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Kvarats Helje with the ball in, Ossimen and still!

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It's then two again!

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Kvarats Helje the provider and Ossimen with one of the goals of the season!

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Hello and welcome to Serie A Spotlight Season 2 Episode 23.

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We're your hosts Matt and Jake, ready to run you guys through Matchday 20,

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along with all the banging goals that we're blessed to witness.

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Yes, there were many a great strike this matchday bro.

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Our number one was of course Victor Ossimen's opener against Roma,

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where his time playing Germany's as a kid came to good use.

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We picked that goal particularly because of the stage as well,

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like the audacity to attempt chest control, juggle shot,

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and a big game like that.

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A very unique and iconic strike, he has a habit of doing that against Roma.

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We saw the one he had in the earlier fixture against them at the Olympica,

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that was a masterclass as well.

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Two true bro, there were also goals by Razvan Maron,

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he had an incredible strike that could have made top spot very easily without a doubt.

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Origi had a good goal and the trashing that Milan got against Oswolo.

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Nico Gonzalez had an amazing goal, Danny Mota had an amazing goal,

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Lukman's goal was amazing and of course Boulay Eddia had a fantastic strike as well against Lettre.

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Honestly guys, if you haven't seen those goals, head over to YouTube and check them out because my oh my,

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we were blessed this weekend, absolutely blessed and I could watch them all all day.

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True bro, we put a bet and if you saw our Instagram post at Seaspotlick,

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this was my idea, this one we were arguing, had we listened to Matthew we would have won the bet.

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I don't want to say much because we've lost before because of me, while we're having arguments.

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But now it has to be said bro, I'm going to leave the next bet to you.

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Your suggestion is going to be priority right now because I feel like you deserve it now.

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Thank you.

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I basically suggested putting under, well I pushed, I pushed for under three goals in the Empoli-Torino game

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and Inter win against Cremonese and now Inter beat Cremonese, okay, despite going down 1-0 to an early Ocarica wonder goal,

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also another candidate for goal of the week.

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Oh my god, we forgot to include.

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Yeah, we forgot to mention that.

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Empoli-Torino was a banger of a game.

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It turned out that two sides who, one side that never scores Empoli, they never score more than one goal,

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two goals maximum and Torino don't have a striker.

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Exactly, Torino are in the exact same ship as Empoli.

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And that could have been five, six goals easily in this game.

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Yeah, towards the end it's true especially when Torino started picking up,

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when they started bringing on their big boys, they could have totally destroyed them.

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In case you're wondering guys, my suggestion was to do Verona draw or win against Odinese

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and the odds for that were fantastic, obviously with Verona being away from home

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and Odinese being so good on their day, it was a bit of a risky one, but I had a good feeling.

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You also suggested, if I'm not mistaken, the Lazio-Furentina game.

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Oh, I said Lazio draw or win.

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Lazio win or draw, yeah.

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But I think the odds weren't that good, right?

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But along with the interwin, they were excellent.

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They were a bit worse than the bet that we placed, but not by much, man, not by much.

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Low budget. That's because you don't know how much the fucking soffit in the studio game, bro.

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Yeah, that's something that's happening, by the way, guys.

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Drake is moving out. He bought a place and we'll have a studio in there.

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So that'll up our quality a little bit and our content.

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It's going to be cool.

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It's going to be a whole room dedicated to just Serious.

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There are going to be kids everywhere. Serious is going to hate it.

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Serious is going to hate that room.

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How long until you have sex in that room?

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What do you mean how long, bro?

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Congratulations.

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Yeah, it helps a lot, guys.

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Yeah. So before we get into the games, essentially reading out all the games, I did want to point out that

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Matchday 20 was a little bit different because Serious started testing the semi-automated off-site technology that was used in the World Cup.

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This has optical tracking cameras from Hawkeye Views and Hawkeye Innovations for precise player positioning, essentially.

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Now, this normally does come with a tracking sensor on the ball or inside the ball.

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Not too sure how it works.

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That hasn't been introduced yet, but it will be introduced as of 2023.

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Well, sometime this year, it will probably be introduced.

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Now, as a result of this, you'll see that there are a lot of close off-site calls this week, but it also guarantees consistency.

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It's the finest of margins, but it's the only way they can be consistent.

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I'm not against it. Why not?

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Neither am I.

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It's one of those things that's either black or white.

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There's no subjectivity to it.

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So this is good.

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Yeah.

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So let's get into Matchday 20 a little bit, guys.

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So we're going to start off with Napoli 2, Roma 1.

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Napoli have increased the gap at the top of the table to 13 points.

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Roma still battling for top four.

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Milan 2, Sassuolo 5.

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Milan winless in five games.

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Now they concede 2 against Lecce, 3 against Inter, 4 against Lazio,

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and now 5 against Sassuolo.

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Lazio coming off a 4-0 victory against Milan, where then held at home 1-1 against Fiorentina.

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Inter travel to Cremonaese and came out the victors, winning 2-1 and heading up to second.

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The mid-table battle between Juve and Monza ended in a Monza victory 2-0 away from home at the Allianz.

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Impressive stuff there by Monza.

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Disappointing stuff, obviously, for Juve.

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Atalanta dismantled Sampdoria with the score of 2-0.

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Odinese won, Verona won.

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Bologna, no surprise there as they beat Spezia 2-0.

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It was a thriller between Napoli and Torino as it ended 2-2.

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Torino coming back from behind and almost finding a winner late on as well.

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And then in the relegation battle, it was Lecce 1-0, Salernitana 2-0,

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a victory for Davide Nicola on his return.

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What a week, what a week, what a week, brother.

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It was mental, bro.

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These games were amazing to watch, the goals were superb.

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What a week of football.

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What a weekend of football.

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Blessed. B to the L to the E to the S to the S to the E to the D.

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Off we go to the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium for Napoli 2-1.

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Napoli lined up with a 4-3-3 formation with Meret in goal.

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Mario Rui on the left, DeLorenzo on the right, Ming-Jae Kim and Rahmani as a centre-back duo.

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With Zelinski, Lobotka and Anguissa in the middle.

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Gavratskelia on the left, Lozano on the right and Ossimen up front.

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Like get an injury, you know what I mean?

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Exactly, full team every week.

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But even when they're not, one of the strongest points in their unity.

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Of course, they had Ossimen out for so long, I'm just here chatting shit.

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So 3-4-2-1 for Jose Mourinho's Roma with Rui Patricio in goal.

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If you can prove that to me.

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I don't see the guy pulling off saves, I have to be honest with you, ever.

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It's interesting man, it's very interesting.

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I think they could do with a better goalie.

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But anyway, Mangini, Smolling and Ibanez were at the back with Zelinski on the right,

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Spinazzola on the left, Matich and Cristante in the middle with Debal and Pellegrini playing behind.

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The on-form Tammy Abraham is playing quite well.

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So it all started in the 11th minute.

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It was almost a disastrous start for Napoli as Kim and Meret failed to communicate efficiently

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and both went for a loose aerial ball and ended up with Kim heading past his own goalkeeper

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only to brush outside the post.

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Would have been a totally different game had that happened man.

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True, with the way Mourinho's team's sit back after getting an early lead.

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Exactly.

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That could have been it.

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In the 16th minute, Gvarackelia crossed the ball into Ossimen.

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He was played through amazingly by Mario Rui over here.

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Ossimen chested the ball, knocked it up with his thigh and volleyed into the roof of the net

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from close range.

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One of the goals of the season, our goal of the week for sure,

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rips off his mask adrenaline and everyone at the Maradona is going mental.

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What a goal, what a goal, what a goal.

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These guys are fucking cruising at this point bro.

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Yeah, it goes back to our point of everything they try.

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Every audacious attempt that they go for, they pull it off and it could be their form.

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But I think it is a very positive mindset that they have in the camp that allows them to express themselves in this manner.

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So true bro.

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74th minute, Roma got one back.

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Zalefsky's cross to the far post was met by El Sharawi who knocked the ball in with the outside of his extended boot.

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1-1.

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Rolling back the ears El Sharawi for his third goal of the Serie A campaign.

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In the 85th minute, Napoli got a late winner.

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Simeone received the ball just inside the area with his back towards goal.

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He controlled the ball on the turn with his right and fired into the top corner with his left.

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Another important goal for the impact sub to Napoli and the game ended there.

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The best thing about the Simeone goal bro, the most underrated thing was how he destroyed Smalling simply with a hand gesture.

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He pointed in the opposite direction where he received the pass sending Smalling running to cover that channel.

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Zalefsky played him the ball and he had a little bit of space because of it.

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He turned around, shot and just beat the goalkeeper.

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It was amazing. What a goal.

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Yeah, it was one second he has his back towards goal.

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Literally a second later the ball is in the back of the net and it flies into the top corner.

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Rui Patricio had impeded vision because of Smalling.

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But the way he just turned with one leg shot with the other in the matter of a second, it was a gorgeous strike.

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And Simeone is good at doing this.

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He's a very good player to bring on when you need a goal.

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And he's also a very good player to bring on when you can't conceal a goal when you're holding possession.

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True.

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The Gjallarossi bro, this game came out with their heads held high.

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Mourinho was applauding them, he even made them take a team photo.

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After the game, I don't know if you saw that, Mourinho has his fist clenched.

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He's proud of the performance, but the players around him look totally demotivated and demoralized because of the late winner.

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It's a hilarious photo.

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I think it's Volpato in the photo that looks like he's crying.

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It's everyone, bro. Everyone looks miserable. It's quite the picture.

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They got close, bro. They scored in the 74th.

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They would have thought by Roma's standards that they'll be able to hold on for those 16 minutes until the final whistle.

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Yeah, they played to Napoli's level.

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You know, Napoli granted dominated the possession as they usually do.

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They had 57 percent, but then you look at the shots, it was 11-11.

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And then shots on target, Napoli had six, Roma had three.

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Roma played with a high line. They were pressing. They were compact. They were really good this game.

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But Napoli, of course, too much to handle with their mentality at the moment and their confidence.

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They just have this self-belief and they have so many different avenues that goals can come from.

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They seem unplayable at the moment, one of the top teams in Europe, and they can really do some damage in the Champions League as well, in my opinion.

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I can't wait to see them in the Champions League, man.

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I think for Serie A standards, they're very, very fast.

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They're very fast, especially in their transition to play and even as individuals.

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I mean, having Chucky Lozan or Poletan on one side, Cavara on the other and Osida on the middle.

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Those are very fast players. But aside from that, it's just the way they shift as a team.

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Every shift that they make, you see the 11 players on the pitch shifting with the flow of the ball,

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whether they're on the ball or whether they're off the ball.

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And from defence into attack with the fluidity of that midfield three of Zielinski, Lobotka and Anguissa.

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Anguissa is just getting more fluid as time goes by.

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When he started out with Napoli, he was probably their slowest player in transition.

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But now literally he's one of the more efficient ones, man.

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The way defence turns into attack for this Napoli team and the way it goes to the wings,

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the way it can go down the middle and the damage each one of those front three could do by themselves is ridiculous.

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Napoli, absolutely unplayable. Roma did well as well as they could have.

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I think it's interesting because they didn't take a very similar approach to what Inter did when they handed Napoli

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their only loss of this campaign. Inter were slightly more conservative, they were slightly more defensive.

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They played on the low block and every time one of their front three got the ball,

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they had a sea of defenders ahead of them and they couldn't do anything.

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Roma pressed a bit higher. Roma were a bit more proactive.

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Roma were trying to put pressure on Napoli, which did allow Napoli to showcase their speed and to break into the spaces.

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They forced a couple of errors from Napoli as well. They did.

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Had they taken them better, you know, it could have been a different story.

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They did put them under pressure a couple of times.

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Yeah, I mean, Napoli did a fantastic job in nullifying the ball up Pellegrini and Abraham.

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You know, the best avenue of attack for Roma, I think, came through Zalewski this game.

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Agreed.

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And for me, of course, just I can't highlight a single poor performance from an Napoli player, bro.

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I mean, how can you man?

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Seems to be the case this season. They're just they're all pulling their weight.

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And you look at players who historically from my time watching Serie A have been a bit of a meme.

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Mario Rui used to be a meme. He was a joke. People used to make fun of him all the time.

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Di Lorenzo used to be compared to like, you know, there was a whole debate of is Calabria better than Di Lorenzo?

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Nowadays, it's not even a big comparable.

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Everyone just stepped up, Spalletti came in, gave everyone the confidence that they needed.

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It's going really well for Napoli right now.

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Yeah, man, I think I think they have reached their final form.

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Napoli, I don't see Napoli getting any better than they are now.

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If they get any better than they are now, the whole world is in trouble, man.

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Yeah. And you see Di Lorenzo in traffic at the end of the game, just getting barraged by fans, you know, and he's all hyped in the car as well.

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You have to love it, man. You have to love it. You can't not.

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You have to love it. This is a team, guys, that have been struggling.

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So before the Maradona days, obviously, we all know what Maradona went in and did at Napoli.

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Winning Scudetto's with virtually, you know, an OK team.

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He single handedly carried the team to Scudetto glory.

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And ever since then, they haven't won that.

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They were a team that had played in Serie C, then they got promoted to Serie B under De Laurentiis.

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Then De Laurentiis took them to A, and then they became a Europa League team.

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And then they were that iconic team with Hamzik, Lefezzi, Cavani, so on, so forth.

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And here we are today.

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They're almost a consistent Champions League team and consistent contenders for the Scudetto.

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They were contenders last year as well.

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And all this after being heavily criticised after the Mercato.

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Everyone's saying that they weakened, that they go to the top players in every department in Serie A,

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front left, Fabio Andruiz in the middle left, Koulibaly at the back left, you know, all these star players from each position.

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And suddenly they're much better. Like, wow.

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And to think the amount they spent with these players.

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You could go so far to say that they improved in every position.

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The only kind of question mark would be Koulibaly to Minjay.

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But you look at Koulibaly's performances nowadays at Chelsea and you see Minjay's performances nowadays at Napoli.

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You know, you can't help but think that Napoli got the upper hand with here and also some young blood into the team.

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Their scouting is ridiculous, man.

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Speaking of Roma, they just conceded a penalty against Cremona and the Coppa.

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And Rui Patricio got a yellow and De Cés is now stepping up to take the penalty.

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I just wanted to point that out.

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That's crazy. Cremona seem to be a one trick pony and they're one trick being a knockout competition.

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God of it.

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But anyway, speaking of the Coppa Italia, Inter knocked out Atalanta with a score of 1-0.

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Coming through Darmion who played as a centre back man, played as a centre back and had one of the games of his life.

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Fiorentina knocked out Torino with a score of 2-1.

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Jovo Trandecone is scoring for Fiorentina and the late goal through Karamoh for Torino.

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Yeah, so yeah, the Coppa Italia has been fun.

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Very fun. Tomorrow we're going to watch Lazio Juve, which is going to be another exciting one.

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And we'll keep you guys updated on Roma Cremona.

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Napoli are currently first with 53 points, 13 points clear of Inter.

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Their dominance can be seen as a result.

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It's true of their positive performances, but it must be said that the teams, their competition has not been too standard this season.

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Milan, Inter, you know, not up to standard.

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Juventus, of course, weren't up to standard and then got docked 15 points.

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So nowadays it's just second to sixth is where the action is.

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Exactly.

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And you get to see Roma, who are currently in sixth with 37 points, trying to climb their way into the Champions League spot.

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And you'd have to be foolish to write Mourinho out of this one.

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Absolutely, man, absolutely.

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Although they did just concede the penalty, De Ceres fires it into the top corner.

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And for some reason, he's just got a yellow card, probably for over celebrating and for causing a bit of a stir.

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But anyway, Mancini got one too, obviously.

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Yeah, of course.

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This is Serie A spotlight, not the Coppa spotlight.

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So we will move on to the next match that we're going to be covering quite an emotional one.

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Milan 2, Sassuolo 5 at the San Siro.

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Third place, well, at the time, third place Milan against 17th place Sassuolo.

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Things are a little bit different now.

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So Milan started in a 4-2-3-1 formation, as if they don't learn.

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Tatarosanu in goal and the back line of Theo Hernandez, Gabia, Calullo and Calabria.

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A double pivot of Tonali and Rade Krunic.

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Rebic out on the left, Salamakker is out on the right.

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The Keitelare in the middle with Giroud up front.

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For Sassuolo, it was also a 4-2-3-1.

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Concilie back and in goal.

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A back line of Rogério, Erlich, Rouan and Markitza.

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It was a double pivot of Frattesi and Aubiang.

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Berardi out on the right, Lauriente out on the left.

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Trauer in the attacking midfield role with Defrel up front.

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Now, Milan thought they got off to a flying start after Giroud.

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Put the ball into the back of the net with a karate kick after Theo's cross.

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But the Frenchman's shoulder was marginally offside.

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When I say marginally, I say it was very, very, very close.

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The goal was initially given.

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Giroud did the whole celebration.

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Theo did the whole celebration.

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But it was ruled offside.

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So the score remained 0-0.

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Moments later in the 18th, Sassuolo had their first attack.

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And obviously that did lead to the first goal of the game.

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It was Defrel that scored.

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Berardi's cross shot was tapped in by Defrel after some miserable Milan defending.

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Theo was nowhere to be seen and Kalulu was running out of position to stop the cross leaving.

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Defrel totally unmarked.

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Three minutes later, Sassuolo had their second attack of the match.

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And Frattesi scored this time.

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It was more miserable defending by Milan as Mimmo played the ball to Frattesi who rounded Gabia

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and finished into Tata's near post, making it 2-0.

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Two minutes later, this time it was Milan who scored.

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And this time it stood.

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It was Calabria's cross that was headed in magnificently by the leaping Giroud, leaving Consiglie totally static, bringing one back for Milan.

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Seven minutes later, Tarras corner to the near post was headed in by Berardi who was in a sea of red shirts.

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I don't know how he managed to get his head to that.

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The header was central and it went in as though it was an open goal.

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To be honest, Tata was there, but he wasn't.

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There were two rows of Milan players between Berardi and Tata Rossano.

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I don't know how that goes in, but anyway, we'll get into it.

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It was 3-1 heading into half time, purely gave them the chat of their lives.

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Come on guys, we need to fucking go out there. Show them something.

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Two minutes later, after the restart, Sasuolo were awarded a penalty after Lorienta totally beat Calabria in a foot race.

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And Calabria ended up dropping him in the box after a few pulls and shoves turned into an entanglement.

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Tata guessed right, but Lorienta's penalty was well placed into the bottom corner for one Sasuolo.

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In the 55th minute, what seemed to be a legitimate volleyed goal by Rebic was disallowed by the referee after the Croatian was found to be in an offside position.

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However, it was Objang that played him through, but the goal still didn't stand as Rebic was offside before Objang made contact with the ball.

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Now correct me if I'm wrong.

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They're two different phases of play.

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They're completely two different phases of play.

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It's a bad back pass.

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Honestly, if it weren't for the nature of the loss, this would have been a very frustrating one.

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But Milan conceded five goals. Fuck it.

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If a defender turns around and passes it to a striker who's in an offside position, it doesn't fucking matter where the defender got it from.

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I don't get how that was disallowed.

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It's more just confusing than it is annoying because the game was well and truly done at that point.

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But yeah, I just really want to know.

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VAR looked at it for a while and then they decided that it was meant to be called off.

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But anyway, whatever.

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Seventy-eighth minute, Henrique scored for Sassuolo.

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He plays the ball to the bottom corner from just inside the area after Theo was dispossessed by Berardi in a dangerous area.

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Very silly play by one of the best left backs in the world.

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It's Sassuolo five, Milan one at that time.

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In the eightieth minute, a sensual curling strike from outside the area flew in off the crossbar to contribute to Divock Origi's highlight reel, making it Milan to Sassuolo five.

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At that point, Drake and I, after the Origi goal, just looked at each other and burst out laughing.

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Then half time we were saying, imagine it's just one of those where we get a mad comeback.

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Origi comes on and scores as he breaks out and he becomes a great striker this Serie A season.

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And we're getting a little bit romantic.

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We're getting a little bit hopeful.

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They made it five one and then he did it in the eightieth minute.

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So it was just like, ah, cheers Divock.

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Really.

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Here we go with the comebacks on.

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Yeah.

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Thanks a lot, man.

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Thanks a lot.

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Best thing since Istanbul, right?

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Yeah.

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But anyway, where do we start?

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I'm going to start off by berating Theo Hernandez.

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Okay.

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Pathetic.

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A horrible performance.

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Pathetic.

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Horrible performance.

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I'm not going to be said everyone was shit, but fucking hell, Theo Hernandez was not only

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was he shit, he was fucking lazy, bro.

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Terrible.

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Lazy, lazy, not tracking back, not pressing.

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One of the best things about Theo Hernandez.

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Now people say he's not defensively sound, which isn't true.

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He's okay defensively.

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He's not one of the best defensive players in the world, but he's good defensively.

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The best quality he has is when he loses the ball or when he's dribbled, his recovery speed

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is top notch.

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He can get back to it and challenge the defender again.

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This game, he didn't do that at all.

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Every time he lost the ball, he jogged back, forcing Kalouliu Tonali to run back, like

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he tried out of position, just putting his teammates under a lot of stress and a lot

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of pressure while he seemed to not give a fuck about anything.

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And this is a guy who's just extended his contract with Milan, playing like this, very

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worrying, very worrying stuff.

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And his task in this matchday would be, we all know about Berardi's history against Milan.

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Berardi is a fantastic player.

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He's a world class player against Milan.

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Whenever he plays Milan, he falls under legendary status.

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He's a fucking monster against Milan.

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Theo would have had one job, keeping quiet, neutralize him.

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The guy got a goal and three assists, man.

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A goal and three assists.

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You see their player ratings, Berardi on a nine, Theo on a five.

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And the five is generous.

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A five is very generous, man.

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I would say that it says that obviously there is one mistake leading to a goal for Theo.

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But I would say that the first goal, the first goal in the 18th minute by Defrel, that was

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Theo's fault as well.

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It came down his side and he wasn't there.

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Yeah.

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That's why he was calling for it, screaming for it.

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And he was just watching him jogging in the opposite direction.

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That's why Calulo came across to try to stop the cross because Gabia couldn't because he

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was flat footed.

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He's not quick enough.

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Calulo had to come across.

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He left the Defrel exposed.

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Calabria's, I don't know, not there.

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And yeah, they made it one nil.

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And I would say that Theo and Tata were the worst players on the pitch by a landslide.

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Taterzano, of course, is not too standard for a goalkeeper.

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How many mistakes do you think, how many mistakes, how many of the five goals do you think Tata

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could have kept out or another goalkeeper would have kept out?

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It's hard to say.

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I mean, the goals he concedes aren't obvious mistakes.

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They're just weak.

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Weak, man.

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Weak goalkeeping.

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He doesn't command his area.

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He doesn't come out in time.

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I don't know how many would be his fault specifically.

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To be honest, I've repressed half the goals.

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But yes, I wouldn't solely put the blame on Tata or Tata.

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You know, I mean, looking at the way Theo Hernandez played, that's way more concerning

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than the way Tata or Tata has been playing.

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There is an interesting stat, though.

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Let me find it very quickly.

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Is it how many goals were scored out of the shots on target?

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Yes, you have it.

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Yeah, it was Milan have conceded 12 goals from the last 15 shots on target.

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There we go.

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There we go.

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So that is concerning.

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Incredibly concerning.

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The fact that Milan have brought in a 25 year old goalkeeper from the Chilean, Chilean league, I believe,

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Vasquez and Piole saying he's not much ready yet.

441
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,000
Why do we sign him?

442
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,000
Why do Milan sign him?

443
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000
He's not a 25 year old goalkeeper.

444
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,000
Why?

445
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,000
He's not ready to play.

446
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,000
What are you doing?

447
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,000
What are you doing?

448
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:25,000
You have a goalkeeper that's letting in every shot that comes his way.

449
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:30,000
He only makes a save if it's right at him and he still falls to the ground and fumbles it.

450
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:34,000
His eyesight is, for a fact, horrible.

451
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,000
He can't do shit.

452
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,000
He can't control his box.

453
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,000
He can't control the line of defense.

454
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,000
Man, just bring in a goalkeeper.

455
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,000
We're seeing Cranio, I don't know, rotting on the ground.

456
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:48,000
I don't know, rotting on the bench for Monza, putting a bit for him, for example.

457
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,000
I'd take Pepereyna at this point, bro.

458
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:56,000
Honestly, I might take any starting goalkeeper in Italy for sure.

459
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,000
And most of the second goalkeepers ahead of him as well.

460
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,000
How bad is Mirante?

461
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000
Abishri isn't even being consistent.

462
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000
Man, this is another one.

463
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:12,000
I'm going to go ahead and say out of the starting goalkeepers in Italy, Tatarasano is number 20.

464
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,000
He's the worst one.

465
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,000
Out of all the starting goalkeepers in Italy, Tatarasano was the worst one.

466
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,000
Yes, you're definitely right there.

467
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,000
It's a shame.

468
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:25,000
Sassuolo hadn't won a game since mid-October, bro.

469
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:31,000
In all their games since then, they hadn't scored more than one goal.

470
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,000
This game against Milan, they scored five.

471
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,000
Milan are on a five-game win streak.

472
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,000
Now, history seems to be repeating itself for Milan, bro.

473
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:46,000
In 1998, 1999, Milan won a shock Scudetto with a manager who had never won it before,

474
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:51,000
Alberto Zaccheroni, and then suffered disappointing seasons thereafter.

475
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:58,000
Do you think this is going to be the case or do you think that this is merely a negative spell and Milan will bounce back?

476
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:02,000
It's interesting because we do see Milan going through negative spells.

477
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:06,000
We've seen it on there purely when they won the league and the season before when they got champions.

478
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,000
Zigen finished second. We do see these spells.

479
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:13,000
The thing is, we've never seen one as embarrassing.

480
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,000
We've seen one with the same number of losses, the same number of draws.

481
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:20,000
We've seen that. Now, we've seen Milan recover from that.

482
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:26,000
But to concede how many goals in the last three games, was it 13?

483
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:30,000
It was three, four, and five. 12.

484
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,000
That's 12 goals conceded in the last three games.

485
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:39,000
They can't pass the ball. They can't attack. They can't defend.

486
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:44,000
They can't defend. And this is the worst Milan side.

487
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:50,000
They were better under Gattuso than the Milan right this second within this run of form.

488
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:57,000
I think it's judging by how history has played out for Milan, they can bounce back from it.

489
00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:01,000
And it's not the time. I like that the curve are still singing for the fans.

490
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:07,000
They're still singing Piole's On Fire. They deserve the support for what Milan gave the fans last year.

491
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:13,000
Obviously, it's a mutualistic relationship, but Milan should stick behind the players, stick behind the fans.

492
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:21,000
The pressure should be made on the big men who fail to give Maldini and Co the right investments.

493
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,000
Yes. That's where the blame is.

494
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,000
For sure. I mean, Nessa said it recently.

495
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:32,000
He said that Milan should have focused the summer on strengthening the bench and splashing on a striker.

496
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:39,000
That was the way to do it. But yes, bro, regarding your point about the Curva singing, fine.

497
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:45,000
The game against Salernitana, the game against Roma, you sing. The 3-0 against Inter, you sing. Sure.

498
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,000
Salernitana, Milan won 3-1 in that game, no?

499
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:53,000
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Sorry. I meant the lecture game.

500
00:31:53,000 --> 00:32:00,000
You concede four goals to Lazio, you sing, whatever. OK, incredible fans.

501
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:07,000
You lose to Sassuolo 5-2. They put five passes. They hadn't scored more than one goal a game since October.

502
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:11,000
They hadn't won a game since October. I think it's about time you start booing these guys.

503
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:20,000
I'm all for supporting the team, but there needs to be a time where you show your displeasure to them.

504
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:25,000
80,000 people show up to the stadium and you play like that. You don't even track back.

505
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:29,000
You know what I mean. You boo them. You boo the guys. You put some pressure on them.

506
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,000
It can't be. How long are you going to keep singing for?

507
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:41,000
At this point, it's just like, yeah, keep wasting my time. I love you. You love me.

508
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:46,000
Shut the fuck up. I get where you're coming from 100%.

509
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:51,000
Clearly, that's not motivating the players. No, not at all. It's actually making them complacent.

510
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:56,000
They're like, we can fucking lose five to Sassuolo and they'll still love us.

511
00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:01,000
It's like marrying a woman who still loves you if you cheat on her.

512
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:06,000
You're just going to go out and cheat on her all the time. What the fuck do you have to lose?

513
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:12,000
Now for Milan, it's a game against Inter. Do you think it's solely down to that?

514
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:16,000
Do you think it is that Milan are demotivated, demoralized?

515
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:21,000
It seemed to have started from that Roma game where Milan dominated 80 minutes of that game.

516
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:25,000
Then they slipped up and it seems like ever since then, everything's gone to shit.

517
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:32,000
Knocked out of the Coppa against Torino, losing 3-0 in the Super Cup final against Inter, losing 4-0 to Lazio,

518
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:41,000
losing fucking 5-2 against 16th place Sassuolo. Sassuolo, we've been fucking talking shit about them.

519
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:46,000
For 23 episodes we've been talking shit about them.

520
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:53,000
How can they score five in the San Siro? 70,000 fans in attendance.

521
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:59,000
They score five against Milan with the same Milan that last year.

522
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,000
Another clean sheet, 1-0, another clean sheet, 1-0.

523
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:08,000
Getting all these clean sheets, best defense in the league, one of the best defenses in Europe, Mike Manean in goal.

524
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:13,000
Everything is perfect, everything is amazing. Is it only the morale?

525
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:18,000
I think it's a number of things. I think it's the morale, yes.

526
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:23,000
I think it's an element of things can't go our way.

527
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:28,000
Goals being disallowed, injuries left, right and center.

528
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:32,000
They almost feel defeated by the misfortune.

529
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:37,000
They don't trust their goalkeeper. Everyone's shouting at Tatarisano all the time.

530
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:43,000
You see before the Sassuolo game during the warm up the goalkeeping coach just casually shot the ball from outside the area.

531
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,000
Barely put any fucking spin on it, nothing, no power.

532
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,000
And it just goes into the top corner and Tatarisano doesn't move.

533
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,000
You see the goalkeeping coach literally waving his arms like what the fuck.

534
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:57,000
Not even the goalkeeping coach is impressed by Tatarisano. No one man at the moment.

535
00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:03,000
He's not an idiot. I'm sure he realizes. God knows the pressure on this guy.

536
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:07,000
I don't know how he sleeps at night. His teammates are constantly shouting at him.

537
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,000
The media is constantly shitting on him. The fans think he's rubbish.

538
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,000
He must be in a very bad place right now.

539
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,000
Massive respect that he even shows up to every game.

540
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,000
Massive respect. He must be in hell.

541
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:24,000
He must be in hell. I feel bad for him.

542
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,000
Maybe Milan do deserve better.

543
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,000
And then you look at Tomori's injury. Calhulu seems to be in his own head as well.

544
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:34,000
He made a couple of mistakes and now he seems to have lost that belief he had.

545
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:39,000
And he said that youth players, before they make a big mistake, they feel unstoppable.

546
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:43,000
They feel fearless. When they make a couple of mistakes, they start getting criticized.

547
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,000
And suddenly they're in their shell a bit and they start to hesitate.

548
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,000
And that's something that he has to beat.

549
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,000
He has to overcome. But Calabria has just come back and he's not having a good time at all.

550
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,000
It doesn't help that he's typically playing with Messi.

551
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,000
He also doesn't track back that much.

552
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:02,000
Safe to say he was playing with Salahamakas this time. Didn't help that much either.

553
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:07,000
Teo Hernandez probably thinks I am a little bit too good for this at the moment.

554
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:14,000
Decay Tellar is just trying to overcome this fucking spell that he has.

555
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:18,000
All the pressure and all that. And instead purely just shocking him out at half time.

556
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,000
Like why? Why are you taking him out at half time?

557
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:25,000
Give him a bit of time, man. Give this guy some time to play.

558
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,000
He's trying to turn the game around at that point.

559
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:34,000
But there's Rebic who wasn't great either. He was worse than Decay Tellar.

560
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:38,000
Take him out. Why do you take the 32 million signing? Wonder kid.

561
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,000
Why didn't Leo start?

562
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:45,000
That's another thing. Complacency maybe, poor attitude. It's just fucked right now.

563
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:50,000
There's that situation with Leo right now. His lawyers just came out and said stop talking shit.

564
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,000
The guy wants to extend that Milan. He loves Milan.

565
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:58,000
But you know how many goals are we going to concede? It might change his mind.

566
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,000
The spell couldn't have come at the worst time.

567
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000
Talk to me about Piolli.

568
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,000
So the whole Piolli out thing, I am not on that train.

569
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,000
No, fuck that train.

570
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:11,000
Piolli out is extremely reactionary. It's fucking...

571
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,000
How can you...

572
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,000
What are we, man?

573
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:27,000
Okay, okay, okay. So the results have been terrible and if Piolli hadn't won the league, perhaps yes, it would be justifiable to sack him.

574
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:31,000
But this guy won a league he shouldn't have won.

575
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,000
In no way.

576
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:36,000
With a team that was not good enough to win the league, quite frankly.

577
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:43,000
Yes, this is a bad spell, but the way these guys approach the game, the way they play, the effort they put in,

578
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:48,000
the distance covered charts, Milan in the bottom three, we can week out lately.

579
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,000
That's not fucking Piolli's fault.

580
00:37:50,000 --> 00:38:02,000
I think Piolli gets the sack if Milan don't qualify for Champions League or if this dip continues to the point that there's like an eight point gap between Milan and the Champions League.

581
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:08,000
If Milan don't get Champions League, then I guess it is the natural next thing to do.

582
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:12,000
And it would be heartbreaking, but I wouldn't necessarily disagree with it.

583
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:17,000
But then that being said, it's also not his fault. I was speaking about the investment side of it.

584
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:25,000
I was hearing Pep Guardiola in an interview with Rio Ferdinand.

585
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:31,000
And Rio Ferdinand told him how the hell do you win five Premier League titles, I believe.

586
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:35,000
How do you keep winning so many Premier League titles?

587
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,000
And Guardiola asked Ferdinand, how many have you won for United?

588
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:44,000
And he said five. And he said, did you have the same players for those five seasons?

589
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,000
And Ferdinand is like, no, he's like, you have to shake. You have to move. You get figured out.

590
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:55,000
The game develops. Every season the game changes. You need to get new players, you need to change your system, you need to shake things up a little bit.

591
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:59,000
One season you play with a false nine, then you play with a target man.

592
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:04,000
One season you play with inverted wingers. The next season you have wingers that play out wide.

593
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:11,000
The next season no wingers maybe. Milan have to be more creative with their signings and with what they're doing.

594
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:16,000
All they did was they attempted to get two replacements. They relied on the Loneys coming back.

595
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:21,000
Pabella got to replace Kessy. Adli is now an option in attacking midfield.

596
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:26,000
What else? Origi coming in for depth or to be the star striker.

597
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,000
To rotate with Juru.

598
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:34,000
The K-telaria to rotate with with Ibrahim Diaz. It's just a loser mentality.

599
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,000
Loser mentality.

600
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:43,000
Piolli, we have to change something mentally and tactically. Our squadetto will be to reach the Champions League.

601
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:47,000
This will be our goal. This is what you said last week, bro.

602
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:54,000
You said that Milan have shifted their goal from the squadetto to the top four.

603
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:58,000
I'm absolutely right. Piolli agrees. It's just the way it is right now. This team don't deserve to win the league.

604
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,000
And they're not going to win the league.

605
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,000
Not of the top six. They look the worst.

606
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:08,000
A funny tweet I saw from Siafollahi on Twitter, bro, the Inter fan.

607
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:13,000
He said that Konte won a squadetto with a goalkeeper performing like this.

608
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,000
Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit.

609
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,000
Handanovic stopped shoting. Stopped shoting.

610
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,000
His shot stopping is way better than Tatarsanu's.

611
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:26,000
And the only thing that Handanovic had was that he wouldn't dive when balls went to the corners.

612
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,000
That's it.

613
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:32,000
Incomparable. Incomparable. I'm not even going to debate that.

614
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:36,000
It's so absurd that someone would say something like that.

615
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,000
But anyway, shall we move on, bro?

616
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,000
Yes, bro. Let's move on before I fucking slit my wrist.

617
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:46,000
So Milan are in fifth with 38 points.

618
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:52,000
While Sassuolo are in 16th with 20 points. Seven points clear of relegation.

619
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,000
Yeah, you do that. You just take the...

620
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,000
Like that I should have read Milan are in fifth and Sassuolo are in 16th.

621
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,000
But sometimes you take them for me.

622
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,000
Yeah, I do that, bro. Sometimes I take your shit.

623
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,000
Yeah, fuck it. I take your clothes all the time.

624
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:13,000
It's Milan are level on points with Lazio in third, Atalanta in fourth, and they're one point ahead of Roma in sixth.

625
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:20,000
The top four is spicy, man. Well, the top four, Napoli are...

626
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:24,000
They're gone. They have a goal difference of plus 33.

627
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,000
The next best one is Lazio with plus 20.

628
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,000
At this point, Napoli don't even breathe the same air that they were at.

629
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:33,000
No, no, no. They're Aquamen-like.

630
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:40,000
The next game we're going to be covering is Lazio 1 Fiorentina, one at the Olympico.

631
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:44,000
Lazio lined up with their 4-3-3 formation, the classic Sarri formation.

632
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:45,000
Providel was in goal.

633
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:50,000
Hisa on the left with Marisic on the right with Romagnoli and Ciasale at the back.

634
00:41:50,000 --> 00:42:00,000
Luis Alberto Cataldi and Milenkovic-Savage formed the midfield trident with Zaccani on the left wing, Pedra on the right wing, and Philipp Anderson as the false nine yet again.

635
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:04,000
For Fiorentina, it was the exact same formation, 4-3-3 like for like.

636
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:19,000
Terracciano was in goal with Dodo on the right, Biragi on the left, Ranieri and Milenkovic as the centre-back duo with Bonaventura, Amrabat and Barac in the middle, Nico Gonzalez on the right, Quame on the left, and Jovic up front.

637
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:29,000
In the seventh minute, Luis Alberto's corner in a dangerous area was not dealt with by Milenkovic, and Ciasale hit the ball into the back of the net with his outstep, leaving everyone rooted to the spot.

638
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,000
This was Ciasale's first-ever Serie A goal.

639
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:42,000
In the 48th minute, Nico Gonzalez scored the goal, the man who had previously been declared as mentally unavailable by coach Italiano.

640
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:50,000
He scored an impressive goal as he carried the ball inwards from the wing, exchanged play with Bonaventura and hit a rocket into the corner on the turn from outside the area.

641
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:54,000
Wow. Brilliant goal. And I must say Bonaventura has been playing really well lately.

642
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,000
He has, ever since he's worn that mask.

643
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,000
It's true. He thinks he's awesome.

644
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:06,000
In the 94th minute, there was a brilliant opportunity for La Viola to get the victory, but it was squandered by Milenkovic.

645
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:16,000
The corner came in from Nico, it was headed down by Barac into the pot of Milenkovic, who smacked the crossbar on the half volley with the keeper, just the keeper to beat.

646
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:22,000
He could have won that. Milenkovic has been dipping.

647
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:28,000
Since the days he was rumored to be one of the big teams and Fiorentina wouldn't let go, that was about three seasons ago now.

648
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:36,000
He's just getting worse and worse. In fact, recently we posted that TikTok of Basquirotto, strongest man in the league.

649
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:42,000
Someone commented and they were like, where do you see him if he had to move to a big team?

650
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:48,000
And I was like, to be honest, he isn't quite ready for one of those top four teams, in my opinion.

651
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:56,000
Simply because he wouldn't start and not starting for him right now would be... it does make sense for him to go somewhere and just not start.

652
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,000
He's not even that young.

653
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:02,000
Now, I think he would do very well at Fiorentina.

654
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:03,000
Agreed, man.

655
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:11,000
And then someone said, but they have Martina Squarta, who's been playing really well. Sure, but I'm not talking about to replace Martina Squarta. I'm talking about to replace fucking Milenkovic.

656
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:29,000
Yeah, yeah. He has been bad, even in the World Cup. It's no secret that he's been struggling recently, which is interesting because two seasons ago, three seasons ago, he was up there with some of the best center backs in the league.

657
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:43,000
But you often see this in football. If you have a bad drawn of form, you need to be mentally, you need to be a beast mentally to get through it and to find your form again and to be a consistent player again.

658
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:55,000
And it just seems like he's struggling with that. I think Fiorentina have been struggling and as a result, Milenkovic has been being exposed more and he's been struggling more as a result of Fiorentina struggling.

659
00:44:55,000 --> 00:45:00,000
But like even last season, Fiorentina were doing bits and Milenkovic wasn't as good as he used to be, man.

660
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:13,000
True, bro. I don't think it's a systemic problem. I think it's just simply him. It's getting worse. Some players progress, some players regress. He's regressing. He's at that age, I guess.

661
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:18,000
But anyway, perhaps he's been in the same place for too long. That could also be a factor. Maybe he needs a change of environment.

662
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:26,000
But yes, it has to be said, Fiorentina have been playing better. Well, they did play better this game against Lazio.

663
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:29,000
And I would even go as far as saying is they deserve to maybe win this game.

664
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:41,000
You look at the possession stats, it was 55% possession to Fiorentina. They outshot Lazio 17 to 13. Lazio only had one shot on target and that was the goal, while Fiorentina had six shots on target.

665
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:48,000
Italiano after the game said after the goal reacted well. We tried to put it back right away and we succeeded in the second half with Nico.

666
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:56,000
Then in the end with Milenkovic, we could have won. But in the meantime, we found the game again and this is important. So he does think as well that there's been an improvement.

667
00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:02,000
Yeah, I mean, and there has been significantly ever since they came back from the winter break.

668
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:08,000
You can't recognize the Fiorentina that played before that and the Fiorentina that we have now.

669
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:21,000
They have been way more fluid. They've been way more creative. They struggled mainly from a creative standpoint and they had all these wingers and they were failing to utilize them and Coame was carrying at some point.

670
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:28,000
But it's also good to mention that players like Nico Gonzalez are second half of the season players. Yes, that's true.

671
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:40,000
And we're already starting to see that from Nico and it's like they signed a new player. It's like they signed a new player and they have signed a new player for next season as well.

672
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:48,000
No, on that note, no. Abdul Hamid Sabiri, my friend. That is a signing from Sampdoria, the talisman and midfielder, the Moroccan gem.

673
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:54,000
That is a sign. The free kick in the World Cup as well. Fucking good player. Exciting stuff for Fiorentina fans.

674
00:46:54,000 --> 00:47:04,000
They should be pushing up higher in the table, of course. They're in 12th place and this isn't the segway to closing this game, but they're in 12th place.

675
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:11,000
Fiorentina last season finished in seventh. Conference League spot. Exactly. And they got the Conference League spot.

676
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:17,000
Do you think they could get anywhere close to Europe this season? They're four points off of seventh place. So I'm sure that's still the target.

677
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:24,000
I'm sure they can do it. There's Udinese in that spot right now. Above them there are Monza, Empoli, Bologna, Torino and Udinese.

678
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:32,000
Now you look at those teams, they're not the most consistent teams in the world. So Fiorentina can most definitely do it, bro.

679
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,000
Yeah, I agree.

680
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:43,000
Sarri was asked, are you worried about games like this where you don't win, where you should be putting in a better performance?

681
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:48,000
And he was like, worried. This is an actual quote, bro, I'm not making it up.

682
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:54,000
Worried. If I should be worried, then the other coaches should kill themselves.

683
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,000
Oh my Jesus.

684
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:05,000
Yes, that's what he said. And he's obviously referring to Inzaghi, to Allegri, to Pioli, who right now have way more stress than Sarri does.

685
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:15,000
And yes, good point. Very eloquently put Maurizio. You're the man, dude, as transparent as ever.

686
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:16,000
Yeah, really good, man.

687
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:24,000
I mean, you know, a man who says that is also a man who snots rockets when the camera's on him, right? And that's the type of man he is.

688
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,000
Sniffing a pack of cigs like on the bench.

689
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:35,000
He also blamed the Italian system. We had three days less of recovery than Fiorentina. That must make a difference.

690
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:42,000
The guy had a team in the Prem. He knows what the schedules are like over there. And they're much worse than they are in Italy.

691
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:47,000
Yeah, in Italy, what you get, though, is every game on a Wednesday during the day when everyone's at work. That's the type of shit you get.

692
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:48,000
Thanks a lot, Sarri.

693
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:56,000
Saponara had one of the most fucking hilarious penalty dives I've ever seen in my life. Our girlfriends were on the couch and they usually kind of half-watch the games.

694
00:48:56,000 --> 00:49:07,000
And there was a slow-mo replay of Saponara diving and screaming with his, like, eyebrows super expressive. And they both just burst out laughing.

695
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:16,000
It's like something funny happened on Love Island, the way they reacted to that, man. They were so engaged.

696
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:22,000
That was great. But yes, a very entertaining game, which ended 1-1.

697
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:30,000
Lazio currently sit in third with 38 points, while Fiorentina sit in 12th with 24 points.

698
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:41,000
The next game we're going to be covering is Cremonaizer 1-2. For Cremonaizer, it was a 3-5-2 formation with Carnesecchi in goal, a backline of Vasquez, Kirikas and Bianchetti.

699
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:51,000
Valeri out on the left, Ser Nicola out on the right. Castagnetti, Mete and Benassi in the middle with Okereke and Shofani up front.

700
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:54,000
This was Benassi's debut, as he's joined from Fiorentina.

701
00:49:54,000 --> 00:50:02,000
Correct. For Inter, it was also a 3-5-2 formation with Onana in goal, a backline of Darmian, Acerbi and Bastoni.

702
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:11,000
Dampries out on the right, De Marco out on the left, Cialanoglu, Galliardini and Mkhitaryan in the middle, with Zéco and Lautaro Martinez up front.

703
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:25,000
In the 10th minute, Okereke opened the scoring, the Nigerian curled the ball in off the crossbar from outside the area, in a tight angle, a sensational strike, very similar to Origi's if you saw that, but probably even better.

704
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:30,000
That's his second goal against Inter this season, and he made it 1-0.

705
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:49,000
10 minutes later, in the 20th minute, Karnisekis saved Zéco's volley from a corner, but Lautaro managed to net in the rebound to make it 1-1, and then deep into the second half in the 64th minute, Zéco played the ball through to Lautaro, whose shot took a bubble off Vasquez and into the back of the net, making it 2-1.

706
00:50:49,000 --> 00:51:05,000
Obviously before the final whistle went, Vlad the Mad, Kirikiri Krim, Kirikes, almost turned the ball into his own net by being in the wrong place at the wrong time once again, but he was saved by the crossbar. It's always hilarious, the camera angles, they get off his face.

707
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:10,000
Oh my, he can never believe it. It's brilliant, man. He's like, not again.

708
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:16,000
Do you remember the Kirikiri Krim trees we used to eat as children? I don't remember the Kirikiri Krim trees. I'm going to Google it though.

709
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:24,000
They're the ones you could put like the, it comes with chocolate chips sometimes and you can put it in into the cream cheese and it also comes with crackers.

710
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:28,000
Oh my god, I remember this. This was a spread, wasn't it?

711
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:31,000
Well, I didn't used to eat it as though it was a spread.

712
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:33,000
So you just pick it up and eat it?

713
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:41,000
I mean, that's what people do, they dip like crackers into it and shit. No, it even comes with crackers, no? The Kirikiri Krim cheese, baby.

714
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:44,000
I just remember the white block.

715
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:54,000
You remember the those cracker sticks that used to come with that cream cheese and the wrapping of it had a red bull on it.

716
00:51:54,000 --> 00:52:00,000
Bro, man, sometimes I wonder if we've lived the same lives. I don't remember that.

717
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:08,000
Carnesecchi had a good game with a double save on DiMarco and Lautaro and a brave save on DiMarco's shot cross where he clattered onto the post.

718
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:17,000
This was a very good performance by the Italian young goalkeeper and it even earned him a match rating of eight, something we barely see when a goalkeeper concedes two goals.

719
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:22,000
So shout out to him. What did you make of this game, bro?

720
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:28,000
So Inter played really well. They created chances, their transition play has improved.

721
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:34,000
Granted, they didn't get off to a flying start as Okereke scored an early goal, but to be honest, there was nothing they could do about that type of goal.

722
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:38,000
It was a sort of wonder goal that just happens and you have to recover and recover.

723
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:48,000
They did. Cremonezza didn't really get many opportunities after that. Inter dominated 65% possession.

724
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:54,000
They had 30 shots to Cremonezza's 12, they had 10 shots on target to Cremonezza's 4.

725
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:58,000
As we said, yes, Carnesecchi is a very, very, very good goalkeeper.

726
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:02,000
Yeah, it seems like Cremonezza have some flow about them nowadays.

727
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:07,000
We always talk about how they put in good performances and they never get away with anything.

728
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:12,000
But it seems like ever since that night against Napoli that they got that victory.

729
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:15,000
We've seen a bit more confidence in them.

730
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:19,000
Yes, it's not only that plays a massive part for sure.

731
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:25,000
The Napoli victory, but they are also on their new management, of course, with Ballardini.

732
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:29,000
Yeah, and they have looked more sound defensively.

733
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:32,000
In fact, they have quite a few veterans at the back.

734
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,000
They've got Vasquez. We mentioned this, I think, last episode.

735
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:38,000
Vasquez is an ex-Eugenoa player.

736
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:40,000
Kiriakas is an ex-Sasuolo player.

737
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:43,000
They have Bonaiuto, they have Bianchetti.

738
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:46,000
These guys are also used to playing in Serie A.

739
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:51,000
With the Ballardini system, these guys can be quite a tight unit at the back.

740
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:54,000
I'm judging Kiriakas doesn't have one of his moments.

741
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:59,000
Lautaro, after the World Cup, has really found his form.

742
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,000
He has moved up to third in the goalscoring charts.

743
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,000
He's two behind Ozymen and one behind Lukmen.

744
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:15,000
Why do you think some players play so poorly on the international stage and then so good at club level?

745
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:19,000
We're talking about the likes of Gonzalo Higuain, Chiro Móbala.

746
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:21,000
Why do these things happen to these people?

747
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:26,000
I think they're systematic players. I think they're players that fit a system really well.

748
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:35,000
You see players, the players that you mentioned, for example, Higuain from the Spanish game moved to the Italian game.

749
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:39,000
The Italian game is very unique. It's very tactical.

750
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:47,000
And then you go play for Argentina where you have so many skillful, technical, fast players.

751
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:50,000
And it's just difficult to adapt to that kind of system.

752
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:54,000
But then you could tell me, OK, so why does Chiro Móbala not perform well for Italy?

753
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:57,000
In that case, everyone around him is essentially a Serie A player.

754
00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:59,000
Why the fuck doesn't he perform well?

755
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:03,000
He's one of Serie A's leading all time top goalscorers.

756
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:08,000
And the answer is who the fuck knows, man? Who the fuck knows?

757
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:12,000
Who the fuck knows? Why doesn't Móbala play well for Italy?

758
00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:16,000
Is it a mental block? I think it has to be something mental.

759
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:23,000
But it must be like Lautaro not playing well for Argentina, I get.

760
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:28,000
Because it's a very different system, a very, very different system.

761
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:31,000
But Móbala in a 4-3-3 for Italy.

762
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:41,000
I think it has to be seen as like, you know, when you for I'm going to use FIFA as an example, but not to not in the dumb way.

763
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:45,000
You know, when you, you know, weekend league, have you ever done the weekend league?

764
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:49,000
So weekend league is a tournament you can qualify for when you play FIFA, right?

765
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:51,000
You have to play a couple of games and you qualify, basically.

766
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:54,000
During the games that you play that you win, you don't have much pressure and you just win them.

767
00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:56,000
No, no problem. You don't even think about it.

768
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:59,000
Then you qualify for the weekend league where every win matters.

769
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:02,000
And all of a sudden you're overthinking it. You're in your own head.

770
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:12,000
Maybe it's the same thing for this guy. Domestically, Giro Móbala knows that he has for Gonzalo Higuain, Lautaro Martinez, he has 38 games to get shit done.

771
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:16,000
He has 38 games to score. He has 38 games to prove himself.

772
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:21,000
It's a long season. When it comes to the international stage, usually you have a two week break.

773
00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:23,000
You have a one month long tournament.

774
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:35,000
So perhaps it comes so quickly and the pressure, you know, it doesn't give them any time to ease into the team, to get to know the team, to gel with the team, to build confidence, to build belief.

775
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:39,000
You know, you just have to go in and have a positive impact.

776
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:42,000
And some players just don't manage to do that. And I guess they get into the head.

777
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:49,000
Exactly. And like you said, man, you have more time in a season over 38 games to recover from bad spells of form.

778
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:50,000
Yeah.

779
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:57,000
It's as simple as that. We've seen Lautaro struggle. We've seen him struggle recently for Inter.

780
00:56:57,000 --> 00:57:02,000
I mean, last week we were saying that he was struggling and the week before we were saying that he's struggling.

781
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:13,000
Now he finds two goals against Cremonaese because you have matches against Cremonaese in this area. It's not always against the best 20 teams in the world or the best 10 teams in South America or whatever.

782
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:16,000
And you can find your form. You have time to find your form.

783
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:22,000
Exactly. Three games without a goal in the league is normal. Three games without a goal in a World Cup qualifying campaign.

784
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:23,000
Is a failed campaign.

785
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:29,000
It's a worrying thing. You get a lot of backlash. People start saying, oh, should we start Scamacca?

786
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:33,000
Exactly. So yeah. Scriniar, bro.

787
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:41,000
Scriniar, 20 million off the PSG. Signed his contract. He's leaving in the summer. He's going to be making 9 million in wages a year.

788
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:50,000
It's the 20 million sign-off fee is crazy. It's by putting pen to paper. He makes 20 million this guy. Yeah, I would just sign the paper and break my legs.

789
00:57:50,000 --> 00:58:03,000
Not a bad idea. Maybe Scriniar is a bit more ambitious than you. Inter fans, I want to hear something from you.

790
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:10,000
I want to hear are you livid that he is still wearing the captain's arm band? As Milan fans, we didn't like it when Romagnoli did it.

791
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:16,000
And we didn't like it when Donnarumma did it. And Kessy. And when Kessy, fuck me. And Decilio. We've had it rough.

792
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:22,000
Decilio wearing the captain's arm. I really like Juventus.

793
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:28,000
Inter apparently, they were interested. I don't know if they'll remain interested in Harry Maguire.

794
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:33,000
I don't know if they had a drink that day and they were like, fuck it. This guy, this guy, we're bringing him in.

795
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:38,000
I don't get it. I'm sure. But that was the Sun, no, that reported it.

796
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:47,000
It was the Sun. It was the Sun, I believe. But who the hell knows? Sometimes Inter do sign random Premier League players.

797
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:52,000
The Ashley Youngs, the Moses. You know what I mean?

798
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:57,000
Moses was a content player. In fact, it didn't quite work out.

799
00:58:57,000 --> 00:59:03,000
And fucking Noggin, what's his name? Maguire will be an Enzague player.

800
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:10,000
Bro, I thought you dropped the racial slur. Oh my God. No, definitely not guys. No racial slur there.

801
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:19,000
Now I have two points to make about Inter. Despite this game being better than the previous ones, they still kind of look a bit nervous.

802
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:25,000
They play risky passes instead of the safe ones. They rush. The same thing as Milan, to be honest.

803
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:38,000
It's way more organized. Also, why doesn't Zaghi play Gagliardini, whose contract expires in five months and might be working out on a free,

804
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:45,000
when you have a supposed future protagonist in Aslani? Why don't you just play Aslani, dude?

805
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:50,000
It is interesting, man. Maybe he doesn't believe that Aslani is ready yet. No.

806
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:58,000
I think I'm kind of ready for a game against Cremona as well. Because Aslani plays in the Brozovic position, right?

807
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:05,000
So that would allow you to play Cialanoglu in his actual position as a Metzala. Exactly.

808
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:14,000
Or higher up, basically, instead of as a regista. I think it comes down to the balance that Simone and Zaghi is after in that three-man midfield man.

809
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:23,000
I think he enjoys having someone more attacking like Mkhitaryan and then Cialanoglu playing as a regista at the moment.

810
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:29,000
And then Gagliardini for the physicality. And I don't think you can drop Cialanoglu as a regista right now.

811
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:35,000
I think he's grown into the role. Very big shoes to fill with Brozovic still being out.

812
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:44,000
And I think they should. I think he's doing the right thing in consistently utilising the same player rather than reshuffling and reshuffling and reshuffling.

813
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:57,000
Fair enough, bro. Cremona has made it two. Cereca played the ball to Charles Piquel, who slotted in home as Cielic tried to deflect it off the line, but ended up basically scoring an over.

814
01:00:57,000 --> 01:01:09,000
But to kind of work off of what you said, Inter aren't at 100% right now. No, they're not. They will beat Milan.

815
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:16,000
Yes, this weekend. They will beat Milan this weekend. But they do say that form doesn't matter in a derby.

816
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:24,000
But is it form when every shot goes in, when you let every shot go in? I don't know, man.

817
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:30,000
Yeah, I don't think Milan have a chance this derby. You just look at the way things have gone.

818
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:40,000
It would have to take a miraculous turn around. The only thing that might change it is Zlatan's presence.

819
01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:48,000
In my opinion, because Zlatan has been if you notice, he's not he hasn't been on the bench. No, he's been filming fucking Asterix and Dobelix.

820
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:57,000
You know the movie. Come on, the show. Asterix and Dobelix. Asterix and what?

821
01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:05,000
Obelix. It might not even be Asterix. What the hell is Obelix? Yes, Asterix and Dobelix. These guys.

822
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:14,000
Let me see. Oh, I used to have stickers of those. I think we had stickers of those guys when we were younger.

823
01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:22,000
We did. Zlatan is in a movie. No. And he's playing, I guess, as one of them. I don't know. He's in body armor and stuff.

824
01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:27,000
And he's been recording. This is the San Remo of the season. Literally the San Remo of the season.

825
01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:35,000
And you know, Zlatan's out and Milan concede a million goals. Exactly. So if he comes back, hopefully, you know, he can.

826
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:39,000
He's like a father figure. It's as cliche as it is. It's totally true.

827
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:46,000
Milan lost 5-0 to Atalanta. He came in and it took until he wasn't there again to concede five goals.

828
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:52,000
So, yeah, hopefully there can be a mental shift before the intergame.

829
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:57,000
Everyone can calm the fuck down and we'll get to see a balanced game. That's what I want to see. A balanced game.

830
01:02:57,000 --> 01:03:03,000
Yeah, just not a shambolic performance. Just let it be a decent one.

831
01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:11,000
Inter sit in second place on 40 points. They're 13 behind Napoli and just two ahead of Lazio, Atalanta and Milan.

832
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:18,000
Whereas Cremonaese are in 20th, still just on eight points and still haven't won a single game all season.

833
01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:31,000
Juventus nil Monza 2. The second win for Monza over Juventus this season. It's almost like the reward, bro, for beating Juventus.

834
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:46,000
It's almost like the president and the management of the team incentivize victories against clubs of a certain nature by rewarding them with some kind of gift.

835
01:03:46,000 --> 01:04:01,000
Yeah, it's almost like the president of Monza publicly stated that the Monza players would be receiving some kind of service if they manage to beat Juventus this season.

836
01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:11,000
I believe the quantity of the service, give or take, was around a busload.

837
01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:21,000
Yes, give or take. And the nature of the gift inside this bus.

838
01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:26,000
They were whores!

839
01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:41,000
Berlusconi is a genius. You promised Pullman Detroit and apparently you beat Juventus twice in a season. Those who don't know, those who haven't been listening, those who haven't been reading the news.

840
01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:52,000
Berlusconi publicly said that if the Monza players give the people of Monza a beautiful victory against Juventus, he will get them a bus full of whores.

841
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:59,000
And perhaps that's what incentivizes these people. Boys will be boys with their toys.

842
01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:16,000
Now, you've lined up with a 3-5-2 formation with Cesny in goal, Danilo, Bremer and Gatti at the back, Kostasic on the left and Desilio on the right with Rabio, Paredes and Falcioli in the middle, Di Maria and Moisquin up front.

843
01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:26,000
For Monza it was a 3-4-2-1 formation with Di Gregorio in goal. The fantastic, formidable, bombastic Di Gregorio, bro. What a fucking player.

844
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:27,000
How much could he cost?

845
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:31,000
You know he's your age. He was born in 1997.

846
01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:34,000
What? Probably a couple of months older than him.

847
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:46,000
Yeah. Goalkeepers tend to be born towards the beginning of the year. This isn't a horoscope thing. Simply because...

848
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:51,000
If you're an Aquarius, you're probably a goalkeeper.

849
01:05:51,000 --> 01:05:52,000
What, bro?

850
01:05:52,000 --> 01:06:04,000
Bro, it's true. Because players, children born at the beginning of the year develop faster physically than others. Therefore, at school during PE, during sports...

851
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:06,000
They take wanks in the showers.

852
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:19,000
These guys would be bigger. When you're a kid, these fucking growth spurts happen so suddenly, bro. And a couple of months difference can mean that you are fucking 5'10", while your classmates are 5'4".

853
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:26,000
And they'll put you in goal. They'll put you center back. You look at these athletes, they were almost as if they were born at the beginning of the year. It's crazy. But anyway...

854
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:29,000
We should run a survey.

855
01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:30,000
Do it, bro.

856
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:31,000
With keepers.

857
01:06:31,000 --> 01:06:33,000
Now we do it. Next episode.

858
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:36,000
They're all born in December.

859
01:06:36,000 --> 01:06:43,000
Di Gregorio was in goal. Itzo, Mari and Caldi Rolla were at the back, with Churi on the right and Carlos Augusto on the left.

860
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:49,000
Rovella and Moshin were in the middle. Danny Mota was up front with Pesina and Caprari playing behind them.

861
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:53,000
Who did you say Rovella was Moshin?

862
01:06:53,000 --> 01:06:56,000
That was brilliant. Thank you.

863
01:06:56,000 --> 01:07:04,000
Monza thought they took an early lead through a very clean strike by Caprari, but VAR deemed the Italian to be offside.

864
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:15,000
Close call there for Juve, but then in the 17th minute, a beautiful run of the ball behind the defense by Churia was met by Moshin's through ball, and the Italian hit the ball into the roof of the net over Cesny.

865
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:18,000
Churia goal, Moshin assist.

866
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:29,000
Now I've been big on Moshin for a while, and I was really worried that due to the investments that Monza made, he would be forced out and get little game time.

867
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:35,000
That seemed to be the trend at the beginning of the season, but I think he's just showing too much quality to be benched at this point.

868
01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:39,000
He's a very tidy midfielder and a massive reason as to why they're in promotion last year.

869
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:58,000
True, yes, for sure. In the 38th minute, Mamma Mia, Carlos Augusto, the man dispossessed Di Maria, dribbled past Rabiot, held the ball until Mota was in an onside position, dribbled past Bremer, played the ball to Mota, Mota rounded Cesny and scored.

870
01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:00,000
What a goal. Carlos Augusto was super.

871
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:12,000
That was incredible by the left back man. Incredible, that whole move. Even Dani Mota, take nothing away from Mota, the way he rounded Cesny and finished cleanly over there with a player on the line.

872
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:17,000
Beautiful goal by Monza. Bro, Monza can attack.

873
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:20,000
They really can. They're so fluid.

874
01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:38,000
Granted, they're playing against a Juventus team who are demoralized for off the pitch reasons. Right now, it has been publicly stated by Di Maria that they feel like they've been robbed, quite frankly, all their hard work and their valiant efforts in those fucking clean sheets and those narrow victories and those late winners.

875
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:44,000
Everything robbed for some financial irregularities that the players had absolutely nothing to do with.

876
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:50,000
That must be so frustrating, so demoralizing. I can't help but empathize with these guys.

877
01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:56,000
I empathize with the players. They were robbed, however, by their president and by their owner. That's what they were robbed by.

878
01:08:56,000 --> 01:09:18,000
Dani Mota, goal scorer of the second goal, was actually a Juventus player between 2019 and 2020. He has 20 appearances for the Juventus under 23s with seven goals, but he never made an appearance for the senior team and was loaned out to Monza where eventually he made his move permanent.

879
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:23,000
He has played 75 games for Monza since scoring 20 goals.

880
01:09:23,000 --> 01:09:29,000
Yep. And here he is in Serie A again, this time getting playing time and scoring goals, man.

881
01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:37,000
Yeah. In the 77th minute, Bremer headed in a rebound after a great Di Gregorio save, but he was clearly in an offside position. So the game ended 2-0.

882
01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:53,000
You look at the statistics over here, bro. Monza dominated the possession ever so slightly, 54%. Juventus had 22 shots to Monza's three shots on goal, eight for Juventus, Monza three shots on goal. Two of them resulted in goals.

883
01:09:53,000 --> 01:09:55,000
Efficiency.

884
01:09:55,000 --> 01:10:08,000
Crazy, bro. And results like this occur. You know, I'm sure the management right now understand the situation and the complexity of it. They keep backing Allegri. There's a rumor at contract extension till 2027.

885
01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:19,000
I'm sure that the fact that Sackingham would be so expensive, that's probably a big reason as well. The fact that right now they need unity, they need stability, they need to rebuild their morale and their motivation.

886
01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:31,000
They need to give these players something to fight for, quite frankly. They sit in 13th right now with 23 points. So the Champions League currently, you know, Atalanta have 38 points. It's very difficult for them.

887
01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:40,000
This loss was a massive setback for them. They still have a lot of games to go against teams in the top 10. This wasn't one of them as they faced Monza.

888
01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:54,000
You know, any player with an understanding of the game would have bet on at least a Uwe Winner draw, speaking in betting terms. But a tunnel victory for Monza is massive for Monza. We know they have it in their locker room.

889
01:10:54,000 --> 01:11:06,000
We know they're pushing to be a top 10 team in their first season in Serie A. They've made the investments for it. They have a lot of local talent, local young talent that is hungry to be a part of this new project.

890
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:18,000
Even on the other side, you have maybe a mix of players that aren't too familiar with each other with a lot of injuries and just being docked 15 points because of financial irregularities.

891
01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:30,000
What are you playing for at this point? What's your goal? What's your ambition? Allegri's been there for a while. They don't play exciting and enticing football. They stick back and they murder the game.

892
01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:41,000
So that's the difference between the two sides. It doesn't mean that Juve don't win any single game, but they simply came up against the polar opposites of themselves and they lost. They got exposed.

893
01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:49,000
They had an exegete of 0.30 in the first half and finished with an exegete of 1.82. Not a very good performance by Juventus over here.

894
01:11:49,000 --> 01:12:02,000
Two wins for Monza against Juve, as I've already said. This is crazy. This is particularly crazy because Palladino hasn't even managed 15 Serie A games yet and he's already beaten Juve twice.

895
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:12,000
Wow, that's pretty good. Keane, Mois Keane had 13 touches in the first half and Vlavic had eight touches off the bench. Welcome back, bro.

896
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:24,000
Eight saves for Di Gregorio, many of them high quality saves. I believe four of them were insane. Four of them were incredible saves, man. Incredible saves. Go look at the highlights, guys, if you haven't yet.

897
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:37,000
This Bremer dip. I mean, I think the Kiri Kiri cream dip is better. No way is Kirikas better.

898
01:12:37,000 --> 01:12:51,000
But I think it's Juve's defenses of form at the moment. Same way Milan's defenses of form at the moment. They got battered in that Napoli game where they conceded five goals and they simply haven't recovered from it yet.

899
01:12:51,000 --> 01:12:58,000
And I think they slightly figured out in the sense that if you want to get goals against Juve, you need to attack Juve and you need to attack them directly.

900
01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:08,000
I think that's exactly what teams have been doing now and they're managing to do that. And I think they're starting to get exposed in the fact that Danilo isn't a natural center back. We saw Gatti coming in now.

901
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:21,000
Still need some more experience over there. You know, Rabio Paredes and Fagioli, do they offer much stability in midfield to safeguard the defense?

902
01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:35,000
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. The system is normally what saves Juve conceding so many goals with everyone sticking back a little bit, but just tactically somewhat all over the place at the moment.

903
01:13:35,000 --> 01:13:45,000
So as a result for that place, like Bremer are going to be the ones that struggle and they're going to be the ones exposed and they're going to be the ones fucking up at the end of the day.

904
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:58,000
You can't have a perfect performance when the system around you is flawed and everyone's fucking it up essentially. So I do sympathize for Bremer at the moment. It's not entirely his fault.

905
01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:09,000
Yeah, Juventus three games played, 10 goals allowed. Allegri's brand is currently his weakness. His brand is that he doesn't concede much and all of a sudden he can't stop conceding.

906
01:14:09,000 --> 01:14:18,000
This is funny because Piolli's brand is also his weakness at the moment. Piolli's brand being that of motivating players, giving players courage, giving them the belief.

907
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:28,000
That seems to be his weakness right now. So there's been a little bit of a shift over here. I need to call Sarah and ask her if Mercury is in retrograde. Shall we do that?

908
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:31,000
I was about to make the same joke, but yes, please do it.

909
01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:40,000
Let's see. Let's call Sarah.

910
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:43,000
That's what she's going to say.

911
01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:48,000
Oh, she made Bochang La Violin. She's definitely not going to answer.

912
01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:55,000
Yeah. Hey, is Mercury in retrograde right now or like is something happening?

913
01:14:55,000 --> 01:15:00,000
I don't know.

914
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:05,000
No, but I won't be good for the podium. You're on the podium.

915
01:15:05,000 --> 01:15:07,000
Bochang La Violin.

916
01:15:07,000 --> 01:15:10,000
Yeah, we thought so.

917
01:15:10,000 --> 01:15:16,000
We thought so. I thought you wouldn't answer in fact. So Mercury isn't in retrograde right now.

918
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:17,000
I don't know.

919
01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:18,000
Okay.

920
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:23,000
Do you know anyone we can ask so we need some serious answers like?

921
01:15:23,000 --> 01:15:29,000
If Mercury is in retrograde.

922
01:15:29,000 --> 01:15:33,000
You don't know like some woman that wears a scarf on her head.

923
01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:37,000
Like crystals. Someone in charge. Is there crystals when there's a full moon?

924
01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:41,000
I don't know one, but you don't know her. So it would be a bit weird I think.

925
01:15:41,000 --> 01:15:45,000
No worry babe. Thank you very much and enjoy your show.

926
01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:46,000
Love you.

927
01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:48,000
Love you.

928
01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:52,000
Thank God she said it back on the podcast.

929
01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:56,000
It's only been 10 years.

930
01:15:56,000 --> 01:16:00,000
Say it back.

931
01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:04,000
I love her reaction. I don't know baby.

932
01:16:04,000 --> 01:16:07,000
So sweet. So sweet.

933
01:16:07,000 --> 01:16:13,000
Now, yes, I mean, I feel bad for Juventini. I feel bad for the other players right now.

934
01:16:13,000 --> 01:16:18,000
Let's see what they can do. Let's see if Alec can motivate his boys to do better.

935
01:16:18,000 --> 01:16:22,000
Monza doing well right now aiming for a conference league spot as things stand.

936
01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:28,000
They can actually do it. You know, they have 25 points. Odinez have 28 currently in the conference.

937
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:30,000
Odinez have 29.

938
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:32,000
Perhaps I need to refresh.

939
01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:38,000
I fucking put screenshots on every single slide man with the league table for you.

940
01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:51,000
Even before you said that someone is eight points behind Odinez and it was actually nine points.

941
01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:53,000
Oh, that's a swallow.

942
01:16:53,000 --> 01:16:55,000
We'll start from the beginning, bro.

943
01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:59,000
We need to start over. Use the screenshots.

944
01:16:59,000 --> 01:17:04,000
Monza have 25 points. Odinez in the conference league spot have 29 points.

945
01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:06,000
Exactly. So it's definitely an objective for Monza.

946
01:17:06,000 --> 01:17:09,000
100%. They can do it, man. They can literally do it.

947
01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:13,000
The way they play, they definitely can. They have a good project going on over there.

948
01:17:13,000 --> 01:17:18,000
The next game we're going to be covering is Atalanta 2 Sampdoria 0.

949
01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:24,000
So Atalanta lined up in their 3-4-2-1 formation with Musso on goal and the back three of Scalvini, Jim City and Toloi.

950
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:27,000
Hattabur out on the right with Mele out on the left.

951
01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:34,000
Mitfield 2 of Kup Miners and De Ghone with Bogga out on the left, Luukman out on the right and Hoilund up front.

952
01:17:34,000 --> 01:17:39,000
For Sampdoria it was also a 3-4-2-1. A lot of the same formations going up against each other this week.

953
01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:42,000
Mercury is fucking up like for sure.

954
01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:49,000
Audero on goal, a back line of Amione, Nuitink and Murru. Leris out on the right and Augel out on the left.

955
01:17:49,000 --> 01:17:53,000
Harry Winks and Thomas Rincon together in the midfield.

956
01:17:53,000 --> 01:17:58,000
I thought we would ever be saying that. Harry Winks and Rincon in a double pivot like...

957
01:17:58,000 --> 01:18:04,000
Gabiadini out on the right, Juricic out on the left and Lammers up front for Sampdoria.

958
01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:09,000
So there was a great double save by Musso and Gabiadini and Augel to get things going.

959
01:18:09,000 --> 01:18:16,000
And then the 42nd minute Mele headed in after a hat-a-bur cross to make it 2 goals in 2 games.

960
01:18:16,000 --> 01:18:23,000
This came right after Luukman struck the post after his own header following a Bogga cross 1-0 to Atalanta.

961
01:18:23,000 --> 01:18:31,000
In the restart in the 57th minute Luukman scored again. Luukman is just on fire this season.

962
01:18:31,000 --> 01:18:37,000
Another sensational goal in matchday 20 as Luukman made quick work of Murru,

963
01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:41,000
ran the ball into the box, gave a little cheeky feint to fuck Nuitink up

964
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:45,000
and smashed the ball into the bottom corner through the legs of the defender.

965
01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:50,000
This was like he was bullying people. It's like you know when we used to go play football in the swings

966
01:18:50,000 --> 01:18:56,000
and we were like what 8 and 10? And some random 17 year old would come play with us

967
01:18:56,000 --> 01:19:00,000
and we're like this guy is among the best players in the world right now.

968
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:05,000
Because he's doing these x-step overs and he's really fast and he's got long legs and he's big.

969
01:19:05,000 --> 01:19:12,000
That's what it looked like. He feints, Nuitink opens his legs, just slots in between his legs and scores.

970
01:19:12,000 --> 01:19:13,000
Just taking the piss.

971
01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:15,000
There was a goal, Papu Gomez scored for Atalanta like that.

972
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:21,000
Yeah, I remember it. At the moment Luukman is one of the best players in Serie A.

973
01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:26,000
I am petrified of the man and what an asset he is for Atalanta.

974
01:19:26,000 --> 01:19:32,000
Who had 62% ball possession in this game. They had 21 shots.

975
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:37,000
However, Sampdoria had 15 shots and they had the same amount of shots on target, each with 5.

976
01:19:37,000 --> 01:19:39,000
What does that tell us about the game?

977
01:19:39,000 --> 01:19:46,000
It tells us that Sampdoria continue to play well under Stankovic but do not get any results for it.

978
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:53,000
It's a hard fixture list at the moment though. It's clear.

979
01:19:53,000 --> 01:19:58,000
I believe there was a newspaper that had a headline in Italian. It was Sampdoria good game, no goal.

980
01:19:58,000 --> 01:20:03,000
That sums them up pretty well right now. They're playing really well but they're not scoring.

981
01:20:03,000 --> 01:20:09,000
It's looking a bit dire for them at the moment. They really need to get their shit together.

982
01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:14,000
What I'm interested in knowing is their fixtures towards the end of the season.

983
01:20:14,000 --> 01:20:21,000
You can check that. I'll point out Atalanta's advantage over the other teams in the top six.

984
01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:27,000
The fact being that they don't have any European football to worry about and they've actually got decent squad depth.

985
01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:33,000
Now they've crashed out of the Coppa Italia so they only have to think about playing once a week in the league.

986
01:20:33,000 --> 01:20:41,000
That is a massive advantage when you look at the likes of Napoli, Inter, Lazio, Milan, Roma.

987
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:44,000
These guys all have European competitions to play in.

988
01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:52,000
I was just saying that Sampdoria have had a tough fixture list but to be honest it really wasn't that bad.

989
01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:59,000
Atalanta, they had Udinese at home and I know Udinese are Udinese but they've been struggling recently.

990
01:20:59,000 --> 01:21:05,000
Away to Empoli, you could do something over there.

991
01:21:05,000 --> 01:21:10,000
And then before that they had Napoli where they obviously lost and before that they had Sassuolo where they won.

992
01:21:10,000 --> 01:21:12,000
What's coming up for Sampdoria?

993
01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:25,000
What is coming up for Sampdoria? Monza away, Inter home, Bologna home, Lazio away, Salernetana home, Juve away, Verona home, Roma away.

994
01:21:25,000 --> 01:21:27,000
Can't help but feel like they're fucked.

995
01:21:27,000 --> 01:21:39,000
But then towards the end, so this is from in April, they play Cremona as a home, they play Lecce away, they play Spezia home, Fiorentina away, Torino home.

996
01:21:39,000 --> 01:21:46,000
That's when things kind of look a bit easier but bro honestly prediction right now is Sampdoria go down.

997
01:21:46,000 --> 01:21:50,000
All it takes are three victories. These teams at the bottom don't win that much.

998
01:21:50,000 --> 01:22:00,000
Not really man because there's a massive gap between where they are right now in 19, nine points behind Spezia.

999
01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:03,000
And these teams will mostly lose points.

1000
01:22:03,000 --> 01:22:12,000
I don't see, personally I don't see Sampdoria and Cremona making it out. They're still on single figures.

1001
01:22:12,000 --> 01:22:16,000
Sampdoria are only one point ahead of Cremona.

1002
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:18,000
I know, I know, it's true.

1003
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:22,000
And then Sampdoria are the team with the most losses this season.

1004
01:22:22,000 --> 01:22:28,000
Sampdoria have had 15 losses. That's three losses more than Cremona, two losses more than Verona.

1005
01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:31,000
Definitely disappointing.

1006
01:22:31,000 --> 01:22:34,000
It's going to be very, very, very tough for them.

1007
01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:39,000
I'm curious to see though because sometimes these teams do put up a bit of a charge at the end of the season.

1008
01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:42,000
Salernitana last year, we've seen Crotone do it as well.

1009
01:22:42,000 --> 01:22:46,000
So yeah, we'll keep our eyes peeled.

1010
01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:51,000
Atalanta climb into the Champions League zone, Sampdoria's troubles continue.

1011
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:52,000
Yes sir.

1012
01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:57,000
Atalanta are in fourth with 38 points, Sampdoria are in 19th with nine points.

1013
01:22:57,000 --> 01:23:02,000
Thanks, King, for filling in over there.

1014
01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:04,000
It's your turn now.

1015
01:23:04,000 --> 01:23:05,000
Oh, is it?

1016
01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:06,000
It is.

1017
01:23:06,000 --> 01:23:09,000
Udineza won, Hellas Verona won.

1018
01:23:09,000 --> 01:23:15,000
Now Verona have just lost their talisman Illich as he's off to Torino.

1019
01:23:15,000 --> 01:23:18,000
They actually debuted for them.

1020
01:23:18,000 --> 01:23:27,000
I was also surprised to find out that Ongla is out on loan at Real Valladolid.

1021
01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:29,000
I had no idea.

1022
01:23:29,000 --> 01:23:34,000
He's a very good squad player and they're suddenly very thin in the center midfield region.

1023
01:23:34,000 --> 01:23:36,000
True.

1024
01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:44,000
They lined up with their three, four, two, one formation with Montepo, Angol, Mannyani, Hain and Cekarini at the back,

1025
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:48,000
and with Paoli on the right, Lazovic on the left, Suleymane and Tameze in the middle.

1026
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:50,000
I'm a big fan of the Suleymane guy.

1027
01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:52,000
He's good, he's good, he's good. Young and aying guy.

1028
01:23:52,000 --> 01:23:58,000
Lazania and Braff played behind the big man, Budgett Zlatan.

1029
01:23:58,000 --> 01:23:59,000
Yeah.

1030
01:23:59,000 --> 01:24:00,000
Juretsov, of course.

1031
01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:04,000
Braff stopped filming scrubs to come do this. Thank you very much.

1032
01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:05,000
Who was it?

1033
01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:06,000
Braff's...

1034
01:24:06,000 --> 01:24:07,000
Zach Braff.

1035
01:24:07,000 --> 01:24:08,000
JD.

1036
01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:09,000
JD.

1037
01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:10,000
JD.

1038
01:24:10,000 --> 01:24:15,000
The Silvestri was in goal for Udinese as they lined up with their three, five, two formation.

1039
01:24:15,000 --> 01:24:21,000
They had Perez, Bijol and Rodrigo Bacau at the back, Udodji on the left, Ezebue on the right,

1040
01:24:21,000 --> 01:24:24,000
with Arslan, Wallace and Samardzic in the middle.

1041
01:24:24,000 --> 01:24:27,000
Beato and Success played together up front.

1042
01:24:27,000 --> 01:24:32,000
In the fourth minute, Bacau attempted to block Lazovic's long-range strike with his head,

1043
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:38,000
but caused the ball to loop over a helpless Silvestri, and that's an own goal for Rodrigo Bacau.

1044
01:24:38,000 --> 01:24:39,000
Yeah.

1045
01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:43,000
In the first minute, it was Samardzic who scored as Beato received the ball in the box

1046
01:24:43,000 --> 01:24:47,000
with his back towards goal, but managed to shield the ball impressively before laying

1047
01:24:47,000 --> 01:24:52,000
it off to Samardzic, who slotted it neatly with a toe poke into the bottom corner.

1048
01:24:52,000 --> 01:24:56,000
Tell them what this did to your Fanta on the other one.

1049
01:24:56,000 --> 01:25:00,000
Okay, so I have two Fanta cultures, Matthew resents one of them.

1050
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:02,000
Because he's not in it.

1051
01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:07,000
I think it's silly to have two Fantas, I really think it is, man.

1052
01:25:07,000 --> 01:25:11,000
I mean, it's fun, I'm sure it's fun, but how can you never happy like...

1053
01:25:11,000 --> 01:25:12,000
I'm always happy, bro.

1054
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:15,000
You're always happy, but you're always sad.

1055
01:25:15,000 --> 01:25:16,000
I'm always sad.

1056
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:26,000
So basically I was losing 4-2, and it was Monday, and you know, results come out on Tuesdays,

1057
01:25:26,000 --> 01:25:28,000
the last game, Modena's over on...

1058
01:25:28,000 --> 01:25:32,000
We've been depressed this week, obviously, because of what happened on the weekend.

1059
01:25:32,000 --> 01:25:36,000
And losing 4-2 on fancy football isn't good, and I'm in second place, and I really needed

1060
01:25:36,000 --> 01:25:40,000
a point at least, you know, to keep up with the person who's first, who happens to be...

1061
01:25:40,000 --> 01:25:43,000
No, it's not Mintov, actually, it's Kurt Sultana, shout out Kurt.

1062
01:25:43,000 --> 01:25:48,000
Now, I had Samardzic playing, and he had Rodrigo Bacal.

1063
01:25:48,000 --> 01:25:52,000
Rodrigo Bacal scored their own goal, his rating goes down to a 3.

1064
01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:56,000
Samardzic scores, his rating goes up to a 10, and suddenly we come 3-3, and I get a point.

1065
01:25:56,000 --> 01:25:58,000
That's crazy, man.

1066
01:25:58,000 --> 01:25:59,000
That's crazy.

1067
01:25:59,000 --> 01:26:01,000
I sent him a voice note to taunt him.

1068
01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:04,000
The guy who was against Lovic Lampied.

1069
01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:10,000
Until you do, I have Lovic in my team, and Steve, who I was against, our resident Juve fan,

1070
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:18,000
you've heard from him before, he has Bacal, and initially it was a Lovic goal for me that made it 4-1,

1071
01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:22,000
but instead it turned into a Bacal own goal, which made it 3-0 for me.

1072
01:26:22,000 --> 01:26:24,000
So either way, very happy.

1073
01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:26,000
Yeah, this is what I sent.

1074
01:26:26,000 --> 01:26:32,000
So he tagged me on the WhatsApp chat and said, no comment on what's happening, and I said...

1075
01:26:32,000 --> 01:26:40,000
Bro, I don't want to fucking speak too soon and jinx everything, but I can't believe it.

1076
01:26:40,000 --> 01:26:43,000
And he said, me neither, I want to cry, that's all.

1077
01:26:43,000 --> 01:26:51,000
We came all the way here, we came all the way here, to see the Lord Beka.

1078
01:26:55,000 --> 01:27:01,000
We have to say, Bacal scored an own goal with the same head that has made Milan fans cry on so many times,

1079
01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:04,000
and that has made other people come in five seconds.

1080
01:27:07,000 --> 01:27:11,000
Guys, if you don't play Fanta culture, you should totally get into it.

1081
01:27:11,000 --> 01:27:17,000
Find a few friends of yours who are passionate, who will actually do their team every weekend.

1082
01:27:17,000 --> 01:27:19,000
It's so much fun, guys.

1083
01:27:19,000 --> 01:27:22,000
For sure, man. For sure. It changes your weekend entirely.

1084
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:28,000
And when your team isn't performing well, at least you can look at your Fanta and that you could be performing well.

1085
01:27:28,000 --> 01:27:30,000
Exactly.

1086
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:38,000
So, Udinese had 55% ball possession, they took 26 shots compared to Hellas Verona's 10.

1087
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:43,000
Udinese had 8 shots on target, and Verona had 2 shots on target.

1088
01:27:43,000 --> 01:27:50,000
I think Verona started the game quick, as they have been recently, as they were known for in the past.

1089
01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:54,000
But obviously when they weren't performing well, they didn't have that trait to them,

1090
01:27:54,000 --> 01:28:01,000
but they're managing to start games off fast. Again, I think Zaffaroni has reinstilled this kind of identity in them.

1091
01:28:01,000 --> 01:28:09,000
However, if there is then one place that Udinese kind of, where they're good essentially,

1092
01:28:09,000 --> 01:28:12,000
is that they have 90 minutes of play in them.

1093
01:28:12,000 --> 01:28:16,000
And this allowed them not only to get back into the game, but for the rest of the game,

1094
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:22,000
they were the better side, throughout the, after Verona scored really.

1095
01:28:22,000 --> 01:28:28,000
Still, obviously they're missing certain key pieces within their team, with Pereira and Delafour out.

1096
01:28:28,000 --> 01:28:35,000
Delafour out injured, requires surgery. Pereira, I think it's more of a precautionary kind of thing.

1097
01:28:35,000 --> 01:28:41,000
So I think once they get those back in and running, well, they won't be at full flow again,

1098
01:28:41,000 --> 01:28:45,000
but they'll be much better and maybe they'll make quick work of a side like Verona.

1099
01:28:45,000 --> 01:28:48,000
Yes, Verona have really tightened things up.

1100
01:28:48,000 --> 01:28:54,000
They are the team in the bottom three who have got their shit together the most.

1101
01:28:54,000 --> 01:29:03,000
Udinese came up against a tough opponent without two key pieces and they lost two valuable points over here.

1102
01:29:03,000 --> 01:29:11,000
Verona are currently in 18th with 13 points, while Udinese are 7th with 29 points.

1103
01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:17,000
The next game we're going to be covering is Bologna 2, Spezia 0. It is my turn, right?

1104
01:29:17,000 --> 01:29:19,000
I think so.

1105
01:29:19,000 --> 01:29:27,000
Yes, it is. Bologna 2, Spezia 0. So Bologna lined up in their 4-2-3-1 formation with Skorupski in goal,

1106
01:29:27,000 --> 01:29:33,000
Cambiasso as their left back, Posz as their right back and Lukumi and Saumauro as the two centre backs.

1107
01:29:33,000 --> 01:29:38,000
Schouten and Morrow as the double pivot, Soriano out on the left or Solini out on the right,

1108
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:43,000
Ferguson in the attacking mid with Zergzei up front.

1109
01:29:43,000 --> 01:29:50,000
For Spezia it was a 3-4-1-2 formation with Drangowski in goal, a backline of Amian, Kaldara and Nikolaou.

1110
01:29:50,000 --> 01:29:55,000
Holm out on the right and Drake out on the left with Ampadu, Borabja and Kovalenko in the middle,

1111
01:29:55,000 --> 01:29:59,000
Agudelo up front alongside Emmanuel Giassi.

1112
01:29:59,000 --> 01:30:08,000
So in the 36th minute Cambiasso's cross was controlled by Orsolini and hoofed into the roof of the net by Posz from close range.

1113
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:14,000
Shout out to Zergzei for his good work out wide and the build up, really good close ball control over there,

1114
01:30:14,000 --> 01:30:17,000
managing to contribute very well to this goal.

1115
01:30:17,000 --> 01:30:21,000
Zergzei is a hot talent man and he's playing really well under Mota.

1116
01:30:21,000 --> 01:30:25,000
Bologna are playing really well under Mota and they were by far the better team.

1117
01:30:25,000 --> 01:30:31,000
I can't stress this point about Zergzei, he flows.

1118
01:30:31,000 --> 01:30:40,000
He's silky, he's smooth, he's got good close ball control, does he have an eye for a goal?

1119
01:30:40,000 --> 01:30:44,000
That's the question and I guess we'll figure that out soon enough.

1120
01:30:44,000 --> 01:30:48,000
He's a young player, tall, technical, very excited.

1121
01:30:48,000 --> 01:30:51,000
He's got Bayern Munich on his resume as well.

1122
01:30:51,000 --> 01:30:55,000
And he's got Mournoutov, who has his Mente, I can learn a lot from him.

1123
01:30:55,000 --> 01:31:01,000
100% Skorupski had a highlight reel double save as he got down well to deny Rekha's long range strike

1124
01:31:01,000 --> 01:31:06,000
and threw himself between Jasi and the empty net to deny the Ghanaian a rare goal.

1125
01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:12,000
Brilliant save by Skorupski, I always say what a massive fan I am of him, it's no different over here.

1126
01:31:12,000 --> 01:31:16,000
Orsolini thought he wrapped up the victory after tapping in Soriano's cross shot,

1127
01:31:16,000 --> 01:31:18,000
but he was deemed to be in an offside position.

1128
01:31:18,000 --> 01:31:24,000
However, then in the 77th minute he did manage to wrap up the game after a brilliant true ball by Dominguez

1129
01:31:24,000 --> 01:31:30,000
from his own half, but Orsolini cleaned through on goal and the Italian finished brilliantly into the top corner.

1130
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:37,000
Orsolini likes a finish into the roof of the net slash into the top corner, he rarely goes for those low ones, catches the keeper off guard.

1131
01:31:37,000 --> 01:31:42,000
He scores as many as he misses, right? That's the thing with Orsolini.

1132
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:44,000
He also never passes.

1133
01:31:44,000 --> 01:31:46,000
He never passes.

1134
01:31:46,000 --> 01:31:51,000
But himself, Soriano and Dominguez have found some very good form,

1135
01:31:51,000 --> 01:31:56,000
something that they each struggle with, especially Soriano and Orsolini.

1136
01:31:56,000 --> 01:32:01,000
But they're ticking now, they're ticking under Mota and they're looking very good, man.

1137
01:32:01,000 --> 01:32:08,000
That assist by Dominguez for the second goal was sensational, sensational, man.

1138
01:32:08,000 --> 01:32:13,000
They tore Spezia apart, Spezia looked to struggle, especially without Nzola.

1139
01:32:13,000 --> 01:32:17,000
They have brought in Shomorodov from Roma, and that's an exciting signing.

1140
01:32:17,000 --> 01:32:23,000
If you do play Fanta culture, you might want to pick him up over there. I can see Shomorodov doing quite well with the Spezia team.

1141
01:32:23,000 --> 01:32:28,000
The guy is a decent striker, he needs a new environment to express himself and this might be the perfect place.

1142
01:32:28,000 --> 01:32:33,000
And you only need two things to play for Spezia, and that is not being the first choice in your team,

1143
01:32:33,000 --> 01:32:38,000
but having a massive set of nuts. And that's exactly what Shomorodov does.

1144
01:32:38,000 --> 01:32:40,000
The man from Uzbekistan, is it?

1145
01:32:40,000 --> 01:32:42,000
I believe it is Uzbekistan.

1146
01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:50,000
I mean, Bologna control this game over a struggling Spezia side, you know you have Bologna that are playing very good football at the moment and are finding themselves.

1147
01:32:50,000 --> 01:32:58,000
Whereas Spezia, you can't fault their efforts, but they're nowhere on the same level as Bologna, obviously at the moment.

1148
01:32:58,000 --> 01:33:02,000
They're nowhere near the level of most teams in Serie A this season.

1149
01:33:02,000 --> 01:33:10,000
In fact, they only managed to get six shots away, whereas Bologna managed to get 18 and Bologna controlled the position as well, 58 to 42.

1150
01:33:10,000 --> 01:33:19,000
Verona continue to climb closer to Spezia to escape the relegation zone, as Spezia are currently on 18 points and Verona are currently on 13 points.

1151
01:33:19,000 --> 01:33:20,000
Yep.

1152
01:33:20,000 --> 01:33:28,000
We'll see, we'll see. Spezia have survived three seasons in a row in Serie A, let's see if they can continue to do it.

1153
01:33:28,000 --> 01:33:32,000
And let's see if they can rack things up. Let's see if Shomorodov can come in and make a difference over here.

1154
01:33:32,000 --> 01:33:37,000
Yes, sir. On the other hand, Bologna are in ninth place on 26 points.

1155
01:33:37,000 --> 01:33:42,000
They have something to play for over here. Bologna, it's very tight in their area.

1156
01:33:42,000 --> 01:33:49,000
Odinese, who are seventh, are on 29 points. Torino, who are eighth, are on 27 points.

1157
01:33:49,000 --> 01:33:57,000
Bologna and Empoli are on 26. Monza just behind them on 25. Fiorentina on 24. Juve on 23. Salernetana on 21.

1158
01:33:57,000 --> 01:34:03,000
Then let's dress as Wallo on 20. What a league, what a league, what a league.

1159
01:34:03,000 --> 01:34:09,000
The next game we're going to be covering is Empoli 2, Torino 2, one of the most exciting games of the weekend.

1160
01:34:09,000 --> 01:34:16,000
Empoli lined up with their 4-3-1-2 formation with Vicario on goal, Kakaccio on the left, Abuehi on the right,

1161
01:34:16,000 --> 01:34:20,000
with De Winter and Luperto at the back. Bandinelli, Márden and Akba Akpro were in the middle,

1162
01:34:20,000 --> 01:34:28,000
with Baldanzi in the free roll and the trequartista position. Caputo and Satriano were the duo up front.

1163
01:34:28,000 --> 01:34:35,000
For Torino it was their 3-4-1-2 formation with Milankovic-Salvic on goal, Schürr's Buongiorno and Riccardo Rodriguez at the back,

1164
01:34:35,000 --> 01:34:43,000
with Bailleje and Voi on the wings, with Linetti and Ricci as the double pivot with Vlasic in front of them,

1165
01:34:43,000 --> 01:34:51,000
Demba sec up front alongside Radonjic. You will realise over here that Torino arrested some players for the Coppa Italia clash against Fiorentina, which they lost.

1166
01:34:51,000 --> 01:35:00,000
Bellotti just got his first goal for Roma over here in the Coppa Italia. Nice, that's a little too late for them, it's like the 94th minute.

1167
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:03,000
Yeah, they've got one minute left of playing.

1168
01:35:03,000 --> 01:35:11,000
So it all started off in the 37th minute when Luperto bagged his first ever Seia goal after heading in Márden's corner at the near post.

1169
01:35:11,000 --> 01:35:17,000
What a goal that was. In the 59th minute, Richie's back heel volley struck the post after a Voi-Voda cross,

1170
01:35:17,000 --> 01:35:23,000
denying the Italian a goal against his former team. He looked inspired, Richie, he wanted to do some damage over there.

1171
01:35:23,000 --> 01:35:24,000
Really and truly, man.

1172
01:35:24,000 --> 01:35:30,000
In the 68th minute, Márden scored thanks to a Caputo assist. Now this goal was sensational.

1173
01:35:30,000 --> 01:35:38,000
It's not often that one leaves Van Jummelinkovic-Salvic rooted to the spot, but the stadium stood still as Márden fired the first-time knuckleball

1174
01:35:38,000 --> 01:35:43,000
into the fucking far-top corner from outside the area. Could have easily been goal of the week.

1175
01:35:43,000 --> 01:35:49,000
Definitely, man, and one of the goals of the season thus far. Find a cleaner strike. I dare you.

1176
01:35:49,000 --> 01:35:58,000
In the 81st minute, the Torino comeback started. They introduced a few of their starters, and after no shortage of trying,

1177
01:35:58,000 --> 01:36:01,000
Richie finally managed to get a goal against his former team.

1178
01:36:01,000 --> 01:36:07,000
Rangxuk's cross was controlled by Schuers and finished off by Richie, with Vicario almost managing to keep it out to one.

1179
01:36:07,000 --> 01:36:14,000
In the 85th minute, Sanabria, who had come on, managed to curl the ball into the bottom corner from just outside the area,

1180
01:36:14,000 --> 01:36:19,000
as he was given a second of space. The Spaniard can be quite lethal.

1181
01:36:19,000 --> 01:36:26,000
In the 89th minute, Torino thought they had completed the most dramatic of comebacks after Mironxuk's half volley hit the post.

1182
01:36:26,000 --> 01:36:28,000
It would have been another sensational goal.

1183
01:36:28,000 --> 01:36:32,000
What a game, brother. What a game. What a game.

1184
01:36:32,000 --> 01:36:41,000
One could say that this was a direct clash for Europe. Astorino are currently 8th with 26 points, and the Tascana are only one point away.

1185
01:36:41,000 --> 01:36:51,000
Yes, and you look at how long a season is, and it's moments like this that could define the story of certain teams.

1186
01:36:51,000 --> 01:36:59,000
It would obviously be premature to say that these teams are fighting for Europe, with it being so early on in the season.

1187
01:36:59,000 --> 01:37:07,000
But had Empoli, for example, gotten a victory over here and got a good run of form to them, which they're currently on,

1188
01:37:07,000 --> 01:37:11,000
it could be a totally different story, man. The squad's mentality would be totally different.

1189
01:37:11,000 --> 01:37:15,000
Do you think it was foolish of Torino to rest players for the Coppa Italia?

1190
01:37:15,000 --> 01:37:19,000
I mean, yes, absolutely. Absolutely. I mean...

1191
01:37:19,000 --> 01:37:22,000
You saw the damage they did when they brought on their starters.

1192
01:37:22,000 --> 01:37:26,000
Exactly, exactly. And they got two goals in quick succession over there. That wasn't a coincidence, guys.

1193
01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:30,000
It wasn't just a shift in form. It wasn't just a shift in momentum.

1194
01:37:30,000 --> 01:37:36,000
They did introduce players that they would normally start, the real game changers that they normally have available.

1195
01:37:36,000 --> 01:37:42,000
But it just goes to show, you know, maybe Torino aren't really aspiring for Europe.

1196
01:37:42,000 --> 01:37:46,000
Maybe they want to progress in the Coppa. Maybe they want some silverware.

1197
01:37:46,000 --> 01:37:51,000
They know they're not going to get relegated. It's very unlikely that they do get relegated.

1198
01:37:51,000 --> 01:37:56,000
So, yeah, it just shows you what the team's prioritising right now.

1199
01:37:56,000 --> 01:38:00,000
Totally, bro. So Torino brought in Ilić. Yeah.

1200
01:38:00,000 --> 01:38:06,000
But one player who made the difference in this game was Lukic off the bench.

1201
01:38:06,000 --> 01:38:11,000
He came on and he played amazingly, but unfortunately he's been sold to Fulham.

1202
01:38:11,000 --> 01:38:17,000
Exactly. So we won't be seeing him anymore. Another good little player that leaves the league.

1203
01:38:17,000 --> 01:38:23,000
I'm going to miss Sasha Lukic, man. I'm really going to miss him. I wish him the best of luck.

1204
01:38:23,000 --> 01:38:26,000
Yeah, same. In his endeavours with Fulham.

1205
01:38:26,000 --> 01:38:32,000
But yes, MPOLI continue to play their attractive brand of football that Zanetti promotes.

1206
01:38:32,000 --> 01:38:36,000
As I always say, we saw glimpses of this with Venezia with the worst team,

1207
01:38:36,000 --> 01:38:44,000
but now that he actually has a decent team to manage, he's doing way better and his brand is really coming off.

1208
01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:50,000
Torino, on the other hand, continue to be pretty hit and miss, perhaps a little bit naive over here, resting players.

1209
01:38:50,000 --> 01:38:55,000
I think they could have taken all three points had they approached this game with their starters.

1210
01:38:55,000 --> 01:38:59,000
I don't particularly like Baeyeh out wide. I don't think he's ready to be starting.

1211
01:38:59,000 --> 01:39:04,000
Sec is playing out of position up front. I think starting Sanabria would have been the way to go, of course.

1212
01:39:04,000 --> 01:39:07,000
But whatever, they probably thought they could get the job done.

1213
01:39:07,000 --> 01:39:12,000
Yeah, that's another point. Maybe they're not prioritising the Copa.

1214
01:39:12,000 --> 01:39:15,000
Maybe it's just a lack of respect they had for their opponents over there as well.

1215
01:39:15,000 --> 01:39:20,000
But it's very unlike a manager like Juric to underestimate a side.

1216
01:39:20,000 --> 01:39:25,000
He's one of those coaches that overprepairs for every single fixture.

1217
01:39:25,000 --> 01:39:30,000
Yeah, but in this case, it was not the case.

1218
01:39:30,000 --> 01:39:37,000
You look at the stats, Torino had 54% of ball possession as each team had four shots on target apiece.

1219
01:39:37,000 --> 01:39:45,000
It was a very balanced game, a story of two halves, Empoli dominating the first one, Torino coming back with their starters in the second.

1220
01:39:45,000 --> 01:39:48,000
That is what sums up the game perfectly.

1221
01:39:48,000 --> 01:39:53,000
Torino are in eighth with 27 points, Empoli are in tenth with 26 points.

1222
01:39:53,000 --> 01:40:02,000
The next game we're going to be covering and the final game we're going to be covering is Lecce 1-Salernetana 2 relegation battle.

1223
01:40:02,000 --> 01:40:12,000
Falcone in goal for Lecce as they start in their 4-3-3 formation with Petzell out on the left, Gendre out on the right and Umtiti and Basquirotta forming that formidable back two.

1224
01:40:12,000 --> 01:40:20,000
Mahle, Hülmend and Blin in the midfield with Streffetza out on the left, Udin out on the right and Colombo up front.

1225
01:40:20,000 --> 01:40:28,000
For Salernetana it was also a 4-3-3 formation with Ochoa on goal and the back line of Sambia, Truste, Kong, Bron and Braderich.

1226
01:40:28,000 --> 01:40:37,000
It was Koulibaly, Bohinen and Villena that formed their midfield three with Kandrev out on the right, DIA out on the left and Piontek up front.

1227
01:40:37,000 --> 01:40:45,000
In the fourth minute DIA half-vollied the ball cleanly into the bottom corner from outside the area after a defensive header by Petzella.

1228
01:40:45,000 --> 01:40:54,000
It was an absolutely fantastic strike by DIA. It was in contention for our goal of the week as well, especially since it happened quite early on during the weekend.

1229
01:40:54,000 --> 01:40:58,000
We were like, okay, that's our goal of the week sorted. Little did we know.

1230
01:40:58,000 --> 01:41:07,000
Sambia forced Falcone into a good save after going for a free kick from some serious distance. A wall wasn't even set up.

1231
01:41:07,000 --> 01:41:15,000
It reminded me of that goal that Chala Noglo had scored in Germany. Similar hit as well, just didn't get that bob to it.

1232
01:41:15,000 --> 01:41:17,000
And it was that far out.

1233
01:41:17,000 --> 01:41:19,000
Exactly, and Falcone managed to save it.

1234
01:41:19,000 --> 01:41:32,000
In the 19th minute Villena made it 2-4 Salernitana. Lecce were dispossessed in their own half and Umtiti would be disappointed after failing to deal with DIA's through ball as it fell to Villena who finished well.

1235
01:41:32,000 --> 01:41:38,000
A rare error you would see by Umtiti over there as to be honest, he should have intercepted that.

1236
01:41:38,000 --> 01:41:42,000
However, it was only four minutes later that Streffetza managed to pull one back.

1237
01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:50,000
Somehow he managed to control Petzella's hard driven ball and dive into a finish inside the area making it 2-1.

1238
01:41:50,000 --> 01:41:56,000
In the 32nd minute, just nine minutes later, Sambia cleared the ball off the line to deny Heulman.

1239
01:41:56,000 --> 01:42:07,000
The first half was very exciting, second half not so much and the game ends 2-1 to Salernitana giving Davide Nicola a victory upon his return.

1240
01:42:07,000 --> 01:42:11,000
Bro, Salernitana were amazing with this game.

1241
01:42:11,000 --> 01:42:13,000
They really really were man.

1242
01:42:13,000 --> 01:42:19,000
They dealt an early double blow just like an experienced Serie A side, they managed to hold onto it until the end.

1243
01:42:19,000 --> 01:42:25,000
Particularly I thought that Salernitana dropping deep to cover the wings after the 2-0 was an amazing idea.

1244
01:42:25,000 --> 01:42:30,000
They managed to shut out Bandan and Streffetza using their midfielders to double mark them.

1245
01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:36,000
That left lots of space for Lecce's midfield to do some damage but that's when Christophe Piontek comes in bro.

1246
01:42:36,000 --> 01:42:40,000
What a masterful defensive shift this guy put in, what a mature display.

1247
01:42:40,000 --> 01:42:42,000
He was all over those creative midfielders man.

1248
01:42:42,000 --> 01:42:46,000
These are the sorts of performances that go under the radar.

1249
01:42:46,000 --> 01:42:50,000
Piontek hasn't been scoring, Piontek is playing with Salernitana.

1250
01:42:50,000 --> 01:42:56,000
He's putting in these massive displays and that won them the game over here.

1251
01:42:56,000 --> 01:43:00,000
Salernitana nowadays do have some big names in their team.

1252
01:43:00,000 --> 01:43:08,000
When I say big names I mean Piontek, DIA, Ochoa, some familiar faces, exactly, Candreva.

1253
01:43:08,000 --> 01:43:11,000
But they're not a team of individuals, they are a team.

1254
01:43:11,000 --> 01:43:14,000
And this is what saved them from relegation last year.

1255
01:43:14,000 --> 01:43:24,000
It's what Davide Nicola promoted and it's what they still have because of Davide Nicola and the team he's created over here.

1256
01:43:24,000 --> 01:43:27,000
That's it, that's Salernitana for you.

1257
01:43:27,000 --> 01:43:32,000
They've moved away, Davide Nicola has moved away from the 3-5-2 formation.

1258
01:43:32,000 --> 01:43:34,000
He's gone for a 4-3-3.

1259
01:43:34,000 --> 01:43:38,000
This 4-3-3 transforms to a 4-5-1 in the not in possession phase.

1260
01:43:38,000 --> 01:43:41,000
DIA has been playing on the wing, he's been playing amazingly.

1261
01:43:41,000 --> 01:43:46,000
Trostekong has come in and he's playing like he's been there for ages quite frankly.

1262
01:43:46,000 --> 01:43:51,000
And yes Salernitana can be proud of this display, they can hold their heads up high.

1263
01:43:51,000 --> 01:43:53,000
Davide Nicola is back baby.

1264
01:43:53,000 --> 01:43:57,000
Yes he is and Salernitana quite safe right now.

1265
01:43:57,000 --> 01:44:00,000
They actually jumped Lecce because of this game.

1266
01:44:00,000 --> 01:44:05,000
So Salernitana are now in 14th on 21 points, Lecce in 15th on 20 points.

1267
01:44:05,000 --> 01:44:13,000
Both of them are still 7 and 8 points clear of Verona in relegation and they have Sassuola and Spezia behind them.

1268
01:44:13,000 --> 01:44:17,000
Whose Spezia situation is far more dire than both these teams.

1269
01:44:17,000 --> 01:44:24,000
Especially when you see that Salernitana two seasons ago were in Serie A, Lecce were in Serie A last year.

1270
01:44:24,000 --> 01:44:34,000
And we had the debate a couple of years ago bro of teams coming up to Serie A and just going back down instantly.

1271
01:44:34,000 --> 01:44:41,000
And Mintov I remember had asked us a question, he had asked us what can the Serie A do to avoid this,

1272
01:44:41,000 --> 01:44:48,000
to promote teams coming up from Serie A but doing better, should they be given funds to do better, so on so forth.

1273
01:44:48,000 --> 01:44:52,000
Should less teams get relegated, should less teams get promoted.

1274
01:44:52,000 --> 01:44:57,000
But wow over the past two seasons we've really seen newly promoted teams putting in a shift.

1275
01:44:57,000 --> 01:45:03,000
Projects, we've seen projects coming up and we've seen those not willing to invest get punished.

1276
01:45:03,000 --> 01:45:08,000
We've seen the likes of Genoa and Sampdoria struggle, we've seen the likes of Verona struggle, Justice,

1277
01:45:08,000 --> 01:45:12,000
Caliari and Parma are two big examples. Genoa.

1278
01:45:12,000 --> 01:45:16,000
It's true yeah. I mean it's good to see to be honest.

1279
01:45:16,000 --> 01:45:23,000
You are rewarded for your positivity, you are punished for your negativity. Exactly.

1280
01:45:23,000 --> 01:45:28,000
We forgot to mention, so wait let's say yes, okay you mentioned where they are on the table so we can move on to this point.

1281
01:45:28,000 --> 01:45:38,000
We forgot to mention Zaniolo. Zaniolo bro was trying to force himself out of Roma by publicly stating that he wants to leave.

1282
01:45:38,000 --> 01:45:41,000
Yes a very dangerous game when Mourinho is your man.

1283
01:45:41,000 --> 01:45:47,000
There were the likes of Tottenham that seemed to be interested, there was Milan who were very interested.

1284
01:45:47,000 --> 01:45:53,000
Burnmouth. Burnmouth put in an offer of 30 million and Roma were just like you know what if no one matches that offer you're not going anywhere.

1285
01:45:53,000 --> 01:45:57,000
Milan put in an offer I believe of like 23 million rejected by Roma.

1286
01:45:57,000 --> 01:46:03,000
Now because Zaniolo didn't want to join Burnmouth, Roma were ready to let him go to go to Burnmouth.

1287
01:46:03,000 --> 01:46:10,000
He's like no I want to go to Milan so Roma were just waiting for Milan to match the offer for someone to match the offer.

1288
01:46:10,000 --> 01:46:20,000
So after all this Zaniolo changed his mind and he was like you know what actually I'd rather not be frozen out of the squad for the rest of the season.

1289
01:46:20,000 --> 01:46:29,000
Fine I'll join Burnmouth no problem but then Burnmouth couldn't actually put in an offer because they had signed Hamad Traore another gem leaving Serie A from Sassuolo.

1290
01:46:29,000 --> 01:46:35,000
So Zaniolo is currently frozen out of the Roma squad and things aren't looking great for him.

1291
01:46:35,000 --> 01:46:45,000
But the positive thing is that Mourinho is his manager and Mourinho is so the type to you know if he needs him he'll just be like ah my boy you're back you know.

1292
01:46:45,000 --> 01:46:49,000
Let's get back to it he's so the type to do that.

1293
01:46:49,000 --> 01:47:00,000
Zaniolo even moved out of Rome to live in I believe correct me if I'm wrong it might be something crazy I'm saying to La Spezia.

1294
01:47:00,000 --> 01:47:02,000
I don't know where Zaniolo is living.

1295
01:47:02,000 --> 01:47:07,000
Well he's living out of Rome because the fans were giving him too much of a hard time.

1296
01:47:07,000 --> 01:47:09,000
He was threatened in his own home.

1297
01:47:09,000 --> 01:47:14,000
Yes I saw the news article he was threatened in his own home so he's living in La Spezia.

1298
01:47:14,000 --> 01:47:20,000
I don't know if it's La Spezia because I believe La Spezia is next to Cinque Terre and that's quite far from Rome.

1299
01:47:20,000 --> 01:47:22,000
Yes okay I'm not sure.

1300
01:47:22,000 --> 01:47:26,000
Well guys we just don't want to give away where Zaniolo is living we know.

1301
01:47:26,000 --> 01:47:27,000
We know.

1302
01:47:27,000 --> 01:47:30,000
We got you Zani we know you're going to be a Milan player next week.

1303
01:47:30,000 --> 01:47:33,000
Bro.

1304
01:47:33,000 --> 01:47:40,000
Cremonezza have eliminated Roma from the Coppa Italia with a score of 2-1.

1305
01:47:40,000 --> 01:47:45,000
The pelotigor was not enough to cancel out Charles Pickle and who else scored?

1306
01:47:45,000 --> 01:47:46,000
Charles Pickle.

1307
01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:48,000
From the penalty.

1308
01:47:48,000 --> 01:47:49,000
Desers.

1309
01:47:49,000 --> 01:47:50,000
Desers.

1310
01:47:50,000 --> 01:47:58,000
Yeah good win for Cremonezza as they head to the semi-finals and they'll face either Juve or Lazio.

1311
01:47:58,000 --> 01:48:06,000
Yes if Cremonezza or Fiorentina win the Coppa Italia sixth place goes to Conference League.

1312
01:48:06,000 --> 01:48:08,000
Wow.

1313
01:48:08,000 --> 01:48:09,000
Yeah.

1314
01:48:09,000 --> 01:48:12,000
Wow sixth place goes to Conference League.

1315
01:48:12,000 --> 01:48:16,000
Yes because winning the Coppa Italia guarantees you a Rappali qualification.

1316
01:48:16,000 --> 01:48:18,000
Wow okay.

1317
01:48:18,000 --> 01:48:19,000
Very exciting stuff.

1318
01:48:19,000 --> 01:48:21,000
Very exciting stuff.

1319
01:48:21,000 --> 01:48:25,000
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1320
01:48:25,000 --> 01:48:26,000
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1321
01:48:26,000 --> 01:48:30,000
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1322
01:48:30,000 --> 01:48:32,000
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1327
01:48:38,000 --> 01:48:39,000
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1328
01:48:39,000 --> 01:48:40,000
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1329
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1330
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1334
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