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

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30 and we are hosts Matt and Jake here to discuss all the happenings of Matchday 27

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of Serie A which included 2 derbies, a Milan upset and a relegation 6-pointer.

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Absolutely action packed as a weekend bro, not many high quality goals in my opinion

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for this one.

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No, not too many, I believe there was the only one that kind of stood out to us apart

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from that Napoli one touch play that led to a second goal was Gabbi Addini's second goal

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against Verona.

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Yeah, what a strike that was on the turn, he created space very well, it was a snapshot

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essentially and it was perfect, very difficult to save over there.

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Yeah, captain leading by example over there in the relegation 6-pointer.

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Our betting segment, victory back to winning ways, that makes it like I believe 4 victories

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in 5 now?

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Something like that.

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We bet that Juve would win or draw against Inter and that there'd be over 2 yellow cards

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in the game and we won.

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This was kind of clear to us considering Inter's current form and Juve's current form arguably

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the second best team in the league at the moment.

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At the moment I would say so, I know a couple of weeks ago I said that was Roma but football

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moves so quickly, teams derail so quickly and teams rise to the occasion so quickly.

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Absolutely, I noticed that I just said Apple Play and Google Podcasts.

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Is it Apple Podcasts and Google Play?

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Yeah exactly, it is Apple Podcasts nowadays, iTunes doesn't exist anymore?

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No, I don't think it does.

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I think there's Apple Music.

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You can tell I'm the Android guy over here.

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Well I'm not too well versed on Apple either, I just own their products because of AirDrop.

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There's really few other reasons that I use Macbooks.

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We were blessed this week to witness an Antonio Conte public meltdown.

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My god, that had to be, now I know I'm a Serie A guy and I don't have an anti-prem agenda

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but I have an anti-prem agenda but this had to be the most entertaining thing that happened

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all weekend man.

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This is the second best Italian slating an English team that we've seen, slating Spurs

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specifically, that we've seen since Scallini right?

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When he basically said that is the history of the Tottenham.

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That's basically what Conte kind of said as well.

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It is, it is.

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I have some sound bites over here bro from the interview.

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This is my personal favourite.

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The situation went to become worst.

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I think as an English teacher, I think it'd be a terrible student to teach Conte.

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I think it would be but at least he had a message and he gave the message and he delivered

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it.

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You know what I mean?

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The situation went to become worst dude.

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There you go.

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Here's another one.

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I don't want to see what I have seen today because this is unacceptable.

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Also for the respect for the fans.

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They follow us, pay the tickets and to see the team another time.

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To have this type of performance for me, I repeat, this is unacceptable.

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So we can agree that it's unacceptable.

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It's absolutely unacceptable by Spurs.

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Hey, he has every right to be livid but I do think that maybe he didn't try to get himself

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sacked but maybe he was like, fuck it.

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If I'm sacked, pros and cons maybe.

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Yes, that's it bro.

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At this point I think he understands that his Spurs career is over.

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There's no chance he's spending another season.

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Most likely he'll end up back in Serie A.

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So we'll see whether it's at Inter, whether it's at Milan.

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We'll see.

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Whoever decides to splash the cash and win a trophy and then have to deal with the nagging

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basically.

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Because that's the way it works with content.

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Pretty much.

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He's on 15 million pounds a season, I believe.

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So that's going to be very hard to match for any Serie A team.

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Yeah, he'll have to probably settle for a pay cut over there.

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Absolutely brother.

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So I'll take you guys through the run down of matchday 27 of Serie A and the order, naturally,

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which we will be discussing them in.

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So we start with some double derby drama.

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Juve got the victory and the derby d'Italia a way to Inter with a score of 1-0 where there

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was some controversy to say the least.

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That was Freddie Mercury singing Scandal for anyone who didn't realize there was in fact

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a game of volleyball that led to Kostich's goal, the only goal of the game.

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The next game was Lazio 1-0 in the derby de la Capitale, an early red card there for Ibanez,

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who at this point, I just think he's a bit of a donkey when it comes to the derby.

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At least that's another derby where he cost Roma three points.

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Odinese managed to beat Milan three goals to one.

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The previous encounter was matchday one where Milan beat Odinese three goals to one.

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There was a classic Becquiao goal in that game, naturally.

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Napoli visited Torino in their stadium and beat them four goals to nil.

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I really did think that Torino could do something over there considering their form, but obviously

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Napoli are way too strong.

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Atalanta...

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Thank you.

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Atalanta 2.

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Napoli 1, Atalanta back to winning ways, Salernitana went out to kill Bologna, but they came 2-2,

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a brilliant, brilliant game of football over there, jam-packed with drama.

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Fiorentina 1, Lecce nil.

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Fiorentina continue their winning ways.

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Sassuolo 1, Spezia nil.

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There was Monza 1, Cremona 1, two newly promoted sides going head to head over there.

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A relegation six-pointer between Sampdoria and Verona where Sampdoria got their third

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victory of the season, beating Verona three goals to one.

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Wow, bro, it seems like every matchday is just pivotal shit that's happening.

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At this point, we really are at the point of the season where every little decision

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made by every single player affects the outcome of the entire season.

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Of course, yes, and the decision of the referee as well will match the outcome of the season

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at this point.

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We are nearing the end of the season, the twilight part of the season.

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There are 11 games left in Serie A, so if teams actually are serious about top four

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at the moment, they do need to pick up a good run of form at the moment, particularly the

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Milan teams.

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Absolutely, absolutely the Milan teams.

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It's interesting we now see Inter that are just as much involved in the race to top four

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as any other side, as much as Roma, as much as Milan, as much as Lazio, and Juve are getting

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closer and closer and closer, bro.

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The teams keep on slipping up, Juve remain consistent.

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Yes, if it weren't for the points deduction, they would currently be on 56 points in second

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place ahead of Lazio, Inter, Milan and everyone else, of course, but still 15 points behind

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Napoli.

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So that just goes to show how good Napoli have been this season.

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Yeah, 15 is the magic number this season for Juve.

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It is looking likely that those 15 points are going to be granted back, but I don't

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understand the politics.

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I don't understand the behind the scenes.

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We don't have much more information, so unfortunately we can't give you an update on that, but just

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be prepared and all teams should aim for third just to be safe.

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Yes, bro.

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Inter nil, Juve won, is the first game we're going to be discussing this week.

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The reverse fixture was a Juventus victory, 2-0.

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And this was match number 180 between Inter and Juventus in the Serie A, the most played

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match in the history of the Serie A.

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Derby d'Italia, my friend.

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Yes, sir.

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There we go.

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Second place is Inter and Roma with 179, by the way.

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So they've just jumped them there.

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Juve are ahead in the record over here.

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So out of these 180 games, Juve have won 86 times, you, Inter have won 48 times and there

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were 45 draws.

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Wow, they're significantly ahead of them.

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Yeah.

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And in recent times, Inter have been struggling against Juve in Juve Stadium as, sorry, in

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their own stadium, as they've only won two of their 12 home league games against the

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Bianconeri with five draws and five losses.

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Another fun fact over here about Juve and how well they have been doing.

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Only Napoli with 23 goals have scored more goals than Juventus and Serie A since the beginning

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of 2023, Juve have scored 20.

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This is a max allegri Juve, which makes it all the more surprising.

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Exactly.

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And even the fact that it's decorated with young players at the moment, it's mad.

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It's like we're living in a parallel universe.

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Right.

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Inter have been defeated in four of their last seven, say, matches played after Champions

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League matches.

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Now this is interesting, including the last two in chronological order against Bologna

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and the one against Juve in the reverse fixture.

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So that might be a sign of an ageing squad, a squad that can't maybe keep up with the

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compact nature of the schedule.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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So let's get into the structure.

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For Inter, it was a 3-5-2 formation as always with Onana in goal, Archery by De Vrij and

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Darmian at the back with Di Marco on the left, Dumfries on the right, Cialanoglu Brozovic

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and Barela were in the middle with Martinez and Lukaku up front.

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For Juve, it was a 3-5-1-1 formation with Cesny in goal, Gatti, Bremer and Danilo at

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the back with De Cilio on the right, Kostic on the left, Rabiolo, Catelli and Fagioli in

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the middle and Vlaović playing up front with Sule playing off his shoulder.

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Inzaghi made three changes from the Porto game, bringing in Brozovic, De Vrij and Lukaku.

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Vastoni and Skriniar were not even fit for the bench, by the way.

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Archery by De Vrij and Darmian formed a makeshift backline over there.

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It's interesting to note how many youngsters Juve had.

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They had Sule over here, Fagioli and Gatti, they're all young bucks over there.

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As you see, their average age was 26.6.

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I keep thinking De Cilio is younger than he is because he always played like a very young

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player.

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And I would say even Locatelli.

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But Locatelli has shown significant strides of improvement and even in this match he was

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really really good.

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It's true, especially defensively.

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Many people think of Locatelli as this goal scoring midfielder because of the euros and

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the fact that he scored two goals during that tournament.

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But no, that's not his strongest suit.

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That ain't him.

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So the action started in the 18th minute when Inter created their best opportunity of the

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game.

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Barela and Lukaku played a swift one-two, so Lukaku playing Barela through who shot it

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straight to Cesny.

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And that at the time was, we thought, was a sign of more things to come for Inter.

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But that did not prove to be the case as that was their best scoring opportunity all game.

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In the 23rd minute Juventus volleyballed their way towards goal leading to Rabio playing

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it to Kostic, who placed it in, leaving Onana rooted to the spot.

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Now this goal can be studied.

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Of course there's a lot of controversy over here.

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It looked to hit three different hands and VAR checked the two handballs by Rabio, which

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granted might have not been, but the one that VAR did not check was the more controversial

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one on Vlachovic, exactly, where his arm was extended and it actually looked to be a handball.

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But somehow, of course, VAR did not spot that.

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Darmian was very slow to press bro over here and Dumfries got caught in no man's land.

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By the time he returned, he was blocking Onana's view of the ball.

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And eventually, yes, Kostic just guided it into the bottom corner.

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Needless to say, I think Onana was quite poorly placed in that goal as well.

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I know it was a good finish by Kostic and few keepers could have done anything about

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that, but he would have increased his chances had he been positioned more centrally.

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He was really, really off to his right, which allowed Kostic to go for the fast, to the

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far post and get the goal over there.

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Just a point about the handballs in the build up to that goal.

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The rule has been created in order to favor the attacking players so that we'll see more

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goals for the casuals, to see more goals and be more entertained by football.

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And sometimes the decision making isn't fair.

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Obviously, there was that controversy because they said they were checking two handballs

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and there were in fact three potential handballs in the build up to that.

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Vlachovic did use an arm to help him control the ball.

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It wasn't extended.

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It was kind of against his body.

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Still controversial over there.

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Rabio's initial one, his arm was kind of extended and it did bounce off his arm.

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Technically speaking, I think had this been 10 years ago, all three could have been given

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us handballs.

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But in today's day and age, with the amount of favors that strikers get by the referees,

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then they can close an eye for that.

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Yeah, perhaps, bro.

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Things did not get better for Inter in the first half as they managed just one shot on

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target for the rest of the half.

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They ended the first 45 minutes with 69% possession, five efforts to one target against Juve as

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two total shots and one on target.

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So far, Max Allegri masterclass.

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The second half, so Inter crossing the ball 36 times only, managing to get three shots

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on target out of 18 attempts.

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And the game eventually ended with a score of 1-0.

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Bro, obviously there was a fight at the end.

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D'Ambrosio and Paredes get sent off.

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It's always the bench players that go the craziest, right?

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Yeah.

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They'll be watching the game like spectators.

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They're watching their favorite team go head to head.

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Tensions are running high, etc.

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You're right to point that out.

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I think they understand maybe they're less valuable and if anyone's going to say something,

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it best be a bench player and not a concrete starter.

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Yeah, definitely.

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Lukaku and Lautaro had two shots together combined, I believe, on target.

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My God.

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Lukaku had 23 touches all game.

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He was neutralized perfectly, to be honest, expertly by Bremer while Gatti was responsible

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for neutralizing Lautaro Martinez and he did a fantastic job as well.

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We mentioned that Juve might be quick in the market next summer after they will probably

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lose Bonucci considering he is getting old and is showing in his performances.

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Gatti, however, is a strong candidate to be fighting for that place as the third defender.

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Young Italian, which is something Juve like quite a lot and he put in a spectacular performance

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over here.

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We don't see a lot of Gatti.

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We definitely don't see a lot of mistakes from Gatti.

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He's a very, very solid defender.

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He's a young talent.

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Really good player, which by the way, on a side note over here, Montrini, the manager

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of the Italian national team, of course, has criticized Milan recently saying that they

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do not field enough Italians and Italian teams in general don't field any young Italians.

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The 25 year old in Italy is considered a youth and all these claims, et cetera.

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But the guy still calls up Bonucci, who barely gets a sniff at Juve and looks terrible when

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he does.

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Then you have players like Gatti and Trasale playing amazing football and not getting called

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up.

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I mean, yes, but then there's also a lack of experience within that very young Italy

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team.

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So having a leader in the dressing room like Bonucci, I guess, goes a long way for a team

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like that.

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Think of Milan with Zlatan, for example.

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But I do think it's time to start giving Gatti some call ups because he's dying to be there.

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Think about the future.

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You've got Verratti there who's been there for ages.

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He could take on the role as a leader.

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You've got the likes of Ciro Mobila playing up front.

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I mean, he can take the helm as a leader.

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But anyway, not quite the personality that Bonucci has, but sure.

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One of the interesting things that I noticed about this game was that Juve's midfield actually

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looks very good.

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And Juve's midfield has been a talking point since the days of Vidal Perdomarchisio.

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They haven't had a solid midfield like this in a while, man.

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And you look at it, it's perfectly balanced at the moment.

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And they're racking up games together.

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These guys are getting used to each other.

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And you can really see it.

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Rabiot, Locatelli, Fagioli.

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You've got a little bit of everything over there.

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Yeah, I think it's very good.

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They're very effective when they play together.

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That is mainly where they're winning games at the moment.

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I think Locatelli has found some new form, which is really gelling the midfield together.

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I think that's needless to say about Rabiot as well.

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And Fagioli is new to the scene and he's doing a fantastic job filling in that role as the

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right central midfielder on slightly more the attacking side.

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A very forward thinking player.

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He's always wanting to move forward over there.

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Fagioli is a real threat from the center and going forward.

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Yeah, bro.

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Do you think that Inter playing in the Champions League actually made a difference over here?

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That game against Porto was exhausting for them.

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I mean, when you look at all the drama and the other time that there was in that game,

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it's obvious that it is going to have an effect on Inter.

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However, Juve had an even shorter turnover for this game because they were playing Europa

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League on a Thursday night.

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So they recovered well.

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And on the other hand, Inter did not.

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So I wouldn't solely blame that essentially.

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Yeah.

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But Juve, in fact, did play more recently.

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I don't know what's next for Inter, man, because Milan are in a similar situation right now.

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And apparently they might try the 4-2-3-1 formation again.

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They might revert to that.

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So they've got that as kind of a hopeful glimmer.

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You know what I mean?

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Having this formation to fall back on one Milan, the league, and with Manon back in

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goal, there might not be a need to play a 3-5-2 anymore.

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However, with Inter, with Simone Enzaghi, the fact that he's been playing a 3-5-2 for

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ages and pretty much only plays a 3-5-2 formation.

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He's got his best individual is pretty much playing week in, week out.

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What can he do over here to turn things around?

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I mean, that's the criticism for Inter's system in the Conte days and in the Simone Enzaghi

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days.

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It's the fact that it is one system.

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They are one trick ponies.

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Normally they can really overpower you with those formations.

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But you notice when they have, it's never a small spell of bad form for Inter.

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It's always elongated because they don't have a backup plan on how they can win games if

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their system is failing.

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I think that ever since Brozovic has come back into the side, not directly blaming Brozovic,

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but that has set Inter back a little bit.

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They haven't been on good form since he's been back.

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I think they had something really good with Charles Anoghlu playing as a registan.

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I think they managed to dominate games a little bit better and to link up play a little bit

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better.

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Either Brozovic doesn't give too much of a fuck since he's probably on his way out,

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or he's just returned from injury to be fair.

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So he could be getting back to his ways.

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Brozovic had the most distance covered this matchday.

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So the classic Brozovic is back, the mulberry smoking, Maltesers eating, Doritos chewing,

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the same old Brozovic we know to just run his fucking lungs out.

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That Brozovic is back.

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However, there does seem to be something missing from his game.

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Something that we're so used to seeing is the way he dictate the play, the way he controlled

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that midfield, the way he set the tempo.

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That isn't really there yet.

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Let's see if he can get it back.

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As you mentioned, his future is uncertain.

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So there might be a lack of motivation.

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That's why I said he might not give a fuck because his work ethic is there and that's

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never going to leave because it's his style of play.

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His style of play and his role is to cover as much ground as possible and link the defense

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to the midfield and to the attack subsequently.

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Not those leadership traits which Inter so desperately need at the moment, they need

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that one leader in the team doesn't seem to be present whenever they have a bad performance

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like this, which they did have in this game.

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Barela is always their best player.

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He is always their best player in these scenarios.

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Definitely bro.

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So this was an allegory master class doing what he does best over here.

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He has taken Juventus to seventh with 41 points.

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They're on a Champions League push with the points deduction.

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So that's if they win their appeal over there, that's going to be crazy.

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Inter on the other hand are in third with 50 points as they continue to slump a little

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bit.

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They've now got nine losses.

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My God.

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Nine losses is crazy, man.

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It's crazy.

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Honestly, that's like too less than Sasuolo, too fewer.

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My God.

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My God.

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I just want to point out one more thing about Inter and their wing backs.

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So they have the Marco who is doing well.

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Obviously like the rest of the team, he's taken a bit of a slump like the rest of them.

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There's no doubt about that.

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Denzel Dumfries, I've got some concerns about him as a footballer all around.

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You could be very replaceable.

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It was very replaceable.

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I don't know who it was.

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There was a pundit during the Euros who said, I'm curious to see who the fools who believe

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that this is Denzel Dumfries are.

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Someone said like, I'm curious to see who's going to buy this guy, who's going to fall

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for this mirage that we're seeing over here of Dumfries.

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Inter want millions for him.

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They want 40 million Euros for Dumfries.

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Dude, you better stop playing him if you want to.

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People are starting to see that he's worth 20 at most.

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He has not been playing well.

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His strongest suit during the Euros, the player that he kind of gave the impression that he

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was, was this guy who just bombed forward and proved to be an offensive threat.

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But in reality, he can't really take on his man in a 1v1.

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That's very important from the wings.

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Right now they're lacking that creative spark out wide.

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DiMarco is the only winger they have who is actually capable of taking on his man.

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It's not as much as taking on his man as it is being able to play a perfect ball before

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the position to take on his man even arrives.

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And if it weren't for DiMarco and Barela, Lautaro and Lukaku are totally isolated up

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there.

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Totally isolated.

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Every time they have the ball, it's like you've got Lautaro who's on shit form and you've

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got Lukaku who is half the player that he used to be.

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So it's like dumb and dumber trying to do something together.

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Yes, sir, bro.

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That touch in the first opportunity in the 18th minute by the way by Lukaku was a really

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good flick.

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But yeah, he's got one strong suit at the moment with his increase in physicality.

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Let's say that he got stronger not to offend him.

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He's great at shielding the ball and playing with his backwards goal.

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Otherwise not much of a goal scorer unless it's from the spot.

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Definitely bro.

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I don't know if there's anything else you'd like to add from this game.

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No, I think I think you've got it pretty much nailed down brother.

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The next game we're going to be covering is the second derby that was played in this matchday.

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It was Lazio won Roma nil in the derby della capitale.

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Lazio got the double over Roma for the first time since the 2011-2012 season.

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The previous encounter was an away victory for Lazio, one goal to nil where Ibanez had

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something to do with that as well.

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Now this was not just a bitter local derby, but also a head to head for top four as they

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were separated by just two points going in.

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Mabille was still out injured and only fit enough for the bench as Mattias Vecino was

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suspended and Providel was able to start despite flu symptoms.

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Someone always has flu symptoms.

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Someone is always playing with flu symptoms.

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Jose Mourinho sat out a touch line ban with Marash Kumbulla suspended and Rick Karsdorp

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suffering from a fractured nose.

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Mourinho must have given him that fractured nose.

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He must have finally decked him.

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He finally finally did it.

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He spoke with his fists rather than his mouth.

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There we go.

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Now Lazio started their classic 4-3-3 sari formation with Providel in goal and a backline

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of Hisai, Romagnoli, Crasale and Marisic.

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They had Luis Alberto Cataldi and Milinkovic Savic in the middle with Zaccani out on the

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left, Pedra out on the right and Anderson filling in Mabille's boots.

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While Stroma started their 3-4-2-1 formation with Rui Patricio in goal, a backline of Mancini,

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Smolling and Ibanez, Zalevski out on the right, Spinazzola out on the left on the double pivot

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of Cristante and Wijnaldum with de Baala and Pellegrini playing off the shoulders of Bellotti

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or Tammy Abraham on the bench once again for Roma.

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In the 32nd minute, Ibanez received his second yellow card for a mistimed challenge on Sergei

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Milinkovic Savic once again throwing the derby away for Roma and proving once again Roma's

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disciplinary problem.

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Sergei celebrated that like it was a goal, a lot of passion, the eagle started rattling

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in its cage, the Lazio supporters started going wild and from then on you just knew

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it was Lazio's day once again.

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In fact, and then in the 65th minute in the second half, Zaccani, who else?

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Then Zaccani, what a player, got a goal for Lazio.

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It was Anderson's flick on that was misjudged by Zalevski and Zaccani did a great job to

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finish perfectly from quite a tough angle.

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In the 68th minute, just three minutes later, Roma had the ball in the back of the net when

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Lorenzo Pellegrini's free kick found a mancini header, Rui Patricio saved, Chris Smolling

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knocked it on to Ciazale who bundled it into his own net.

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However, VAR showed that Smolling was offside and the goal was disallowed, what could have

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been for Roma, brother.

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A post-match scuffle resulted in Cristanta and Marisic getting sent off but other than

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that Lazio did a great job in maintaining that one-nil victory against 10-man Roma.

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What did you make of this derby, bro?

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So it was clear to me that Roma came out to counter-attack this Lazio side, right?

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And of course it would have been an interesting game if it weren't for Ibanez's chaotic 30

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minutes man.

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I'm not sure what it is with Ibanez, whether it's the fact that the stage would be so big

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and he'd be fueled with so much agenda.

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No one was calm in this game.

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You look at the coaches in the first 30 minutes, everyone was telling the players to calm down.

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Look at for example the coach of Roma who wasn't Lorenzo Pellegrini, the other guy,

461
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:42,640
his second-hand man.

462
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:43,640
The second-hand man.

463
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,520
He was constantly telling everyone to calm down, calm down, calm down.

464
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,880
And you have Sarri as well telling his players to calm down.

465
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:55,480
So I don't know if it's just the fact that he's too gassed, he's got too much agenda

466
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:59,040
or the fact that he's just clumsy, man.

467
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:03,360
I think he's, to be fair, I think he's terribly, terribly unlucky.

468
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:04,360
That is one of them.

469
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:08,120
However, his decision-making, I can't help but think that it's poor and I have to agree

470
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,120
with you.

471
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,320
I think it must be a rush of blood to the head because it's on the biggest stages that

472
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,760
he does it all the time, consistently.

473
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:19,560
Roger Ibanez is just against Lazio.

474
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:20,560
He is one of them.

475
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:21,560
Yeah.

476
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:25,560
I wonder how many Lazio shirts exist with Ibanez at the back.

477
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:26,560
Probably.

478
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:27,560
Ibanez three.

479
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:28,560
I'm sure they do, bro.

480
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,760
This guy's giving them three derby victories.

481
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:31,960
Yeah, man.

482
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:33,280
It's absolute crazy.

483
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,160
I would go so far as not to play him.

484
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,800
Yeah, honestly, honestly.

485
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:43,400
And I think just to judge him a bit more as a footballer, I think he is great for Mourinho's

486
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,320
system when it comes to set pieces.

487
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:49,120
I think he's very involved in that, whether he's getting the final touch, whether he's

488
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,720
creating space for Smalling or Mancini.

489
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:59,580
But other than that, as a defender, as a tackler, as someone that forms part of the back line,

490
00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:00,760
he really struggles, man.

491
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:01,760
He really struggles.

492
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,800
And it goes unnoticed because he's in a back three and because he's got Smalling next to

493
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:06,800
him.

494
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,200
Smalling does a lot of work to cover up for Mancini and Ibanez.

495
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,440
I think he is that star man.

496
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:18,120
And I think Mancini, obviously, he's important to have once again in a Mourinho team because

497
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,280
he's so tough and they don't have a tougher player than him.

498
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,640
He's also quite clumsy and he's quite slow.

499
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:28,680
If he makes a mistake, he really struggles to track back, which is then when Ibanez becomes

500
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,360
effective because he is good at backtracking.

501
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,320
So it's this good balance that Roma have within the midfield.

502
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:39,560
But then you pick them out individually and there's not much going on over there, man.

503
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:41,200
No, totally, bro.

504
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:48,400
Mancini and Ibanez can be viewed as Mourinho players because of their aggression, their

505
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,400
grinta.

506
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:54,720
But at the end of the day, they do prove to be liabilities too consistently.

507
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,240
And I think that would be an area where Roma need to invest.

508
00:30:58,240 --> 00:30:59,240
Yeah, absolutely.

509
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:04,680
I have to say, the Lazio-Roma derby is one of the most heated derbies that there is in

510
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:05,780
Italy at the moment.

511
00:31:05,780 --> 00:31:09,140
It seems like none of the players get along.

512
00:31:09,140 --> 00:31:13,760
There was that whole Zaccani and Zaniolo situation that actually stopped Zaccani from getting

513
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:19,460
so many call-ups to Italy because he just kept fucking Zaccani's girl.

514
00:31:19,460 --> 00:31:22,200
It does get really heated between these two pairs.

515
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,800
And Mourinho went so far as to criticize Lazio for their European failure before the game.

516
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:33,320
Originally, it was Sarri that said, oh, wow, Roma won a fucking bullshit tournament.

517
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,760
And then Lazio got knocked out of the bullshit tournament.

518
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,160
And Mourinho had the final laugh over there.

519
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:43,840
But then he sent his team to the derby and Lazio managed to get three points.

520
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:45,800
So they did have the final laugh.

521
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:46,800
And then after that...

522
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:50,280
Yeah, he said, it's a shame they have to spend money to ship the conference league trophy

523
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:51,280
out of Rome.

524
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:52,760
It could have stayed in Rome.

525
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,960
And he said, unfortunately, now they're probably going to have to ship it to Florence, hinting

526
00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,840
that Fiorentina might win the conference league, which is a good possibility.

527
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,360
But bro, Zaccani, you talked about Zaccani.

528
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:10,840
In my opinion, there isn't a better Italian forward at the moment form-wise.

529
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:15,800
And I think it's an absolute tragedy that he hasn't been called up to the national team.

530
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,080
Yeah, I think it's an absolute tragedy.

531
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:22,320
I would go so far to say that he should have been called up back in his Hellas Verona days

532
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,560
because he's been a top player for a while.

533
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:28,520
Took him a season or so to settle in properly at Lazio, but he's there and he's the first

534
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,240
name on the team sheet now, man.

535
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:32,240
I would agree with you.

536
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:36,280
I mean, Berardi is also up there naturally, but he has been out for the majority of the

537
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:37,280
season.

538
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:38,280
And even that guy in the Bundesliga, Grifo.

539
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,360
Grifo's got like 13 goals in Bundesliga this season.

540
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,360
He's doing really well.

541
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:44,360
Christ.

542
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:49,280
So I would agree with you, Zaccani, is at least the most effective Italian forward that

543
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:55,160
there is this season, even more than the Premier League legend, Nionto, bro.

544
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:59,800
This was the 180th Rome derby considering all competitions.

545
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:06,920
It was the 158th in Serie A. In the top flight, Roma lead the balance with 56 victories to

546
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,560
Lazio's 41 while 60 were draws.

547
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,200
So Roma domination all around.

548
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:17,800
But in recent history, Lazio are unbeaten in their last six home derbies in Serie A.

549
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:23,080
They won four and drew two and half for the first time in their history, gone six consecutive

550
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:29,120
home league games against Lazio, sorry, against Roma without losing, man.

551
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,400
So the tide is shifting.

552
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:32,400
The tide is shifting.

553
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:40,600
Serie A has really transformed Lazio and there were conversations that were had amongst pundits

554
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:45,360
about Serie A's future, whether he deserves a bigger club after this.

555
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,040
To be honest, we'll see.

556
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:51,600
The Lazio project is a good one and they seem to be getting Champions League football next

557
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,520
season if they manage to keep this.

558
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:59,280
The victory after this game saw the Lazio players in very high spirits.

559
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:00,280
They had their kids on the stadium.

560
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:01,280
You see Luis Alberto.

561
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,480
I'm dancing with his kids.

562
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,800
You see the players celebrating, dancing with the eagle.

563
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:08,960
There's the guy holding the eagle.

564
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:10,680
I love that eagle, bro.

565
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:12,960
It's so cool.

566
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:17,280
I think they let the eagle fly around, do a lap around the stadium before the game.

567
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:18,280
It's quite cool.

568
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:19,280
Yeah.

569
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,040
I mean, what a mascot to have.

570
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:22,520
A cool-ass mascot.

571
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,960
But I do think there was an element of over-celebrating.

572
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,960
Obviously, they won the derby.

573
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,560
They got the double over Roma.

574
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:30,560
Very heated.

575
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:31,960
They have every right to celebrate.

576
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,960
But the way they were celebrating was that they got confirmed Europe.

577
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:35,960
Yeah.

578
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:36,960
You know what I mean?

579
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:42,760
Not done yet, especially with the Uwe lurking and the points possibly returning.

580
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:43,760
Absolutely.

581
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:49,680
Serie, however, as you said, has really transformed the Lazio team to a team that is taking on

582
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,320
these top seven teams like it's nothing.

583
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,200
They've been doing a spectacular job this year.

584
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,360
They're one of the big dogs and they deserve it.

585
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,360
They've been fantastic.

586
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,280
Few slip-ups this season and they deserve it.

587
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:03,800
So they are in second place.

588
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:07,900
Roma, on the other hand, keep spiraling downwards a little bit.

589
00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:11,560
It seems like there's a lot of tension going around with Mourinho's ban.

590
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:13,320
They've gotten the entire fans involved.

591
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,920
They've gotten the entire club involved.

592
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:16,920
Players are lacking discipline.

593
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,840
Kumbulla got a red card in the last game.

594
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,240
Now Roger Ibanez got a red card in this game.

595
00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:28,360
After the game, there was a red card going both sides, one for Cristante and one for

596
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:29,440
Maricic.

597
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:33,360
So Roma are going to be very compromised in the next game.

598
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:38,480
And Roma need to learn how to keep their heads because it's one thing being a very talented

599
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:39,480
team.

600
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,960
But if you can't keep your heads in a big moment, then it's all for nothing.

601
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:48,000
Lazio in second place on 52 points, whilst Roma are in fifth on 47 points.

602
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,000
Very good, bro.

603
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:54,800
One thing I'd like to address before we move on is Immobile.

604
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,040
So Immobile, of course, is Mr. Lazio.

605
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,640
I know he's the king.

606
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,040
He's a goal scoring machine.

607
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:01,280
He's an absolute beast.

608
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:06,880
But I do feel like when Immobile is on the pitch, Lazio have a lot of pressure to serve

609
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:07,880
him.

610
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:13,360
They're constantly trying to build their play around servicing Immobile.

611
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:19,560
And that kind of takes away from the fluidity and the dynamism.

612
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:20,560
Let's call it that.

613
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:21,560
Dynamism.

614
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:23,040
What's the word, bro?

615
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,320
I don't even know what you're trying to say.

616
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:26,320
Dynamic.

617
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:27,320
The dynamism.

618
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:31,440
I don't know if there's even a word for that.

619
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:32,440
Dynamicism.

620
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:33,440
Yeah, dynamicism.

621
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,360
Let's stick to that.

622
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:40,720
The fact that Zakani, Anderson and Pedro shift and gel so nicely together and they're so

623
00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:46,480
fluid in their movement that I can't help but feel that they look better.

624
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:52,600
Yeah, I mean, this year they do, especially because when Immobile has been on the pitch,

625
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,440
at times he has been a bit of a liability.

626
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:56,840
We saw that game where he missed all of the chances.

627
00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:02,020
He's missed more throughout.

628
00:37:02,020 --> 00:37:06,520
And it's good that Sarri has the mentality that, look, if you're not playing as well

629
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:10,520
as Anderson, you're going to be left on the bench.

630
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:11,640
And that's what he's been doing.

631
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:16,080
He's been prioritizing this new look front, three of Zakani, Anderson and Pedro.

632
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:20,120
It's kind of a false nine, which allows Pedro and Zakani to get so close to goal where they

633
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:21,400
are dangerous.

634
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,840
They are two very dangerous players in front of goal.

635
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,720
And Anderson, very versatile over there, man.

636
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:29,560
He plays really well in the pockets.

637
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:34,600
Yeah, this does mean that Milinkovic Savic is going to have less assists because Immobile

638
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:35,600
is his man.

639
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:40,480
But otherwise, yeah, unaffected, I would say, at kind of better.

640
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,280
Some crazy scenes at the end of the game.

641
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:48,000
Apparently, Mourinho was around the dressing room and he saw the little figure of Claudio

642
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,320
Lotito walking around.

643
00:37:50,320 --> 00:38:08,480
And apparently Mourinho told Lotito, to which Lotito replied, which basically means, OK,

644
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,960
so Mourinho told him, what the fuck are you looking at?

645
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,900
And then Lotito told him, what the fuck are you looking at?

646
00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:14,900
This is my house.

647
00:38:14,900 --> 00:38:19,120
And you're not allowed here, is what he added after that.

648
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:21,840
And that's James Horncastle speaking Italian over there.

649
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:26,000
Shout out to our boy James, the man with the phenomenal surname.

650
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:27,000
Absolutely.

651
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,800
Phenomenal head of hair as well.

652
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,000
I do like that look.

653
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,800
That was Lazio Roma for you guys.

654
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,920
Just to mention that Roma returned from the international break with back to back fixtures

655
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:43,720
against Atalanta and Milan, so it is not going to get easier for the Roman side.

656
00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:45,440
Yeah, definitely not.

657
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:53,560
The next game we're going to be covering is Udinese 3-Milan 1.

658
00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:58,680
Balance in the previous eight matches in Udine, between Udinez and Milan, in the league at

659
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:02,420
least, there were three victories for each team.

660
00:39:02,420 --> 00:39:05,960
This has proven to be a bogey fixture for Milan.

661
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:09,800
Udinez away from home is a fixture that Milan have struggled with immensely.

662
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:10,800
Absolutely.

663
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:15,920
In fact, Milan is the team against which Udinez has drawn the most matches in its history

664
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:21,120
in Serie A. 36 draws in 96 matches.

665
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:22,680
My God.

666
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:27,640
Milan were unbeaten in 10 of their previous 11 matches against Udinez in Serie A, with

667
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:29,040
five wins and five draws.

668
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:36,240
The previous loss came in August 2019, thanks to a goal from none other than Rodrigo Bacau,

669
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:38,400
who loves to score against Milan.

670
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:43,200
He almost managed again this match, winning a header over there.

671
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:47,280
The Udinez lineup was a 3-5-2 formation with Silvestri in goal.

672
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:54,400
Perez, Biol, and Bacau were at the back, with Udodji on the left, Ezebue on the right, Pereira,

673
00:39:54,400 --> 00:40:00,320
Wallace and Samardzic in the middle, Sakses and Beto formed the striking partnership.

674
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:05,400
For Milan, it was Mike Manean in goal in their 3-4-2-1 formation, with Kalulu, Chau, and

675
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:12,520
Tomori at the back, Salamakers on the right, Fado, Balotoure on the left, who was replacing

676
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:18,080
Theo Hernandez, who came down with the flu, as you mentioned before, but randomly players

677
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:19,080
also get the flu.

678
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:23,720
Tonali and Benassir were in the middle, with Ibrahim Diaz and Léo playing off the shoulders

679
00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:28,200
of Ibrahimovic, his first start this season.

680
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:34,360
Now, in the 9th minute, Samardzic drove towards Milan's box and Pereira just kicked the ball

681
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:39,320
off him and passed Manean to score their first goal, the opening goal.

682
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:43,240
That's when Milanists around the world all knew that this was going to be another one

683
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:47,520
of those Udinez away games, where you can see the colourful seats in the distance, but

684
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,400
your mood is not very colourful at all.

685
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:54,240
In the 48th minute, towards the end of the first half, there was a Varchek and it granted

686
00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:58,200
Milan a penalty after Biol handled the ball in the box.

687
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:03,040
Zlatan stepped up to take the penalty, he would have become the eldest player to score

688
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:08,160
in Serie A. He went towards the bottom left, but Silvestri managed to save it.

689
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:12,280
Beto ran towards the ball and cleared the ball.

690
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:19,780
Now, it turns out, apparently, it felt like five minutes after the penalty was given,

691
00:41:19,780 --> 00:41:24,160
the referee stopped playing and asked for a retake.

692
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:29,720
This was because Beto encroached inside the area.

693
00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:34,560
He entered the box before Zlatan had a shot.

694
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:35,560
Stupid.

695
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:39,080
Yes, but there were also Milan players who encroached.

696
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:46,480
The rule states that because Beto actually cleared the ball, the penalty had to be retaken.

697
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,720
Had he not touched the ball, had it been another player who didn't encroach, there would

698
00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:51,640
not have been a retake.

699
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:54,800
I don't know how long it's going to take for players to learn this.

700
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:56,400
Yeah, like come on dude.

701
00:41:56,400 --> 00:42:02,320
And for Silvestri, this is a bit of a curse because he has saved three penalties in the

702
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:06,040
past 12 months, but has never saved a penalty in Serie A.

703
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:07,040
Oh my god.

704
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:10,440
That's because these three penalties all had to be retaken.

705
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,240
That's fucking crazy bro.

706
00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:15,920
He's so unlucky, that GTA looking motherfucker.

707
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:16,920
So unlucky honestly.

708
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:18,320
And time for a new hairstyle.

709
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:21,400
So Zlatan stepped up to retake the penalty.

710
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:27,560
Now Zlatan has written in his book at Genlin, which I have read, that there's a bit of a

711
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:31,720
mental block when it comes to him and penalties.

712
00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:35,680
And he says he's not quite sure what it is, but he doesn't feel as confident as he used

713
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:36,680
to.

714
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:38,560
He doesn't have that killer instinct with penalties anymore.

715
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,160
However, he still takes them of course.

716
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,080
Yeah, he's Zlatan.

717
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:44,320
He does what he wants.

718
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:45,320
And he actually scored this one.

719
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:49,800
He went powerful, down the middle, high, and he scored.

720
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:52,640
Becoming the eldest player ever to score in Serie A.

721
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:58,440
Do you remember the player, the eldest player before him to score in Serie A?

722
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,680
Fuck I knew this.

723
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:01,680
I knew this.

724
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:02,680
No, it wasn't.

725
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:03,680
No, no.

726
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,680
I was going to say Totto di Natale, but definitely not.

727
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:07,680
No, no.

728
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:09,680
It was, it was Billy Costa-Curta.

729
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:17,960
Now Costa-Curta scored a penalty against Udinese in a loss, but that season Milan won the Champions

730
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:18,960
League.

731
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:24,080
Oh, it's happened again.

732
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:28,360
Now we'll see if history repeats itself over there.

733
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,040
Okay, so we'll see.

734
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:32,240
Very curious to see if that's going to happen.

735
00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:33,240
Very curious, right?

736
00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:40,240
It's good to mention, by the way, when the referee announced the retake because of the

737
00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:45,160
encroachment, Sotil was fucking livid and he lost his mind and ended up getting sent

738
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:46,160
off the stands.

739
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:47,600
Oh yes, yes, that's true.

740
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:51,680
And we looked at each other and we're like, wow, they've collapsed like little did we

741
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:52,680
know.

742
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:53,680
They're collapsing, huh?

743
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:58,760
In the first half, in the 50th minute, just two minutes after the penalty drama, Milan

744
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:03,960
led to Dodgy dribble into the box, play it to success, who squared it to Beto, who scored

745
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:07,160
an uncontested tap and the Milan players crowded the area.

746
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:10,200
Everyone was in the box, but this shit still happened.

747
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:11,200
Okay.

748
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:14,880
They just, it was honestly like there were no defenders around.

749
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:16,240
You see Ciao not marking his man.

750
00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:22,800
You see Tonali failing to press the ball and recover the ball essentially when the Dodgy

751
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,320
shouldn't have had so much space and time in the box.

752
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,720
He was in the box with the ball and he had three players around him.

753
00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:29,960
How does he still get the pause?

754
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:31,600
The lack of press there was ridiculous.

755
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:32,960
Yeah, it was terrible.

756
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,640
Then the second half started, Milan changed things up.

757
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,840
They tried and tried and tried, but it was in the 70th minute that they were dealt the

758
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:44,640
killer blow as Isaac's success bullied Ciao who went down holding his face like he was

759
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:46,800
trying to win a penalty, but he was in the wrong box.

760
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:53,000
And he played it to Destiny, who played the ball to Ezebue, who of course scores.

761
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:57,160
Of course, Ezebue scores against Milan after we have spent an entire season mispronouncing

762
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:58,160
his name.

763
00:44:58,160 --> 00:44:59,160
Yeah, of course, man.

764
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:00,800
Of course spitting in our face.

765
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:01,800
Exactly.

766
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:05,560
And the Deners as we're saying, oh, there have been that start to the season and now

767
00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:06,560
it's all downhill from here.

768
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:10,400
And of course here they are beating our favorite team, 3-1.

769
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:11,800
But whatever, bro.

770
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:14,680
What did you make of this game?

771
00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:18,520
I mean, there's one way to put it, bro.

772
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:23,560
Milan once again, not up to the task at all.

773
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:32,400
We can speak about Lea Wolde and how fucking uninvolved he is and just what a waste of

774
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:35,400
time he's been over the past couple of games.

775
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:39,360
I think that's definitely a point of concern.

776
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:43,640
We're back to seeing Milan conceding three goals and conceding more goals.

777
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:47,040
It goes to show that it's not just the goalkeeper.

778
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:51,320
It's not the three in the back formation that is stopping this from happening with Kalulu,

779
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:56,280
Chau and Tomori, who before this game were all on fine form.

780
00:45:56,280 --> 00:46:00,480
The midfield double pivot of Benassir and Tonali, I think is proving to be quite limited

781
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:05,180
when it comes to when Milan are defending, when Milan are off the ball.

782
00:46:05,180 --> 00:46:09,320
You mentioned earlier that Milan might switch it up to a 4-2-3-1, which is what won them

783
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:10,320
the league last year.

784
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:14,480
Yes, it was, but Kessi was on the team, which gave that defensive physicality.

785
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:20,560
So I really don't think that going back to a 4-2-3-1 is the solution.

786
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:24,400
I think, sure, go back to a four at the back formation.

787
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:29,400
We once saw Milan play a 4-3-3 against Juve, when Pobjega played.

788
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:33,000
There could even be Kroonich over there to give them some more balls when it comes to

789
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:35,240
the defensive fucking work ethic.

790
00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:39,000
A three in the midfield has to be the way Milan go.

791
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:40,920
Milan have to swap to a 4-3-3.

792
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:43,280
You put Diaz on the wing, which is where he's best.

793
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:48,760
You play Leao out wider than he is now, which is where he is best.

794
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:52,280
You put Kalulu on the right because he's a good right back.

795
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:56,520
Then you have Cao and Tomori as the defensive too.

796
00:46:56,520 --> 00:47:00,640
I would play Pobjega personally, but Kroonich has been really putting in a shift and Kroonich

797
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:02,440
could really fit into that midfield.

798
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:06,080
I think Kroonich would be uncontested now at this point.

799
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:10,720
The 4-2-3-1 formation, as we've said before, worked so well for Milan because he had Kessi

800
00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:12,400
in there doing a two-man job.

801
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:15,880
Kessi who has just scored the winner in El Clasico, by the way.

802
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:21,960
He was not replaced when he was allowed to walk out for free by Milan.

803
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:28,280
Tonali and Benassir, it's true, defensively they don't quite offer it and they don't quite

804
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:33,520
have that chemistry that we would like for a double pivot.

805
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:41,160
In a 4-3-3, you make an interesting point, it would allow Milan to play with Tonali,

806
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:45,000
Benassir and Kroonich as the midfield three, very complete over there.

807
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:48,920
It would allow, as you mentioned, Ibrahim Diaz to play out on the right and that would

808
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:55,360
be actually very good layout to play closer, further out wide where he can attack the byline.

809
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:56,640
That's a great idea to be honest, bro.

810
00:47:56,640 --> 00:48:01,280
I really hope that Milan do move to this direction of 4-3-3, especially now that Mike Mannyan

811
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:02,280
is back.

812
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:03,880
There's no reason to add another center back.

813
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:06,480
When you look at the center back depth, it's not even that good of Milan.

814
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:10,880
There's no need to force play with three at the back.

815
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:14,000
I think it worked when it had to.

816
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:19,280
Now I don't want purely to make the same mistake of hanging on to the 4-2-3-1 for so long with

817
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:21,720
the 3-4-3.

818
00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:25,720
Now it seems like that has overstayed its welcome just like the 4-2-3-1.

819
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:29,480
So let's keep being versatile and let's put in that 4-3-3 formation.

820
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:31,520
Hopefully it won't end up being a 4-3-2-1.

821
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:32,520
Yeah.

822
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:33,520
Christ.

823
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:34,520
We'll see.

824
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:36,840
Leao does like to play more centrally.

825
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:39,480
It seems that he does not understand his own strengths.

826
00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:40,480
Yeah, exactly.

827
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:41,480
Yeah, bro.

828
00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:44,480
So I don't know if there's anything else you'd like to add from this game.

829
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:49,320
Odinese, where great Pereira was at his absolute best over here, a tireless workhorse.

830
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:53,040
Samardzi showed why some of Italy's finest are looking at him.

831
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:57,880
Odinese have shown the importance of having good players out wide.

832
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:01,800
This was one of the, you know, you look here, they have a Dodger on assist, Ezebu on a goal.

833
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:03,920
And those are the wide players over there.

834
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:08,000
Something that Inter, for example, struggled with, with their wide players and have been

835
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:09,480
struggling with since.

836
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:10,480
Yeah, agreed.

837
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:13,080
Now there's not much I'd like to add.

838
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:17,400
I think, you know, Milan, you know, Odinese played well.

839
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:21,640
I do think that most teams on this day would have gotten past Milan.

840
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:27,200
It just seems that Milan panic every time a ball is played in an unexpected direction.

841
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,600
You've got defenders crashing into each other.

842
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:35,000
You've got Tonali and Benassere with a serious lack of communication.

843
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:38,640
And yeah, it's just a total mess right now for the Milan teams.

844
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:39,640
Yeah.

845
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:40,640
Yes, bro.

846
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:46,240
And of course, rumors are sprouting about a new manager at the helm for Milan, perhaps

847
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:47,400
soon, perhaps next season.

848
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:50,600
And the hottest name at the moment is Luis Enrique.

849
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:53,520
He's currently managing at an international level.

850
00:49:53,520 --> 00:50:01,720
In his first season at Barcelona, he led them to a treble reinventing Tiki Taka at the time

851
00:50:01,720 --> 00:50:04,720
and building up from the back.

852
00:50:04,720 --> 00:50:10,520
You know, by the time he managed 50 games, this guy had 42 wins, Luis Enrique.

853
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:12,360
So that's not a bad shout.

854
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:17,800
At least I don't like the talk of replacing the manager at such a delicate point in the

855
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:20,920
season, but it has proven to add a boost.

856
00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:22,880
So we'll see what Milan decides.

857
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:26,240
I do think they'll see out the season with Piolli.

858
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:32,280
And if things start to look shakier to the point that Milan go down to sixth, for example,

859
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:33,520
there might be a panic change.

860
00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:36,880
But Luis Enrique at least wouldn't be the worst person to bring.

861
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:37,880
Yeah.

862
00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:39,200
I mean, you mentioned that he had success at Barca.

863
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:42,080
I mean, yes, he did have great players around him.

864
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:46,720
He had Barcelona and Barca.

865
00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:47,880
He is a great man.

866
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:50,880
He's a great man manager.

867
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:52,680
He's very involved with the fans.

868
00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:54,080
He always is involved with the fans.

869
00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:59,960
He had those famous post-World Cup live streams to communicate with the fans.

870
00:50:59,960 --> 00:51:01,640
Oh yeah, I remember that.

871
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:03,160
He's a good man.

872
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:05,360
He would be a good fit for Milan.

873
00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:07,440
But look, Stefano Piolli is at the helm.

874
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:10,560
He will continue to be at the helm for at least the remainder of the season.

875
00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:12,920
And hopefully Milan can get top four with him there.

876
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:13,920
Yes.

877
00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:19,320
And let's hope that Milan turn things around and go on a mini rampage as they did last

878
00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:20,320
season.

879
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:21,320
Yes.

880
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:25,960
By the way, Milan, Napoli next up and then twice in the Champions League.

881
00:51:25,960 --> 00:51:26,960
Yes.

882
00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:29,440
So that first game is going to be a bit of a test.

883
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:32,920
Now Napoli are going to come out with this motivation to kill Milan simply because of

884
00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:34,200
the Champions League.

885
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:36,760
We'll see how Milan deal with that.

886
00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:39,120
It's not looking good.

887
00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:40,680
At least it's a Serie A team though.

888
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:46,240
I would have taken Inter and Napoli over most teams because there's that familiarity at

889
00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:47,240
least.

890
00:51:47,240 --> 00:51:48,240
It's true.

891
00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:49,240
It's true.

892
00:51:49,240 --> 00:51:50,240
At this point everyone.

893
00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:51,240
It's a different playground.

894
00:51:51,240 --> 00:51:52,240
Yeah, it is.

895
00:51:52,240 --> 00:51:53,240
It is a different playground.

896
00:51:53,240 --> 00:51:54,240
Milan have got the history.

897
00:51:54,240 --> 00:51:57,200
They've got the identity to be in the Champions League.

898
00:51:57,200 --> 00:51:58,840
So maybe that'll play a part.

899
00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:00,560
It doesn't seem like it.

900
00:52:00,560 --> 00:52:04,840
But at least Milan took the game to Napoli in the last fixture.

901
00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:09,200
I know Napoli got a one-nil victory at the San Siro and Napoli will probably beat Milan

902
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:11,480
at the San Siro because they always do.

903
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:14,280
It seems that it's going to be a good game.

904
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:15,800
An old Italian quarterfinal.

905
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:16,800
Wow.

906
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:17,800
Look at us.

907
00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:20,200
It's going to be really good.

908
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:23,400
And for whoever says, oh, this DNA thing isn't real.

909
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:24,400
It's not tangible.

910
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:30,160
Then how else can you explain to me that Milan managed to beat Barcelona with Kevin Constant,

911
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:35,480
Sully Montari and Kevin Prince Boateng in the midfield against like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta,

912
00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:36,480
Puyol and those guys.

913
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:38,280
They managed to beat Barcelona.

914
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:39,280
Yeah.

915
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:41,120
No, it's a real thing.

916
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:43,720
I can't explain it, but it's real in football, man.

917
00:52:43,720 --> 00:52:45,560
Yeah, it's a whole mental thing.

918
00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:46,760
You feel like you're better.

919
00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:48,560
So you will perform like you're better.

920
00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:49,560
Yes, sir.

921
00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:57,900
So Milan are in fourth with 48 points, while Udinese are in eighth with 38 points.

922
00:52:57,900 --> 00:53:04,960
The next game we're going to be covering is Torino nil Napoli four.

923
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:05,960
You know what I mean.

924
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:09,040
The previous encounter was a 3-1 victory for Napoli and Naples.

925
00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:12,920
The part on the pace seemed unstoppable this season going into this round.

926
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:17,440
18 points clear and with a Champions League quarterfinal against Milan coming up.

927
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:19,880
Raspadouri and Demme were left at home.

928
00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:20,880
Oh no.

929
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:23,600
While Chucky Lozano returned to the trident attack.

930
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:28,080
Toro missed Karamo, Zima, Mirancho, Ronaldo, Viera and Valentino Lazaro.

931
00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:31,880
So a couple of key players missing over there.

932
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:36,000
Napoli started in their 4-3-3 formation with Alex Maret in goal and the back line of Di

933
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,360
Lorenzo, Rahmani, Mingei and Olivera.

934
00:53:38,360 --> 00:53:42,600
The Adamit filter of Anguissa Lobot-Ganzielinski with Lozano out on the right, Guevara out

935
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:45,080
on the left and Ossimen up front.

936
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:49,640
For Torino it was their 3-4-2-1 formation with Milinkovic-Savic in goal and the back

937
00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:55,000
line of Rodriguez, Schuers and Gavarillon, Rodriguez rightly so being put back into the

938
00:53:55,000 --> 00:54:00,320
defensive tree because he would have faced a direct encounter with Lozano over there.

939
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:01,320
So very wise.

940
00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:05,580
Vojvodar was out on the left with Sango out on the right and a double pivot of Ricci and

941
00:54:05,580 --> 00:54:06,920
Linetti in the middle.

942
00:54:06,920 --> 00:54:11,200
Radonji, Trent Vlasic played behind Sanabria.

943
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:14,240
So in the 9th minute Ossimen opened the scoring.

944
00:54:14,240 --> 00:54:19,560
Zielinski's corner was headed in by the inevitable Victor Ossimen rising higher than the rest

945
00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:25,360
In the 22nd minute, Ricci's long range strike was saved by Alex Miret and Sanabria's follow-up

946
00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:29,560
hit the post that was the closest that Torino got all game.

947
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:31,520
After that, Napoli domination.

948
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:36,700
35th minute, Guevara Dona, the man who won the penalty after being dropped by Linetti

949
00:54:36,700 --> 00:54:40,200
converted from the spot by going straight down the middle.

950
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:44,260
And then in the second half in the 50th minute, Ossimen got his second goal of the night and

951
00:54:44,260 --> 00:54:45,360
Napoli's third.

952
00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:49,520
It was great play by Napoli as Guevara dummyed a cut-in and backheeled the ball to Olivera

953
00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:54,120
who whooped across into the box which Ossimen once again headed home.

954
00:54:54,120 --> 00:54:58,640
Some brilliant work there by Guevara and good to see Olivera getting so involved in the

955
00:54:58,640 --> 00:54:59,740
attack.

956
00:54:59,740 --> 00:55:03,120
In the 67th minute, Justerob salt into the wounds.

957
00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:07,400
Ndombele got his first goal for Napoli and his first goal in Serie A. The ball was hoofed

958
00:55:07,400 --> 00:55:11,440
upfield and Schürs was unable to deal with it as Ossimen applied pressure.

959
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:15,440
He won the ball as he continued to out-muscle the Dutchman before beating Ricci to the

960
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:17,080
ball and finding Guevara.

961
00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:22,120
Guevara squared the ball to Ndombele and finished very well through the legs of Vania.

962
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:26,360
This man, you know how I always say, you can, if you have Ossimen in the team, just hoof

963
00:55:26,360 --> 00:55:28,560
it up anywhere and he's going to get to it.

964
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:32,200
He had no right to get the ball over there.

965
00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:36,900
It was all Schürs's, but he put so much pressure on him.

966
00:55:36,900 --> 00:55:38,480
He ended up getting to the ball.

967
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:42,600
He out-muscled him and then we thought Ricci was going to get to the ball, but daddy long

968
00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:47,720
legs managed to get his leg across and play the ball to Guevara who played it to Ndombele

969
00:55:47,720 --> 00:55:49,000
who finished.

970
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:57,000
Ossimen and Guevara once again, absolutely, absolutely unplayable for Napoli.

971
00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:59,080
You can't touch them.

972
00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:00,680
You can't touch them.

973
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:03,840
They're so good, bro.

974
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:09,160
And the thing that is riling me up so much and getting me as excited as it is pissing

975
00:56:09,160 --> 00:56:11,800
me off is they don't skip a beat.

976
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:13,560
There's no game where they're not phenomenal.

977
00:56:13,560 --> 00:56:19,400
They've been on the longest hot streak they've ever been on in their lives and they don't

978
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:21,840
look like they're going to stop at any point.

979
00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:23,720
They are out of this planet.

980
00:56:23,720 --> 00:56:29,920
The two best players this season by a landslide and I'm telling you, bro, by some serious,

981
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:33,600
serious fucking distance, bro.

982
00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:36,920
They are head and shoulders above the rest, man.

983
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:37,920
There we go.

984
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:38,920
Like the shampoo.

985
00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:45,280
No, honestly, like we said last week, it feels like an All-Star exhibition match every time

986
00:56:45,280 --> 00:56:49,560
Napoli play and I think this warrants the full length Ossimen song, bro.

987
00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:50,560
It does.

988
00:56:50,560 --> 00:56:51,560
Go for it.

989
00:56:51,560 --> 00:57:14,920
And if you haven't been seeing on social media, Google Ossimen food.

990
00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:19,320
In Naples right now, they're making all sorts of food that look exactly like Ossimen.

991
00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:22,960
Exactly like pizza, steaks, chocolate eggs.

992
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:28,360
Chicken with the chips on it.

993
00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:31,360
So it was fucking crazy.

994
00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:32,360
Great banter.

995
00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:34,400
And these videos always have the song in the background.

996
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:35,400
They're amazing.

997
00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:36,400
Yeah.

998
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:39,920
150 million is the asking price for Ossimen.

999
00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:43,040
Honestly, honestly, fair enough.

1000
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:45,760
I would not sell him for a cent less than that.

1001
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:47,560
Not even for a hundred million, bro.

1002
00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:48,560
There's no need to sell him.

1003
00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:50,760
I mean, he's fine with his contract.

1004
00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:52,800
You know, they might as well keep him.

1005
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:58,920
So yes, 150 is actually a very fair asking price by the tough man to deal with De Laurentiis.

1006
00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:04,240
So we'll see if other clubs are willing to meet that request.

1007
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:06,840
He actually broke a record this year.

1008
00:58:06,840 --> 00:58:07,840
Surprising stuff.

1009
00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:09,960
No, for us, we're meant to break a record this year.

1010
00:58:09,960 --> 00:58:14,680
So he got 21 Serie A goals now with these two that he scored against Torino.

1011
00:58:14,680 --> 00:58:21,600
He has equaled the record set by Samuel Eto'o at Inter in the 2010-2011 season for the most

1012
00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:25,840
goals from an African player in a top flight campaign.

1013
00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:27,680
Well deserved Ossimen.

1014
00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:30,000
Absolutely unplayable this year.

1015
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:32,520
One of the best strikers in the world.

1016
00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:38,760
And honestly, I'm kind of fucking as a Milan fan, I'm hoping someone's got 150 million

1017
00:58:38,760 --> 00:58:41,280
to spend from a Serie A fan.

1018
00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:43,440
Absolutely I don't want to see him go anywhere.

1019
00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:45,520
And that's the same with Gvarackel.

1020
00:58:45,520 --> 00:58:51,280
I mean, he too is absolutely unbelievable, man.

1021
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:52,280
Unbelievable.

1022
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:54,520
And he was pretty much involved in all of these goals.

1023
00:58:54,520 --> 00:58:58,440
He was involved in well apart from the first one, which was the corner from Zielinski headed

1024
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:01,920
in by Ossimen, but he won and scored the penalty.

1025
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:08,680
He played a beautiful back, my God, a beautiful back heel pass to Olivera who assisted Ossimen

1026
00:59:08,680 --> 00:59:12,180
and then he assisted the last goal for in Dombele.

1027
00:59:12,180 --> 00:59:15,920
So that's another guy who's been absolutely unplayable this season.

1028
00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:22,120
To your point of Ossimen becoming the all time African highest goal scorer in Italy

1029
00:59:22,120 --> 00:59:24,080
in a single season.

1030
00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:27,560
Do you know who third place is?

1031
00:59:27,560 --> 00:59:29,840
Let me think.

1032
00:59:29,840 --> 00:59:30,840
Let me think.

1033
00:59:30,840 --> 00:59:36,360
So we've got Ossimen, we've got Leto in third place.

1034
00:59:36,360 --> 00:59:37,960
It's my boy, bro.

1035
00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:38,960
Your boy?

1036
00:59:38,960 --> 00:59:39,960
My boy, dude.

1037
00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:40,960
Kevin Prince Boateng.

1038
00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:41,960
No.

1039
00:59:41,960 --> 00:59:42,960
He's your boy, though.

1040
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:43,960
It's Simi Nwankwo.

1041
00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:44,960
There we go.

1042
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:45,960
With Crotone.

1043
00:59:45,960 --> 00:59:46,960
Simi motherfucking Nwankwo, brother.

1044
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:57,000
One of the most fun players to watch in my opinion because he's so tall that he looks

1045
00:59:57,000 --> 00:59:58,760
like he shouldn't be playing the sport.

1046
00:59:58,760 --> 01:00:02,280
He looks like he's playing the wrong sport, but his technique for his height and his prime

1047
01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:04,320
was very, very good.

1048
01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:06,440
And he managed to even score a bicycle kick against Juventus.

1049
01:00:06,440 --> 01:00:08,400
I think that was the highlight of his career.

1050
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:09,400
It was amazing.

1051
01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:14,200
Do you remember when Graziano Pelle just made a random appearance at Parma and scored that

1052
01:00:14,200 --> 01:00:19,200
fucking overhead kick and you broke the dishwasher?

1053
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:26,240
I had a fantasy football that I celebrated so aggressively I broke our dishwasher.

1054
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:30,120
This was the first time in history that I saw Alex Mered called up for Italy and I said

1055
01:00:30,120 --> 01:00:31,120
fair enough.

1056
01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:32,960
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

1057
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:36,960
There were premature claims saying that he was as good as Donnarumma, but nowadays he

1058
01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:40,000
has proven to be a very dependable goalkeeper.

1059
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:43,040
Yeah, but where's Vicario on that call up?

1060
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:46,920
That's the thing that fucking angers me and then he should definitely be called up over

1061
01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:47,920
there.

1062
01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:48,920
Is Sirigu called up?

1063
01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:49,920
I'm not sure.

1064
01:00:49,920 --> 01:00:52,840
I'm going to pull that out real quick.

1065
01:00:52,840 --> 01:00:56,960
If you want to keep the listeners entertained in the meantime.

1066
01:00:56,960 --> 01:01:01,840
There once was a ship that took to sea and the name of the ship was Abiliety.

1067
01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:04,040
I don't know the rest unfortunately.

1068
01:01:04,040 --> 01:01:07,280
I don't even know what Abiliety is.

1069
01:01:07,280 --> 01:01:11,440
Okay, so once you find out what Abiliety is, in the meantime, I'm going to read out the

1070
01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:14,640
goalkeepers that were called up for Italy.

1071
01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:19,680
It was in fact Donnarumma, Mered, Falcone and Providel.

1072
01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:22,280
Why is Falcone called up ahead of Vicario?

1073
01:01:22,280 --> 01:01:23,280
Weird.

1074
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:25,000
I think Vicario is way better.

1075
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:30,000
Yeah, Falcone, fair enough that he's called up because he's been great, but Vicario has

1076
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:32,640
been the best keeper in the league this season in my opinion.

1077
01:01:32,640 --> 01:01:33,640
Probably, probably, probably.

1078
01:01:33,640 --> 01:01:34,640
That's not a crazy shout.

1079
01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:35,640
Thank you, bro.

1080
01:01:35,640 --> 01:01:39,720
Yeah, some questionable call-ups there by Mancini.

1081
01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:40,720
As always.

1082
01:01:40,720 --> 01:01:41,720
Yeah, maybe.

1083
01:01:41,720 --> 01:01:44,400
Torino started off decently in this game.

1084
01:01:44,400 --> 01:01:48,200
They even got close by hitting the post through Tony Sanabria, but there's only so much you

1085
01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:53,320
can do when you're playing against 1970s Brazil, man.

1086
01:01:53,320 --> 01:01:55,600
Napoli remain in first place.

1087
01:01:55,600 --> 01:01:59,160
I can't even do the math anymore.

1088
01:01:59,160 --> 01:02:03,000
Like they're on 71 points and Lazio are on 52, so that's just ridiculous.

1089
01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:05,840
They are going to win the league by matchday 32.

1090
01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:08,920
Torino are in 11th place on 37 points.

1091
01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:14,280
Level on points, by the way, with Bologna and Fiorentina.

1092
01:02:14,280 --> 01:02:18,160
The next game we're going to be covering is Atalanta 2-1.

1093
01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:21,920
The reverse fixture was a 2-0 victory for Atalanta.

1094
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:28,920
This was the first Atalanta double-over with Dines Escense the 2016-2017 season.

1095
01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:34,640
Atalanta have gone unbeaten in 10 of their 11 home games against Napoli in, say, five

1096
01:02:34,640 --> 01:02:37,840
wins and five draws over there.

1097
01:02:37,840 --> 01:02:42,280
Prior to this game, it's interesting to point out that Atalanta hadn't scored in their previous

1098
01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:43,280
three games.

1099
01:02:43,280 --> 01:02:45,400
Oh, so they were due a goal over here.

1100
01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:47,240
Pressure was mounting.

1101
01:02:47,240 --> 01:02:53,880
And this is how they approached the game with a 3-4-1-2 formation and one was sawing goal.

1102
01:02:53,880 --> 01:02:59,240
Scalvini, Palomino and Toloi were at the back over here with Ruggeri out wide on the left

1103
01:02:59,240 --> 01:03:03,440
and Zappacosta on the right with Ederson and Derun as the holding midfielders with Pasalic

1104
01:03:03,440 --> 01:03:04,760
playing in front of them.

1105
01:03:04,760 --> 01:03:10,680
Luis Muriel and Zapata were up front for Atalanta over here.

1106
01:03:10,680 --> 01:03:13,880
Their own little Colombian connection.

1107
01:03:13,880 --> 01:03:20,480
For Empoli, it was a 4-3-1-2 formation, the usual for Paolo Zanetti with Perizan in goal

1108
01:03:20,480 --> 01:03:23,240
replacing the injured Vicario.

1109
01:03:23,240 --> 01:03:24,240
Here you go.

1110
01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:26,000
Fucking hell, that's why it wasn't called up.

1111
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:27,000
Oh my god.

1112
01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:29,240
Yeah, that makes perfect sense actually.

1113
01:03:29,240 --> 01:03:32,840
The injured Vicario not called up because he is indeed injured.

1114
01:03:32,840 --> 01:03:34,840
That explains the Falcone call up.

1115
01:03:34,840 --> 01:03:38,240
Fair enough, Falcone will deserve.

1116
01:03:38,240 --> 01:03:43,680
Ebuéhi was playing on the right, Parisi was playing on the left with Luperto and De Winter

1117
01:03:43,680 --> 01:03:44,680
at the back.

1118
01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:51,080
Fazzini, Grassi and Viera, I mean, Akpa Akpro were in the midfield with Baldanzi playing

1119
01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:55,360
as the treco artista and Satriano and Caputo playing up front.

1120
01:03:55,360 --> 01:04:01,840
I was going to say that Atalanta front two of Muriel and Zapata had been 2019, I'd be

1121
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:03,080
shitting myself.

1122
01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:04,440
Oh yes.

1123
01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:08,720
Now there was an interesting statistic going into this match.

1124
01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:14,800
Never in his entire life while playing for Empoli has Chichok Caputo gone four games

1125
01:04:14,800 --> 01:04:17,360
without contributing to a single goal.

1126
01:04:17,360 --> 01:04:22,960
And had he not contributed in this game, he would have made history.

1127
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:29,800
But it was in the 44th minute that he managed to get an assist on Ebuéhi's goal.

1128
01:04:29,800 --> 01:04:36,200
The assist was totally unintentional and he was very lucky to get it as Akpa Akpro chopped

1129
01:04:36,200 --> 01:04:40,280
the ball to Baldanzi who squared it dangerously into the area.

1130
01:04:40,280 --> 01:04:45,600
The defenders clearance actually hit Caputo and the ball deflected back into the part

1131
01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:48,200
of Ebuéhi who turned and shot it in.

1132
01:04:48,200 --> 01:04:50,720
This was in the 44th minute.

1133
01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:55,480
Just 10 minutes, by the way, after Parisi had cleared the ball off the line as Atalanta

1134
01:04:55,480 --> 01:04:58,040
were mounting the pressure.

1135
01:04:58,040 --> 01:05:00,400
So totally against the runoff players goal man.

1136
01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:01,400
Totally totally.

1137
01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:05,280
And you know, they led, they entered the second half leading.

1138
01:05:05,280 --> 01:05:08,520
So it was all it was looking good for Empoli.

1139
01:05:08,520 --> 01:05:13,480
In the 58th minute Zapata demonstrated very good hold up play.

1140
01:05:13,480 --> 01:05:17,160
He laid the ball off to Ruggeri who cut in on his right foot and crossed the ball to

1141
01:05:17,160 --> 01:05:18,600
Darun who headed it home.

1142
01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:22,120
I love when a player like Darun scores because they celebrate so much because it happens

1143
01:05:22,120 --> 01:05:23,120
so rarely.

1144
01:05:23,120 --> 01:05:25,080
It's like when Biglia scored.

1145
01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:26,080
Exactly.

1146
01:05:26,080 --> 01:05:29,520
And this doesn't mean that they're not important.

1147
01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:31,200
These are the silent heroes.

1148
01:05:31,200 --> 01:05:32,960
That's why we love seeing them score.

1149
01:05:32,960 --> 01:05:33,960
Exactly.

1150
01:05:33,960 --> 01:05:39,080
In the 86th minute, Ederson lifted the ball to Pasalic who managed to get it through to

1151
01:05:39,080 --> 01:05:41,960
Hoylund who smashed it in off the goalkeeper.

1152
01:05:41,960 --> 01:05:46,000
This was a scrappy winner over there, but I'm sure Atalanta will take it.

1153
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:49,400
Fun fact about Ederson, he was the fastest player this matchday.

1154
01:05:49,400 --> 01:05:53,600
I didn't think he had it in him.

1155
01:05:53,600 --> 01:05:58,400
So this was a victory for Atalanta, a much needed victory to keep their Champions League

1156
01:05:58,400 --> 01:05:59,400
aspirations alive.

1157
01:05:59,400 --> 01:06:01,680
They are currently on 45 points.

1158
01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:03,560
So that is still alive for them.

1159
01:06:03,560 --> 01:06:07,800
Do you think there's a chance?

1160
01:06:07,800 --> 01:06:12,000
So there's a chance, but I don't think Atalanta are up to the task for it.

1161
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:13,880
I think they're the least likely candidates.

1162
01:06:13,880 --> 01:06:16,400
I think Juve are more likely at this point.

1163
01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:20,760
But you know, as we said before, it takes a run and anyone can go on a run.

1164
01:06:20,760 --> 01:06:27,480
Like you mentioned at the beginning of this episode, every week trajectories change and

1165
01:06:27,480 --> 01:06:30,000
the way that teams are viewed change.

1166
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:34,200
The form mentality can change overnight.

1167
01:06:34,200 --> 01:06:40,120
And you look at Atalanta, if you're looking at their current form, which obviously is

1168
01:06:40,120 --> 01:06:42,440
all going to be stuck in forever.

1169
01:06:42,440 --> 01:06:48,360
But if you look at their last two seasons, they have really struggled to keep up momentum.

1170
01:06:48,360 --> 01:06:52,480
The best that they had was the start of the season.

1171
01:06:52,480 --> 01:06:56,760
And they took that more pragmatic approach and they looked really good.

1172
01:06:56,760 --> 01:06:59,720
But ever since then, they really haven't had many hot runs.

1173
01:06:59,720 --> 01:07:02,680
I don't see them having a hot run very soon.

1174
01:07:02,680 --> 01:07:06,400
They're only three points away from a Champions League spot at this moment.

1175
01:07:06,400 --> 01:07:07,520
So it is open.

1176
01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:11,960
They are there, but I think they are the least likely candidates out of all of them.

1177
01:07:11,960 --> 01:07:12,960
Fair enough.

1178
01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:15,840
The advantage they do have is that they play once a week.

1179
01:07:15,840 --> 01:07:20,280
It's the same advantage that lots of you have nowadays as they've been knocked out to AZ

1180
01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:21,280
Alkmaar.

1181
01:07:21,280 --> 01:07:23,440
Yeah, probably willingly.

1182
01:07:23,440 --> 01:07:27,520
Probably willingly, yes, to focus on the league, take a Champions League next season so they

1183
01:07:27,520 --> 01:07:30,200
can get knocked out of that.

1184
01:07:30,200 --> 01:07:32,960
But yes, I wouldn't be surprised if Atalanta go on a run, actually.

1185
01:07:32,960 --> 01:07:34,040
We've seen them do it before.

1186
01:07:34,040 --> 01:07:39,560
I would be surprised, however, if they do finish in the top four, so that must be said.

1187
01:07:39,560 --> 01:07:46,400
On the other hand, Empoli, they've lost four games in a row and drew one before that.

1188
01:07:46,400 --> 01:07:49,240
That was the last point they got was five games ago.

1189
01:07:49,240 --> 01:07:50,880
28 points.

1190
01:07:50,880 --> 01:07:53,200
We've seen teams relegated with 28 points.

1191
01:07:53,200 --> 01:07:56,960
Should there be a cause of concern over here for Empoli or are the teams below them simply

1192
01:07:56,960 --> 01:07:57,960
too shit?

1193
01:07:57,960 --> 01:08:04,040
There definitely is a call of concern because if you're losing that amount of points, fuck

1194
01:08:04,040 --> 01:08:06,240
whoever is below you.

1195
01:08:06,240 --> 01:08:07,360
It's concerning.

1196
01:08:07,360 --> 01:08:11,200
It's concerning that they haven't gotten points in so long.

1197
01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:14,280
It's funny because again, like we always say, they do play good football.

1198
01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:17,500
Now their most recent losses were obviously this game against Atalanta.

1199
01:08:17,500 --> 01:08:19,740
Before that, they lost at home to Udinese.

1200
01:08:19,740 --> 01:08:21,400
Before that, they lost away to Monza.

1201
01:08:21,400 --> 01:08:24,220
And before that, they lost at home to Napoli.

1202
01:08:24,220 --> 01:08:26,520
They were held by Fiorentina the game before that.

1203
01:08:26,520 --> 01:08:29,440
And they came 2-2 against Spezia the game before that.

1204
01:08:29,440 --> 01:08:32,480
So not exactly ideal fixtures for them.

1205
01:08:32,480 --> 01:08:37,800
It is quite a tough run, but it's this area and these are the teams you're going to face.

1206
01:08:37,800 --> 01:08:43,500
So it seems like ages ago that they got that victory against Inter, man.

1207
01:08:43,500 --> 01:08:47,000
It seems like ages ago they were on such hot form during that period.

1208
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:50,880
But like I said earlier, there is a call for concern.

1209
01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:54,920
I don't think they're going to get relegated, but next season they might.

1210
01:08:54,920 --> 01:08:55,920
You know what I mean?

1211
01:08:55,920 --> 01:08:57,080
That's a good point.

1212
01:08:57,080 --> 01:09:00,640
But as Kalini would say, is the history of the Empoli.

1213
01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:06,400
The fact that they don't really play in the second part of the season.

1214
01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:09,960
They're a first part of the season team, right?

1215
01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:11,320
And they do very well in that part.

1216
01:09:11,320 --> 01:09:12,640
And they seem to dip.

1217
01:09:12,640 --> 01:09:14,840
Maybe it's a mentality thing.

1218
01:09:14,840 --> 01:09:16,420
Maybe it's a fatigue thing.

1219
01:09:16,420 --> 01:09:17,820
Maybe it's a motivation thing.

1220
01:09:17,820 --> 01:09:18,820
Who knows?

1221
01:09:18,820 --> 01:09:19,820
Who knows over there?

1222
01:09:19,820 --> 01:09:21,560
Because watching them, they do play very good football.

1223
01:09:21,560 --> 01:09:24,900
It must be said that Caputo was extremely wasteful this game and could have actually

1224
01:09:24,900 --> 01:09:27,000
doubled the lead for Empoli.

1225
01:09:27,000 --> 01:09:29,520
And that would have been a completely different story over there.

1226
01:09:29,520 --> 01:09:35,560
An aging striker, a striker who's still deployable, but perhaps not the man you would want leading

1227
01:09:35,560 --> 01:09:37,600
your line up front.

1228
01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:41,520
Satriano, still young, not the biggest fan of him.

1229
01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:44,360
I think Empoli would benefit from buying a striker.

1230
01:09:44,360 --> 01:09:46,080
Maybe it's Sajou next season.

1231
01:09:46,080 --> 01:09:47,880
Look, Empoli.

1232
01:09:47,880 --> 01:09:58,120
One of their main problems is that they're a mid to below table team in Serie A. And

1233
01:09:58,120 --> 01:10:04,960
they're a respectable side, which makes them the perfect leapfrog club for any young aspiring

1234
01:10:04,960 --> 01:10:05,960
footballer.

1235
01:10:05,960 --> 01:10:11,080
So last season we saw Cotrone, for example, playing for them.

1236
01:10:11,080 --> 01:10:12,080
Not established.

1237
01:10:12,080 --> 01:10:14,560
He's looking to go bigger.

1238
01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:19,200
Chico Caputo, the club, Satriano this season, Penamonti.

1239
01:10:19,200 --> 01:10:24,400
Caputo before he went to Sassuolo.

1240
01:10:24,400 --> 01:10:27,200
And then they're like, okay, so we kind of need someone in their prime.

1241
01:10:27,200 --> 01:10:28,920
Bring on Ciccio Caputo.

1242
01:10:28,920 --> 01:10:30,720
He's nearing the end of his career.

1243
01:10:30,720 --> 01:10:32,160
It's like there's no balance.

1244
01:10:32,160 --> 01:10:38,120
There's no players who are in their prime with Empoli, which is probably why they struggle

1245
01:10:38,120 --> 01:10:42,200
so much in the latter stages of the season and just all around really.

1246
01:10:42,200 --> 01:10:47,120
They've got a bunch of youngsters that are looking to get out there and showcase how

1247
01:10:47,120 --> 01:10:48,120
good they are.

1248
01:10:48,120 --> 01:10:51,960
Or they've got a bunch of people that are on their way out of the game as a final.

1249
01:10:51,960 --> 01:10:56,040
Hurrah, the Destros, the Caputos, so on and so forth.

1250
01:10:56,040 --> 01:10:57,040
Yes.

1251
01:10:57,040 --> 01:11:01,960
Unfortunately, there are many teams in that region that are viewed as stepping stones

1252
01:11:01,960 --> 01:11:02,960
by many players.

1253
01:11:02,960 --> 01:11:05,640
However, they do have to prove themselves.

1254
01:11:05,640 --> 01:11:09,680
And Satriano, for example, hasn't done anything to warrant a move out of there.

1255
01:11:09,680 --> 01:11:11,400
If anything, it's Baldanzi at the moment.

1256
01:11:11,400 --> 01:11:14,000
We know that everyone must be keeping their eyes on right now.

1257
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:18,640
And it's the same thing for Akpac Pro, because I did not know that this guy could play like

1258
01:11:18,640 --> 01:11:19,640
this when he was at Lazio.

1259
01:11:19,640 --> 01:11:21,200
He looked like a totally different player.

1260
01:11:21,200 --> 01:11:22,200
He looked way worse.

1261
01:11:22,200 --> 01:11:23,200
He fits in.

1262
01:11:23,200 --> 01:11:26,840
And I think this is the level he should be at at the moment.

1263
01:11:26,840 --> 01:11:28,480
And maybe he can establish himself.

1264
01:11:28,480 --> 01:11:33,760
Look, he's still 30 years old.

1265
01:11:33,760 --> 01:11:36,800
I thought Akpac Pro was much younger than that.

1266
01:11:36,800 --> 01:11:37,800
This is his level.

1267
01:11:37,800 --> 01:11:42,200
This is where he should be and this is where he's going to thrive.

1268
01:11:42,200 --> 01:11:44,440
Other than that, like you said, Baldanzi has been excellent.

1269
01:11:44,440 --> 01:11:46,280
They missed Razzvan Maron in this game.

1270
01:11:46,280 --> 01:11:47,280
They did.

1271
01:11:47,280 --> 01:11:48,280
They did.

1272
01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:49,280
And it was evident.

1273
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:51,080
Fazzini and Grassi didn't quite cut it.

1274
01:11:51,080 --> 01:11:53,840
Grassi is one of those who could have been players.

1275
01:11:53,840 --> 01:12:01,600
I'm still considered to be young by Italian standards, but is by no means a future bowler.

1276
01:12:01,600 --> 01:12:05,080
I think that the spine of the San Pogli team is Parisi at the back.

1277
01:12:05,080 --> 01:12:09,080
No Akpac Pro in the middle and Baldanzi in the pocket over there.

1278
01:12:09,080 --> 01:12:12,280
Those three guys are what make this team thick.

1279
01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:15,960
They've got a few nice pieces as well like Henderson who came off the bench this game

1280
01:12:15,960 --> 01:12:18,480
can put in a bit of a shift.

1281
01:12:18,480 --> 01:12:20,040
Other full backup where he's quite good.

1282
01:12:20,040 --> 01:12:22,160
Luperto is okay at the back as well.

1283
01:12:22,160 --> 01:12:23,560
Luperto is quite good.

1284
01:12:23,560 --> 01:12:25,760
I like Luperto and I like Abuahy.

1285
01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:29,480
And this goes without mentioning Vicario because Vicario, of course, is probably the best of

1286
01:12:29,480 --> 01:12:30,480
the lot.

1287
01:12:30,480 --> 01:12:31,480
Yeah, to Vicario.

1288
01:12:31,480 --> 01:12:32,480
Mamma mia, what a player.

1289
01:12:32,480 --> 01:12:37,640
Vic was going to get me a Vicario kit, couldn't find one because M-Poly's website is shit,

1290
01:12:37,640 --> 01:12:39,280
so he got me an Ochoa one.

1291
01:12:39,280 --> 01:12:42,760
Yes, a Salernetano Ochoa 13, the yellow kit.

1292
01:12:42,760 --> 01:12:43,760
It's quite sweet.

1293
01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:44,760
Gorgeous, man.

1294
01:12:44,760 --> 01:12:45,760
I love it.

1295
01:12:45,760 --> 01:12:46,760
I wanted to get you a Vicario one, bro.

1296
01:12:46,760 --> 01:12:47,760
I think that would have been...

1297
01:12:47,760 --> 01:12:49,760
I think you would have loved it.

1298
01:12:49,760 --> 01:12:54,880
I think putting aside any bias, he's probably my favorite goalkeeper at the moment.

1299
01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:56,360
First, you're not even going to...

1300
01:12:56,360 --> 01:12:57,360
It sounds like bullshit.

1301
01:12:57,360 --> 01:12:59,960
The site was genuinely broken.

1302
01:12:59,960 --> 01:13:00,960
It wouldn't load.

1303
01:13:00,960 --> 01:13:02,800
You press shop and nothing happens.

1304
01:13:02,800 --> 01:13:07,960
Then it gives you that your browser has died.

1305
01:13:07,960 --> 01:13:12,920
And then after that, eventually, when it was finally working, every single shirt size of

1306
01:13:12,920 --> 01:13:14,320
Vicario was sold out.

1307
01:13:14,320 --> 01:13:15,320
My God, man.

1308
01:13:15,320 --> 01:13:16,320
What the fuck?

1309
01:13:16,320 --> 01:13:18,160
Well, he's just being discovered now.

1310
01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:20,360
I discovered him a couple of seasons ago.

1311
01:13:20,360 --> 01:13:21,360
There we go.

1312
01:13:21,360 --> 01:13:24,000
But I loved the Ochoa one.

1313
01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:25,600
It's just a timeless one.

1314
01:13:25,600 --> 01:13:26,600
It is.

1315
01:13:26,600 --> 01:13:32,440
I mean, he... because a Vicario kit, I would love it until he moves to Juve.

1316
01:13:32,440 --> 01:13:33,440
You know what I mean?

1317
01:13:33,440 --> 01:13:36,800
Like this Ochoa, we got someone that blessed Serial with his presence.

1318
01:13:36,800 --> 01:13:41,600
He came in, had no reason to his like, I'm going to Salernitana.

1319
01:13:41,600 --> 01:13:44,960
What do you prioritize when you buy a football kit?

1320
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:47,880
I've got soft spots.

1321
01:13:47,880 --> 01:13:49,320
And those are the players I want.

1322
01:13:49,320 --> 01:13:50,840
I've got soft spots for players.

1323
01:13:50,840 --> 01:13:53,280
I've got soft spot for Insinia.

1324
01:13:53,280 --> 01:13:55,920
I have a soft spot for Tonali.

1325
01:13:55,920 --> 01:13:58,760
I have a soft spot for Chiesa.

1326
01:13:58,760 --> 01:14:00,600
For example, soft spot for Vicario.

1327
01:14:00,600 --> 01:14:01,760
These are players that I love.

1328
01:14:01,760 --> 01:14:06,320
It's just players I feel... they're hard workers.

1329
01:14:06,320 --> 01:14:07,320
They're humble.

1330
01:14:07,320 --> 01:14:11,200
They... I don't know how to explain it.

1331
01:14:11,200 --> 01:14:13,480
There's just some players that appeal to me.

1332
01:14:13,480 --> 01:14:16,240
And then there's like some kits that you must have.

1333
01:14:16,240 --> 01:14:17,560
There's this lot on kits.

1334
01:14:17,560 --> 01:14:20,760
You have to have one.

1335
01:14:20,760 --> 01:14:22,000
And this goes on.

1336
01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:23,080
I can go on forever.

1337
01:14:23,080 --> 01:14:25,520
But to me, it's those players that I have a soft spot for.

1338
01:14:25,520 --> 01:14:27,160
What do you prioritize?

1339
01:14:27,160 --> 01:14:37,160
For me, it's a kit that if my kids in the future are looking through my football kits

1340
01:14:37,160 --> 01:14:40,200
and they ask me, Dad, who is this?

1341
01:14:40,200 --> 01:14:41,760
I can tell them a cool story.

1342
01:14:41,760 --> 01:14:43,320
Dad, who's Soriano?

1343
01:14:43,320 --> 01:14:44,320
Yeah, exactly.

1344
01:14:44,320 --> 01:14:45,320
Who's Soriano?

1345
01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:49,760
Soriano was a fucking... was the guy at Bologna for so long.

1346
01:14:49,760 --> 01:14:51,560
Like, Soriano is one of my weirdest kits.

1347
01:14:51,560 --> 01:14:53,040
I've got Goran Pandev.

1348
01:14:53,040 --> 01:14:55,480
I've got an Ozzy Man's kit for an apple.

1349
01:14:55,480 --> 01:14:56,480
That's going to be a good one.

1350
01:14:56,480 --> 01:14:57,480
That was an investment.

1351
01:14:57,480 --> 01:14:58,480
I told Sarah's mom as a joke.

1352
01:14:58,480 --> 01:14:59,480
Yeah, that was crazy.

1353
01:14:59,480 --> 01:15:03,480
She was like, you want something from Naples?

1354
01:15:03,480 --> 01:15:04,920
I was like, yes, please.

1355
01:15:04,920 --> 01:15:05,920
An Ozzy Man kit.

1356
01:15:05,920 --> 01:15:08,920
She comes down and she's like, here you go.

1357
01:15:08,920 --> 01:15:09,920
I'm like, what the fuck?

1358
01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:10,920
90 euro, Jake.

1359
01:15:10,920 --> 01:15:11,920
Thank you very much.

1360
01:15:11,920 --> 01:15:12,920
I have a Locatelli Milan kit.

1361
01:15:12,920 --> 01:15:13,920
You have a Roman Yoli Milan kit.

1362
01:15:13,920 --> 01:15:14,920
I'm quite unlucky with the Milan kits.

1363
01:15:14,920 --> 01:15:15,920
But then I have also got a Charawi Bonaventura.

1364
01:15:15,920 --> 01:15:16,920
I've got a Giuseppe.

1365
01:15:16,920 --> 01:15:17,920
I have a Giorgio.

1366
01:15:17,920 --> 01:15:18,920
I have a Giorgio.

1367
01:15:18,920 --> 01:15:19,920
I have a Giorgio.

1368
01:15:19,920 --> 01:15:20,920
I have a Giorgio.

1369
01:15:20,920 --> 01:15:23,240
I have a Charawi Bonaventura.

1370
01:15:23,240 --> 01:15:25,240
I've got a Giroud, Ibrahimovic, Pandev.

1371
01:15:25,240 --> 01:15:26,240
Pandev, did I mention Pandev?

1372
01:15:26,240 --> 01:15:29,240
I've got Goran Pandev.

1373
01:15:29,240 --> 01:15:30,560
Quite a few interesting ones as well.

1374
01:15:30,560 --> 01:15:31,840
And the Venezia kit as well.

1375
01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:32,840
I love that kit.

1376
01:15:32,840 --> 01:15:33,840
Yeah.

1377
01:15:33,840 --> 01:15:34,840
And Saponara.

1378
01:15:34,840 --> 01:15:35,840
Thank you very much, bro.

1379
01:15:35,840 --> 01:15:38,640
That's one of my favorites as well.

1380
01:15:38,640 --> 01:15:40,320
Cool, bro.

1381
01:15:40,320 --> 01:15:42,200
Is it your game that's up next?

1382
01:15:42,200 --> 01:15:43,200
It is.

1383
01:15:43,200 --> 01:15:46,640
I don't know if you want to go through Atalanta a little bit before we move on.

1384
01:15:46,640 --> 01:15:52,920
They got a victory against a struggling Empoli.

1385
01:15:52,920 --> 01:15:54,600
They obviously attacked quite a bit.

1386
01:15:54,600 --> 01:15:59,160
They had 70% ball possession and they had 27 attempts as they were looking to get a

1387
01:15:59,160 --> 01:16:00,160
victory.

1388
01:16:00,160 --> 01:16:04,160
Now, I don't think that's a healthy output to have against Empoli when they're struggling

1389
01:16:04,160 --> 01:16:05,160
so much.

1390
01:16:05,160 --> 01:16:09,420
I think they overworked themselves so much to get that late win.

1391
01:16:09,420 --> 01:16:11,080
And I really don't think it's a sustainable.

1392
01:16:11,080 --> 01:16:12,640
And we've said this before about Atalanta.

1393
01:16:12,640 --> 01:16:16,840
They have to work their socks off to beat average teams.

1394
01:16:16,840 --> 01:16:18,960
And it's not very sustainable.

1395
01:16:18,960 --> 01:16:24,880
We saw them take the approach of a 3-4-1-2 rather than the 3-4-3, which seemed to work

1396
01:16:24,880 --> 01:16:28,360
when they were playing Boga on one side and Lukman on the other.

1397
01:16:28,360 --> 01:16:29,360
But they started pass-alidge.

1398
01:16:29,360 --> 01:16:31,600
They played Muriel and Zapata up front.

1399
01:16:31,600 --> 01:16:35,120
It's weird calls all around by Gasparini as well.

1400
01:16:35,120 --> 01:16:36,280
We're speaking of weird calls.

1401
01:16:36,280 --> 01:16:40,040
Look, at the end of the day, Atalanta came into this game without having scored a single

1402
01:16:40,040 --> 01:16:41,640
goal in their past three games.

1403
01:16:41,640 --> 01:16:45,440
They played against an Empoli side who covered the most distance this matchday.

1404
01:16:45,440 --> 01:16:50,360
So I think at this point, it was just important for Atalanta to score and to take home the

1405
01:16:50,360 --> 01:16:51,480
three points.

1406
01:16:51,480 --> 01:16:55,000
This can be seen as a turning point in their season.

1407
01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:59,120
And I think they'll celebrate this victory quite a lot, to be honest.

1408
01:16:59,120 --> 01:17:01,360
It was very, very needed for them.

1409
01:17:01,360 --> 01:17:05,960
And the fact that they, for example, shifted to this formation when starting with Muriel

1410
01:17:05,960 --> 01:17:11,240
and Zapata, who aren't really on great form at the moment, gave them the opportunity to

1411
01:17:11,240 --> 01:17:12,560
strengthen in the second half.

1412
01:17:12,560 --> 01:17:15,400
And that's exactly what they did when they brought on Boga and Lukman.

1413
01:17:15,400 --> 01:17:16,400
That they changed the game.

1414
01:17:16,400 --> 01:17:17,400
Fair enough.

1415
01:17:17,400 --> 01:17:18,400
Fair enough.

1416
01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:19,400
Okay, bro.

1417
01:17:19,400 --> 01:17:21,280
Do you want to let us know where they are?

1418
01:17:21,280 --> 01:17:23,920
Oh, I thought I did that.

1419
01:17:23,920 --> 01:17:30,280
Atalanta are in sixth with 45 points, while Empoli are in 14th with 28 points.

1420
01:17:30,280 --> 01:17:31,280
Excellent.

1421
01:17:31,280 --> 01:17:35,000
The next game we're going to be covering is Salernitana 2-Bologna 2.

1422
01:17:35,000 --> 01:17:36,640
The previous encounter was another draw.

1423
01:17:36,640 --> 01:17:39,640
It was Bologna 1, Salernitana 1.

1424
01:17:39,640 --> 01:17:44,320
Now, Cerenegoi and Trustekong were still out injured while Bologna had Orsalini back from

1425
01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:46,280
suspension but not fully fit.

1426
01:17:46,280 --> 01:17:51,000
Dominguez was still on the treatment table and Marko Arnautovic again snubbed in favour

1427
01:17:51,000 --> 01:17:52,400
of Moussa Baro.

1428
01:17:52,400 --> 01:17:58,400
But it's good to see these players, Orsalini, Soriano, Arnautovic, featuring a little bit

1429
01:17:58,400 --> 01:18:03,160
off the bench and coming back to Bologna as they have been struggling with injuries.

1430
01:18:03,160 --> 01:18:07,240
They in fact lined up with a 4-2-3-1 formation with Skorupski and Gold, and the back line

1431
01:18:07,240 --> 01:18:10,040
of Posch, Saumauro, Lukumi and Cambiaso.

1432
01:18:10,040 --> 01:18:13,320
They had Schautel and Moura on the middle with Abishev out on the right, Kiriakopoulos

1433
01:18:13,320 --> 01:18:16,720
out on the left and Ferguson playing behind Moussa Baro.

1434
01:18:16,720 --> 01:18:20,240
For Salernitana it was a 3-4-2-1 formation with Ochoa and Gold.

1435
01:18:20,240 --> 01:18:22,640
A back line of Pirola, Giomber and Danilulic.

1436
01:18:22,640 --> 01:18:25,920
They had Broderich out on the left and Matsoki out on the right.

1437
01:18:25,920 --> 01:18:30,880
They had Koulibaly and Bohnen in the middle with Candreva and Kastanos playing behind

1438
01:18:30,880 --> 01:18:33,240
Boulaie Dia.

1439
01:18:33,240 --> 01:18:40,280
Now, the action started in the 7th minute as Pirola opened the scoring for Salernitana.

1440
01:18:40,280 --> 01:18:44,800
It was a short corner that was quickly crossed in by Candreva and headed in at the near post

1441
01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:46,480
by Pirola.

1442
01:18:46,480 --> 01:18:50,200
Matsoki was played through just 3 minutes later in the 10th minute but attempted to

1443
01:18:50,200 --> 01:18:53,480
chip Skorupski where he reigned unsuccessful.

1444
01:18:53,480 --> 01:18:58,080
I did find that to be quite weird and it was easy pickings for the keeper.

1445
01:18:58,080 --> 01:19:02,960
Just one minute later and then to rub salt in the wounds of Matsoki.

1446
01:19:02,960 --> 01:19:07,700
Ferguson scored it was an in-swinging cross by Kyriakopoulos that was headed in well by

1447
01:19:07,700 --> 01:19:09,280
Ferguson.

1448
01:19:09,280 --> 01:19:13,240
In the 21st minute, just 10 minutes later, Moura had time and space to finish a lovely

1449
01:19:13,240 --> 01:19:18,880
piece of play by Bologna but Giomber got back very well to take the ball off him, a champion

1450
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:20,200
tackle by him.

1451
01:19:20,200 --> 01:19:24,200
However, Moura will be disappointed not to have executed.

1452
01:19:24,200 --> 01:19:30,360
Ferguson had penalty appeals as he went down under pressure from Broderich in the box.

1453
01:19:30,360 --> 01:19:34,600
Yes it was Broderich but VAR and the referee waved play on.

1454
01:19:34,600 --> 01:19:37,560
That was just at the end of the first half.

1455
01:19:37,560 --> 01:19:43,880
In the 64th minute Diaz scored a shot from inside the area, deflected off Schouten and

1456
01:19:43,880 --> 01:19:47,560
went in to put Salernitana up with the score of 2-1.

1457
01:19:47,560 --> 01:19:55,440
However, 9 minutes later, Liko Giannis scored a looping header after a Kyriakopoulos corner.

1458
01:19:55,440 --> 01:20:00,000
So as I mentioned earlier Bologna are somewhat compromised by injuries.

1459
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:05,600
They are recovering so to say because their key pieces are coming back into the squad.

1460
01:20:05,600 --> 01:20:08,840
But what a performance by Kyriakopoulos in place of Soriano.

1461
01:20:08,840 --> 01:20:11,280
Two assists for him.

1462
01:20:11,280 --> 01:20:17,280
Yes bro, he is proving to be quite the coup for them.

1463
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:25,120
A player that was deemed to be quite unextravagant.

1464
01:20:25,120 --> 01:20:26,800
And he's actually doing really well.

1465
01:20:26,800 --> 01:20:30,440
Finally I still mix him up with Liko Giannis.

1466
01:20:30,440 --> 01:20:31,440
Absolutely.

1467
01:20:31,440 --> 01:20:32,440
Like who is who?

1468
01:20:32,440 --> 01:20:35,920
I had an aneurysm finding out who assisted who.

1469
01:20:35,920 --> 01:20:39,720
I'm like Kyriakopoulos assists Liko Giannis, did Liko Giannis assist Kyriakopoulos?

1470
01:20:39,720 --> 01:20:41,920
I was going crazy.

1471
01:20:41,920 --> 01:20:46,440
But Kyriakopoulos in case you guys don't remember who he is, he was at Sassuolo.

1472
01:20:46,440 --> 01:20:49,600
Sometimes used to play left back, sometimes used to play left wing and if there's one

1473
01:20:49,600 --> 01:20:51,920
thing he's got it's a sweet left boot.

1474
01:20:51,920 --> 01:20:54,840
And that's what he utilised in this game and that's what got him the two assists.

1475
01:20:54,840 --> 01:20:59,960
And Salernitana really, really fucking brought it to Bologna over here.

1476
01:20:59,960 --> 01:21:02,600
They did and they were unlucky.

1477
01:21:02,600 --> 01:21:07,160
They conceded two shots on target and they conceded two.

1478
01:21:07,160 --> 01:21:10,120
I sure didn't actually make a single save in this game.

1479
01:21:10,120 --> 01:21:11,840
So quite unlucky for them over there.

1480
01:21:11,840 --> 01:21:13,720
They played really well.

1481
01:21:13,720 --> 01:21:15,880
I really like Pirolad the back.

1482
01:21:15,880 --> 01:21:19,360
Granted he scored okay, he's putting himself out there but he looks really good defensively

1483
01:21:19,360 --> 01:21:21,080
as well.

1484
01:21:21,080 --> 01:21:26,880
When it comes to Bologna, I'm surprised Orsalini didn't make it to the national team.

1485
01:21:26,880 --> 01:21:28,640
Another weird one.

1486
01:21:28,640 --> 01:21:31,040
Probably because he's recovering from injury.

1487
01:21:31,040 --> 01:21:32,040
Probably yes.

1488
01:21:32,040 --> 01:21:34,000
But you know you look at it, it's...

1489
01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:35,000
Yeah.

1490
01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:36,000
But whatever.

1491
01:21:36,000 --> 01:21:42,800
He's a player to counter what you said earlier about Zaccani being the best forward, the

1492
01:21:42,800 --> 01:21:44,000
Italian forward at the moment.

1493
01:21:44,000 --> 01:21:46,080
I think Orsalini gives him a run for his money.

1494
01:21:46,080 --> 01:21:47,080
Sure, sure.

1495
01:21:47,080 --> 01:21:49,680
Fair enough and I accept that because he's a fucking beast.

1496
01:21:49,680 --> 01:21:50,680
He's an absolute beast.

1497
01:21:50,680 --> 01:21:51,680
Bro, the Dia song?

1498
01:21:51,680 --> 01:22:20,680
Yes.

1499
01:22:20,680 --> 01:22:35,600
They don't have asthma, these guys.

1500
01:22:35,600 --> 01:22:36,600
They definitely don't.

1501
01:22:36,600 --> 01:22:39,680
They've never smoked a cigarette in their life, these guys.

1502
01:22:39,680 --> 01:22:42,160
Although I kind of want to smoke a cigarette with them.

1503
01:22:42,160 --> 01:22:47,960
Bro, Dia, 26 years old, having an incredible breakout season, where will he go next season?

1504
01:22:47,960 --> 01:22:49,960
Make a bet there, I guess.

1505
01:22:49,960 --> 01:22:51,880
Imagine he leaves.

1506
01:22:51,880 --> 01:22:52,880
This is assuming he leaves, of course.

1507
01:22:52,880 --> 01:22:54,960
Not everyone has to leave just because they play well.

1508
01:22:54,960 --> 01:22:56,320
Jake, you dumb fuck.

1509
01:22:56,320 --> 01:22:58,640
But tell me.

1510
01:22:58,640 --> 01:23:06,200
If he had to move club, Dia, I see him at Torino, bro.

1511
01:23:06,200 --> 01:23:07,200
That's a great shout.

1512
01:23:07,200 --> 01:23:09,200
I do see him at Torino as well.

1513
01:23:09,200 --> 01:23:10,200
I see him at Bologna.

1514
01:23:10,200 --> 01:23:12,560
I do see him at Bologna as well.

1515
01:23:12,560 --> 01:23:18,480
I also, I always, I would gamble that Atalanta would be interested in most of these up and

1516
01:23:18,480 --> 01:23:22,760
coming strikers in Serie A. They'd be interested in Dia and Zola and all these guys.

1517
01:23:22,760 --> 01:23:29,280
Always looking for talent from the local scene, from Serie A. That's where they get most of

1518
01:23:29,280 --> 01:23:30,280
their coupes.

1519
01:23:30,280 --> 01:23:33,600
Milan could use him, certainly.

1520
01:23:33,600 --> 01:23:34,600
Inter could use him.

1521
01:23:34,600 --> 01:23:38,240
It'd be a cheap solution when Lukaku goes.

1522
01:23:38,240 --> 01:23:41,080
And Lazio as well, bro, could definitely use a forward right now.

1523
01:23:41,080 --> 01:23:45,760
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he goes a step further than Bologna and Torino and

1524
01:23:45,760 --> 01:23:49,400
actually draws attention from these top six sides.

1525
01:23:49,400 --> 01:23:50,400
Yeah, perhaps.

1526
01:23:50,400 --> 01:23:51,680
Or maybe from another league, man.

1527
01:23:51,680 --> 01:23:55,920
And that's what will most likely happen, I think.

1528
01:23:55,920 --> 01:23:56,920
Ferguson.

1529
01:23:56,920 --> 01:23:57,920
Oh, yes.

1530
01:23:57,920 --> 01:23:58,920
Fantastic player.

1531
01:23:58,920 --> 01:24:03,640
In the absence of all of these stars, he continues to carry that front line.

1532
01:24:03,640 --> 01:24:08,200
I know Karyakopoulos got two assists, but he's everywhere.

1533
01:24:08,200 --> 01:24:09,200
This guy.

1534
01:24:09,200 --> 01:24:12,000
And it seems like he's just great at everything.

1535
01:24:12,000 --> 01:24:16,200
If there's a way to sum up, Ferguson is great at everything.

1536
01:24:16,200 --> 01:24:17,680
He's a good passer of the ball.

1537
01:24:17,680 --> 01:24:19,480
He can dribble.

1538
01:24:19,480 --> 01:24:21,920
He can have a shot at goal as well.

1539
01:24:21,920 --> 01:24:22,920
He's a good finisher.

1540
01:24:22,920 --> 01:24:24,920
He's a complete player, man.

1541
01:24:24,920 --> 01:24:26,920
Yeah, he's great in the air as well.

1542
01:24:26,920 --> 01:24:27,920
181 centimeters tall.

1543
01:24:27,920 --> 01:24:29,760
He's 23 years old.

1544
01:24:29,760 --> 01:24:32,240
Definitely an exciting talent over there.

1545
01:24:32,240 --> 01:24:35,960
Yeah, it's interesting to see how Bologna will react to this.

1546
01:24:35,960 --> 01:24:37,360
They have these players coming back.

1547
01:24:37,360 --> 01:24:40,400
They will be bummed that they didn't get three points.

1548
01:24:40,400 --> 01:24:43,040
But in hindsight, they did well to get a point.

1549
01:24:43,040 --> 01:24:44,360
Salernitana were on fire.

1550
01:24:44,360 --> 01:24:50,200
Sousa Salernitana came out here on a fucking mission and they were relentless and Bologna

1551
01:24:50,200 --> 01:24:54,440
did end up coping well and they'll take the point and move on.

1552
01:24:54,440 --> 01:25:01,300
They are in ninth place on 37 points, while Salernitana in 16th on 27, eight points ahead

1553
01:25:01,300 --> 01:25:03,200
of 18th place, Verona.

1554
01:25:03,200 --> 01:25:06,080
The next game we're going to be covering is Fiorentina.

1555
01:25:06,080 --> 01:25:08,360
One Lecce nil.

1556
01:25:08,360 --> 01:25:15,440
Lecce had won three of their previous four away games in Serie A against Fiorentina.

1557
01:25:15,440 --> 01:25:17,880
So yeah, a bit of a bogey team over there for them.

1558
01:25:17,880 --> 01:25:24,800
Lecce haven't managed to score more than one goal in Serie A against Fiorentina since January

1559
01:25:24,800 --> 01:25:25,800
2009.

1560
01:25:25,800 --> 01:25:29,200
Oh, fucking hell.

1561
01:25:29,200 --> 01:25:36,000
Had Martinez Quarta played this game, we would have seen two of the top four defenders when

1562
01:25:36,000 --> 01:25:39,200
it comes to aerial duels, one in Serie A this season.

1563
01:25:39,200 --> 01:25:44,280
Napoli's Kim is first, of course, Martinez Quarta second with 65, Basquerotto is third

1564
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:48,880
with 59 and fourth behind them is Torino's Bon Giorno.

1565
01:25:48,880 --> 01:25:49,880
Wow, man.

1566
01:25:49,880 --> 01:25:50,880
Bon Giorno.

1567
01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:52,520
That's a good soundboard snippet.

1568
01:25:52,520 --> 01:25:53,960
Brad Pitt saying Bon Giorno.

1569
01:25:53,960 --> 01:25:54,960
That's excellent.

1570
01:25:54,960 --> 01:25:55,960
Nice.

1571
01:25:55,960 --> 01:25:57,960
Like right now.

1572
01:25:57,960 --> 01:26:02,400
Anyway, Fiorentina lined up with their 4-2-3-1 formation with Terracciano on goal, Biragi

1573
01:26:02,400 --> 01:26:07,280
as the left back and Dodo as the right back with Igor and Milinkovic as the center back

1574
01:26:07,280 --> 01:26:08,280
partnership.

1575
01:26:08,280 --> 01:26:12,600
Mandragora and Amrabat were the double pivot with Ricardo Sapunar out on the left, Nico

1576
01:26:12,600 --> 01:26:18,880
Gonzalez on the right and Barak in the middle playing behind Kwame up front.

1577
01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:23,680
For Lecce, there was Falcone in goal, Jean Drey was out on the right, Gallo was out on

1578
01:26:23,680 --> 01:26:28,400
the left, Umtiti and Basquerotto formed their formidable defensive partnership.

1579
01:26:28,400 --> 01:26:32,520
Blinn, Hulman and Gonzalez were the midfield three with Streffetza playing as the right

1580
01:26:32,520 --> 01:26:37,960
winger, Di Francesco playing as the left winger and Colombo playing as the striker, this time

1581
01:26:37,960 --> 01:26:40,880
getting the nod over Cissé.

1582
01:26:40,880 --> 01:26:41,880
Yes, sir.

1583
01:26:41,880 --> 01:26:44,240
Italiano rotated his team a little bit over here.

1584
01:26:44,240 --> 01:26:49,840
We saw Igor and Sapunar and the most surprising of the lot, Kwame getting the call over here,

1585
01:26:49,840 --> 01:26:54,600
rotating from his, of course, European team because Sapunar does tend to play in the league.

1586
01:26:54,600 --> 01:27:01,280
Jovic is injured and Cabral was rested after the conference league game.

1587
01:27:01,280 --> 01:27:06,720
Now hard press from Lecce at the beginning of the game, bro.

1588
01:27:06,720 --> 01:27:12,880
Fiorentina started to figure it out at the 10 minute mark and started to actually play

1589
01:27:12,880 --> 01:27:16,760
their way out of Lecce's press after 10 minutes.

1590
01:27:16,760 --> 01:27:20,040
Lecce looked like they were going to disrupt them from the get go and they do that to big

1591
01:27:20,040 --> 01:27:21,040
teams sometimes.

1592
01:27:21,040 --> 01:27:25,000
In Lecce, they actually press you at the start, get early goals and then hold on and you can't

1593
01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:26,540
do anything about that.

1594
01:27:26,540 --> 01:27:31,580
In the 27th minute, Sapunar charged down the left, he did a little shimmy and whipped in

1595
01:27:31,580 --> 01:27:33,640
an inch perfect across to Nico Gonzalez.

1596
01:27:33,640 --> 01:27:37,600
The ball was played perfectly between the keeper and the falling onto Nino Gallo, who

1597
01:27:37,600 --> 01:27:41,440
was unfortunate enough to turn the ball into his own net.

1598
01:27:41,440 --> 01:27:43,440
Lecce's intensity died out in the second half.

1599
01:27:43,440 --> 01:27:46,520
The substitutions were sparse and they killed momentum.

1600
01:27:46,520 --> 01:27:52,640
Fiorentina were very comfortable on the other hand and managed to take this one nil victory

1601
01:27:52,640 --> 01:27:53,640
home.

1602
01:27:53,640 --> 01:27:57,960
Di Francesco had Lecce's best opportunity when Streffetza played him through brilliantly,

1603
01:27:57,960 --> 01:28:01,360
but Di Francesco had his back towards goal and tried to shoot on the turn.

1604
01:28:01,360 --> 01:28:05,760
Was one of those, as you described, bro, as ehh, short.

1605
01:28:05,760 --> 01:28:10,280
Streffetza also had a powerful shot saved by Terracciano after Igor lost the ball very

1606
01:28:10,280 --> 01:28:12,840
stupidly, a lapse in concentration over there.

1607
01:28:12,840 --> 01:28:16,960
For Fiorentina, Barak and Sapunar had good opportunities with their heads, Sapunar forced

1608
01:28:16,960 --> 01:28:18,520
Falcón into an acrobatic save.

1609
01:28:18,520 --> 01:28:21,680
No one had more attempts than Sapunar this match, they hit six.

1610
01:28:21,680 --> 01:28:26,040
Amrabat got close as well when his through ball to Bonaventura came off Bonaventura's

1611
01:28:26,040 --> 01:28:31,600
heel and back into the path of Amrabat who mishit his shot.

1612
01:28:31,600 --> 01:28:37,520
It was an interesting game, quite action packed, quite fast paced, especially the first half.

1613
01:28:37,520 --> 01:28:39,120
The second half died down a little bit.

1614
01:28:39,120 --> 01:28:48,040
But bro, once again, having these flare wingers like Nico González, Jonathan Icon, Andrea

1615
01:28:48,040 --> 01:28:56,240
Sotil, you know, it's not the same as having a high IQ creative on the wing.

1616
01:28:56,240 --> 01:28:57,240
Absolutely.

1617
01:28:57,240 --> 01:29:01,160
Because you see Sapunar, man, and he always does what's correct.

1618
01:29:01,160 --> 01:29:02,880
He never misses a run.

1619
01:29:02,880 --> 01:29:06,280
He knows when the space is, he knows when he should shoot, he knows when he should pass.

1620
01:29:06,280 --> 01:29:09,920
He always makes the correct call and we often praise him over here for a reason because

1621
01:29:09,920 --> 01:29:14,280
he's a joy to watch because he's got an amazing footballing brain.

1622
01:29:14,280 --> 01:29:15,280
No, absolutely.

1623
01:29:15,280 --> 01:29:20,200
And sometimes I think you guys think we're joking by the amount of praise we give Sapunar,

1624
01:29:20,200 --> 01:29:22,440
but I'm genuinely such a fan of this guy.

1625
01:29:22,440 --> 01:29:29,080
It's like when in doubt, just play the ball to Sapunar, play the ball right at his feet.

1626
01:29:29,080 --> 01:29:30,960
That's where he wants it.

1627
01:29:30,960 --> 01:29:36,440
Give him the ball right at his feet and he will create space with the pass that he plays.

1628
01:29:36,440 --> 01:29:42,560
He's super intelligent and if there's a run, he sees it and he picks it out, man.

1629
01:29:42,560 --> 01:29:47,160
Hasn't got 90 minutes in him, but those 60, 70 minutes that he plays, he really, really

1630
01:29:47,160 --> 01:29:49,560
gives Fiorentina something different.

1631
01:29:49,560 --> 01:29:54,600
And then he's replaced with a more direct player, which gives Fiorentina a little kind

1632
01:29:54,600 --> 01:29:55,600
of plan B.

1633
01:29:55,600 --> 01:29:56,600
Yes.

1634
01:29:56,600 --> 01:30:00,760
Some of the goals he scored are some of the best I've seen, to be honest.

1635
01:30:00,760 --> 01:30:03,000
Look up his goal against Roma, guys, if you haven't seen it.

1636
01:30:03,000 --> 01:30:06,440
His goal against Milan.

1637
01:30:06,440 --> 01:30:11,320
It wasn't pretty at all, but Fiorentina kept their winning streak alive and they pretty

1638
01:30:11,320 --> 01:30:13,520
much neutralized the tough lecture side.

1639
01:30:13,520 --> 01:30:19,360
Bar those two opportunities, lecture didn't really threaten at all the whole game.

1640
01:30:19,360 --> 01:30:23,720
I think it was rather comfortable for Fiorentina.

1641
01:30:23,720 --> 01:30:25,080
I mean, sure.

1642
01:30:25,080 --> 01:30:28,840
The first half was a little bit of a struggle, but after that, lecture's intensity dropped.

1643
01:30:28,840 --> 01:30:31,520
I think they pressed themselves to oblivion.

1644
01:30:31,520 --> 01:30:33,120
Yeah, I think so.

1645
01:30:33,120 --> 01:30:37,440
And the own goal seemed to set them back a little bit as well after the 27th minute.

1646
01:30:37,440 --> 01:30:41,120
For the remainder of that half, lecture looked like they really wanted to get back into the

1647
01:30:41,120 --> 01:30:42,120
game.

1648
01:30:42,120 --> 01:30:44,440
Keep in mind, guys, lecture need points at the moment.

1649
01:30:44,440 --> 01:30:49,360
They're in a similar boat to Empoli, where they're nearing the bottom end of that table

1650
01:30:49,360 --> 01:30:56,440
and they're starting to be in an uncomfortable area, really, had it been not for all the

1651
01:30:56,440 --> 01:30:58,280
positive results they had earlier.

1652
01:30:58,280 --> 01:31:02,760
So it's no easy feat playing against a team like that that is desperate for a victory.

1653
01:31:02,760 --> 01:31:07,800
But Fiorentina are super calm and super composed and super confident at the moment.

1654
01:31:07,800 --> 01:31:09,520
And I think that's what got them the victory.

1655
01:31:09,520 --> 01:31:16,160
Definitely, bro, especially when you look at the lecture side that can disrupt these

1656
01:31:16,160 --> 01:31:17,680
big teams away from home.

1657
01:31:17,680 --> 01:31:20,560
We've seen them do it against so many of them.

1658
01:31:20,560 --> 01:31:25,480
But anyway, yes, one thing I noticed this game was that Sotil is still struggling to

1659
01:31:25,480 --> 01:31:26,840
get back to full fitness.

1660
01:31:26,840 --> 01:31:29,360
He's not quite sharp enough yet.

1661
01:31:29,360 --> 01:31:32,600
And Mandragora, bro, has hit a great run of form.

1662
01:31:32,600 --> 01:31:35,360
He typically gets injured when he hits a good run of form.

1663
01:31:35,360 --> 01:31:37,480
So let's hope that it's different this time.

1664
01:31:37,480 --> 01:31:41,900
And let's hope that we can finally see Mandragora get some momentum and improve as a player

1665
01:31:41,900 --> 01:31:43,800
because he is very promising.

1666
01:31:43,800 --> 01:31:44,800
He's great.

1667
01:31:44,800 --> 01:31:45,800
He is great.

1668
01:31:45,800 --> 01:31:47,560
And he always has been great.

1669
01:31:47,560 --> 01:31:51,880
His move to Fiorentina halted his progress a little bit and he struggled with injuries

1670
01:31:51,880 --> 01:31:53,000
in the beginning.

1671
01:31:53,000 --> 01:31:58,520
He said he was going to be that creative outlet for Fiorentina.

1672
01:31:58,520 --> 01:32:00,440
And now he's back and he's proving to do that.

1673
01:32:00,440 --> 01:32:02,720
He's got a great work rate.

1674
01:32:02,720 --> 01:32:04,200
He plays well alongside Amrabat.

1675
01:32:04,200 --> 01:32:06,760
Amrabat does a lot of the dirty work.

1676
01:32:06,760 --> 01:32:11,300
And Mandragora, the way he plays the ball around is just beautiful to watch.

1677
01:32:11,300 --> 01:32:15,360
And having him and Saponara and Birage on the left hand side just makes them so dangerous

1678
01:32:15,360 --> 01:32:16,360
and so creative.

1679
01:32:16,360 --> 01:32:20,120
Yes, that's a nice double pivot over there, Amrabat and Mandragora.

1680
01:32:20,120 --> 01:32:21,120
Absolutely, man.

1681
01:32:21,120 --> 01:32:24,560
I don't know if there's anything else to add to this game.

1682
01:32:24,560 --> 01:32:26,840
It was quite straightforward.

1683
01:32:26,840 --> 01:32:30,920
Terracciano, of course, had three saves.

1684
01:32:30,920 --> 01:32:32,640
Three good saves.

1685
01:32:32,640 --> 01:32:35,920
I mean, they injuredly threatened him.

1686
01:32:35,920 --> 01:32:37,920
Saves a save, saves a save though.

1687
01:32:37,920 --> 01:32:42,120
But yes, let's go to where they currently stand in the table.

1688
01:32:42,120 --> 01:32:49,280
Fiorentina are at ninth as they get their fourth win in a row with 37 points, while

1689
01:32:49,280 --> 01:32:55,960
Lecce are down at 15th with 27 points as they have complete opposite form, four losses in

1690
01:32:55,960 --> 01:32:56,960
a row now.

1691
01:32:56,960 --> 01:32:57,960
Yeah.

1692
01:32:57,960 --> 01:32:58,960
Sassuolo won.

1693
01:32:58,960 --> 01:33:01,400
Spezia nil is the next game we're going to be covering.

1694
01:33:01,400 --> 01:33:03,160
This was a Friday night fixture.

1695
01:33:03,160 --> 01:33:07,720
The previous encounter was a 2-2 draw when Spezia were at home.

1696
01:33:07,720 --> 01:33:11,560
Sassuolo started in their 4-3-3 formation with Concelli in goal and the backline of

1697
01:33:11,560 --> 01:33:17,640
Rogerio Ferrari, Erlich Antolian, at the midfield three of Henrique Lopez and Torzvet.

1698
01:33:17,640 --> 01:33:23,080
With Lauriente out on the left, Berardi out on the right and Pinamonti up front.

1699
01:33:23,080 --> 01:33:27,240
Spezia played in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Drangovski in goal and the backline of Amian,

1700
01:33:27,240 --> 01:33:29,240
Caldara, Ampadu and Nicolao.

1701
01:33:29,240 --> 01:33:34,040
The midfield two of Egdal and Borabia with Agudelo ahead of them, Giasi out on the right,

1702
01:33:34,040 --> 01:33:37,960
Daniel Maldini out on the left and Inzola up front.

1703
01:33:37,960 --> 01:33:42,760
Keep in mind this was no easy game for Sassuolo facing an on-form Spezia side.

1704
01:33:42,760 --> 01:33:47,080
When I say in-form, I mean they just beaten Ter pretty much because other than that, they

1705
01:33:47,080 --> 01:33:50,920
are towards the relegation zone.

1706
01:33:50,920 --> 01:33:55,360
In the 33rd minute, Berardi attempted a left-footed curler from outside the box which hit the

1707
01:33:55,360 --> 01:33:59,960
woodwork and in the 45th minute, Drangovski denied a close-range Henrique header.

1708
01:33:59,960 --> 01:34:03,360
This guy just keeps on proving that he is a top goalkeeper.

1709
01:34:03,360 --> 01:34:06,320
In the 70th minute, Berardi converted from the spot.

1710
01:34:06,320 --> 01:34:10,720
Drangovski almost got to his penalty which just crept underneath him.

1711
01:34:10,720 --> 01:34:14,960
The penalty was given away by Amian who blocked a Lauriente shot with his hand.

1712
01:34:14,960 --> 01:34:18,240
It did take VAR to make that call.

1713
01:34:18,240 --> 01:34:22,220
Now Spezia struggled to keep up with the home side after going behind, trying to remain

1714
01:34:22,220 --> 01:34:26,120
positive on the ball but failing to match Sassuolo's intensity.

1715
01:34:26,120 --> 01:34:30,400
Their efforts were ultimately in vain as Alessio Dionisi's side picked up another three points

1716
01:34:30,400 --> 01:34:33,120
after seeing out their victory.

1717
01:34:33,120 --> 01:34:38,120
Not an easy game for Sassuolo but the run of form continues to be not a run of form

1718
01:34:38,120 --> 01:34:43,560
and continues to show that they should be higher up the table.

1719
01:34:43,560 --> 01:34:47,120
They had a very slow start and they've gotten better a lot.

1720
01:34:47,120 --> 01:34:51,520
What do you make of this matchup between Sassuolo and Spezia?

1721
01:34:51,520 --> 01:34:57,080
Two interesting and dynamic teams quite frankly this season.

1722
01:34:57,080 --> 01:35:02,860
Spezia have looked to be quite the unit at times and now under Semplitri they have a

1723
01:35:02,860 --> 01:35:10,040
new kind of release of life and we've seen in Zola is definitely not an easy player to

1724
01:35:10,040 --> 01:35:11,040
tame.

1725
01:35:11,040 --> 01:35:16,360
Especially when you put them up against Concelli, Ferrari, Le Chitalian and Rogério you think

1726
01:35:16,360 --> 01:35:19,720
this guy is going to have a field day but Sassuolo stayed compact and they did very

1727
01:35:19,720 --> 01:35:23,000
well to continue their hot form over here.

1728
01:35:23,000 --> 01:35:27,320
Lauriente and Berardi had incredible games.

1729
01:35:27,320 --> 01:35:31,680
Again, like we said these two are two of the best wingers that there is in the league and

1730
01:35:31,680 --> 01:35:36,040
definitely as a partnership they're top three together.

1731
01:35:36,040 --> 01:35:39,240
A very clean sheet for Sassuolo.

1732
01:35:39,240 --> 01:35:40,640
Good for them right?

1733
01:35:40,640 --> 01:35:46,640
It had been a fucking while since we saw an 8.5 on Fanta-Culture for Concelli on my bench.

1734
01:35:46,640 --> 01:35:48,240
On your bench?

1735
01:35:48,240 --> 01:35:50,120
I started Mike.

1736
01:35:50,120 --> 01:35:53,120
You always start Mike.

1737
01:35:53,120 --> 01:35:55,560
But yeah, great three points for Sassuolo.

1738
01:35:55,560 --> 01:35:58,720
However a very tight game.

1739
01:35:58,720 --> 01:36:01,800
Spezia had 11 shots, okay only one on target.

1740
01:36:01,800 --> 01:36:06,980
Two Sassuolo's 15 and 6 on target but Spezia continue to prove that they're quite an offensive

1741
01:36:06,980 --> 01:36:11,780
side under Semplice and they really really take the game to their opponents.

1742
01:36:11,780 --> 01:36:17,080
They do bro, they play up to their opponents level and they have a few players who are

1743
01:36:17,080 --> 01:36:20,400
capable of causing problems.

1744
01:36:20,400 --> 01:36:23,440
Interesting Simaldini starting over here, he played quite a good game to be honest with

1745
01:36:23,440 --> 01:36:24,440
you.

1746
01:36:24,440 --> 01:36:26,280
Yeah I mean after his goal against Inter, why not?

1747
01:36:26,280 --> 01:36:30,400
The guy, you know, hot form.

1748
01:36:30,400 --> 01:36:35,640
As I said Sassuolo continue their great run of form climbing from 17th to 12th and taking

1749
01:36:35,640 --> 01:36:40,800
down Milan, Roma and Atalanta in the process bro.

1750
01:36:40,800 --> 01:36:45,360
You know they'll probably lose half their players again in the transfer window but they

1751
01:36:45,360 --> 01:36:54,120
do have a nice little project here under Dionisi and he's just doing his best with what he

1752
01:36:54,120 --> 01:36:55,120
has.

1753
01:36:55,120 --> 01:36:59,420
Laurente was a great coup for them, Berardi continues to be Mr. Reliable.

1754
01:36:59,420 --> 01:37:06,100
At midfield three is just superb together, Henrique Lopez and Torzvet, normally you'd

1755
01:37:06,100 --> 01:37:10,160
see Frattesi starting ahead of Torzvet but this time there's a bit of rotation going

1756
01:37:10,160 --> 01:37:11,160
on.

1757
01:37:11,160 --> 01:37:15,640
Their defence could still use some work but they managed somehow to tame Nzola in this

1758
01:37:15,640 --> 01:37:16,640
game.

1759
01:37:16,640 --> 01:37:21,680
Yeah and I think Nzola, it was more of an Nzola off day than it was a defensive master

1760
01:37:21,680 --> 01:37:23,160
class to be honest with you.

1761
01:37:23,160 --> 01:37:25,520
Absolutely I agree with that for sure.

1762
01:37:25,520 --> 01:37:28,800
Didn't play very well at all.

1763
01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:34,520
But that was it, I'm not gonna lie it was St. Patrick's on Friday so I didn't catch

1764
01:37:34,520 --> 01:37:38,360
too much of the game so there's not too much I can add over here.

1765
01:37:38,360 --> 01:37:43,800
However Sassuolo do find themselves in 12th place on 36 points while Spezia are in 27th

1766
01:37:43,800 --> 01:37:48,340
on 24 points, still 5 points ahead of Verona however.

1767
01:37:48,340 --> 01:37:52,360
The next game we're gonna be covering was Monza 1-Cremonese 1.

1768
01:37:52,360 --> 01:37:58,840
Cremonese are the 9th team in Serie A history to only win one of their first 26 games.

1769
01:37:58,840 --> 01:38:03,480
The other 8 teams that have reached this feat have all been relegated.

1770
01:38:03,480 --> 01:38:04,480
My god.

1771
01:38:04,480 --> 01:38:07,280
So, the story is under fucked.

1772
01:38:07,280 --> 01:38:10,160
Now here comes an obscure stat.

1773
01:38:10,160 --> 01:38:16,440
Coming into this game, Monza had earned 16 of the 18 points available in games starting

1774
01:38:16,440 --> 01:38:19,560
at 3pm at the U-Power Stadium in Serie A.

1775
01:38:19,560 --> 01:38:20,560
Wow like.

1776
01:38:20,560 --> 01:38:23,000
I know they love playing in the sun these guys.

1777
01:38:23,000 --> 01:38:24,000
They do, they do.

1778
01:38:24,000 --> 01:38:26,360
It's all about the glow right?

1779
01:38:26,360 --> 01:38:28,840
The way your skin glows in the sun.

1780
01:38:28,840 --> 01:38:34,840
They're probably not distracted by that lovely Monza sunset at 3pm.

1781
01:38:34,840 --> 01:38:37,280
It's true, it's true that sunset was fucking gorgeous.

1782
01:38:37,280 --> 01:38:41,200
My god I can't stop thinking about it.

1783
01:38:41,200 --> 01:38:45,200
They recorded 4 clean sheets in those 6 matches by the way as well so they were at the top

1784
01:38:45,200 --> 01:38:46,200
at 3pm.

1785
01:38:46,200 --> 01:38:49,920
3pm is not the time to play Monza guys, don't play Monza at 3pm.

1786
01:38:49,920 --> 01:38:54,520
In the last 12 meetings between two newly promoted sides in Serie A, the host team has

1787
01:38:54,520 --> 01:38:56,840
only won once.

1788
01:38:56,840 --> 01:38:58,520
There were 6 draws and 5 losses.

1789
01:38:58,520 --> 01:39:00,880
Salernitana were the last team to do so.

1790
01:39:00,880 --> 01:39:07,740
They won 2-1 against Venezia on 5th of May 2022.

1791
01:39:07,740 --> 01:39:10,880
Only Cremonesa and Verona haven't won away from home this season.

1792
01:39:10,880 --> 01:39:13,000
It's a fun little stat.

1793
01:39:13,000 --> 01:39:18,040
And Davide Ballardini is the first coach not to have recorded any clean sheets in his first

1794
01:39:18,040 --> 01:39:20,360
8 games at the helm for Cremonesa.

1795
01:39:20,360 --> 01:39:21,360
He's doing well.

1796
01:39:21,360 --> 01:39:22,360
He's doing well yes.

1797
01:39:22,360 --> 01:39:27,200
I mean it was a bit of a lost cause already when he was fucking, when he was employed.

1798
01:39:27,200 --> 01:39:29,840
It's a very difficult gig I think at this point.

1799
01:39:29,840 --> 01:39:36,440
But yes, Monza played their 3-1-4-2 formation over here bro.

1800
01:39:36,440 --> 01:39:38,440
Palladino.

1801
01:39:38,440 --> 01:39:42,940
Di Gregorio was in goal with Caldirola Amari and Itzo at the back with Pessina playing

1802
01:39:42,940 --> 01:39:44,400
in front of the defence.

1803
01:39:44,400 --> 01:39:50,240
Carlos Augusto was the left fullback over here while Churia was the right wing back.

1804
01:39:50,240 --> 01:39:52,120
Maschinen and Sensi played in the middle.

1805
01:39:52,120 --> 01:39:56,280
Caprari and Petania were up front as the striking partnership.

1806
01:39:56,280 --> 01:40:02,240
For Cremonesa it was also a 3 at the back formation but a 3-5-2 this time.

1807
01:40:02,240 --> 01:40:04,440
With Karne Sekki in goal played very well.

1808
01:40:04,440 --> 01:40:08,560
Vasquez, Bianchetti and Aiu were at the back with Serenicola on the right, Valeri on the

1809
01:40:08,560 --> 01:40:09,560
left.

1810
01:40:09,560 --> 01:40:15,240
And then there was Galdames and Pickel in the middle with Ocarecke and Saju up front.

1811
01:40:15,240 --> 01:40:22,000
So it was quite a cautious display from both teams in the first half.

1812
01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:25,160
We saw Monza playing some very attractive football over there.

1813
01:40:25,160 --> 01:40:26,920
Some nice passages of play over there.

1814
01:40:26,920 --> 01:40:32,800
We saw Petania with another back heel flip, nutmeg through ball to Itzo who missed over

1815
01:40:32,800 --> 01:40:33,800
there.

1816
01:40:33,800 --> 01:40:40,120
We saw crossing as well and the attacker feeling to score, I can't quite remember who it was

1817
01:40:40,120 --> 01:40:41,240
at this time.

1818
01:40:41,240 --> 01:40:43,720
But the first goal came in the 61st minute.

1819
01:40:43,720 --> 01:40:48,440
There was a through ball to Castagnetti and it was laid off to Cioffani who lobbed it

1820
01:40:48,440 --> 01:40:49,440
in.

1821
01:40:49,440 --> 01:40:50,720
The big man does it again.

1822
01:40:50,720 --> 01:40:53,720
Becoming a bit of a cult hero over here for Cremonesa and Cioffani.

1823
01:40:53,720 --> 01:40:56,800
Yeah I think so.

1824
01:40:56,800 --> 01:40:57,800
We've seen this before.

1825
01:40:57,800 --> 01:41:01,560
Cremonesa after they scored they tend to concede and it was in the 69th minute.

1826
01:41:01,560 --> 01:41:02,560
Nice.

1827
01:41:02,560 --> 01:41:04,760
There was a lapse in concentration of course.

1828
01:41:04,760 --> 01:41:07,960
Churia whipped in a ball to Carlos Augusto.

1829
01:41:07,960 --> 01:41:11,680
The defender got attached to it but it wasn't quite enough to stop the ball.

1830
01:41:11,680 --> 01:41:13,320
Carlos Augusto of course smashed it in.

1831
01:41:13,320 --> 01:41:16,600
He is Monza's top scorer with five goals.

1832
01:41:16,600 --> 01:41:21,320
Jesus Christ.

1833
01:41:21,320 --> 01:41:24,960
When it comes to talking points, I wanted to discuss over here.

1834
01:41:24,960 --> 01:41:28,080
So we can agree that Petania has been playing very well now.

1835
01:41:28,080 --> 01:41:30,200
But he's got one goal all season.

1836
01:41:30,200 --> 01:41:31,200
One?

1837
01:41:31,200 --> 01:41:32,200
Yeah man.

1838
01:41:32,200 --> 01:41:33,200
One goal all season.

1839
01:41:33,200 --> 01:41:34,840
27 years old.

1840
01:41:34,840 --> 01:41:39,960
Now he is playing well and he contributes nicely to the link-up play.

1841
01:41:39,960 --> 01:41:44,560
He really services the wingers, he really services the players around him.

1842
01:41:44,560 --> 01:41:50,760
But with Berlusconi's money and this project, he'll be one of the first to be replaced in

1843
01:41:50,760 --> 01:41:51,760
the starting eleven.

1844
01:41:51,760 --> 01:41:52,960
Yeah and I think so.

1845
01:41:52,960 --> 01:41:57,360
I think they've got some pull power in them now that will allow them to find a better

1846
01:41:57,360 --> 01:41:59,480
goal scorer essentially.

1847
01:41:59,480 --> 01:42:04,640
Now he's great to link up all of these newbies together.

1848
01:42:04,640 --> 01:42:05,640
Especially in the final third.

1849
01:42:05,640 --> 01:42:12,080
You see the likes of Churi, Augusto, Caprari, Sensi, all of them being played through thanks

1850
01:42:12,080 --> 01:42:13,080
to him.

1851
01:42:13,080 --> 01:42:14,640
A lot of his work.

1852
01:42:14,640 --> 01:42:19,640
And even the fact that he's just that reference point up front makes him very effective for

1853
01:42:19,640 --> 01:42:21,160
Monza.

1854
01:42:21,160 --> 01:42:25,000
But this game could have used a difference maker for example.

1855
01:42:25,000 --> 01:42:27,920
And I'm afraid Petania is not a difference maker.

1856
01:42:27,920 --> 01:42:33,360
Petania allows Monza to play the way that they do and he encourages that beautiful link-up

1857
01:42:33,360 --> 01:42:38,600
play and he's good to drag defenders away with him and play a bit deeper.

1858
01:42:38,600 --> 01:42:43,200
But no, not a difference maker and Monza could really use that up front sometimes.

1859
01:42:43,200 --> 01:42:44,200
Definitely bro.

1860
01:42:44,200 --> 01:42:45,200
It's about numbers.

1861
01:42:45,200 --> 01:42:47,120
It's a game of numbers at the end of the day.

1862
01:42:47,120 --> 01:42:54,760
It's ridiculous to have your top scorer be a defender when you've got a striker with

1863
01:42:54,760 --> 01:42:56,840
the CV that Petania has.

1864
01:42:56,840 --> 01:43:01,560
At the end of the day, he has Milan, he has Atalanta and he's got Napoli on his CV this

1865
01:43:01,560 --> 01:43:02,560
guy.

1866
01:43:02,560 --> 01:43:04,440
You expect him to do a little bit better.

1867
01:43:04,440 --> 01:43:06,360
Now I'm not saying that he'll be shipped off.

1868
01:43:06,360 --> 01:43:08,440
He's still deployable.

1869
01:43:08,440 --> 01:43:12,520
He can definitely put in a shift and work in rotation.

1870
01:43:12,520 --> 01:43:16,440
But I do think that they will replace him for a better goal scorer, someone who can

1871
01:43:16,440 --> 01:43:17,880
rack up the numbers.

1872
01:43:17,880 --> 01:43:21,940
Now it is safe to mention as well, it's only fair to mention that Karnecek was massive

1873
01:43:21,940 --> 01:43:26,040
this game and did pull off six games denying Petania on a few occasions as well.

1874
01:43:26,040 --> 01:43:27,040
Six saves I think.

1875
01:43:27,040 --> 01:43:28,040
Six saves.

1876
01:43:28,040 --> 01:43:29,040
Yes.

1877
01:43:29,040 --> 01:43:30,040
Fucking incredible.

1878
01:43:30,040 --> 01:43:33,280
And he is one of the goalkeepers that Juve are looking at long term.

1879
01:43:33,280 --> 01:43:36,640
Juventus are looking at Vicario, Donnarumma and Cesny.

1880
01:43:36,640 --> 01:43:38,920
Apparently they want an Italian goalkeeper for the future.

1881
01:43:38,920 --> 01:43:41,120
Wait, you said Cesny now.

1882
01:43:41,120 --> 01:43:42,120
Sorry, sorry.

1883
01:43:42,120 --> 01:43:47,000
Vicario, Karnecek and Donnarumma.

1884
01:43:47,000 --> 01:43:50,560
It's classic Juve again to look at young Italian talent.

1885
01:43:50,560 --> 01:43:55,640
I think Karnecek still has a couple of seasons left for him to get to that level.

1886
01:43:55,640 --> 01:44:01,880
I think goalkeepers like Vicario and Donnarumma will be better instantly at Juve.

1887
01:44:01,880 --> 01:44:05,560
However, Karnecek will be a great goalkeeper.

1888
01:44:05,560 --> 01:44:10,880
He's got cat-like reflexes.

1889
01:44:10,880 --> 01:44:13,960
He's still learning how to command his area.

1890
01:44:13,960 --> 01:44:17,240
He's still learning how to set up a wall when there's a free kick.

1891
01:44:17,240 --> 01:44:19,840
He just needs more experience.

1892
01:44:19,840 --> 01:44:24,320
And who knows, maybe like Maret, he just needs a change in goalkeeping coach and he'll be

1893
01:44:24,320 --> 01:44:25,320
there in no time.

1894
01:44:25,320 --> 01:44:28,400
Yeah, 22 years old, super young for a goalkeeper.

1895
01:44:28,400 --> 01:44:30,240
Absolutely, man.

1896
01:44:30,240 --> 01:44:36,720
When I look at this Cremonaese team, who do I see in Serie A?

1897
01:44:36,720 --> 01:44:37,720
Let's replace I with you.

1898
01:44:37,720 --> 01:44:39,720
Let's ask you this question.

1899
01:44:39,720 --> 01:44:47,400
Who do you see from this team staying in Serie A players wise if they do get relegated?

1900
01:44:47,400 --> 01:44:49,080
Not many, man.

1901
01:44:49,080 --> 01:44:50,080
Not many at all.

1902
01:44:50,080 --> 01:44:58,480
Karnecek, 100% in Serie A next year, even if he's Atalanta's reserve keeper.

1903
01:44:58,480 --> 01:45:05,560
I think Oker Räke can fit into a lot of teams because he's a good player to bring on and

1904
01:45:05,560 --> 01:45:09,760
he's a good player to base a newly promoted side around.

1905
01:45:09,760 --> 01:45:16,760
I think Sajou, although he is getting there, I think he could use a season in Serie A just

1906
01:45:16,760 --> 01:45:20,000
to gain some confidence and rack up some more goals.

1907
01:45:20,000 --> 01:45:23,680
Just spent a few on Serie A, Sajou.

1908
01:45:23,680 --> 01:45:29,720
I don't think he's fully ready to maintain his spot in Serie A.

1909
01:45:29,720 --> 01:45:37,280
And Cioffani, I would say definitely Oker Räke, Cioffani and Karnecek, otherwise not

1910
01:45:37,280 --> 01:45:38,280
many, man.

1911
01:45:38,280 --> 01:45:41,400
It's fair to mention that Cioffani is 37 years old.

1912
01:45:41,400 --> 01:45:42,400
Oh, wow.

1913
01:45:42,400 --> 01:45:45,400
He looks younger, right?

1914
01:45:45,400 --> 01:45:46,400
Wow.

1915
01:45:46,400 --> 01:45:51,480
Cioffani is a pundit next year.

1916
01:45:51,480 --> 01:45:56,360
Yes, next year he's going to be next to Diletta, you know, interview.

1917
01:45:56,360 --> 01:45:57,360
All right.

1918
01:45:57,360 --> 01:45:58,360
Okay.

1919
01:45:58,360 --> 01:46:01,480
So it's to me, it's Oker Räke and Karnecek.

1920
01:46:01,480 --> 01:46:02,480
Yes.

1921
01:46:02,480 --> 01:46:08,800
Meta, I think, can be used by other teams as well.

1922
01:46:08,800 --> 01:46:10,440
He's quite a nifty player.

1923
01:46:10,440 --> 01:46:13,840
I can't see him playing in Serie A, but for example, he'll definitely play in a top five

1924
01:46:13,840 --> 01:46:14,840
league next season.

1925
01:46:14,840 --> 01:46:18,400
And I think Valeri will be an interesting player to pick up as well.

1926
01:46:18,400 --> 01:46:20,160
He's quite good out on the left.

1927
01:46:20,160 --> 01:46:26,520
24 years old, you know, Italian, if it's the criteria.

1928
01:46:26,520 --> 01:46:28,640
And he's very good at bombing forward.

1929
01:46:28,640 --> 01:46:30,480
He works hard.

1930
01:46:30,480 --> 01:46:33,640
He has a good mentality as well, leadership skills.

1931
01:46:33,640 --> 01:46:35,600
I think he might be able to stay as well.

1932
01:46:35,600 --> 01:46:40,400
When it comes to the defenders, I think Vasquez has a lot of Serie A experience that might

1933
01:46:40,400 --> 01:46:42,520
attract certain players.

1934
01:46:42,520 --> 01:46:45,000
But other than that, I can't see any of the other guys.

1935
01:46:45,000 --> 01:46:48,120
Maybe because he's 22 years old, but Bianchetti certainly not.

1936
01:46:48,120 --> 01:46:57,080
I mean, like, Piquel and Desserts have had decent seasons, nothing to write home about.

1937
01:46:57,080 --> 01:46:59,960
And Desserts has had some really good moments.

1938
01:46:59,960 --> 01:47:01,520
Aska Sibar.

1939
01:47:01,520 --> 01:47:06,840
Aska Sibar is definitely a player who can remain at this level.

1940
01:47:06,840 --> 01:47:07,840
But you never know, bro.

1941
01:47:07,840 --> 01:47:13,040
Who was that Venezia trecuartista last year?

1942
01:47:13,040 --> 01:47:14,040
Aramu.

1943
01:47:14,040 --> 01:47:18,240
Aramu, like where Parma is he at?

1944
01:47:18,240 --> 01:47:19,240
Genoa.

1945
01:47:19,240 --> 01:47:20,240
Genoa.

1946
01:47:20,240 --> 01:47:23,080
Like he should have stayed in Serie A. You know what I mean?

1947
01:47:23,080 --> 01:47:26,000
He was really, really good for Venezia that season.

1948
01:47:26,000 --> 01:47:27,000
Really good.

1949
01:47:27,000 --> 01:47:28,000
That's a fair point.

1950
01:47:28,000 --> 01:47:32,080
And no one would have thought that the 27 year old, 26 at the time, Mattia Aramu would

1951
01:47:32,080 --> 01:47:35,840
actually go down and play in Serie A. But let's hope that he's growing as a player and

1952
01:47:35,840 --> 01:47:39,080
let's hope to see him in Serie A very soon because he was good, bro.

1953
01:47:39,080 --> 01:47:40,080
Definitely.

1954
01:47:40,080 --> 01:47:44,240
And Dennis Mann was another one still playing in Serie A, and he had a really good season

1955
01:47:44,240 --> 01:47:47,200
in Serie A. So you never know.

1956
01:47:47,200 --> 01:47:50,640
You never know which one of these players could prove to be pivotal for Serie A sides

1957
01:47:50,640 --> 01:47:51,640
next season.

1958
01:47:51,640 --> 01:47:52,640
Who the fuck knows?

1959
01:47:52,640 --> 01:47:53,640
Who the fuck knows, bro?

1960
01:47:53,640 --> 01:47:54,640
Not me.

1961
01:47:54,640 --> 01:47:56,880
I have a note here before we move on.

1962
01:47:56,880 --> 01:47:58,680
It's also involved in the offensive play.

1963
01:47:58,680 --> 01:47:59,760
So I'm crossing on shooting.

1964
01:47:59,760 --> 01:48:01,640
He crosses much better than he shoots.

1965
01:48:01,640 --> 01:48:04,240
Yeah, that's for sure.

1966
01:48:04,240 --> 01:48:06,720
It's funny you see him bombing down the right quite a bit, man.

1967
01:48:06,720 --> 01:48:08,080
So he's very involved.

1968
01:48:08,080 --> 01:48:09,080
He's good.

1969
01:48:09,080 --> 01:48:10,800
He's technical for a center back.

1970
01:48:10,800 --> 01:48:15,600
In fact, playing in a back three is ideal for him because it gives him that kind of

1971
01:48:15,600 --> 01:48:16,600
leeway.

1972
01:48:16,600 --> 01:48:17,600
No?

1973
01:48:17,600 --> 01:48:18,600
Yeah.

1974
01:48:18,600 --> 01:48:26,480
I think genuinely a bit of a crazy call, but as a squad player, Itso could be anywhere

1975
01:48:26,480 --> 01:48:27,600
in that league.

1976
01:48:27,600 --> 01:48:28,600
Any kind of...

1977
01:48:28,600 --> 01:48:33,120
He could be at the top teams as a substitute because he is good, man.

1978
01:48:33,120 --> 01:48:38,200
He is very good and he's in his prime 31 years old defender.

1979
01:48:38,200 --> 01:48:40,000
His fitness is very, very good.

1980
01:48:40,000 --> 01:48:42,240
He's in great shape.

1981
01:48:42,240 --> 01:48:44,040
He's rough, but he's calculated.

1982
01:48:44,040 --> 01:48:45,040
He's a very good tackler.

1983
01:48:45,040 --> 01:48:46,040
He can go forward.

1984
01:48:46,040 --> 01:48:47,040
He can hit the ball.

1985
01:48:47,040 --> 01:48:48,040
He can cross the ball.

1986
01:48:48,040 --> 01:48:51,560
I think he can fit in anywhere as a squad player.

1987
01:48:51,560 --> 01:48:56,640
And then from the bottom 10 teams, I reckon he can start.

1988
01:48:56,640 --> 01:48:58,640
For sure, bro.

1989
01:48:58,640 --> 01:49:00,000
Definitely.

1990
01:49:00,000 --> 01:49:04,360
I do like, man, what Itso has to offer.

1991
01:49:04,360 --> 01:49:08,840
He's again, super technical, hardworking, tough, very tough.

1992
01:49:08,840 --> 01:49:12,520
I think he might have had attitude problems in his career.

1993
01:49:12,520 --> 01:49:13,520
I think so.

1994
01:49:13,520 --> 01:49:14,520
Yes.

1995
01:49:14,520 --> 01:49:18,560
And I think that's what probably made him fall out with the Torino management.

1996
01:49:18,560 --> 01:49:19,560
Yeah.

1997
01:49:19,560 --> 01:49:25,360
But yes, let's go to the league table and we'll move on to our final game.

1998
01:49:25,360 --> 01:49:26,360
Yeah.

1999
01:49:26,360 --> 01:49:28,280
My game is the last one, I believe.

2000
01:49:28,280 --> 01:49:29,280
Yeah.

2001
01:49:29,280 --> 01:49:31,880
The Cremona are currently in 13th with 34 points.

2002
01:49:31,880 --> 01:49:35,720
Their first ever season in Serie A going very well for them over there.

2003
01:49:35,720 --> 01:49:41,480
While Cremona is set in 20th with 13 points, their return to Serie A is going terribly.

2004
01:49:41,480 --> 01:49:42,480
Yeah.

2005
01:49:42,480 --> 01:49:47,000
The next game and the final game we're going to be covering is a relegation six pointer

2006
01:49:47,000 --> 01:49:51,680
between Sampdoria and Verona, where Sampdoria reigned victorious with the score of three

2007
01:49:51,680 --> 01:49:52,960
goes to one.

2008
01:49:52,960 --> 01:49:57,240
The previous encounter was a rare victory for Verona with the score of two one.

2009
01:49:57,240 --> 01:50:00,480
Sampdoria have three victories this season, while Verona have four.

2010
01:50:00,480 --> 01:50:04,120
This was Sampdoria's first home victory of the season.

2011
01:50:04,120 --> 01:50:10,480
Now the missing players in this game were Emil Audeiro, Andrea Conti, De Luca, Lammers,

2012
01:50:10,480 --> 01:50:13,800
Puseto and Rincon for Sampdoria.

2013
01:50:13,800 --> 01:50:15,280
Few players out there.

2014
01:50:15,280 --> 01:50:19,360
For Verona, it's Tomas Onri, Hian, Hrustic and Ngonj.

2015
01:50:19,360 --> 01:50:23,480
Fewer players, but possibly more pivotal players.

2016
01:50:23,480 --> 01:50:27,960
For Sampdoria, they lined up in their 3-4-2-1 formation with Turc in goal and a back line

2017
01:50:27,960 --> 01:50:30,680
of Amione, Nuitink and Gunther.

2018
01:50:30,680 --> 01:50:34,600
They had Augela out on the left and Zanoli out on the right with Juricic and Winx in

2019
01:50:34,600 --> 01:50:35,600
the middle.

2020
01:50:35,600 --> 01:50:40,120
Liris was the left winger, Kuisance was the right winger and Manolo Gabbiadini, super

2021
01:50:40,120 --> 01:50:43,160
captain, started up front.

2022
01:50:43,160 --> 01:50:48,200
For Verona, they also played a 3-4-2-1 formation with Monte Pogon goal.

2023
01:50:48,200 --> 01:50:51,920
They had Davidovic, Coppola and Magnani at the back with Faroni out on the right and

2024
01:50:51,920 --> 01:50:53,400
Doig out on the left.

2025
01:50:53,400 --> 01:50:59,200
Duda and Tamez formed the midfield too, with Braff and Lazovic playing behind Juricic.

2026
01:50:59,200 --> 01:51:01,200
Not for long, however.

2027
01:51:01,200 --> 01:51:06,080
It was good to see Lazovic closer to goal again in this game and Doig playing out as

2028
01:51:06,080 --> 01:51:08,440
a left wing back once again.

2029
01:51:08,440 --> 01:51:14,040
In the 22nd minute, Amione hit the post with a header from a corner, showing that Sampdoria

2030
01:51:14,040 --> 01:51:15,960
weren't here to fuck around.

2031
01:51:15,960 --> 01:51:18,440
And then two minutes later, Gabbiadini scored.

2032
01:51:18,440 --> 01:51:22,600
It was a corner kick that led to confusion in the area, but Nuitink managed to get a

2033
01:51:22,600 --> 01:51:25,400
good ball away to Gabbiadini, who slotted home.

2034
01:51:25,400 --> 01:51:29,480
Some brave attacking play for Nuitink that passed the ball whilst colliding with a defender,

2035
01:51:29,480 --> 01:51:33,480
and a good finish by captain fantastic Manolo Gabbiadini.

2036
01:51:33,480 --> 01:51:40,640
In the 28th minute, the assistor Nuitink cleared Lazovic's attempt off the line to save Sampdoria

2037
01:51:40,640 --> 01:51:43,920
from conceding over there, and then the 34th minute.

2038
01:51:43,920 --> 01:51:48,640
Unfortunately for Verona, things went from bad to worse, as Juricic went out with an

2039
01:51:48,640 --> 01:51:51,600
injury to be replaced by Gajic.

2040
01:51:51,600 --> 01:51:55,640
Just a minute later, in the 35th, Gabbiadini scored our goal of the week.

2041
01:51:55,640 --> 01:52:00,080
He initially did look offside, but Gabbiadini controlled the ball outside the area with

2042
01:52:00,080 --> 01:52:04,440
his back-to-words goal, took the ball past two challengers and released a strike on the

2043
01:52:04,440 --> 01:52:08,800
turn which flew into the top corner, with Monte-Paul getting a hand to it.

2044
01:52:08,800 --> 01:52:09,800
2-0.

2045
01:52:09,800 --> 01:52:11,880
Things look great for Sampdoria.

2046
01:52:11,880 --> 01:52:17,760
In the 49th minute, in the second half, Verona came out way more offensive, Braff hit the

2047
01:52:17,760 --> 01:52:20,560
post with a low strike from outside the area.

2048
01:52:20,560 --> 01:52:25,620
In the 60th minute, Gajic finished well after being played brilliantly by Duda, but the

2049
01:52:25,620 --> 01:52:27,560
goal was ruled offside.

2050
01:52:27,560 --> 01:52:32,760
The 7 minutes later, Gajic and Verona saw another goal ruled out for offside after he

2051
01:52:32,760 --> 01:52:38,160
was once again spotted on an offside position when tapping in a rebounded save from a flying

2052
01:52:38,160 --> 01:52:39,360
header.

2053
01:52:39,360 --> 01:52:45,000
And then finally, in the 88th minute, Faroni managed to get one back for Verona, making

2054
01:52:45,000 --> 01:52:47,200
them 2-1 down.

2055
01:52:47,200 --> 01:52:51,280
A Verona corner was headed to Faroni by Davidovic, who chested in.

2056
01:52:51,280 --> 01:52:55,520
Thankfully for the Italian, the goal stood, although there were claims of an attacking

2057
01:52:55,520 --> 01:52:59,040
handball and they did take to VAR to figure that one out.

2058
01:52:59,040 --> 01:53:05,600
10 minutes later, and then in the 98th as Verona were piling men forward for the equaliser,

2059
01:53:05,600 --> 01:53:07,920
Sampdoria were able to counter.

2060
01:53:07,920 --> 01:53:12,920
It was Jose Rodriguez that squared the ball to Zanoli, who finished with the last kick

2061
01:53:12,920 --> 01:53:20,280
of the game, giving Sampdoria a gargantuan victory in this relegation 6-pointer over

2062
01:53:20,280 --> 01:53:21,360
Verona.

2063
01:53:21,360 --> 01:53:26,880
They are still in significant trouble, they are still just on 15 points, they are still

2064
01:53:26,880 --> 01:53:31,980
9 points behind Spezia, but we have 11 games to go.

2065
01:53:31,980 --> 01:53:36,160
We saw what Salernitana were capable of doing last year.

2066
01:53:36,160 --> 01:53:38,600
Who the fuck knows?

2067
01:53:38,600 --> 01:53:39,600
Who knows?

2068
01:53:39,600 --> 01:53:44,160
This victory might change everything, they are playing good football, it's just they

2069
01:53:44,160 --> 01:53:45,560
weren't getting results.

2070
01:53:45,560 --> 01:53:50,760
Now they got a result, where do Sampdoria go from here, and where do Verona go from

2071
01:53:50,760 --> 01:53:51,760
here?

2072
01:53:51,760 --> 01:53:53,080
What a terrible loss for them.

2073
01:53:53,080 --> 01:53:57,640
So bro, this was the best Bram Nuitink performance I have ever seen in my life.

2074
01:53:57,640 --> 01:53:58,640
100%.

2075
01:53:58,640 --> 01:53:59,640
He was incredible.

2076
01:53:59,640 --> 01:54:05,640
Now as a player I rate very highly already Bram Nuitink, but this game in particular,

2077
01:54:05,640 --> 01:54:06,640
he was incredible.

2078
01:54:06,640 --> 01:54:11,360
Everywhere bro he was, he was in the final third, he got the assist on one of the goals.

2079
01:54:11,360 --> 01:54:15,640
He cleared the ball off the line and just overall his presence in that Sampdoria defense

2080
01:54:15,640 --> 01:54:17,720
just changes them entirely.

2081
01:54:17,720 --> 01:54:21,040
So when you look at the fact that you have a leader up front and a leader at the back

2082
01:54:21,040 --> 01:54:26,480
in Gabbiadini and Bram Nuitink, that actually gives you the foundation to go forward.

2083
01:54:26,480 --> 01:54:32,320
We have said that this Sampdoria team are underachieving and they should be doing a

2084
01:54:32,320 --> 01:54:34,480
little bit better, especially with these new additions.

2085
01:54:34,480 --> 01:54:38,640
Gabbiadini is back in full fitness and if you serve as Gabbiadini, he will give you

2086
01:54:38,640 --> 01:54:39,640
gold.

2087
01:54:39,640 --> 01:54:44,280
Kuisantz, as we said, has been a good link to connect the midfield and attack.

2088
01:54:44,280 --> 01:54:45,960
Juricic as well has been okay.

2089
01:54:45,960 --> 01:54:49,840
You look at how Jelle on the left, he's a player who's good, Zanoli's proven to be

2090
01:54:49,840 --> 01:54:56,040
a player who's ready to be honest to be Di Lorenzo's understudy of Napoli because he's

2091
01:54:56,040 --> 01:54:58,200
owned by Napoli.

2092
01:54:58,200 --> 01:55:01,040
So I don't know about the Sampdoria side.

2093
01:55:01,040 --> 01:55:05,720
I certainly think that at the moment the way the tides have shifted with Hellas Verona

2094
01:55:05,720 --> 01:55:08,240
just selling anyone who plays well.

2095
01:55:08,240 --> 01:55:11,480
This is all self-inflicted.

2096
01:55:11,480 --> 01:55:12,480
Yeah, exactly.

2097
01:55:12,480 --> 01:55:17,360
They're the best team in the bottom three Sampdoria.

2098
01:55:17,360 --> 01:55:22,400
I don't know, Verona were on a crazy good streak before this crazy bad streak.

2099
01:55:22,400 --> 01:55:28,120
But now they've got on Riaut, Juric has relapsed his injury, Ngonj is still out, they've sold

2100
01:55:28,120 --> 01:55:29,120
the Lich.

2101
01:55:29,120 --> 01:55:31,480
There's nothing left at Verona man.

2102
01:55:31,480 --> 01:55:35,000
And honestly, everyone's just fucking playing to get them out of there at the moment.

2103
01:55:35,000 --> 01:55:38,240
Like I highly doubt Lazovic would be there again next season.

2104
01:55:38,240 --> 01:55:43,560
But anyway, bro, Sampdoria have also, as we said, you remember, I mean, if you listen

2105
01:55:43,560 --> 01:55:48,760
to the past eight, nine episodes, Sampdoria another good game, no goal.

2106
01:55:48,760 --> 01:55:50,880
Another good game for Sampdoria, no goal.

2107
01:55:50,880 --> 01:55:56,400
They've been playing well for a while, but now finally they have found how to score goals.

2108
01:55:56,400 --> 01:56:00,840
It was against Hellas Verona, who are also in the bottom three.

2109
01:56:00,840 --> 01:56:05,560
But you know, this might be the confidence boost they need to actually take this goal

2110
01:56:05,560 --> 01:56:06,720
scoring form.

2111
01:56:06,720 --> 01:56:08,600
Let's call it that into a big game.

2112
01:56:08,600 --> 01:56:10,720
Who's up next for Sampdoria anyway?

2113
01:56:10,720 --> 01:56:14,560
I'm going to find out right now.

2114
01:56:14,560 --> 01:56:18,480
Sampdoria schedule is what I'm typing in to find out.

2115
01:56:18,480 --> 01:56:21,280
Okay, no, no, no.

2116
01:56:21,280 --> 01:56:23,240
I'm looking at second April.

2117
01:56:23,240 --> 01:56:25,480
Oh, that is the next game.

2118
01:56:25,480 --> 01:56:27,960
Roma away, Roma away.

2119
01:56:27,960 --> 01:56:28,960
Okay.

2120
01:56:28,960 --> 01:56:31,200
And then after that, criminal is a home.

2121
01:56:31,200 --> 01:56:32,880
Okay, there was that.

2122
01:56:32,880 --> 01:56:34,680
Let's share away after that.

2123
01:56:34,680 --> 01:56:35,680
Spezia home.

2124
01:56:35,680 --> 01:56:36,680
There we go.

2125
01:56:36,680 --> 01:56:38,680
Dude, that's a lot of Sampdoria.

2126
01:56:38,680 --> 01:56:43,880
Sampdoria, Sampdoria climbing out of the relegation pool and what?

2127
01:56:43,880 --> 01:56:45,800
Spezia are getting relegated.

2128
01:56:45,800 --> 01:56:48,320
Maybe maybe.

2129
01:56:48,320 --> 01:56:50,000
Wow.

2130
01:56:50,000 --> 01:56:55,600
A bold claim here by Jake, ladies and gentlemen, that Sampdoria stay alive.

2131
01:56:55,600 --> 01:56:56,760
Let's not get carried away.

2132
01:56:56,760 --> 01:57:00,440
They got a good victory over the struggling Hellas Verona.

2133
01:57:00,440 --> 01:57:02,680
But like you said, they have been playing well.

2134
01:57:02,680 --> 01:57:04,080
They haven't been getting the results.

2135
01:57:04,080 --> 01:57:05,560
Now they got a result.

2136
01:57:05,560 --> 01:57:06,560
Momentum.

2137
01:57:06,560 --> 01:57:07,560
Exactly.

2138
01:57:07,560 --> 01:57:08,560
Confidence.

2139
01:57:08,560 --> 01:57:11,680
The thing that attracts me to this team, the thing that intrigues me about this team

2140
01:57:11,680 --> 01:57:16,360
is they play so well together and all that was missing was the goal.

2141
01:57:16,360 --> 01:57:20,720
And now they have even Hesse coming off the bench and he actually got an assist.

2142
01:57:20,720 --> 01:57:25,160
So his confidence would be higher as well right now.

2143
01:57:25,160 --> 01:57:27,120
They've got Sabiri who they barely play.

2144
01:57:27,120 --> 01:57:28,400
My God, I forgot about Sabiri.

2145
01:57:28,400 --> 01:57:31,400
That's a good player to bring on.

2146
01:57:31,400 --> 01:57:35,960
You could play him in midfield as well over there instead of Juričić or instead of Harry

2147
01:57:35,960 --> 01:57:39,680
Winks and play Juričić, for example, behind Gabiadini.

2148
01:57:39,680 --> 01:57:42,080
There are so many options over here now.

2149
01:57:42,080 --> 01:57:44,280
The squad's looking a bit better.

2150
01:57:44,280 --> 01:57:50,200
They made, before I criticized them because they got like Hesse Rodriguez and Kuisant

2151
01:57:50,200 --> 01:57:54,560
who don't really have Serie A experience, albeit Kuisant had six months with Venezia

2152
01:57:54,560 --> 01:57:57,200
on the top flight.

2153
01:57:57,200 --> 01:58:00,880
Bram Nuitink and Gunther, brilliant signings.

2154
01:58:00,880 --> 01:58:02,360
Brilliant signings for them.

2155
01:58:02,360 --> 01:58:03,360
Yes, definitely.

2156
01:58:03,360 --> 01:58:10,360
Gunther, I'm not a massive fan of but he does play well most of the time.

2157
01:58:10,360 --> 01:58:14,240
But then when he doesn't play well, he's getting fucking red cards, giving away penalties.

2158
01:58:14,240 --> 01:58:16,720
That type of player, you know, giving the ball away.

2159
01:58:16,720 --> 01:58:20,920
But they need the Serie A experience, especially in that shaky defense that they had.

2160
01:58:20,920 --> 01:58:26,520
And now him and Nuitink together and suddenly it doesn't look that bad over there.

2161
01:58:26,520 --> 01:58:28,160
And this is without Audera, by the way.

2162
01:58:28,160 --> 01:58:29,160
Yeah.

2163
01:58:29,160 --> 01:58:32,520
And bear in mind, Sampdoria managed to take a point away from Inter.

2164
01:58:32,520 --> 01:58:33,560
So who knows, man.

2165
01:58:33,560 --> 01:58:36,320
Maybe they go to Roma and they fucking get something out of that.

2166
01:58:36,320 --> 01:58:39,520
Roma are such a compromised squad.

2167
01:58:39,520 --> 01:58:41,760
But they're going to want to win over there.

2168
01:58:41,760 --> 01:58:42,760
Roma are going to want to win.

2169
01:58:42,760 --> 01:58:49,800
If they close down the ball, that's very possible because this defense is hard to penetrate.

2170
01:58:49,800 --> 01:58:53,800
And Roma aren't the most creative team in the world and they often rely on their set

2171
01:58:53,800 --> 01:58:56,600
pieces or a moment from the ball.

2172
01:58:56,600 --> 01:58:57,600
Right.

2173
01:58:57,600 --> 01:59:00,680
So we'll see how they cope over there.

2174
01:59:00,680 --> 01:59:01,680
Yeah.

2175
01:59:01,680 --> 01:59:08,880
Verona on the other hand, like we said, self-inflicted all the way.

2176
01:59:08,880 --> 01:59:10,280
I just don't get it.

2177
01:59:10,280 --> 01:59:15,600
I just don't get it because, okay, you lose all of these great players that we've mentioned

2178
01:59:15,600 --> 01:59:16,920
a thousand times.

2179
01:59:16,920 --> 01:59:18,840
The list goes on and on.

2180
01:59:18,840 --> 01:59:29,240
Their key players, Zakani, Amrabat, Silvione, Barak, Caprari, Rahmani.

2181
01:59:29,240 --> 01:59:31,240
They lose these guys in three seasons.

2182
01:59:31,240 --> 01:59:32,240
Di Marco.

2183
01:59:32,240 --> 01:59:35,280
Di Marco, seven guys, seven top players.

2184
01:59:35,280 --> 01:59:39,680
And I'm sure we're missing someone in the last three seasons.

2185
01:59:39,680 --> 01:59:42,320
What do they do in January?

2186
01:59:42,320 --> 01:59:44,080
They fucking let Illich go.

2187
01:59:44,080 --> 01:59:45,080
Yes.

2188
01:59:45,080 --> 01:59:48,040
They let Illich go to Torino.

2189
01:59:48,040 --> 01:59:50,920
I wouldn't care about making money off him at that point.

2190
01:59:50,920 --> 01:59:54,240
I would tell him to play out his contract.

2191
01:59:54,240 --> 01:59:57,880
Staying in Serie A is bigger than turning around a couple of millions for him.

2192
01:59:57,880 --> 01:59:58,880
You know what I mean?

2193
01:59:58,880 --> 02:00:02,560
And they were looking more alive, you know, with Illich and the team.

2194
02:00:02,560 --> 02:00:05,800
They were looking creative and now they've shipped them off and they've brought in a

2195
02:00:05,800 --> 02:00:08,600
guy called fucking Duda.

2196
02:00:08,600 --> 02:00:12,400
I would say small dick and more dick.

2197
02:00:12,400 --> 02:00:15,400
Like a baby's dick.

2198
02:00:15,400 --> 02:00:18,240
You know what I see happening to Verona?

2199
02:00:18,240 --> 02:00:21,160
They get relegated and they lose the fucking rest of them.

2200
02:00:21,160 --> 02:00:27,960
They lose Lazovic, they lose Tamez, they lose Farahoni, they lose Doig, they lose Monte

2201
02:00:27,960 --> 02:00:32,360
Pau, they lose absolutely everyone.

2202
02:00:32,360 --> 02:00:36,280
They lose fucking De Pauli and guess what?

2203
02:00:36,280 --> 02:00:38,880
The next season, Lasagna is their main man up front.

2204
02:00:38,880 --> 02:00:44,640
They'll probably lose Henri because now, you know, he's apparently a Serie A player.

2205
02:00:44,640 --> 02:00:50,720
I'm seeing fucking what happened to Kjell, to Kjell and Verona where they slipped to

2206
02:00:50,720 --> 02:00:53,120
Serie A but then perhaps slipped to Serie A.

2207
02:00:53,120 --> 02:00:58,120
Tjell might happen to fucking hell as Verona if their management, if their top tier management

2208
02:00:58,120 --> 02:01:05,600
keep making all these stupid, stupid, stupid decisions.

2209
02:01:05,600 --> 02:01:09,840
To be honest, Kjell had to liquidate because of their financial woes.

2210
02:01:09,840 --> 02:01:14,800
The fact that these guys are selling, maybe they want the opposite.

2211
02:01:14,800 --> 02:01:17,720
Maybe they'd rather go down to Serie A better than have to liquidate.

2212
02:01:17,720 --> 02:01:22,600
But I can't help but think it's greed at this point because they don't return the invest.

2213
02:01:22,600 --> 02:01:25,560
They don't invest after they sell and that's the most shocking thing.

2214
02:01:25,560 --> 02:01:29,840
You know, they just weaken and weaken and weaken to the point that they're in this situation

2215
02:01:29,840 --> 02:01:30,840
that they're in now.

2216
02:01:30,840 --> 02:01:32,840
They're terrible salesmen.

2217
02:01:32,840 --> 02:01:34,440
They're terrible salesmen.

2218
02:01:34,440 --> 02:01:38,840
They sell their best players for chips, bro.

2219
02:01:38,840 --> 02:01:41,040
For chips they sell their biggest players.

2220
02:01:41,040 --> 02:01:43,280
And how's that money being reinvested?

2221
02:01:43,280 --> 02:01:44,280
Where?

2222
02:01:44,280 --> 02:01:45,280
Where?

2223
02:01:45,280 --> 02:01:46,960
On Jurich and Henry?

2224
02:01:46,960 --> 02:01:47,960
You know what I mean.

2225
02:01:47,960 --> 02:01:50,280
It could be much better with supposedly.

2226
02:01:50,280 --> 02:01:53,840
So you bring in two strikers and then you sell your most creative midfielder.

2227
02:01:53,840 --> 02:01:55,800
Yeah, and you leave the defense as is.

2228
02:01:55,800 --> 02:02:00,740
That terrible, terrible shaky, slow, static fucking defense.

2229
02:02:00,740 --> 02:02:03,040
There was a board room somewhere aboard of men.

2230
02:02:03,040 --> 02:02:06,240
They were like, Davidovic, Coppola, Maniani.

2231
02:02:06,240 --> 02:02:07,240
Fine as we are.

2232
02:02:07,240 --> 02:02:08,240
What the fuck?

2233
02:02:08,240 --> 02:02:09,240
My God.

2234
02:02:09,240 --> 02:02:13,600
Miguel Veloso, by the way, at like 300 years old, putting quite a good shift this game.

2235
02:02:13,600 --> 02:02:15,040
He's a good player.

2236
02:02:15,040 --> 02:02:18,160
Yes, 36 years old he is nowadays.

2237
02:02:18,160 --> 02:02:19,160
He's slow.

2238
02:02:19,160 --> 02:02:21,240
He's out of a good, good little career.

2239
02:02:21,240 --> 02:02:22,240
With the ball at his feet.

2240
02:02:22,240 --> 02:02:24,560
He's very creative and very mature though.

2241
02:02:24,560 --> 02:02:26,140
Sometimes to slow things down.

2242
02:02:26,140 --> 02:02:29,480
It's what Verona need, although they never really need to slow things down, do they?

2243
02:02:29,480 --> 02:02:33,000
They need to fucking speed things up at this point.

2244
02:02:33,000 --> 02:02:37,440
With frustrating by Verona, they'll be very, very, very disappointed.

2245
02:02:37,440 --> 02:02:40,640
And this is where we can see the tide starting to shift.

2246
02:02:40,640 --> 02:02:45,920
Sampdoria still in 19th place on 15 points, nine points from Salvation.

2247
02:02:45,920 --> 02:02:53,400
Verona still in 18th place on 19 points, five points from Salvation.

2248
02:02:53,400 --> 02:02:58,240
And that was my last episode for a month.

2249
02:02:58,240 --> 02:02:59,640
You're off to Australia, bro.

2250
02:02:59,640 --> 02:03:04,200
I'm off to Australia for an entire month next Monday, guys.

2251
02:03:04,200 --> 02:03:07,240
We'll still find a way to incorporate me.

2252
02:03:07,240 --> 02:03:08,240
Yes.

2253
02:03:08,240 --> 02:03:09,240
Here and there.

2254
02:03:09,240 --> 02:03:10,960
I'll probably ask you for voice notes.

2255
02:03:10,960 --> 02:03:15,280
I'll probably record with Mintov and include them in our live call.

2256
02:03:15,280 --> 02:03:17,280
You see how you are on the episode and all that.

2257
02:03:17,280 --> 02:03:18,280
That's the thing.

2258
02:03:18,280 --> 02:03:20,280
Guys, it won't be the same without him.

2259
02:03:20,280 --> 02:03:23,080
It upsets me, man.

2260
02:03:23,080 --> 02:03:29,080
The shit thing, guys, because I know Zoom is a thing and we can do it like that, but

2261
02:03:29,080 --> 02:03:32,800
it's the most awkward time zone difference ever.

2262
02:03:32,800 --> 02:03:33,800
It's 10 hours.

2263
02:03:33,800 --> 02:03:36,760
I'd be 10 hours ahead in Australia.

2264
02:03:36,760 --> 02:03:39,240
Had it been 12 hours ahead, it would be better, man.

2265
02:03:39,240 --> 02:03:42,640
Because we can find a middle ground with 12 hours ahead.

2266
02:03:42,640 --> 02:03:47,480
Like I wake up at 8 a.m. and you record at 8 p.m. and we record like that.

2267
02:03:47,480 --> 02:03:52,360
But as well, man, even if we were to do something similar, it won't be the same vibe.

2268
02:03:52,360 --> 02:03:57,040
So I think it's best that just someone fills in and I'll make my presence known at least.

2269
02:03:57,040 --> 02:03:58,040
Yes, bro.

2270
02:03:58,040 --> 02:04:03,920
We will call you at the beginning of the episode so you can say hello and all that.

2271
02:04:03,920 --> 02:04:04,920
That's nice.

2272
02:04:04,920 --> 02:04:05,920
At 4 a.m.

2273
02:04:05,920 --> 02:04:06,920
But don't worry, bro.

2274
02:04:06,920 --> 02:04:07,920
It'll be fine.

2275
02:04:07,920 --> 02:04:10,240
It's four episodes and you'll be back.

2276
02:04:10,240 --> 02:04:11,240
Yeah, absolutely.

2277
02:04:11,240 --> 02:04:13,840
I'm going to miss doing this so much, man.

2278
02:04:13,840 --> 02:04:16,040
Imagine our viewership goes up.

2279
02:04:16,040 --> 02:04:19,640
No, it certainly won't.

2280
02:04:19,640 --> 02:04:22,080
I can guarantee, bro, you are a great host.

2281
02:04:22,080 --> 02:04:23,360
Thank you very much, brother.

2282
02:04:23,360 --> 02:04:24,360
Thank you.

2283
02:04:24,360 --> 02:04:27,360
And thank you all for listening to this episode.

2284
02:04:27,360 --> 02:04:29,520
Once again, guys, just a great weekend of football.

2285
02:04:29,520 --> 02:04:35,280
I feel like this league season after season keeps on blessing us with just weekends like

2286
02:04:35,280 --> 02:04:36,280
this.

2287
02:04:36,280 --> 02:04:42,440
And what a joy it is to have zero plans and just to sit in front of your TV and watch

2288
02:04:42,440 --> 02:04:44,400
the master class that is Serie A.

2289
02:04:44,400 --> 02:04:47,360
We'll have the international break coming up Sunday.

2290
02:04:47,360 --> 02:04:52,080
We're actually blessed by a visit from Italy.

2291
02:04:52,080 --> 02:04:53,080
It's Italy against Malta.

2292
02:04:53,080 --> 02:04:56,080
Jake and I are going to be with the Maltese Kurwa.

2293
02:04:56,080 --> 02:04:57,560
Yes, come on.

2294
02:04:57,560 --> 02:05:02,480
Tonali is my favorite player in the world, but I am going to murder him.

2295
02:05:02,480 --> 02:05:05,160
I'm going to boo the shit out of him.

2296
02:05:05,160 --> 02:05:06,160
Let out all the frustration.

2297
02:05:06,160 --> 02:05:07,160
Forza Malta, right to goal.

2298
02:05:07,160 --> 02:05:08,160
Vucicoda, right to goal.

2299
02:05:08,160 --> 02:05:09,160
Metanilabujotaali.

2300
02:05:09,160 --> 02:05:10,160
Come on, you boys in red.

2301
02:05:10,160 --> 02:05:11,160
Yeah, I get so pumped.

2302
02:05:11,160 --> 02:05:12,160
Let's go.

2303
02:05:12,160 --> 02:05:13,160
It's going to be great.

2304
02:05:13,160 --> 02:05:14,160
Guys, give us a follow.

2305
02:05:14,160 --> 02:05:15,160
We'll shoot content while we're there.

2306
02:05:15,160 --> 02:05:16,160
That's good.

2307
02:05:16,160 --> 02:05:17,160
That's good.

2308
02:05:17,160 --> 02:05:18,160
We should wait here.

2309
02:05:18,160 --> 02:05:19,160
I'm not going to say anything.

2310
02:05:19,160 --> 02:05:20,160
No, we should wait here.

2311
02:05:20,160 --> 02:05:21,160
We should wait here.

2312
02:05:21,160 --> 02:05:22,160
We should wait here.

2313
02:05:22,160 --> 02:05:23,160
We should wait here.

2314
02:05:23,160 --> 02:05:24,160
We should wait here.

2315
02:05:24,160 --> 02:05:25,160
We should wait here.

2316
02:05:25,160 --> 02:05:26,160
I'm not going to say that.

2317
02:05:26,160 --> 02:05:27,160
No chance.

2318
02:05:27,160 --> 02:05:28,160
No chance.

2319
02:05:28,160 --> 02:05:31,160
Underneath so that when we can lift it up and that are really funny.

2320
02:05:31,160 --> 02:05:32,160
TikTok, bro.

2321
02:05:32,160 --> 02:05:33,160
That is a good TikTok.

2322
02:05:33,160 --> 02:05:34,160
You know what I mean?

2323
02:05:34,160 --> 02:05:35,160
I think I get the guy.

2324
02:05:35,160 --> 02:05:36,160
You can get me cunted by some southerners.

2325
02:05:36,160 --> 02:05:37,160
Oh my God.

2326
02:05:37,160 --> 02:05:38,160
I love the southerners.

2327
02:05:38,160 --> 02:05:39,160
My mom's a southerner.

2328
02:05:39,160 --> 02:05:40,160
Oh my God.

2329
02:05:40,160 --> 02:05:41,160
Saved it.

2330
02:05:41,160 --> 02:05:42,160
Saved it.

2331
02:05:42,160 --> 02:05:49,120
Follow us, rate us, kiss us, love us, DM us, send us voice notes.

2332
02:05:49,120 --> 02:05:50,120
Love you guys.

2333
02:05:50,120 --> 02:05:51,120
Thank you very much.

2334
02:05:51,120 --> 02:05:52,520
I will see you next month.

2335
02:05:52,520 --> 02:05:56,480
And Jake is lucky enough to see you all next week.

2336
02:05:56,480 --> 02:05:57,480
Take care.

2337
02:05:57,480 --> 02:06:23,480
See ya.