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Hello and welcome back to another episode of Serie A Spotlight, this is season 2 episode

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20 and we are your hosts Matt and Jake.

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As you guys heard our goal of the week was Coupe Miners' long-range strike last weekend

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against Bologna which ended up leading them to a 2-1 victory, that was the equaliser,

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what did you make of that goal brother?

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It was purely orgasmic my brother, what a strike by Coupe Miners, I love the player

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and apparently Liverpool are all over him but Atalanta have issued a warning saying

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that unless an offer of 40 million arrives they are not interested, they are not listening.

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I like when Atalanta play hardball.

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I think 40 million is a good and actually quite a generous price tag for Coupe Miners

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who is a very incredibly versatile player and he's proven to be very dangerous anywhere

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around the box as well.

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That would be a coupe for Liverpool.

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Literally, as it is a coupe for Atalanta.

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Serie A Spotlight slips.

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Serie A Spotlight slips, yes would you care to let the listeners know what our bet was

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this week?

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So Matthew named this bet, he gave it a title, remember what you called it when I recommended

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it to you?

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A pure Brexit bet.

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Pure Brexit bet or the original term used was a pussy bet.

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And a catenaccio bet.

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Exactly, catenaccio bet.

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It was a special bet over zero goals and a draw bet.

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Now there was always going to be the risk of a biscotto taking place, where two teams

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who are low on the table, relegation candidates settle for a draw, a point each and they gladly

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take it.

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Now I thought that might be the case but I thought it would be like 1-1, hence the draw

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or let you play it a bit safe.

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I thought there would be a goal this game, especially with the strikers on the show,

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there was Nzola, Colombo, there's a lot of talent on these teams.

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But then the game started and the players walked out and I caught sight of the rain

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and I was like we're fucked.

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We're fucked, it's raining, has no one scoring today.

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That was the theme this match, the terrible weather actually affected the football quite

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a bit.

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For sure, for sure.

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The thing about that game is, the reason I thought there were going to be goals was because

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either team would think okay this is a game where we can get three points.

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So either team would gladly go for it, that's the thought process I had.

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I also thought that with Nzola performing so well recently and Colombo performing so

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well recently and other players on both teams performing so well recently that they'd be

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keen to show off their skills.

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But the rain did prove to be a bit too much for both of them.

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you'd like to be discussed on the podcast.

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Definitely.

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The match day was full of tight encounters, so to say, a lot of one nills, a lot of draws

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across the board.

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It started off with Milan drawing to Roma after having dominated 85 minutes of the game,

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but they ended up drawing that 2-2 followed by Juve scraping past to the nairse, one goal

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to nil, Sampdoria nil, Napoli 2, so it was last against first.

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Well, Sampdoria not really last anymore.

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Monza 2, Inter 2, one of the more exciting matches this matchday.

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Lazio 2, Empoli 2 was another one.

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Bologna 1, Atalanta 2, big, big win for Atalanta considering how they've been performing.

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Fiorentina 2, Sassuolo 1, Salernitana 1, Torino 1, a very even affair over there.

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Verona 2, Cremona nil, things looking a bit better for Verona since the restart, particularly

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a certain gentleman named Lazovic, and lastly Spezia nil, Lecce nil.

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Yeah, good, an interesting game we had, it was very good, very exciting, lots of late

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drama, three lost minute equalizers, so plenty to talk about over here.

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Let's get started with Milan 2, Roma 2.

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Or can we skip this one?

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Maybe.

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Good suggestion, but let's get into it.

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I want to know how you feel about this game, bro.

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Let's get into the lineups and we'll talk.

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So Milan played the usual 4-2-3-1 formation, despite Piolli saying that, ah, formations,

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they don't matter.

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It's about putting players out there.

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Interesting words by Piolli, that's a rough quote, but he actually did say something that

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affected, it's about form, it's about teamwork, it's about which players you deploy.

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He's like 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3, he's like it doesn't really matter.

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He's a very good speaker, Piolli, so that must have gotten a bit fucked with translation,

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Could be.

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And the first person who was in goal, Teo Hernandez on the left, Calabria on the right,

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with the center back duo of Tomori and Calullo, the double pivot of Tonali and Benassir with

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Leao out wide, Salamakers on the right, Brahim Diaz in the trequartista position and Giroud

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up front.

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Roma played their 3-4-2-1 formation with Rui Patricio on goal, center back trio of Roger

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Ebanes, Chris Smalling and Gianluca Mancini, Roberto Mancini is the guy who failed to qualify

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Italy for the World Cup.

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And the guy that won the Euros with Italy as well.

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But Ventura was crucified, Mancini is viewed as a hero.

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Celic was on the right, Zalevski was on the left, Pellegrini and Cristante were in the

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middle, Abraham was playing up front with Zanjol on the ball and playing off his shoulder.

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So it all kicked off to a feisty start with two yellow cards in the first 26 minutes and

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then eventually it was the 30th minute where Milan scored through a flying header by Pierre

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Calullo of a corner of Tonali.

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When was the last time Milan scored a corner?

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Ages man.

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Can't even remember.

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Ages.

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I think it's Milan's first headed goal this season.

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Could be.

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Could be actually.

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I can't recall another one.

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I think that's an actual stat.

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Yeah probably.

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Milan's first headed goal this season.

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It took until the 77th minute for substitute Tommaso Pobega to score the second goal through

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it was a good run by him.

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Giroud ran sideways pulling Chris Smalling away allowing an opening for layout to play

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the ball to Pobega who finished it off cleanly.

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And at this point it seemed to be all done and dusted.

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There was a tactical change by Piole.

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A few players came in, Decetalari, Gabia.

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The formation looked to change and then all of a sudden two set pieces for Roma resulted

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in two quick goals.

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In the 87th minute it was a corner by Lorenzo Pellegrini.

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Ibanez with the header scores.

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In the 92nd minute of ranks gave away a free kick which was whipped in by Pellegrini and

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headed into Tatharsano by Matich and it was Tammy Abraham who managed to score on the

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rebound and the game ended shortly after that.

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Milan 2, Roma 2.

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Thoughts bro.

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So very disappointing finish for Milan.

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There's always been this criticism about Milan when it comes to killing games.

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Milan dominated 85 minutes of play easily.

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Milan were much the better team and they never looked in danger throughout the entire first

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85 minutes essentially.

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And then there was a goal conceded from a corner which I'd like to say that happens

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but when Milan have struggled so much in that department and Milan were made a mockery against

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Chelsea for the way they defend set pieces, I'd like to think that it will be brushed

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up for the Roma game in particular because Roma are so good at set plays and Milan struggle

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at defending set plays.

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So that was always going to be something that was going to threaten Milan and that hope

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Milan would have had something prepared for that.

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With that being said, I also believe that the substitutions that Milan make when they're

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winning a game and winning a game comfortably tends to be bringing on young players.

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So bringing on the Catelara, bringing on Vrancs, bringing on Gabia, so on so forth, bringing

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on Pobega and although it's good to give these guys minutes sometimes in a game against

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Roma that you know always have something to their arsenal, it would be good to have some

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players with experience that you can bring on that won't give away silly free kicks on

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the edge of the area when Milan are struggling at that point.

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Yes, that's a very good point.

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Milan's project right now as it stands is to buy young, to develop, to sell for a profit

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or to eventually have starters in the future.

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For example, you look at Leao, you look at Tonali, you look at Kalulu, these were all

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examples of that.

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Theo Hernandez as well.

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It's proven to be successful, but at the same time, you're absolutely right.

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I think Milan need to keep an eye on the market and to bring in a few low cost bargains or

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a few free agents that are over a certain age, have a certain amount of experience,

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preferably say experience, so that you can bring them on and kill off the game.

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Kroonich would have been perfect.

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I think he's a player that Milan are really missing.

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To bring him on in the CDM role when you need to defend a victory, I think he would have

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been perfect over there.

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Now, Franks has looked good, but his experience really showed in that area.

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On that point, even players like Dest, these are all really, really young guys.

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Sometimes even though squad rotation is good, I think it's in certain areas, I think some

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of the substitutions were, let's give him a run out.

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That's not good enough when you're playing Roma.

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When Franks gave away the free kick, Roma had just brought on Bellotti alongside Abraham.

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They had Smalling and Ibanez.

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They had Matich in there.

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They had all these giants.

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They're a team, they're a Mourinho team who score set pieces every single week.

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Why the hell would you force a foul in the dying moments of the game when you're down

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by a goal against this Roma side?

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You've just conceded a set piece.

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I don't get it.

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I didn't even know Roma would be playing for the fouls to get free kicks at that point.

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So it was clearly an experience that got the better of him over there along with some street

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smartness by the player who won the foul.

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Pellegrini with the way he whipped the ball in, Matich getting there.

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It's also a debate about this whole zonal marking thing that Milan do.

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I don't want to get too technical and stuff like that, but sometimes you just need to

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go man for a man, block the spaces and just try to count the ball away as far as possible.

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Yeah, literally, bro.

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I don't understand how you have CDK kind of marking the jumper on the first goal.

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How does that make any sense?

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It has to be said that CDK marked Matich terribly and didn't even try to win the header over

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there.

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So some criticism needs to go to CDK as well.

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But for the first 85 minutes, Milan had 61% ball possession.

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They had 12 shots, five of them on target.

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They had six off target.

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They had one blocked.

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That 28 successful tackles to Roma's 12.

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They were really, really dominating the game.

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Milan's football was fluid.

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It was calm.

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At no point did we see that urgency over urgency by Milan trying to go forward.

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They controlled the game really well.

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Roma looked really weak in my opinion throughout the game from open play.

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They were bad in my opinion, but they were patient, man.

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They were patient and they chose their moments.

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Yes, and this is an interesting stat, for example.

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16 teams covered more ground than Milan and Roma.

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Only Sampdoria and Sassuolo covered less.

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And that just goes to show Roma just sat back.

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They didn't press whatsoever and they allowed Milan to play kind of a, not laxidacical game,

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but like it wasn't a high intensity game by any means.

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And Milan totally controlled it.

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Roma allowed it to happen and then eventually at the end they did Roma things.

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Just another stat to show how poor Roma were.

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Only Sampdoria had less ball possession than Roma.

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Roma had the ball for a total of 20 minutes this game.

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Out of 90 minutes, 20 minutes they were on the ball.

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Sampdoria were slightly worse, they had the ball for 19 minutes.

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And they were against Napoli, that was one before the last against first.

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This was Milan-Roma.

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An interesting thing to note about Milan's left side, everyone praises Milan's left side.

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But in the top three highest speeds clocked this matchday, first was Theo Hernandez with

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35.33 km per hour and third was Leo with 33.98 km per hour.

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Rodonjic sits between them.

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Felić was in absolute hell.

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He was in hell.

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He looked at a point I thought he was going to get sent off when he dropped Leo, but I

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don't think Leo committed to the drop point enough to get him sent off quite frankly.

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El Sharawi entered the game quite well.

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He was one of the four players to complete three dribbles, the best of matchday 17.

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He was quite inspiring when he came on, contributed to Roma's victory of course.

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Agreed.

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Milan currently sit in third with 37 points, while Roma sit in seventh with 31 points.

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But before we move on guys, I'm handing over to a good friend of ours, Cresco, who's also

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a Roma fan and you've heard him on this podcast before.

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He's joined by another Roma fan, Mattia, and together they discuss the Milan-Roma game

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and their beliefs on Roma season so far.

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Salam aleikum Milanisti.

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I'm joined here with my friend Mattia after Milan-Roma.

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And to be honest, you have a lot to hear from us because we expected Roma to arrange a bit

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of their playing style after the pausa.

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But this is not the case.

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Mattia, what do you think about Patricio first of all?

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I don't have no more words for him honestly because as I said before to Cesco, we don't

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have any more even a second keeper to keep on.

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Yeah, that's the thing.

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That's the thing.

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Zvilar is even worse.

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Zvilar is much worse.

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And it's sad when you're coming from Alessone and Cesc in the same team to Olsen, Paolo,

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Pes, Mirante.

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Mind you, Mirante could potentially have a Scudetto.

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It's funny.

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I also have the memories for Alessone, Cesc, we had fucking good keepers and now it's a

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shit honestly.

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Yeah, it is.

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And what do you think about Massa?

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Every time Massa referees our games, something has to happen.

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Now I'm not saying yesterday he gave Milan any advantage but he ruined the game yesterday.

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We've been playing every time for Milan.

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It does nothing honestly.

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Tonali has to miss the next game and so does Ibanez and it's extra.

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He was killing off momentum and it's frustrating when you're trying to build up some play and

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he kills off the game.

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We had three shots on target, I believe.

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You guys five shots on target.

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So you guys did not play Granke per se but we were horrible.

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At least in the first half you could say we were horrible, yes, but at least we killed

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off your game plan.

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But man, until that 75th minute I was prepared to leave yesterday, Mattia.

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Honestly, yeah.

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I did not realise we scored the first goal.

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No, because only the last 10 minutes of the game we started playing and before it was

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a shit.

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But for me even Piole had something wrong yesterday because even the changing a bit

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strange.

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Yeah, Poggema.

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Yeah, Pobega.

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He scored but because it was a good counter attack, not because Poggeba is magnificent.

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Yeah, of course, everyone can score against us.

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I believe, I told Mattia earlier, if we get Frattese he will solve 60% of our problems

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because our problem is our Centrocampo.

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He cannot play with Cristante and Pellegrini, not because he was the problem, I really,

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really, really rate Pellegrini, but he can't give him everything to do, the distribution,

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the defending, the passing, everything.

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He can't, he can't.

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I believe as well our formation is a big fucking problem.

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Yeah, and we have even to change our playing, no?

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Yeah, our playing style.

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Because we cannot play anymore with the defence tree.

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Yes, it takes off one extra midfielder.

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I mean, no wonder we're playing like this.

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When you take off a midfielder and put a centre back, it's kind of logic why we're playing

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like this.

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But yeah, I think we should move to the 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1.

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And another thing, I don't know why Mourinho had to fight with Karstorp just to play Selec.

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If he knew Selec was going to play, I would at least find a good replacement because I

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can't bother watching Selec anymore, bro.

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I cannot watch Selec play anymore.

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What about Pantacalcio?

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He reminds me a bit of Piri, I don't know if you...

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Piri, I don't know, what a dick.

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And Cristante, another guy.

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He's good at taking the ball, okay, fair, and shooting.

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What does he do?

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He tries to dribble and track back on players.

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This is what I mean.

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This is why we're suffering so much in the midfield.

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You cannot play like this.

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And it was even worse when you have Matej and Cristante together.

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And I think now it's a good thing that Ibanez got disqualified, unless he plays Kumbula instead.

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No, no, no.

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But Dybala was back, and at least when we play Dybala, we don't lose.

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Dybala...

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And we scored even a bit more with Dybala.

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Yeah.

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Ironically, we scored two against Milan, but you can't score more than one against Bologna

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and other teams.

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And in the last two games, it's like he scored two for me because he saved us in the last

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minute.

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I was there at the Olympico.

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Four points he saved us.

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Yeah, he saved us four points.

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I saw him jump and save that corner.

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I saw the ball going in.

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I nearly fainted on the seat.

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I fell down.

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Zaniolo, I'm a big lover of Zaniolo.

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I saw that guy counter the ranks, like his first game, the Bernabeu.

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I'm biased for Zaniolo.

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If it was up to me, I could play him every game.

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But it's like a hopeless case for him lately.

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It's either he's the problem or the players around him are the problem because he runs,

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he dribbles, he does everything, but either he does the last step wrong.

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Sometimes for me, he wants to do something too much, but the problem is also that there

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aren't players with him playing, trying to do something.

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Sometimes he's alone and he doesn't go forward, no?

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No, yes.

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Sometimes he does the last decision wrong, if you know what I mean.

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Like where he has to shoot, he passes.

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It's bipolar.

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I still believe in Zaniolo, but we have to change some things.

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Is there anyone else we have to mention from the team?

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For me, we can stop like this because the game of Roma are so...

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We could keep on going on and on and on.

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And that's it.

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We're looking forward to do better on Valtteri.

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We're looking much...

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No, sorry.

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We're looking forward to play for Juventus and hopefully not lose.

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But that's it.

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Technically, we're only six points under Juventus, so it's not all that bad.

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But we can't keep on playing like this because us fans are suffering.

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And it shows on the table how shit we are.

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In summa.

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Thank you, guys.

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I'm looking forward to hearing our sexy voices again.

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See you soon.

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Ciao.

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Forza Roma sempre.

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Forza Roma sempre.

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The next game we're going to be covering is Juve 1-Odinese 0.

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Juve started off in a 3-5-1-1 formation with Cesny in goal and the back line of Sandro,

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Rogani and Danilo.

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They had Kostić on the left, they had McKennie on the right and the midfield three of Miretti,

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Locatelli and Rabiot with Di Maria and the Trequartista role and Moiskeen just ahead

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of him.

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Odinese started in a 3-5-2 formation with Silvestri in goal, a back line of Bacow, Bijol

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and Neuen Perez.

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They had Pereira out on the right and Doudouji out on the left and the midfield three of

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Sandy Lovridge, Wallace and Mackengo.

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They had Saksas and Beato up front.

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Now, the only goal of the game came in the 86th minute through Danilo.

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It was a Paredes long ball which was controlled and volleyed beautifully by Chiesa and onto

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a silver platter for Danilo to tap the ball into the back of the net.

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Now, we always talk about game changers.

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This is very prevalent for Juve at the moment.

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So in the last matchday they had Kostić from a free kick.

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In this matchday they had that moment of brilliance over there by Chiesa to put the ball on a

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plate for Danilo to tap the ball into the back of the net.

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And it's another 1-0 victory for Juve, putting them in second level on points with Milan,

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but obviously only conceding seven goals this season.

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They're currently ranked above Milan.

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Yes, that was first of all a fantastic play by Juve.

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You look at the Moll game, they had been knocking against Odinese and their offensive play,

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their manoeuvres were better this game than they have been recently.

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But this was a masterstroke.

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First of all, that long ball by Paredes was gorgeous to Chiesa.

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Chiesa's amazing awareness to square it, something for example Orsolini against Atalanta.

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He was in the exact same position with his head and he went for a goal, granted he had

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just scored.

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But a great awareness by Chiesa to square it to Danilo and the captain fantastic over

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there just scoring the winner.

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But I think the main thing to highlight about Juve is how fucking solid they are in defence

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and how patient they are and how they don't give up.

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They leave it till late but they get their job done.

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And another super professional performance by them against a tough side to be honest.

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It doesn't look like Juve are capable of losing a game at the moment with the way that they're

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performing.

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Not because they're performing so obviously well, but it's just the way that they're

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carrying themselves in the game.

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We know that one nil, only winning one nil and in the last 10 minutes of the game pretty

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much always isn't exactly sustainable.

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It results in injuries, it results in fatigue, so on and so forth.

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It results in a lot of stress lines for fans.

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Or a late equaliser.

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Or a late equaliser as well.

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But if you don't concede, you're not going to lose.

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And that is exactly what Juve are doing this season.

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That's exactly what Milan did last season.

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You remember those one nils in a row?

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Another clean sheet when Tomori said that.

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Another clean sheet, 1-0.

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That was amazing.

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And it's the same thing for Juve this year.

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They are solid as hell defensively.

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It's true and they gave Udinese a tough time over here.

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They had 14 shots, 4 of them were on target, 7 more on target, 3 were blocked.

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As compared to Udinese's 11 shots, 3 of them were on target.

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So to be honest, you look at the stats, it's a pretty even affair, but Juve just have that

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certain street smart to them.

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That experience, that allegory Satanism that gets them over the line.

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Exactly.

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And Udinese haven't been their best, but they put in a decent performance over here.

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They were simply outplayed by Juve.

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And shout out to Silvestri, who had a couple of fantastic saves in this game.

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And shout out to De Maria, having him on the pitch and having him down the middle as well

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really showcases his creativity and his dribbling in tight spaces, his close ball control is

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unbelievable.

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He could take 4 turns with 2 touches when he's on the ball.

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He's absolutely magnificent.

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I was seeing a couple of highlights of him from this game and wow, what a player to have

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on your team.

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He's amazing.

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De Maria is one of my personal favorite players.

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And that's the thing with Juve.

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I feel like they are coached heavily in the defensive side.

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I'm sure Allegri's tactics are all about defense, defense, defense.

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Then when it comes to bombing forward, it's all about individual brilliance.

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You have Kostic, you have De Maria, you have Kiesa, you've got Rabiot who has his moments

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as well.

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These are the guys that have been winning the games for Juve.

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Exactly.

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And Millik as well with the free kick.

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And they're still missing Dusan Flavich, they're still missing Pogba, they're missing a bunch

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of players.

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And a consistent attacking outlet for them has proven to be Kostic who even got four

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crosses the highest this matchday.

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What an attacking outlet that guy is down the left, man.

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Yeah, he's incredible.

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Honestly, what a signing by them.

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Funnily enough, it was Lovric who was second with the most crosses whipped in.

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He whipped in three.

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So this game had the two best crosses of the matchday, both ending in H.

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You mentioned that this was a tight affair.

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And just to showcase that, Juve had 50.5% ball possession to Udinese's 49.5% ball possession.

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We dominated.

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I don't think Juve's game is about domination, but I think it's about the ability to kill

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off games.

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It's almost like they spend the entire game just wearing out their opponents and testing

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the waters.

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And then they just have a moment of brilliance towards the end that gets them over the line

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essentially.

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That brings Juve up to second.

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They're on 37 points.

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Like I said earlier, level with Milan, with Napoli ahead of them on 44 points.

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So quick maths, that is seven points ahead of Juve and Milan.

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On the other hand, Udinese are in eighth place still on 25 points.

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They are now six points behind Roma and two points ahead of Fiorentina and Torino.

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Fantastic.

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The next game we're going to be covering is Sampdoria nil-Napoli 2.

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Sampdoria played a 3-4-1-2 formation with Audero in goal, Mourou, Nuit-Inc and Murillo

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at the back, Augello on the left, Leris on the right, Viera and Rinconas in midfield

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double pivot with Vere in front of them and Lamers and Gabbiadini as the two trees up

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front.

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Sampdoria fully deployed the usual 4-3-3 formation with Maret in goal, DeLorenzo on the right,

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Mario Rui on the left, Juan Jesus and Ming-Jae Kim formed the centre-back partnership.

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00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:59,680
Elmas, Lobotka and Anguissa were in the middle, with Poletano out on the right, Kevart Scali

468
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,240
on the left and Ozymen up front.

469
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,000
The formidable Victor Ozymen.

470
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,480
In the opening moments of the game Sampdoria gave away a penalty, Poletano stepped up to

471
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:15,200
take it and Audero got a good hand on his low and hard shot which then hit the post.

472
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:20,280
Sampdoria were clearly inspired after this, Viera took a shot from outside that threatened

473
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:25,560
the goal, Nuit-Inc had a big miss on a header from a corner but eventually Mr. Inevitable

474
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:29,800
Victor Ozymen in the 19th minute managed to score.

475
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:34,880
It was an early cross in the near post by Mario Rui, it was met by Ozymen on the half

476
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,800
volley and it hit the back of the net.

477
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:43,880
In the 38th minute Thomas Rincon did Thomas Rincon things where he had missed time the

478
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:49,320
sliding tackle into a full speed Ozymen and it turned out to be the last man, was at an

479
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:53,400
awkward angle so it didn't quite look to be a red at first but then you realise it's

480
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:57,560
the denial of a goal scoring opportunity, a clear goal scoring opportunity, boom, red

481
00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,480
card, that's what you get of a player with the experience of Thomas Rincon.

482
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:07,080
Rincon, CV like that, age on his side and age against him rather on his side as it comes

483
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:08,560
to the experience.

484
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:13,040
And he fucks the game for Sampdoria because there was no coming back, 10 men against Napoli.

485
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:14,040
Exactly.

486
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:21,040
And in fact it was the 82nd minute where VAR awarded the penalty to Napoli and Elmas converted

487
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:27,120
going the opposite direction and high into the top corner this time.

488
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:28,960
What do you make of this game bro?

489
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:32,960
So I mean I don't think there is much to make of it.

490
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:37,880
I think Sampdoria still looked good in the opening moments of the match, they looked

491
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:42,800
much better than they were before, they defended better, I think Noitink is such an asset over

492
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:47,760
there, they went forward better, I think Lammers has been such an asset over there and everything

493
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:52,800
is just working a bit more fluidly than it was before for Sampdoria.

494
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:56,400
They're retaking their shape a bit faster than they were, I think that was because they

495
00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:00,440
were very wary of the Napoli side that they were facing.

496
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:06,800
But all it takes is a stupid red card by one of your teammates, in this case it was Thomas

497
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:12,320
Rincon and then after that if you get a red card in the 38th minute against Napoli there's

498
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:18,720
no way you're walking out with anything out of that match and Napoli managed to get away

499
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:22,480
with three points and kill the game off in the 82nd minute.

500
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,120
Yeah and that's it.

501
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:29,120
I was kind of disappointed at the red card man because I thought that Sampdoria were

502
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,640
going to give them a good second half.

503
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:36,000
Again they attacked really well and I feel like Noitink really brought them defensive

504
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,000
stability.

505
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:45,920
Lammers, I'm not too keen on, he's more involved here than he was at Napoli but I don't know

506
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,080
he seems a bit rusty for now.

507
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:51,680
We'll have to wait for the rust to settle I guess, wait for him to get used to the system.

508
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,960
His movement is definitely better than any other striker that was representing Sampdoria

509
00:30:55,960 --> 00:31:00,640
this season which gives them at least a little bit more excitement.

510
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:05,880
They can play the ball in certain positions where perhaps they didn't use to play it before.

511
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:11,160
A special shout out to me, an outstanding performer in this game was definitely Audero

512
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:15,800
stopping Poletano's penalty, something Mike Mannian wasn't able to do earlier on this

513
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:22,640
season and Napoli had 24 shots, 8 of them on target so Audero had to deal with all of

514
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:23,640
those.

515
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,120
He did have a fantastic performance over here and again man if it weren't for the red card

516
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,360
maybe things would have been different.

517
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,960
Yeah totally man, a fantastic goalkeeper.

518
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:37,840
I believe he's a youth product, one of the ones that had gone for an inflated price.

519
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:38,840
No way!

520
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:39,840
No way dude!

521
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:45,200
But yeah at the end of the day it was all Napoli who had 66% ball possession, 24 shots

522
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:50,040
as you mentioned too, Sampdoria has 9, Sampdoria had 2 shots on target compared to Napoli's

523
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:51,040
8.

524
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:57,560
Napoli passed them to death eventually after the red card they had 608 passes, 91% successful

525
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,520
passes off of the total.

526
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,880
The best of the matchday.

527
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:06,440
Mario Rui completed 87 passes alone, the most of matchday 17, he had a fantastic game Mario

528
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:07,440
Rui.

529
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,800
Madonna, 87 passes for a left back is mad man.

530
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,840
Yeah man he's like Theo Hernandez level contribution.

531
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:18,520
So many good left backs in the Liga, very good left backs.

532
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:25,640
And I feel like this often happens when a big team plays against a team that gets a

533
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:30,840
red card early on, they just end up dominating all the statistics.

534
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:35,040
Another one, Napoli created 17 goals scoring chances the second best of the matchday, inferior

535
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,640
to Torino's 19 by the way.

536
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,840
They had 24 attempts the most of the matchday.

537
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,360
Napoli had the ball for 36 and a half minutes, the best position start of the matchday.

538
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,480
Sampdoria had the ball for 19 minutes, 35 per...

539
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:48,080
Listen to this.

540
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:52,320
So Sampdoria had the ball for 19 minutes, Napoli for 36.

541
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,440
That leaves 35 minutes.

542
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:58,300
35 minutes of play halted.

543
00:32:58,300 --> 00:33:03,880
This is why the World Cup stoppage time system was introduced.

544
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,360
I mean that's the way it should be.

545
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,280
No, isn't it 90 minutes of play that they're after?

546
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,640
No, ref says, okay, let me add 30 seconds whenever there's a substitution.

547
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,760
No, let me add this amount of time every time a free kick is awarded.

548
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:21,520
Should stop the clock and the clock continues or add 15 minutes at the end of the game.

549
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,040
The game is there to be played over 90 minutes.

550
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:30,920
We are lucky that it's not the stop clock system where on 90 minutes a massive buzz

551
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,680
goes around the stadium and it'll end up being like a basketball thing where everyone starts

552
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,920
shooting from half pitch at that fucking point.

553
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:43,080
But 35 minutes wasted is...

554
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:44,080
It's not football.

555
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,360
It's not football.

556
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:51,040
It's interesting because this is the polar opposite of what Agneli had said.

557
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:56,960
Agneli when he was on the board of the FIFA directors or something was...

558
00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:05,600
Or he's just a person whose opinion is extremely respected or was extremely respected.

559
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:13,640
He said that football's biggest rival right now is not other sports.

560
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:15,000
It's not the NBA.

561
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,240
It's not the bloody Olympics.

562
00:34:17,240 --> 00:34:18,240
It's e-sports.

563
00:34:18,240 --> 00:34:20,600
It's League of Legends.

564
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,400
It's Fortnite.

565
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:29,080
Because nowadays the new generation coming up, I don't know if you're listening, Cesco,

566
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,720
the attention span is obviously lower.

567
00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:35,280
A kid will find it difficult to sit through 90 minutes of football.

568
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,720
What this does is it makes a football game longer, which for us is great.

569
00:34:38,720 --> 00:34:39,720
It's better.

570
00:34:39,720 --> 00:34:41,440
The more football the better.

571
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,700
For these guys who can barely sit through 90 minutes of football, does it make sense

572
00:34:44,700 --> 00:34:46,320
to make it even longer?

573
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:51,440
This is one of the things Florentino Perez and Agneli were after when it comes to the

574
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:52,440
Super League.

575
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,880
One thing they said is make every game 60 minutes so that it gets more viewership.

576
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:57,720
There we go.

577
00:34:57,720 --> 00:34:59,280
Because of the young generation.

578
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:05,720
And do I agree that the younger generation are used to fueling their minds with this

579
00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:07,840
quick content on social media?

580
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,320
Instead of gratification.

581
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,000
It's the cocaine of social media.

582
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:15,520
You watch one, you just want another, you just want another, you just want another.

583
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:20,200
Football is something to me, what I enjoy about football is I like watching every single

584
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,280
piece of movement that happens on the TV.

585
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:28,120
If a player keeps the ball in, in a nice way, if a player passes and goes in a nice manner,

586
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,680
if a player tracked back properly.

587
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:38,340
But people just want to see goals and they want to see, you know, an hour is a good time

588
00:35:38,340 --> 00:35:39,800
for kids to watch football.

589
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,920
But to me, this is the game that was created.

590
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,520
It is 90 minutes.

591
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:45,720
It's a chess game.

592
00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:50,680
It's 11 men against 11 men, two armies, over 90 minutes.

593
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,680
And if it's 90 minutes, all I care is that the 90 minutes are played.

594
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:55,640
It's open play and it's 90 minutes.

595
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:56,720
Exactly.

596
00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:59,880
These younglings can watch the extended highlights.

597
00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:00,880
Exactly.

598
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:01,880
They're available.

599
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:02,880
Exactly.

600
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:03,880
There you go.

601
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:04,880
Leave the football to us.

602
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,620
Poletano had the most goalscoring chances of the matchday and Sampdoria completed a grand

603
00:36:08,620 --> 00:36:13,360
total of one dribble, the worst of the matchday alongside Lecce, Spezia and Torino aka the

604
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:17,040
nerds.

605
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:23,600
Napoli are currently in first with 44 points as they prepare to take on Juve, who are in

606
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,080
second with 37 points.

607
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,600
This Friday, that's going to be a juicy affair.

608
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:28,600
Very juicy.

609
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:32,720
While Sampdoria sit in 19th with nine points.

610
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:36,840
The next game we're going to be covering is Monza 2-Inter 2.

611
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:40,880
Before I get to the lineups, I just want to provide a bit of an update and say that Inter

612
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:47,040
have advanced in the Coppa Italia after beating Parma in extra time through Anna Cerbi header,

613
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,040
making it 2-1.

614
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,440
Parma were winning the game.

615
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,840
It was a fantastic goal by Parma.

616
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:58,040
Gigi Buffon had a fantastic performance as a 44-year-old starting at the San Siro.

617
00:36:58,040 --> 00:36:59,760
What a spectacle that game was.

618
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,960
Another time Inter were struggling against the Serbian.

619
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:09,480
Buffon turns 45 in two weeks time and that was his 50th appearance at San Siro.

620
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:10,480
Amazing.

621
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:11,480
He was really good.

622
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:12,920
He had a fantastic save on Zerko.

623
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:16,200
He had a super save.

624
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,600
But let's get into this.

625
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:18,600
What?

626
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:23,360
Milan's starting lineup against Torino.

627
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:24,720
The Coppa Italia tonight is out.

628
00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:26,200
I saw a rumor.

629
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:27,520
It starts in an hour.

630
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:28,520
And it looked terrible.

631
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,440
It looked like Milan aren't even trying.

632
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:35,240
And I think that Coppa Italia would be a good route for Milan this year.

633
00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:38,600
Yeah, I think it would be an option to win.

634
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:42,160
I still think Milan are obviously planning on winning.

635
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:43,160
Look at this lineup, bro.

636
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,160
It's a 3-5-2.

637
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:45,160
Tatarzano will go.

638
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:50,240
Kalulu, Gabi and Tomori at the back.

639
00:37:50,240 --> 00:37:53,040
Not bad, not terrible.

640
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,040
Salamakas on the right.

641
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:56,040
I like it.

642
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:57,040
Dest on the left.

643
00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:58,040
No.

644
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,040
Pobega, Tonali and Vranx in the middle.

645
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:02,040
No.

646
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,480
Decaytelare and Diaz up front as a striking partnership.

647
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:06,480
Decaytelare.

648
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,000
And Diaz.

649
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,000
And Diaz up front.

650
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:13,000
Pass it later when you're done with it, please.

651
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:14,000
Thank you, brother.

652
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,000
Yeah.

653
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:19,360
So we'll see how that goes against Torino.

654
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,920
Torino tend to take Milan to extra time when it comes to the Coppa.

655
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:28,120
Yes, especially if you're starting that squad against them.

656
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:32,800
We're acting like Torino are walking the park or we're going to focus on Serie A or Champions

657
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:33,800
League.

658
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,120
But whatever, man, we'll see what happens.

659
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:40,520
This should technically in paper be enough to take Milan over the line.

660
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:46,280
The problem is that, for example, Decaytelare is flopping.

661
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:47,280
Not flopping.

662
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:48,280
He hasn't hit the ground running.

663
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,480
You have Dest on the left who played.

664
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,640
I saw him play once on the left and he didn't look good at all.

665
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:55,640
But we'll see anyway.

666
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:56,640
That's a different story.

667
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,280
We'll keep you guys updated.

668
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:03,240
So Monza 2-2 for Monza, it was the 3-4-2-1 formation.

669
00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:07,600
It was Di Gregorio on goal and the back three of Itzo, Mari and Marlon.

670
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,280
They had Augusto, Carlos Augusto, of course, out on the left.

671
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:14,640
They had Berndelli out on the right with Maschin and Pessina in the middle.

672
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:18,560
They had Mota on the left, Curia on the right and Petania up front.

673
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:19,560
For Inter it was a 3-5-2.

674
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:23,920
Onana and goal with a back line of Skriniar, Acerbi and Bastoni.

675
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:29,160
Darmian on the right, Di Marco on the left and a midfield three of Barella, Cialanoglu

676
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:30,160
and Mkhitaryan.

677
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:34,800
Lautaro Martinez was up front alongside Dzeko.

678
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,120
Isn't it crazy how Pablo Mari got stabbed and still managed to make a return to the

679
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,360
field faster than Manon?

680
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,320
Literally mad.

681
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:48,480
But after this performance, maybe he would have wished to take some more time to get

682
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,000
over the trauma.

683
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:56,080
So in the 10th minute, Bastoni's cross into the far post was half-vollied into the near

684
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:57,720
post by Darmian.

685
00:39:57,720 --> 00:40:01,360
That is quite frankly a classic Inter goal.

686
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,440
If it's not Di Marco, it's Bastoni.

687
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:05,080
If it's not them, it's Cialanoglu.

688
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:07,000
So on and so forth.

689
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,920
Just one minute later, however, there was a really clever ball by Pessina that put Curia

690
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:15,880
in a good position to place the ball past Onana into the far corner on his favoured

691
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,960
left foot.

692
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:22,600
Just 11 minutes later and then Lautaro stole the ball off of a slow Mari who controlled

693
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:24,680
the ball in defence.

694
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:28,720
And with Di Gregorio out of position, Lautaro had no problem converting.

695
00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:32,360
He gave the ball away in defence when his keeper was out of position.

696
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,080
It was absolutely dreadful.

697
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:39,400
A few moments later, well not a few moments later, but throughout the game, Di Marco scraped

698
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:43,800
the top crossbar, Lautaro hit the post with a stunning strike as well.

699
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:48,920
But then in the 92nd minute, Monza were on the attack to find that equaliser and the

700
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:53,600
ball was initially headed by the former Inter player Caldi Rolla.

701
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:57,480
But it took a significant deflection off of the shoulder of Dumfries and into the far

702
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:58,480
corner.

703
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:03,560
So it did end up going down as a Denzel Dumfries on goal in the 92nd minute.

704
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:07,000
So very entertaining encounter.

705
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,080
Inter looked good, Monza looked good.

706
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:10,520
It resulted in a draw.

707
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,800
Inter did look better than Monza, but Monza did enough to get the draw.

708
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:14,800
What did you make of it?

709
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:19,840
I think Monza really played to Inter's level.

710
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:25,040
These things always happen when you play a lower side in the league, like Trujillo scored,

711
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:30,160
that's his first ever goal in Serie A. Caldi Rolla got the winner and certainly equaliser

712
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,040
Ruolo de Lecce, he's a former Inter player.

713
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:34,880
So these things tend to happen.

714
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:42,360
I couldn't help but notice that Inter's build-up play was once again, once again, stalled by

715
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:48,400
Lukaku's lack of sharpness and now he's injured and he's going to be out for some time.

716
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:50,520
Really good again for some mental clarity.

717
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:56,440
I'm starting to think this guy needs a lot more time out to get back to himself.

718
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,600
I would agree with you over there.

719
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,360
I'm not sure if it's time out that he needs.

720
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:02,640
Or time on the pitch, right?

721
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,320
Or a boot camp.

722
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:08,480
You know when a couple of seasons ago when Milan were on a losing streak and when they

723
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,800
couldn't win a single game, boot camp, close all doors.

724
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:12,800
Or a zero.

725
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:13,800
Exactly.

726
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:14,800
But the team has to be in crisis.

727
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,960
That's a punishment to the players essentially and it wouldn't be fair on his teammates.

728
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:21,520
No, but I'm saying like a solo one.

729
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:22,960
Solo or zero.

730
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:24,760
For fucking Lukaku.

731
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:33,520
Because quite frankly, I mean, look, he had a great season at Inter and he helped win

732
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:37,020
them the league a couple of seasons ago under Conte.

733
00:42:37,020 --> 00:42:39,240
He was signed for 80 million by Chelsea.

734
00:42:39,240 --> 00:42:43,960
He went there and it was his lack of professionalism that lost him that job essentially.

735
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:48,200
He cried and cried, went back to Inter out of shape and he's simply not performing.

736
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:53,040
At this point, at the end of the season, if things keep on going the way they are, Inter

737
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:54,480
aren't going to want Lukaku.

738
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:56,520
Chelsea aren't going to want Lukaku.

739
00:42:56,520 --> 00:43:01,080
And did you see Garrett Bale retired at 33 recently because no one could afford him because

740
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:02,880
he was always injured.

741
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:05,960
Same thing can happen to Lukaku.

742
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:06,960
It could.

743
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:09,440
I still see a future for Lukaku.

744
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:10,440
I think he'll recover.

745
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:11,440
I think he'll be back.

746
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:16,320
Maybe not with Chelsea, but somewhere where a new environment where he feels support of

747
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,520
the fans, where he has less pressure on him.

748
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:21,080
Maybe that could be better for him.

749
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:25,360
It's also probably a bad mental space he's in after his shocking World Cup performance

750
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:26,680
rushed back from injury.

751
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,880
Now he has another injury.

752
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:35,800
I just hope the guy is dealing with that in the most efficient way possible, speaking

753
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:40,480
to his teammates, finding his form and hopefully we'll see him getting goals in the near future.

754
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:43,400
So Monza drew 2-2 to winter.

755
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:47,800
Do you think they got their bus full of whores or do they have to beat them?

756
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:49,520
Did they get their bus full of whores?

757
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:53,860
Because Berlusconi, for those who don't know, actually said to the team, like, if you bring

758
00:43:53,860 --> 00:43:59,760
a beautiful victory against one of the top teams, he mentioned Juvent Milan specifically,

759
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:03,440
I'll get you a Pullman Detroitia, which means a bus full of whores.

760
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:04,440
Exactly.

761
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:07,040
Excuse the language over here, ladies and gents.

762
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:11,320
But I think so, especially with the goal being in the last minute, he would have been hyped

763
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:12,320
Berlusconi, man.

764
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,800
He would have been on the phone straight after.

765
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:20,040
Gagliani lost his shit at that Calderola goal.

766
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:27,120
One day, I remember 10 years ago, Gagliani looking this old, screaming when Milan scored

767
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,480
in the last minute and me thinking he's going to drop dead.

768
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:35,120
Like, I'm really scared one day he's going to get up and just collapse from celebrating

769
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:36,280
a bit too hard.

770
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,400
He's like our great grandmother, Gagliani.

771
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:44,240
He was old when we were young and he's old when we're adults.

772
00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:46,080
I wonder what he looked like as a young chap.

773
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:47,080
I wonder what he was.

774
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:48,080
He had hair.

775
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:49,080
No way.

776
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:51,920
Monza had 55% ball possession.

777
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:53,840
They had 13 shots, four of them on target.

778
00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:55,760
Inter had 11 shots, three of them on target.

779
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:58,440
So you can see the stats were quite even over here.

780
00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:01,040
Monza, I drink it slightly.

781
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:04,840
This was a high intensity game, contrary to the Milan-Roma game.

782
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:08,360
Only Lotso covered more ground than Inter this matchday and Monza were a close third.

783
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,560
It was fast paced.

784
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:14,200
Pessina is the player who covered the most ground this matchday.

785
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:18,400
And Lautaro Martinez was one of the four players to complete three dribbles, the best of matchday

786
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:19,400
17.

787
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:20,400
He's alongside Arsharawi, as we mentioned.

788
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:24,360
There was also Danny Mota who completed the dribbles for Monza.

789
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:29,080
Monza had six successful dribbles and it's the second best of the matchday behind Fiorentina.

790
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:33,280
I would say that I don't think Inter had a bad performance.

791
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:37,000
I think there were bad aspects to their game that slowed down their play, for example,

792
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,480
Lukaku as you mentioned.

793
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:43,240
I think Monza showed a lot of heart and a lot of spirit and that's why they were able

794
00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:44,600
to get back into the match.

795
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:50,080
I do, however, still believe that this is a very disappointing result for Inter, especially

796
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:55,520
after a big win last week where they handed legally their Napoli their first loss of the

797
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:56,520
season.

798
00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:58,040
That was a huge result for Inter.

799
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:03,560
And then their next match, they dropped points against Monza and now they only just scraped

800
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:04,560
past Parma.

801
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:06,560
So maybe the issues are still there.

802
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:11,600
They're certainly capable of good performances, but they're also certainly capable of very

803
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:12,880
weak performances.

804
00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:14,360
Yes, sir.

805
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:20,520
Inter currently sit in fourth with 34 points, while Monza sit in 15th with 18 points.

806
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:24,880
The next game we're going to be covering is Lazio 2-M-Poli 2, another lost second

807
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:25,880
winner.

808
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:30,280
Lazio lined up with their usual 4-3-3 formation with Providel in goal, Marisic, Romagnoli,

809
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:35,000
Ciasale and Lazari at the back, Lewis, Alberto, Kataldi, Milinkovic, Savic in the middle,

810
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:38,880
Zaccani on the left, Anderson on the right and Mwabela up front.

811
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:44,120
Empoli lined up with their 4-3-2-1 formation, the Christmas tree formation, Vicaria was

812
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:48,200
in goal, Stojanovic on the right, Parisi on the left with Luperto and Ismaily as a centre-back

813
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:49,200
partnership.

814
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:56,400
Marin Grassi and Fazzini in the middle, Baldanzi and Caputo playing behind Satriano.

815
00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:00,720
Interesting to see Caputo on that role over there, who had a pretty good game apart from

816
00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:02,200
one wasteful moment.

817
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:06,760
Things got started nice and early for Lazio who had a corner, Lewis Alberto crossed it

818
00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:12,000
in as it was flicked on by Philipp Anderson and Caputo and passed to Vicario.

819
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:16,520
It was technically an own goal by Caputo, but I believe it was given to Philipp Anderson.

820
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:20,640
I know for sure it was given to Philipp Anderson because Lewis Alberto got an assist for me

821
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:21,640
on Fanta-Calcio.

822
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:22,640
There we go.

823
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:28,240
In the 54th minute, Mattia Zaccani found the back of the net after some confusion in the

824
00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:29,240
box.

825
00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:34,880
Zaccani managed to chip the ball over, Vicario was sliding out, Zaccani scored with his new

826
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:37,040
neck tattoo, which I'm not a fan of.

827
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:41,440
Not a massive fan of massive text tattoo on the back of necks or anywhere.

828
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:42,440
Cursive, cursive text.

829
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:44,440
I'm not a big fan.

830
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:50,720
Savic hit the post from about 35 yards out with a strike that was amazing.

831
00:47:50,720 --> 00:47:55,720
Nice to see him getting his shit together after last week's mediocre performance.

832
00:47:55,720 --> 00:48:00,840
And then it was in the 83rd minute that Empoli started their comeback, there was a good counter.

833
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:04,640
Now this is what confuses me.

834
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:07,840
Why are Lazio committing so many men forward when they're 2-0 up?

835
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:08,840
I don't know.

836
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:15,960
Like, Empoli had a numerical advantage on the counter, Kambiagi and Caputo both got in behind

837
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:22,200
the defense, Kambiagi provided a low cross and Caputo controlled it and finished it.

838
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:26,160
It looked really raw and sloppy by Caputo, the control and the finish, but Kambiagi got

839
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:27,400
in behind the defense.

840
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:30,720
Well, it is shocking to me that Lazio were going forward.

841
00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:33,720
I think it comes down to a lack of respect for their opponents.

842
00:48:33,720 --> 00:48:34,720
Probably, yes.

843
00:48:34,720 --> 00:48:37,800
I think it's more like, let's see if we can score, let's go.

844
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:42,200
And then in the 92nd minute, eventually, Razz Van Maren smacked the ball into the top corner

845
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:45,960
from outside the area after a clearance by Philipp Anderson.

846
00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:50,920
In the build-up play to this, Bayrami ended Pedro's career by knocking the ball past him

847
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:52,920
and getting around him.

848
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:57,280
He was so flat-footed, Pedro, incredibly flat-footed.

849
00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:02,240
But Bayrami does that sometimes, he turns into Zinedine Zidane and that was one of those

850
00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:03,240
moments.

851
00:49:03,240 --> 00:49:07,560
The ball was crossed in, cleared poorly by Philipp Anderson and good finish at the end

852
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:09,520
of it from outside the area by Maren.

853
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:13,560
All of Lazio's hard work for nothing, for one point.

854
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:15,520
They covered the most distance this round.

855
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:17,320
They were in top three for shots taken.

856
00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:21,480
They were in the top three for key passes played, top three in ball possession.

857
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:25,480
And probably the only stat they had to their advantage this match, there was the dribbling

858
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:26,480
stat.

859
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:28,560
They were the best dribblers alongside Fiorentina.

860
00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:31,840
But they also had the fewest goal scoring chances with four of the matchday.

861
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:33,960
Yet, they managed to score two of those chances.

862
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:39,800
Lazio dominated the game at 54% ball possession and they had 18 shots, four of them on target.

863
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:43,000
Empoli only had two shots on target and they were both good.

864
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:44,160
Exactly, exactly.

865
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:48,640
I think that pretty much sums up the game brilliantly, to be honest, man.

866
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:51,120
I really like this Empoli team.

867
00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:53,120
I really think they have a certain flair to them.

868
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:56,880
They have a really nice little unit over there.

869
00:49:56,880 --> 00:50:03,000
Lazio, on the other hand, naive, as naive as Milan this matchday.

870
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:04,920
No, I would agree.

871
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:07,400
And you look at the Lazio we're seeing just before the break.

872
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:11,200
Now, okay, just before the break, they had a devastating defeat against Juve.

873
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:17,480
But before that, we're talking about Lazio pushing, man, pushing in that top four region.

874
00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:23,960
Well, this is classic Lazio, to be really brutally honest about them.

875
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:29,400
They get going the same way they got going last year with a number of four nills, the

876
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:32,260
same number they had this season.

877
00:50:32,260 --> 00:50:33,260
And then they just...

878
00:50:33,260 --> 00:50:34,260
Plateau.

879
00:50:34,260 --> 00:50:35,260
Plateau.

880
00:50:35,260 --> 00:50:37,760
And I don't know if it's people figuring them out.

881
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:44,680
I don't know if it's just a group of players or the owners or whatever that are causing

882
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:46,200
this to happen.

883
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:51,040
But I would be livid with that ending to the game if I was Maurizio Sarri, particularly

884
00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:52,600
with Empoli's first goal.

885
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:57,720
Sarri has mentioned many things that hinder him from playing his optimal football.

886
00:50:57,720 --> 00:51:00,160
With Lazio, he mentioned the pitch not being the standard.

887
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:04,120
He mentioned the players not being the standard.

888
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:07,520
So yeah, Lazio need to improve in some aspects over here.

889
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:13,360
They currently sit in fifth with 31 points, while Empoli sit in 13th with 19 points.

890
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:17,200
Before we move on to the next game, I just want to highlight Luis Alberto because I think

891
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:22,280
him again in the midfield, he showcased another great performance by him.

892
00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:25,120
He really adds a lot of fluidity to their midfield.

893
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:29,880
And I think in certain games, he should start the game and then just be substituted out

894
00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:32,440
for maybe a more conservative player.

895
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:36,460
And I think in certain games he could be brought on to provide an additional attacking outlet.

896
00:51:36,460 --> 00:51:40,760
And now it's just down to if Luis Alberto accepts that being his role.

897
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,720
Luis Alberto could slot into any of the top four teams in Italy.

898
00:51:43,720 --> 00:51:49,880
Agreed, and he'll probably start in an attacking midfield role at Milan pretty much any day.

899
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:51,160
That would be a clever signing.

900
00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:52,160
Definitely.

901
00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:56,480
The next game we're going to be covering is Bologna 1 Atalanta 2.

902
00:51:56,480 --> 00:52:00,960
So for Bologna it was a 4-2-3-1 formation with Skorupski in goal, Lykodzianis as a left

903
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:06,640
back and Posz as a right back, Lukumi and Saumauro forming the formidable back two.

904
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:10,880
Dominguez and Gary Medel in midfield with Soriano out on the left and Orsalini out on

905
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:11,880
the right.

906
00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:15,480
Ferguson was in the attacking midfield role with Sansone up front.

907
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:19,760
For Atalanta it was a 3-4-1-2 formation, Mussou on goal and a backline of Toloi, Palomino

908
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:20,760
and Scalvini.

909
00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:24,280
They had Hattabere out on the right and Ruggeri out on the left.

910
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:31,920
3-3 of their own, Kukminers and Pasalic just ahead of them with Hoiland and Zapata up front.

911
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:33,800
Now things got going in the sixth minute.

912
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:36,840
Orsalini cut in and curled the ball low and hard into the far corner.

913
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:39,200
It was a brilliant goal by him.

914
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:45,120
I forget that Orsalini is a player that's full of flair and when he gets going his turn

915
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:48,080
of pace is fantastic.

916
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:50,280
One movement and one shot.

917
00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:52,440
It all took one second and it was in the back of the net.

918
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:56,720
It was a brilliant goal by Orsalini and it's really got things going there for Bologna.

919
00:52:56,720 --> 00:52:57,720
Explosive.

920
00:52:57,720 --> 00:53:00,000
He's an explosive player.

921
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:04,640
However and then in the 46th minute, pardon me, it was in the 47th minute there was a

922
00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:12,160
bullet strike from around 30 yards out straight into the corner of the net by Thion Kukminers.

923
00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:13,320
What a fucking goal by him.

924
00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:14,320
Our goal of the week.

925
00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:18,200
So we already described that as well as we can.

926
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:19,640
Just a moment of magic by him.

927
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:24,040
He has that so often, Jeremy Boga did lay the ball off to him.

928
00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:28,760
A couple of moments later in the 58th minute, so just 11 minutes later, there was a great

929
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:35,120
run and pass by Boga to Hoyland on the break who dinked the ball over the oncoming Skorupski

930
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:37,040
Hoyland with another goal.

931
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:39,680
Boga with his second assist of the night.

932
00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:43,800
So Atalanta get away with three points against Bologna who have been very good.

933
00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:46,520
Bologna recently so a massive three points for Atalanta.

934
00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:48,080
What do you think?

935
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:55,000
Totally Bologna scored early, but they couldn't keep up with Atalanta's intensity.

936
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:59,360
As we mentioned last week, they crowd the box so well Atalanta.

937
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:01,080
They pushed so many players out.

938
00:54:01,080 --> 00:54:07,000
They have Hattaburn, Ruggeri out wide who crossed the ball in relentlessly.

939
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:11,520
I believe it was Kukminers and Ruggeri who whipped in three crosses each, which is the

940
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:15,440
second most of the match day behind Kostic who whipped in four.

941
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:18,480
So that's six crosses from two players.

942
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:21,160
Amazing for Atalanta.

943
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:27,000
Hoyland is like Holland from Wish.

944
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,560
He's a bright player, very sharp.

945
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:31,240
I'm a big fan of Hoyland.

946
00:54:31,240 --> 00:54:33,280
We'll see how he develops.

947
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:34,720
He's in good hands, let's just say that.

948
00:54:34,720 --> 00:54:37,480
Atalanta are no strangers to developing beasts.

949
00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:39,760
Exactly, especially upfront man.

950
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:42,880
And it seems like with every game, he's getting slightly better.

951
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:45,680
That's like a consistent slow rise for him.

952
00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:52,560
I have to say I was a big fan of the substitutions that were carried out by Gasparini in the

953
00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:53,560
match day.

954
00:54:53,560 --> 00:54:57,760
Bogard really turned things around when coming on for Mario Pasalic.

955
00:54:57,760 --> 00:54:59,360
He had some great moments.

956
00:54:59,360 --> 00:55:04,440
He was straying out left quite a lot and that's where he is so dangerous.

957
00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:08,040
We know how Bologna's defense could be at times and he was just attacking them and attacking

958
00:55:08,040 --> 00:55:09,660
them and attacking them.

959
00:55:09,660 --> 00:55:11,320
And that led to him getting two assists.

960
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:15,800
Okay, one was a layoff to Kuk Miners, but the second one was absolutely brilliant by

961
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:16,800
him.

962
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:21,320
So maybe this is something we could start seeing more of by Jeremy Boga.

963
00:55:21,320 --> 00:55:22,680
He looked really comfortable this game.

964
00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:25,600
He was the only player to get two assists this match day.

965
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:27,640
Very good performance by him, of course.

966
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:31,760
I also want to highlight the performance of Gary Medel who recovered 14 balls.

967
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:33,760
I wonder if one of them was Francesco Alcerbi.

968
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:34,760
Oh my god.

969
00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:35,760
No way.

970
00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:36,760
No way did he just say that.

971
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:41,440
That's so bad, bro.

972
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:49,640
Alcerbi scored an amazing goal against Parma to win the game against them during the Copa.

973
00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:51,360
No, it was amazing.

974
00:55:51,360 --> 00:55:54,240
Gary Medel had a very good performance.

975
00:55:54,240 --> 00:56:00,240
He's kind of similar to Thomas Rincón in the fact that he's an experienced veteran player

976
00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:02,000
who is a bit hotheaded.

977
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:05,240
But when he keeps it cool, Medel is a massive asset to Bologna.

978
00:56:05,240 --> 00:56:11,920
I think we've seen a lot of that hotheadedness kind of drift away from Medel when he realized

979
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:13,520
his role at the club.

980
00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:15,720
He's such a leader in that camp.

981
00:56:15,720 --> 00:56:18,240
Sure, he'll get yellow cards here and there.

982
00:56:18,240 --> 00:56:20,840
He's no stranger to yellow and red cards.

983
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:26,120
But his leadership qualities as well, in particular this season and last season, have been brilliant.

984
00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:29,080
He's been played center back, he's been played in defensive midfield.

985
00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:31,520
And I have to say, I missed him a lot in midfield.

986
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:32,920
He's so good over there, man.

987
00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:39,360
He had so much stability and it does as well allow Dominguez to be a bit more creative

988
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:40,480
and going forward.

989
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:44,320
Ferguson also comes back quite a bit to partner Medel when that happens.

990
00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:47,680
Bologna have a very nicely balanced team over here.

991
00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:52,120
I think that Mota did exactly what he had to do to put this team together.

992
00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:56,960
They were simply beaten by, on the night, a better team in Atalanta who were just attacking

993
00:56:56,960 --> 00:56:58,600
after minute six, really.

994
00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:02,840
Do you think the results would have been different had Arnautovic not been injured?

995
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:05,760
It's difficult to say.

996
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:07,600
I don't think it would have been much different.

997
00:57:07,600 --> 00:57:14,840
I think definitely the team would have been more fired up to get a goal to kill the game

998
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:18,920
rather than just score one and settle to the defensive area.

999
00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:22,120
But that's the thing, I don't think it was their choice to settle on defense.

1000
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:24,400
I think they got outrun by Atalanta.

1001
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:26,960
I think they got outpowered by Atalanta.

1002
00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:32,540
We did see a bit of what we were used to seeing more out of Atalanta, especially in the second

1003
00:57:32,540 --> 00:57:33,540
half of the match.

1004
00:57:33,540 --> 00:57:38,120
I think a lot of that had to do with Jeremy Boga giving them that outlet and running forward,

1005
00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:42,000
the same way Gossens used to, the same way Papu Gomez used to.

1006
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:44,800
And then with someone like Hoyle up front to finish the chances.

1007
00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:48,000
I have to say once again, Duván Zapata wasn't great.

1008
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:53,520
And he did end up getting replaced by Ederson, who as well, I haven't really seen Ederson

1009
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:54,520
perform to win.

1010
00:57:54,520 --> 00:57:57,800
Ederson hasn't hit the ground running, but he plays Salernitana next and that was his

1011
00:57:57,800 --> 00:58:00,160
X team, so he'll probably score.

1012
00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:04,360
Palomino, by the way, bro, again, another monstrous performance.

1013
00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:05,360
I'm really happy he's back.

1014
00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:06,360
I really like him.

1015
00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:10,840
And to think he's only playing at this level because he was hand-picked by Papu Gomez.

1016
00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:11,840
That's crazy, man.

1017
00:58:11,840 --> 00:58:12,840
That is crazy.

1018
00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:16,000
And it's such a shame that there were certain allegations against him that kept him out

1019
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:21,680
of the game for so long because he comes back in and he's miles ahead of the other centerbacks

1020
00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:22,680
at Atalanta.

1021
00:58:22,680 --> 00:58:25,600
Clearly their best defender and one of their best players this season.

1022
00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:32,680
Atalanta sit in sixth on 31 points, they're actually level with Lazio, who are in fifth,

1023
00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:35,100
and level with Roma, who are in seventh.

1024
00:58:35,100 --> 00:58:39,680
On the other hand, Bologna are in 12th place on 19 points, who are also level with Lecce,

1025
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:43,120
who are 11th, and Empoli, who are 13th.

1026
00:58:43,120 --> 00:58:46,920
The next game we're going to be covering is Fiorentina 2, Sassuolo 1.

1027
00:58:46,920 --> 00:58:50,440
Fiorentina play the 4-2-3-1 formation with Terracciano in goal.

1028
00:58:50,440 --> 00:58:56,000
Biragi has the left back, Venuti has the right back with Milenkovic and Igor as the centerback

1029
00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:57,240
partnership.

1030
00:58:57,240 --> 00:59:03,120
Duncan and Bianco played in the middle, with Kwame and Icone on the flanks, Bonaventura

1031
00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:06,240
in the free roll, in the middle with Cabral up front.

1032
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:11,480
Sassuolo play the 4-3-3 formation with Concilie in goal, Tolean and Rogério as the fullbacks,

1033
00:59:11,480 --> 00:59:14,280
Ferrari and Rouen as the centerback pairing.

1034
00:59:14,280 --> 00:59:18,400
Frattesi, Aubin and Traore played in the middle with Berardi on the right, Loriente on the

1035
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:22,640
left and Penamonti up front.

1036
00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:27,000
It took late for this to get started, the first half was pretty uneventful, no goals

1037
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:32,480
over there, but then in the 48th minute, just 3 minutes after coming on, Riccardo Saponara

1038
00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:37,120
bounced the volley over Concilie after some confusion in the area.

1039
00:59:37,120 --> 00:59:40,520
Confusion in the area meaning a Ferrari mistake.

1040
00:59:40,520 --> 00:59:44,560
Yeah, it was given away by Ferrari again.

1041
00:59:44,560 --> 00:59:46,520
It's becoming too common.

1042
00:59:46,520 --> 00:59:51,920
This happened the last matchday as well, when will they do something about their defense?

1043
00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:53,200
I don't know.

1044
00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:57,960
I told Mintov the second Saponara came on, I'm like bro he's scoring, he's too smart

1045
00:59:57,960 --> 00:59:59,960
for this shit defense, he's gonna fuck them up.

1046
00:59:59,960 --> 01:00:04,760
And in fact, later on he had a brilliant ball to Gonzalez, who had an open header and he

1047
01:00:04,760 --> 01:00:05,760
missed it.

1048
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:10,720
But anyway, in the 57th minute, VAR caught a handball by Dodo and it was converted by

1049
01:00:10,720 --> 01:00:13,920
Berardi sending the goalkeeper the wrong way.

1050
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:18,480
One of the most reliable penalty kick takers in the league, Berardi.

1051
01:00:18,480 --> 01:00:21,040
An amazing player, Mr. Sasuolo.

1052
01:00:21,040 --> 01:00:27,120
In the 91st minute, there was a penalty given the other way, Rouan handled it this time,

1053
01:00:27,120 --> 01:00:29,000
it was caught by VAR.

1054
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:35,720
Nico Gonzalez stepped up, who was described by the manager Italiano to be mentally unavailable.

1055
01:00:35,720 --> 01:00:38,600
So he stepped up and he scored, which will do wonders for his confidence.

1056
01:00:38,600 --> 01:00:39,880
He sent Concilie the wrong way.

1057
01:00:39,880 --> 01:00:41,440
Concilie has fallen injured by the way.

1058
01:00:41,440 --> 01:00:42,440
Oh, has he?

1059
01:00:42,440 --> 01:00:43,440
Yeah.

1060
01:00:43,440 --> 01:00:46,440
He's not much in the shower, no?

1061
01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:47,440
Yes, probably.

1062
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:48,440
That's probably it.

1063
01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:55,880
I liked seeing the way Fiorentina reacted to the penalty being awarded, right away handing

1064
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:58,160
it to Nico Gonzalez, who was brilliant from the spot.

1065
01:00:58,160 --> 01:01:01,520
He had a good game as well after he came on, he was involved.

1066
01:01:01,520 --> 01:01:06,140
And we always say that he is a player that is vital in the second half of the season.

1067
01:01:06,140 --> 01:01:07,480
And this could be the start of that.

1068
01:01:07,480 --> 01:01:09,880
His teammates handing him the penalty.

1069
01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:15,240
In the 91st minute when the stakes are high, he keeps a cool head and he converts the confidence

1070
01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:17,200
and the balls on this man to step up.

1071
01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:20,940
And the manner in which he took the penalty as well, quite central, just relied on sending

1072
01:01:20,940 --> 01:01:23,840
the keeper the wrong way, relied on his technique.

1073
01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:25,840
Fantastic stuff by Nico Gonzalez.

1074
01:01:25,840 --> 01:01:29,160
Hopefully we'll get to see more of that throughout the entirety of the season now.

1075
01:01:29,160 --> 01:01:30,160
For sure.

1076
01:01:30,160 --> 01:01:31,160
I certainly hope so.

1077
01:01:31,160 --> 01:01:32,960
He was a really good player on his day.

1078
01:01:32,960 --> 01:01:37,320
Fiorentina dominated the possession of 53%, although it didn't really feel like that.

1079
01:01:37,320 --> 01:01:38,320
It really didn't.

1080
01:01:38,320 --> 01:01:40,520
I think we're better in the first half, in my opinion.

1081
01:01:40,520 --> 01:01:42,720
Fiorentina had 15 shots, five of them on target.

1082
01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:44,920
Sassuolo had 16 shots, four of them on target.

1083
01:01:44,920 --> 01:01:47,400
Barati had the most attempts of the matchday with six.

1084
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:52,560
Mintov said last week that Barati were shooting like he was a kid in the playground, just

1085
01:01:52,560 --> 01:01:53,560
having it.

1086
01:01:53,560 --> 01:01:56,360
And once again, that proved to be the case.

1087
01:01:56,360 --> 01:02:01,880
Fiorentina proved to be a less tactically oriented side, as we saw earlier at the start

1088
01:02:01,880 --> 01:02:02,880
of the season.

1089
01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:03,880
They're given more freedom.

1090
01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:06,680
In fact, they're completing many dribbles and they're up there in the statistics as

1091
01:02:06,680 --> 01:02:07,940
well.

1092
01:02:07,940 --> 01:02:11,360
No team covered less distance than Sassuolo this round, by the way.

1093
01:02:11,360 --> 01:02:13,720
So they do seem uninspired right now.

1094
01:02:13,720 --> 01:02:16,200
Something seems off with Sassuolo, man.

1095
01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:18,680
Something does seem off with Sassuolo.

1096
01:02:18,680 --> 01:02:23,880
We always kind of look to choose one thing that that's not that good about Sassuolo this

1097
01:02:23,880 --> 01:02:24,880
season.

1098
01:02:24,880 --> 01:02:25,880
We've blamed their defense.

1099
01:02:25,880 --> 01:02:29,640
We've said because they replaced so many players up top.

1100
01:02:29,640 --> 01:02:32,480
We've said it's because Lopez is injured in the midfield.

1101
01:02:32,480 --> 01:02:34,480
That's a massive one.

1102
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:35,880
Lopez being injured.

1103
01:02:35,880 --> 01:02:36,880
That's a metronome.

1104
01:02:36,880 --> 01:02:37,880
These are all massive ones.

1105
01:02:37,880 --> 01:02:38,880
Their defense is shit.

1106
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:45,880
They're losing their metronome in the midfield and he's been replaced by Obiang who, although

1107
01:02:45,880 --> 01:02:51,480
he has his own skill set, he doesn't add that fluidity that Sassuolo are known for.

1108
01:02:51,480 --> 01:02:52,840
Lauriente is great.

1109
01:02:52,840 --> 01:02:53,840
Berardi is great.

1110
01:02:53,840 --> 01:02:55,800
Pinamonte just still.

1111
01:02:55,800 --> 01:02:59,880
He was more involved in this game, but not exactly in a great way.

1112
01:02:59,880 --> 01:03:02,160
He just wins penalties by shooting into hands.

1113
01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:03,960
That's all he's doing lately.

1114
01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:05,640
Honestly, I want to see Alvarez.

1115
01:03:05,640 --> 01:03:06,640
Minto is right.

1116
01:03:06,640 --> 01:03:07,640
I want to see Alvarez.

1117
01:03:07,640 --> 01:03:08,640
I really want to see Alvarez.

1118
01:03:08,640 --> 01:03:09,640
He waits long.

1119
01:03:09,640 --> 01:03:10,640
I have to bring him on.

1120
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:14,360
I don't know why he doesn't bring him on sooner, especially if Pinamonte is firing.

1121
01:03:14,360 --> 01:03:17,120
There's also the loss of Thor's vet in midfield as well.

1122
01:03:17,120 --> 01:03:18,520
That is massive for them.

1123
01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:24,720
But again, a good team with a good manager adapts to these situations.

1124
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:29,360
I'm not going to compare them to Juve and Milan who've dealt with a plethora of injuries

1125
01:03:29,360 --> 01:03:30,800
and we're still at the top of their game.

1126
01:03:30,800 --> 01:03:34,160
Of course, I'm not going to compare them to those teams.

1127
01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:38,920
But Sassuolo haven't gotten a well-earned three points and haven't outplayed a team

1128
01:03:38,920 --> 01:03:40,360
in such a long time.

1129
01:03:40,360 --> 01:03:43,840
And I'm just starting to think that this isn't exactly a great squad, man.

1130
01:03:43,840 --> 01:03:45,720
That's what it comes down to at the end of the day.

1131
01:03:45,720 --> 01:03:49,840
And they're going to keep losing players if they keep removing players themselves and

1132
01:03:49,840 --> 01:03:51,600
if they keep performing the way they are.

1133
01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:53,400
Berardi would be the next one out.

1134
01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:56,080
And well, Frattesi is the next one out actually.

1135
01:03:56,080 --> 01:04:01,840
Our resident Sassuolo fan Minto highlighted in the last episode, he said that Sassuolo

1136
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:04,400
are a team that's run almost as a business.

1137
01:04:04,400 --> 01:04:06,880
Their stadium is far from the city.

1138
01:04:06,880 --> 01:04:11,120
They have no fans virtually.

1139
01:04:11,120 --> 01:04:15,560
You look at their stadium, it's always full of opposition fans, totally dominated, no

1140
01:04:15,560 --> 01:04:18,080
matter who they're playing.

1141
01:04:18,080 --> 01:04:20,040
Mattias asked us a question.

1142
01:04:20,040 --> 01:04:24,400
He said, if Sassuolo were to sack Dionisi, who should they get instead?

1143
01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:28,960
And there are quite a few free agents right now, managers.

1144
01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:34,440
There are quite a few, but probably a lot of them are too big for Sassuolo, so to say.

1145
01:04:34,440 --> 01:04:35,440
I think...

1146
01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:39,240
Yeah, there are like two shells, the Zidane's, they're not going to go there.

1147
01:04:39,240 --> 01:04:41,760
No, absolutely not.

1148
01:04:41,760 --> 01:04:48,320
I think that they do need a slightly more traditional coach that would really focus

1149
01:04:48,320 --> 01:04:54,400
on solidifying the formation, solidifying the identity, solidifying the shape and prioritize

1150
01:04:54,400 --> 01:04:58,000
that rather than the fluidity that they're so known for.

1151
01:04:58,000 --> 01:05:01,360
Do you think they should shift to a pragmatic approach?

1152
01:05:01,360 --> 01:05:02,680
I think they should.

1153
01:05:02,680 --> 01:05:06,480
I think that's the only way they'll concede lesser goals than they're already conceding

1154
01:05:06,480 --> 01:05:09,760
and that will already put them in the right position.

1155
01:05:09,760 --> 01:05:11,360
I think their players are creative.

1156
01:05:11,360 --> 01:05:15,600
I don't think they need someone like Ranieri, who is the first person that came to mind.

1157
01:05:15,600 --> 01:05:18,240
In fact, I think Ranieri would be my shot.

1158
01:05:18,240 --> 01:05:22,680
He would really encourage that fluid play that Sassuolo are so well known for, but I

1159
01:05:22,680 --> 01:05:27,360
think that still leaves the terrible defense that is over there.

1160
01:05:27,360 --> 01:05:31,640
I don't think he encourages a back four that is so solid.

1161
01:05:31,640 --> 01:05:36,400
It would be interesting to see, but I think that still struggle defensively in that case.

1162
01:05:36,400 --> 01:05:40,480
Di Francesco could, I think, do a good job there.

1163
01:05:40,480 --> 01:05:42,520
I mean, he's already taken this team to Europa League.

1164
01:05:42,520 --> 01:05:48,760
He got them promoted all the way from SEHA, I believe, and took them all the way to the

1165
01:05:48,760 --> 01:05:49,760
Europa League.

1166
01:05:49,760 --> 01:05:50,760
Why not?

1167
01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:51,760
He's in his comfort zone.

1168
01:05:51,760 --> 01:05:52,760
He flopped afterwards.

1169
01:05:52,760 --> 01:05:57,200
He had a good run with Roma in the Champions League, but eventually had a bad run of a

1170
01:05:57,200 --> 01:05:58,200
form even with Caliari.

1171
01:05:58,200 --> 01:06:01,640
When he joined Caliari, he was sacked early on.

1172
01:06:01,640 --> 01:06:09,080
So I think maybe a return to Sassuolo for him might rejuvenate his career as well as

1173
01:06:09,080 --> 01:06:11,000
Sassuolo as a club.

1174
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:14,600
Another interesting idea, bro, is I don't know about the wagers, and I don't know how

1175
01:06:14,600 --> 01:06:17,120
possible this is, but Bielsa.

1176
01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:18,120
Ooh.

1177
01:06:18,120 --> 01:06:21,480
Bielsa would be an interesting one.

1178
01:06:21,480 --> 01:06:31,040
I think it brings more of, again, it's the same thing as the tinker man.

1179
01:06:31,040 --> 01:06:37,000
He's going to encourage that, but actually Bielsa is very solid defensively as well.

1180
01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:43,200
He would encourage players sliding into tackles, keeping their shape, and staying in that,

1181
01:06:43,200 --> 01:06:46,720
like with Leeds, we saw Leeds, they were a unit.

1182
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:50,200
They were hard to penetrate when he was there, especially in the championship.

1183
01:06:50,200 --> 01:06:53,040
In the Premier League, it was a different story.

1184
01:06:53,040 --> 01:06:54,040
That would be a good shout.

1185
01:06:54,040 --> 01:06:55,880
Yeah, I would love to see it.

1186
01:06:55,880 --> 01:06:59,680
I just wonder if it's doable for Sassuolo if it's too much, you know, because he has

1187
01:06:59,680 --> 01:07:00,800
clout as a manager.

1188
01:07:00,800 --> 01:07:01,800
It's tough.

1189
01:07:01,800 --> 01:07:08,160
Sassuolo can only attract people who want to move to Italy, young managers that this

1190
01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:11,000
would be the highlight of their career essentially.

1191
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:18,100
So people that are smaller than Sassuolo, or else they are resident managers that see

1192
01:07:18,100 --> 01:07:22,920
the true value of Sassuolo, because otherwise this is not a franchise team that people aspire

1193
01:07:22,920 --> 01:07:23,920
to manage.

1194
01:07:23,920 --> 01:07:28,960
It would have to be a project that, I don't know, fucking, what's his name, the manager

1195
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:29,960
of Malta.

1196
01:07:29,960 --> 01:07:32,160
He was the manager of Malta.

1197
01:07:32,160 --> 01:07:33,160
Devis Manja.

1198
01:07:33,160 --> 01:07:35,800
Devis Manja would be the next manager of Sassuolo.

1199
01:07:35,800 --> 01:07:38,020
Who do you think he'd pick on?

1200
01:07:38,020 --> 01:07:40,560
He would pick on, I think, Berardi.

1201
01:07:40,560 --> 01:07:43,240
I think he'd pick on Berardi.

1202
01:07:43,240 --> 01:07:49,800
So you guys know there were strong allegations about him making sexual passes at Maltese

1203
01:07:49,800 --> 01:07:54,200
players telling them, like, if you fucking, I don't know, show me your ass, you can play

1204
01:07:54,200 --> 01:07:55,200
tomorrow.

1205
01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:56,200
Try to keep it PG-13.

1206
01:07:56,200 --> 01:07:57,200
Yeah, that's a really good approach.

1207
01:07:57,200 --> 01:07:58,200
Show me your ass.

1208
01:07:58,200 --> 01:07:59,200
Show me your ass.

1209
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:03,600
You start striker tomorrow, you show me your ass.

1210
01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:05,160
I think Pena Monti would be fucked, bro.

1211
01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:07,560
Pena Monti would be fucked as well.

1212
01:08:07,560 --> 01:08:09,720
Pena Monti would be fucked.

1213
01:08:09,720 --> 01:08:13,880
Yes, there was another point I wanted to make.

1214
01:08:13,880 --> 01:08:17,680
What the fuck was it?

1215
01:08:17,680 --> 01:08:19,840
Broadno.

1216
01:08:19,840 --> 01:08:21,840
About the manager?

1217
01:08:21,840 --> 01:08:27,200
Yes, Iacchini is one of those managers that you mentioned.

1218
01:08:27,200 --> 01:08:28,680
There's Ballardini and Iacchini.

1219
01:08:28,680 --> 01:08:30,840
They're like the relegation experts.

1220
01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:34,540
So if this goes tits up for Sassuolo, I wouldn't be surprised if one of those guys came in

1221
01:08:34,540 --> 01:08:35,540
as a caretaker.

1222
01:08:35,540 --> 01:08:38,040
There's also Sampaoli who's available.

1223
01:08:38,040 --> 01:08:40,120
So we'll see what happens.

1224
01:08:40,120 --> 01:08:43,480
I do think, however, that Dionisi should be given more time.

1225
01:08:43,480 --> 01:08:47,120
He should be given more time because nothing is favoring him.

1226
01:08:47,120 --> 01:08:51,600
And even though nothing is favoring him, they're still playing that fluid and dynamic football.

1227
01:08:51,600 --> 01:08:55,160
However, he needs to control that four at the back, man.

1228
01:08:55,160 --> 01:08:58,840
There aren't many options for him.

1229
01:08:58,840 --> 01:09:02,960
And maybe there's not much funding to go into signing players.

1230
01:09:02,960 --> 01:09:05,640
Well, not enough funding.

1231
01:09:05,640 --> 01:09:08,600
They're selling players left, right and center.

1232
01:09:08,600 --> 01:09:09,600
They must have funding.

1233
01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:15,240
They just need to be a bit smarter in the market because they're so focused on replacing

1234
01:09:15,240 --> 01:09:21,000
those big players up front that they're forgetting that the actual problem is the defensive region.

1235
01:09:21,000 --> 01:09:23,360
They were smart with the way that they replaced those players.

1236
01:09:23,360 --> 01:09:27,240
They got Laurente, they got Torzvet.

1237
01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:33,840
However, Pinamonte maybe in hindsight, well, it's a shock that Pinamonte isn't performing

1238
01:09:33,840 --> 01:09:34,840
well.

1239
01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:37,000
But they're playing a game and maybe they should give more time to Alvarez and that'll

1240
01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:39,520
prove to be a smart signing from their end as well.

1241
01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:40,520
Perhaps.

1242
01:09:40,520 --> 01:09:51,440
Sassuolo currently sit in 16th with 16 points, while Fiorentina sit in 9th with 23 points.

1243
01:09:51,440 --> 01:09:55,600
The next game we're going to be covering is Salernitana 1-1 Torino 1.

1244
01:09:55,600 --> 01:10:01,280
So Salernitana start in their 3-1-4-2 formation with Ochoa Ngole, a back line of Fazio, Danilo

1245
01:10:01,280 --> 01:10:02,760
Lich and Bron.

1246
01:10:02,760 --> 01:10:07,600
Bohinen was in the register role with Brada Reca on the left and Candreva on the right.

1247
01:10:07,600 --> 01:10:17,000
It was Villena and Caviglia in the midfield with Dia and Bonazzoli up front.

1248
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:21,640
For Torino they lined up in their 3-4-2-1 formation with Milinkovic, Savic, Ngole and

1249
01:10:21,640 --> 01:10:24,880
a back line of Zima, Schuurs and Bongiorno.

1250
01:10:24,880 --> 01:10:27,840
They had Lazaro out on the right and Voivoda out on the left.

1251
01:10:27,840 --> 01:10:32,160
They had Linetti and Lukic in midfield with Vlasic out on the right and Radonic out on

1252
01:10:32,160 --> 01:10:36,280
the left and Sanabria up front.

1253
01:10:36,280 --> 01:10:41,720
Things kicked off in the 36th minute where Sanabria scored a flying header after a great

1254
01:10:41,720 --> 01:10:44,020
Lazaro cross.

1255
01:10:44,020 --> 01:10:50,560
Shortly after, Schuurs hit the post with a header, shortly after the restart then in

1256
01:10:50,560 --> 01:10:56,120
the 49th minute Villena shot into the bottom near corner from outside of the area to finish

1257
01:10:56,120 --> 01:11:00,480
off a beautiful Salernitana counterattack.

1258
01:11:00,480 --> 01:11:06,040
For the rest of the game Torino piled forward trying to get 3 points out of this as they

1259
01:11:06,040 --> 01:11:11,720
proved to be better than Salernitana in this game.

1260
01:11:11,720 --> 01:11:18,800
Ochoa just save after save, particularly his save in the 84th minute on Ricardo Rodriguez

1261
01:11:18,800 --> 01:11:21,280
at the near post pushing it onto the post.

1262
01:11:21,280 --> 01:11:26,360
Some fantastic saves by Ochoa again.

1263
01:11:26,360 --> 01:11:32,040
Villena totally dominated this game, that 62% ball possession, the most key passes of

1264
01:11:32,040 --> 01:11:36,640
the matchday, the most attempts of the matchday.

1265
01:11:36,640 --> 01:11:41,160
The difference for Salernitana or their saving grace was Ochoa.

1266
01:11:41,160 --> 01:11:42,160
100%.

1267
01:11:42,160 --> 01:11:45,240
And it's Ochoa's world and we're just living in it.

1268
01:11:45,240 --> 01:11:46,240
Exactly.

1269
01:11:46,240 --> 01:11:50,400
Where does he rank right now currently?

1270
01:11:50,400 --> 01:11:54,080
We've only seen two games of him to be honest, but he looks like a top five goalkeeper in

1271
01:11:54,080 --> 01:11:55,080
the Liga.

1272
01:11:55,080 --> 01:11:59,440
At the moment, I mean, like you said, it's his first two games.

1273
01:11:59,440 --> 01:12:03,800
It's interesting because normally with any other goalkeeper that I've watched play before,

1274
01:12:03,800 --> 01:12:07,640
I can tell you where I believe that they rank just from their qualities.

1275
01:12:07,640 --> 01:12:14,840
But when we only watch this guy a couple of times every four years with Mexico in the

1276
01:12:14,840 --> 01:12:19,720
World Cup, then it's, I can't believe I forgot the word World Cup over there.

1277
01:12:19,720 --> 01:12:21,720
You see him a couple of, whatever.

1278
01:12:21,720 --> 01:12:25,520
You see him a couple of times every four years at the World Cup.

1279
01:12:25,520 --> 01:12:29,480
You can't really gauge how, if he's actually good or if he has more.

1280
01:12:29,480 --> 01:12:30,480
Exactly.

1281
01:12:30,480 --> 01:12:32,360
Right now, he looks like a good goalkeeper.

1282
01:12:32,360 --> 01:12:39,480
He was coming out and blocking shots, making himself big.

1283
01:12:39,480 --> 01:12:40,480
Interesting one, man.

1284
01:12:40,480 --> 01:12:45,300
He's definitely the keeper that is on hottest form right now after the World Cup break.

1285
01:12:45,300 --> 01:12:49,720
And he's replacing Luigi Cepa, who's a fantastic goalkeeper himself.

1286
01:12:49,720 --> 01:12:53,480
And this is a great move for Ochoa, you know, he's playing in Serie A, he's living in Salerno,

1287
01:12:53,480 --> 01:12:55,320
one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

1288
01:12:55,320 --> 01:12:57,080
It's a good place to retire for him.

1289
01:12:57,080 --> 01:12:59,840
So life is good for Ochoa at the moment.

1290
01:12:59,840 --> 01:13:00,840
100%.

1291
01:13:00,840 --> 01:13:04,880
Man, again, I can't stress on how much better Torino looked in this game.

1292
01:13:04,880 --> 01:13:07,640
Again, it does go down to maybe the finishing touch.

1293
01:13:07,640 --> 01:13:13,080
This time it was Ochoa that kind of moved the focus onto him rather than the striker

1294
01:13:13,080 --> 01:13:14,640
situation for Torino.

1295
01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:18,680
I have to say Sanabria scored a true striker's goal with that flying header in this game.

1296
01:13:18,680 --> 01:13:21,440
However, they're still lacking that target man.

1297
01:13:21,440 --> 01:13:26,240
Someone that can play with his back towards goal and then facing goal as well inside that

1298
01:13:26,240 --> 01:13:27,240
area.

1299
01:13:27,240 --> 01:13:31,760
Someone lethal, someone that can finish off a chance pretty much.

1300
01:13:31,760 --> 01:13:34,760
Just a focal point, having that focal point up front, man.

1301
01:13:34,760 --> 01:13:37,520
In fact, you look at the stats, Torino should be winning this.

1302
01:13:37,520 --> 01:13:41,040
It doesn't make sense to create this much, to press this much and to not win.

1303
01:13:41,040 --> 01:13:44,600
And that's what they're missing, a target man.

1304
01:13:44,600 --> 01:13:48,840
So we'll see if that problem will ever be sorted.

1305
01:13:48,840 --> 01:13:53,040
Ochoa, seven saves as we said, man, that's another seven saves.

1306
01:13:53,040 --> 01:13:55,360
That's 14 saves in two games, by the way.

1307
01:13:55,360 --> 01:13:56,360
Massive.

1308
01:13:56,360 --> 01:13:59,800
Vlasic had the most key passes and the most goal scoring chances of the match.

1309
01:13:59,800 --> 01:14:02,280
They were very, very good player over there.

1310
01:14:02,280 --> 01:14:06,120
Torino, again, just superlatives all around.

1311
01:14:06,120 --> 01:14:09,200
Yeah, superlatives all around except for the striking department.

1312
01:14:09,200 --> 01:14:10,200
No?

1313
01:14:10,200 --> 01:14:11,200
That's it.

1314
01:14:11,200 --> 01:14:12,200
Exactly.

1315
01:14:12,200 --> 01:14:13,200
So not technically all around.

1316
01:14:13,200 --> 01:14:14,200
Exactly.

1317
01:14:14,200 --> 01:14:19,120
So we have described as what good teams do, it's be the shitter team and still get away

1318
01:14:19,120 --> 01:14:20,120
with something.

1319
01:14:20,120 --> 01:14:21,120
Yeah.

1320
01:14:21,120 --> 01:14:27,000
Torino are intent on 23 points level on points with Fiorentina, while Salernitana sit in

1321
01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:30,480
14th on 18 points level with Monza.

1322
01:14:30,480 --> 01:14:31,960
Monday night madness.

1323
01:14:31,960 --> 01:14:34,400
They're like the way you move.

1324
01:14:34,400 --> 01:14:35,400
Yes, sir.

1325
01:14:35,400 --> 01:14:38,160
Verona too, Cremona is nil.

1326
01:14:38,160 --> 01:14:42,560
Verona lined up with a 3-4-2-1 formation.

1327
01:14:42,560 --> 01:14:47,640
Montepaw was in goal, Cech Carini was at the back with Hien and Davidovic, Doig was on

1328
01:14:47,640 --> 01:14:53,080
the left, De Pauli on the right with Tameze and Illich as the midfield duo, Lazovic and

1329
01:14:53,080 --> 01:14:56,080
Cologne played behind Juric.

1330
01:14:56,080 --> 01:15:00,960
For Cremona, it was a 4-2-3-1 formation with Karnazeky in goal, Sir Nicola on the right,

1331
01:15:00,960 --> 01:15:05,040
La Cosvillie on the left, Bianchetti and Ferrari as a centre-back pairing.

1332
01:15:05,040 --> 01:15:07,840
I hate reading Cremona's line up.

1333
01:15:07,840 --> 01:15:08,840
La Cosvillie.

1334
01:15:08,840 --> 01:15:13,720
I mean, even if you told me a hundred times I won't pronounce his name correctly.

1335
01:15:13,720 --> 01:15:18,720
La Cosvillie Cantare.

1336
01:15:18,720 --> 01:15:23,680
Castagnetti was in the middle alongside Piquel with Zanimacchia on the right, Valeri on the

1337
01:15:23,680 --> 01:15:27,320
left, Bonaiuto as the attacking midfielder and Dessers up front.

1338
01:15:27,320 --> 01:15:29,600
Thank god that is over.

1339
01:15:29,600 --> 01:15:36,240
Now it all kicked off in the ninth minute when Lazovic scored a striker's goal.

1340
01:15:36,240 --> 01:15:40,160
He took a hard ball down, brilliantly turned and nailed the ball in from close range.

1341
01:15:40,160 --> 01:15:43,680
It was a Jaya Kalon assist.

1342
01:15:43,680 --> 01:15:46,760
He looked like fucking Dennis Bergkamp over there, man.

1343
01:15:46,760 --> 01:15:49,360
It was brilliant by Darko Lazovic.

1344
01:15:49,360 --> 01:15:51,560
Verona didn't leave it very long to get another one.

1345
01:15:51,560 --> 01:15:57,720
In the 26th minute there was a brilliant run by Doig who played a brilliant pass.

1346
01:15:57,720 --> 01:15:58,720
Such a good player, Doig.

1347
01:15:58,720 --> 01:16:04,640
He's like the Aaron Hickey Regen, the next big Scottish youngster.

1348
01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:07,560
Lazovic plays full back, it's uncanny.

1349
01:16:07,560 --> 01:16:10,880
So Doig unleashed Lazovic who finished very cleanly into the bottom corner.

1350
01:16:10,880 --> 01:16:14,200
Lazovic playing closer to goal is really paying off for them.

1351
01:16:14,200 --> 01:16:17,400
These two early goals were enough for Verona to kill the game off.

1352
01:16:17,400 --> 01:16:21,760
Cremonese didn't really get into it at all and it was a very professionally done job

1353
01:16:21,760 --> 01:16:22,760
by Verona.

1354
01:16:22,760 --> 01:16:25,400
Maintaining a 2-0 lead, we saw how...

1355
01:16:25,400 --> 01:16:29,280
They say that a 2-0 lead is the most dangerous lead to have in football.

1356
01:16:29,280 --> 01:16:31,680
Yeah, I mean we saw that twice.

1357
01:16:31,680 --> 01:16:32,680
Exactly.

1358
01:16:32,680 --> 01:16:33,680
Lazio and Milan.

1359
01:16:33,680 --> 01:16:36,240
They couldn't do what Verona did.

1360
01:16:36,240 --> 01:16:37,240
Absolutely not.

1361
01:16:37,240 --> 01:16:38,240
Absolutely not.

1362
01:16:38,240 --> 01:16:41,120
And Milan drew 0-0 to Cremonese.

1363
01:16:41,120 --> 01:16:43,640
So many teams have struggled against Cremonese.

1364
01:16:43,640 --> 01:16:45,760
Verona come out and beat them 2-0.

1365
01:16:45,760 --> 01:16:47,920
They had nine shots for on target, of course.

1366
01:16:47,920 --> 01:16:51,640
Two of them were the Darko Lazovic goals which were absolutely sensational.

1367
01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:54,960
It was a very quick and lethal start by Verona.

1368
01:16:54,960 --> 01:17:02,360
Something they were notorious for last season and they showed it again in this game.

1369
01:17:02,360 --> 01:17:05,840
Cremonese grew into the game throughout the game.

1370
01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:11,840
They had 14 shots, five of them on target, five of them on target and four blocked.

1371
01:17:11,840 --> 01:17:18,160
So once again, Cremonese, you definitely can't say that they don't try.

1372
01:17:18,160 --> 01:17:19,600
No, certainly not.

1373
01:17:19,600 --> 01:17:23,480
But the thing is Verona scored too early and just let them play.

1374
01:17:23,480 --> 01:17:26,000
They let Cremonese play and they just sat back.

1375
01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:30,160
So obviously the stats are going to be in Cremonese's favouring position, stats 53%.

1376
01:17:30,160 --> 01:17:32,480
But in reality, Verona allowed that to happen.

1377
01:17:32,480 --> 01:17:33,800
It was a tactical choice.

1378
01:17:33,800 --> 01:17:37,600
They didn't do the amateur thing that Lazio did and committed too many men forward, for

1379
01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:39,480
example, on a corner.

1380
01:17:39,480 --> 01:17:41,240
They actually stayed back.

1381
01:17:41,240 --> 01:17:44,880
I still don't think, as much as I agree with you, I still don't think it's a choice to

1382
01:17:44,880 --> 01:17:50,560
let a team have 14 shots and five on target because five shots on target is very dangerous.

1383
01:17:50,560 --> 01:17:56,280
So perhaps Verona still lacked that intensity that they had for the past few seasons.

1384
01:17:56,280 --> 01:18:02,000
They still let teams play their game when they're trying to be a bit more controlling.

1385
01:18:02,000 --> 01:18:08,520
They also only had 3.8k supporters in their stadium, which could have played a role over

1386
01:18:08,520 --> 01:18:09,520
there.

1387
01:18:09,520 --> 01:18:10,520
Definitely.

1388
01:18:10,520 --> 01:18:11,520
They lack intensity.

1389
01:18:11,520 --> 01:18:12,520
They only have 3k supporters.

1390
01:18:12,520 --> 01:18:13,520
That's it.

1391
01:18:13,520 --> 01:18:16,520
This game was played for 3k people.

1392
01:18:16,520 --> 01:18:17,520
Isn't that mad?

1393
01:18:17,520 --> 01:18:18,520
3.8 at least.

1394
01:18:18,520 --> 01:18:19,520
Yeah, 3.8.

1395
01:18:19,520 --> 01:18:20,520
But yeah.

1396
01:18:20,520 --> 01:18:29,320
Hien had a pretty good game, he had 13 recoveries, very deeply played pretty well this game too.

1397
01:18:29,320 --> 01:18:35,080
But I'm impressed by Verona and how they've managed to pick things up, especially Laziovic.

1398
01:18:35,080 --> 01:18:39,720
I did not think that he had these types of finishes in him.

1399
01:18:39,720 --> 01:18:41,480
I think he could finish the ball this well.

1400
01:18:41,480 --> 01:18:47,240
Yeah, I think he was struggling to adapt to that new role in the attacking midfield area.

1401
01:18:47,240 --> 01:18:51,560
He was, however, this time utilized as an attacking midfielder, but more to the left

1402
01:18:51,560 --> 01:18:54,040
hand side as he had Calhoun on the right as well.

1403
01:18:54,040 --> 01:18:57,260
So it was like he was left forward, so to say.

1404
01:18:57,260 --> 01:18:59,880
So that allowed him to be dangerous on the ball.

1405
01:18:59,880 --> 01:19:06,040
And rather than taking too much of a creative role, it allows him to make runs in behind

1406
01:19:06,040 --> 01:19:10,360
the defense, especially with a player like Juric up front who can play with his back

1407
01:19:10,360 --> 01:19:13,440
towards goal and to drag a defender off with him.

1408
01:19:13,440 --> 01:19:19,000
And Laziovic gets him behind the spaces, I think this is a dangerous position for Laziovic

1409
01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:23,680
to be in, particularly with Doig around his flank as well.

1410
01:19:23,680 --> 01:19:26,920
I think they could really turn things around and Laziovic came back from injury as well

1411
01:19:26,920 --> 01:19:28,600
and he's looking brushed up.

1412
01:19:28,600 --> 01:19:31,360
We hope he can keep that up.

1413
01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:32,360
Me too, bro.

1414
01:19:32,360 --> 01:19:38,960
Matias, our resident fan, fan, I wouldn't call him a fan.

1415
01:19:38,960 --> 01:19:40,720
He's our fucking brother, man.

1416
01:19:40,720 --> 01:19:42,400
Yeah, he's the man.

1417
01:19:42,400 --> 01:19:43,720
Matias is the fucking man.

1418
01:19:43,720 --> 01:19:46,520
He sent us a text summarizing the first half of the Verona game.

1419
01:19:46,520 --> 01:19:47,520
He watched it.

1420
01:19:47,520 --> 01:19:48,520
He's the man who announced Ilici watch.

1421
01:19:48,520 --> 01:19:52,480
He said Ilici is back from injury, he's going to be instrumental for Verona.

1422
01:19:52,480 --> 01:19:55,920
He said, I watched the first half of the Verona game up until the goals were scored.

1423
01:19:55,920 --> 01:19:57,600
Ilici was rather mediocre.

1424
01:19:57,600 --> 01:20:01,560
The game was more of a midfield battle and I think Tameze did more noticeable things

1425
01:20:01,560 --> 01:20:04,840
as well as Doig and Laziovic who were decisive in both goals.

1426
01:20:04,840 --> 01:20:07,960
Then Verona tried to control the pace and possession more and Ilici was more involved

1427
01:20:07,960 --> 01:20:10,680
up until Suleiman was brought on instead.

1428
01:20:10,680 --> 01:20:14,840
Let's say Ilici did grow into the game and I think he will grow into the season as he

1429
01:20:14,840 --> 01:20:18,000
has just come back and his performances will most likely pick up.

1430
01:20:18,000 --> 01:20:21,440
I think he will be instrumental and I do like Tameze as a midfield partner.

1431
01:20:21,440 --> 01:20:22,440
I think he's very good.

1432
01:20:22,440 --> 01:20:25,140
Yeah, that's a good balance having Tameze and Ilici.

1433
01:20:25,140 --> 01:20:29,200
Both can offer a lot going forward and they're both very stable in the defensive areas as

1434
01:20:29,200 --> 01:20:30,200
well.

1435
01:20:30,200 --> 01:20:35,200
I think Ilici just needs more minutes to get back on track, to get his fitness back.

1436
01:20:35,200 --> 01:20:38,960
It's good that when they, like Matias said, when they started controlling the tempo and

1437
01:20:38,960 --> 01:20:42,800
the play a bit more, he saw much more of the ball over there, allowed him to play it around

1438
01:20:42,800 --> 01:20:44,760
to get a feel for it again.

1439
01:20:44,760 --> 01:20:49,680
And yeah, I think it's still Ilici watch for the rest of the season.

1440
01:20:49,680 --> 01:20:57,400
Verona currently sit in 18th with 9 points while Cremona SS sit last in 20th with 7 points.

1441
01:20:57,400 --> 01:21:01,360
The next and final game that we're going to be covering is the game that fucked our bet

1442
01:21:01,360 --> 01:21:04,520
Spezia nil, Lecce nil.

1443
01:21:04,520 --> 01:21:10,520
So for Spezia it was a 3-5-2 formation with Drangowski in goal and a back line of Nikolaou,

1444
01:21:10,520 --> 01:21:12,320
Kiwior and Amian.

1445
01:21:12,320 --> 01:21:13,320
That's how they say it.

1446
01:21:13,320 --> 01:21:15,040
They all say Drangowski, the commentator.

1447
01:21:15,040 --> 01:21:20,640
I don't know where the N comes from because if there was an accent somewhere, I'll say,

1448
01:21:20,640 --> 01:21:23,860
okay, if there's an accent on the G, it means the G is NG.

1449
01:21:23,860 --> 01:21:24,860
But there's nothing.

1450
01:21:24,860 --> 01:21:28,200
It's just Dragowski and for some reason there's an N somewhere.

1451
01:21:28,200 --> 01:21:29,200
Yeah, man.

1452
01:21:29,200 --> 01:21:30,920
Polish names are a nightmare.

1453
01:21:30,920 --> 01:21:31,920
Sir Shesny.

1454
01:21:31,920 --> 01:21:36,640
That I get because it's like an SZCHZ.

1455
01:21:36,640 --> 01:21:41,200
So it's like, sure, just take your time to say that.

1456
01:21:41,200 --> 01:21:46,360
So a back line of Nikolaou, Kiwior and Amian for Spezia with Reika out on the left and

1457
01:21:46,360 --> 01:21:49,040
home out on the right as the two wingbacks.

1458
01:21:49,040 --> 01:21:53,920
Bastoni, Ampadou and Borabia in the midfield with Insola and Giassi up front the same way

1459
01:21:53,920 --> 01:21:55,400
it has been for all these years.

1460
01:21:55,400 --> 01:22:00,200
Come to think of it, Piatek, there's an N there too.

1461
01:22:00,200 --> 01:22:02,840
It's spelled Piatek, but it's pronounced Piontek.

1462
01:22:02,840 --> 01:22:07,640
But there is an accent somewhere, I believe, in Piontek.

1463
01:22:07,640 --> 01:22:08,640
I have Polish colleagues.

1464
01:22:08,640 --> 01:22:09,640
I'll ask them.

1465
01:22:09,640 --> 01:22:11,760
And if there are any Polish listeners, please educate us.

1466
01:22:11,760 --> 01:22:14,920
We don't want to come off as dickheads like we're pronouncing everything wrong.

1467
01:22:14,920 --> 01:22:17,120
So please do educate us.

1468
01:22:17,120 --> 01:22:19,520
You've heard us pronounce Kup Minersh now.

1469
01:22:19,520 --> 01:22:20,520
Exactly.

1470
01:22:20,520 --> 01:22:23,240
And Deron.

1471
01:22:23,240 --> 01:22:28,840
For Lecce, it was their 433 formation with Falcone in goal, a back line of Jean Drey,

1472
01:22:28,840 --> 01:22:30,840
Mascherotto, Umtiti and Gallo.

1473
01:22:30,840 --> 01:22:36,080
It was Gonzalez in midfield alongside Blin and Malle with Streffetz out on the right,

1474
01:22:36,080 --> 01:22:40,560
Di Francesco out on the left and Lorenzo Colombo up front.

1475
01:22:40,560 --> 01:22:41,560
This was a 0-0.

1476
01:22:41,560 --> 01:22:46,800
However, there were many chances for Lecce in particular, who managed to hit the post

1477
01:22:46,800 --> 01:22:49,080
twice through Gonzalez and Blin.

1478
01:22:49,080 --> 01:22:52,520
Otherwise I don't think either team did enough to win the game.

1479
01:22:52,520 --> 01:22:58,080
I do think if I favored anyone in this game, it must have been Lecce, but still not enough.

1480
01:22:58,080 --> 01:22:59,080
What do you think, bro?

1481
01:22:59,080 --> 01:23:03,440
Lecce had more chances, or the better chances rather, well more chances with four shots

1482
01:23:03,440 --> 01:23:04,440
on target.

1483
01:23:04,440 --> 01:23:05,440
And Spezia had more possession.

1484
01:23:05,440 --> 01:23:06,440
So it was a weird one.

1485
01:23:06,440 --> 01:23:08,640
You know, once again, it was an extremely rainy day.

1486
01:23:08,640 --> 01:23:13,920
It seemed like Enzola and Colombo weren't going to score from the get go.

1487
01:23:13,920 --> 01:23:16,440
The two posts got so close, man.

1488
01:23:16,440 --> 01:23:19,080
One of those goes in and we would have won our bet.

1489
01:23:19,080 --> 01:23:20,080
Fuck it, we move.

1490
01:23:20,080 --> 01:23:21,080
There's nothing to do.

1491
01:23:21,080 --> 01:23:25,040
This is a biscotta, as they say, shared points for Spezia and Lecce.

1492
01:23:25,040 --> 01:23:26,040
One point each.

1493
01:23:26,040 --> 01:23:28,200
They live to fight another day.

1494
01:23:28,200 --> 01:23:29,200
Yes, sir.

1495
01:23:29,200 --> 01:23:33,920
I don't think there's much any of the teams could have done in this scenario.

1496
01:23:33,920 --> 01:23:40,360
Sure, they were both like me and Jake were debating in the beginning of the episode.

1497
01:23:40,360 --> 01:23:47,000
On one hand, with the conditions of the game, with the opponents that each team had, you

1498
01:23:47,000 --> 01:23:52,640
could take an approach whereby you want to get a singular point in this game.

1499
01:23:52,640 --> 01:23:56,280
There obviously is a large gap between the bottom three and then 17th.

1500
01:23:56,280 --> 01:24:01,000
In fact, Spezia are in 17th, they're on 15th and then Verona 18th on nine points.

1501
01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:03,520
So there's a healthy gap over there.

1502
01:24:03,520 --> 01:24:05,880
So Spezia would have been happy to sit back.

1503
01:24:05,880 --> 01:24:08,760
Lecce and then are pushing mid-table, bro.

1504
01:24:08,760 --> 01:24:09,760
They're in 11th.

1505
01:24:09,760 --> 01:24:14,280
And had they won that game, that'd be one point behind Torino.

1506
01:24:14,280 --> 01:24:16,120
It's all about their defense, man.

1507
01:24:16,120 --> 01:24:17,120
It's all about their defenses.

1508
01:24:17,120 --> 01:24:23,440
And again, it's a similar kind of vibe to Juve where they have a lit defense.

1509
01:24:23,440 --> 01:24:26,000
Basquiat and Umtiti are amazing.

1510
01:24:26,000 --> 01:24:29,360
Jean-Drey and Gallo, out wide, are amazing too.

1511
01:24:29,360 --> 01:24:34,880
Then they have Streffetza, Banda, Colombo and Di Francesco who are all capable of these

1512
01:24:34,880 --> 01:24:35,880
random moments.

1513
01:24:35,880 --> 01:24:38,080
Similarly to what we said about Juve.

1514
01:24:38,080 --> 01:24:41,680
They're like a mini-budget Juve.

1515
01:24:41,680 --> 01:24:46,680
Also I like Maleh and the way he's playing on loan from Fiorentina.

1516
01:24:46,680 --> 01:24:48,560
He's cut his hair and it's a new start for him.

1517
01:24:48,560 --> 01:24:49,560
New year, new Maleh.

1518
01:24:49,560 --> 01:24:50,560
Yeah.

1519
01:24:50,560 --> 01:24:54,000
I find Maleh to be so clumsy.

1520
01:24:54,000 --> 01:24:59,040
There's no denying that he's a good footballer, but I've never seen him perform myself.

1521
01:24:59,040 --> 01:25:04,280
Every time I've seen Maleh on the pitch, I always said, okay, these guys are right at

1522
01:25:04,280 --> 01:25:05,280
best.

1523
01:25:05,280 --> 01:25:10,880
But at Lecce, we're seeing a bit of a different side to him.

1524
01:25:10,880 --> 01:25:11,880
More involved, definitely.

1525
01:25:11,880 --> 01:25:12,880
More of an opportunity.

1526
01:25:12,880 --> 01:25:13,880
Exactly.

1527
01:25:13,880 --> 01:25:18,400
He's from Fiorentina, he had way too many competitors alongside him.

1528
01:25:18,400 --> 01:25:20,120
But Lecce played well, man.

1529
01:25:20,120 --> 01:25:22,720
Lecce played very well, to be quite frank.

1530
01:25:22,720 --> 01:25:24,040
They hit the post twice.

1531
01:25:24,040 --> 01:25:26,480
They looked very positive.

1532
01:25:26,480 --> 01:25:32,320
And yeah, I think out of the, who wins in a match between Lecce and Monza tomorrow?

1533
01:25:32,320 --> 01:25:38,320
If Lecce had to play Monza tomorrow, it would be...

1534
01:25:38,320 --> 01:25:40,320
What would you bet on that rather than what would happen?

1535
01:25:40,320 --> 01:25:41,320
Oh, fuck man.

1536
01:25:41,320 --> 01:25:42,320
What would you bet on that?

1537
01:25:42,320 --> 01:25:43,320
I don't want to bet on that.

1538
01:25:43,320 --> 01:25:44,320
What would you bet on?

1539
01:25:44,320 --> 01:25:45,320
Lecce are home.

1540
01:25:45,320 --> 01:25:54,200
I'd see the odds of a Lecce or a draw, to be honest.

1541
01:25:54,200 --> 01:25:56,560
But I think that would be a draw, to be honest.

1542
01:25:56,560 --> 01:25:58,000
A similar result.

1543
01:25:58,000 --> 01:26:02,280
These bottom teams, when they come up, these lower, lowly teams, they tend to draw.

1544
01:26:02,280 --> 01:26:03,280
Yeah.

1545
01:26:03,280 --> 01:26:07,400
And it's always interesting seeing two Serie A teams in inverted commas in Serie A, because

1546
01:26:07,400 --> 01:26:09,320
they know each other so well.

1547
01:26:09,320 --> 01:26:13,640
They battled each other for so many times in Serie A, so who knows what would happen

1548
01:26:13,640 --> 01:26:14,640
over there.

1549
01:26:14,640 --> 01:26:17,160
Let's just give you a quick rundown of what's to come.

1550
01:26:17,160 --> 01:26:20,280
On Friday, we have Napoli against Juventus.

1551
01:26:20,280 --> 01:26:21,760
That's the massive game of the weekend.

1552
01:26:21,760 --> 01:26:26,640
Then we have Lecce against Milan, Sassuolo against Lazio, Udinese against Bologna, Roma

1553
01:26:26,640 --> 01:26:33,040
against Fiorentina, Cremonese against Monza, Inter-Veorona, Torino Spezia, Atalanta-Solernitana

1554
01:26:33,040 --> 01:26:35,040
and Empoli-Sampdoria.

1555
01:26:35,040 --> 01:26:36,880
Stretching on from Friday to Monday.

1556
01:26:36,880 --> 01:26:39,360
I can't believe the Friday game though.

1557
01:26:39,360 --> 01:26:41,720
I can't believe it's on Friday.

1558
01:26:41,720 --> 01:26:42,720
What do you think?

1559
01:26:42,720 --> 01:26:44,720
What do I think of Napoli-Uwe?

1560
01:26:44,720 --> 01:26:46,720
Who's Napoli-Uwe?

1561
01:26:46,720 --> 01:26:48,880
Honestly, either one-one.

1562
01:26:48,880 --> 01:26:51,320
I'll go straight for a draw.

1563
01:26:51,320 --> 01:26:52,320
That's an interesting bet.

1564
01:26:52,320 --> 01:26:55,280
So they concede their first goal, Juve, in eight games.

1565
01:26:55,280 --> 01:26:58,640
If they do, it's against Napoli.

1566
01:26:58,640 --> 01:27:00,960
I have noticed Guevara being more contained.

1567
01:27:00,960 --> 01:27:02,120
He was contained against Inter.

1568
01:27:02,120 --> 01:27:04,560
He was contained against Sampdoria.

1569
01:27:04,560 --> 01:27:07,920
Will he have more freedom with Juve's wing backs?

1570
01:27:07,920 --> 01:27:10,680
Depends who plays on the right-hand side over there.

1571
01:27:10,680 --> 01:27:15,000
It would be interesting to see that direct.

1572
01:27:15,000 --> 01:27:18,920
Do Napoli get their second one, the loss of the season?

1573
01:27:18,920 --> 01:27:20,600
It could be, man.

1574
01:27:20,600 --> 01:27:25,040
It's one of the best attacks in the league against the best defense in the league.

1575
01:27:25,040 --> 01:27:30,360
No matter what happens, Milan need to beat Lecce and Milan need to gain ground on either

1576
01:27:30,360 --> 01:27:34,200
go second or just gain ground on Napoli.

1577
01:27:34,200 --> 01:27:37,720
Will Inter play a bogey team as well in Verona?

1578
01:27:37,720 --> 01:27:39,080
So we'll see.

1579
01:27:39,080 --> 01:27:40,840
Interesting matchday to come, guys.

1580
01:27:40,840 --> 01:27:43,240
Stay tuned and send us your thoughts.

1581
01:27:43,240 --> 01:27:44,240
Yep.

1582
01:27:44,240 --> 01:27:45,240
Love you all, guys.

1583
01:27:45,240 --> 01:27:46,240
Thank you very much for listening.

1584
01:27:46,240 --> 01:27:49,200
Another short one, obviously, with the tight schedule, but we hope you enjoyed it.

1585
01:27:49,200 --> 01:27:50,880
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1586
01:27:50,880 --> 01:27:51,880
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1587
01:27:51,880 --> 01:27:52,880
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1588
01:27:52,880 --> 01:27:53,880
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1589
01:27:53,880 --> 01:27:54,880
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1590
01:27:54,880 --> 01:28:04,560
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