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Hello and welcome back to another episode of Serial Spotlight, this is Season 2 episode

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36, we're hosts Matt and Jake.

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Back together after one month of me being in Australia.

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You think you could get rid of me, Luke Mintoff, the Rade Krunic of this fucking podcast,

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I'm here to stay, and I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving bitches.

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Yes after listening back to the episodes that were taking place without me, wasn't worried

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at all that Mintoff might get us cancelled, but Jake insists that he must stay.

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And stay I shall.

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Stay he shall.

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And you have no choice in the matter.

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Zero.

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Vetoed, out of nowhere.

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Completely.

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Basically Mintoff is gonna be filling in for Jake today because Jake went all the way to

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Crete for an open bar, essentially, but he's back now and he's super hungover so he's just

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laying low while Mintoff is filling in for him.

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Yes, but I'll be in the background.

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You will be in the background.

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Yes, as usual.

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No, you're in my shadow the entire podcast.

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Look at your face, look at your hair, the mustache, the tattoos, the style.

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Then Jake in his shorts, in his baggy top.

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That's it bro.

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Don't give Jake shit, Jake has the face for radio.

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It's a really good face for radio.

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The face for radio means you're ugly.

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Exactly.

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Hello.

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This is why I shouldn't be on today, I'm slow, I had like 13 brain cells left and I think

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I fucking killed them all.

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So you're just on the one?

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I'm on the one left.

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Okay, it's...

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They're pulling faces at each other.

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They are, there we are I mean.

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Where's your brain cell?

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And I never had any.

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You can't see that.

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You can't see that indeed.

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So shall we crack on to what happened this week, my friend?

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Yes, I mean the main theme of this week is essentially Napoli bottling it just for one

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week.

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We've been doing that for much longer because they'll probably win the league by next week.

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But actually the goal that denied them winning the league this weekend was DIA.

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That's our goal of the week.

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Some weird dimensions went to Duvan Zapata who got his first goal since February.

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It was a stunning strike by him.

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Last February.

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It has been five months since he scored the goal.

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His second goal in Serie A this season.

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There was Zappa Kostad in the near post.

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There was Gorsens's volley.

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There was Castrovilli's volley.

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There was Campiagui against Asuolo who dribbled the entire team.

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Verdi's volley.

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There was Berardi as well.

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Oh Berardi's goal.

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A bunch of great goals but I think DIA.

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I think so as well.

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I think DIA takes the cake.

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Yeah it was just such a good solo effort.

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No one had a clue he was going to do that.

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Especially from the position he got the ball from.

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Which was down the right flank.

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And you're like okay he can cross the ball.

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He can dribble a man.

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Maybe try to get a penalty.

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No.

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I'm going to dribble a fucking player.

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I'm going to chop in and then I'm going to curl a fucking shot into the top corner.

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Against arguably one of the best goalkeepers in the league this season.

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No thank you.

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With that being said we're talking about precision and an inch perfect strike.

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That Verdi volley.

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The way he bounced it.

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Beautiful.

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Looped over the keeper.

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Exactly into the top corner.

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Over the two defenders were jumping up to try to hit it away.

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But it was just out of reach for them.

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That was a perfect goal.

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All the volleys this week if you notice.

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The players taking the volleys had such composure.

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You could see them really laying themselves up.

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Really timing.

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It's like when you have that sniper waiting for the brilliant shot.

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And they just all took it with such great applause.

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And Gorsens volley the way he flew in the air to get that.

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And then he got it.

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Poor guy.

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He can't catch a break.

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He can't get a break that's fucking glass cannon.

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There are like there's one match day a season where there are a bunch of volleys last season.

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Or was it this season?

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And a bunch of draws as well.

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We had a yeah there are a lot of 1-1 draws.

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There was a match day this season where all the goals were just incredible.

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We had an episode care for a volley.

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I don't know if that was season one or season two.

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Two.

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I think season two.

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Yes because it's up there with our downloads.

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And season two is doing better than season one.

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There you go guys.

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Keep listening.

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I wonder why it's doing better.

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It was the you and Santi episode to get things going.

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I think it did.

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I think it did.

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It laid the foundation.

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Exactly.

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It was going to be a messy one.

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Our betting segment did not exist.

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Unfortunately, this week guys, we totally totally forgot about it.

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I was jet lagged.

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I was sleeping for an entire day.

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Jake was going to Crete.

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So real breakdown of communication over there.

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And it didn't happen.

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But it's fine because we saved ourselves losing five euro.

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What was I going to say?

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We should be happy.

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You didn't lose it.

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Yeah.

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I mean, we take everything.

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Money in the bank.

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Money in the bank.

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We break even.

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Fuck it.

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Nice.

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You can go buy us a bottle of wine.

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Yeah.

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Good.

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See.

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So sort of relining in life.

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Yeah.

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Exactly.

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Let me go through the main happenings of match day 32 before we get into the individual

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match day.

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So the way we're going to start things off is Roma won Milan one.

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That was a direct encounter for fourth spot.

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Both teams entering equal and leaving equal.

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Enter three.

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Lazio won another battle for top four.

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It seems like whenever these two teams play, the score is three one and it can go either

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way.

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Bologna won Juve one.

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Could have been two for Juve, but Millech will get into what Millech did in this in

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this matchday.

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Napoli won Salernitana one.

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Diaz goals spoiling the party for Napoli.

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Torino won Atalanta two.

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A late strike there for Atalanta getting them the victory.

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Fiorentina put one past Sampdoria and then they put four like all at the same time.

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It was just a competition of who's going to score more.

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Who's going to score their first goal for Fiorentina.

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Exactly.

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Dodo got one.

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Terzic got one.

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Terzic got one.

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Duncan got one.

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Duncan got one.

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Wow.

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Wow.

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Everyone just.

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Everyone decided like, you know what time to impress Italiano.

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Spezia nil Monza.

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Two, Spezia with Outenzola are a Serie A better team essentially.

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Sassuolo two.

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Empoli won a great goal by Cambiaghi in this matchday, but terrible defending by Sassuolo.

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Lecce won Udinese nil.

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A massive leap for Lecce away from the relegation zone.

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And Cremona won.

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Verona won.

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Like guys, like one of you get three points at some point.

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It will really, really help you.

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But Verona are now level on points with Spezia, which makes things very interesting.

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Not only because it's either drawn points with Spezia, but there is Empoli also with

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32 points, which are far from safe.

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They're far from safe.

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And Lecce are also looming around that area as well.

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I think they also have 32 points.

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I could be wrong about that.

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Lecce are on 31.

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There we go.

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So 32, 31, 27.

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It goes up to 14th place because Salernitana then are on 34.

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But there's a big difference between the level of Salernitana and then the ones below them,

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which is Empoli, Spezia, Lecce and so on.

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Actually, Salernitana are unbeaten in six matches.

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They have five draws.

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In nine matches, my friend.

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What?

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In nine matches, my buddy.

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That's mental.

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It's their best record ever.

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You ruined my first point about Salernitana, but you can just cross it out.

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I fucked it up entirely as well.

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So next time, shut your bitch mouth.

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It's going to start.

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Sorry to all the bitches that are listening.

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I hope you didn't take offense to that.

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Yeah, mental.

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Why are you looking at me like that?

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Listen, I am the uncontrolled one.

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You are the uncontrolled one.

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So when you say something bad, it matters way more.

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I guess.

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I guess.

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But I apologized.

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So you did?

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Yeah, I did.

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I said sorry to all the bitches that are listening.

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And then you could see Jake grimacing as though he got fouled in a football five-a-side in

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the last minute and he had to make some theatrics to get the penalty.

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Now listen to all you beautiful ladies out there.

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With foreshadowing and grief.

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Are there any ladies listening to that?

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We have like 3%.

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Oh, I mean, it's better than zero.

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Welcome, ladies.

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Welcome.

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You may have noticed this week that every ball that hit the back of the net was collected

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by the referee, stored away and replaced.

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I was like, this is getting repetitive and this is getting weird.

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Why is this happening?

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Basically, this is an initiative with a third party called Socios that allows fans to place

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bids on scoring balls.

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Each ball is authenticated and validated on blockchain, giving proof of the ball's origin

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and ownership, making sure that they're the real deal.

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So we actually have NFTs in Syria?

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Essentially you can own a scoring ball in Syria.

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What has the world come to?

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I mean, that's cool, man.

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I think it's extremely lame in my opinion.

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You guys.

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But that's my opinion.

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You guys, imagine owning the ball that, for example, Giroud scored in the derby or owning

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the ball that Kessy scored the penalty against Atalanta.

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It shouldn't be happening.

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Why?

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Because it's just weird, man.

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It's a ball.

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Sure, it's a ball.

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It's a ball, bro.

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But look how we monetize everything in life, bro.

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I mean, yes.

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It's weird.

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To me, it's the limit.

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And these things are always in the...

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Because it's already a massive business.

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There's no need to take the ball away, put it in a fucking chamber, lock it up.

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What's a hurting anyone?

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Set it for 10K and then make...

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I don't know, man.

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I get your point, but it gives Syria heads who have money the opportunity to own something.

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I mean, this is done with shirts now.

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Yeah.

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And it's not hurting anyone.

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I mean, it's a ball.

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It's a ball.

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So yeah, go socios.

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If you want to advertise on our platform, we can discuss rates.

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Nice.

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So shall we get into the matches?

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We shall.

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I'll start off with Roma 1, Milan 1.

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Okay, the most boring game of the match.

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Let's go.

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Oh, well, kind of.

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It's true.

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I mean, don't you dare tell me that was a fun game to watch.

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I mean, from 90 plus, it was excellent.

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No, from the 90th minute.

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Yes, definitely.

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That's the part that I missed because we were surrounded by mountains.

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And we're on a bus.

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There you go.

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There we go.

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So the previous encounter was Milan 2, Roma 2.

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So absolute stalemates all around, which means that if these two teams do end up level at

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the end of the season, they're going to need to look at goal difference because they're

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absolutely tied on aggregate.

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A direct battle for fourth spot with both teams coming into this match with 56 points

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with Milan in fourth and Roma in fifth.

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Naturally, there was also Inter against Lazio, which is also a pivotal fixture for top four.

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For Roma, there was Chris Smalling out injured, Karsdorp out injured and Wijnaldum out injured

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and the ball was only fit for the bench with his sprained ankle.

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For Rossoneri, Mr Alessandro Florenzi once again, Pobega, Zlatan once again, Batcaliabria returned

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from suspension and Giroud recovered from a knock.

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For Roma, it was their 3-4-1-2 formation with Patricio on goal and their backline of Ibanez,

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Kumbulla and Mancini, Spinazzola out on the left, Celica out on the right and the midfield

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two of Matich and Cristante with Pellegrini just ahead of them and Tammy and Bellotti

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starting up front.

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For Milan, it was their 4-2-3-1 formation, although I am of the opinion that this is

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a 4-3-3.

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Mannyan in goal and the backline of Calabria, Kier, Tomori and Theo.

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A midfield two of Krunic and Tonali with Benassir just ahead of them.

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Brahim Dias started out on the right, Rafael Lhaut on the left and Giroud up front.

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The reason I say I think this is a 4-3-3 is because Benassir does a lot of defending.

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He sits behind the midfield most of the time so I really do think this is a 4-3-3.

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But, yeah, the hosts were already short on defenders as you heard by Smolling being out

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injured and actually lost Kumbulla after 15 minutes due to a bruised knee caused by an

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accidental coming together with Giroud so Cristante had to drop back into the back three

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and Bova came on and joined Matich in midfield.

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There was a huge chance for Roma on 34 minutes as Spinazzola pulled back from the byline

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for Lorenzo Pellegrini to score from 6 yards but it was accidentally charged down by teammate

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Tammy Abraham.

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I initially thought it was a Mannyan save, I had people over and I was screaming, he's

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the best in the world, he's the best in the world and then the replay showed that Tammy

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Abraham kept the ball out.

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Tammy Abraham is the best in the world.

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He's the best in the world or the worst in the world.

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Just after half time Tomori went off injured with a bruised thigh after a collision with

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Tammy in the first half but Milan fans will breathe a sigh of relief after finding out

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that it is no more serious than that.

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He will only miss the Cremonese match but that is due to an accumulation of yellow cards.

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Shouts for a red card on Roger Ibanez shortly after who butchered Salomakers with a studs

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up challenge but he received a yellow card instead.

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Now I wasn't too comfortable giving my opinion on this because the camera angles were a little

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bit weak, you could see that the studs are showing but you can't see just how high up

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on the leg that was and how malicious it was so I'm not going to complain too much about

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that however I did see my Twitter page flood up with shouts for a red card but then again

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I do follow a bunch of Milan guys so I won't take their word as literature.

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In the 59th minute it was a routine attack by Milan as a long ball by Tonali was headed

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by Giroud into the part of Léo who took the ball to the byline and crossed it to Salomakers

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but his half volley skimmed the crossbar that was probably the biggest chance of the match

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before the 90th minute.

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And then the K.Telare lost the ball at the half way line, Cielic carried the ball forward

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and found Tammy Abraham who finished into the bottom corner.

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Absolute scenes as it seemed like Roma had won it at the death giving them top 4 and

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a 3 point advantage over Milan.

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Oh no no no, 3 minutes later Léo receives the ball out wide after a defensive header

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by Montrini and he provided an inch perfect in swinging cross to the far post for Salomakers

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to this time convert on the half volley with the ball creeping underneath Rui Patricio

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making the game 1-1.

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So you said this was a boring game, it was very nervy and very cagey.

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Very Roma game.

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Yeah exactly, I mean that's essentially the whole tale of the tape, it was a classic Roma

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approach they allowed Milan a lot of the ball and they looked to counter.

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Milan moved the ball around well but struggled to get that final pass.

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I think game management was on Roma's side in this game to be honest with you, I think

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that they had a better game plan going and I think they executed better than Milan did

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because I say that because I think Milan always like to boss the game in the way that they

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want to play, they never like playing how the opponent wants them to play and of course

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Mourinho said keep the ball, take it but you're not going to do shit with it and that really

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worked.

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I still think that this is a better result for Roma than it is for Milan because of the

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fact that Milan have harder games to come and of course Roma also have Europa League

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but I don't think their priority is still the league over the Europa League for them,

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they want to win it for sure, they'll go in wanting to win but Champions League against

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Inter, there's no way Milan say hmm well priority is up to them.

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It's funny because they're both in a very delicate position where they're on the cusp

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of doing something very special in Europe but then as a result of that and as a result

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of the tight fixtures that they have unlike the Lazio and the Atalanta it's affecting

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their performance in the league and that puts them in a situation now especially after Juve

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were handed their 15 points back where they're like shit okay so we might get to the final

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and lose in the Champions League and we might lose out on top four over here so it's a really

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delicate situation that they're both in man.

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I still think it's more delicate for Milan than it is for Roma purely because I believe

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that I'm going to repeat my point as such I still feel like Roma will prioritize the

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league when it comes to it because at the end of the day it's going to bring them more

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money and of course Mourinho is a winner and if you see I say that because sometimes Milan

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have been a bit weird like they have absolutely stellar performances against Napoli for example

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in all the games they played against them and then because of that intense effort the

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next game in the league you can really see it's a different Milan.

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Like against Lecce it was shocking.

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Against Roma it wasn't shocking but you know they lacked a killer instinct.

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But Milan playing Roma and Milan playing Napoli and this was a point I made to a friend of

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mine recently is the two most polar opposites in matches Milan can have because against

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Napoli Milan-Roma-Napoli in the sense that you can have the ball we're going to pile

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men back and then we're going to Rafa Leão and we're going to Theo Hernandez you and

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then we're going to get you on the counter and then against Roma Milan are like okay

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now we're on the ball a lot so it's like we're playing Lecce for example where we have a

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lot of the ball they're piling men back but then on the counter way more effective than

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Lecce.

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So it's a totally different situation for Milan.

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Milan did seem a lot more disappointed than Roma at the final whistle despite getting

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a winner in the 96-97 so there I was like okay Milan expected a victory here.

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I think so.

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I really think I'm pretty sure they believe they could win.

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You know I feel like they probably feel like they have the better players, overall they

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probably have the better form arguably but I really think that Roma even though they

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don't play the best football their form and the way they want to play football is probably

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the best in the league.

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Don't mistaken that for having the best team or playing the best football or having the

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second best team but the way they want to play football is exactly the way Moroni wants

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to play.

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There's a point I made to Jake recently when he asked me who are the second best team in

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the league I said Roma because of the system that they have in place when it comes to when

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they need to get points they are so capable of getting those points.

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They do slip up.

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They do slip up.

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Then they have that one game which is super important for them, Atalanta where they just

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miss out.

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Exactly.

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Or sometimes that game plan doesn't work.

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Against a physical team, Atalanta are kind of a physical team they're not the most physical

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in the league but they have physical players.

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Gasperini as their manager.

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They were savage there.

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So against those teams you need to have something else and I don't think Roma are the best team

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to adapt yet.

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My point of them being top two, no one's been perfect except for Napoli pretty much.

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You compare them to Juve, you compare them to Lazio and at that point you're going to

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go okay who's had the least fuck ups out of these.

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Lazio are great.

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Lazio are great.

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They have been great.

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But there's a couple of good points to speak about when they get into it but yeah I agree

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with you overall.

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You mentioned that this was a boring game.

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Fun fact is the only two shots on target this match came at stoppage time and they were

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the two goals.

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But against Roma that's what tends to happen to be honest with you.

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So no disrespect to Milan there, it's just the way Roma like to play football.

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And to carry on on the point that we made about Roma's system and how Milan adapted,

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Giroud was pretty much helpless up against Mancini, Van Duz and Cristante.

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While Ibrahim seemed invisible leaving Milan once again reliant on Liao.

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Liao had a great game, he was on fire.

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He was given a lot of space as well.

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So I mean he was given the space to have a good game but he also stood up because there

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are many times Liao just decides that he's not going to play today.

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So he did step up, you're right.

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Over the past few games, before the league game against Napoli where Milan won 4-0, it

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was reported that Liao put himself in retiro.

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So going to bed early, waking up, only training, only training, only training, no rapping or

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any of this fucking bullshit that he does sometimes.

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And it shows man when the guy puts in the work, he's one of the best players in the

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world, there's no doubt about it.

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And he's been really really good and he made Schelick's life absolute hell.

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Did you hear about the criticism Piole got, people essentially blaming him for the Keita

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Lare losing the ball?

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So apparently the Keita Lare went on and he wasn't really defending, he was lurking around

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and Piole is like, fucking wake up Charles, wake up!

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And Charles got carried away, he went, collected the ball, lost it, Roma took the ball forward

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and scored.

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Oh my lord.

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Everyone's saying like, be careful Piole.

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Oh my lord.

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He's so bad.

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Keita Lare.

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I'm sorry he's so bad.

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I mean he hasn't had a great time since this season.

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I love how you and Jake can't admit that he's just been straight up bad.

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His performances have been bad but I still cannot say.

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He's still leaving his talent.

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Yeah I can't say he's a bad player.

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Like Massar and Maldini have this system, wherever they're going to spend money the

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player has to be special.

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All I'm going to say is that Ibrahim, Benassir and Liao all looked bad when they started.

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No way did they look.

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We had this point last week, there's no way you can compare the first season of all those

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players to the first season of the Keita Lare.

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Tonali had a terrible first season bro.

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Not that bad.

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Tonali couldn't put a pass together.

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You can't compare.

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You couldn't pass the ball Tonali.

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But this guy has done jack, this guy has literally done jack.

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The guy came in, people were calling him Pirlo and he couldn't make two passes in that game

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Tonali.

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Yeah.

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I mean.

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I still do a little jack.

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Exactly.

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In time, I think he'll get there but he has had a terrible season.

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There's no doubt about it.

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35 million he comes in and his third choice in his position, it's not good.

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Just one more point before we move on.

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64,000 Roma fans in attendance.

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Holy shit.

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They were at the Olympico singing Roma, Roma, Roma in the beginning.

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Yet the Curvassoz chants echoed through the stadium for the entire match, even after Roma

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scored that 93rd minute goal.

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Do you think Milan have the best fans in Italy?

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They definitely do.

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I hate to admit it, but they definitely do.

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They have the best support and they're relentless and they just don't give up.

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They do not give up.

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And I mean, it is admirable.

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You cannot say otherwise.

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I thought you were going to make the point and I was ready to argue you that you are

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going to say no Napoli.

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Napoli have savages, but sometimes they don't always.

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They don't always have, you know, they're a bit like, I was going to say city, but they're

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actually a little bit like United in the sense that they celebrate, they're happy when it's

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going well and then when it's not going well.

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Exactly.

493
00:23:58,720 --> 00:23:59,720
A bit like Tottenham as well.

494
00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:00,720
I know.

495
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,920
I think they'll be go, they'll be fucking celebrating and being cheerful.

496
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,960
And then as soon as it goes wrong, the stadium is silent.

497
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:14,960
The game against Salernitana that just happened and the game against Milan, second leg, they

498
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:21,480
were the best support I've heard in the Champions League for 45 minutes and then Leao scored

499
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:26,560
silence until the 92nd minute where Rossi Mangotti's goal and then they were crazy again.

500
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:30,400
It's like you're there to support your team, you're not there for a party kind of thing.

501
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:31,960
But I think they get nervous.

502
00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:33,760
I think they're not used to winning.

503
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:34,760
They're not used to winning.

504
00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:35,760
Genuinely.

505
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,640
They're not used to having a team which can win.

506
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:43,280
And I think, and I think maybe that's something we're not giving them the benefit of the doubt.

507
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,720
So I think they get back into this mentality.

508
00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:46,720
Oh, we're going to bottle it.

509
00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:47,720
Oh, we're going to fuck up.

510
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:48,720
We're going to lose again.

511
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:49,720
Oh, we're going to come second again.

512
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:50,720
Oh, you know, the witchcraft shit.

513
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:56,400
And the Cavani's and the fucking Higuain's who almost got them their wins, but they never

514
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,680
managed to get through into the end.

515
00:24:58,680 --> 00:24:59,680
Avetse Hamsik.

516
00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:00,680
Avetse Hamsik.

517
00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,080
So, you know, in Senegal, I feel like they're really nervous.

518
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:05,760
Yeah, I think so.

519
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:13,280
It's when they get over the line and then they can finally have this new era of Napoli

520
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:14,280
dominant football.

521
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:15,280
Yeah.

522
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,000
I mean, good for them.

523
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,040
I'm very, very happy for Napoli.

524
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:24,200
But it's just the way some of the fans have been sure, sure carrying themselves.

525
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,880
And this is a this isn't a generalisation.

526
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,520
I'm saying a select group of their fan base haven't exactly been the classiest or the

527
00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:31,520
humblest in victory.

528
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:32,520
And twice have just.

529
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:33,520
Yeah.

530
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,880
But yeah, but they deserve to party.

531
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:37,880
It's been a long time.

532
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:38,880
They deserve to party.

533
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:39,880
They've been excellent.

534
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:40,880
They've barely put a foot wrong.

535
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:41,880
Get your cocks out.

536
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:49,840
Milan are in fifth place on 57 points, leveled with Inter and Roma who sit in sixth.

537
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:50,840
I see.

538
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,240
I see where this is leading to.

539
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:58,760
And this is leading to Inter versus Lazio with a score of three to one.

540
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:03,920
And coming into this game week or match day, we have Inter coming in with three wins, one

541
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:05,520
draw and one loss.

542
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:09,400
When we compare it with Lazio, who come in with four wins and a loss.

543
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:13,280
The head to head between these two teams is pretty even.

544
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,600
Inter winning four, Lazio winning four and them both drawing two games.

545
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,800
As for notable differences in the starting lineup, there were not too many.

546
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,920
Lazio feel that basically they're starting 11.

547
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,480
On the other side, Inter made a couple of modifications.

548
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:34,160
We saw Dombroso coming in for De Vrij and we see Correa up front with Lukaku as opposed

549
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,520
to Martinez up front instead.

550
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:42,960
Otherwise, it's still a pretty standard formation for Inter as well.

551
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:48,320
Of course, you'd expect that from both teams because they definitely needed a win in this

552
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:49,320
game.

553
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:54,440
I think again, a draw would not have been happy for either team here.

554
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:59,840
And a couple of points to mention before we get down to the game itself is that what I've

555
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:06,200
noticed at least ever since Inter lost to Monza, things have drastically changed.

556
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:07,880
They've derailed.

557
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:19,240
When they hit that car crash with Monza, you could feel like Inter is going to get sacked,

558
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:23,040
the team is done, the dumps are going to get knocked out of the Champions League somehow,

559
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:28,520
even though they had a pretty good cushion 2-0 to Benfica.

560
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:32,800
And then they beat Benfica, then they come in and then Lukaku has an epic performance

561
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:39,600
against Empoli and then they beat Juve in the Copa.

562
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,600
Slowly you could see this resurgence back in Inter's team.

563
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:50,160
And I feel like these three wins after each other have been such a catalyst for this team,

564
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:56,360
so much so that I would say Milan got the worst draw possible to face in the semi-finals

565
00:27:56,360 --> 00:28:05,400
because Inter, in my opinion, could be a pain in your ass because they've beaten you a couple

566
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,000
of times this season.

567
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:12,720
Not only that, but Lukaku, I feel like the fact that he's woken up finally and started

568
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:16,680
to play football, and started to play for his team, it feels like everyone's understanding

569
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:17,680
him as well.

570
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,520
And the team has sort of...

571
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:20,520
To assist again in this matchup.

572
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,880
To assist to a goal in the game before, something has changed.

573
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,800
Something has drastically changed in this team.

574
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:30,400
Now it could just be Comedie Discurse, next game we see them play.

575
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,760
It could be Lukaku misses four goals and all this shit happens again.

576
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,560
But I would like to argue that it's a bit different.

577
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:42,480
And I feel like this could really be a pain in the ass for Milan coming up in the Champions

578
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:43,480
League.

579
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:44,480
Absolutely.

580
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:51,640
The way I would describe this is, however, contrary to your point, Inter are a hemorrhoid

581
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:57,960
whilst Real and City are colon cancer.

582
00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:58,960
That's the difference between them.

583
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:03,600
They're a pain in the ass, sure, but Real, Madrid and Manchester City, and then Arona,

584
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:08,960
I think another level to most Serie A teams at the moment.

585
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:09,960
You know what?

586
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,360
I'll still argue that again.

587
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:12,360
You know why?

588
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,480
Because I feel like Milan are winners.

589
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,000
That you can't argue against that.

590
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,400
And they would face a winner in Real.

591
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,280
But Real aren't having the best year this year.

592
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:21,280
They're playing well.

593
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:22,280
They're playing good.

594
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:23,280
The Champions League is there.

595
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:24,280
Sure, it's their thing.

596
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:25,280
You know, they're always there.

597
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,680
But it's Milan's thing as well.

598
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:29,040
City have never won it.

599
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,840
They've never gotten further than the semi-finals.

600
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:33,280
So you have to keep that in mind.

601
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:37,720
Of course, we've seen City play absolutely destructive football this year.

602
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:39,240
But you never know in the semi-final.

603
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:40,640
You never bloody know.

604
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,640
And Milan, you can see that they're street smart.

605
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:44,920
Jake mentioned it last week.

606
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:49,400
So that's why I really believe, especially since Inter have gotten the edge over Milan

607
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:50,940
a couple of times this season.

608
00:29:50,940 --> 00:29:52,920
And it's always a feisty affair.

609
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,000
Lukaku coming back.

610
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,720
Martin has woken up.

611
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,640
And he's no longer, he's playing a little bit less greedily.

612
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:04,920
I feel like it's going to be a very, very enjoyable match on the 13th.

613
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:05,920
It's going to be fireworks.

614
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:06,920
It's going to be fantastic.

615
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:07,920
And I can't wait to watch it.

616
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:08,920
Yeah, same here.

617
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:09,920
I can't wait to watch it.

618
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:10,920
And one final point.

619
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,880
And that's not the final point actually.

620
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:14,880
But there are a couple more.

621
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,840
I feel like this is a theory.

622
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,920
There's almost no facts behind this one, but I'll still say it.

623
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,800
I feel like Nzaghi has worked a little bit on his man management.

624
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:28,320
I feel like in his post-match press conference and pre-match, he's been mentioning players

625
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:29,320
a bit more.

626
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:30,320
He's been talking about them a bit more.

627
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,200
I feel like he's given them attention.

628
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:37,280
I feel like there's been this thing missing, which Jake alluded to in the last few episodes.

629
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,120
And I feel like there's something he's worked on.

630
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,480
And I feel like the team is a little bit more coherent.

631
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:43,960
There's no more moaning to each other anymore.

632
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:44,960
There used to be a lot of moaning.

633
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:45,960
It's a barella.

634
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,960
Barellas is just a baby in my opinion.

635
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:52,560
If he was my friend, I'd punch him in the face.

636
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:53,960
But then again, he's the best player.

637
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:58,960
So I mean, maybe he's going to be like, he's just a little bitch in my opinion.

638
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:00,960
He might have a small ass cock.

639
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,440
I'm not sure about that.

640
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,960
I think he's got a small ass dick, dude.

641
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,200
He does give kind of small dick energy.

642
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:09,200
I really see.

643
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,200
But anyway.

644
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:15,040
But I do agree with your point about Nzaghi.

645
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:20,640
I think either he's working on his management or just since they proceeded so much in the

646
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:24,360
Champions League, the element of togetherness kind of seems to be getting stronger in this

647
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:25,360
Inter team.

648
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:26,360
Definitely there is.

649
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:27,360
Yeah.

650
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:28,680
And they're managing to come back as well.

651
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:33,280
You know, sometimes when Inter concede that it's game over, you know, they concede against

652
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:37,040
a Monza, they concede against whatever, a Lecce and so on.

653
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,000
Or small teams, which they had a bad run.

654
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,000
Yeah.

655
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,880
A couple of game weeks ago, let's say it's game over and they're not going to get out

656
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:43,880
of that.

657
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:44,880
Exactly.

658
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:45,880
They're going to be playing and shooting.

659
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:53,880
Now I feel like there's this, it's just very, it's hard to pin down, but there's an aura

660
00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:54,880
behind this team.

661
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:55,880
Yeah.

662
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:56,880
There's a lot of belief.

663
00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:01,720
And I feel like these wins, these wins they've gotten in the UCL and the Copa have really

664
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:02,720
changed things.

665
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:03,720
I think so.

666
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:04,720
I think so.

667
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:05,720
Yeah.

668
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:06,720
It's interesting.

669
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:10,600
And one thing mentioned, one thing I want to mention, and this is going to be very important

670
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:11,600
for this game as well.

671
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,440
It's going to be a point I would like to discuss.

672
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,160
Is a statistic I have here.

673
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:21,520
Inter have conceded the fewest high turnovers to their opponents in Serie A this season with

674
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:25,200
1-5-7, whereas Lazio have conceded 294.

675
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:26,200
Oh my God.

676
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,800
More than any other team in the league and by 20 of those.

677
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:35,600
So it really shows the careful approach of Enzaghi and the risky approach of Sarri there.

678
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:36,600
Yeah.

679
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,120
It just shows the two teams which are faced up against each other.

680
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:43,600
And with that being said, we can go up and show you the two teams which faced off and

681
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:44,600
the starting lineups.

682
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:49,320
We have Inter with their 3-5-2, their classic on and on in goal, D'Ambrosio, Atxerbi and

683
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:50,320
Bastoni.

684
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:54,320
At the back we have DiMarco, Miketarion, Brozovic, Barela and Darmian in midfield.

685
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,480
Correan Lukaku finalizing the attack.

686
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,440
Whereas we have Immobileza, Kanyan, Filipe, Anderson up front.

687
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,840
We have Luis Alberto, Cataldi and Milinkovic, Savic in midfield.

688
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:07,840
Morizic, Casale, Romagnoli and Haisal in defense.

689
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,320
Providel in goal.

690
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:15,960
To kick off the game itself, we have a relatively quiet first half.

691
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:22,280
One thing to point out was a VAR decision which wasn't given to Inter.

692
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,280
It was basically a goal which Miketarion had tapped in.

693
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:33,800
But Correa was slightly offside when the attack began and the VAR decision gave the goal as

694
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:34,980
offside.

695
00:33:34,980 --> 00:33:37,160
We then see the first goal of the game.

696
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:41,160
1-0 in the 30th minute, Atxerbi receives the ball from Anana.

697
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:46,000
He gets dispossessed by Immobileza and Filipe Anderson who then pass the ball to Luis Alberto

698
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:50,680
in the middle of Inter's box.

699
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:55,600
He then finds an unmarked Filipe Anderson who scores a cool finish.

700
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,720
Really good pressing by Lazio there.

701
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:58,720
Really well executed.

702
00:33:58,720 --> 00:33:59,720
1-0 there.

703
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:04,800
1-1 came very late into the game in the 78th minute.

704
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,640
We see Goossens win the ball high up the pitch.

705
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:11,440
He plays a quick ball to Lukaku who holds off the ball really well.

706
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:15,360
He manages to then find a great pass to Martinez who makes a run into the box.

707
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:16,360
He's 1-1.

708
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:20,640
He has a still lot of pressure by the defenders behind him and scores brilliantly.

709
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:24,080
1-1 for Inter there.

710
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:29,140
Five minutes later, Lukaku receives the ball on the edge of the Lazio box.

711
00:34:29,140 --> 00:34:33,080
He then plays a swooping cross all the way to the back post to find an unmarked Goossens

712
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:37,440
who slots the ball home but also gets injured in the process.

713
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,200
And then 3-1, 89th minute.

714
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:43,560
Basically five minutes per goal for Inter here.

715
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:47,320
You could really see how that goal had changed the team.

716
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:51,920
Vecino tries to place the ball back to Provodil.

717
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:52,920
It's a weak pass.

718
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,200
Martinez steals it on the break.

719
00:34:55,200 --> 00:35:00,160
He's 1-1 against Provodil and with some luck with the rebound he scores into an empty net.

720
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,280
3-1 the game ended.

721
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:07,120
I think the best team won in that game.

722
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:11,520
Apart from two chances and one which led to a goal, Lazio didn't have much going for them

723
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:12,960
in this game.

724
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:19,680
You could see that their risky play really didn't pay off because I feel like Inter managed

725
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,040
to suffocate them for the most part.

726
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:27,940
The only reason that they scored, really and truly, was purely down to Atcherby having

727
00:35:27,940 --> 00:35:29,280
a bit of an hour of a game.

728
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:33,760
I think that the emotions were the better of him playing against his old club.

729
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:38,920
So other than that you can't really say Lazio deserved it.

730
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,960
No Lazio didn't do enough at all in this game.

731
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:45,240
I think like you said it was a stroke of luck that they scored in the first place.

732
00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:48,880
They had another chance because Atcherby lost the ball in defence again and they almost

733
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:50,680
capitalised over there.

734
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:54,440
But the pressure that Inter put on Lazio in this game was unbelievable.

735
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:55,440
Their high press.

736
00:35:55,440 --> 00:36:01,000
They didn't stop and this goes very well with your point that there's a certain element

737
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,000
of belief.

738
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,440
They conceded the goal but they stayed on Lazio and they knew what they had to do.

739
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:11,680
They didn't have the defeatism which they've had a couple of games ago.

740
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,240
One point to mention before we crack on to the next game.

741
00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:17,120
Lazio have two losses in a row now.

742
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:21,880
Two losses where they've arguably have been really poor.

743
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:27,320
Probably their most poor performances this season to date.

744
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:28,800
In my opinion at least.

745
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:33,320
Now the theory could be either teams are learning to adapt against Lazio finally.

746
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:39,760
They're finding ways to crack open this really tight shell of theirs.

747
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,840
Or it's simply down to the game.

748
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:47,200
Inter had a really good game but I'd like to believe that this counter-attacking football

749
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:51,480
and this very high press against Lazio basically suffocating them where it hurts.

750
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:52,480
Which is their midfield.

751
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:53,480
It's their midfield.

752
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,920
It's those three playmakers.

753
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:57,920
Those supporting players.

754
00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:01,120
If you cut them off there they've got nothing.

755
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:07,480
Zabkani, Philippe and Imobili are not going to do layout-esque things.

756
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,520
They're not going to dribble half the team and score.

757
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:17,360
They need those passes from the midfielders or defense before they can really get into

758
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:18,360
the rhythm.

759
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:25,280
So I really feel like this containment football that teams have totally did the exact same

760
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:26,280
thing.

761
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,560
The containment football and then striking when it matters.

762
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,480
It really seems to work.

763
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,360
It's the argument of quantity versus quality.

764
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,760
I guess at the end of the day people are really picking and choosing their attacks.

765
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:38,760
They understand.

766
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:44,880
Look Lazio are probably defensively with the exception of Milan and Napoli, they're one

767
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:45,920
of the best teams.

768
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:49,280
They concede that some of the fewest goals that they were in this league, one of the

769
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:53,080
best ways you can penetrate those teams is catching them on the break.

770
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:54,360
Always catching them on the break.

771
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:55,360
And with a lot of bodies.

772
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:56,360
Exactly.

773
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,280
And that high press when you need it.

774
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:02,640
You see Inter when they counter and when they're on their group they move the ball around.

775
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:07,000
When we were watching them live against Sasuolo.

776
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:10,640
When De Marco, Zerco and I don't know who the last player was, I think it was Hakan,

777
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:11,640
they all came on.

778
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:12,640
Dude!

779
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:13,640
Vidal!

780
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:17,640
It was insane, you could see the difference.

781
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:18,880
I was shocked.

782
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,000
You could feel they were going to score.

783
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,040
Then the fans are there pumping them up.

784
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:24,040
Very good supporters.

785
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:30,880
And then it was literally like a swarm which you can't run away from.

786
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:32,680
Like locusts coming for you.

787
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:33,680
Exactly.

788
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,000
It's scary man.

789
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,400
I think it's not only that Inter were very good in this game, which they were, I think

790
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:43,480
Lazio are a very streaky team in the sense that their positive streak went on a while.

791
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,880
Longer this season.

792
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:50,640
The main difference I see in Lazio this season to last season is contrary to what this game

793
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,920
showed us is they've shown up against the top 7.

794
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,600
Against the top 7 they've been spectacular, they won most of them.

795
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:01,680
But their inconsistencies remain and they've been allocated elsewhere so to say.

796
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,200
So dropping points against Torino.

797
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:08,000
Getting knocked out of the conference league super early on.

798
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,000
So yeah.

799
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:12,440
I mean super early on because you'd expect a team like Lazio to go to the finals.

800
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:16,040
I mean, it's not like they got knocked out of the group stages but still.

801
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:20,960
Anywho, to wrap up this game week we have Lazio sitting in second with 61 points, Inter

802
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:27,040
climbing up to fourth, draw with Milan and Roma on 57 points.

803
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:30,600
The next game we're going to be covering is Bologna 1-1 Juve.

804
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:35,560
The previous encounter between these two teams was a victory for Juve with the score of 3-0.

805
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:40,440
Back then Bologna were doing terrible things and now things have changed under Mota.

806
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:41,920
Oh they sure have.

807
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:47,240
The Bianconeri were feeling the pressure after crashing out of the Coppa Italia semi-final

808
00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:51,440
midweek and losing three Serie A matches on the bounce.

809
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:55,400
Di Maria and Moiskeen didn't make the trip with Dusan Vlaović only fit for the bench

810
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,080
due to an ankle injury.

811
00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:02,680
The hosts then missed Marco Arnautovic, Roberto Soriano and Nicola Sansone.

812
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:06,640
For Bologna it was their classic 4-3-3 formation with Skorupski in goal and the backline of

813
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:12,080
Kriakopolis, Lukumi, Sao Mauro and Posch, a midfield three of Dominguez, Schouten and Moro

814
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:15,760
with Ferguson on the left, Orsalini on the right and Moussa Barrow up front.

815
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:20,600
Juve also started off in a 4-3-3 formation with Cezne in goal and the backline of Quadrado,

816
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,680
Gatti, Danilo and Sandro playing as a left back this time.

817
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:29,080
Fagioli, Locatelli and Rabiot formed the midfield three with Chiesa, Millek and Kostić forming

818
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,440
the front three.

819
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:36,680
In the eighth minute the referee decided against awarding a penalty to Bologna after Danilo

820
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:41,800
brought down Orsalini in the area, however a VAR check changed his mind and the Italian

821
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:47,040
stepped up to send Cezne the wrong way to make it 1-0 to Bologna very early on, putting

822
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:48,920
the pressure on Juve.

823
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:53,600
In the 26th minute and then Juve got close but Skorupski pulled off a sensational double

824
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:58,520
save on Fagioli to keep his side ahead, getting down well to deny his first strike and extending

825
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,080
his leg beautifully for the second.

826
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:03,880
Second best keeper in the league.

827
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:08,560
Two minutes later, Lukumi's foul on Millek was deemed a free kick by the referee with

828
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:12,600
his boot planted on the line of the box following the challenge.

829
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:16,680
After a review however the referee changed his mind once again and correctly awarded

830
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:18,680
a penalty to Juve.

831
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:25,720
Millek stepped up to take his first ever Serie A penalty and totally, totally fucked this

832
00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:28,080
whole Giorginho-esque attempt.

833
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:32,920
He hopped way too early, like he had to step twice after he hopped.

834
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:37,160
Obviously because of those little strikes he couldn't get enough power behind the shot,

835
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:42,640
he hit it quite centrally and Skorupski caught it, he dropped down to the ground and he caught

836
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:47,760
it so it was embarrassing stuff for Millek over there, totally fucked Juve's chances

837
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:51,760
of getting the equaliser before the break.

838
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:56,880
However, and then in the 60th minute in all fairness to the Polish man, he redeemed himself

839
00:41:56,880 --> 00:42:02,480
with a lethal snapshot inside the area after some great work by substitute Iling Jr. who

840
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:03,480
is…

841
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:06,560
Iling Jr. is fire to bring on in a game.

842
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,760
When you're losing a game or when you need a point just fucking bring on Iling Jr. down

843
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:12,040
the left.

844
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:16,000
Moments later, Bologna had an opportunity to take the lead after Orsalini pulled off

845
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:20,960
a bicycle kick cross shot to Zerg Zay but Schesney did excellently to fingertip the

846
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:24,720
cross shot out of reach for the Dutchman.

847
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:25,720
My god Mintoff.

848
00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:32,320
Bologna had another opportunity through Arbisher after Gatti fumbled the ball in the box but

849
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:34,160
his attempt skimmed wide.

850
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:38,800
Thank god for you.

851
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,120
Juve's player of the season.

852
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:45,840
In the 85th minute Skorupski was grounded after dealing with a cross and the ball fell

853
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:51,240
to Sule who had an empty post but completely miss hit it and sent the ball high and wide

854
00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:57,320
and that was the last opportunity of the game and it was Bologna won, Juve won at the end.

855
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:04,840
So once Juve conceded the first goal this is what I really want to discuss over here

856
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,240
because the game went the way it went.

857
00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:12,400
Bologna are good, they're obviously going to bring the pressure against a team like

858
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:18,000
Juve, the stadium was absolutely sold out, fantastic scenes, motta system, they're always

859
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,320
going to bring the firepower in this game.

860
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:25,840
This is just the way that Juve handled themselves and carried themselves after the first goal

861
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:27,720
was conceded after just eight minutes.

862
00:43:27,720 --> 00:43:35,480
So Allegri seemed to shift the 4-3-3 formation to a 3-5-2 after they conceded the first goal.

863
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:40,280
He moved Chiesa up front alongside Milleke.

864
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:45,880
Now the 4-3-3 formation is the formation which gives Juve the most flair when you have Chiesa

865
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:51,960
on one side, you have Kostic on the other side, you have Milleke up front and then basically

866
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:56,240
you have the three midfielders who are all quite attacking in Locatelli, Rabio and Fagioli,

867
00:43:56,240 --> 00:43:59,440
especially Rabio and Fagioli.

868
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:06,940
Now it was strange to see him change to a more defensive approach when a goal was needed

869
00:44:06,940 --> 00:44:14,200
and a couple of Juve players, well an anonymous source within the Juve camp came out and said

870
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:18,640
that the players are physically and mentally exhausted with the constant change of system

871
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:26,320
that Allegri keeps carrying out, changing player positions, adapting new formations,

872
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,360
etc.

873
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:33,960
Do you think that perhaps is a constant pain for Juve and do you think that that's what

874
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:36,200
lost them the game?

875
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:42,520
Let's be honest, if something's constantly changing in your environment, it's going to

876
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:50,760
be frustrating because you never gain that consistency and you need, as a player, I think

877
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:57,000
it's probably one of the most important, it is consistent, you need to grind those games,

878
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:01,520
grind those wins, grind those losses, grind whatever it needs to be, it has to be grinded

879
00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:03,200
and you have to get through it.

880
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:07,640
You can't just flip-flop through, flip-flopping never works in the long term because then

881
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:11,880
you're never going to have that thing to fall back on.

882
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:17,240
And I mean, sure, they concede in the first 10 minutes, but do you have to change the

883
00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:19,160
formation after 10 minutes?

884
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:20,520
There's absolutely no need for that.

885
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:24,480
I mean, if you see after 30 minutes there hasn't been one decent opportunity, I'd be

886
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:27,480
like, okay, things have to change.

887
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:28,920
Then I might change the formation.

888
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:32,440
If there has been no glimmer of hope, it's been 10 minutes.

889
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:33,440
Exactly.

890
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:36,760
10 minutes against a Bologna side which are really underrated this year in the sense that

891
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,280
you don't want to play them at this rate.

892
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:42,200
That away, there's a lot of things.

893
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,000
It was a penalty as well.

894
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:45,000
It was a penalty.

895
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:46,480
It's not like they outplayed you there.

896
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,320
Yeah, he hit the panic button too early in my opinion.

897
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:50,320
He definitely did.

898
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:54,760
And it was against, it was with a player who in my opinion is the flop of the season, Quadra

899
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:57,720
has been awful, or close to awful.

900
00:45:57,720 --> 00:46:03,240
So I mean, I really feel like you've put it brilliantly, the panic button was pressed

901
00:46:03,240 --> 00:46:04,800
way too quickly.

902
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:11,680
And you said you made a good point about the consistency and how things are always changing.

903
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:17,200
Aside from the situation that they have with Allegri that apparently Di Maria, Chies and

904
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:20,240
Vlachovic in particular, they want him out.

905
00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:24,200
They're not happy with Allegri because of this inconsistency.

906
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:29,080
There's also the inconsistency of this whole political thing going around Juve.

907
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:33,960
So I have the utmost of sympathy towards the players and the fans of Juve.

908
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:35,760
It's not fair on them.

909
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:40,480
Now there are the last four games, they lost three of them and they just drew to Bologna

910
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:41,480
now.

911
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:45,600
They got knocked out of the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia, which was their real chance

912
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:46,600
for silver.

913
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:47,600
They have Sevilla against Valise.

914
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:49,960
They have Sevilla who just knocked out United.

915
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:50,960
Exactly.

916
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:55,400
So it's like, you know, things are, you know, there was this resurgence, me and Jake spoke

917
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:58,960
about this resurgence when Juve came back and they got those points.

918
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:05,120
But those points have seemed to be almost a detriment to them, you know, you'd expect

919
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:06,120
the opposite.

920
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:08,720
You'd be like, oh my God, this is going to leapfrog us to the end of the league and we're

921
00:47:08,720 --> 00:47:10,200
going to come second or something.

922
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:13,160
Oh my God, the way they're playing, it's been awful.

923
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:15,960
They really aren't playing good football.

924
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:19,240
And then you compare them and then to the team that they faced off against.

925
00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:24,760
So Thiago Motta in particular, I want to talk about this team.

926
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:26,880
The coach that Jake thinks is the worst in the league.

927
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:30,040
Yeah, the guy, Jake's least favorite team.

928
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:34,640
Can we do a compilation of how many times Jake has shot on Motta?

929
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:36,160
Especially last year.

930
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:37,160
So many.

931
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:40,720
He becomes such a Milan elitist when you name the, when you name the word Thiago Motta.

932
00:47:40,720 --> 00:47:45,520
Jake's least favorite team in the past 10 years in Serie A is Thiago Motta Spezi.

933
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:49,560
I think he absolutely, bro, he despised them.

934
00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:54,160
I think he would have, I was going to say something awful for the first time on this

935
00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:55,720
podcast, I'll actually hold back.

936
00:47:55,720 --> 00:48:00,720
But yes, he was hating on that club and that manager.

937
00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:05,160
Motta has completely transformed the side that was struggling and even flirting with

938
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:06,160
relegation.

939
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:07,520
I know it was too early, but that's where they were.

940
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:08,520
So was the Swaratoopo.

941
00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:09,520
Exactly.

942
00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:10,520
So yeah.

943
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:16,800
Now, much like Allegri, he tried out so many different systems, but to find the right one.

944
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:17,800
But you're a new manager.

945
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,120
To find the right one.

946
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:23,640
He found the right one and he fucking ran with it.

947
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:31,040
And the right one isn't to adapt to the system that Motta played with Spezia and the system

948
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:34,440
that he played with PSG's minors and all of that.

949
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:39,520
He found the system that brings the best out of all his players and he took that and he

950
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:40,520
ran with it.

951
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:45,880
And you see, I can't point my finger at one of the Bologna players and say, this guy's

952
00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:47,840
being played out of position.

953
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:49,620
This guy isn't playing good football.

954
00:48:49,620 --> 00:48:52,880
It's like they all know what they have to do and they're all there to do that.

955
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:55,280
And the only exception I can make is Kirja Koppel.

956
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:58,640
This sometimes plays on the left wing and sometimes he plays as a left back, but he's

957
00:48:58,640 --> 00:48:59,640
used to that.

958
00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:00,640
But that's how he plays.

959
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:01,640
This is the same as a player.

960
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:02,640
Exactly.

961
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:06,640
And I think he's just a very offensive, he's a very offensive left back.

962
00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:08,640
And I mean, I know it works.

963
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:10,680
And he's been very good in Bologna.

964
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:11,680
Absolutely.

965
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:15,480
I mean, listen, this guy was barely playing football, but that's a swallow.

966
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:16,480
He went to Bologna.

967
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:19,200
They were like, he might be a sub and he's a fucking starter now.

968
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:20,200
Exactly.

969
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:21,200
So it goes to show.

970
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:27,240
This is bro, them playing without Arnautovic.

971
00:49:27,240 --> 00:49:29,440
Without Arnautovic up front.

972
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:33,960
Me and Jake spoke about this quite a few times and there is better without them.

973
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:34,960
They do seem that way.

974
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:35,960
I'm not going crazy.

975
00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:36,960
No, no, no.

976
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:37,960
I told this to Jake.

977
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:41,560
I mean, of course, Arnautovic was winning them games, but it was all up to him.

978
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:42,560
Exactly.

979
00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:43,560
It was all up to him.

980
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:44,560
Otherwise, they're nothing.

981
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:45,560
Exactly.

982
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:48,720
They're way less reliant on him now, of course, because they had to deal with that.

983
00:49:48,720 --> 00:49:54,280
They had to play without him for the last at least 15 game weeks and they look a better

984
00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:55,280
side.

985
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:56,280
Yeah.

986
00:49:56,280 --> 00:50:02,000
It's a shame that he came in so late, because had they had Mota from earlier on, they would

987
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,080
be fighting for that conference league spot.

988
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:10,200
But they're 10 points behind Atalanta, which it's mathematically possible, but what's the

989
00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:12,200
likelihood then at the end of the day?

990
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:17,000
Because Atalanta are these fucking silent killers at the moment.

991
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:21,520
No one's fucking talking about them and they're eating through cardboard.

992
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:22,520
They are.

993
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:26,840
They are eating through cardboard and they are eating their way up the league.

994
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:30,640
They're eating their way all the way to the top.

995
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:31,640
To the top.

996
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:36,640
I was going to say something else, but I caught your eyes and I was about to say it, but I

997
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:37,640
felt a bit uncomfortable.

998
00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:38,640
It was a bit weird.

999
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:41,160
I got this tingling kind of sense.

1000
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:47,920
Anyway, Juve are now still in third place and they're on 60 points, just one point behind

1001
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:52,160
Lazio and just three ahead of Milan in Tarantroma.

1002
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:54,640
It's crazy that the top four.

1003
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:58,240
The top four and the bottom four is literally bonkers.

1004
00:50:58,240 --> 00:50:59,240
It's crazy.

1005
00:50:59,240 --> 00:51:00,240
Crazy, crazy.

1006
00:51:00,240 --> 00:51:05,040
And Bologna are on 45 points, leveled with Fiorentina in eighth place.

1007
00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:06,040
There we go.

1008
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:12,560
So, Napoli next, we have the team which celebrated way too early against the team which is never

1009
00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:17,840
going to fucking give up, never going to let you down, never going to close your eyes and

1010
00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:18,840
hurt you.

1011
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:26,840
I watched that song by Rick Ashley or Ashley or whatever his name.

1012
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:31,720
I've watched everything in this last two performances, but you guys get what I mean.

1013
00:51:31,720 --> 00:51:32,720
Rick Ashley.

1014
00:51:32,720 --> 00:51:33,720
Rick Ashley.

1015
00:51:33,720 --> 00:51:40,560
Rick Ashley and Morty and don't give up.

1016
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:42,200
Don't burn your heart out.

1017
00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:48,960
One one, this game ended and Napoli came into this game with two wins, two draws and a loss.

1018
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:55,360
Whereas Salernitana came into this game with one win and four draws and having come into

1019
00:51:55,360 --> 00:52:00,720
this game as well with their best unbeaten run in Syria, a football which was eight games

1020
00:52:00,720 --> 00:52:01,720
in a row.

1021
00:52:01,720 --> 00:52:04,720
I might add.

1022
00:52:04,720 --> 00:52:06,360
Napoli came into this game with huge expectations.

1023
00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:07,760
They were coming here to win the league.

1024
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:12,480
Everyone was ready with their fireworks, with their condoms after the game to fuck their

1025
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:19,680
bitches on the street and to clean that Scudetto after such a long time.

1026
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:22,680
They had Maradona's son out as well.

1027
00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:23,680
They did.

1028
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:27,720
I'm not surprised they didn't get Maradona's body and fucking paraded around.

1029
00:52:27,720 --> 00:52:32,400
God knows the amount of cocaine going through Naples streets.

1030
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:34,760
Who the bloody hell knows, man.

1031
00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:42,320
But yeah, I mean, I'm sure the blessed Maradona is watching with eager anticipation up there.

1032
00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:45,320
Rest in peace, brother.

1033
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:48,600
Rest up there and hopefully your team can actually do this.

1034
00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:55,000
If they don't, then I mean, if Napoli can't win it this year, then holy moly.

1035
00:52:55,000 --> 00:53:01,960
However, if Napoli would have won this game, they would have won the title the earliest

1036
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:04,760
it's ever been won.

1037
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:09,520
They don't like records at all.

1038
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:11,720
But yeah, it was not meant to be.

1039
00:53:11,720 --> 00:53:16,160
And I think Sonia Ritana came into this game with relative confidence, especially due to

1040
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:20,360
the fact that they've come in with such a big unbeaten run, with the strength and stamina

1041
00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:26,880
to face up even against strong teams like Inter and the likes of other clubs around

1042
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:30,960
which they have still kept this unbeaten run going.

1043
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:37,320
And I surely believe that there is this real, again, belief, just like with Inter in the

1044
00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:40,280
squad that Sousa has built.

1045
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:44,480
The only notable change in the two formations was simply Matsuzaki coming back from his

1046
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:50,420
long term injury in replacement for Lovato.

1047
00:53:50,420 --> 00:53:55,040
As for the game itself, it was a very nervous and quiet first 30 minutes.

1048
00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:59,480
Ossimen coming close to scoring from two headed chances in the first 30 minutes.

1049
00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:03,360
And other than that, it was a rather cagey and quiet affair.

1050
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:07,160
Keep in mind that this is a derby, the derby della Campania.

1051
00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:13,400
And I made the point in the last season that Salernitana come out to play four times a

1052
00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:16,360
year and that's against Napoli.

1053
00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:18,920
Not this year, they've come to play more than twice.

1054
00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:21,920
But they definitely came to play in this game.

1055
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:27,240
However, the guys who came to play in this game were also Napoli, as they didn't get

1056
00:54:27,240 --> 00:54:29,720
the first goal of the game in the 62nd minute.

1057
00:54:29,720 --> 00:54:35,640
Raspadores in the corner, Matias Olivera probably in an attempt to redeem himself after all the

1058
00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:40,240
headed chances he missed against Milan in the Champions League, scored a curling header

1059
00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:43,760
into the bottom left of the goal.

1060
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:47,720
There were fireworks going on, there were fans celebrating, the substitute players were

1061
00:54:47,720 --> 00:54:50,760
on the pitch, it was scenes.

1062
00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:56,800
Everybody thought that it was time to start partying, get those tequilas out and get your

1063
00:54:56,800 --> 00:54:57,800
cocks out.

1064
00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:02,120
But one person got his cock out and his name was Dia.

1065
00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:07,560
In the 83rd minute, he got the ball on the right hand flank, he dribbled past his man,

1066
00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:12,400
he cut some space into the Napoli box and he curled in a beautiful curling shot in the

1067
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:14,160
top left corner.

1068
00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:18,920
Napoli were absolutely silenced, I could have farted in the stadium and everyone would have

1069
00:55:18,920 --> 00:55:22,560
heard it, 1-1, oh my lord.

1070
00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:29,240
At the end of the game, he missed a beautiful chance to seal the deal for Napoli, but he

1071
00:55:29,240 --> 00:55:32,760
didn't manage so and the game ended in a draw.

1072
00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:41,000
Did you hear that when Napoli scored, geologists felt an earthquake-like effect, it hit 12

1073
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:42,000
on the Richter's Gate.

1074
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:46,720
Imagine everyone screaming in Napoli, in different positions in the city.

1075
00:55:46,720 --> 00:55:53,120
The entire city would have jumped and celebrated that goal and screamed.

1076
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:57,840
It was almost, I almost didn't like it because it's like, do that at the end of the game,

1077
00:55:57,840 --> 00:56:00,680
just because you get one goal it doesn't mean you've won.

1078
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:02,840
Can you blame the nice big three years, brother?

1079
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:06,280
I mean, yes but be cool, you know what I mean?

1080
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:13,240
You're talking to people who live in the south of Italy and are a bit, how to say, rough?

1081
00:56:13,240 --> 00:56:14,240
Rough around the edges.

1082
00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:15,240
Yeah, rough, maybe.

1083
00:56:15,240 --> 00:56:16,240
Rough around the edges.

1084
00:56:16,240 --> 00:56:17,240
Yeah, that was Luke Mintoff.

1085
00:56:17,240 --> 00:56:20,320
They've got some dirt between their fingernails but they're lovely people.

1086
00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:24,080
I would kiss your mother, I love you all.

1087
00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:29,200
However, yeah, they did celebrate too early and I think it definitely cost them because

1088
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:35,120
I really believed that they thought that Salahedatana would not have the fight to come back and

1089
00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:39,560
I mean there has been one person who has kept on defying the odds and it is Dia this year.

1090
00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:44,720
He has kept on scoring last minute winners, last minute equalizers, important goals left

1091
00:56:44,720 --> 00:56:49,800
and right and he did it yet again and it was with such a beautiful goal as well.

1092
00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:52,560
But yeah, the game ended 1-1.

1093
00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:57,160
I have a theory, well not a theory actually, it's more of a point to mention that if the

1094
00:56:57,160 --> 00:57:03,840
league wasn't so blown out, if Napoli didn't have such a big cushion with the way that

1095
00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:05,640
they're playing, they would have bottled it 100%.

1096
00:57:05,640 --> 00:57:06,880
They'd be in trouble.

1097
00:57:06,880 --> 00:57:13,320
Because of the way that they're playing football and it's this really nervous, really lack

1098
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:16,000
of composure when it matters.

1099
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:21,000
I think especially after the Milan game, that 4-0 loss kind of…

1100
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:22,000
It's really screwed.

1101
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:26,520
Well there's that to be honest, the fact that Milan got the better of them overall

1102
00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:33,480
over three matches and the fact that they're so close, it's kind of like once you see

1103
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:37,040
the finish line you start getting nervous about getting there.

1104
00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:38,520
It's psychological, it's great.

1105
00:57:38,520 --> 00:57:41,520
They'll win the league hands down, it's guaranteed.

1106
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:45,000
Even if they keep losing, the other teams have to keep winning as well.

1107
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:47,480
Exactly, they can draw all the games that there are left to play.

1108
00:57:47,480 --> 00:57:53,240
What they have to do is draw one more game and I believe Napoli, sorry Lazio would have

1109
00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:58,720
to draw and either of those teams below them would have to lose in any of the next five

1110
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:02,720
games and that'll be it.

1111
00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:05,840
The probability is way in their favour.

1112
00:58:05,840 --> 00:58:11,480
The point you mentioned is the fact that with that huge defeat to Milan and then another

1113
00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:16,040
one in the Champions League, what's something I've really realised?

1114
00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:21,120
The second Napoli concede, there's a lot of moaning, a lot of emotions and not the

1115
00:58:21,120 --> 00:58:26,320
good kinds of emotions and they're not able to resettle themselves.

1116
00:58:26,320 --> 00:58:27,320
They're not used to it.

1117
00:58:27,320 --> 00:58:30,520
They're not used to coming back from behind, they've never been that team.

1118
00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:34,440
They will overwhelm you in the first 10 minutes, chances are there'll be one or two goals

1119
00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:39,240
ahead by the first 20 minutes and then that's that, the game is done, they're confident,

1120
00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:43,780
they're trying, they're pulling off kind of thing but coming back from adversity is

1121
00:58:43,780 --> 00:58:46,080
something we haven't really seen them do correctly.

1122
00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:47,680
They haven't been challenged enough this season.

1123
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:48,680
Exactly.

1124
00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:52,800
They haven't been challenged, for example, against Milan who destroyed them.

1125
00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:54,920
It was their biggest challenge and they failed.

1126
00:58:54,920 --> 00:58:55,920
They utterly failed.

1127
00:58:55,920 --> 00:58:56,920
Exactly.

1128
00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:57,920
So yeah, it's a good point.

1129
00:58:57,920 --> 00:59:02,320
Salernitana managed to increase their unbeaten record to nine, it's their best ever record

1130
00:59:02,320 --> 00:59:03,320
to date.

1131
00:59:03,320 --> 00:59:12,920
Susa has built such a good team with what tools he has in this shed of his and oh boy,

1132
00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:15,120
the Salernitana team is hard to crack.

1133
00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:16,120
They are.

1134
00:59:16,120 --> 00:59:17,120
It's no joke.

1135
00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:22,040
But we're speaking about the great fan bases in Italy, what a fan base Salernitana have.

1136
00:59:22,040 --> 00:59:23,040
I mean, their support is…

1137
00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:24,040
Sure, they love the game.

1138
00:59:24,040 --> 00:59:28,040
Yeah, they're absolutely crazy and it's good to see a team that it's so rare to see

1139
00:59:28,040 --> 00:59:32,400
them in Serie A and they still have that loyal fan base.

1140
00:59:32,400 --> 00:59:36,880
You see that compared to, for example, the likes of Sassuolo, no offense obviously, who

1141
00:59:36,880 --> 00:59:42,600
have that kind of plastic fan background kind of thing, people from there supporting other

1142
00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:43,600
teams.

1143
00:59:43,600 --> 00:59:48,280
It's good to see that they're so loyal towards this team and that they show up, they match

1144
00:59:48,280 --> 00:59:51,120
in match out to support this team.

1145
00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:55,080
And it's also good to see that another manager can do it at Salernitana because over the

1146
00:59:55,080 --> 00:59:58,080
past two seasons, we've seen four or five managers for Salernitana.

1147
00:59:58,080 --> 00:59:59,640
And the only one who really could do it was Nicola.

1148
00:59:59,640 --> 01:00:00,640
Exactly.

1149
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:01,640
And now we're seeing Susa do it.

1150
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:04,120
Yes, I really hope that Susa can do this next year as well.

1151
01:00:04,120 --> 01:00:05,960
I want to see consistency from Salernitana.

1152
01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:08,280
I actually quite like the team overall.

1153
01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:11,040
Of course, everyone knows my preferences, but they're a cool side.

1154
01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:14,520
They're nice to watch and they do play nice football from time to time.

1155
01:00:14,520 --> 01:00:22,080
Sometimes they have those Roma-esque games where it's just very cagey.

1156
01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:27,280
But overall, Susa has built an interesting side, a side ready to play football and ready

1157
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:29,680
to challenge anyone they face.

1158
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:31,680
And they feel very confident.

1159
01:00:31,680 --> 01:00:35,320
They feel like the guy you should be worried about when you go out and you're with your

1160
01:00:35,320 --> 01:00:39,520
girlfriend and that hot sack of meat is talking to your girl.

1161
01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:42,440
I'm like, you're going to stop talking to my girlfriend right now.

1162
01:00:42,440 --> 01:00:44,240
That guy is Guillermo Ochoa.

1163
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:48,960
Ever since he's come in, it's been wow.

1164
01:00:48,960 --> 01:00:53,840
It's the same thing as, for example, in my opinion, when Zlatan went back to Milan, he

1165
01:00:53,840 --> 01:00:58,520
was effective, but more than anything, he was that presence, that experienced, confident

1166
01:00:58,520 --> 01:00:59,520
presence to have around.

1167
01:00:59,520 --> 01:01:00,520
And Ochoa made two, three…

1168
01:01:00,520 --> 01:01:01,520
It's safe, it's fucking…

1169
01:01:01,520 --> 01:01:02,520
My God, man.

1170
01:01:02,520 --> 01:01:03,520
It ups the team.

1171
01:01:03,520 --> 01:01:08,960
I was in Australia, as you know, and we were hanging out.

1172
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:13,040
And we were hanging out with some friends of Key's mom, basically.

1173
01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:15,880
And there was this guy, Adam, and he likes football.

1174
01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:21,000
And he was calling it football in Australia, which is here because they know it as soccer.

1175
01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:23,840
Their football team is called the Socceroos.

1176
01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:28,700
And I was speaking to him about Serie A and he was really interested in it.

1177
01:01:28,700 --> 01:01:33,640
So when there was Salernitana against Inter recently, he watched it.

1178
01:01:33,640 --> 01:01:37,480
And he's like, there was this blue and black team playing against this red team.

1179
01:01:37,480 --> 01:01:40,160
And there was this goalkeeper who's really short.

1180
01:01:40,160 --> 01:01:41,160
He has curly hair.

1181
01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:43,960
And he pulled off the save where he was behind the line on the floor.

1182
01:01:43,960 --> 01:01:47,280
And he like, Superman jumped and punched the ball off the line.

1183
01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:49,040
So I've never seen anything like it.

1184
01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:52,080
So everyone recognizes how great Ochoa is.

1185
01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:53,080
He's a great goalkeeper, man.

1186
01:01:53,080 --> 01:01:54,080
He's this worldwide thing.

1187
01:01:54,080 --> 01:01:56,080
Fucking great Mexican guy.

1188
01:01:56,080 --> 01:01:57,080
Yeah.

1189
01:01:57,080 --> 01:01:59,960
A very acrobatic goalkeeper.

1190
01:01:59,960 --> 01:02:02,560
He's not much about positioning and making himself big.

1191
01:02:02,560 --> 01:02:05,160
He's about being a flea and jumping all around.

1192
01:02:05,160 --> 01:02:06,160
Jumping around, man.

1193
01:02:06,160 --> 01:02:07,160
Exactly.

1194
01:02:07,160 --> 01:02:08,160
He's a flea and it's from Mexico.

1195
01:02:08,160 --> 01:02:09,160
I don't know whether that was an Indian word or...

1196
01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:10,160
The flea.

1197
01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:17,280
But anyway, to wrap up this game, Wiknopoly still sit in first place with 79 points.

1198
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:20,680
Salernitana sitting in 14th with 34.

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01:02:20,680 --> 01:02:24,480
The next game we're going to be covering is Torino 1-Atalanta 2.

1200
01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:29,920
The previous encounter was also a win for Atalanta with the score of 3-1 in Bergamo.

1201
01:02:29,920 --> 01:02:35,880
Now the Granata stunned Lazio last week and were seeking another upset, but they had Radonjic,

1202
01:02:35,880 --> 01:02:39,240
Olaina, Zima and Viera on the treatment table.

1203
01:02:39,240 --> 01:02:44,120
La Dea on the other hand missed Adamo Ola-Lukman, which is a massive loss for them, along with

1204
01:02:44,120 --> 01:02:47,120
Ruggeri, Hattiber and Occoli.

1205
01:02:47,120 --> 01:02:51,240
Torino lined up in their 3-4-2-1 formation with Milinkovic-Savic in goal and a back line

1206
01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:53,440
of Bonjorno, Schuers and Gigi.

1207
01:02:53,440 --> 01:02:57,560
They had Ricardo Rodriguez out on the left and Lazaro out on the right with Illich and

1208
01:02:57,560 --> 01:02:58,880
Linetti in the middle.

1209
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:02,320
Karamo and Mirancuk played behind Toni Sanabria.

1210
01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:06,240
For Atalanta it was also a 3-4-2-1 formation, very identical.

1211
01:03:06,240 --> 01:03:10,200
Sportie long goal and a back line of Toloi, Gym City and Scalvini.

1212
01:03:10,200 --> 01:03:14,080
Meyler played on the right and Zappa Costa played on the left with De Rhone and Ederson

1213
01:03:14,080 --> 01:03:15,080
in the middle.

1214
01:03:15,080 --> 01:03:19,160
Koke Miners and Pasalic played behind Hoiland.

1215
01:03:19,160 --> 01:03:23,960
Now in the 34th minute Zappa Costa opened the scoring, the Italian cut into the box

1216
01:03:23,960 --> 01:03:28,080
before skipping past Lazaro with a step over and squeezing the ball in from the byline

1217
01:03:28,080 --> 01:03:29,080
past Vania.

1218
01:03:29,080 --> 01:03:34,040
Zappa could have done much better but a sensational goal nonetheless reminded me of Maicon's goal

1219
01:03:34,040 --> 01:03:37,760
in the World Cup from closer range.

1220
01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:45,240
It took until the 74th minute for Torino to get the equaliser, it was Toni Sanabria.

1221
01:03:45,240 --> 01:03:49,480
A long range strike by Mirancuk took a slight deflection causing the keeper to parry the

1222
01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:53,960
ball unconventionally to Sanabria who finished from a tight angle on the rebound through

1223
01:03:53,960 --> 01:03:55,880
the keeper's legs.

1224
01:03:55,880 --> 01:04:02,960
And then in the 87th minute Zappa decided to wake up from the dead.

1225
01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:07,440
An absolute wonder strike by the Colombian to get Atalanta the win and his first goal

1226
01:04:07,440 --> 01:04:08,760
in five months.

1227
01:04:08,760 --> 01:04:13,160
He dragged the ball into the box before cutting back skillfully from the byline causing Schuers

1228
01:04:13,160 --> 01:04:18,160
to hit the deck before he smashed the ball into the back of the net with great power

1229
01:04:18,160 --> 01:04:20,400
and precision to get them the victory.

1230
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:22,040
That could have easily been our goal of the week.

1231
01:04:22,040 --> 01:04:26,600
It was very close, if they hadn't scored that I think that was definitely the goal of the

1232
01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:27,600
week.

1233
01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:28,600
Absolutely.

1234
01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:31,920
There's also Verdi's which we'll speak about later.

1235
01:04:31,920 --> 01:04:36,200
Every goal Verdi scores I want it to be the goal of the week.

1236
01:04:36,200 --> 01:04:41,240
Atalanta, the silent contenders for top four as I like to call them.

1237
01:04:41,240 --> 01:04:48,520
No one is talking about them but Serie A is their only concern unlike Roma, Inter, Juventus

1238
01:04:48,520 --> 01:04:49,520
and Milan.

1239
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:54,840
They're focusing on Serie A, they just got another win, they recently beat Roma as well.

1240
01:04:54,840 --> 01:04:55,840
Can they do it?

1241
01:04:55,840 --> 01:04:56,840
What's the likelihood?

1242
01:04:56,840 --> 01:05:03,160
I know you and Drake spoke about this a couple of episodes ago but it's looking very possible.

1243
01:05:03,160 --> 01:05:09,760
Well, I still am under the impression that they will not make it.

1244
01:05:09,760 --> 01:05:11,640
But I can't be wrong.

1245
01:05:11,640 --> 01:05:21,960
However, I still do feel like Inter, Milan or Juventus will keep it up and continue to

1246
01:05:21,960 --> 01:05:24,760
win and they are still winning.

1247
01:05:24,760 --> 01:05:27,800
I just feel like this Atalanta resurgence is a little bit too late.

1248
01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:33,600
This is a point I mentioned to Jake and I'm pretty sure that Inter have to play Atalanta

1249
01:05:33,600 --> 01:05:37,000
soon and I do see Inter edging that one.

1250
01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:41,720
However, of course, it's too far away to say yet.

1251
01:05:41,720 --> 01:05:46,920
They're playing definitely better football than they were playing some time ago.

1252
01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:52,800
I feel like they need Lukman back just for the squad depth because I don't think, again,

1253
01:05:52,800 --> 01:05:53,920
I could be wrong.

1254
01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:59,040
I don't think Lukaku is going to start, not Lukaku, Zapata is going to start turning one,

1255
01:05:59,040 --> 01:06:01,600
start scoring goals.

1256
01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:06,980
Confidence is a crazy thing obviously and he got a goal, a spectacular one but we haven't

1257
01:06:06,980 --> 01:06:12,920
seen Zapata play well or Atalanta really play well in two seasons now.

1258
01:06:12,920 --> 01:06:16,240
To me the gut feeling that I get is that they won't make it.

1259
01:06:16,240 --> 01:06:18,240
But it's super likely.

1260
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:25,800
Their fixtures aren't bad and they're two points behind Milan and Terrandromo.

1261
01:06:25,800 --> 01:06:31,800
But all they need is one loss to peg them back again and then they're back to this defeatist

1262
01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:32,800
attitude.

1263
01:06:32,800 --> 01:06:35,880
I'm interested to find out Atalanta's remaining fixtures.

1264
01:06:35,880 --> 01:06:38,800
They have Inter for sure within those last five.

1265
01:06:38,800 --> 01:06:40,960
They don't have Milan for sure.

1266
01:06:40,960 --> 01:06:43,240
Yeah, they do have Inter.

1267
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:50,280
So they have Spezia on Wednesday, then they have Juve at home.

1268
01:06:50,280 --> 01:06:54,480
That is a good fixture if you support Milan, Roma or Inter.

1269
01:06:54,480 --> 01:06:59,920
And then they play Salah and Netanah away, Vero on the home, then Inter away and then

1270
01:06:59,920 --> 01:07:00,920
Monza home.

1271
01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:02,400
This was my point with Jake.

1272
01:07:02,400 --> 01:07:06,320
I said even though they were starting to turn on again, the fixtures they have are really

1273
01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:07,320
bad.

1274
01:07:07,320 --> 01:07:12,560
I would rather at this point play against Monza, Sassuolo or Torino than I would want

1275
01:07:12,560 --> 01:07:14,920
to play against Spezia, Vero and Cremonez.

1276
01:07:14,920 --> 01:07:18,920
Absolutely, because there are teams that have nothing to play for and teams that have something

1277
01:07:18,920 --> 01:07:19,920
to play for.

1278
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:21,240
Precisely, man.

1279
01:07:21,240 --> 01:07:24,600
What do you think is missing for Atalanta?

1280
01:07:24,600 --> 01:07:25,960
Because they've been a step behind.

1281
01:07:25,960 --> 01:07:27,120
They lost a lot of players.

1282
01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:28,120
That's no secret.

1283
01:07:28,120 --> 01:07:29,180
They lost Gossens.

1284
01:07:29,180 --> 01:07:31,460
They lost Papu.

1285
01:07:31,460 --> 01:07:35,360
They lost whatever fast swingbacks they had.

1286
01:07:35,360 --> 01:07:37,320
They lost Miranchuk.

1287
01:07:37,320 --> 01:07:40,520
They lost Malinovski.

1288
01:07:40,520 --> 01:07:45,760
They gained Bogah, who hasn't really made any serious waves for them.

1289
01:07:45,760 --> 01:07:49,760
They have Lukman, who's out injured, but obviously they struggled throughout the season.

1290
01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:51,760
What do you think they need?

1291
01:07:51,760 --> 01:07:52,760
What do they lack?

1292
01:07:52,760 --> 01:07:56,120
I think they lack a real playmaker.

1293
01:07:56,120 --> 01:07:59,360
They lack a Papu Gomez.

1294
01:07:59,360 --> 01:08:06,280
I feel like probably they didn't anticipate the whole Malinovski thing happening or maybe

1295
01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:08,880
didn't anticipate it happening this year.

1296
01:08:08,880 --> 01:08:14,080
Gasparini said he wants an attacking midfielder to score over nine goals a season and his

1297
01:08:14,080 --> 01:08:17,640
solution was to sell Miranchuk and Malinovski and not replace them.

1298
01:08:17,640 --> 01:08:18,640
And play Pasalic.

1299
01:08:18,640 --> 01:08:19,640
Exactly.

1300
01:08:19,640 --> 01:08:20,640
Maybe, you could see the logic.

1301
01:08:20,640 --> 01:08:21,640
He's a goal scorer.

1302
01:08:21,640 --> 01:08:25,680
But he hasn't really been playing Pasalic much because he's been playing with wingers,

1303
01:08:25,680 --> 01:08:27,480
with Bogah and Lukman at times.

1304
01:08:27,480 --> 01:08:30,760
Or Ederson or Kope Miners.

1305
01:08:30,760 --> 01:08:37,000
Kope Miners obviously at times he's scoring two goals a game and other times he's not

1306
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:39,720
really, but he's always playing well.

1307
01:08:39,720 --> 01:08:40,720
But I do agree with you.

1308
01:08:40,720 --> 01:08:43,440
They need someone to give that final pass at Alanta.

1309
01:08:43,440 --> 01:08:44,440
They do.

1310
01:08:44,440 --> 01:08:48,120
Because often at times it's like the strikers having to do everything themselves.

1311
01:08:48,120 --> 01:08:52,680
So I think they're looking for a Baldanzi or something.

1312
01:08:52,680 --> 01:08:56,080
Baldanzi would be nice for them.

1313
01:08:56,080 --> 01:08:59,600
You know, a playmaker.

1314
01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:01,240
What do you think, Jake?

1315
01:09:01,240 --> 01:09:05,960
We're discussing what is needed for Atalanta to get to that level.

1316
01:09:05,960 --> 01:09:09,960
We discussed their lack of a Papu Gomez and their lack of a playmaker.

1317
01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:11,520
What do you think it is?

1318
01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:14,360
I think it's precisely that.

1319
01:09:14,360 --> 01:09:16,120
And the lack of continuity.

1320
01:09:16,120 --> 01:09:17,960
I feel like it changes the team too often.

1321
01:09:17,960 --> 01:09:18,960
Too frequently.

1322
01:09:18,960 --> 01:09:20,800
Like we said about Juve as well.

1323
01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:21,800
They're gelled.

1324
01:09:21,800 --> 01:09:25,280
It feels like no one really knows who the starters are.

1325
01:09:25,280 --> 01:09:29,200
Gasparini, Udorg, you have 30 starters, which can be seen as a good thing.

1326
01:09:29,200 --> 01:09:31,000
But you want your dependable guys.

1327
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:34,800
You look at Milan right now, it's all about Leao, it's all about Theo, Benassere, the

1328
01:09:34,800 --> 01:09:36,320
guys who are pulling the strings.

1329
01:09:36,320 --> 01:09:38,680
Atalanta don't really have those guys.

1330
01:09:38,680 --> 01:09:39,680
Who are they?

1331
01:09:39,680 --> 01:09:43,100
Yeah, I mean, Luckmann, but he's out injured at the moment.

1332
01:09:43,100 --> 01:09:44,100
So yeah, I agree.

1333
01:09:44,100 --> 01:09:46,120
I think we can agree on that.

1334
01:09:46,120 --> 01:09:51,440
Torino in the race for top 10 alongside Udinese, Sasuola, Monza, Fiorentina and Bologna.

1335
01:09:51,440 --> 01:09:56,800
Because if you consider that something to play for top 10, then those teams would be

1336
01:09:56,800 --> 01:09:58,400
battling it out fiercely.

1337
01:09:58,400 --> 01:10:00,520
Do you think they'll make it Torino top 10?

1338
01:10:00,520 --> 01:10:06,520
They're currently in 12th on 42, Sasuola 11th on 43, Monza 10th on 44.

1339
01:10:06,520 --> 01:10:09,040
I think it will be very difficult, man.

1340
01:10:09,040 --> 01:10:11,560
There's Udinese around that area.

1341
01:10:11,560 --> 01:10:15,200
There is Bologna, Fiorentina, Monza and Sasuola.

1342
01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:19,680
And then Saranettana can still make the top 10 with a couple more wins.

1343
01:10:19,680 --> 01:10:21,960
So I don't know about Torino.

1344
01:10:21,960 --> 01:10:23,240
It would be great.

1345
01:10:23,240 --> 01:10:27,000
However, I feel like Miranchuk has to step up a bit now.

1346
01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:31,600
He has not really scored as many goals as they had been hoping for.

1347
01:10:31,600 --> 01:10:33,880
And Lasich has very much calmed down as well.

1348
01:10:33,880 --> 01:10:38,160
So I feel it will very much depend on these and this Radonjic if he's back from injury

1349
01:10:38,160 --> 01:10:41,120
to very much depend on this on this front three.

1350
01:10:41,120 --> 01:10:45,840
They can really, they can really rise up now and try and try and try grab some some important

1351
01:10:45,840 --> 01:10:46,840
goals.

1352
01:10:46,840 --> 01:10:51,720
They need a striker desperately because they have Tony Sanabria that's scoring and that's

1353
01:10:51,720 --> 01:10:55,440
being bullied that he's being effective.

1354
01:10:55,440 --> 01:10:57,720
But yeah, not not good enough.

1355
01:10:57,720 --> 01:11:00,040
You need you need a striker that plays as a striker.

1356
01:11:00,040 --> 01:11:01,040
Yes, essentially.

1357
01:11:01,040 --> 01:11:02,400
And that's something that they're lacking.

1358
01:11:02,400 --> 01:11:03,400
Yep.

1359
01:11:03,400 --> 01:11:09,800
But anyway, Atalanta are in seventh on 55 points, two from a European spot, well from a Europa

1360
01:11:09,800 --> 01:11:14,760
League slash Champions League spot, whilst Torino are in 12th on 42 points.

1361
01:11:14,760 --> 01:11:15,760
Sure.

1362
01:11:15,760 --> 01:11:19,800
And with that, we can now move on to surely my favorite game of the week.

1363
01:11:19,800 --> 01:11:26,920
It's Suswolo and Empoli with Suswolo managing to score in literally the last action of the

1364
01:11:26,920 --> 01:11:29,520
game, winning the game to one.

1365
01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:32,160
Suswolo came into this game with two wins, one draw and two losses.

1366
01:11:32,160 --> 01:11:35,440
Empoli came into this game with one win, one draw and three losses.

1367
01:11:35,440 --> 01:11:40,440
The head to head fixtures between the two sides was Suswolo winning six of these encounters,

1368
01:11:40,440 --> 01:11:44,160
Empoli winning three and drawing one.

1369
01:11:44,160 --> 01:11:47,720
So stats for you, Suswolo is Andrea Consigli.

1370
01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:54,080
Jake has staunchly criticized him this season, but in any case, and he has deserved this

1371
01:11:54,080 --> 01:12:01,160
critique, he is one game away from equaling Franco Barez's record of having been capped

1372
01:12:01,160 --> 01:12:04,240
the 26th most capped player in the history of this competition.

1373
01:12:04,240 --> 01:12:11,640
So yeah, Consigli is definitely a fucking statue and he's still playing and he's still

1374
01:12:11,640 --> 01:12:17,760
hopefully with a few more seasons in him before he's signing up those old boots of his.

1375
01:12:17,760 --> 01:12:25,400
As well, Suswolo with 1456 and Empoli with 1471 are the two sides who have recovered

1376
01:12:25,400 --> 01:12:30,120
the ball, recovered position, excuse me, the fewest number of times in Serie A this season.

1377
01:12:30,120 --> 01:12:34,440
Indeed, they have done so in the middle of the pitch, fewer times than any other side

1378
01:12:34,440 --> 01:12:35,440
as well.

1379
01:12:35,440 --> 01:12:39,000
638 for Suswolo and 615 for Empoli.

1380
01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:45,520
It really shows you the way these two sides are very careful about their tackles and about

1381
01:12:45,520 --> 01:12:46,520
them.

1382
01:12:46,520 --> 01:12:55,320
I feel like they're always trying to kind of push the other team to make a mistake rather

1383
01:12:55,320 --> 01:12:56,320
than to tackle.

1384
01:12:56,320 --> 01:13:01,400
They don't have the physical players to crunch and win a ball.

1385
01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:02,400
That's true.

1386
01:13:02,400 --> 01:13:07,120
So when you look at the two sides, you don't really look at the guy and say, yeah, that

1387
01:13:07,120 --> 01:13:08,120
guy is a killer.

1388
01:13:08,120 --> 01:13:13,320
Unless it's like Akprak pro who wasn't in this game because he likes a yellow card.

1389
01:13:13,320 --> 01:13:14,320
Yeah, he does.

1390
01:13:14,320 --> 01:13:15,320
He does.

1391
01:13:15,320 --> 01:13:20,960
But in any case, some stats for you guys back at home.

1392
01:13:20,960 --> 01:13:25,200
As for some notable changes, we see Markitza coming back, coming into the team for Suswolo

1393
01:13:25,200 --> 01:13:28,480
on left in the left back position.

1394
01:13:28,480 --> 01:13:29,480
Jesus Christ.

1395
01:13:29,480 --> 01:13:34,840
For Rogério, Erlich coming in for Ferrari, Harwiy coming in for Enrique.

1396
01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:35,840
What is Enrique?

1397
01:13:35,840 --> 01:13:42,200
Walucivic coming in for Ismael and Grassi coming in for Haas for Empoli.

1398
01:13:42,200 --> 01:13:47,800
As for the formations themselves, we see Suswolo with their classic 4-3-3, Consigli and Golemark,

1399
01:13:47,800 --> 01:13:54,000
Kitsachar, Sol de Erlich, Antolian, bless you Jake, and defense, Harwiy, Lopez and Frattesi

1400
01:13:54,000 --> 01:13:58,080
in midfield, Lorient, Defrel and Bayrami up front.

1401
01:13:58,080 --> 01:14:04,080
Empoli with their 4-3-1-2, having Caputo and Kambiaghi up front as the two strikers.

1402
01:14:04,080 --> 01:14:09,880
Baldanci as the attacking midfielder, Bandonele, Marin and Grassi in midfield, Iubehi, Luperto,

1403
01:14:09,880 --> 01:14:14,640
Walucivic and Parisi in defense with Vicario back in goal.

1404
01:14:14,640 --> 01:14:18,680
The game didn't start off well for Suswolo.

1405
01:14:18,680 --> 01:14:23,320
In the 11th minute, Lorienta gives the ball away in deep and Empoli's half.

1406
01:14:23,320 --> 01:14:28,280
It's gathered by Kambiaghi, who starts to dance his way towards Suswolo's goal.

1407
01:14:28,280 --> 01:14:34,840
Nobody dispossesses him, which is a key point at the beginning of this fixture, the fact

1408
01:14:34,840 --> 01:14:38,440
that none of these teams like to dispossess the other team.

1409
01:14:38,440 --> 01:14:43,920
He dribbles himself basically into the Suswolo box, he dribbles past Erlich between his legs

1410
01:14:43,920 --> 01:14:48,040
and then sluts the ball into the back of the net 1-0.

1411
01:14:48,040 --> 01:14:54,200
Minutes before the break, Caputo hits the post with a solo effort after his shot from

1412
01:14:54,200 --> 01:14:55,480
outside the box.

1413
01:14:55,480 --> 01:15:01,480
In the 74th minute, Pinnamonti, after having his shirt pulled by Walucivic, shows his displeasure

1414
01:15:01,480 --> 01:15:07,080
towards the referee, who then earns himself a straight red card.

1415
01:15:07,080 --> 01:15:12,960
It was a bit confusing, but maybe Jake makes a good point, something we talked about before

1416
01:15:12,960 --> 01:15:15,600
this game started.

1417
01:15:15,600 --> 01:15:22,520
He may be a very hard person player to referee and he may have a lot of bad mouthing, so

1418
01:15:22,520 --> 01:15:26,120
it could be a key reason why that happened.

1419
01:15:26,120 --> 01:15:28,760
And a key reason why Suswolo ended up getting three points.

1420
01:15:28,760 --> 01:15:33,760
Yeah, and a key reason why Pinnamonti's a bitch.

1421
01:15:33,760 --> 01:15:38,480
In the 82nd minute, 1-1, a long cross all the way to the right hand flank is played

1422
01:15:38,480 --> 01:15:44,240
to none other than Berardi, he times himself well, he then accurately plays the volley

1423
01:15:44,240 --> 01:15:45,480
into the back of the net.

1424
01:15:45,480 --> 01:15:51,120
Vicario could have done better in this one, I believe, but the ball did bounce a couple

1425
01:15:51,120 --> 01:15:54,840
of times before it went into the back of the net, so it was a bit of a weird one to save

1426
01:15:54,840 --> 01:15:55,840
as well.

1427
01:15:55,840 --> 01:16:01,480
Really good goal by Mimmo, he was certainly happy with that, he loves a good goal.

1428
01:16:01,480 --> 01:16:10,520
And then in the last action of the game, in the 93rd and the 45th second, Berardi received

1429
01:16:10,520 --> 01:16:15,920
the ball on the edge of the box, four minutes of extra time, he dribbles himself into the

1430
01:16:15,920 --> 01:16:24,600
box, he then chops the ball in the opposite direction, Luperto brings him down, really

1431
01:16:24,600 --> 01:16:31,040
silly challenge, penalty for Suswolo, last action of the game, everyone's intense, I'm

1432
01:16:31,040 --> 01:16:38,360
sweating from my balls, Mimmo steps up, slots it home, DeSalvatore does it again, 2-1, the

1433
01:16:38,360 --> 01:16:39,360
game ended.

1434
01:16:39,360 --> 01:16:43,480
Epic scenes here, usually the other way around where Suswolo bottled the game and they lose

1435
01:16:43,480 --> 01:16:45,000
it in the last seconds.

1436
01:16:45,000 --> 01:16:52,400
However this season we have seen Suswolo start to edge games out in the opposite direction,

1437
01:16:52,400 --> 01:16:57,800
to me they have started to lose their brand name of the butlers, at least in my opinion,

1438
01:16:57,800 --> 01:17:03,400
unless they play Verona and Conceited gives them a free goal, but apart from that really

1439
01:17:03,400 --> 01:17:08,560
noticeable howler, that hasn't really happened this season for Suswolo, and I like to see

1440
01:17:08,560 --> 01:17:14,000
that, there has been more consistency in an arguably worse Suswolo side.

1441
01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:20,360
Absolutely, look at the players that they lost, it's been a ridiculous couple of transfer

1442
01:17:20,360 --> 01:17:27,200
windows for them, they literally lost their best players, they still have Mimmo at least,

1443
01:17:27,200 --> 01:17:34,320
however they are still terrible defensively and that was still inevitable in the goal

1444
01:17:34,320 --> 01:17:36,480
that we saw.

1445
01:17:36,480 --> 01:17:43,200
But Berardi is the only reason I think that Suswolo got themselves back in this game,

1446
01:17:43,200 --> 01:17:49,520
because when you get a red card in the 74th minute and you are one goal down, good luck

1447
01:17:49,520 --> 01:17:54,840
getting back in the game, any hope that you had after the red card should have been gone

1448
01:17:54,840 --> 01:18:03,560
essentially, but Berardi pulled off a fantastic volleyed goal, very good cross, still quite

1449
01:18:03,560 --> 01:18:04,560
a tight angle bro.

1450
01:18:04,560 --> 01:18:09,480
Sure, no no no, it was all Berardi, but the cross was intended for the right person and

1451
01:18:09,480 --> 01:18:13,160
with great accuracy, so let's also give credit to Berardi as well.

1452
01:18:13,160 --> 01:18:16,840
Then he wins the penalty and he converts the penalty with the last kick of the game, he

1453
01:18:16,840 --> 01:18:17,840
is a superhero.

1454
01:18:17,840 --> 01:18:25,440
He is the Hens Salvatore metaphor, he definitely saved their game week, he has been sorely

1455
01:18:25,440 --> 01:18:31,400
missed many times this season and I would just love to see this squad with minor tweaks,

1456
01:18:31,400 --> 01:18:37,080
a new centre back, a new striker and that's it, I don't want many things in life, I am

1457
01:18:37,080 --> 01:18:43,360
not a jealous man, I am not a needy man, I just want a new fucking centre back and a

1458
01:18:43,360 --> 01:18:48,160
new striker, get Pina Monti out of this team before I fucking bitch slap him across the

1459
01:18:48,160 --> 01:18:50,640
room and that's it.

1460
01:18:50,640 --> 01:18:55,200
His attitude, like for him to get a straight red card for a descent when you are losing

1461
01:18:55,200 --> 01:19:01,240
one in the 74th minute is just classless man, I hate that.

1462
01:19:01,240 --> 01:19:08,760
His first season for Sassuolo, his first season being inverted as a reliable starting striker,

1463
01:19:08,760 --> 01:19:14,120
things haven't gone his way, it's okay because it's his first season being on that stage

1464
01:19:14,120 --> 01:19:20,000
but you are not helping yourself brother and you made a good point in a mid-season episode

1465
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:23,720
that we had where you said he needs to eat some humble pie and I thought it was a bit

1466
01:19:23,720 --> 01:19:30,280
of a funny comment and I kept thinking about it, you are absolutely right because fucking

1467
01:19:30,280 --> 01:19:32,720
Defrel is starting ahead of him now.

1468
01:19:32,720 --> 01:19:40,080
But Defrel for all my hate towards him, he doesn't bitch at all, he just goes on the

1469
01:19:40,080 --> 01:19:41,240
pitch and he tries.

1470
01:19:41,240 --> 01:19:48,720
When Higuain joined Milan I was very excited because we knew what Higuain was capable of,

1471
01:19:48,720 --> 01:19:58,360
he didn't stop flailing his fucking arms about, always flailing his fucking stupid arms about

1472
01:19:58,360 --> 01:20:05,760
and it used to kill me man, stop complaining and fucking get on with it, be fucking professional.

1473
01:20:05,760 --> 01:20:11,120
Like Barela does it, he flails his arms around constantly but then what does he do when he

1474
01:20:11,120 --> 01:20:12,120
gets the ball?

1475
01:20:12,120 --> 01:20:17,160
He makes it happen, that's why I don't criticize him too much about it but someone like Pinnamonti

1476
01:20:17,160 --> 01:20:20,720
who is constantly flailing his arms around then getting sent off in the 74th without

1477
01:20:20,720 --> 01:20:27,240
getting a sniff, I don't know what they have to do, I really hope they reassess their situation

1478
01:20:27,240 --> 01:20:32,120
so spoiler that is in the next transfer window but I really just want to see a couple new

1479
01:20:32,120 --> 01:20:33,120
signings.

1480
01:20:33,120 --> 01:20:38,240
I don't want that, I must be saying sell Pinnamonti but bring another striker to make sure he

1481
01:20:38,240 --> 01:20:42,240
has the real competition that is fighting for this place, is motivated.

1482
01:20:42,240 --> 01:20:46,640
If he really wants to play football with Sal Swolo then better come and better come to

1483
01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:48,920
training and make sure you're up for the task.

1484
01:20:48,920 --> 01:20:56,360
But anyways, one final point to go over, Empoli didn't come away with any points, they must

1485
01:20:56,360 --> 01:21:04,680
be gutted, 5 games left to play, they're in a really really tricky situation here, survivability

1486
01:21:04,680 --> 01:21:10,320
is now on the cards which 3 or 4 games weeks ago you thought they were relatively safe

1487
01:21:10,320 --> 01:21:24,840
and oh boy they are not, they are looking vulnerable, I don't know, I would be very

1488
01:21:24,840 --> 01:21:26,320
worried about them.

1489
01:21:26,320 --> 01:21:37,120
It's the second season in a row where they kind of got off to a good start and then the

1490
01:21:37,120 --> 01:21:42,080
second half of the season they're just terrible and it's either a draw or a loss, they never

1491
01:21:42,080 --> 01:21:44,000
really get away with 3 points.

1492
01:21:44,000 --> 01:21:47,720
At first I thought it was maybe their manager last season but now they brought in Paolo

1493
01:21:47,720 --> 01:21:51,280
Zanetti, they have this new brand of football and all that but they still have the same

1494
01:21:51,280 --> 01:21:53,040
issue.

1495
01:21:53,040 --> 01:21:57,280
I don't know what it is, they play very attractive football, Empoli, but they don't play effective

1496
01:21:57,280 --> 01:22:01,600
football and when you look at their starting line-up it already shows you enough.

1497
01:22:01,600 --> 01:22:08,280
You look at this team is very similarly set up in my opinion to how Sampdoria are set

1498
01:22:08,280 --> 01:22:15,840
up, not a lot of pace, a lot of these intricate slash experienced players around the team

1499
01:22:15,840 --> 01:22:21,320
and that's pretty much it, there's no flair, there's no danger, unless it's Kambiaghi

1500
01:22:21,320 --> 01:22:27,560
or Baldanzi or Marin with a moment of brilliance then they're really not the kind of team that

1501
01:22:27,560 --> 01:22:30,120
can counter you and score.

1502
01:22:30,120 --> 01:22:31,120
They lack weapons.

1503
01:22:31,120 --> 01:22:35,120
They do lack a few weapons.

1504
01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:44,000
And last season one of those weapons was Penamonti, so they are lacking a little bit up front.

1505
01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:50,600
Which is hilarious because they have Caputo, Kambiaghi, Satriano, Piccoli, Destro.

1506
01:22:50,600 --> 01:22:51,600
They have strikers.

1507
01:22:51,600 --> 01:22:54,600
They have the most strikers in the league.

1508
01:22:54,600 --> 01:22:56,600
They have a fifth of the strikers.

1509
01:22:56,600 --> 01:22:58,600
They've done the right thing and bring in a couple of strikers.

1510
01:22:58,600 --> 01:23:00,600
But they've all misfired.

1511
01:23:00,600 --> 01:23:01,600
Exactly.

1512
01:23:01,600 --> 01:23:02,600
They've all misfired.

1513
01:23:02,600 --> 01:23:08,840
So with that being said we can round up this match with Sassuolo finishing this game week

1514
01:23:08,840 --> 01:23:15,640
in 11th with 43 points, Empoli finishing it with 32 points in 15th.

1515
01:23:15,640 --> 01:23:19,280
The next game we're going to be covering is Spezianil Monza 2.

1516
01:23:19,280 --> 01:23:23,560
The previous encounter was the exact same result, Monza 2, Spezianil.

1517
01:23:23,560 --> 01:23:27,760
Now the situation was getting increasingly tense for Spezia who found themselves hovering

1518
01:23:27,760 --> 01:23:32,400
one point clear of the relegation zone into week 32.

1519
01:23:32,400 --> 01:23:33,880
Injuries also piled up.

1520
01:23:33,880 --> 01:23:39,280
Nzola, Maldini, Zurkowski, Holm, Moutinho and Beck were all out injured.

1521
01:23:39,280 --> 01:23:43,020
Monza on the other hand were coming off back to back victories against the likes of Inter

1522
01:23:43,020 --> 01:23:48,460
and Fiorentina, including a comeback from 2-0 down to beat the Viola, leaving them not

1523
01:23:48,460 --> 01:23:52,720
entirely out of the race for Europe.

1524
01:23:52,720 --> 01:23:58,440
Spezia lined up in their 4-3-3 formation with Drangowski in goal and a back line of Baston,

1525
01:23:58,440 --> 01:24:05,800
Jan Palu, Wisniewski and Ammian, that Kovalenko, Esposito and Ekdal in the midfield with Verde

1526
01:24:05,800 --> 01:24:11,080
and Giassi on the wings and Shumoradov up front replacing Nzola.

1527
01:24:11,080 --> 01:24:15,400
For Monza it was Di Gregorio in goal and a back line of Itzomari and Caldi Rola.

1528
01:24:15,400 --> 01:24:19,880
They had Giuria out on the right and Augusto out on the left, Pessina and Trovello playing

1529
01:24:19,880 --> 01:24:24,720
in the double pivot, that Colpani as the right winger, Caprari as the left winger and Danny

1530
01:24:24,720 --> 01:24:27,120
Mota up front.

1531
01:24:27,120 --> 01:24:31,480
In the 18th minute Di Gregorio pulled off a great save from Kovalenko's point blank

1532
01:24:31,480 --> 01:24:33,260
effort just in front of goal.

1533
01:24:33,260 --> 01:24:37,960
The strike was however too low and too central considering no one was around him.

1534
01:24:37,960 --> 01:24:43,800
In the 20th minute, we forgot to mention this as a contender for Goal of the Week, Giuria,

1535
01:24:43,800 --> 01:24:48,480
the former Spezia youth product unleashed a first time strike from outside the area,

1536
01:24:48,480 --> 01:24:53,160
in off the post, he didn't celebrate, cos he's classy, well done Giuria, I'm telling

1537
01:24:53,160 --> 01:24:56,440
you Monza have one of the best right wing backs and one of the best left wing backs

1538
01:24:56,440 --> 01:24:57,440
in the league.

1539
01:24:57,440 --> 01:25:02,520
In the 92nd minute, speaking of one of the best left wing backs, Carlos Augusto, the

1540
01:25:02,520 --> 01:25:06,640
Brazilian finished cleanly after a through ball by Maschinen down the wing, Drangowski

1541
01:25:06,640 --> 01:25:13,120
committed himself off the line far too early and Augusto finished with no problem whatsoever,

1542
01:25:13,120 --> 01:25:16,640
taking Monza win 2 goals to nil.

1543
01:25:16,640 --> 01:25:21,800
Bro Spezia without N'Zola are like Luke Mintoff without the inappropriate comments.

1544
01:25:21,800 --> 01:25:23,800
What do you think?

1545
01:25:23,800 --> 01:25:27,720
I think that's brilliantly put.

1546
01:25:27,720 --> 01:25:32,080
And I think that Spezia just look like a Serie B side.

1547
01:25:32,080 --> 01:25:35,440
Yeah, without N'Zola they're a Serie B side.

1548
01:25:35,440 --> 01:25:45,040
I mean I feel like they just look like a coke you've left in the fridge, really flat for

1549
01:25:45,040 --> 01:25:48,640
a couple of weeks and there's no gas left.

1550
01:25:48,640 --> 01:25:50,760
It's canned so you couldn't close it.

1551
01:25:50,760 --> 01:25:51,760
There's like the last bit.

1552
01:25:51,760 --> 01:25:52,760
There's nothing left man.

1553
01:25:52,760 --> 01:25:55,600
There's nothing left.

1554
01:25:55,600 --> 01:25:56,600
Like a melted popsicle.

1555
01:25:56,600 --> 01:25:59,400
There's really nothing good to say about them.

1556
01:25:59,400 --> 01:26:05,000
I may be overly critical but without N'Zola there's nothing good to say.

1557
01:26:05,000 --> 01:26:09,800
When they've got, this is the funny thing, it's not like we're talking about N'Zola

1558
01:26:09,800 --> 01:26:14,120
because they can't get goals kind of thing but having N'Zola on the pitch changes the

1559
01:26:14,120 --> 01:26:18,520
way they play almost because they play high press nowadays.

1560
01:26:18,520 --> 01:26:22,280
They weren't like that before but under the new management they've been really playing

1561
01:26:22,280 --> 01:26:23,280
with that system.

1562
01:26:23,280 --> 01:26:25,640
They really bring the games to their opponents.

1563
01:26:25,640 --> 01:26:33,160
N'Zola as that final man up front carrying the ball, making himself available, pushing

1564
01:26:33,160 --> 01:26:37,280
the defenders away with that physicality, it changes the entire system.

1565
01:26:37,280 --> 01:26:40,280
It gives them space to play then.

1566
01:26:40,280 --> 01:26:45,000
And like when they're fighting for a draw or when they want to keep the result and you

1567
01:26:45,000 --> 01:26:48,080
give N'Zola the ball up front, good luck taking the ball off him.

1568
01:26:48,080 --> 01:26:52,920
He's shielding the ball, taking it to the corner flag and then you bring on Shumar

1569
01:26:52,920 --> 01:26:55,600
Udov and it's a little bit different and they don't have that.

1570
01:26:55,600 --> 01:26:56,600
A little bit different.

1571
01:26:56,600 --> 01:26:57,600
A little bit different.

1572
01:26:57,600 --> 01:26:58,600
They don't have that outlet.

1573
01:26:58,600 --> 01:27:01,920
It's like bringing your brave brother to play football with you.

1574
01:27:01,920 --> 01:27:02,920
Exactly.

1575
01:27:02,920 --> 01:27:03,920
He's good.

1576
01:27:03,920 --> 01:27:04,920
Watch out for him.

1577
01:27:04,920 --> 01:27:08,120
He barely got a whiff.

1578
01:27:08,120 --> 01:27:10,680
And now Spezia are level on points with Verona, bro.

1579
01:27:10,680 --> 01:27:11,680
They are in serious danger.

1580
01:27:11,680 --> 01:27:14,880
It is really serious for them.

1581
01:27:14,880 --> 01:27:16,440
It's scary but yeah.

1582
01:27:16,440 --> 01:27:17,440
I mean...

1583
01:27:17,440 --> 01:27:18,840
It's not looking good for them.

1584
01:27:18,840 --> 01:27:19,840
It's not looking good.

1585
01:27:19,840 --> 01:27:20,840
I would be very worried.

1586
01:27:20,840 --> 01:27:21,840
Who would you rather?

1587
01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:22,840
Not who do you predict.

1588
01:27:22,840 --> 01:27:25,480
Would you rather Spezia got relegated or Verona got relegated?

1589
01:27:25,480 --> 01:27:26,480
Me and Drake spoke about this.

1590
01:27:26,480 --> 01:27:28,320
I would rather see Spezia get relegated.

1591
01:27:28,320 --> 01:27:29,320
Okay.

1592
01:27:29,320 --> 01:27:36,400
But...Verona are a nice team to watch especially in the past three seasons, four seasons.

1593
01:27:36,400 --> 01:27:37,400
Yeah.

1594
01:27:37,400 --> 01:27:39,680
But Spezia sometimes...well not often actually.

1595
01:27:39,680 --> 01:27:41,640
It is a bit weird man.

1596
01:27:41,640 --> 01:27:45,640
They're like a team which is just really just scraping by.

1597
01:27:45,640 --> 01:27:47,960
You can't put your finger on what's good about them.

1598
01:27:47,960 --> 01:27:48,960
I really struggle personally.

1599
01:27:48,960 --> 01:27:54,120
Spezia are scraping by but hell as Verona have been worsening season after season and

1600
01:27:54,120 --> 01:27:55,840
they deserve to be punished.

1601
01:27:55,840 --> 01:27:56,840
That's what me and Drake are saying.

1602
01:27:56,840 --> 01:28:01,520
I believe you're right but it's hard to say.

1603
01:28:01,520 --> 01:28:08,560
I feel like...I feel like Verona may have a comeback in them if they survive this year.

1604
01:28:08,560 --> 01:28:11,200
I just don't see Spezia surviving next year.

1605
01:28:11,200 --> 01:28:12,200
I don't.

1606
01:28:12,200 --> 01:28:13,200
And then what?

1607
01:28:13,200 --> 01:28:14,200
You just lost two good teams then.

1608
01:28:14,200 --> 01:28:19,360
But Spezia have money to spend because they had the transfer ban and they've got around

1609
01:28:19,360 --> 01:28:20,960
45 million euros to spend.

1610
01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:22,960
Then let's hope they survive then.

1611
01:28:22,960 --> 01:28:27,080
But then there's the pull factor that they probably don't exactly have.

1612
01:28:27,080 --> 01:28:34,840
But I believe that Verona because of the way they did business, they must get punished.

1613
01:28:34,840 --> 01:28:39,960
They must see that this isn't a sustainable way of running a football club.

1614
01:28:39,960 --> 01:28:41,420
That you have a football club.

1615
01:28:41,420 --> 01:28:45,240
The priority should be to make the team succeed but they're too money hungry.

1616
01:28:45,240 --> 01:28:49,920
They just keep selling and selling and selling and selling and not replacing.

1617
01:28:49,920 --> 01:28:53,760
And then they buy Alonri up front.

1618
01:28:53,760 --> 01:28:55,880
They buy what's his name?

1619
01:28:55,880 --> 01:28:56,880
Juric.

1620
01:28:56,880 --> 01:28:57,880
Juric.

1621
01:28:57,880 --> 01:28:58,880
Like what?

1622
01:28:58,880 --> 01:28:59,880
You're just signing Seriaba players.

1623
01:28:59,880 --> 01:29:00,880
Duda.

1624
01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:02,200
They're getting ready for Seriaba.

1625
01:29:02,200 --> 01:29:03,200
That's what they're doing.

1626
01:29:03,200 --> 01:29:04,200
It could be man.

1627
01:29:04,200 --> 01:29:05,200
That's all they're doing.

1628
01:29:05,200 --> 01:29:09,240
You want to know someone who's getting ready for Seriaba?

1629
01:29:09,240 --> 01:29:10,240
It's Sampdoria.

1630
01:29:10,240 --> 01:29:11,240
Yeah it's Sampdoria.

1631
01:29:11,240 --> 01:29:14,200
It's our next game on the agenda here.

1632
01:29:14,200 --> 01:29:16,360
Damn my transitions are fire.

1633
01:29:16,360 --> 01:29:17,720
Really good.

1634
01:29:17,720 --> 01:29:22,440
Can we just let everyone know the placement of these teams?

1635
01:29:22,440 --> 01:29:28,200
Yes, Monza are in 10th on 44 points while Spezia are in 17th on 27 points leveled with

1636
01:29:28,200 --> 01:29:29,200
Verona.

1637
01:29:29,200 --> 01:29:35,320
Now the transition was so good that Mintov had to actually leave the house.

1638
01:29:35,320 --> 01:29:41,440
So Jake is going to be stepping in for Mintov's last two games essentially hungover and exhausted.

1639
01:29:41,440 --> 01:29:42,760
Yes, here I am.

1640
01:29:42,760 --> 01:29:47,480
Just like Mintov did us a solid, Jake is doing us a solid now and we're back together.

1641
01:29:47,480 --> 01:29:48,480
Bro this is nice.

1642
01:29:48,480 --> 01:29:49,480
We are.

1643
01:29:49,480 --> 01:29:50,480
It's been a long, long time.

1644
01:29:50,480 --> 01:29:51,480
It's been a very long time bro.

1645
01:29:51,480 --> 01:29:52,480
Over a month now.

1646
01:29:52,480 --> 01:29:53,480
I'd like to catch up.

1647
01:29:53,480 --> 01:29:54,480
Yes.

1648
01:29:54,480 --> 01:29:55,480
We're kind of in the middle of this now right now.

1649
01:29:55,480 --> 01:29:56,480
Yes.

1650
01:29:56,480 --> 01:29:58,120
So I think the formalities are due.

1651
01:29:58,120 --> 01:30:00,000
Yes, you're absolutely right.

1652
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:02,600
You can go ahead with your match bro.

1653
01:30:02,600 --> 01:30:07,600
So the match I have over here is Fiorentina against Sampdoria and this is a match where

1654
01:30:07,600 --> 01:30:11,000
Fiorentina just went absolutely mad.

1655
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:16,440
Five goals to nil as they lined up with Cerefolini and goal grade star.

1656
01:30:16,440 --> 01:30:17,440
Thank you so much.

1657
01:30:17,440 --> 01:30:18,440
This is throw me in now.

1658
01:30:18,440 --> 01:30:22,640
Who the fuck bro is Cerefolini?

1659
01:30:22,640 --> 01:30:24,360
I have absolutely no idea.

1660
01:30:24,360 --> 01:30:27,080
He's 24 years old and he weighs 80 kilograms.

1661
01:30:27,080 --> 01:30:28,560
Okay, there we go.

1662
01:30:28,560 --> 01:30:31,800
The man who weighs 80 kilograms is in goal.

1663
01:30:31,800 --> 01:30:35,840
Left back we have Biragi and then Milenkovich Andranieri as a center back partnership with

1664
01:30:35,840 --> 01:30:37,360
Dodo as the right back.

1665
01:30:37,360 --> 01:30:42,080
The midfield double pivot consisted of Duncan and Amrabat with Nico Gonzalez on the left

1666
01:30:42,080 --> 01:30:43,080
wing.

1667
01:30:43,080 --> 01:30:47,400
Augello on the right wing, Jovil chest striker with Castro Ville playing right behind him.

1668
01:30:47,400 --> 01:30:51,040
For Sampdoria it was Ravalje Angole with Gunther.

1669
01:30:51,040 --> 01:30:52,040
My god.

1670
01:30:52,040 --> 01:30:56,360
Oli Konumu and Amione at the back.

1671
01:30:56,360 --> 01:30:58,400
Zanoli on the right, Augello on the left.

1672
01:30:58,400 --> 01:31:03,200
Rincon and Winx were in the middle with Larius playing in that check-water stop position.

1673
01:31:03,200 --> 01:31:04,200
Don't ask me why.

1674
01:31:04,200 --> 01:31:08,520
Lammers and Gabbiadini were the attacking duo over here.

1675
01:31:08,520 --> 01:31:12,400
That side doesn't even do too well in Serie A in my opinion man.

1676
01:31:12,400 --> 01:31:18,000
Fiorentina have scored in each of their last 17 Serie A matches against Sampdoria.

1677
01:31:18,000 --> 01:31:21,920
It's already the Viola's longest streak of consecutive games scoring against a single

1678
01:31:21,920 --> 01:31:24,400
opponent in the competition.

1679
01:31:24,400 --> 01:31:28,480
Sampdoria are the only side yet to win a single match against opponents currently in the top

1680
01:31:28,480 --> 01:31:31,160
half of the table in Serie A this term.

1681
01:31:31,160 --> 01:31:35,040
Four draws and 12 defeats in such meetings so far.

1682
01:31:35,040 --> 01:31:39,600
Despite the defeat against Monza last time out 3-2, only Lazio have won more points than

1683
01:31:39,600 --> 01:31:48,000
Fiorentina over the last 8 matchdays in Serie A with Lazio winning 19 and Fiorentina 17.

1684
01:31:48,000 --> 01:31:49,760
Yes there were many goals.

1685
01:31:49,760 --> 01:31:52,760
I'm just going to breeze through these.

1686
01:31:52,760 --> 01:32:00,440
So the first goal, because I'm using Mintoff's prep and he doesn't have the goal descriptions.

1687
01:32:00,440 --> 01:32:06,200
Or he does and I just can't read one of them.

1688
01:32:06,200 --> 01:32:09,200
He can't read either.

1689
01:32:09,200 --> 01:32:12,200
He's been going for like 5 minutes.

1690
01:32:12,200 --> 01:32:17,200
His goal description is like bless him with the prep that he does but once he comes to

1691
01:32:17,200 --> 01:32:20,200
reading them he pums the words so much.

1692
01:32:20,200 --> 01:32:21,200
It's hilarious.

1693
01:32:21,200 --> 01:32:22,200
Ole ole ole.

1694
01:32:22,200 --> 01:32:27,440
Kastrovilli scored the first goal late into the first half thanks to a Biragi assist.

1695
01:32:27,440 --> 01:32:33,080
Dodo with his purple hair scored in the 62nd minute thanks to a Lukajovic assist.

1696
01:32:33,080 --> 01:32:37,600
In the 66th it was Alfred Duncan's turn to score 3-0 76.

1697
01:32:37,600 --> 01:32:43,600
Sofia Namra got an assist on Kristjusim Kwame and in the 88th minute to stop it all off

1698
01:32:43,600 --> 01:32:44,600
Tercic scored.

1699
01:32:44,600 --> 01:32:47,760
So literally everyone and their grandma scored.

1700
01:32:47,760 --> 01:32:54,360
Literally, like Duncan, Dodo had never scored before, Tercic had never scored before.

1701
01:32:54,360 --> 01:32:59,960
Tercic after he scored in the 88th minute he took his shirt off because he scored on

1702
01:32:59,960 --> 01:33:00,960
his debut.

1703
01:33:00,960 --> 01:33:03,440
I'm not sure if it was his debut, sorry.

1704
01:33:03,440 --> 01:33:05,680
But he scored his first goal.

1705
01:33:05,680 --> 01:33:10,360
But it's like it's the fifth goal, kind of keep your shirt on.

1706
01:33:10,360 --> 01:33:11,360
You know what I mean?

1707
01:33:11,360 --> 01:33:12,360
Read the room.

1708
01:33:12,360 --> 01:33:13,360
Read the room.

1709
01:33:13,360 --> 01:33:14,960
Like the game was one brother.

1710
01:33:14,960 --> 01:33:17,400
They've probably given up a bit.

1711
01:33:17,400 --> 01:33:20,920
They've got one foot and say a bit.

1712
01:33:20,920 --> 01:33:24,800
Wait or rub it in.

1713
01:33:24,800 --> 01:33:25,800
No it's true.

1714
01:33:25,800 --> 01:33:29,520
Fiorentina have been on quite good form recently.

1715
01:33:29,520 --> 01:33:33,800
Granted they had a bit of a slip up but overall their form since their return has been very

1716
01:33:33,800 --> 01:33:38,120
very good while Sampdoria have been disappointing.

1717
01:33:38,120 --> 01:33:43,080
They looked like they were getting it together at one point but just the minor, over the

1718
01:33:43,080 --> 01:33:45,200
slightest inconvenience they crumbled.

1719
01:33:45,200 --> 01:33:47,320
Mentally they're very fragile.

1720
01:33:47,320 --> 01:33:50,880
You can tell they're affected probably by the bad results.

1721
01:33:50,880 --> 01:33:52,480
First of all psychologically that can't be good.

1722
01:33:52,480 --> 01:33:54,200
Just lose and lose and lose and lose.

1723
01:33:54,200 --> 01:33:56,920
I mean you look at the psychology of for example animals.

1724
01:33:56,920 --> 01:33:59,520
There was a study.

1725
01:33:59,520 --> 01:34:06,080
It said that in rats I believe it was that if one of the rats doesn't win, I think like

1726
01:34:06,080 --> 01:34:10,360
it was a certain percent, 30% of the time or something or fucking 50% of the time, I

1727
01:34:10,360 --> 01:34:17,240
can't quite remember, while they're play fighting because animals play fight apparently.

1728
01:34:17,240 --> 01:34:18,800
The other one just refuses to play.

1729
01:34:18,800 --> 01:34:20,680
It stops playing.

1730
01:34:20,680 --> 01:34:22,960
So I guess the same thing can be applied to people.

1731
01:34:22,960 --> 01:34:23,960
Yeah I guess.

1732
01:34:23,960 --> 01:34:25,960
So these guys are getting demoralized.

1733
01:34:25,960 --> 01:34:31,680
Then there's the one about the lobsters and their serotonin that if they lose a battle

1734
01:34:31,680 --> 01:34:34,600
then they're going to crumble down and if they win a battle they're going to stand up

1735
01:34:34,600 --> 01:34:41,840
straight and basically they have a better sex life and they're more attractive because

1736
01:34:41,840 --> 01:34:43,240
of the levels of serotonin.

1737
01:34:43,240 --> 01:34:47,680
So what we're looking at here is probably quite a depressed bunch of men.

1738
01:34:47,680 --> 01:34:48,680
Yeah exactly.

1739
01:34:48,680 --> 01:34:50,720
A bunch of beta guys right.

1740
01:34:50,720 --> 01:34:52,280
That's how you end up feeling.

1741
01:34:52,280 --> 01:34:56,120
And then you have the inspired people like Gabby Hadini, he probably doesn't feel like

1742
01:34:56,120 --> 01:34:57,120
that.

1743
01:34:57,120 --> 01:34:58,800
But he's playing with a bunch of people who do.

1744
01:34:58,800 --> 01:35:01,560
So it can be very frustrating for them.

1745
01:35:01,560 --> 01:35:03,280
Jovic got three assists this game.

1746
01:35:03,280 --> 01:35:05,840
Nice to see him actually contributing in that way.

1747
01:35:05,840 --> 01:35:07,760
He was quite selfish when he first arrived.

1748
01:35:07,760 --> 01:35:11,320
He said that this was a stepping stone for him in his career but he seems to have taken

1749
01:35:11,320 --> 01:35:15,480
the slow start well and has been setting up his teammates at least in this game and that's

1750
01:35:15,480 --> 01:35:16,480
much better.

1751
01:35:16,480 --> 01:35:19,560
In the Europa League, no in the Conference League sorry when he came on, he looked abysmal.

1752
01:35:19,560 --> 01:35:20,560
He looked terrible.

1753
01:35:20,560 --> 01:35:21,560
Absolutely.

1754
01:35:21,560 --> 01:35:23,320
I'm going to go see him and turn it around over here.

1755
01:35:23,320 --> 01:35:24,320
Yeah.

1756
01:35:24,320 --> 01:35:29,920
He did great and it's good that everyone was getting involved because it gave him the opportunity

1757
01:35:29,920 --> 01:35:32,200
to play the ball around a little bit more.

1758
01:35:32,200 --> 01:35:35,400
Castro Villi just scored that great goal man.

1759
01:35:35,400 --> 01:35:39,200
An absolutely fantastic goal.

1760
01:35:39,200 --> 01:35:40,880
So yeah he had options.

1761
01:35:40,880 --> 01:35:44,400
Everyone seemed to be scoring so he could have played it anyway and anyone would have

1762
01:35:44,400 --> 01:35:45,880
grabbed the goal over there.

1763
01:35:45,880 --> 01:35:47,520
Yeah that's true.

1764
01:35:47,520 --> 01:35:55,560
Typically in the table Fiorentina sit in 9th with 45 points while Sampdoria sit dead last

1765
01:35:55,560 --> 01:35:56,560
with 17 points.

1766
01:35:56,560 --> 01:35:59,800
Christ man you sound kind of sexy today.

1767
01:35:59,800 --> 01:36:01,480
This is my hangover voice.

1768
01:36:01,480 --> 01:36:05,160
Yesterday I drank for like 12 hours straight.

1769
01:36:05,160 --> 01:36:07,160
Almost 24 bro from what you said.

1770
01:36:07,160 --> 01:36:08,160
10am to 3am.

1771
01:36:08,160 --> 01:36:09,160
Yes it was mad.

1772
01:36:09,160 --> 01:36:10,160
That's dangerous.

1773
01:36:10,160 --> 01:36:15,120
Apologies guys if you're hearing a dog whining in the background.

1774
01:36:15,120 --> 01:36:21,520
I know you don't typically because we have a certain software for that but well Bully

1775
01:36:21,520 --> 01:36:22,520
is on the one today.

1776
01:36:22,520 --> 01:36:25,280
The dog today yes he's bothered.

1777
01:36:25,280 --> 01:36:26,280
He's an old dog.

1778
01:36:26,280 --> 01:36:27,280
He is.

1779
01:36:27,280 --> 01:36:28,280
He's 13.

1780
01:36:28,280 --> 01:36:32,800
Won't be a problem for much longer though with the plans of a studio coming in.

1781
01:36:32,800 --> 01:36:35,680
That's going to take a couple of months though at least.

1782
01:36:35,680 --> 01:36:38,800
But yeah eventually yes the dog won't be a problem anymore.

1783
01:36:38,800 --> 01:36:39,800
Exactly.

1784
01:36:39,800 --> 01:36:40,800
We're not putting him down or anything.

1785
01:36:40,800 --> 01:36:43,600
We're getting a studio.

1786
01:36:43,600 --> 01:36:47,120
The next game we're going to be covering is Lecce won Odinese 0.

1787
01:36:47,120 --> 01:36:51,200
The previous encounter was a victory for Odinese with a score of 2-0.

1788
01:36:51,200 --> 01:36:56,800
So the Salentini were under increasing pressure after one point from eight rounds saw them

1789
01:36:56,800 --> 01:37:02,720
drop dramatically close to the relegation zone prompting fan protests against the club.

1790
01:37:02,720 --> 01:37:06,960
On the other hand Odinese were fresh from a 3-0 victory over Cremonaese and comfortably

1791
01:37:06,960 --> 01:37:10,440
mid-tabled despite horrific form recently.

1792
01:37:10,440 --> 01:37:14,560
The Olefo and the Abbosse are out injured for the season plus Isaac's success hurt

1793
01:37:14,560 --> 01:37:17,680
and Beato with a back issue.

1794
01:37:17,680 --> 01:37:22,240
Lecce lined up in a 4-3-3 formation with Falcone in goal and the backline of Gallo, Umtiti,

1795
01:37:22,240 --> 01:37:23,720
Basquerotto and Jean-Drey.

1796
01:37:23,720 --> 01:37:28,600
Odin, Hülmand and Blin formed the midfield tree with Di Francesco, Colombo and Streffetza

1797
01:37:28,600 --> 01:37:30,440
playing up front.

1798
01:37:30,440 --> 01:37:35,040
For Odinese it was the 3-5-1-1 formation with Silvestri in goal and the backline of Bekao,

1799
01:37:35,040 --> 01:37:36,640
Bijal and Neu in Paris.

1800
01:37:36,640 --> 01:37:40,840
Ezebue played out on the right and Dodoggia out on the left with Samaricic, Wallace and

1801
01:37:40,840 --> 01:37:42,200
Lovric in the middle.

1802
01:37:42,200 --> 01:37:46,240
Pereira then played behind Nesterovski.

1803
01:37:46,240 --> 01:37:50,800
Now in the 49th minute in the second half Di Francesco saw his excellent finish cancelled

1804
01:37:50,800 --> 01:37:54,200
out as he was in an offside position.

1805
01:37:54,200 --> 01:37:59,160
In the 61st and then Streffetza converted a penalty, coolly sending Silvestri the wrong

1806
01:37:59,160 --> 01:38:02,040
way to seal a vital three points for Lecce.

1807
01:38:02,040 --> 01:38:07,920
The penalty was awarded after VAR deemed Dodoggia's late tackle on Jean-Drey inside the box a

1808
01:38:07,920 --> 01:38:09,920
foul.

1809
01:38:09,920 --> 01:38:15,240
This game was full of fantastic saves by Lecce's goalkeeper Falcone who denied Ezebue in the

1810
01:38:15,240 --> 01:38:19,680
70th minute with a last ditch save with his leg, that being the standout save but he did

1811
01:38:19,680 --> 01:38:23,960
have a couple of really really good saves.

1812
01:38:23,960 --> 01:38:29,400
Once again I really really rate this goalkeeper and I think Sampdoria made a very big mistake

1813
01:38:29,400 --> 01:38:34,440
letting him go to Lecce and keeping out there but that's a discussion for another day I

1814
01:38:34,440 --> 01:38:35,640
guess.

1815
01:38:35,640 --> 01:38:40,920
This is Lecce's first win since February putting them four points clear from the drop,

1816
01:38:40,920 --> 01:38:43,440
at least a little bit of breathing space.

1817
01:38:43,440 --> 01:38:49,600
Finally, finally and I want to highlight the importance of having experienced veteran players

1818
01:38:49,600 --> 01:38:54,200
in a side like Lecce, you know, in a weak side or in a team in general.

1819
01:38:54,200 --> 01:38:59,000
Now Hülmend is only 23 years old right?

1820
01:38:59,000 --> 01:39:04,720
He's not a veteran by definition but he's a leader man and you look at for example when

1821
01:39:04,720 --> 01:39:10,080
there was that foul in the area, Hülmend ran straight up to the referee's face and

1822
01:39:10,080 --> 01:39:18,000
demanded, he demanded him to check the mistake like he had to go to VAR.

1823
01:39:18,000 --> 01:39:22,260
It turns out he was spot on, he had seen it, he took out the man completely but putting

1824
01:39:22,260 --> 01:39:26,040
pressure like that really helps the young players around you like you have Colombo up

1825
01:39:26,040 --> 01:39:29,080
front you know, you've got a few young players in this team.

1826
01:39:29,080 --> 01:39:31,200
So very good by Hülmend.

1827
01:39:31,200 --> 01:39:36,760
Yeah absolutely and he was one of the, I wouldn't say a standout performer but he's one of the

1828
01:39:36,760 --> 01:39:38,920
more consistent people in the team.

1829
01:39:38,920 --> 01:39:42,800
His presence is always very very important for them.

1830
01:39:42,800 --> 01:39:47,640
Udinese on the other hand, they're one of the most bizarre cases in Serie A that I've

1831
01:39:47,640 --> 01:39:49,400
seen in a while.

1832
01:39:49,400 --> 01:39:52,920
They were relentless in the first half of the season and then shambolic in the second

1833
01:39:52,920 --> 01:40:00,120
half but from one absolute extreme to another absolute extreme, I've seen teams dip but

1834
01:40:00,120 --> 01:40:04,440
nowhere as hard as Udinese have dipped.

1835
01:40:04,440 --> 01:40:08,520
Is this a player, manager or board kind of issue?

1836
01:40:08,520 --> 01:40:13,560
I think, so first of all I think the board definitely has something to do with it.

1837
01:40:13,560 --> 01:40:15,880
Yeah, Potsso, Watford.

1838
01:40:15,880 --> 01:40:17,760
The whole thing, yes.

1839
01:40:17,760 --> 01:40:22,320
Granted I think Udinese are getting a bit more love right now than Watford are.

1840
01:40:22,320 --> 01:40:26,560
But again selling a leader like Neutinck, Deo Lefebvre, I don't know what the fuck happened

1841
01:40:26,560 --> 01:40:27,560
to Deo Lefebvre.

1842
01:40:27,560 --> 01:40:29,080
He's been injured all season.

1843
01:40:29,080 --> 01:40:35,920
But apart from those two points, you look at the players, they're the inconsistent ones.

1844
01:40:35,920 --> 01:40:40,000
Like again there was a lot of flailing, a lot of sulking where things weren't going

1845
01:40:40,000 --> 01:40:41,000
well.

1846
01:40:41,000 --> 01:40:45,640
Now you look at these guys and they kind of don't look as driven as they once were.

1847
01:40:45,640 --> 01:40:47,000
And it is a shame to see.

1848
01:40:47,000 --> 01:40:50,560
You look at some players like Pereira for example, Pereira always works but you can

1849
01:40:50,560 --> 01:40:53,800
see he grows frustrated at times with his teammates.

1850
01:40:53,800 --> 01:40:59,320
Beto, again flaky, he wasn't here at this game and I think that's a big loss for them.

1851
01:40:59,320 --> 01:41:04,640
Nesterovski is okay coming off the bench but starting, he's 33 years old right now, his

1852
01:41:04,640 --> 01:41:08,520
build and his play style don't really, they're not the type that's going to get better with

1853
01:41:08,520 --> 01:41:09,520
age.

1854
01:41:09,520 --> 01:41:14,840
Yeah, I saw this point recently that said changing the manager is easier than changing

1855
01:41:14,840 --> 01:41:15,840
all the players.

1856
01:41:15,840 --> 01:41:19,720
And yeah I mean think about it, it's as simple as that really.

1857
01:41:19,720 --> 01:41:21,680
Sometimes a new environment is always there.

1858
01:41:21,680 --> 01:41:26,760
And that scares me a little bit about Odinese because I think Sotil is a very good manager.

1859
01:41:26,760 --> 01:41:29,360
I really do think that he is.

1860
01:41:29,360 --> 01:41:33,640
And I think the players are more of an issue over here and if Odinese aren't lazy about

1861
01:41:33,640 --> 01:41:41,480
this, I think the right decision would be to keep Sotil and to put some trust in him

1862
01:41:41,480 --> 01:41:43,280
when it comes to rebuilding this team.

1863
01:41:43,280 --> 01:41:46,000
It's simply going to be a longer project though.

1864
01:41:46,000 --> 01:41:50,080
Putting some money and bringing in a name that people respect so you have someone on

1865
01:41:50,080 --> 01:41:54,880
your side, someone by your side to assert some authority and to keep a certain standard

1866
01:41:54,880 --> 01:41:59,560
of talent, of effort, of determination.

1867
01:41:59,560 --> 01:42:02,760
Yeah and normally there are those guys but he's been out injured.

1868
01:42:02,760 --> 01:42:06,960
He did see him on his way out in January until he picked up the second injury and something

1869
01:42:06,960 --> 01:42:12,240
tells me that, something tells me it's clear that after that long term injury he's going

1870
01:42:12,240 --> 01:42:13,960
to be difficult to sell.

1871
01:42:13,960 --> 01:42:19,200
So if they do hang on to him which is more likely because of that issue, I think he can

1872
01:42:19,200 --> 01:42:24,640
kind of reinstill some kind of leadership into this team.

1873
01:42:24,640 --> 01:42:27,020
He's super.

1874
01:42:27,020 --> 01:42:31,360
Something does tell me though that he'll take a new step in his career.

1875
01:42:31,360 --> 01:42:35,720
I feel like he was very good at the start of the season and I feel like that might be

1876
01:42:35,720 --> 01:42:39,840
enough for clubs to actually be interested in him and to try to lowball teams because

1877
01:42:39,840 --> 01:42:40,840
of the injury.

1878
01:42:40,840 --> 01:42:42,440
Maybe get a bit of a bargain.

1879
01:42:42,440 --> 01:42:44,240
Yeah perhaps, perhaps.

1880
01:42:44,240 --> 01:42:48,160
I want to highlight Falcone for his excellent performance.

1881
01:42:48,160 --> 01:42:52,600
I mean you can't win a game like this 1-0 unless you have a fantastic goalkeeper who

1882
01:42:52,600 --> 01:42:55,720
pulls off fantastic saves and that's exactly what he did.

1883
01:42:55,720 --> 01:43:01,840
Odinese had their chances, in fact they had 10 shots and 3 on target but again fantastic,

1884
01:43:01,840 --> 01:43:05,080
fantastic performance by Falcone.

1885
01:43:05,080 --> 01:43:11,120
Odinese in 13th on 42 points, level on points with Torino on 12th, Weissletze are in 16th

1886
01:43:11,120 --> 01:43:15,200
on 31 points, 4 points from the drop.

1887
01:43:15,200 --> 01:43:21,720
The last game that we're going to be covering is Cremona Verona and that ended 1-1 as many

1888
01:43:21,720 --> 01:43:29,320
of these encounters in the relegation pool tend to end with teams taking a very careful

1889
01:43:29,320 --> 01:43:30,960
approach to these games.

1890
01:43:30,960 --> 01:43:35,420
For Cremona it was Carnesecki in goal with Valeri on the left and Iwu on the right with

1891
01:43:35,420 --> 01:43:45,160
Vazquez and Lacrosseville at the back, sorry if I've offended anyone, Castagnetti, Meite

1892
01:43:45,160 --> 01:43:49,880
and Piquel were in the middle with Galdemez playing behind Cioffani and Ocarecke.

1893
01:43:49,880 --> 01:43:55,000
For Verona it was Monte-Poingole with Manniani, Heane and Davidovic at the back, Heane was

1894
01:43:55,000 --> 01:43:57,280
fantastic as always.

1895
01:43:57,280 --> 01:44:02,720
The Paoli on the right and Lazovic on the left with Abdelgaard and Tamez in the middle

1896
01:44:02,720 --> 01:44:08,440
and Verdi and Calon played behind the tank Juric.

1897
01:44:08,440 --> 01:44:15,280
Now Hellas Verona are on the longest winless away run of any of the Serie A sides at the

1898
01:44:15,280 --> 01:44:20,280
moment, 16 games, 7 draws and 9 defeats for the Giallo Blue while they have failed to

1899
01:44:20,280 --> 01:44:23,860
score 4 of their last 5 away league games.

1900
01:44:23,860 --> 01:44:29,920
Only Lecce have lower possession average than Hellas Verona this season at Cremona.

1901
01:44:29,920 --> 01:44:36,560
Lecce have 41% while Hellas Verona have 41% as well and Cremona has 42%.

1902
01:44:36,560 --> 01:44:50,640
Hellas Verona and Cremona have the lowest shooting accuracy in Serie A this season.

1903
01:44:50,640 --> 01:44:55,280
A loose ball from the Paoli was stolen by Ocarecke who dribbled into the box, made space

1904
01:44:55,280 --> 01:44:58,120
and finished into the bottom right corner.

1905
01:44:58,120 --> 01:45:02,120
You have to love when this guy scores, he's always smiling, he's always full of glee.

1906
01:45:02,120 --> 01:45:05,040
Mintov has a point over here.

1907
01:45:05,040 --> 01:45:09,800
I'm going to read it ok.

1908
01:45:09,800 --> 01:45:13,800
You have to love when this guy scores, he's always smiling, he's always full of glee,

1909
01:45:13,800 --> 01:45:15,800
maybe a little bit of calm as well.

1910
01:45:15,800 --> 01:45:23,880
I thought those things wouldn't be planned and they'd come to him in the moment but he's

1911
01:45:23,880 --> 01:45:25,880
malicious like.

1912
01:45:25,880 --> 01:45:33,000
Everything comes fucking, he's well prepared with his jokes.

1913
01:45:33,000 --> 01:45:39,280
Jaffarne nearly scored a second after a strong header was saved by Monte Po.

1914
01:45:39,280 --> 01:45:44,040
Qualiata punched Davidovic in the chest and was sent off after a wide decision.

1915
01:45:44,040 --> 01:45:48,080
He was delivered for being sent off Qualiata, it's like come on man, you just decked him

1916
01:45:48,080 --> 01:45:49,080
like.

1917
01:45:49,080 --> 01:45:52,080
I thought this was a miracle.

1918
01:45:52,080 --> 01:45:57,640
In the 75th minute, Mannyani's cross to the back post was met by Simone Verdi, who my

1919
01:45:57,640 --> 01:46:01,440
god, my god what a goal he scored.

1920
01:46:01,440 --> 01:46:04,320
I don't know what happens to him at this time of year.

1921
01:46:04,320 --> 01:46:06,360
Put him in a relegation bound team.

1922
01:46:06,360 --> 01:46:09,040
Oh my god how fired up he gets.

1923
01:46:09,040 --> 01:46:13,960
He volleyed it off the ground like a bounce shot and it just went perfectly into the,

1924
01:46:13,960 --> 01:46:17,240
I haven't seen a good bounce shot volley I had in a while.

1925
01:46:17,240 --> 01:46:19,560
That might be one of the top ones I've seen.

1926
01:46:19,560 --> 01:46:22,760
You know who used to have really nice bounce volleys?

1927
01:46:22,760 --> 01:46:23,760
Rud Van Nistelrode.

1928
01:46:23,760 --> 01:46:27,560
Yeah, they had that style.

1929
01:46:27,560 --> 01:46:33,680
Yes, a fantastic goal by Verdi who celebrates passionately as usual.

1930
01:46:33,680 --> 01:46:36,760
He's a lovable character.

1931
01:46:36,760 --> 01:46:40,600
This result was actually better for Verona of course and it was for Cremonezza.

1932
01:46:40,600 --> 01:46:42,760
I'm sure Verona wouldn't mind.

1933
01:46:42,760 --> 01:46:44,840
They've almost made it out.

1934
01:46:44,840 --> 01:46:49,560
Cremonezza are facing Milan, Juve and Lazio still in the last six matches.

1935
01:46:49,560 --> 01:46:50,560
They are done for.

1936
01:46:50,560 --> 01:46:52,560
My god yes absolutely.

1937
01:46:52,560 --> 01:46:57,000
Verdi, Mintov has a good point over here, is a big game player.

1938
01:46:57,000 --> 01:46:59,720
Is he the kind of player to strive under pressure?

1939
01:46:59,720 --> 01:47:03,320
It's very hard to analyse he says.

1940
01:47:03,320 --> 01:47:08,040
He does strive under pressure but then again his career is constantly under pressure because

1941
01:47:08,040 --> 01:47:10,120
he has, he's inconsistent.

1942
01:47:10,120 --> 01:47:13,960
When you're inconsistent people criticise you and people don't put their trust in you.

1943
01:47:13,960 --> 01:47:16,840
That's why he seems to be a bit of a journeyman.

1944
01:47:16,840 --> 01:47:22,360
I think it's less that he thrives under pressure but more he lives up to occasions.

1945
01:47:22,360 --> 01:47:26,760
I think when there's all to play for that's when he steps up.

1946
01:47:26,760 --> 01:47:34,640
The atmosphere, the striving for a result, that's what gets him fired up.

1947
01:47:34,640 --> 01:47:38,560
On the other hand throughout an entire season I don't quite know what it is about him because

1948
01:47:38,560 --> 01:47:43,520
he's very inconsistent but when the going gets tough Verdi gets going genuinely.

1949
01:47:43,520 --> 01:47:49,480
Definitely, it's like Danger Zone be playing in his head on repeat.

1950
01:47:49,480 --> 01:47:59,760
Danger Zone, that is Verdi for you.

1951
01:47:59,760 --> 01:48:03,680
That is Verdi for you and this game ended in a draw, no one really managed to make the

1952
01:48:03,680 --> 01:48:04,960
difference over here.

1953
01:48:04,960 --> 01:48:07,560
Hellas Verona will take that.

1954
01:48:07,560 --> 01:48:14,520
They are currently on 27 points equal to Spezia they've caught up, Lecce are there with 31,

1955
01:48:14,520 --> 01:48:20,320
Empoli are there with 32, Salernitano on 34 but they've got it figured out.

1956
01:48:20,320 --> 01:48:23,200
This is getting juicy at the bottom.

1957
01:48:23,200 --> 01:48:28,200
It seems that we don't quite know who the third team is that's going to be going down.

1958
01:48:28,200 --> 01:48:31,800
It'll go to the last matchday, it really will.

1959
01:48:31,800 --> 01:48:36,600
Some Cremoneses are still in 19th with 20 points.

1960
01:48:36,600 --> 01:48:40,320
Thank you brother for stepping in and for giving me a hand over here.

1961
01:48:40,320 --> 01:48:44,640
It's good to be back and I missed this so much man.

1962
01:48:44,640 --> 01:48:46,680
It's good, I missed you too.

1963
01:48:46,680 --> 01:48:51,440
Mintov was fucking incredible honestly thank you, thank you so much for coming in.

1964
01:48:51,440 --> 01:48:55,680
We'll have you on more like the listeners have grown to love you.

1965
01:48:55,680 --> 01:48:59,360
I was a bit worried like I'm liking him too much.

1966
01:48:59,360 --> 01:49:02,120
We get so many comments about him.

1967
01:49:02,120 --> 01:49:04,360
So thank you very much for listening guys.

1968
01:49:04,360 --> 01:49:09,560
Thank you very much, good to be back and we'll be back sooner.

1969
01:49:09,560 --> 01:49:11,560
I think we're recording around Thursday, Friday.

1970
01:49:11,560 --> 01:49:12,560
Yes.

1971
01:49:12,560 --> 01:49:13,560
There's midweek fixtures.

1972
01:49:13,560 --> 01:49:14,560
Midweek mayhem.

1973
01:49:14,560 --> 01:49:15,560
Yes baby.

1974
01:49:15,560 --> 01:49:35,560
Are you ready?