 01:52:30,360
The fact that they even gave him the time of day to manage these players in Serie A

1838
01:52:30,360 --> 01:52:33,640
shows a lot of respect from his higher ups.

1839
01:52:33,640 --> 01:52:35,240
I'm not surprised that he was sacked there.

1840
01:52:35,240 --> 01:52:39,120
It's like show us something, we're giving you the players, show us something or we'll

1841
01:52:39,120 --> 01:52:41,720
need to get a higher caliber coach.

1842
01:52:41,720 --> 01:52:42,840
That they didn't do.

1843
01:52:42,840 --> 01:52:46,920
They got Raffaele Palladino but again they're showing faith in him.

1844
01:52:46,920 --> 01:52:50,360
So this is what we need to see more in football.

1845
01:52:50,360 --> 01:52:51,720
Money doesn't get you everything.

1846
01:52:51,720 --> 01:52:58,120
It's loyalty, training and continuity that gets you great results as well.

1847
01:52:58,120 --> 01:53:03,160
Even though they literally splashed cash on Caprari, Pessina, Sensi, you're talking about

1848
01:53:03,160 --> 01:53:05,960
continuity because they upgraded Palladino.

1849
01:53:05,960 --> 01:53:11,960
No but yeah you're right, you're totally right bro and I think that these guys will stay

1850
01:53:11,960 --> 01:53:14,960
up, they'll definitely survive.

1851
01:53:14,960 --> 01:53:18,240
Solid victory for them against Spezia who have given many opponents a tough time this

1852
01:53:18,240 --> 01:53:19,240
season.

1853
01:53:19,240 --> 01:53:21,440
100% man, 100%.

1854
01:53:21,440 --> 01:53:24,120
It's two minutes to midnight bro.

1855
01:53:24,120 --> 01:53:25,120
We soon get to kiss.

1856
01:53:25,120 --> 01:53:28,760
What's this man, every episode we have to make a kissing joke.

1857
01:53:28,760 --> 01:53:32,200
Why, what's the matter with you, you made it in the last one, it was my turn now, it's

1858
01:53:32,200 --> 01:53:33,200
not that bad.

1859
01:53:33,200 --> 01:53:35,280
Fair enough, we'll make another one in the next one.

1860
01:53:35,280 --> 01:53:41,160
Guys it's not looking good for me, I'm sweating buckets right now like, sweating buckets.

1861
01:53:41,160 --> 01:53:43,160
Yeah you don't look great.

1862
01:53:43,160 --> 01:53:45,960
Thanks dude, thanks you're the fucking man.

1863
01:53:45,960 --> 01:53:47,960
You're gonna call in sick now or tomorrow morning?

1864
01:53:47,960 --> 01:53:53,480
I'll see how I wake up man, I'll see how I wake up.

1865
01:53:53,480 --> 01:53:57,280
We'll see you next week guys, thank you very much if you've made it this far.

1866
01:53:57,280 --> 01:54:02,120
We actually got quite a few messages about people telling us whether they prefer blondes

1867
01:54:02,120 --> 01:54:03,120
or brunettes, that was hilarious.

1868
01:54:03,120 --> 01:54:04,120
I love it.

1869
01:54:04,120 --> 01:54:07,600
Yeah I like these at least, I guess we can add at the end of the podcast.

1870
01:54:07,600 --> 01:54:09,560
Shall we plug something in?

1871
01:54:09,560 --> 01:54:13,240
Yeah let's, we need to think of one real quick.

1872
01:54:13,240 --> 01:54:18,800
Really, let us know if you think I'll make it to work tomorrow judging by the sound of

1873
01:54:18,800 --> 01:54:19,800
my voice.

1874
01:54:19,800 --> 01:54:22,760
So you can do hashtag Matt went to work, hashtag Matt called in.

1875
01:54:22,760 --> 01:54:29,640
Oh no no, hashtag Matt got the bag, hashtag Matt called in.

1876
01:54:29,640 --> 01:54:32,160
There we go, send that to us DM bros.

1877
01:54:32,160 --> 01:54:35,640
Yeah, guess and maybe there's something in it for you if you get it right.

1878
01:54:35,640 --> 01:54:36,640
There isn't.

1879
01:54:36,640 --> 01:54:37,640
Exactly.

1880
01:54:37,640 --> 01:54:42,520
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1881
01:54:42,520 --> 01:54:46,920
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