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Hello and welcome back to Serie A Spotlight, this is season 2 episode 38 and we are hosts Matt

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and Jake. We've got a lot to talk about in this episode, we're going to be covering

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all of matchday 35 as usual along with the Champions League semi-final between Milan and Inter.

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Yes, unfortunately for us, we currently, we've had a bit of a weird day. So this is the day after,

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right? The Champions League game against Inter. Me and Matt both took today off,

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Matthew you took it off because you had a tattoo appointment and I took it off just in case Milan

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managed some crazy comeback and the celebrations would be wild. I didn't want to have a time limit

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you know to restrict me but instead you know the game was more realistic than ideological and of

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course we ended up home at 11.30. It's miserable, we watched Love Island, Moata, we played five games

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of FIFA by the time we're done, it was half past two I think. Yeah, went to bed today, I woke up in

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the late afternoon. It's been a bit miserable. It has been. So for those of you that didn't tune in

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strangely in the first leg, Inter got it done essentially in the first 20 minutes of the game

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and so Rafael Ea wasn't available for that game and Milan conceded two off the get-go. It was a

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set piece routine from a corner from Inter where Dzeko volleyed into the back of the net. Fanlian

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of Calabria was the one marking Dzeko. Think of the height difference there you've got someone

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that's around six foot four versus someone that's five foot ten and then the second goal came from

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well Shambolic defending by Milan. It was a long ball across the ground from the left into the

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center area just outside the box where Mkhitaryan finished cleanly. There was a massive gap to play

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the ball in over there. Dzeko was instrumental on both goals. The first one of course getting the

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better of his man Calabria marked him to be honest perfectly considering the height difference the

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best he could and the second goal Dzeko you can literally see him pulling Tomori away to free

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space for Mkhitaryan to run through the middle so that experience over there completely tore Milan

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apart. Shortly after and then Ben Nasser went off injured. Just after that there was another injury

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scare for Milan as Mike Mannion went down flexing his knee but I have looked back at it and

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apparently well what I think is that he was just trying to win some time for Milan and change that

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momentum like because Milan as they have been many a time were completely shell shocked at the

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beginning of the game. The first 20 minutes for Milan are often like that in big games. Milan

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struggled to do anything the game was won in the midfield by Inter in the first game. Tonali hit

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the post at one point getting Milan fans a glimmer of hope but Milan lost 2-0 at home against

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Inter and then the second leg obviously Milan needed at least two goals to take the game to extra

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time. Leal was back, Inter played a really defensive line a really low block that didn't allow Milan to

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do anything on the counter. Diaz was never in space, Leal was never in space, Giroud had to cope with

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the three centre backs of Inter there was a massive gap between the midfield and the attack. Milan to

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be honest they had two very good chances in the first half one especially of Brahim Diaz and then

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another one of Leal and Leal created it himself. Brahim Diaz on the other hand was the only chance

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Leal actually had he clearly wasn't at his best. No he was still injured. Yeah I mean it takes three

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weeks usually to recover from a muscle injury. This guy was back 10 days later. But yeah Brahim

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like I said missed quite a big opportunity and then Lautar just put the final nail in the coffin

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with a very clean finish into the near corner of Mannyan's post and yeah Inter got away with a

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three-nil victory not quite the Derby de la Madonna and the Champions League semi-finals we were

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hoping for with hope that both teams would be at their best but it did kind of showcase the

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difference between Inter and Milan at this point in time. Yeah there was a tweet that said the

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Derby de la Madonna you go in for the T4s the game should end then and then the match should be

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played behind closed doors. Very disappointing. Disappointing yes and it's a shame that Milan

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really were so rattled early on in the first game but congratulations to Inter who have made

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the Champions League final for the first time in 2010. They deserve it they've had a very good

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campaign this year in the Champions League and it goes to show how a couple of weeks back when

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we're talking about Inter performing so poorly in the league the players look motivated now they

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actually have something to aim for. The vibe is good in the dressing room and you can tell that

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these players are of great quality and when they're determined when they're motivated when they're

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driven it works and recently Lukaku was interviewed and he talked about it in Zaghi's rotation system

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they do have very good squad depth in there. Granted the players that they've signed are

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probably worse than the players they had before that they've sold or lost but the signings they

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made were always smart you know you look at the likes of Darmian, Cherubi, Mkhitaryan these are

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players with a lot of experience you can still put in a shift for you and they allow you to

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rotate in the league domestically you know they allow you to participate in three competitions

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they're in two finals in there so who would have thought that their season would have been so

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successful right? Yeah yeah and they had a very slow start to the season they've got a bunch of

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losses in Syria they struggled for consistency but it just seems like they're much more consistent

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now and like I said earlier it really showcases the difference between Inter and Milan at this

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point it looks like Inter are far more into their project than Milan are which isn't the case. It is

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the case. Well is it because Milan have had Fioli for three seasons and they got Enzaki two. When it

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comes to the manager yes but when it comes to the management Inter have had Zang for way longer than

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Milan have had first of all Milan's owner is new because it's Redbird now before there was Elliott

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no? Milan had to recover from the disaster that the Chinese left over 250 million euros of debt

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and debts. Inter are in financial turmoil. They're in financial ruin that's the difference that's the

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difference in reality. Inter have a squad that doesn't have much value to it well now that

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they've made their Champions League final it might be actually a saving grace for them but you look

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at Milan's project right now the books are finally balanced you know they've been stingy in the

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markets to try to you know balance them out a bit and finally they're balanced. Now it would be a

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shame if Milan's spending power were to plummet because of not qualifying for Champions League

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you know because that's an extra 50 million. Exactly. That could make all the difference

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for Milan right now but I think project wise and long term wise Milan are in a good spot and this

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season has been crucial for Inter. They needed this badly. Yeah just one more point on that game

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in the second leg it was the 60th minute it was still 0-0 and Milan hadn't made a single substitution

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yet. 70th minute Milan concede and they make their first two substitutions of the game at the same

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time where they brought on Origi and Salimakers. I think that approach now obviously Milan don't

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have the squad depth that Inter have so you're not going to see many substitutions being carried out

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from the 45th minute onwards. Because you're arguably worsening your team. Exactly. However,

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when it's the 60th minute and you've only had two chances very early on in the first half

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and nothing's quite working shouldn't you make a substitution before the other team scores?

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That was very questionable game management by purely in my opinion. The way the game was going

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everyone was so flustered and nothing was working. Brahim Diaz would drive and lose the ball every

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time he got it. Messias to be honest same thing over there. Giroud wasn't in the game at all and

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granted the options of the bench aren't great but Origi looked good when he came on against Inter

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and he was the best player. Salimakers had goal of the month last month and he has been playing

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pretty decently. So why not give those guys a run out? I don't know you need a goal. He made

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his changes after Inter got that third goal when the game was done so that was extremely questionable.

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You know that we are purely apologists. We always defend purely. We think that

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it's not really his fault but granted the depth isn't there for him to work with but he could have

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made a substitution. There needed to be a substitution made. It was obvious. It was clear as day.

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Completely. Completely. What I drafted last night when I was upset and high in the...

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You were adjourning. Yes I was adjourning. So I wrote purely is on fire and I started to break

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down that statement that sentence. Purely is on fire. So purely is on fire. That means you have

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two key themes. You have purely and you have fire. Purely is consistent. Now it's the person. Purely.

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Fire what do you need for fire? The fire triangle. Oxygen. You need fuel. You need heat.

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Let's say the oxygen in this case last season was the talent. We have Leao. We have Tonali.

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We have Benassir. We have Tomori. We have Kalulu. We have Kesi. All these guys full of life. Full of

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a point to prove. You know young. Oxygen. Then you have the fuel. You have Maldini and the ownership

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with their smart signings. You know bringing in Kalulu. Bringing in fucking Tonali. On a bargain.

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Crotone going down. Dropping two divisions practically. You have all these moves being

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made by Maldini that season. They were very good. And then you have finally the heat. You have the

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Kourvasu. You have the support of the fans. And that after Covid when everyone was in isolation.

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You go and you have 80,000 people singing your name. That's beautiful. Right. So what changed from

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this combination? This Mercato. We didn't have the Milan. Didn't have the fuel. No. 35 million and

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you bring in Charles de Quaita L'Oreal. You know you sell Kesi. You don't replace him. You know

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right wingers still avoid. There's Macias and Salamakas. It's not quite good enough. Striker

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you bring in Origi. Granted we all thought he would have done a bit better. But there wasn't a

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proven domestic striker. There's no striker scores more than 10 fucking league goals consistently.

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Even a Weiss Mike for example. We saw how much Tata had struggled last season. Sure he had that

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Lautaro Martinez penalty save so on and so forth. But don't tell me that it was a good idea to keep

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Tata on. Yes. It was a good idea not to replace Tata. Yes. Purely does have his limitations.

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Particularly when it comes to rotation. His in game management. The set piece set up with the

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zonal marking for example. But at the end of the day don't tell me that this squad was good enough

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to be in a semi-final of a Champions League. At the end of the day everyone's calling it this collapse.

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But round of 16 Milan got through. Quarterfinal Milan got through. Semi-final it's not a collapse.

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You just made it very very far. I would say the collapse at the end of the day is in the league.

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You know. Yeah. Completely. That's it. When you're risking top four and it'd be a shame of this

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project. This relationship between Milan and Piolli had to end because of a season like this where he

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put all the eggs in the Champions League basket where he had a one percent chance of winning it.

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But then it's inexcusable when you look at for example the way that the team changed after that

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2-2 draw against Roma. The 80th minute in that Roma game Milan were flying. Milan were flying.

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Before that sure there was a weird draw against Sassuolo but Milan were close to Napoli in that

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part of the season. And then the time after the World Cup came about. Mike got injured. Milan got

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riddled with injuries and they got demotivated. And France lost the World Cup. Everyone became

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shit. Piolli had to change to a 3-5-2 then a 3-4-3. Scrape through spurs somehow. Scrape through spurs.

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But if you were to tell me three seasons ago Milan just lose out on Champions League

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getting fifth place on the final matchday and Gattuso get sacked. Milan signed John Paolo.

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Opening nine games disaster. Some of the worst football I've ever seen Milan play.

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Suso playing as an attacking midfielder. Everything was as a treco artista. Opening nine games absolute

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disaster. And then Milan decide let's get this guy Piolli who had a semi-decent stint at Inter.

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A semi-decent stint at Fiorentina. A semi-decent stint at where else was he?

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Fiorentina, Inter, whatever. And Milan decided to get him on board. I was furious. I was

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furious. I was saying better we kept Gattuso in the first place. If you were to tell me that within

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two seasons of that with the squad that Milan had with Cutrone up front with who was it?

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Luis Adriano, Piontek, Piontek and Lea up front as strikers with Suso behind them.

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I don't know, Glucassi and Biglia, Ricardo Rodriguez, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Calabria, Donnarumma.

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And then after two years Piolli wins the league with that team and gets the club back into Champions

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League twice in a row. All right first time get knocked out in the group stage as you come last

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in the group and then the second season make it all the way up to the semi-finals when you're

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playing Napoli who blew everyone else out of the park in Italy. You beat Spurs, okay Spurs are shit

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but watch any Italian team against any English team and see how that typically tends to go down

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in the Champions League at least for Milan. Chelsea were shit this season. You saw what

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Chelsea did to Milan. Milan tactically beat Spurs. I would have never guessed that Piolli

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would have the success. He's had incredible highs. He's my favorite manager in history,

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in all of history. Piolli is my favorite manager. I think now there are two choices.

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If Milan get the opportunity to invest and to shake things up maybe there should be a change

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in management. If the squad is going to remain consistent I don't see the appeal in getting a

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new manager to try shake things up within the same squad because Piolli knows that squad best.

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So either Milan are going to shake things up and get in a new manager and get in new players

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but if the team is going to remain the same keep Piolli in my opinion. I don't know. I think Piolli

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should only be kept if top four is achieved. That's it. I think that was the objective at the

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start of the season. Granted the Champions League spell was very good but at the end of the day you

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have to prioritize. You can't miss out on top four. You miss out on winning the league. You get second,

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you get third, you get fourth. Fuck it. You get fifth. Unacceptable. It's a step back in the league.

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Especially when you put all your eggs in a basket where you have to face Real Madrid or Manchester

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City in the final. Good luck winning that. But at the end of the day as we mentioned Piolli it's

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true he's playing with many positions that need to be backed up. There's no right winger, there's no

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treco artista. So I wouldn't mind seeing Piolli's system with new signings with adequate replacements

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for a right wing position that's a striker that's fit and can start 90 minutes every week. A

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treco artista that's full of confidence, full of life. I mean we saw certain players in the

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first season under Piolli. We saw they did in the second season. Maybe CDK is that guy next year.

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We don't know. But then when you look at the in-game management don't you think that maybe

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it's just not good enough? Like if... Sometimes yes bro. Sometimes I think it's not good enough.

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And are you thinking when you say if Piolli manages to get top four let's say in some

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lucky world Lazio lose a game and draw two games and Milan win two games whatever and they get to

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the Champions League even though it's not in Milan's hands Milan get Champions League and Milan

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decide to keep Piolli because of that stroke of luck. Are you thinking about what's better or

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what's fair? Because I want to think about what's better as a Milan fan. What's better

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is consistency and that's what Milan haven't had in a long time. If the targets, if the objectives

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of the season are reached the objective was top four. Now they were saying granted title,

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defense and all that maybe they were saying that for the pressure or whatever. Top four is the

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minimum. Semi-final of the Champions League isn't bad. No it's not bad. It's an achievement. It's an

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achievement actually. Yes. So he put the steam on the map the biggest stage the final four teams

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in Europe the best competition in the world and Milan are in the last four. You know what I mean?

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Yes. Like the whole world watching and everyone's like what the fuck is this team? Like how are they

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here? We're wondering the same thing our Milan there. But yes that's it bro. At the end of the

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day you replace Piolli who are you going to bring in? That's it as well. Like you're going to bring

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in Conte. You're going to bring in Conte. I would like to see Conte. Conte will win you the league.

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He'll bring in fucking 34 year old players who are past their peak just to serve him during his

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reign. He'll spend two seasons there maximum. He'll complain the entire time about the players and

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about the management above him and about the investment. He'll fucking drive you from

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at the players boring brand of football with the three at the back. I love his fucking

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you know I feel like it should be a step back. I feel like Conte as a team. Conte is a manager

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that you bring in if you desperately need to win the league. If you're like

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Real Madrid and you haven't won it in three seasons and you need to please the fans.

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You know Milan have just won the league. You know it's not the fucking priority right now winning

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the league. Right now is a long term. Milan need to become a superpower again in Europe. How do you

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do that? You invest young. You keep a stable project. You renew your best players and you

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continue to develop and to improve players. Now apparently the the board are rediscussing Maldini

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and Massara's contract. I mean everything will come out after Champions League lost like that.

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Exactly. News will always be news. But look I mean we can't get into too much kind of talk about

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Milan and their future. We can only wait and see what's gonna happen as well as for Inter because

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everything is great for them at the minute. But they're still in a top four race. They have a

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massive Champions League final awaiting them and after that they're gonna need to deal with a lot

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in the summer because of their financial turmoil. I think we should move into match day 35. I think

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we should describe our goal of the week. I think we should describe the goal that I was gonna say

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a really good I was going to a really good segue over here. Match day 35 where there was our goal

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of the week from Romelu Lukaku. You did ruin it but fuck it bro. Lukaku's goal. Lukaku's back.

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Lukaku is back. Lukaback. Lukaka back. I don't think it's Lukaka back. Lukaka back. So he received

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the ball with his back towards goal totally outside of the box totally out muscling the defender

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that's trying to fucking get all over him and then he just turns and unleashes a left-footed

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rocket into the top corner from distance. Lukaku spoke after the Milan game and he was talking

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about like he's come a very long way since January he was saying he wasn't fully fit at the

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World Cup and he wasn't sharp at the World Cup and he went through a lot emotionally and physically

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after that period. That game where he missed those three chances theory. Henri admitting to having

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messaged him every single day to check if he's okay and normally he's a bit of a hard ass.

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Henri apparently with his players but he said that that's a very difficult thing to go through.

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We discussed this recently we said that during the World Cup that particular game where he missed

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those three chances those three clear cut chances he disappointed his entire country so his entire

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country fucking hates him for it right. Everyone's like oh Lukaku fucking hell what I missed what I

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missed like we can't rely on this guy. This guy's in the future of the fucking national team and then

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the rest of the world is laughing at him so he has absolutely no one on his side this guy.

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No one man no one and especially after the controversy of last season what he did when

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he was at Chelsea as well he would have hoped he'd have it a bit easier this season but bless him

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bro he's back there was also that whole thing where there were a lot of racist comments past

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words him from January onwards as well so I love a fucking fighter man I love someone that that

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when going through all of this they just keep going and keep going and keep going and Lukaku

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has had the last quarter of the season he's been a star for Inter and now his value is going up

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now winter are gonna miss him next season if they don't obviously find a way. If they win the

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Champions League he's theirs. Probably probably but yes how about our bets of the week brother?

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We forgot we forgot so we got 50 euro and put it on Real Madrid to make the final. Exactly.

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And our studio is currently having the sound proofing attached in the soffit so that's that's

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exciting as well very exciting we'll have some some big things coming up. What we also have coming up

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is finally describing matchday 35 to you guys but after 23 minutes before we do with that I'll just

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give you guys the classic rundown so to start things off it's going to be Monza handing Napoli

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only their fourth defeat of the season after defeating them two goals to nil Inter beating

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Sassuolo with the score of 4-2 Lukaku getting two goals over there Spezia getting out of the

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relegation zone and sending Milan out of the Champions League zone by beating them two nil

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Lazio only managing a draw against Lecce who a massive massive point for Lecce and a massive

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two points lost for Lazio Salernitana won at Alanta nil lovely last minute goal for Contreva in a game

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that looked to me like it was going to be cancelled halfway through because the storm was torrential

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and I've never described the storm as torrential in my life that's a beautiful word bro thank you

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bro Juventus Cremona is a nil no real surprises over there Bologna nil Roma nil in an injury riddled

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fixture Verona nil Torino won Verona back down to 18th place and Sampdoria won and Polly won

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yeah shall we? We shall so let's start very briefly with Monza and Napoli and I say very briefly

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because there's not much to play for over here. I mean these guys Monza played against a bunch of

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hungover Napolitans no and that's pretty much everyone for the rest of the the season but I

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have a question for you bro losing games like this will it do the squad harm in the long run?

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I don't think so because they know what mindset they're in right now they know if they want to

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switch it up they can switch it up I don't think they're going there and putting their bodies and

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their lives on the line like they did throughout the earlier 34 games throughout the season I

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think they're capable of turning it up I think it's a choice you see the squad that they fielded

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they rested a couple of players as well such as Kvaratskelia, Di Lorenzo, Lozano, Poletano

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yeah the keeper as well Maret so I think they're very aware and I think they're just trying to

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not get injured not outrun their players and just enjoy and give some people a run about basically

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what do you think? I don't know I look at Spalletti and I see him fuming on the sideline you know at

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the end of the day he still wants his players to do well no matter who he's feeling no matter what

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he's won winning is addictive right yes I don't think it's that big of a deal though I think that

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right now they understand that they've achieved what they have to achieve now it's time to play

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with the squad test out a few players see what you can get but you don't want you don't want

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a dry spell for your goal scorers for example for a long period of time no no Ozzy man's come

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down with the flu by the way he'll most likely be missing the inter again oh how come how fucking

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convenient that is hey bro that's fucking great isn't it the previous encounter was a 4-0 victory

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for Napoli but in this game Monza managed a 2-0 victory Monza lined up in a 3-4-1-2 formation with

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the Gregorian goal and the back line of Caldirola Marlon and Itso Marlon right Santos yes yes okay

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I'm not going crazy they decided to change his name to Santos on this Carlos Augusto on the left

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and Churia on the right with a double pivot of Pessina and Ravella Mota just ahead of them with

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Caprari and Petania up front for Napoli they played a 4-2-3-1 formation with Goliń Jengoul

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and the back line of Breszynski Rachmani Jesus and Olivera double pivot of Angus and Lobotka with

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Elmas out on the right Zerbin out on the left and Zielinski playing behind Ozzyman so in the first

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minute Zielinski almost scored it was just after 12 seconds he almost scored but he fired over from

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a tight angle and then Monza opened the scoring shortly after in the 15th minute and they took

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the lead with a well-worked counter attack sparked by Nicolo Ravella as Caprari Augusto and Pessina

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combined for a Mota to bundle over the line at the far post lovely piece of play this is the way

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Monza play they're so good on counters in the 30th minute just 15 minutes later Carlos Augusto set up

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Andrea Petania from 12 yards but the striker slipped and ballooned the ball over the bar in

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the 40th minute Di Gregorio got a good save on Zamba and Guissa game after game this Di Gregorio

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guy is just proving to be a top top top goalkeeper and I think he's in the right place man of course

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bro in the 50th minute just after half time Petania scored and got Monza second goal of the game he

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fired low into the near bottom corner after fainting his opponent a bit of Ronaldo Nazario

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over there a bit of a bit of an Elf Phenomenal shake before shooting was it necessary I don't

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know but he gave us a little bit of a shake as well it's always good when BBW shake oh yeah in

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the 60th minute Di Gregorio got down to fingertip Olivera's header off the line at the bottom corner

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wait you're telling me Di Gregorio fingered Olivera that was Jake Fenick but yes a lovely

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save once again by Di Gregorio Napoli had a couple of penalty appeals waved away one was from Ossimen

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and the other from Palletano but the referee said nothing doing over there and in the 80th minute

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Petania almost scored an own goal but that was that Monza managed a 2-0 victory I mean there's not

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much we can get into on this game I think obviously Monza had a very good performance

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very very good on the counter attack and even though Napoli have won the league it's no easy

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feat going up against them I think what you saw is them really taking the game to Napoli

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and showcasing how far this team has come and how good they are in such a short period of time

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and of course the motivation for Monza to beat Napoli would be way more significant than the

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motivation for Napoli to beat Monza right of course but Monza have defeated another giant

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at the end of the day Di Gregorio super game Pescina super game Caldi Rolla solid at the back

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Danny Mota showing I often talk about Danny Mota and how when he was in Ceiba I thought he didn't

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have it right he was one of those donkey players kind of but he is a different animal in Ceiba

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and he's proving to be versatile as well he can play anywhere man he's a check what is said this

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game starting off at least yeah so yeah he's actually outperforming the likes of Caprari and

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Petania so very good for him great great for Monza yeah and in fact on that point Monza have

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only lost one of their last 11 league matches and it was a tunnel loss against Lazio on the 2nd of

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April and no team have done better than that since the beginning of March in Serie A however

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Salernita and Adou match that record over the their past 11 matches as well

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Una mattina

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So svegliato

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But Napoli obviously champions 83 points nothing to discuss over there

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Monza climb up to ninth place on 49 points level with Fiorentina in eighth Torino and Torino in 10th

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The next game we're going to be covering is Inter 4 Sassuolo 2 Inter defeated Sassuolo in a thrilling

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six goal match to move ahead of Lazio into third place Romelu Lukaku celebrated his birthday this

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game he scored a 10-4 here we are again he contributed greatly to Inter's victory scoring

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twice despite initially leading 3-0 Inter faced some very tense moments this game as Sassuolo fought

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back coming into this game Sassuolo had only won one of their previous eight Serie A matches against

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Inter but Inter had won just one of their previous seven home matches against Sassuolo in Serie A

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Inter have won their last five Serie A games scoring an average of 3.5 goals per game my god

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now giving a break Inter lined up with a 3-5-2 formation classic Simona and Zaghi just leaving

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everything as is now from the Conte days no I'm kidding this is also Simona's system

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don't take away anything from him Handanovic was in goal this time rotation the rotation system

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we spoke about in the opening yes the pressing conversation we had this quarter Alceribe,

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De Vries and D'Ambrosio were at the back with Di Marco on the left Bélanova on the right Mkhitaryan,

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Brozovic and Gagliardini were in the middle with Romelu Lukaku and Correa up front for Sassuolo it

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was Concilie in goal, Tollian as the right back Rogerio as the left back, Ruwan Tressaldi who is

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gonna get a roasting today yeah I know why alongside Erlich Frattesi, Maxime Lopez and

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Henrique were in the middle with Berardi out on the right, Laurenti out on the left and Defrel

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up front and a little bit of vomit in Jake's mouth thank you sorry this is un-briquing because we are

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currently drinking some Stella Artois bro I don't know why you love Stella Artois it's to me

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second to Moretti if they don't have and Moretti comes in packs of four Stella comes in packs of

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six so I typically get Stella instead oh yeah oh yeah shout out to Stella yes Sassuolo thought

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they had taken an early lead as Domenico Berardi scored from a Lorienta cross but after a long

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voil check the goal was disallowed due to Armand Lorient being in an offside position. Correa's

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header shortly after for Inter narrowly missed the top corner keeping the scoreline goalless

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shortly after that Correa found the back of the net but the offside flag went up ruling out the

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goal Concilie over there giving us a gentle reminder as to how shit he can be Matthews

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Henrique squandered a golden opportunity for Sassuolo heading wide Berardi's cross and then

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finally in the 41st minute goal Romelu Lukaku broke the deadlock for Inter he received the

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ball with his back towards goal he turned Ruwan Tressoldi inside out and unleashed a powerful

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shot from outside the box finding the top corner what a goal what a goal what a goal yes sir our

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goal of the week and Ruwan Tressoldi's first mistake of the match in the 46th minute Correa

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was substituted due to a slight muscle issue making way for Lautaro Martinez in the 55th minute goal

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Inter doubled their lead with a stroke of luck I'm gonna keep doing it you know it's a Forza

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notification you're watching a game and your phone just goes go it's the worst feeling in the world

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yeah so in the 55th minute Inter doubled their lead with a stroke of luck Raul Bellanova delivered

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a cross and Ruwan Tressoldi shinned the clearance into his own net all right so that's one own goal

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one mistake on Lukaku two mistakes in the game so far in the 58th minute almost immediately after

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the own goal Inter extended their advantage as Lautaro Martinez's shot deflected off guess who

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let me guess Tressoldi yes and back into his own net this time it counted as Martinez's goal

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because of course the shot was on target Inter took a commanding three in a lead in the 63rd

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minute Sassuolo managed to pull one back as Berardi floated a beautiful cross to the back post

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and Mathews Henrique headed into the back of the net reducing the deficit to 3-1

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Henrique Andrea Pinamonte came close to scoring for Sassuolo as his angled drive hit the post

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providing a warning to Inter for what's to come in the future and in the 77th minute just a couple

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of minutes later Sassuolo actually continued their comeback as Frattesi got in front of

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Aslani no sorry not Anna Aslani but the Aslani got in front of Aslani to Nordin Rogerius cross

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making it 3-2 Sassuolo was within striking distance of an equalizer but they committed a little bit

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too much to it and in the 89th minute they were punished as Lukaku secured his brace on his birthday

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for Inter's victory he latched onto a precise through ball from Marcelo Brozovic and fired

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across Concelli into the far bottom corner extending the lead to 4-2 the match ended it was

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thrilling 4-2 victory for Inter over Sassuolo despite Sassuolo's valiant comeback effort

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they just couldn't keep up with Inter we thought Kirikas was the problem for Sassuolo we thought

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Ferrari was the problem for Sassuolo we thought Tresoldi was the problem for Sassuolo turns out

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maybe it's deeper than that. I think well we haven't really seen Sassuolo invest anything in

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improving their defense which has been the clear factor as to why Sassuolo aren't the big game

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players within the top 10. I don't expect them to finish in the top 7 particularly when they're

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selling players left right and center but when they have the quality that they have because they

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do have quality they have a lovely midfield three that I love watching personally and their front

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three well two of them are absolutely fucking deadly and then you've got the guy down the middle

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working for the wingers you would think that this team could you know push for conference league this

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team can can push for the top 10 which they are pushing for top 10 but unfortunately they have a

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massive hole in this defense that really limits what they can do and Concelli gets exposed because

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of it they get caught on the counter because of it and they get bombarded and they lose and they

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concede four goals and they lose because of that. Tresoldi is one of those pawns that

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that is under fire for that reason. Yes he's 23 years old at least he has age on his side

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this was a particularly bad game for him I mean he's never looked great but he's never looked

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this bad in all fairness to him and if there's a team that you want to look bad against or that

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you choose to look bad against it would be the team that's in the champions league finally.

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Fuck it. He also had a very unlucky showing because a deflection is a deflection yeah and

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the own goal it happens and you said that the first goal was a mistake from his end

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it was just Lukaku outplaying him in the area that he knows he can outplay him as he's outplayed many

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atop players. Exactly so I think Ruwan had a very bad showing in this game but I don't think he

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should be he's definitely not the reason as to why Sassuola's defense is the way it is. Yeah no in

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fact in the 64th minute Dionisi brought on Ferrari for Ruwan right and Lukaku's goal at the end you

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can see him destroying Ferrari yeah he doesn't destroy anyone. Exactly exactly. But yes bro

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Inter right now you look at where they stand in the league this was a massive victory for them

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they currently sit in 66 they've got Napoli up next Victor Ozyman has the flu everyone in

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Naples is hungover every day always right they're hungover or drunk right now with the celebrations

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it's been 30 years good on them. Napoli might not look at this game as a game that's very

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important to win right considering that they might be they might want to spite Milan for kicking them

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out of the Champions League and beating them 4-0. Yeah I wouldn't put it past Napoli to do that to

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be honest. If Napoli just spread their legs wide open and let Inter continue to cement that top

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four finish hoping that Milan would finish outside the top four I would not be surprised. Yeah

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there's also however on the contrary to that I guess since Inter are in the Champions League

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final representing Italy in the Champions League final Napoli will be a bit bitter that it wasn't

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them they would have liked to think then they would want to show the world that they could have done

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a better job against Inter perhaps look at Inter's form Jesus Christ just win win win win win like

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that's fucking mad but yeah it's gonna be it's gonna be a very good game between the two I think

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it'll be nothing short of competitive. Yes yes I would actually be be surprised if Napoli just

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opened their legs I was I was kidding yeah a big game like this against a team that's in the

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Champions League final again you'd want to win it now you'd want to show the world like listen

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it was a fluke that we got eliminated yeah exactly we should have been there exactly we beat the

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potential Champions League winners yeah yeah that's it yeah that's it Inter currently sit in third

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with 66 points that is now four points ahead of Milan while their opponents in Sao Suolo sit in

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13th with 44 points. The next game we're going to be covering is Spezia 2 Milan 0 skip um the

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previous encounter was a 2-1 victory for Spezia so coming into this game Spezia hadn't won any of

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their last eight league games and had failed to score in 10 of their 19 matches played in 2023

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um on the other hand Milan had recently beaten Lazio so there was a bit of a high going on there

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so Milan fans would have been hopeful that this game could have been a step in the right direction

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for Champions League qualification and the Rossoneri were torn between preparing for the

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second leg of the Champions League semi-final having lost 2-0 to Inter on Wednesday and focusing on a

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top four finish all at the same time. Options were limited anyway as Chau was suspended with Raphael

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Leao, Ben Nasser, Khrunich, Messias, Florenzi and Zlatan all out due to injury. The hosts were

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increasingly desperate after sliding into the bottom three for the first time this season plus

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Daniel Maldini, João Mutinho and Salah and Homme were injured and a banned Kevin Agudelo was

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unavailable. The good news however was and the all important news for Spezia was that their striker

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Mbala Anzola was fully fit to start this game. On the other hand Milan lined up in their 4-2-3-1

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formation with Mike Manon in goal and the back line of Kalulu, Kier, Tomori and Theo to the double

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pivot of Pobega and Tonali with Salah Makars out on the right, Origi out on the left and Brahim Dias

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playing behind the striker Ante Rebic. So in the 10th minute Sanja Tonali dumped the base of the

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near upright again from the edge of the area just days after doing the same thing against Inter in

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the first leg. They're literally incredibly identical guys. In the 20th minute Drangowski

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flew to finger Tepatio Hernandez's screamer over the bar. In the 55th minute Brahim Dias was sent

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down the right by Tonali's slide rule pass but his finish clipped the outside of the post. Shortly

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after Mike Manon needed a sensational reaction save on Ekdal at the near post after a dummy

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towards the far post tried to trick him. He tried to fucking trick Mike. In the 74th minute

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Spezia found the breakthrough on a corner as first Amian's free header came off the frame of the

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goal when Wisniewski was quickest to react on the rebound for his first ever Serie A goal making it

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1-0 to Spezia and that's what happens when you struggle to kill the game. In the 84th minute

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Milan went 2-0 down to a wonderful Salvatore's posit of free kick that floated over the wall

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and dipped into the near top corner from just outside the penalty area.

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Much like Wisniewski this was his first ever Serie A goal. And one of the contenders for goal of the

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week because we forgot to mention that there was his goal, there was Vlasic's goal that was quite

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good. Yes, there were many good goals. This in particular when you have a free kick just outside

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the penalty area it's almost better to have it from 30 yards out than to have it from there

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because the dip you need to get on that ball is ridiculous and to beat Mike Manon from that

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distance. These Esposito brothers are quite good at football. The other one's playing for Spal at

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the moment. The younger one I believe. Massive, massive obviously disappointing loss for Milan.

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What does it come down to? How do Milan lose a game like this is the question. It comes down to

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first of all the players haven't had many minutes together right when it comes to the rotation

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towards the beginning of the season. The first half of the season there wasn't much rotation

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happening for Milan at all. You'd bring on these players that are starting towards the end of the

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season now. Piolli would bring them on at the end of the games in the first half. Now these guys are

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starting. You have Rebic up front, you have Origi out on the wing, you have Pobega in the middle.

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Kalulu has a right back right now who's lost his form a bit. It's not looking great for these guys.

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At the end of the day 60% ball possession, expected goals were very similar. Spezia actually had a bit

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more like 1.9 while Milan was like 1.3 or something. So in reality it was closer than the scoreline

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suggests of course but the fact that Milan couldn't kill the game is just so sad for them.

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No I agree with you 100%. I think as well the fact that it just made Milan struggle so much that

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they were constantly caught into two minds on what to focus on because they were fighting

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relentlessly in two separate competitions. It's like which one do we prioritize? Is it

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the Champions League that is a dream that you can't ignore especially when you're against a local

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rival like Inter which not only makes it more fierce but Milan have beaten Inter this season.

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Okay they lost to them four times but Milan beat them this season so it was possible to do that.

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So allocating resources between these two competitions and with such a tight squad

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and in order for each decision to be effective is no easy task and I really empathize with

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Piolli over here but then you see other managers who get it down to a T and then celebrate playing

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a team like Spezia before they play in the Champions League semi-final. Yes and the likes

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of Cremona for example. Exactly but it's always like this brothers okay let me calm down. Even

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when Milan won the league back in the day. Even when Milan won the league. The games they lost were

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against Minos. Yeah when Milan got Champions League when they beat Atalanta in the final match they

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were two kesi penalties and before that they beat you Vettrinal with that Omori header and that

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Brahim goal all of that. Even the Sassuolo one with the four nil at the end of the season.

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But that's last season. Yeah last season Salernitana held Milan in a very delicate moment of the season.

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Yes and then in the season that I'm saying where they beat Atalanta and Juve they drew to Kaljari

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nil-nil who were on the brink of relegation. They drew to someone else I forgot who it was.

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So yeah Milan don't make it easy for themselves and in fact after this game the Curva hailed the

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entire squad over. The entire squad including Piole went up to the Curva and the Curva gave them

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an earful basically. Now it was probably more of a motivational chat rather than an earful. I doubt

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they were criticizing them but more giving them words of affirmation and kind of hyping them up.

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And I don't know how to feel about that. Like looking at it as a Milan supporter I find it

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wholesome but at the same time like can it get lower? Look I don't think it's a low point to talk

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to your fans. I don't think having the squad stand in front of the the Curva the fans and having them

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share their opinions or their views is a bad thing because at the end of the day the club belongs

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to the fans. That's a beautiful thing. The manager, the management and the players are there

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temporarily. The only consistent in a football club is the fans. That's it. You look at me and you bro

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we've made Milan fans for longer than Maldini's been the technical director. We've been fans for

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longer than fucking Rafael Leao has played for the team. We've been there for longer than any of these

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guys have. It's just the way it is. So it is good to see Milan give the fans the respect they need

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especially when you look at my fire triangle that I explained before but the fans are a big part of

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it. The fans are a massive part of Milan's success because and I would even say, that goes for a

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saying that Milan's seven Champions League titles are because of the San Siro. The San Siro stadium

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is a theater man. The fans are amazing. They're amazing. Look at pundits. Michael Richards was

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there on CBS and he couldn't even speak. He was gobsmacked by the atmosphere. He was just like

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look around. I don't even have anything to say. Look around and he's right. He's right. It is an

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amphitheater bro. It's beautiful. Yeah no I've agreed on that front. Obviously look at these

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two teams Milan and Spezia and you see two very different battles. So there's Milan taking a slip

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up in the race to top four where they currently find themselves four points behind Lazio who are

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in fourth place and five points behind Inter who are in third place. So Milan need to stay consistent

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and hope for other teams to slip up. On the other hand Spezia finally, well finally, they were down

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in 18th last week and now they climb up to 17th after Verona dropped points in this match. So two

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very very separate battles. Three games to go. I'm going to ask you for a bit of a prediction on how

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these two teams do including Milan bro. So let's take a look at Milan, Inter and Lazio's next three

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games. So Milan have to play Sampdoria at home, Juventus away and Verona at home. Inter need to

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play Napoli away, Atalanta away and Torino at home while Lazio need to play Udinese away,

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Cremona away and Empoli at home. Now the toughest run in my opinion is that of Inter.

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For sure, no debate. They have a Champions League final to prepare for as well. The thing is their

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spirits are high. Napoli have already won the league of course as we discussed. So that leaves

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Atalanta away and Torino at home and Torino don't really have much to play for. Atalanta will be

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pushing for that Europa League spot but to be honest it's pretty much confirmed. So it's not as

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hard as it could be. On the other hand Milan and Lazio have a few challenges coming up that are

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quite massive. Milan have Sampdoria at home who are playing without any pressure because they've

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already been relegated and that's probably the atmosphere they need to actually get

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completely to get a result they need. Juventus away for Milan is a game that they've found

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success in recently but it could easily be a draw or a loss and then Verona at home who are also

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fighting safety. That's a tough tough tough game especially if they're relegated by them which I

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highly doubt they would be. Lazio have Udinese away from home. Cremoneza away from home as well

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and Lampoli at home. Technically they should win all of them. Cremoneza is the toughest one of

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course while Lampoli and Udinese are pretty much safe. So that leaves that but you can't really say

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what's going to happen. No bro, I don't know. If I had to guess I think that Milan would miss out on

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top four. I think Inter will continue to win. I think that Lazio won't they need to drop four

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points and Milan need to win everything. I don't think Lazio drop four points over here again so

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Udinese, Cremoneza and Lampoli I'd be very surprised if they win. They have been dropping

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points and they drop points to Lettria this matchday but yeah I share your opinion. I don't

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think Milan will be getting top four when you look at like Milan have favorable inverted commas

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fixtures but the fact that they're four points behind they need to win everything and hope that

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Inter slip up who have been top notch and that Lazio slip up when their fixtures are rather

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favorable and I don't see it happening. The thing is though if Milan beat Sampdoria and Lazio lose

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to Udinese for example or Inter lose to Napoli then it's all to play for and the pressure mounts

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and if the pressure amounts then Milan are at an advantage to that. Yeah things can change.

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In the bottom part of the table you have Lettria, Spezia, Verona and Cremoneza who will go down.

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Cremoneza of course it's looking unlikely that they'll stay up. They have Bologna at home,

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Lazio away and Salernet at home three very difficult games. Yeah Verona have Atalanta,

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Empoli and Milan also three very difficult games. Spezia have Lettria away that's happening this

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weekend a 12 30 game I believe it's on a Sunday that's going to be a massive game. Yeah it's

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going to be a nice one. It's going to be a good one I suggest everyone tunes in it's going to be

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a sold out stadium it's going to be a massive game. Torino away and then Roma away while Lettria

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have Spezia at home Monza away and Bologna at home. I don't think Lettria will get relegated.

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Now it's between Spezia and Verona for me.

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Spezia, Lettria, Verona, Atalanta, Empoli, Milan.

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It's so tight bro. I think Verona will go down. Yeah I think I'm not going to say who I think

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go down but I think Spezia survive. I think they survive. Okay fair enough so

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shall we move on to my game? Yes I'll just let you guys know where these teams are in the table

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even though I've already kind of said Milan are in fifth on 61 points for behind Lettria while

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Spezia are in 17th on 30 points level on points with 18th placed Verona and just two points behind

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Lettria. Okay so the next game we're going to be covering is Lettria 2, Lettria 2 speaking of Lettria.

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Coming into this Lettria had lost the previous two Serie A matches against Lettria so Lettria are

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actually a dark horse for Lazio. Lazio have failed to score in only one game out of 16 Serie A matches

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played at the Olympico Stadium against Lettria. Lazio have suffered three defeats on the drawn,

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their last five league matches so their form has dipped if this trajectory continues and they will

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slip out of top four. Coming into this Lettria had lost their five lost away games in the league.

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Now for the lineups Lazio lined up with their usual 4-3-3 formation courtesy of Maurizio Sarri

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with Provider, Lingol, Hisaio as the left back and Lazari as the right back with Roman Iuoli and

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Ciasale as the center back duo. Luis Alberto, Marcus Antonio and Milinkovic-Savage were the

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midfield trio with Zaccani, Immobile and Philippa Anderson up front. For Lettria it was also a 4-3-3

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their usual formation Marco Barone, Barone sorry my god, Falcone was in goal, Gendre was right back,

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Gallo was left back, Umtiti and Basquerotto were the center back duo. These guys always play the

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same 11. Udin, Heuilmann and Blin were in the middle with Streffetza on the right, Banda on the

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left and Colombo up front. Now in the 22nd minute Hisaio gave away a penalty Streffetza stepped up

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to take the penalty and went left and wide. Provider actually tracked the shot but Streffetza

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failed to hit the target. In the 34th minute there was a goal, Ciro Immobile timed his run perfectly

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on a Luis Alberto through ball and scored from close range to give Lazio a 1-0 lead. You were

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actually going to say Ciro Immobile. Immobile yes that's it. In the 47th minute in the first half

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Lecce actually managed an equalizer just before halftime as Udin who had a fantastic game found

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the bottom corner from outside the box. Udin started the second half just as he ended the first

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as he scored his second goal of the game following Streffetza's dangerous run into the penalty area

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and he shot again low and hard. Very well played shot great play over there by Lecce. In the second

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half Lazio pushed forward and created several crosses in the Lecce box but the visitors

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defended very well courtesy of Basquirotta and Umtiti but in the 94th minute there was a little

561
00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:04,000
bit of rain on Lecce's period as Milenković Savvić said they deflected off Umtiti and found the net

562
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:08,400
equalizing for Lazio in the 94th minute. You wouldn't have thought that they'd have celebrated

563
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:13,920
that so hard but at the end of the day it's another one point is at this point is massive for top four.

564
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:20,960
No crucial crucial yes it's the difference between Milan losing to Spezia and Milan drawing to Spezia

565
00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:27,360
entirely different conversation had that been the case. Yes Lecce and Lazio actually both maintained

566
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:33,280
their positions in the table. Lecce are in 16th place and Lazio are in third. Lazio will face

567
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:39,280
Udinese in the next match while Lecce will prepare for a crucial relegation battle against Spezia as

568
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:45,360
discussed. Now bro Lazio when the going gets tough Lazio get going and nothing that way but

569
00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:53,840
as they get going they leave. Yeah as they leave the room. Yeah yes and it's a lot of pressure is

570
00:56:53,840 --> 00:56:58,560
on them now especially because they've carried themselves in a certain way when it looked like

571
00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:04,160
top four was a guarantee because they were in second place and there was quite a gap between

572
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:10,000
them and Juventus and well before the the docked points got given back to them there was quite a

573
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:14,320
significant gap obviously between Juve there's quite a good gap between Inter and Milan as well

574
00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:22,320
and Roma. Now they're not in a bit of a pickle but now they need to fight and now they need to

575
00:57:22,320 --> 00:57:29,280
they need to win the last three games if they want to make sure that they get Champions League

576
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:36,240
and I don't know whenever I've seen Lazio on a stage like this it doesn't seem to end too well

577
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:44,720
barring that Coppa Italia victory a few years back but I don't know as a Milan fan I obviously

578
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:50,320
think that well considering how Milan are right now that Lazio's chances are much better considering

579
00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:56,160
the fixtures and considering that they've got four points ahead of Milan but yeah it's going to be

580
00:57:56,160 --> 00:58:00,320
interesting to see if they rise to the occasion or not in these next few games. Yeah definitely

581
00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:05,600
bro, Leicester have proven to be a tough opponent for many big teams this season the star of this

582
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:14,160
game Remy Houdon is a former Bordeaux player who actually was pretty good in France I mean he used

583
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:19,040
to score like four goals a season get five assists that type of player season a good signing for them

584
00:58:19,040 --> 00:58:24,560
a very smart signing for Leicester they brought him in this season he scored two goals both coming

585
00:58:24,560 --> 00:58:33,680
in this match with nine appearances as a starter yeah he's been super and yes he actually managed

586
00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:37,760
to make the difference over here we get to see a few players now who haven't really done much

587
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:42,640
in the league for example Empoli Piccoli yeah Piccoli scored the winner in the 94th

588
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:47,440
what a time to get your first goal for the club yeah this is why you were signed like to come out

589
00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:52,480
and save your team in situations like this yeah absolutely no Houdon looked really good he looked

590
00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:58,800
really smooth with his movements as well very calm both of his goals were taken really well

591
00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:06,160
and I think Lecce needed a bit of that in their game I think they were getting a bit a little

592
00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:12,960
bit figured out especially when you have a when you know they're their standout players who really are

593
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:20,080
Streffetza, Di Francesco and then whether it's Cissé or Colombo starting those are their

594
00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:25,520
standout players barring obviously the Basquerotas the Umtiti's the Jean-Pierre's the Galdos and all

595
00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:32,800
that yeah but when it comes to the the offensive they seem pretty figured out come in Houdon and

596
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:36,480
he gives them something totally different and he manages to get them two goals in the way that he

597
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:43,040
did yes bro totally nice to see you Mbappéle and Sergue back at it at Lazio but it was not enough

598
00:59:43,040 --> 00:59:51,600
to get them the three points all is up in the air right now Lazio currently sit in fourth with 65

599
00:59:51,600 --> 00:59:56,320
points Milan lurking in that fifth spot with 61 points no room for error at this point

600
00:59:57,200 --> 01:00:06,400
Inter above them with 66 Roma beneath Milan with 59. Lecce currently sit in 16th with 32 points

601
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:12,080
two points above the relegation pool man this is getting tense yeah Lecce are the closest to

602
01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:18,320
relegation they've been all season and so yeah let's not throw them away in the discussion of

603
01:00:18,320 --> 01:00:24,720
relegation definitely not no they're very much alive in the terms of dying yeah exactly they're

604
01:00:24,720 --> 01:00:29,440
contenders some might say the next game we're going to be covering was probably my favorite

605
01:00:29,440 --> 01:00:34,640
game of this matchday taking everything into account it was Salernitana won Atalanta nil

606
01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:42,640
the previous encounter was an 8-2 victory for Atalanta which had gotten Nicola sacked but then

607
01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:49,280
they had rehired him and then he got sacked again Joachim Mejle was banned for this game plus

608
01:00:49,280 --> 01:00:56,080
Lukman, Bogar, Ruggeri, Palamino and Hattaber were injured so quite an injury ridden side over here

609
01:00:56,080 --> 01:01:02,240
and Salernitana had not won any of their 14 matches played against Atalanta and Serie A, Serie B

610
01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:08,080
and the Coppa Italia so massive massive victory against all odds over here for Salernitana

611
01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:13,520
they lined up with a 3-4-2-1 formation with Ochoa on goal and the back line of Pirola,

612
01:01:13,520 --> 01:01:18,560
Lovato and Danilulic they had Braderic out on the right and Mazzocchi sorry Braderic out on the left

613
01:01:18,560 --> 01:01:22,960
and Mazzocchi out on the right with Villene and Colibale in a double pivot they had D out on the

614
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:28,560
left Bottheim out on the right and Piontek up front for Atalanta it was also a 3-4-2-1

615
01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:32,640
formation with Sportiello on goal and the back line of Toloi, Gymsity and Scalvini

616
01:01:32,640 --> 01:01:37,040
Sopi on the right, Zappa Costa on the left on the double pivot of De Hoon and Ederson

617
01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:42,480
that Coppa Minas out on the right, Pasalicci out on the left and Duvan Zapata ahead of them

618
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:48,640
so in the 26th minute former Atalanta midfielder Ederson unleashed a powerful long-range shot for

619
01:01:48,640 --> 01:01:54,240
Atalanta forcing Ochoa to make a diving save in the 41st minute Zapata headed wide following a

620
01:01:54,240 --> 01:01:59,200
Martin De Hoon cross where he really should have done better. Just after half time play became

621
01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:05,200
rather tricky in the second half as a full-blown thunderstorm erupted and then Atalanta lost Brandon

622
01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:12,080
Sopi due to a suspected hamstring strain within two minutes of the restart. Bulai Dija squandered a

623
01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:16,960
good chance for Salernitana in the 55th minute as he blasted the ball over the bar after being sent

624
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:22,640
clear by Danilulic and two minutes later in 57th Piontek missed an opportunity for Salernitana

625
01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:28,000
with a diving header from a rebounded Botheim cross. In the 70th minute Gyms City left the field with

626
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:34,320
a bruised foot and Atalanta were down to 10 men temporarily. In the 80th minute Salernitana applied

627
01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:38,880
pressure on Atalanta as the game progressed taking advantage of the waterlogged pitch,

628
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:44,320
they did look much better in those wet conditions than Atalanta did, they adapted much better,

629
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and then in the 93rd minute after all the pressure they were piling towards the end

630
01:02:49,360 --> 01:02:54,640
Antonio Candrieva, a substitute for Salernitana, played a 1-2 with Piontek and smashed a right

631
01:02:54,640 --> 01:03:22,800
footed shot from the edge of the box into the bottom corner, earning his side a vital three points.

632
01:03:24,960 --> 01:03:29,360
These guys grind when they're going at stuff, you know, they get going and that's not in leaving the

633
01:03:29,360 --> 01:03:34,960
room. They won, they managed to fucking win it at the end and I didn't think they would.

634
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:44,400
Candrieva, what a hero man. Yeah, a massive hero and then he's really earning his title as a club

635
01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:49,360
legend the more the season progresses. I know he's a new signing for them but man has he been

636
01:03:49,360 --> 01:03:56,400
pivotal for them this season. Yeah, I think that pretty much sums up the game that Salernitana

637
01:03:56,400 --> 01:04:02,080
just simply grew into it more as the conditions worsened. Now whether it was the fact that they

638
01:04:02,080 --> 01:04:08,160
were home and they had the supporters behind them. Oh yeah, the supporters are amazing. Yeah, and also apart from

639
01:04:08,160 --> 01:04:15,600
that, their gaps where you could afford to be a bit more careless in the rain because mistakes are

640
01:04:15,600 --> 01:04:21,280
going to happen and mistakes were happening on both ends and then towards the end of the game

641
01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:25,840
Salernitana were the ones that managed to get that goal. To be honest it could have gone either way

642
01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:31,120
but I think Salernitana just prevailed that little bit harder than Atalanta. Yes, even

643
01:04:31,120 --> 01:04:35,760
statistically they had a slight edge of Salernitana, they had slightly more possession, 52%

644
01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:42,080
and they had one more shot on target. Now I know at the end of the day that might not be enough,

645
01:04:42,080 --> 01:04:45,760
like you look at the stats of Spezia Milan, you would have thought that would be a 2-0 victory for

646
01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:50,560
Spezia but this was one of those cases where it was just enough to edge Salernitana a victory.

647
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:58,960
Absolutely man, Salernitana aren't technically mathematically clear of relegation, however it is

648
01:04:58,960 --> 01:05:04,000
of my opinion that there's no way in hell that Salernitana gets relegated this season. Atalanta

649
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:09,280
on the other hand the only real thing that they're playing for is Europa League which they can't

650
01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:14,960
technically get when you see that they're on 58 points and that Roma and Milan are on 59 and 61

651
01:05:17,040 --> 01:05:24,240
respectively. It could very much be the case that Atalanta get Europa League and Milan or Roma slip

652
01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:32,400
down to Conference League, that's also a possibility. It could also be the case that Juve are docked

653
01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:41,680
points and everyone's happy. Yeah apart from Juve, that could also be a very bad medication, everyone's safe.

654
01:05:43,360 --> 01:05:48,560
Yeah the next game we're going to be covering is actually... Hold on, hold on sorry, Atalanta are in

655
01:05:48,560 --> 01:05:54,080
seventh on 58 points, Salernitana are 15th on 38, sorry. That's all right, the transition was perfect,

656
01:05:54,080 --> 01:05:59,360
we're going to talk about Juve. The next game we're going to be covering is Juventus 2-0,

657
01:05:59,360 --> 01:06:06,160
Cremona is nil, thank you for ruining my segue. Juventus rotated their squad ahead of their Europa

658
01:06:06,160 --> 01:06:13,520
League semi-final decider with Sevilla. Paul Pogba suffered another injury and had to be

659
01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:19,520
substituted, that overshadowed the victory. I'm sorry bro, I'm not very good at drinking and talking.

660
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:22,320
What did you say?

661
01:06:22,320 --> 01:06:23,840
A mogul had an injury.

662
01:06:23,840 --> 01:06:27,840
I'm sorry. Alright no problem.

663
01:06:27,840 --> 01:06:33,440
Stelartois, Belgium's finest. 1366.

664
01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:41,040
Not per bottle guys. No yeah that's a date of apparently that Stelartois was discovered.

665
01:06:41,040 --> 01:06:44,320
No way. 1366.

666
01:06:45,840 --> 01:06:48,800
Brothers be getting fucked up in the 1300s like.

667
01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:55,280
Brothers, they're like you know white makeup and their wigs and they're like fucking yeah whatever.

668
01:06:56,480 --> 01:07:02,400
Cremona needed a win to close the gap on Spezia and Verona. Charles Piquel was suspended for

669
01:07:02,400 --> 01:07:11,440
Cremona while Cyrille Dessers and Saju were injured. Juventus unveiled their new kit for the 2023-24

670
01:07:11,440 --> 01:07:16,400
season. Bro thoughts? It's like a kid drew highlighter on it man, on the sides. I hate

671
01:07:16,400 --> 01:07:22,960
that highlighter gold, that highlighter yellow. Fantastic inside grandpa. I don't like it.

672
01:07:22,960 --> 01:07:29,280
I like the classic black and white. They haven't had a black and white normal striped kit in a

673
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:33,440
fucking while and they should bring that back. They do need to bring it back. This modern

674
01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:38,320
fucking bullshit that they're doing. Stop doing modern bullshit man. It's through minimal kits

675
01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:42,720
are way nicer, the vintage kits are nice but at the end of the day man it doesn't look terrible.

676
01:07:42,720 --> 01:07:47,520
It looks worse on the model than it does on the player. Did you see Vlachovic's reaction to it?

677
01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:52,160
He was like looking at it like a bit like what the fuck then he saw the camera he's like wow.

678
01:07:53,600 --> 01:08:03,440
Very nice. Juventus have never lost to Cremona in Serie A. They won 12 out of their 16 encounters.

679
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:08,080
Juve have a perfect record of course at home at Cremona winning all eight of their previous

680
01:08:08,080 --> 01:08:15,600
encounters with a goal difference of 23 to 3. Juventus have won 11 of their 14 home league

681
01:08:15,600 --> 01:08:22,960
matches since October. The most by any team in Serie A during that period. Cremona is on the

682
01:08:22,960 --> 01:08:28,640
other hand have drawn the most away matches in Serie A this season along with Salernitana with

683
01:08:28,640 --> 01:08:36,000
a total of eight draws. So for Juventus it was their weird 3-5-1-1 formation with Perri and N'Gol,

684
01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:41,280
Danilo, Bremer and Gatti at the back with Chiesa out wide and Quadrado on the other side,

685
01:08:41,280 --> 01:08:49,360
Rabio, Paredes and Fagioli in the middle with Pogba starting behind Vlauvić. For Cremona it was

686
01:08:49,360 --> 01:08:55,040
Karnesecchi in goal with Ferrari as the right back, Qualiata as the left back and a 5-4-1.

687
01:08:55,040 --> 01:09:02,400
The three centre backs were Vasquez, Lacosvili and Kirikes. Sorry man I can't pronounce your name.

688
01:09:02,400 --> 01:09:07,360
Please, Lacosvili, how do you say it? I say Lacosvili and I know it's wrong.

689
01:09:09,200 --> 01:09:14,000
The commentators always say it differently as well. Where's he from? I think he's Romanian,

690
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:21,200
if I'm not mistaken. I might be fabricating lies. He's Georgian. We should ask Faratskelia

691
01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:28,560
how to pronounce it. That's a good idea. Thanks. Afenarjan, Galdamez, Mete and Benassi were playing

692
01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:34,160
behind Ocherieche who was the sole striker in a formation that looked to be set up to counter

693
01:09:34,160 --> 01:09:40,560
attack Juventus. Jokes on them, Juve were also set up to counter attack Cremona. Cremona's formation

694
01:09:40,560 --> 01:09:48,400
looks like me doing my fucking FM with Empoli every time I come against a top 17. 5 at the back

695
01:09:48,400 --> 01:09:55,920
like 5-4-1. Nice. Paul Pogba in the 21st minute suffered an injury, he was replaced by Arcadius

696
01:09:55,920 --> 01:10:01,520
Millec, he walked off in tears. It was very sad, he was covering his face at the point his top came

697
01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:06,000
down. You could see his eyes, they were puffy and watery and he was followed into the tunnel by De

698
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:10,400
Maria who was consoling him. Very sad for him, you know, you have to feel for him. He spent the whole

699
01:10:10,400 --> 01:10:16,400
season trying to recover after trying to get that shortcut to the World Cup by avoiding surgery.

700
01:10:17,040 --> 01:10:20,880
That's really bitten him in the ass and he's missed an entire year of football and he's on

701
01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:27,040
a four-year contract and he's making 10 million a year net. Yeah, yeah. So sad. Nightmare for him,

702
01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:34,720
man. Making 10 million a season and not playing. He's constantly dreaming. He's a very ambitious

703
01:10:34,720 --> 01:10:40,160
player like it sucks for him, of course. In the 55th minute, Nicolo Falcioli scored a rocket of a

704
01:10:40,160 --> 01:10:46,080
right footed shot from the edge of the box. He was assisted by Federico Chiesa. Now this was a goal

705
01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:51,840
against the team that he helped earn promotion last year in Cremonezzo. He was out on loan with

706
01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:56,080
them. He had a very good season in Serie A. This was also his boyhood club. That's why he didn't

707
01:10:56,080 --> 01:11:00,400
actually celebrate this goal, Fagioli. It was a very personal goal for him and you know, it's

708
01:11:00,400 --> 01:11:05,280
written in the stars, bro. It ruled all of their legs. Petania scores against his ex-team, Fagioli

709
01:11:05,280 --> 01:11:11,360
scores against his ex-team, everyone scores against their ex-team. In the 74th minute, Millek found

710
01:11:11,360 --> 01:11:18,320
the back of the net, but the goal was disallowed for offside. In the 79th minute, Gleason Bremer

711
01:11:18,320 --> 01:11:25,680
scored from a blank range shot after a deflection of a Cremonezzo player following an Angel Di Maria

712
01:11:25,680 --> 01:11:31,920
corner. Don't mock me, his name is Gleason, not Gielsen. Why would I mock you if Gleason is the

713
01:11:31,920 --> 01:11:40,720
name of my future child, brother? I love it. Gleason Fennec. In the 84th minute, Kirikas

714
01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:46,800
cleared Rabiot's shot off the line. This was a pretty standard Juve victory against Cremonezzo.

715
01:11:46,800 --> 01:11:56,160
They've been good against these teams recently and 2-0 is a strong result against the team

716
01:11:56,160 --> 01:12:00,000
who's facing relegation and these guys would have been fighting for their life, you know.

717
01:12:00,000 --> 01:12:05,120
Yeah, I think it was over after the first goal. I think it took Juve a while, like they weren't

718
01:12:05,120 --> 01:12:09,360
too active in the first half, but then you see in the second half, they got a goal. Within 10

719
01:12:09,360 --> 01:12:15,520
minutes through Nicolò Fagioli against his former team. I think once that went in, Cremonezzo were

720
01:12:15,520 --> 01:12:21,120
not set up to do anything else rather than try to get a 0-0 in this game, a 5-4-1 formation.

721
01:12:22,400 --> 01:12:28,240
Between Ocher Reke and the rest of the team, a massive gap. You had to do a lot of work to track

722
01:12:28,240 --> 01:12:33,280
back and try to pull the ball forward and to no avail because Juve are a tight-knit team.

723
01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:39,280
Very. So yeah, I think after the first goal, Cremonezzo crumbled. Yes, their idea was to

724
01:12:39,280 --> 01:12:44,880
bring on Cioffani instead of Felix Afanagian at the start of the second half and they also brought

725
01:12:44,880 --> 01:12:49,040
on Valeri. Now probably the idea over there was for Valeri to cross the ball to Cioffani and to

726
01:12:49,040 --> 01:12:54,560
try to get something out of their veteran striker over there. Sir Nicolò was also brought on along

727
01:12:54,560 --> 01:13:00,640
with Bonaiuto Castagnetti. These guys really did try their best to penetrate this Juve defense, but

728
01:13:00,640 --> 01:13:05,280
it's very difficult man. Juve are very tight as you said, they're a tight-knit team. In fact,

729
01:13:05,280 --> 01:13:09,760
Cremonezzo only managed one shot on target this game. Yeah, there you go, there you go and I'm not

730
01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:14,480
surprised simply by looking at the way these teams were set up. I think Cremonezzo were set up for

731
01:13:14,480 --> 01:13:20,800
failure over here unless they would have gotten a 0-0 and yeah. I mean at the end of the day they

732
01:13:20,800 --> 01:13:26,800
probably came into this game thinking let's try to hold them for as long as we can and maybe get one

733
01:13:26,800 --> 01:13:31,120
point or get like a last-minute winner against them or something like a goal at the death and

734
01:13:31,120 --> 01:13:37,600
we'll try to hold it but that of course was not the case. Juve flying in second place with 69 points

735
01:13:38,240 --> 01:13:46,320
for now while Cremonezzo are 19th with 24 points, six points, well seven points off of safety.

736
01:13:47,360 --> 01:13:52,560
The next game we're going to be covering is Bologna 0-0 Roma 0. The previous encounter was a 1-0 victory

737
01:13:52,560 --> 01:14:00,240
for Roma. Bologna have the most victories against Roma in Serie A with 51 wins in 149 matches.

738
01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:05,760
However, Bologna have only gotten the better of Roma once in their last five encounters.

739
01:14:06,720 --> 01:14:12,720
Roma were arresting Paolo Deballa and Rui Patricio plus Smalling, Kumbulla, Lorente,

740
01:14:12,720 --> 01:14:19,360
Karsdorp and Delciarraui were out injured. So Zvilar got his Serie A debut and Filippo

741
01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:26,480
Missori his first start. The hosts missed Soriano, Sansone, Sao Mauro, Kyriakopoulos and a suspended

742
01:14:26,480 --> 01:14:35,200
Stefan Posch while Lukumi was in Colombia for the birth of his child. Congratulations Lukumi fuckumi.

743
01:14:36,400 --> 01:14:42,320
For Bologna it was a 4-2-3-1 formation with Skorupski in goal and Abaklano Kampiaso, Sosa,

744
01:14:42,320 --> 01:14:47,600
Bonifazi and Silvestri coming as Anshouten played in the middle with Barrow on the left or Salini on

745
01:14:47,600 --> 01:14:54,640
the right and Ferguson playing behind Arnautovic. For Roma it was a 3-5-2 formation with Zvilar in

746
01:14:54,640 --> 01:14:59,520
goal and Abaklano, Czellik, Cristante and De Banias. Missori on the right, Zalevski on the left with

747
01:14:59,520 --> 01:15:05,040
Wijnaldum, Tahirovic and Kamara in the middle, Bellotti and Solbakken up front. Now that is

748
01:15:05,600 --> 01:15:12,320
a sad sight to look at. So many youngsters this is so Mourinho. You look at Missori, Kamara,

749
01:15:12,320 --> 01:15:18,400
Tahirovic, Zalevski, Solbakken like who are these guys? But at the end of the day these guys are

750
01:15:18,400 --> 01:15:24,880
resting players for the Europa League semi-final clash no? Yes but they're also riddled with

751
01:15:24,880 --> 01:15:29,440
injuries like De Baal and Patricia are being rested and small in Kumbula, Laurent, Tecarsdorp

752
01:15:29,440 --> 01:15:38,080
and El Shara we are all injured. So it's not an ideal situation for them at all. Solbakken

753
01:15:38,080 --> 01:15:44,000
had early penalty appeals for a Joaquin Sosa block using a high arm, referee said nothing doing.

754
01:15:44,800 --> 01:15:50,080
Skorupski made a sensational reaction save on Andrea Bellotti after Solbakken squared to the

755
01:15:50,080 --> 01:15:55,440
Italian who would have had his first Serie A goal for Roma, that was in the 23rd minute.

756
01:15:55,440 --> 01:16:00,240
Towards the end of the first half Zvilar was tested and Zalevski's free kick skimmed the far

757
01:16:00,240 --> 01:16:06,640
top corner. In the 56th minute Boves only skimmed his head to a Zalevski cross in the 6 yard box,

758
01:16:06,640 --> 01:16:11,920
bit more contact and it could have been a goal. In the 77th Tami Abraham just failed to latch on

759
01:16:11,920 --> 01:16:18,560
to an inspired Lorenzo Pellegrini's ball over the top. In the 80th a free kick to the back post found

760
01:16:18,560 --> 01:16:23,920
Gianluca Mancini who turned wide from a point blank range into a crowd of players and then in

761
01:16:23,920 --> 01:16:29,120
the 85th minute Xerguez volleyed onto the side netting from Cambiaso's cross at the far post.

762
01:16:29,120 --> 01:16:35,280
So I mean opportunities were there for both teams however with both teams riddled with injuries

763
01:16:35,280 --> 01:16:40,800
and both teams having so much respect for each other because they are both two powerhouses in

764
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:46,320
the league this year, it's fair enough that they both managed to get away with one point and didn't

765
01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:51,520
risk it all to try and get three against all odds. And in reality Roma will be the happier of the

766
01:16:51,520 --> 01:16:56,640
lot with the result when you look at the statistics and how the actual game went down.

767
01:16:58,160 --> 01:17:03,840
Bologna had 72% ball possession, they dominated the game, they looked like the bigger team over

768
01:17:03,840 --> 01:17:10,080
here, they also had way more shots than they did. They had 12 shots Bologna to Roma, seven,

769
01:17:10,080 --> 01:17:16,080
three shots on target to Roma's two shots on target. So at the end of the day the spoils were shared

770
01:17:16,080 --> 01:17:24,080
and Roma will probably be happier than Bologna here. Yeah I think so and also Roma, they have a

771
01:17:24,080 --> 01:17:30,480
tight fixture list at the minute so I think at this point as much as they would be dying for top

772
01:17:30,480 --> 01:17:37,680
four and it is in my opinion a failure of a season if Roma don't get top four especially after the

773
01:17:37,680 --> 01:17:42,880
well the investments they made, the players that they brought in, the coach they brought in,

774
01:17:44,880 --> 01:17:51,920
they won the conference league last year, now maybe this year they'll do something in the Europa

775
01:17:51,920 --> 01:17:56,640
league and they're in a position to do something over there but again the fact that they didn't

776
01:17:56,640 --> 01:18:01,680
manage to get top four I think that was their main goal for this season and them not getting it might

777
01:18:01,680 --> 01:18:08,640
make it a bit of a failure of a season. Yes and there are rumors of PSG looking at Mourinho,

778
01:18:09,600 --> 01:18:16,880
many say that Mourinho is still hoping for another stint at Real Madrid, we'll see if he does stay

779
01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:22,800
along. He said from the start that this was going to be a long-term project at Roma, yeah we'll see

780
01:18:22,800 --> 01:18:26,960
what happens. Yeah Mourinho just wants to settle down at this point, man he's had three seasons here

781
01:18:26,960 --> 01:18:32,080
and there for quite a while now you look at United, you look at Spurs, you look at these last, well he's

782
01:18:32,080 --> 01:18:39,120
had three years spent his entire career to be entirely fair. Most managers have. Yeah, yeah,

783
01:18:40,400 --> 01:18:46,800
Mourinho however has become notorious for a bit of a slater of managers in the game, a bit of a

784
01:18:46,800 --> 01:18:56,160
journeyman, but this essentially puts Roma in sixth on 59 points, just two behind Milan and six

785
01:18:56,160 --> 01:19:02,320
behind Lazio, there is technically still a lot to play for over there and Bologna in 11th on 47,

786
01:19:02,320 --> 01:19:07,200
just one point behind Torino, sorry two points behind Torino, Monza and Fiorentina.

787
01:19:07,760 --> 01:19:15,360
The next game we're going to be covering is Fiorentina to Udinese nil. Udinese have won

788
01:19:15,360 --> 01:19:21,360
three of their last four Serie A matches against Fiorentina. Fiorentina actually lost their most

789
01:19:21,360 --> 01:19:27,360
recent match against Udinese at the Franci Stadium. Udinese haven't scored in three of their last

790
01:19:27,360 --> 01:19:33,600
six matches against Fiorentina. Fiorentina have won their last three home matches in Serie A while

791
01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:40,880
Udinese have lost their last two away games in Serie A, so this was always going to be a juicy

792
01:19:40,880 --> 01:19:49,040
encounter. For Fiorentina it was their 4-2-3-1 formation with Cerafolini in goal, Biragi as

793
01:19:49,040 --> 01:19:54,560
the left back, Venuti as the right back, with Igor and Milenkovic as a centre back duo. Duncan and

794
01:19:54,560 --> 01:20:00,320
Castrovilli formed the midfield double pivot with Brecola as the left winger, Icon as the right

795
01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:07,760
winger and Barak playing behind Kwame. For Udinese it was a 3-5-1-1 formation with Silvestri in goal,

796
01:20:07,760 --> 01:20:13,920
Rodrigo, Bacau, Bijole and Perez at the back, Bossele as the right winger, Ziegler as the left

797
01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:19,360
winger, Lovric, Wallace and Pereira were in the middle with Samardzic playing off the shoulders of

798
01:20:19,360 --> 01:20:26,960
Nesterovski. Now in the sixth minute Duncan smacked the post from a long way out,

799
01:20:26,960 --> 01:20:33,680
this led to Gaetano Castrovilli scoring from six yards after an accidental assist from a knockdown

800
01:20:33,680 --> 01:20:40,000
by Rodrigo Bacau. The scoring was opened nice and early on. Antonin Barak found the net shortly

801
01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:45,600
after but the goal was disallowed for Icona being in a tight offside position and in the 34th minute

802
01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:51,520
Josip Brecola hit the post of an open goal after drawing out the goalkeeper on a counter-attack,

803
01:20:51,520 --> 01:20:58,080
so close to getting his first goal for Fiorentina. In the 78th minute Dinezes Vivaldo Semedo rattled

804
01:20:58,080 --> 01:21:03,120
the woodwork with a looping header just a minute after coming on as a substitute and then the 90th

805
01:21:03,120 --> 01:21:09,760
minute Giacomo Bonaventura rolled back the ears as he cut inside the defender and fired into the

806
01:21:09,760 --> 01:21:16,880
near bottom corner from 15 yards to secure the victory for Fiorentina. In the 96th minute as

807
01:21:16,880 --> 01:21:21,840
well actually there was one more moment of rear tension erupted after the final whistle.

808
01:21:22,480 --> 01:21:29,840
There was a fight between Rodrigo Bacau and Giacomo Bonaventura and Bacau was fined 10,000 euros

809
01:21:29,840 --> 01:21:35,600
for this and Bonaventura 5,000 euros allegedly. Yeah and they both obviously got sent off after

810
01:21:35,600 --> 01:21:40,960
the final whistle so they'll be missing the missing their next game as well but what a goal that was

811
01:21:40,960 --> 01:21:46,640
by Bonaventura another contender. Another contender it's true. Yeah but how much better are Fiorentina

812
01:21:46,640 --> 01:21:53,040
than Odinese? It's crazy that they're both fighting for the same position essentially. It's true and

813
01:21:53,040 --> 01:21:57,600
in reality it's not like Fiorentina had more to play for than Odinese they're pretty much in the

814
01:21:57,600 --> 01:22:03,760
exact same situation but Fiorentina are much better they have a very good team and as so

815
01:22:04,320 --> 01:22:09,680
Cocholi said at the end of the game Fiorentina with me will never have any financial problems.

816
01:22:10,240 --> 01:22:14,800
Kind of the kind of thing you wish you could tell your girl no? With me you're all right you know.

817
01:22:14,800 --> 01:22:21,360
A little bit man. Who's to say I don't say it already. Hey hey. With me you're all right.

818
01:22:21,360 --> 01:22:29,280
My god I got chills. No Fiorentina are up an eighth with 49 points while Odinese are in 12th with 46 points.

819
01:22:30,080 --> 01:22:36,240
The next game we're going to be covering is Verona nil Torino 1. Was that was that your last game

820
01:22:36,240 --> 01:22:40,960
no it was your one before the last right? This was my penultimate game. Okay so the next game

821
01:22:40,960 --> 01:22:46,000
we're going to be covering is Verona nil Torino 1. The previous encounter was a 1-1 draw between

822
01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:51,040
both sides. The pressure was back on Hellas after Spezia beat Milan pushing them back into the

823
01:22:51,040 --> 01:22:56,800
bottom three. Hrustich, Onri and Lazania were on the treatment table while Toro missed Mirancuk and

824
01:22:56,800 --> 01:23:03,280
Nemanja Rodonjic on Ivan Juric's return to the Bente Gaudi. Schürs was only fit for the bench as

825
01:23:03,280 --> 01:23:08,960
well. Hellas Verona have drawn more matches against Torino than any other side in Serie A.

826
01:23:09,920 --> 01:23:14,640
So Verona lined up in their 3-4-1 formation with Monte Pogol on the back line of Davidovic,

827
01:23:14,640 --> 01:23:19,840
Hien and Mannyani. Lazovic on the left, Veroni on the right and Abdelgaard and Tameze in the middle.

828
01:23:19,840 --> 01:23:27,440
Vardy and Ngonj played behind Juric. For Torino it was also a 3-4-1 formation with Vania and Gaudi

829
01:23:27,440 --> 01:23:32,080
on the back line of Gigi Bonjor and Andrade Rodriguez. Cinco out on the right, Voivode out

830
01:23:32,080 --> 01:23:37,600
on the left and Ricci and Illic in the double pivot with Vlasic and Caramo playing behind San

831
01:23:37,600 --> 01:23:46,720
Abreu. A lot of itches trying to get me bro. Trying to get that lisp out. So in the 25th minute

832
01:23:46,720 --> 01:23:52,800
Mannyani was forced off the field due to an injury and in the 30th minute goal. Torino took the lead

833
01:23:52,800 --> 01:23:57,680
as Nicola Vlasic unleashed a powerful left footed shot into the top corner from just outside the

834
01:23:57,680 --> 01:24:04,720
penalty area. Fantastic goal, the only goal in the game and wow Vlasic is on his day. Vlasic is

835
01:24:05,520 --> 01:24:10,320
a top top top player. His first season in Serie A has been a very good one for 25 years old.

836
01:24:10,320 --> 01:24:15,680
Literally man. In the 48th minute still in the first half San Abreu missed a huge chance,

837
01:24:15,680 --> 01:24:20,400
some might even call it a sitter to double Torino's lead sending the ball into the stands.

838
01:24:20,400 --> 01:24:24,720
In the 56th minute Verona missed a golden opportunity to equalise with Cinco making

839
01:24:24,720 --> 01:24:29,360
a crucial tackle on Ngonj and Darko Lazovic hitting the rebound into the side of the post.

840
01:24:30,000 --> 01:24:35,040
In the 60th minute Andrade Duda was forced off the field with a suspected tie strain,

841
01:24:35,040 --> 01:24:39,600
he was only on the pitch for about 15 minutes after coming on shortly after the break.

842
01:24:39,600 --> 01:24:44,880
In the 75th minute Torino wasted three big chances to kill the game off with Ricci's

843
01:24:44,880 --> 01:24:50,160
finish flashing just wide and Cinco having one shot saved and another miss hit over the bar.

844
01:24:50,800 --> 01:24:55,920
Verona would have hoped for more but Torino are such a tough side to play against for everyone

845
01:24:55,920 --> 01:25:01,920
in the league and they managed to get it done here by scoring early and having more opportunities

846
01:25:01,920 --> 01:25:06,320
to kill the game off and just not managing. I believe they were in full control of this game

847
01:25:06,320 --> 01:25:13,840
throughout. Verona will be particularly upset after seeing that Spezia manage a 2-0 victory over Milan.

848
01:25:13,840 --> 01:25:18,800
Yeah absolutely man they'll be shocked as well to see that.

849
01:25:20,560 --> 01:25:21,680
As were we bro.

850
01:25:21,680 --> 01:25:26,480
Yeah yeah and as a result of that they do fall to 18th place on 30 points.

851
01:25:26,480 --> 01:25:33,120
Torino on the other hand exactly where they typically are 10th place on 49 points.

852
01:25:34,960 --> 01:25:38,800
The last game we're going to be covering was actually a surprising game in my opinion.

853
01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:45,600
In Sampdoria one, Empoli one. Granted Sampdoria nowadays are playing without pressure right

854
01:25:46,880 --> 01:25:51,920
so in reality when you don't have any pressure you can play more chill, you can play more composed,

855
01:25:51,920 --> 01:25:56,160
you know you don't really worry about anything like you're gone already. That's why I'm worried

856
01:25:56,160 --> 01:26:01,280
about the Milan game against Sampdoria. Yeah yeah so am I and I don't think Empoli have much to play

857
01:26:01,280 --> 01:26:07,600
for as well after survival was confirmed for them I think yeah. But it hasn't been no they looked

858
01:26:07,600 --> 01:26:11,840
ecstatic when they got the last minute equalizer over here they look really happy. I don't think

859
01:26:11,840 --> 01:26:17,360
mathematically they were safe or they are safe so mathematically. But anyway Sampdoria and Empoli

860
01:26:17,360 --> 01:26:22,720
haven't drawn any of their last five say matches with three wins for Sampdoria and two wins for

861
01:26:22,720 --> 01:26:30,240
Empoli. This actually changed now. Empoli struggle to score against Sampdoria finding the net in 56

862
01:26:30,240 --> 01:26:36,160
of their 27 meetings only Juve have been shut out in a higher percentage of the matches in 63%.

863
01:26:36,160 --> 01:26:47,040
17-27. Yeah I'll just get into the lineups to be honest. Sampdoria lined up the 3-4-1-2 with

864
01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:51,840
Ravalje and goal. Amiouane and Nuiteng and Gunther at the back without Jello on the left Zanoli on

865
01:26:51,840 --> 01:26:56,560
the right. Winks and Rincon in the middle with Juric which has a three-quarter start. Collier

866
01:26:56,560 --> 01:27:03,840
up front with Gabiadini. Pretty much the same team as always. That disappointing team. These

867
01:27:03,840 --> 01:27:09,360
are the disappointments of the season these guys that we've just mentioned. Empoli had Vicario and

868
01:27:09,360 --> 01:27:13,600
goal. Nice to see him back of course. Ebuyehi has the right back. Parisi has the left back. Luperto

869
01:27:13,600 --> 01:27:19,760
and Waloukovic as the centre back duo with Grassi and Marin as a double pivot with Baldanzi out on

870
01:27:19,760 --> 01:27:25,680
the right this time with Kambiaghi out on the left. Henderson as a treco artista and Caputo up front.

871
01:27:25,680 --> 01:27:33,280
I've just confirmed that this one point that they got put them onto nine points clear of

872
01:27:33,280 --> 01:27:41,280
Verona and Spezia and there are three games left to play. So they're safe unless they come draw

873
01:27:41,280 --> 01:27:46,720
in 18th with a team who has a better head-to-head. Exactly. So I think they're safe though.

874
01:27:46,720 --> 01:27:51,520
Exactly. You should be fine. In the 13th minute Gabiadini had a massive miss. It was pretty much

875
01:27:51,520 --> 01:27:56,160
an open goal and he skied it. In the 34th minute Zanoli scored for some day. I think with them the

876
01:27:56,160 --> 01:28:01,600
one lead Fabio Collier along made the determined run on the left wing and delivered a well-placed

877
01:28:01,600 --> 01:28:07,200
cross into the crowded Empoli penalty area. Zanoli positioned himself perfectly and struck the ball

878
01:28:07,200 --> 01:28:13,440
past the goalkeeper Vicario finding the back of the net. In the 93rd minute Piccoli got his first

879
01:28:13,440 --> 01:28:19,520
goal for Empoli in the 93rd minute. This was his first goal in almost two years as the match

880
01:28:19,520 --> 01:28:26,480
approached its final moments. Empoli intensified the efforts to find the goal. In the dying minutes,

881
01:28:26,480 --> 01:28:31,360
a bouncing ball inside the Sampdoria penalty area fell to Piccoli who reacted quickly and poked the

882
01:28:31,360 --> 01:28:37,360
ball past the Sampdoria goalkeeper to level the score. Now my only talking point from this game

883
01:28:37,360 --> 01:28:44,480
bro, Kambiagi is so good. He's really come to life in the last part of the season. It's so nice to

884
01:28:44,480 --> 01:28:54,560
see that this Zanetti team is gelling and everyone seems to know what to do. Their touches have been

885
01:28:54,560 --> 01:28:58,880
fucking super bro like the one touch movement like you know in the middle. There's always something

886
01:28:58,880 --> 01:29:02,560
missing with Empoli and there probably will always be something missing because big teams will eat

887
01:29:02,560 --> 01:29:07,280
away at their resources at their strongest points as we've discussed before. But you look at

888
01:29:07,280 --> 01:29:11,360
Baldanzi and Kaputo and Kambiagi they have a really nice understanding not to mention Marjane and

889
01:29:11,360 --> 01:29:15,440
Grassi have actually been very good in support behind them and a reliable dependable defense

890
01:29:15,440 --> 01:29:20,640
and a great goalkeeper that is Empoli for you and they are safe. We'll see them again next year.

891
01:29:20,640 --> 01:29:28,080
Sampdoria we won't be seeing. No and then we'll be seeing their city rivals Genoa up back. So

892
01:29:28,080 --> 01:29:35,440
very very bitter to be a if you are a Sampdoria fan. Like you said Sampdoria look quite good when

893
01:29:35,440 --> 01:29:44,800
they're not playing with pressure. It is also that classic too little too late. So I think

894
01:29:45,600 --> 01:29:51,920
we have tried our best to kind of get on that Sampdoria train after they brought on Dejan Stankovic

895
01:29:51,920 --> 01:29:56,000
saying they're looking better here, they're looking better here, they're looking better here.

896
01:29:56,000 --> 01:30:03,760
But the fact of the matter is and this goes to show their problem is getting three points.

897
01:30:03,760 --> 01:30:08,240
Their problem has always been this season getting three points. They were leading the game for so

898
01:30:08,240 --> 01:30:14,720
long and then the 93rd minute slipping up and conceding to a to a piccoli goal. Very disappointing

899
01:30:14,720 --> 01:30:21,920
once again for Sampdoria. We can say they looked better because they were more in the game but yeah

900
01:30:21,920 --> 01:30:26,320
very disappointing for them not to get away with the victory over half their leading for so long.

901
01:30:28,560 --> 01:30:33,440
But honestly good riddance. Poor project you should get punished for it. Lack of investment

902
01:30:33,440 --> 01:30:39,520
you should get punished for it. Yeah poor decisions, a fucking bastard as their owner as well.

903
01:30:39,520 --> 01:30:43,520
And Genoa coming up are the complete opposite right now. New owners, fresh faced you know.

904
01:30:44,320 --> 01:30:49,040
Good project, young manager, decent pieces in their team you know Massimo Coda,

905
01:30:49,040 --> 01:30:53,440
Ramo guys who've done it before, Bonnie as a center back. It's all good for them.

906
01:30:54,400 --> 01:30:58,880
So yeah Dr. Jaffla and Mr. Hyde over there. Exactly, exactly. Nian and Yang.

907
01:30:59,520 --> 01:31:03,600
Where are they in the table brother? So Sampdoria are dead last with 18 points

908
01:31:04,240 --> 01:31:11,040
while Empoli are up in 14th with 39 points. I personally am just looking forward to next

909
01:31:11,040 --> 01:31:16,960
season at this point so obviously. No the ending is going to be massive. Edge of the seat stuff,

910
01:31:16,960 --> 01:31:26,640
edge of the seat stuff for this season. But like you said teams like Sampdoria have had this really

911
01:31:26,640 --> 01:31:33,200
dead weight about them this season. Cremonesa for the most part as well. And then on the other hand

912
01:31:33,200 --> 01:31:39,920
as a Milan fan seeing that slip up from January onwards after the World Cup I just, I'm really,

913
01:31:39,920 --> 01:31:45,600
really, really looking forward to next season at this point. Both from a good riddance to this

914
01:31:45,600 --> 01:31:50,800
season from a Milan fan perspective and then because there's so much to look forward to next

915
01:31:50,800 --> 01:31:56,000
season as well man. Yeah totally. What I personally can't stand is that period of time where there's

916
01:31:56,000 --> 01:32:00,320
no football on and we were just listening to transfer rumors and everyone's opinions and you

917
01:32:00,320 --> 01:32:08,560
know I hate that personally. What I am excited for right now is Sunday 12 30 lecture specia.

918
01:32:08,560 --> 01:32:11,760
Honestly if you're going to watch one game this weekend make sure it's that one. Yes.

919
01:32:11,760 --> 01:32:15,680
Oh that's gonna be massive. It's gonna be so good. That's gonna be incredible.

920
01:32:15,680 --> 01:32:19,360
And if you're anywhere in the area you should get tickets. Yeah why not. 100%.

921
01:32:20,240 --> 01:32:27,040
Before we conclude we have a question from our boy Dennis with a legend, absolute legend. Yeah

922
01:32:27,040 --> 01:32:33,360
I love talking to you Dennis. We love talking to Dennis. He's got a question he asked outside

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the Serie A so from the top five leagues. Do you guys have a favorite team in each league that you

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have a soft spot for? I would say so. I think so. So let's go through the top five leagues. Obviously

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Italy is Milan for both of us. Yes. Ursal and Etan for me the soft spot at the moment.

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The soft spot in Italy for me would be Empoli I think. Germany. Germany Dortmund. Same

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Dortmund is a fandom. Yeah 100%. Anything else in Germany anyone else you have a soft spot for?

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No not really. France. In France I like what that young gentleman is doing man. He used to

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he manages a team in France and his only previous experience was playing football manager.

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Rems I believe he's managing. So I have a massive soft spot for them. Let me just get all of my

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facts straight before I will still is his name. He's the Rems manager and he's notorious he's

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famous for his only previous experience being playing football manager and he's absolutely

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nailing it now. So Rems at the moment would be my favorite team in France definitely.

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Yeah for me in France it has to be Marseille. Marseille because of the fan base. Oh the fan base. I

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love a rough fan base and I love the fact that they're the underdogs you know they're rivals

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the PSG who are obviously the titans in the league so I love to watch and they have Dimitri

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Payet as well. Yeah yeah yeah. England. In England I really really love watching City.

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Their brand of football is amazing and Guardiola is just a genius and the way he always shakes

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things up from season to season is admirable. As a club I really root for Liverpool however.

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Really? Yes. I like Nottingham Forest dude. Oh yeah no no I have to change my answer I'm sorry

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it's definitely not. Our dads are Nottingham Forest fan. Yeah that's the thing. And Arsenal as well I

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like I like Arsenal. Yeah. I like Arsenal a lot. I like their especially what they're doing. Their style of football

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the whole Wenger philosophy and all that and even with their coach now Arteta they're doing very well.

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It's a shame that they couldn't run away with the league. City are just the the Premier League's in

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danger of becoming one of those one-sided leagues now with this whole city dominance they look

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incredible. Yeah agreed. We're missing one league bro Spain. Real Madrid. Atletico Madrid.

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Love it. Fair enough. Love Simeone, love the balls dude, love the fucking grit that that team has love them.

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Yeah for me it's Real. I grew up as a Real Madrid fan initially before I saw the light.

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One thing that that made me fall out of love with Real is the way that they're operated as

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a football club. Florentino Pérez pushing for the Super League having tight

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relationships with the King of Spain. They're the King's club and everything gets handed to them on

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a silver platter. Dubious calls constantly in the Champions League when they won three in a row.

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There was a particular game against Bayern Munich that was shambolic refereeing. So now you support

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Milan who have never had any political affiliation whatsoever right? Silvio. I also like Betis by the way.

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Yeah I love I love Betis. I like the way they move the ball around. I love their footballing philosophy.

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But about Real I think you have to love them from a brand perspective the whole Galacticos

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thing that they they rule Europe even though they're losing three nil to City as we speak.

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But yeah I think I think we've given good answers over there. Yeah thank you. Dennis has he mentioned

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a team that have an incredible history in Spain. Osasuna. Osasuna are a cool team. Yeah they're a

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hidden gem. He suggested reading up on them. So everyone read up on Osasuna and prove yourself.

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Exactly and we'll do the same. Thank you very much for listening guys. We have been your hosts

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Jake and Matt. I said it for you. Thank you. We've been Seiya Spotlight. Thank you very much.

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