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Juventus advantage!

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An angle!

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Rik Milik!

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I watched 5 games out of 10 which isn't bad and while one game would be ending the next would be starting. It was like I was in heaven man.

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Yeah and in fact I got home at around 6 o'clock and I watched 2 matches and one entire half.

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And I finished work at 5.30 think I was still gonna watch 2 and a half matches. It's quite a beautiful thing.

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Yeah not bad.

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So as you guys heard from the intro our goal of the week was Milik's very late free kick against Cremona.

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And that's it to give them the 1-0 victory. Now a beautiful goal, great hit by Arcadius Milik obviously.

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But has to be said the wall was set up in a certain manner that made it a bit easier for him.

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And maybe Karin Isekki knowing that at least there was a lot of space in the wall should have made ground earlier and pushed the ball past the bar.

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But unfortunately that's not what he did and then Juventus got away with a victory. Fortunately for you obviously.

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Nevertheless Arcadius Milik remains the man with the highest conversion rate in Serie A when it comes to free kicks with 33%.

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He has scored 4 out of 12 free kicks.

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Oh wow.

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Well we know he can hit them. We remember from his Napoli days in Serie A and even at Marseille we've seen him in the Champions League as well hit a couple.

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He's very talented from that area and it's good that you have someone in those moments to step up and take a free kick like that.

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Well he's become a regular starter but I don't think the plan was to bring him in as a regular starter originally.

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No yeah I think he was meant to be like Vlauvić's backup.

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But he has done very well and to be honest it's always nice to see a proper nine step up and blasting a free kick goal.

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That's what you want to see.

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Beautiful man. So in this day where you were laying on the sofa watching football of course you were looking after our bets.

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Obviously with communication between us it wasn't just Jake's decision.

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I called him and he was like bro to be honest man I see I'm kind of in the middle of something.

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I was like shit what is the matter.

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I'm like bro there's spezia at Atlanta.

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I think I got my bum brother calling me.

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What bet are we going to put? I have to explain to everyone this is work as well.

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He's asking for bets because we have a podcast.

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We're totally not just talking for fun.

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This podcast is a front.

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We're actually just having fun and this is just in the background.

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We can use this as an excuse that we're working.

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Exactly.

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It's perfect.

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And it gave us the perfect.

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Babe you want to watch another one. It's work.

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What? We're just going to sit on a podcast and not talk like.

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I'm like babe you're stealing my youth.

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It's been seven hours. It's a lot.

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But the bets.

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So we started off terribly.

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Well Milan started in a time.

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We said that Milan would win and we got that one.

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All right. At the same time there was another bet that we lost.

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Yes we said that Sassuolo would win or draw against Sampdoria.

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Sampdoria by the way are the team against whom Sassuolo have kept the clean the most clean sheets.

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Oh my god.

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And Sampdoria lost their last four games before this without scoring a single goal.

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So I thought that that would be a pretty safe bet.

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No Sassuolo fucking draw or win.

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But apparently not.

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Apparently not.

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So we lost the first round so that was 10 euro.

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Scratched off from Serie A Spotlights bank account.

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After that we also said that Atalanta would get past Spezia.

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They would outright beat Spezia and they were held 2-2.

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Against a team that they had beaten three times in a row scoring three goals in each match by the way.

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And Spezia who were by the way at one point 3-0 up before the far call against Atalanta.

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Hadn't beaten Atalanta since 1931 by the way.

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So I'm like okay this is a pretty safe bet again.

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Boom. Fucked.

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Post World War I was the last.

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That's mad.

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We then said that after giving la to all the praise in the world for how they are defensively.

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How lethal they are going forward with Serie A and three runs at Cagni.

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And Felipe Anderson as well.

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They lost the Lecce 2-1.

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That was always going to be a risky bet.

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That was going to be risky.

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And I rose on the bet as well.

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But the odds were good.

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They were at like two points something.

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This was worth it.

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For that.

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But you think if you're competing top four and I know obviously Milan were held to Cremona so on so forth.

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But La Cie are going to want to be at least getting something out of a match like that.

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Like sure it's a tough away game against a tough side.

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But you should be really getting all three points over there.

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At least a fucking point.

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So yeah I was quite disappointed that that one didn't go over the line for us.

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But then.

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But then Juve in the last minute beat Cremona.

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And Jake and I had a Juve victory with under five goals.

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That's what we call a Posse bet.

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It's like the odds are just two we take it.

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Literally literally terrible gambling.

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But we got our money back.

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So we made 20 euros.

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We broke even and then we're like wait so clearly we're cursed.

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We're cursed.

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Every bet that we're placing except for the Juve.

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What's just happening the other way around.

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We're just losing everything like Spezia held Atalanta.

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Lecce beat Lazio.

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We're like fuck it.

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So let's put let's say Napoli are going to win the next game so that interbeat them and bam.

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That's when that worked in our favor.

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More competitive league thanks to us.

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Exactly.

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So we lost money.

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Yes.

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Quite a significant amount actually.

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20 euros.

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For our betting standards.

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For our betting standards it's a lot of money.

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But yeah we'll be back.

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We'll bounce back.

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Look if we stop like we're pussies.

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We're going to keep going.

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And even if it's a meme at this point why not why not keep entertaining it.

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Exactly.

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Yes it could.

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Between podcaster and listener.

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No bro you're very good at like thinking on the spot.

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You know like you think.

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Yeah really really good at adapting improvising.

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Like so how about you take those listeners right now who are in a bit of a rush.

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And need to know what happened this match day through a bit of a journey.

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All right.

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So I mean they started at 1230.

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And the games and there were two fixtures as Salernitana against Milan.

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Sasuala against Sampdoria.

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So the champions managed to beat Salernitana two goals to one away from home.

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While Sasuala shockingly lost to Sampdoria who were dead last.

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Two goals to one.

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They made a couple of signings Sampdoria and to be honest they looked much brighter than they previously had.

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Spezia held Salernitana two goals to two with Spezia at home and looking much the better side for a lot of the game.

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Torino won.

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Another team in the bottom three that's you know really pushing at the moment.

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Lecce two Lazio one.

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Massive step up for Lecce.

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Roma one.

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Do it in classic more in your fashion.

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They score a penalty and then they defend the whole game.

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A late Arcadius Millec free kick gave the Bianconeri a victory.

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Monza won.

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As I predicted in the last episode.

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Inter won.

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Napoli nil.

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Thanks to our bet Milan now only five points under Napoli.

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So two games solid and three games to turn it around.

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And Odinese again being held by Empoli at home.

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Obviously I think out of this match the highlight was the statement Inter made by handing Napoli their first defeat of the season.

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Inter were previously struggling losing five matches out of their opening 15 in the first half of the season.

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But here they really managed to turn things around.

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They had a fantastic performance.

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They beat Napoli who have been insane this season.

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So I think that's definitely the main standout.

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Yes sir.

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I agree with you totally.

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I think before we get into all the matches you have a few stats you'd like to go through of the matchday.

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Yes sir.

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We will start off with eight.

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These were the total number of shots taken by Sassuolo forward Domenico Berardi who was first in matchday 16 classification.

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Followed by Fiorentina number nine Arthur Cabral who got five.

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Cabral together with Milan's Giroud is first in terms of number of shots at goal.

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Three for both.

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Guillermo Ochoa decided that he wanted to stop hibernating every four years and actually produce performances on the great stage on a weekly basis.

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He was the goalkeeper who made the most saves in the last round on his debut actually.

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Nine saves for the Mexican followed by Marco Carnesecchi of Cremona with seven and Michaela Di Gregorio of Monza with five.

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Napoli and Sassuolo were the teams that completed the most dribbles with nine with the record holder being Armand Loriente with six followed by Rafael Leao of Milan with four.

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Very interesting as always brother.

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Your stats are my favorite stats in the world.

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Thanks bro.

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No worries.

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Shall we get into each game?

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We can start off obviously with Inter one Napoli nil.

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So Inter lined up in their classic 3-5-2 formation on Anna in goal with a back line of Bastogna, Yacchie Erbi and Scrinia.

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Di Marco on the left and Armian on the right as wing backs.

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Cialanooglu obviously had to replace Brozovic in the register role due to his injury.

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Mkhitaryan and Barela just ahead of him with Zéko and Lukaku up front.

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For Napoli it was their classic 4-3-3 also.

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Beautiful kind of dynamic over here. Classic 3-5-2 against a classic 4-3-3.

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Maret in goal with a back line of Di Lorenzo, Rahmani, Minje and Olivera.

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Anguissa Lobot-Gazielinski in the midfield with Poletano, Ossimen and Guevara up front.

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So no real losses there for Napoli. None at all actually.

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Yeah man and after 13 wins and two draws this season, this is the setup that gave them their first loss.

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Their first loss by the way since April 2022 against Empoli.

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Whoa, Jesus.

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And it came to Zéko man by the way who has scored 20 goals for Inter in Serie A.

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Each of them after turning 35 years old bro.

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Crazy man.

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He's honestly so underrated. I think for me it's him and Giroud when it comes to that generation of players are the most underrated.

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Oh incredibly.

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Of strikers especially.

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Incredibly and I think Zéko when he made the switch to Inter, I think everyone thought he was past it at that point.

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He wasn't getting, you know, he was being benched by Borja Majoral sometimes for a young energetic guy and everyone's like okay maybe he's falling off it.

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Inter will take him now because they're broke. They got him and what a coup he was man.

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The second Lukaku or Lautaro was unavailable. The man is there at 35 years old. Like you said very comparable to Giroud man.

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In his last three games for Inter of course he has a goal and an assist against Bologna.

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Two goals against Atalanta and a goal against Napoli. This season at 36 years old he's on 10 goals and four assists.

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My God.

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Yeah this is a guy who scored everywhere he's been. You know I mean you look at his stats at Wolfsburg 66 goals. City 50 goals.

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Roma he's got over 80 goals like Inter 20 goals. You know for Bosnia 64 goals.

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He's inevitable. He's inevitable Zerko. We watched him score live in that Sassuolo game.

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Oh yeah of course.

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And I saw him score for Roma as well. I think he's one of the players that I watched the most live.

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Of what?

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Zerko. But yeah it was a ball in from Di Marco in the 56th minute. Zerko got there headed.

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It was a he was alone basically but it was a great run off the ball and to get into that position he very much attacked the header and he beat Maret.

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Maret had a super game but I think Inter overall did exactly what they had to do and more to win this game.

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And I think they were defending brilliantly obviously they were really keeping their shape and they constantly had 11 men behind the ball.

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And everyone no one put a put a foot wrong in that process. However it was more their approach when they were defending in that manner they were really picking and choosing their battles.

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They knew when they should counter they knew when they should stay disciplined and stay behind their decision making was perfect.

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And because of their low block and their low defensive line it made it difficult for Guevara to do his thing for Ossimen to get in behind. Ossimen was getting bullied by that back three bro.

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Yeah. Inter bro the second they were out of possession you're absolutely right they sat back they told Napoli you go take the ball come to us like.

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No 50-50s.

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No 50-50s nothing they just sat deep and the thing is Guevara at scale attempted a few moves on the left he tend to cut inside every time he just hit a wall.

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Exactly.

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Every time. Poletano couldn't get into the game he was invisible.

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He never got started.

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And Ossimen was isolated. In fact you look at the the movies of Napoli like you see Angus Salah, Botkan, Zelinski in the middle those were the guys who had the ball the most and of course the fullbacks.

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They were just trying to penetrate this fucking Inter team like like passing the ball around and they couldn't they kept losing the ball and Inter kept countering.

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It was a really smart set up by Nzaghi.

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Definitely man and a very attacking outlet in DeMarco on the left hand side for Inter who sometimes in the final third his output was a little bit questionable and even the commentator was having a bit of a go at him in the beginning of the second half.

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But you know he's in the right position whips the ball in Zerco's there he puts the ball into the back of the net another assist for DeMarco and he had the ball so much going forward.

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I'm a massive fan of DeMarco and you know watching him do this at Verona was one thing but seeing him doing it at Inter in these big games in these big moments in the Champions League it's a good thing man.

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His development is great. He's only 25 years old. I mean 25 years old he's on the right path you know he's a starter at Inter and he's displacing Gossens you know who in theory is a good player.

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What did you make bro of this Lukaku comedy show?

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Lukaku is funny man. At the moment in my opinion and this guy the beauty of Lukaku is he can prove me wrong very soon. He can prove me wrong very soon.

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But right now to me it doesn't look like Lukaku belongs on a football pitch. It doesn't. He doesn't seem up to it. Now he had a few opportunities.

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He tested Maret on a couple of occasions. He was a bit more lively than usual but you give him and he was putting the ball in the right positions to be fair to him. His link up play was good.

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Yeah the great ball to DeMarco. He did. That's when Dharmian missed that opportunity. That was a brilliant play by Lukaku.

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DeMarco missed the first one and then Dharmian missed another one after. Exactly that layoff by Barela. That was a beautiful long ball by Lukaku.

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That was a layoff by Barela. It's better at playing the ball right now than he is at number one controlling it because it's hilarious how an aerial ball is played to this guy and he starts flailing his arms as the ball hits him and bounces away from his body.

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He doesn't control the ball. It hits him. It just hits him. He's so not coordinated right now.

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And his shooting has been off. We saw it this game too. It's carried on from the Belgium national team from the World Cup.

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Of course. He was put on the biggest stage in the world and the poor guy was coming back from injury probably a bit out of shape.

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The world saw him have a terrible performance and that must have knocked his confidence down a little bit.

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We can see what Lukaku is like when his confidence is low. I think it's obvious that his confidence is low at the moment.

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He does look fired up. He does look hungry. He seems like he can't do what he used to do for some reason.

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But it's a mental block because this was two years ago. He's still a decently young guy. He can't turn it around and he can't do good. But at the moment he really doesn't look up to the task.

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Lukaku don't let those intrusive thoughts win. There you go. Well done, Drake. Thank you.

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But yes, Napoli never really looked to threaten. I can't remember a massive chance. I remember one particularly good save by Onana when he was tested.

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It was a reflex save, a massive one after there was some fumbling in the balls. It was one of those with a very strong arm.

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He dove but his arm stayed where it was. It was a great save.

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But nonetheless, yes, super impressive by Inter. Disappointing return for Napoli. But this has resulted in a more competitive league as two match days can change everything around.

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Oh, definitely. And now Napoli needs to play San Padovia away from home, which should be a good way to get back to winning ways for them.

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But then straight after that, on the 13th of January, they play Juve in Naples. So that's going to be very, very interesting.

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Napoli remain in first place, however, five points now ahead of Milan, so still a very good position to be for them.

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Inter now enter the top four. They're on 33 points. They're three points clear of Lazio now and they're only one point behind Juve and three points behind Milan. Exactly.

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Nice. The next game that we're going to be covering is Salernitana 1-Milan 2. Salernitana lined up with their usual 3-5-2 formation without Shoah in goal on his debut.

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Fazio Radovanovic and Lovato at the back with Brotherich and Sambia on the wings. Villeneuve, Bohinen and Koulibaly in the middle with Piontek and Dier up front.

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This is practically a full team without Matsoki, who's injured, of course.

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Tatarasano was in goal for Milan as Mike Monion continues to cause many questions. What's going on?

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I took him on. Fun time. He decided to get injured.

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This is broken bone type. Like length.

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He might as well. I'm glad he didn't, but he might as well have broken a bone.

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It's true, honestly. He's been out for so long, but apparently he's rumored to be back for the Spurs game, the Champions League.

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But yeah, Calabria is the right back. Hernandez on the left with Tomori and Calulo as the center back pairing with Ben Nasser and Tonali as a double pivot with Salah Makars on the right.

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Leao on the left. Ibrahim Diaz as the Czech. Wartista and Olivier Giroud up front.

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Safe to say Milan dominated this game, of course, and they got firing quite early on. They had a few chances.

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Leao, particularly with a 1-on-1 on Shoah, was incredible. He made three world class saves in the first 30 minutes.

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And then like six or seven as the game progressed. Amazing saves, like top quality.

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But it only took the 10th minute for Leao to get round on Shoah and score from a really tight angle thanks to a beautiful ball by Sandro Tonali.

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In the 15th minute, Sandro Tonali actually scored himself. So he had an amazing five minutes over there. Brilliant.

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After Ibrahim Diaz layoff. And then Bonazzoli caused some worries for Milan in the 83rd minute when a Lassana-Kullibaly ball saw the Italian volley at home.

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In a lovely fashion, to be honest.

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It was a good performance by Milan. Milan forced a lot of saves out of a Shoah. They looked very dangerous going forward.

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However, in the 83rd minute, there was a slight lapse in concentration for Milan towards the end of the game.

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And that's how Salernitana threatened. If you allow Salernitana to threaten, they're going to threaten.

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And towards the end of the game, that's what the story was. And it continues to prove that Milan's defense isn't perhaps what it used to be.

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And the attacking outlet has become more prominent than the defensive one, I believe.

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Yeah, that's true. Right now, they're an attacking, high-pressing unit.

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In my opinion, you could clearly see that Milan became weaker when Charles de Quetelari came on along with Gabbia.

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Not that they were bad, of course. Gabbia was pretty solid, to be honest. De Quetelari, of course, was quite rusty still.

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He looks better at getting the ball and passing it than when he actually has a shot to take.

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He's not going to score the chance. He's too low on confidence right now.

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I just think you have to keep playing it simple, keep getting the simple things right, and eventually you'll pick up from their performance.

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I'm sure he did that well enough. But Brahim Dias was having a really good game.

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Yeah, Brahim Dias, to be honest, this season, obviously he's gotten so much criticism over the past three years at Milan.

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I think the season in particular, but I think the season has been his best season thus far.

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I think he's proven that even when he was being played on the right-hand side when Milan were struggling with injuries,

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they had literally no right-wingers, he was playing there and he scored that goal against Juve as well.

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He scored the goal shortly after. I forgot against who. But he's been really good.

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Charles, I think he just needs to understand that at the moment, since he's low on confidence, less is more.

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And the less that he tries to do and the more generous that he is in the manner in which he plays,

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his confidence will slowly, slowly go up and nothing devastating will happen.

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He'll just be feeling it out and getting a hang of it.

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But when you see him in critical situations where he has to shoot and score, essentially, that's where you see him struggle,

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like with a final decision, for example.

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Yeah, kiss. Keep it simple, stupid.

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Yeah, beautiful.

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But yes, it was this substitution, I believe, that caused a bit of a turning point.

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Salernitana did come out pressing and they are capable of that.

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But when Cedic and Gabia came on, they pressed even more and they became very aggressive.

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In fact, they got like three cards in six minutes.

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And eventually, Colibali did pick out Bonazzoli and they did cause some concerns.

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But then I feel like the substitutions of the introductions of Dest and Vrancs, for example, were quite good for Milan.

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And they got over the line quite well.

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Yeah, I can't highlight.

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Obviously, I've said this before.

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How much I like so far what I've seen from Vrancs.

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I think naturally he looks very good.

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And a couple of seasons at Milan with training with their squad and training with their defenders,

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he's going to prove to be a real titan man and he can start pushing from then on.

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Yeah, he's definitely good in that pocket.

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What did you make of Milan overall in this game after the return, after the break?

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Promising start created lots of chances.

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If it weren't for the legendary Ochoa in goal, this could have easily been a comfortable victory for Milan.

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The guy kept them in it and that goal at the end almost caused an unlikely upset.

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But Milan by far the better team.

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Yeah, now obviously.

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In fact, one shot on target for Salernitana was the goal.

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Yeah.

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Bonazzoli, classic obviously Bonazzoli.

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Bonazzoli, by the way, has equaled Marco Di Vio as the Salernitana top scorer in Serie A of all time.

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How many goals is that?

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Twelve.

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Twelve?

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Di Vio?

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Ronaldo should have gone to Salernitana.

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I'm sure he can get twelve goals for Salernitana.

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No, but he thinks he's in South Africa, but he's in Saudi Arabia.

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That was hilarious, by the way.

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It was.

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I agree with you basically about Milan now, obviously we're high and mighty, but there is a game against Roma this Sunday at 8.45.

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A very, very tough fixture for Milan against, you know, Mourinho's Roma.

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And we'll see what happens over there.

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I'm confident that Milan can get it done.

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But if there's anyone that can break down someone's play in this league apart from Inter nowadays, it's Roma.

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Roma will stop you from playing your game.

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So that's going to be interesting.

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It's great to go. Roma don't score in the first half because it'll be the most frustrating game of football ever.

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Definitely, man.

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So Milan in second on 36 points, five points behind Napoli and two points ahead of Juve,

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while Salernitana in 14th on 17 points, one behind Empoli and Lecce, same points as Monza.

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The next game we're going to be covering is Crémoner's 250th match in Serie A,

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as they almost held Juventus in a 0-0 draw, but Juventus managed to get a late victory thanks to an Arcadius-Mille goal and 1-1-0.

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Crémoner's are lined up in a 3-4-1-2 formation with Karnecek in goal and a back line of Losovskvili, Bianchetti and Ferrari.

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Valeri on the left and Sernicola on the right with Castagnetti and Maite in the holding midfield roles.

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Piquel just ahead of them with Dessers and Ocarecke up front.

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Allegri's side lined up in a 3-5-1-1 formation with Cesni in goal and a back line of Gatti, Bremer and Danilo.

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Sule on the right and Kostić on the left with a midfield three of Fagioli, Locatelli and McKennie.

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Miretti just ahead of them, shouldering Millik, who played as a punta.

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So, pretty much as I said, Crémoner's played so well during this game and they just looked better than Juve, in my opinion.

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Why do you think that was?

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So, this Juventus was set up quite defensively.

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We saw the same problems that Juventus sides under Allegri or sides under Allegri in general tend to have going forward.

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Juve didn't really threaten from the get-go.

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And Crémoner's were extremely unfortunate not to get anything out of this game because they played really well.

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They were amazing.

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De Ceres hit the post at the point as well. They got awfully close.

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I was quite sure Afenajan hit the post as well. In fact, he did.

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Afenajan hit the post from a really tight angle as well.

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Yes, of course, on the byline. He shot from the byline.

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Crémoner's were looking dangerous. They were going forward well.

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And this is quite a young Juve team. I mean, Sule, Fagioli and Gatti are very young players and Miretti as well.

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Locatelli just took that next step in his footballing career as a regular at a big club as well.

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And Keney is under quite a lot of pressure from the fans.

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Kostić, granted.

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Kostić is a standout for them because he was threatening as well from that left-hand side.

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He had some shots, man, and some crosses that were fantastic.

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He's super. You watch him charging up alone.

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Can't help but feel bad for the guy.

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The defense is solid, of course. The goalkeeper is solid.

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Milleke wasn't particularly great before the goal. His hold-up play wasn't amazing.

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He was often losing the ball.

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But anyway, bro, all this said and Juve have made it seven wins in a row with seven clean sheets in a row.

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Torino, Empoli, Lecce, Inter, Verona, Lazio and Cremonese.

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They didn't concede a single goal and they beat every single opponent.

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Yeah, no. Juve have now shown us that even when they're not having their best day,

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they're still capable of getting a full three points.

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And that's the most important thing. If you're looking to break into top four, then that's what you're going to have to do.

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You're going to win even when you're playing like shit.

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And they played like shit. Cremonese once again have looked really good against the big teams,

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but once again failing to get anything out of this match.

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It was a strong performance by them. They should leave with their chin held up.

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And so should Juve because even though they had a very tough time,

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and this isn't exactly a sustainable way to win games, they got the three points, man.

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And now they move forward with their head held high.

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Juve win ugly, but they win ugly often. That's true.

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And that's why they're there. That's why they're always there, man.

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And this game was about to be just summed up by Juve fans like screaming and queefing over that Sule Nutmeg.

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There was an amazing Sule Nutmeg, like clips on Twitter were everywhere on it.

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It's like, you're about to draw to Cremonese. Relax with the Nutmeg.

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Leo had an amazing Nutmeg as well in the Milan game.

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Fun fact, I just realised how biased that's a Sule Nutmeg.

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Leo!

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Sule looks like an amazing talent.

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He does, man. I was going to highlight, we had a funny moment because I was at work

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and you were watching Milan and I saw that one at Zouli, you scored, and I texted you,

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are we in trouble? And you answered, yes.

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Yes, we're in trouble, bro. It's always the case, man.

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I'm sure Juve fans had the same thought, but here they are in third place on 34 points,

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whilst their opponents, Cremonese, on the other hand, in 19th place on 7 points,

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one point ahead of Verona and two points behind Sampdoria.

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Yes, sir. All thanks to that wonderfully struck free kick by Arcadius Melik.

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The next game we're going to be covering is the exact replica of the Juve game.

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Roma 1-Bologna 0.

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Not quite, not exactly the same.

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There's a slight difference, being that they got the goal early on and they just shit house for the entire game.

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Exactly.

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But yeah, let's go.

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Roma lined up with their usual 3-4-1-2 formation with Rui Patricio on goal,

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Ibanez is smalling and Mancini at the back.

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El Sharawi was on the left, Kčeljko on the right, with Tahirović, the 19-year-old Swedish player

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that Mourinho decided to call upon for this game, playing alongside Cristante in the midfield.

423
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:22,000
Pellegrini was in the 3-4 position with Zaniolo and Deballa up front, assuming for the counter.

424
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:31,000
Yeah, probably. I mean, I do see Mourinho using this structure quite often moving forward with Zaniolo and Deballa up front.

425
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,000
Particularly with how Tammy and Bellotti have been playing.

426
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,000
Exactly.

427
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,000
A target man who can't really score, hold up play well.

428
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:44,000
Those two players on the bench is, you know, great for them, but also very disappointing for them at the same time.

429
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:48,000
I mean, going into the game where they need a goal, they have options and we know how their set pieces are.

430
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:54,000
You know, you bring on Tammy and Bellotti of the bench, at least you have bodies in the box for your well-worked routines.

431
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,000
Bologna lined up with their 4-2-3-1 formation with Skorupski on goal,

432
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:03,000
Posz on the right and Liko Džanec on the left with Sao Mauro and Lukumi as the centre-back pairing.

433
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,000
Lukumi was very good.

434
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:09,000
Ferguson and Medel were in the double pivot with Orsalini and Soriano out wide,

435
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:13,000
Dominguez in the treco at the start and Arnautovic up front.

436
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:21,000
Yeah, bro, 61% ball possession for Bologna, but they couldn't get over the line.

437
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,000
Roma were just too street smart.

438
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,000
Mourinho is really building a unit over here.

439
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,000
He is, man.

440
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:37,000
And I mean, if you could get a goal in the first six minutes and then play that out and win one at the end, it is impressive stuff.

441
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:43,000
It's just then there's also the having the ability to kill a game.

442
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:49,000
So not only did they play more in your system and they won by scoring one goal in the sixth minute,

443
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:56,000
but I also think there's a point to be made that they failed to secure it, to make it safe.

444
00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:03,000
They were constantly on the edge while Bologna were charging forward in order to get that equaliser.

445
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,000
And Roma would have hoped that they were a bit more dominant in this game.

446
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,000
I doubt it's just more in your system.

447
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,000
I think they would have hoped to get a stronger foot in the game.

448
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,000
Two shots on target simply is not enough.

449
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,000
Bologna had doubled that this game, granted they were chasing.

450
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000
That's not a choice, you know.

451
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:27,000
I mean, it's always more of a guarantee to push for another goal, extend the lead.

452
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,000
But of course, we know that coaches are different.

453
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,000
They have different philosophies.

454
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,000
Mourinho is extremely pragmatic.

455
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,000
We have the lead, all we have to do is defend it.

456
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,000
And they defended it to perfection.

457
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,000
Exactly.

458
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,000
Yeah.

459
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,000
A few stats here.

460
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:47,000
Lorenzo Pellegrini has scored a Serie A goal at the Olympico for the first time since March 20th, 2022.

461
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,000
No, sorry, 290 days ago.

462
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,000
Jesus Christ.

463
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000
In fact, I read an article.

464
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:59,000
I like using, and you like using it as well because you sent me the article.

465
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:05,000
Piazza dei Totti, and they have fantastic, fantastic articles over there.

466
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,000
But this one was written by a hater, bro.

467
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,000
A Nimrod.

468
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:13,000
This guy just hates Lorenzo Pellegrini.

469
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,000
He can't stand him.

470
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:22,000
And to be honest, this article in particular, I couldn't read it comfortably because of the way it was written.

471
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,000
No disrespect to the writers and all that.

472
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:31,000
But I just did have a nightmare reading that both for the opinion and for the structure of it.

473
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,000
Yeah, shall I read a few quotes from it?

474
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,000
Oh, yes, please. Yes, please.

475
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,000
So here it goes.

476
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:45,000
Pellegrini plotted to overthrow Fonseca in his second year, with Roma still third on the table.

477
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,000
It resulted to Roma's collapse later that season.

478
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:53,000
So he's blaming Roma's collapse on Pellegrini, trying to force Fonseca out.

479
00:33:53,000 --> 00:34:03,000
His injuries mostly come from training and preseason matches because he is avoiding real body clashes in competitive matches to prevent real injury.

480
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:13,000
Every time he injured, he must miraculously recover and get back to the squad in one or two weeks.

481
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:21,000
Lay on the pitch for every 90 minutes in order to prevent younger and more talented players to get played, overperform and eventually replace him.

482
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:29,000
So this guy thinks his injuries and his fucking he thinks it's all orchestrated to stop the younger players from breaking through.

483
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:33,000
This guy, this guy just rushes to conclusions.

484
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,000
I feel like he's constantly having a battle in his own head.

485
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,000
Like, that's why he's injured.

486
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,000
Just like trying to figure shit out.

487
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,000
Like Pellegrini out injured.

488
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,000
Motherfucker!

489
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:51,000
So when the baller shines in World Cup final and scores key penalty, he injured himself again just to get an excuse for a second half of the season.

490
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,000
My God, my God.

491
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:59,000
He says he's stat pads on penalties and free kicks, even though he's not that good at them.

492
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,000
No, he's disrespecting him to oblivion.

493
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,000
Obviously a good player.

494
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:07,000
And Pellegrini is one of the best players in Roma's team.

495
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,000
He's the leader.

496
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,000
He's the captain.

497
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,000
You know, he's a guy you have to get behind.

498
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,000
He's a guy you need to encourage.

499
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:18,000
And if you think your captain is being malicious, then you think there's a serious problem with your football club.

500
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:27,000
Like, for any captain to be to be doing anything on that level maliciously to hurt his teammates and to get the upper hand over them.

501
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,000
No, man, I think he's nuts.

502
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:34,000
This was Brian Christante's 100th win for Roma in all competitions.

503
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,000
More than any other teammates since he joined the club.

504
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,000
There's a reason coaches like him.

505
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,000
Yeah, there's a reason coaches like him.

506
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:43,000
And there's a reason we predicted that he'd be Mourinho's favorite favorite player.

507
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,000
And he's up there, man.

508
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,000
Definitely.

509
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:53,000
I remember taking the helm at Milan on FM like 10 years ago and Christante was a Primavera player.

510
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:54,000
Oh, my God.

511
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,000
Yeah, that was fun.

512
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,000
Shall we move on to the next game?

513
00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:59,000
Yep.

514
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:06,000
Let's just say that Roma are now in sixth place on 30 points, level with Lazio on two points ahead of Atalanta.

515
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:15,000
Whilst Bologna are in 11th place on 19 points, just one behind Fiorentina and one ahead of Lecce and then Polin.

516
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:19,000
The next game we're going to be covering is Lecce 2-1 Lazio.

517
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:28,000
A 4-3-3 up against another 4-3-3 Falcone goal for Lecce with Gallo, Titi, Basquirotto and Gendre at the back.

518
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:36,000
Gonzalez, Hülmend and Blinn in the middle with Banda out on the left, Sefetza on the right and Milan Loni, Colombo up front.

519
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:41,000
Providel was in goal for Lazio with Lazari, Ciasale, Romagnoli and Marisic at the back.

520
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:46,000
Sergei Mlinkovic, Savic in midfield, apparently, even though I barely saw him.

521
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,000
Catali in the middle alongside Buzic.

522
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,000
Pedro on the right with Zaccani on the left and Giro Immobile up front.

523
00:36:53,000 --> 00:37:01,000
Immobile opened the scoring thanks to a nice ball from Ciasale, scoring in the 14th minute.

524
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:13,000
Sefetza equalised in the 57th minute and then Colombo eventually got the winner after Di Francesco squared it to him after a lovely move, making it 2-1 to Lecce.

525
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,000
What the hell happened to Lazio here?

526
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:19,000
So I think obviously very good performance by Lecce.

527
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:28,000
The fact that they kept the pressure up even though maybe some people have said they should settle for the draw here and there, but they kept going out and they went for a victory and they got the victory.

528
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,000
So kudos to Lecce.

529
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:34,000
Lazio it almost seems like there's a lack of creativity.

530
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:38,000
Now, normally you have Zaccani who's being tricky on the left hand side.

531
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:43,000
You have Pedro showing good balance and experience and you have Savic feeding Immobile.

532
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:52,000
But when that doesn't work, there's normally Luis Alberto as well, who just gives them this brand new outlet to attack down from and he can assist Ciro very easily as well.

533
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,000
It's not just Sergei that can do it.

534
00:37:54,000 --> 00:38:04,000
And I think the fact that there's all these rumours and all this gossip around him at a point even saying he was moving the opposite direction to Lecce didn't help.

535
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,000
We know how Sarri is.

536
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:12,000
He's not going to bring him on when there's that kind of behaviour as well because his behaviour is being criticised for Lazio and his respect.

537
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:18,000
So I think it was that, the lack of creativity for Lazio and not having Luis Alberto as well.

538
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,000
Yeah, I mean, definitely, bro.

539
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:27,000
When you look at Bazic, Cataldi and Milinkovic, Savic, it's solely up to Sergei to make something happen over here.

540
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,000
And he had a shocker at this game.

541
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,000
They closed him down really well.

542
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000
I have to say I'm super impressed by Lecce, man.

543
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,000
They're such a unit, especially defensively.

544
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,000
Every player there is amazing.

545
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:41,000
Like Gallo, you see him in the opposition area, jibbling and attempting a cross and they're on the counter.

546
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,000
And Gallo clears it off the line.

547
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:44,000
How did he get there?

548
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000
He's tireless over there on the left.

549
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,000
Umtiti and Basquerota are just two beasts.

550
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:53,000
And even Jean-Jer on the other side provides three lines.

551
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,000
Umtiti is back, man.

552
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,000
Umtiti is back.

553
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,000
They're singing his name.

554
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:05,000
He's intercepting the ball and charging forward without having a crack while everyone's singing his name.

555
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,000
He's getting hard and challenges.

556
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,000
He just had a brilliant performance, man.

557
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,000
Yes, Umtiti is indeed getting hard.

558
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,000
Challenges.

559
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,000
Challenges.

560
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,000
Getting hard and challenges.

561
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:21,000
Now that's a true story right there.

562
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:22,000
Exactly.

563
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,000
Life gives me a challenge.

564
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:27,000
I get hard.

565
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:31,000
But yeah, you look at the solutions off the bench.

566
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,000
They took out Pedro, who is a match winner.

567
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:37,000
They brought on Philip Anderson, who is Dr. Jacqueline, Mr. Hyde.

568
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:43,000
He had a few terrible moments where he kept the ball for too long, didn't release.

569
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,000
There was a point where the ball kept running until he lost it.

570
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:49,000
They brought on Vecino, who's not really going to do anything.

571
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:53,000
Maybe he'll get on the end of a cross, but who's going to play that cross?

572
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,000
Marcos Antonio, country leader, he's too young.

573
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,000
Romero is literally 17 years old.

574
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,000
Who's going to win you this game, dude?

575
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,000
If it's not going your way, you don't have options on the bench.

576
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,000
And that's a lack of investment.

577
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,000
And I mean, it's a waste having a player again.

578
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,000
I think Luis Alberto, because of the rumours, isn't playing.

579
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,000
I don't blame Sarri.

580
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,000
I don't think it's a spot.

581
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:14,000
It's just super unfortunate that the club is going through something like that.

582
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,000
And at this point, man, I would just say, let him go.

583
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,000
Let him go, because he brings so much and he's so good.

584
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:24,000
But not in this current situation, not as long as Sarri is in charge.

585
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,000
And there are these rumours.

586
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,000
So at this point, the best thing you can do is to let him go.

587
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,000
Yeah.

588
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:33,000
They simply needed someone like Di Francesco on the bench.

589
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,000
So he came on for Leggian and turned the game around completely.

590
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,000
Yeah. A brilliant performance by him.

591
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,000
Colombo keeps impressing me.

592
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,000
He's had a great run the past five games.

593
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,000
I don't know how many goals and assists he has.

594
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,000
He's scored a goal against Sudeneze, a goal against Atalanta,

595
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:52,000
a goal and an assist against Sampdoria and a goal against Lazio.

596
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,000
Amazing. Amazing.

597
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,000
I'm so happy for him, man.

598
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,000
Yeah, he's doing well. He's breaking out.

599
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:02,000
Immobile, speaking of scoring, because I forgot to address this,

600
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:06,000
has reached the ninth place of the historical Serie A scores.

601
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:12,000
He's overtaken Del Piero, Gilardino and Signori.

602
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:16,000
They have 188 each. Ciro Immobile is at 189.

603
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,000
That's incredible, man.

604
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000
And to be honest, I'm not surprised because he's just been inevitable

605
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,000
for so long at Lazio, Ciro.

606
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:27,000
Yeah, I mean, he scores 20 plus goals year in, year out.

607
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,000
If you don't know what to do on fantasy football, you take Ciro Immobile.

608
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,000
Exactly.

609
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:37,000
Piola is the all-time Serie A goals scorer.

610
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:42,000
He scored 274 goals in Serie A, so Immobile needs another lifetime

611
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,000
to catch up to Piola.

612
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000
It goes to show how mental he was.

613
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,000
And that was in 537 games.

614
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,000
That's impressive, man. That's super impressive.

615
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,000
And he's also just one letter away from having the same name

616
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,000
as the best coach in the world.

617
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,000
Just one letter, man.

618
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:01,000
And that's Piola.

619
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,000
Brilliant.

620
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,000
Classic racial incident at the end of this game.

621
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,000
Of course.

622
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:14,000
We stand with Umtiti, we stand with Sise, we stand with Gendre.

623
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,000
Was it Gendre?

624
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,000
Probably, bro. I mean, you know, Lazio fans.

625
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,000
It's not only Lazio fans, it's fans in Italy.

626
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:24,000
Fans in Italy. There was recently a situation with Vinicius Junior

627
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:28,000
as well in Spain, so unfortunately, guys, racism is everywhere.

628
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:32,000
And the strictest of measures should be taken, as we've repeated

629
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:36,000
ourselves, to keep this out of the stadium.

630
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,000
Stadium bans. Literally.

631
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,000
I think it's as simple as that.

632
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:44,000
They have the technology to identify, and the eyewitnesses,

633
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,000
to identify the abusers.

634
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,000
Exactly.

635
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,000
Ban them from the stadium. No one's going to do it.

636
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,000
If you know you're going to get banned from the stadium,

637
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,000
you're not going to do it.

638
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:56,000
If you can charge a football and track exactly what it's doing

639
00:42:56,000 --> 00:43:00,000
and where it is, you can identify these people who are hurling

640
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:03,000
racial abuse and the people holding inflatable fucking bananas

641
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:07,000
and tossing bananas on the pitch, you should be able to identify them.

642
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:08,000
You know what I mean?

643
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:09,000
Fucking hell.

644
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:14,000
But, yeah, guys, Lazio in fifth place on 30 points, level with Roma,

645
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:21,000
and three behind Inter, whilst Lecce are in 12th on 18 points,

646
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:25,000
level with Empoli and one point ahead of Salernitana and Monza.

647
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,000
The next game we're going to be covering was one of the most

648
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,000
entertaining affairs that we had.

649
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:33,000
It was Spezia 2, Atalanta 2, massive upset there.

650
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:37,000
Spezia played in their 3-5-2 formation with Zouet in goal in the

651
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,000
back line of Nicolaou, Kiwior and Amian.

652
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,000
Reika played out wide with Holm on the other side.

653
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:44,000
Borabia, Ampadou and Bastoni formed midfield three,

654
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,000
Nzola and Giasi up front, classic.

655
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,000
For Atalanta it was a 3-4-1-2 with Sportiello in goal

656
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,000
and Toloi, Palomino and Scalvini at the back.

657
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:56,000
Meyli on one side and Ruggieri on the other side with Martin,

658
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:59,000
De Roon and Ederson in midfield.

659
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:03,000
I put so much effort into saying De Roon's name right that I

660
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,000
fucked up Ederson.

661
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,000
You've got one more, huh?

662
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:11,000
Kukminers and then just ahead of them with Lukman and Zapata up front.

663
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:15,000
In the eighth minute, Giasi opened the scoring for Spezia,

664
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:19,000
making it 1-0 after Animbala and Nzola assist in a counterattack.

665
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:22,000
Just a few moments later in the 18th minute,

666
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:26,000
there was a terrible collision between Zapata and Zouet that forced

667
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:30,000
Zouet out instantly and being replaced by their third choice goalkeeper,

668
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:34,000
20-year-old Petar Zofko, coming in with all the pressure in the world

669
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:35,000
facing Atalanta.

670
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:40,000
And 10 minutes later, Zapata was replaced by Hoyland after he couldn't cope

671
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:41,000
from the injury.

672
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:46,000
Yeah, Hoyland probably did better than Zapata, had been doing all game.

673
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:51,000
And Petar Zofko came in looking extremely young and nervous.

674
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:54,000
He looked like he could be in the in-betweeners.

675
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,000
That's how young this guy looks.

676
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:02,000
Every time he saved the ball or touched the ball or claimed a simple pass,

677
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,000
the crowd went nuts.

678
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:08,000
They were really riling him up and the fence was just playing for their

679
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,000
keeper, their young keeper.

680
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:10,000
They were protecting him, dude.

681
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,000
It was so nice to see.

682
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,000
Yeah, that is amazing to see.

683
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,000
And he was doing a good job.

684
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:17,000
We'll get into the rest soon.

685
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:22,000
A few moments later, Spezia made it 2-0, Zouet Zofko could rest for a little bit.

686
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:27,000
It was a long ball over the top by Borabja, phenomenal ball to Umbala and Zola.

687
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:30,000
Spezia did this quite often in Zola with a super clean finish.

688
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,000
And his record just continues.

689
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:36,000
He's on eight goals this season, just one behind Viktor Ossimen.

690
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:40,000
He's having a phenomenal season whilst not looking phenomenal.

691
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:43,000
But we'll get into that, I guess.

692
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:47,000
In the 77th minute, Rasmus Hueland improvised brilliantly with his back

693
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,000
towards goal and managed to get a shot away.

694
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,000
Zouet Zouet would have hoped to do better, but he did manage to sneak the ball

695
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:55,000
underneath him after a Davides-Apacosta assist.

696
00:45:55,000 --> 00:46:00,000
And then it was then the 92nd minute where a ball wasn't collected after a

697
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:05,000
cross that seemed to, you know, just make its way through to the far post.

698
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:09,000
And Pasalic was there to fumble the ball over the line.

699
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,000
And that, you know, he scored many goals against Spezia.

700
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:13,000
And that one was a bit luckier.

701
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:16,000
But again, the man is just at the right place at the right time.

702
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,000
Chazamit Filder is excellent, man.

703
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:22,000
Five goals in four games against Spezia for Pasalic.

704
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:26,000
It's a joint record in this competition alongside Arnautovic.

705
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:32,000
Jesus, Arnautovic obviously has to be involved in most debates when it comes to forward.

706
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:35,000
So, yeah, what did you make of this game?

707
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:36,000
It was very entertaining, man.

708
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,000
Spezia came out to fucking play.

709
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:41,000
And at a point, one thing I didn't address is that Spezia were three in a lap.

710
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:43,000
But our goal didn't stand because it was offside.

711
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:47,000
It was the guy, Ethan Ampadu that scored.

712
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:50,000
And Ethan Ampadu, he was looking dangerous when he came on.

713
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,000
Man, he's a nice little, a little coop in this team.

714
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:55,000
He really is.

715
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,000
And it was his first ever Serie A goal.

716
00:46:57,000 --> 00:47:03,000
So it's a shame because he looked so happy and he looked absolutely depressed when it was ruled off.

717
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,000
I think Atalanta committed a lot of men forward.

718
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:18,000
I think they surrounded the Spezia box well in numbers, but they didn't seem to have the striker to finish it off.

719
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,000
Zapata has been shaky, just came back from injury.

720
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:24,000
He was like, oh, 2023, new year, new me, I'm injury free.

721
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:32,000
No, that's not the case because he was, of course, subbed off early on due to the collision with Zoet.

722
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,000
But yeah, I think that's the problem.

723
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,000
They conceded early to Spezia.

724
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,000
And you know how Spezia are, when they score early, they're a nightmare.

725
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:40,000
You know, they'll sit back, they'll make your life hell.

726
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:41,000
They'll try to kill the game.

727
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,000
But then they actually got another one on the counter.

728
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,000
So like Atalanta are very naive.

729
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:50,000
And I feel like since they've become this more pragmatic team when it comes to overloading, they're not as efficient as they used to be.

730
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:56,000
It could be because of the personnel as well, of course, when you look at Zapata misfiring right now.

731
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:58,000
Luckmann didn't have a good game, but he has been OK.

732
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:02,000
But like Muriel and Zapata on form, trash is this.

733
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:09,000
Of course, a couple of seasons ago, literally two seasons ago, those two were a force, sorry, to be reckoned with.

734
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,000
But now I think you make a good point.

735
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:20,000
I think there's a reason that they became a more pragmatic side, perhaps because they realized they can't overload teams the same way that they used to.

736
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:28,000
And they don't have that much pace anymore, which is something that they had in numbers before with their wingbacks and up front with Muriel just terrorizing.

737
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,000
They had Papo Gomez back in the day as well.

738
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,000
And they're just simply not that side anymore.

739
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,000
They're slightly more static.

740
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:35,000
They position themselves well.

741
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:37,000
They counter attack well.

742
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:40,000
But in this game, again, it's not a choice to go 2-0 down.

743
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:45,000
Man, if you're going to be a pragmatic side, you can't be conceding two early on against Spezia.

744
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:46,000
Naive goals.

745
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:49,000
Literally, and being 3-0 down at a point.

746
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:55,000
And it seems like we're talking about them being a pragmatic side, but both Spezia's goals were on the counter, man.

747
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:57,000
Yeah, that's it, man. Naive.

748
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:00,000
You have to be naive to concede on the counter.

749
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:05,000
And the Atalanta we saw at the beginning of the season didn't look like they were capable of doing this.

750
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:06,000
No, not at all, man. Not at all.

751
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:12,000
And this puts Atalanta in a very different position to where they were a couple of match days ago, man.

752
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:16,000
But I think as much as this is a bad sign for Atalanta, it's a very good sign for Spezia.

753
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:24,000
The fact that we're saying they haven't yet adapted to Gotti's system after having two very different managers and two very forward-thinking managers.

754
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:26,000
Now they're playing under Luca Gotti.

755
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:32,000
But like we said, these smaller teams who stayed together during the break have been working together and they have come out looking very good.

756
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:35,000
And Spezia formed to be one of those sides, man.

757
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:36,000
Definitely, bro.

758
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:43,000
Rasmus Hoyland, bro, born in 2003, is the youngest foreign player to have scored at least two goals in, say, this season.

759
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:47,000
Granted, the striker department's a bit of an issue right now, but this guy does look promising.

760
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:48,000
Yeah, no, he does.

761
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:49,000
He does Hoyland.

762
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:54,000
I think it's his work ethic and his physicality that make him that good.

763
00:49:54,000 --> 00:50:01,000
I don't think he has a particular eye for a goal that makes him better than most strikers.

764
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:03,000
But I think he knows how to play in the system.

765
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:10,000
I think he knows how to carry when the team isn't performing too well, doesn't carry the attacking side of the pitch.

766
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:17,000
But yeah, he had a good performance here and he managed to force a goal in under, obviously, Zofko, who had just come in.

767
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:20,000
And he was having a good game until I think he could have done better with that one.

768
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,000
Yeah, it went underneath him.

769
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:29,000
You know, granted great improvisation by Hoyland with the cheeky, what's it called, the R2 Circlex.

770
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:32,000
When you're going forward, not when you're attacking.

771
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,000
It's like a forward chop.

772
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:42,000
It's like you stop the ball and then kick it forward with your other, to beat the defender.

773
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:44,000
He'll smash it underneath the goalkeeper.

774
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:45,000
Very, very good.

775
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:46,000
Exactly.

776
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:51,000
So at the end, I think they'd be happy that they managed to get a point out of it, but that's really not where they want to be.

777
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,000
They don't want to be celebrating a point, man, against Betts.

778
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:55,000
Yeah.

779
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:59,000
Before we conclude, I just want to highlight Mjazi.

780
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:00,000
Congratulations, Mjazi.

781
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:01,000
You scored your first goal.

782
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:07,000
You were statistically the worst striker in Europe, top five leagues when it came to like XG.

783
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:11,000
So fortunately, he has scored and things will be looking up for him.

784
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:14,000
Now, Palomino played a really good game since his return.

785
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:15,000
He's been very good.

786
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:16,000
Obviously, he stopped playing.

787
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:17,000
He was good.

788
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:18,000
He's back.

789
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:19,000
He's good again.

790
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:20,000
Exactly.

791
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:24,000
João Moutinho debuted for Spezia coming off the bench in the 66th minute.

792
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,000
He looked quite decent, to be honest.

793
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:29,000
And he entered the pitch alongside Daniel Maldini.

794
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:30,000
Interesting.

795
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:34,000
When worlds collide, there's João Moutinho and Daniel Maldini coming on for Spezia.

796
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,000
Who would have thought?

797
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:40,000
But yeah, like I said, a very good result for Spezia.

798
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:41,000
They're in 17th place now.

799
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:44,000
That just gives them some breathing space from Sampdoria.

800
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,000
They're on 14 points and Sampdoria are on nine.

801
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:49,000
So a healthy five point gap over there.

802
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:52,000
Still not where they want to be, but it is an improvement.

803
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:57,000
And on the other hand, Atalanta have now moved down to seventh on 28 points.

804
00:51:57,000 --> 00:52:00,000
And they're now two points behind Roma and Lazio.

805
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:03,000
The next game we're going to be covering was another upset.

806
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,000
So Swolo won Sampdoria two.

807
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:10,000
Sampdoria looking the better team with their new signings over here.

808
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:15,000
And the break clearly helping to their advantage, as we had discussed about the World Cup teams.

809
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:19,000
The teams, say teams, even the World Cup didn't have many players called up.

810
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:23,000
Yeah, the ones that stayed together for that two month break practicing.

811
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:24,000
Exactly.

812
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:26,000
So Swolo lined up with Consigli in goal.

813
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:31,000
Rogier on the left, Tullian on the right with a center back pairing of Ferrari and Rouen.

814
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:35,000
Their midfield three were Thordesved, Henrique and Frattesi.

815
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:36,000
Loriente played on the left.

816
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:40,000
Berardi played on the right and Penamonti played up front.

817
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:43,000
For Sampdoria was their 3-4-1-2 formation without their own goal.

818
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:46,000
Berezinski, Nuitink and Amione at the back.

819
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:49,000
Nuitink coming in of course from Udinese.

820
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:50,000
Leris was on the right.

821
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:51,000
Augelo was on the left.

822
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:56,000
The center back pairing, center mid pairing, sorry, of Rincon and Ronaldo.

823
00:52:56,000 --> 00:53:01,000
Viera with Verri as the turquoise and Gabbiadini and Lammers up front.

824
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:04,000
Of course, Lammers coming in for the parting Caputo.

825
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:08,000
The first goal came in the 25th minute through Manolo Gabbiadini.

826
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:11,000
Bicycle kick, he showed amazing composure over there.

827
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:13,000
In the 28th minute shortly after,

828
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:19,000
Tommaso Augelo took the opportunity after Sassuolo to smack it from a distance,

829
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:22,000
doubling the scoring in a short amount of time.

830
00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:25,000
Ferrari giving the ball away very clumsily over there.

831
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,000
A very failed clearance.

832
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:30,000
Both these goals, so you guys know, were contenders for our goal of the week.

833
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:32,000
Both astonishing goals.

834
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:34,000
Two amazing goals over there.

835
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:37,000
Sassuolo tried to come back in the second half in the 64th minute.

836
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:41,000
Pena Monti forced a foul and Domenico Berra de-converted the penalty.

837
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:45,000
But Sassuolo did not have anything left in the tank to deal with this.

838
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:48,000
We're going to pass you on to our residents, Sassuolo fan, Luke Mintoff,

839
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:53,000
who's going to go off on a rant about Sassuolo and their sticky situation.

840
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:55,000
Evening, gents.

841
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:57,000
Hope you're both doing well.

842
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,000
Happy New Year, of course, as well.

843
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:03,000
And the first episode of 2023.

844
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,000
Actually, never mind, there was really one.

845
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:10,000
So scratch right, I said, and I'm an idiot.

846
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:16,000
Anyways, this is going to be, well, I was going to say it was going to be a hot,

847
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:22,000
short take on Sassuolo's game, but I think it's going to be quite a rant.

848
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:26,000
So I'll just start speaking and at the point you can just clip me and yeah,

849
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:28,000
that'll be it.

850
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:33,000
But to actually start speaking about something of note.

851
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:35,000
Well, the game wasn't good.

852
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:37,000
I mean, I'm not going to sugarcoat it.

853
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:40,000
However, the first 20 minutes didn't go too bad.

854
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:44,000
Sassuolo dictated the game more or less.

855
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:45,000
They had the better chances.

856
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:51,000
They were getting corners, albeit not the best finishing.

857
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:57,000
Berardi was shooting, felt like he was shooting at the football pitch with his

858
00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:59,000
friends rather than at the football game.

859
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:03,000
But to his credit, he's not played too much and I'm sure he's still rusty.

860
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:08,000
So probably he was just, you know, trying his luck a little bit,

861
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:15,000
which for a player like him, some kind of excuse.

862
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:20,000
But after the first goal was conceded from a really terrible,

863
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:25,000
terrible defending, I mean, the corners, the man marking and actually how they

864
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:29,000
gave away the corner was just classic Sassuolo defense.

865
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:32,000
But it was a good goal from Gabiudini.

866
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:35,000
I mean, Samp played that set piece quite well.

867
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:39,000
So credit where it's due, of course.

868
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:43,000
And that you could instantly see that deflated the whole team,

869
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:47,000
so much so that Samp scored in two minutes' time.

870
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:55,000
Albeit it was a fabulous strike by Aguero, I think that's how you pronounce his name.

871
00:55:55,000 --> 00:56:02,000
But just all this clearance was, I mean, it's like you take your kids to a

872
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:06,000
five-a-side football game and they're playing at a birthday party.

873
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:11,000
And the worst kid on the football pitch just tries to clear the ball because

874
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:13,000
he's hopeless and he plays in defense.

875
00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:21,000
And it went right to Aguero and he just had a fantastic shot, which just had,

876
00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:25,000
you know, there was no chance of saving it really.

877
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:31,000
But more on the first half, a lot of players were just below par.

878
00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:38,000
Frattesi, I kid you not, it felt like he was playing for Roma in that game.

879
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:44,000
Defense was all over the place, clearances were really half-assed.

880
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:52,000
Rogério, I think that's the worst performance I've seen of Rogério in a while.

881
00:56:52,000 --> 00:57:00,000
He looked, I don't know, the way he was just, he gave away so many balls

882
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:04,000
by under-hitting the pass to Lorienta that at the point I was on the train

883
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:07,000
and I was actually going to slam my phone against the wall.

884
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:12,000
That was frustrating to watch.

885
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:15,000
Then of course, you know, first half ended 2-0.

886
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:21,000
I think that Dionisi did give a really good pep talk in halftime because

887
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:25,000
instantly you could see the team changed their mentality,

888
00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:28,000
they changed their focus and the way they played.

889
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:30,000
Torsvett was subbed off, which I don't fully agree with.

890
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:33,000
He was definitely not the worst man on the pitch in the first half.

891
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:35,000
He was at least trying.

892
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:41,000
Sometimes his control wasn't too great, so sometimes he lost the ball like that,

893
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:47,000
but other players were doing in my opinion way worse mistakes than he was doing.

894
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:52,000
Penamonte also was absolutely useless.

895
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:59,000
The weirdest thing which boils my blood the most is I've never seen him be that

896
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:02,000
back-to-the-wall striker.

897
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:06,000
Maybe I never paid attention to him in his games that much,

898
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:15,000
but he seemed way more full of sprites and a bit of finesse.

899
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:21,000
He just backs to the goal, holds up the play,

900
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:25,000
then it's just a pass which is either under hit or over hit,

901
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:29,000
or he just loses the ball, or he gets tackled and he starts crying.

902
00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:35,000
That happened at least four times in the first half.

903
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:37,000
Anyway, second half, it was better.

904
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:41,000
Definitely it was better for Bessar Swolo.

905
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:43,000
Torsvett got subbed off.

906
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:45,000
Traore, in my opinion, changed the game quite a bit.

907
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:50,000
Traore and Laurenta on the left-hand flank was actually quite nice to see.

908
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:52,000
They linked up quite well.

909
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:55,000
The half Traore there, who seemed like he was playing with more confidence,

910
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:58,000
even the way he was switching the play to the other side, to Berardi,

911
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:03,000
that was something that they were missing for the whole season so far.

912
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:09,000
So it was good to see Traore back and Traore playing with decent confidence.

913
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:12,000
Of course, although I was bashing Penamonte,

914
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:16,000
he did get a penalty for the team, which Berardi scored.

915
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:21,000
There were a number of opportunities where Sassuolo could have scored a second,

916
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:29,000
but Audero made a few fabulous saves.

917
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:35,000
One was against Laurenta, where he was curling a shot from the outside of the box

918
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:39,000
or maybe kind of on the line of the box.

919
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:42,000
Great save. Traore missed a one-on-one.

920
00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:45,000
Well, not missed, it was saved because it was quite central.

921
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:49,000
Berardi almost scored from a corner, which was really well taken.

922
00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:55,000
It was like a free volley, but he was overhitting his shots quite a bit in that game.

923
00:59:55,000 --> 01:00:01,000
So first half, I would literally give Sassuolo a one-on-ten.

924
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:04,000
It was absolutely shambolic.

925
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:07,000
Second half, I would say that they played much better.

926
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:10,000
I would have definitely subbed off Penamonte earlier than that,

927
01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:15,000
but then of course the argument is maybe he won a penalty,

928
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:21,000
apart from that he was useless as usual.

929
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:30,000
I'm just very confused why Dionisi doesn't play Alvarez.

930
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:35,000
Even when he came on in the second half, he was playing as a central attacking midfielder,

931
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:44,000
and Defrel played as striker. You know my opinion of Defrel.

932
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:49,000
I think not to run too much more.

933
01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:53,000
They need the centre back. Sassuolo need the centre back urgently.

934
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:57,000
I think it's urgent, and even a full back.

935
01:00:57,000 --> 01:01:05,000
If I was the sporting director, Carnivali, I'd be very worried, to be honest with you.

936
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:08,000
I don't think Sassuolo is going to get relegated.

937
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:16,000
I would pierce my own balls if that happened, but it's not looking good.

938
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:20,000
I know from speaking with people on the Reddit group of Sassuolo

939
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:28,000
that he has this tendency to basically just have the club as a business rather than as a football team.

940
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:34,000
It shows, you know, barely any fans, a stadium which isn't even in the city,

941
01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:42,000
where the team is generally located, and selling all your best players.

942
01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:45,000
Albeit he has made replacement signings, which have been good.

943
01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:52,000
Penamonte unfortunately wasn't, but of course, hindsight is great.

944
01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:58,000
Back when he came in summer, he was a guy who scored 13 goals for Empoli, and he was looking quite hot.

945
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:09,000
Llorente was a fantastic signing. I think that he's a great addition for a position that Sassuolo urgently needed on the left wing, since Boga has left.

946
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:12,000
But there is money in the bank, and they have to spend it.

947
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:17,000
They have to spend it on a centre-back with an experience,

948
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:26,000
and hopefully with a full back who has some time to develop and get better, because Tolean is OK.

949
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:35,000
Tolean is bare OK, but for me, my pen Rogerio, he has like one good game in seven, and then he's hopeless the rest.

950
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:42,000
Kira Coppola, I think is better, but isn't always played. I think he has fitness issues.

951
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:54,000
And sometimes he's a very attacking player, which then leaves gaps in the back, in an issue where Sassuolo evidently are bad and defending.

952
01:02:54,000 --> 01:03:07,000
So for you to have a very offensive left back in an area where you need help, I guess that's probably why Rogerio gets the upper hand most of the time.

953
01:03:07,000 --> 01:03:15,000
But they have to go to transfer markets, and it can't be some risky centre-back.

954
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:29,000
To be honest, I don't even know right now who I would get. But they have to search and look for someone who can fill that gap.

955
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:36,000
Because even Ferrari isn't looking good. He's looking worse and worse.

956
01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:43,000
Worse and worse each game, and it's sad because I actually rated him for a time, but now it's just not looking good.

957
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:52,000
Of course, Ehrlich wasn't playing. I'm not a fan of Tresolid at all. I think he's not the quality that Sassuolo needed at the back.

958
01:03:52,000 --> 01:04:01,000
So I think it's urgent, honestly. And I think that things have to change.

959
01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:10,000
And the only thing is, it has to be a bit more risky as well. You can't just play these players and hope they will get better during the game.

960
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:17,000
Frattese did do that in the game, granted. But the first half, it was a joke from Frattese.

961
01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:27,000
I was shocked because this is their best player the whole season so far. He played like he didn't give any shits whatsoever.

962
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:33,000
I really hope that next game I see someone else playing instead of Penamonti.

963
01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:42,000
It can be Antiste, it can be Defrel, even though I don't particularly like him. It can be who I think is their most promising striker, Alvarez.

964
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:48,000
But it would be a shame to see Penamonti play again because he's not jelling with the team.

965
01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:55,000
And that's evident. And I'm not saying he should be sold. I don't want to be dramatic.

966
01:04:55,000 --> 01:05:02,000
But he needs to know that that spot isn't his. And I mean, I'm way over the time I've decided to speak.

967
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:10,000
So if you want to just clip parts out and just take some parts which you find are the most interesting from my take, feel free.

968
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:18,000
Looking forward to the next episode. And well, Fort Samilan, you guys won yesterday. So congrats to that.

969
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:25,000
Thank you very much for your voice note, Mint. Amazing analysis as always. Happy to have you on board.

970
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:33,000
I want to start off by addressing the fact that this is in fact our first episode of 2023.

971
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:36,000
We're just terrible with formalities. So Happy New Year to everyone listening.

972
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:39,000
Happy New Year, you beautiful people.

973
01:05:39,000 --> 01:05:48,000
Sasuolo may be of form, but Mintov certainly is on form. He compared Barardi to like a kid playing with his friends in a playground or something.

974
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:57,000
He called Augiello Augiello. What do you call Augiello? Augiello. Augiello. Like twice. That was quite funny as well.

975
01:05:57,000 --> 01:06:02,000
Frattesi is already playing for Roma. That killed me as well. It's true. He was nowhere to be seen.

976
01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:06,000
It's true. It was quite a tough outing for Frattesi.

977
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:14,000
I have to say we agree with Sasuolo's defensive woes. They've had the same back line for a while, one center back, and they've had the defensive issue for a while.

978
01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:21,000
So Rogério and Ferrari, to be honest, can be replaced and the sooner the better for them.

979
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:25,000
I agree, man. I think that's clearly the place where they're struggling the most.

980
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:29,000
Obviously, this is ignoring the fact that up front they lost so many important players.

981
01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:36,000
I think the back line continues to be an issue that hasn't only come about this year, but has been there when they did have a fantastic front line as well.

982
01:06:36,000 --> 01:06:43,000
He makes an interesting point about Penamonti playing with his back against goal at Sasuolo.

983
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:47,000
Whereas Atempoli was more of a poacher kind of player.

984
01:06:47,000 --> 01:06:52,000
It's a new role at Sasuolo. They do value the link-up play a lot.

985
01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:58,000
Penamonti wasn't much of a hold-up striker at the time. He wasn't really involved in the build-up play.

986
01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:03,000
He was just there to finish off the moves. I think he's got a lot on his plate right now.

987
01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:20,000
And I think adapting to a team like Sasuolo, who's strikers, although Caputo was a poacher, Scamacca was also a poacher, but they're both very, very talented at laying the ball down to either Berardi or Raspadori back then, Traore.

988
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:28,000
So it's probably a requirement that Penamonti is taking that approach and is just taking him a lot of time to adapt to it.

989
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:32,000
And it's messing with his confidence and then that all becomes quite a cycle for him.

990
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:36,000
He wants him out though. What do you think about that?

991
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:38,000
I think Alvarez deserves some time.

992
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:40,000
I think so as well.

993
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:46,000
I think Penamonti maybe should spend a game or two on the bench to recollect himself.

994
01:07:46,000 --> 01:07:51,000
Because at this point, it's like no matter how badly you play, you're still going to start.

995
01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:54,000
And that's not a healthy thing to have with your striker.

996
01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:57,000
Let's hope that Sasuolo gets relegated, bro.

997
01:07:57,000 --> 01:07:59,000
Why?

998
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:03,000
So Mintov can pierce his ballsack apparently.

999
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:09,000
Hey, you should pierce your ballsack if they get Europe. It should be a celebration of your piercing your ballsack.

1000
01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:15,000
Never pierce your ballsack in vain, Mintov.

1001
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:21,000
Fantastic. That's part of the wisdom we give you every week, guys. Never pierce your ballsack in vain.

1002
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:23,000
But yeah, I think we can pretty much-

1003
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:25,000
Sasuolo are in blank.

1004
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:29,000
Exactly. We can pretty much conclude this just to highlight Sampdoria have had a-

1005
01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:33,000
You know, they looked much, much better than they did earlier.

1006
01:08:33,000 --> 01:08:36,000
They made those two signings straight into the side.

1007
01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:39,000
So that showed the situation that Sampdoria were in.

1008
01:08:39,000 --> 01:08:42,000
And I feel like Neuting brought a lot of stability in defense.

1009
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:47,000
And Lammers just brought some additional pace up front, something that was lacking significantly.

1010
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:51,000
I'll just take a point from you, if you care, to make one, bro, about the signings that they made.

1011
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:53,000
And then we can conclude this game.

1012
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:59,000
No, it all looked good over there. They got their first victory for a while.

1013
01:08:59,000 --> 01:09:02,000
Their new signings definitely stepped up.

1014
01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:07,000
You know, Neuting brought some defensive stability and Lammers brought something a bit different, something more energetic up front.

1015
01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:11,000
I feel like Sampdoria looked pretty good this game.

1016
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:17,000
They currently sit in 18th with nine points while Sasuolo sit in 16th with 16 points.

1017
01:09:17,000 --> 01:09:20,000
The next matches all ended 1-1.

1018
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:25,000
There was Torino-Verona, there was Fiorentina-Monsa and Udinese-Empoli.

1019
01:09:25,000 --> 01:09:28,000
For Torino, Mirancuk scored in the 64th minute.

1020
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:32,000
For Verona, it was Milan Juric, who scored in the 45th minute.

1021
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:38,000
For Fiorentina, it was Arthur Cabral in the 19th and Carlos Augusto equalized in the 61st.

1022
01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:45,000
For Udinese, it was a Pereira goal in the 70th to equalize after a Tomasso-Baldanzi goal in the third minute.

1023
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:50,000
Akpa Akpro got his second red card of the season in the 79th minute.

1024
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:52,000
Some key stats from these games.

1025
01:09:52,000 --> 01:10:01,000
Mirancuk is the first Torino player to score from outside the box since Josip Brejkalo in 2021 against Udinese.

1026
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:07,000
Torino and Hellas-Verona have drawn eight of their last eleven matches played against each other in Serie A.

1027
01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:10,000
That was a bet.

1028
01:10:10,000 --> 01:10:17,000
Francesco Caputo has returned to play in Serie A with Empoli 1319 days after the last time.

1029
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:21,000
The last time he played for Empoli was against Inter in 2019.

1030
01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:28,000
The four matches played on Wednesday between Udinese and Empoli in Serie A all ended in a 1-1 draw.

1031
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:35,000
This was the first match played at 3pm in which Monza secured points in Serie A.

1032
01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:39,000
In the previous eight games of this type played in the competition, they always collected a defeat.

1033
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:45,000
Gaitano Castrovilli was back and he also played his 100th match with Fiorentina in all competitions.

1034
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:47,000
Respect.

1035
01:10:47,000 --> 01:10:55,000
So these are the games that unfortunately for us we didn't get to watch with so much care because so many games are happening at the same time.

1036
01:10:55,000 --> 01:11:00,000
We selected the other games to watch, maybe the bigger games, the games that we found more exciting.

1037
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:05,000
One that I am in particular mad about not watching is Fiorentina Monza.

1038
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:11,000
Especially because we had so many different predictions when we had Mintova and so on and so forth.

1039
01:11:11,000 --> 01:11:15,000
It's been interesting to see. But I believe we predicted a draw, you and I.

1040
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:19,000
So that's cool.

1041
01:11:19,000 --> 01:11:22,000
Nice, that's going to win us money.

1042
01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:25,000
Cabral's goal, bro, was like prime but the stuta.

1043
01:11:25,000 --> 01:11:27,000
Man, Cabral is so hype.

1044
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:32,000
He's so hype, he's a gas train. He would be one of Zlatan's adrenaline brothers.

1045
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:37,000
Adrenaline brothers. Such a particular group of people.

1046
01:11:37,000 --> 01:11:44,000
Galiani, Gattuso and Zlatan are the adrenaline brothers mentioned in Zlatan's adrenaline.

1047
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:50,000
But Caputo got back to not scoring ways, to assisting ways because he set up Bal Danzi on that goal.

1048
01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:56,000
Nice to see Empoli with a fluid striker over there, definitely interesting.

1049
01:11:56,000 --> 01:12:01,000
Interesting things all around. We predicted that Verona would start to pick up over here.

1050
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:05,000
And they drew to Torino right now. Let's see if this is a sign of better things to come.

1051
01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:06,000
Ilici watch.

1052
01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:12,000
Exactly, Ilici watch. And Torino are a tough side to play against, especially away from home.

1053
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:17,000
And for Verona to get one point from that outing. Now we've seen them get one point before.

1054
01:12:17,000 --> 01:12:21,000
Now it's about finally getting some victories. So we'll see what they can do.

1055
01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:26,000
Matias, if you're listening, by the way, do send me your take on Verona if you watch the game.

1056
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:28,000
Or Empoli as well, because I know you love that team too.

1057
01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:34,000
Yeah, yeah, either or, man. It's great having someone like him who listens and takes interest in so many different teams.

1058
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:38,000
And has so many good takes. So thank you for listening, brother.

1059
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:43,000
But I think for this episode, we're pretty much done.

1060
01:12:43,000 --> 01:12:44,000
There's a midweek recap.

1061
01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:49,000
Exactly. We're going to be doing these a bit more often rather than grouping two match days together.

1062
01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:53,000
We're going to do shorter episodes recapping the midweek games in a bit of a faster pace.

1063
01:12:53,000 --> 01:12:58,000
You might start seeing that we'll still keep on giving you the same detail,

1064
01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:02,000
but we're aiming that the episodes are no longer two hours, 22 hours, 30.

1065
01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:05,000
And that they're a little bit shorter, just so they're more consumable.

1066
01:13:05,000 --> 01:13:08,000
Particularly these midweek episodes. Exactly.

1067
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:11,000
Yeah, the ones off will still give you the extravaganza content.

1068
01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:15,000
Exactly. Exactly. But thank you very much for listening, guys.

1069
01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:19,000
Don't forget Spotify, Apple Play, Google podcasts, wherever you're listening.

1070
01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:24,000
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1071
01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:52,000
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