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Welcome back to another episode of Serie A Spotlight, this is season 2 episode 39 and

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we are hosts Matt and Jake here to bring you guys all the happenings of matchday 36 along

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with a bunch of news that has just come out this week.

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Oh yes, what an action packed episode we have bro, can I just make the point that I can't

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wait until we move away from this whole season 2 episode  by the way, I can't wait to go

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back to just chunks you know, we are on currently episode 78, doesn't that sound way better?

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It does sound nicer.

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I think after the season we should go back to the solid number.

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Yeah and I hate the point colon, you know what I mean 2.38 colon sec what the hell are

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we trying to do, it's like an algebra fucking formula.

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But yeah in theory this is episode 79 bro wow.

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Yeah 79 huh?

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It's been fun, I don't know why I'm acting like one of us is leaving.

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Let's jump into this week's action brother.

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Our goal of the week, well we had two goals of the week as you guys heard from the intro

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over there, we had Candreva's goal, just a bizarre goal the way that he scored that long

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ball over the top by Coulibaly, he fucking ran to the ball inside the box, extended his

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leg rose in the air and with the outstep of his foot guided the ball on his first touch

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into the top corner leaving the keeper rooted to the spot.

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He channeled his inner Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

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Literally it was fucking stunning and then Anguissa just acting like a prime Dele Alli,

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flicking the ball up with his left, hitting the volley on his right with his back towards

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goal, smashing the ball into the back of the net, Onana got a good hand to it but nothing

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he can do to keep that out.

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Beautiful technique bro but from the celebration everyone's probably wondering who the fuck

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are Patricia, Noah and Leo.

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Patricia, Noah and Leo?

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Yeah, you know he had the cost, the bandage on his hand, he showed it to the camera and

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there were those three names on it.

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Patricia, Noah and Leo.

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Interesting, okay have your say guys, let us know who you think Patricia, Noah and Leo

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are.

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Some honorable mentions for the goal of the week as well.

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There are so many where do we even begin Zappa Costa had a screamer, Poylund had a good goal,

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Orsalini dribbled the goalkeeper, managed to get a good one.

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There was Dilorenzo as well, stunning goal against Inter, so many were really blessed

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this week.

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Every goal was incredible almost.

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Some things that happened this week bro, so first of all we have three Italian teams in

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finals this season, so an incredible season for Italian football of course, there's Inter

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against Manchester City in the Champions League final, there's Roma against Sevilla in the

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Europa League final, that's Mourinho's sixth final, he's never lost one.

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Madonna man, Sevilla have quite a record themselves in the Europa League.

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It's their competition, it's their tournament.

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They won three in a row, no mistake at some point, fucking crazy man.

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And Fiorentina West Ham in the conference league, that's going to be a crazy good game

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as well I can guarantee because both teams were elated because they've both had disappointing

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seasons domestically so this is their chance to actually win some silverware.

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Even though tomorrow there's the Coppa Italia final with Inter and Fiorentina, and Fiorentina

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have some chance, they could win the double.

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They could win the double, yeah, there you go, that's area for you man.

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We would like to bid farewell to Cremonaese who we recently expressed our deep love for.

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They have been relegated around 24 points, Spezian 17th around 31, which means that they

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need a point that is unattainable.

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Exactly, this came after their 5-1 loss to Bologna last weekend.

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They had quite a tough time in Serie A and to wrap things up in a game that was detrimental

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for them, they faced one of the sides that was most informed while Spezia faced Lecce

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which made it much easier for them.

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And they played out the draw.

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Exactly, pretty much.

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Thank you for coming Cremonaese, I hope to see you again soon even though I don't think

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they'll be in Serie A anytime soon in the near future, Serie A bears becoming very competitive

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but there are many good teams down there.

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And very young progressive managers coming through the ranks as well.

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Some news on Napoli, they won the league, they celebrated but now they've decided that

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everyone's going to abandon the ship.

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Spalletti is leaving most likely, he had a disagreement with De Laurentiis.

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Many people have disagreements with De Laurentiis, I think he's a very difficult person to work

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with and to prove that, so is their sporting director leaving.

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Guintoli, he's probably joining Juve as they have a verbal agreement.

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Who's next, perhaps it's Ozyman?

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It's either Gavaro or Ozyman if we're talking about big players that would be on their way

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out.

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I don't see anyone else really abandoning ship, especially after a lot of debutantes

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with Napoli won a league already, got to the quarterfinals of a Champions League as well,

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which okay doesn't sound that grandiose when you look at the amount of Italian teams that

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had success in Europe but massive achievement for Napoli.

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Nice little project man.

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It is a nice little project but when it comes to personnel on the pitch because of course

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everyone behind the scenes is jumping ship.

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Now the problem I see over here with Napoli is that many of their guys are on 2 or 3 million

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euros a year.

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Teams around the world will be looking at the likes of Anguissa, Lobotka, Kim, they

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can offer these guys way more so they have to be careful.

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They can't let everyone leave.

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Especially now that their sporting director is going to change.

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We don't know who the next one is.

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A sporting director that has gotten them a lot of coupes and a lot of good deals here

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and there so no wonder Juve were interested in him.

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Speaking of Juve bro, they have been docked 10 points.

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Fuck it we said it, let's cut to the chase.

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Juve have been docked 10 points for their capital gains case.

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Now bro what do you make of this?

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They had the opportunity in reality to remain in the run for the Champions League qualification

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top 4 positions but they took it terribly.

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The news broke out by the way Italy is hilarious.

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It's a disaster.

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Hilarious.

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A disaster.

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Fucking 10 minutes before kickoff the news comes out.

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Like what are you joking?

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The broadcast was interrupted like to announce that by the way this game.

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Juve have been top 10 points.

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Literally.

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Shambolic man.

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Yeah they had the opportunity if they beat Empoli they'd still be in that Champions League

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fight because there'd be two points in the case that they had beaten Empoli they would

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have been two points behind Milan and had a direct encounter with them this match day.

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So yeah we couldn't have come at a worse time for Juve and do you feel there's a bit of

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a witch hunt against them right now?

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Maybe a witch hunt is a bit of a strong term because in all honesty if you look at the

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facts there was dodgy behavior by Juve for many years which is why this is considered

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a capital gains scandal and there should be an investigation on it by all means but I

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think with the way it was handled when it came to handing them the punishment was just

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from an outside perspective because again I don't understand this shit too much it just

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seemed extremely disorganized.

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How can you initially hand a 15 point penalty to someone halfway through the season?

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That already seemed a little bit odd but then there was the investigation and after the

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sorry the appeal and after the appeal they're like okay so let's give them back the 15 points

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for the time being and then three match days before the last game sorry three matches before

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the season ends you hand them a minus 10.

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It doesn't make any sense.

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It's weird.

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Mourinho expressed his disagreement with this as well he basically said that it's ridiculous

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that throughout the season you don't know where you stand.

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Exactly.

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The table is constantly changing because of these off the field issues like sorry sort

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this out after the season ends you know exactly just let them play it out normally and then

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sort it out.

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Exactly.

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This is weird because at the end of the day if you give Juve the points back the points

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lost against Monza and Empoli were literally due to the decisions.

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And you look at for example Roma who put all their eggs in the Europa League basket in

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the hopes that they win it in order to get Europe next year because there's Juve and

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Milan above them and they couldn't close that gap because it was out of their hands so they

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put all the eggs in that basket.

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Had they focused more on and had they not jeopardized their squad too much to focus

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on the Europa League they would have had more success in Italy probably for a fact.

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Jeopardize is a crazy word.

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Rotate would have been fine.

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But that was an entertaining game to watch Juve against Empoli of course particularly

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Vlaav which had a bit of a shocker this game and then Empoli's Henderson mocked him mid-game

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and you can literally see him saying oh 80 million wow straight to his face.

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And in the post match interview Zanetti, the Empoli manager said that he was worried that

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his players would get destroyed today because they've all been celebrating their survival

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and he was worried that it would all be hungover.

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Little did he know they were going to go and put four past Juve.

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Literally I thought Juve would come out all guns blazing.

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Same I thought that news.

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But I understand it a bit more now that I've sat with it and thought about it a bit longer.

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Why would they have a fire in their stomach?

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If it were me as a player at Juventus, fuck if it were me, Vlaavic, Di Maria, Chiesa,

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Miretti, Fagioli, all these guys at this point in time are thinking fuck Juve.

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Basically because it is the people behind the scenes that are putting them through this.

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It's initially the fault of Juve that the players are going through what they're going

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through now.

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Why the hell would you want to stay at a club like that?

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That's totally true bro.

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That's like all the ministers at the Labour Party towards the end of their reign.

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So Mers Mjerou ended his gold drought by bagging a hat-trick.

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That's an interesting talking point.

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We'll be getting more into that later on but it's good to see him back in action.

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This is an interesting one bro.

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Adult subscription site My.club have offered Inter 80 million to put themselves on their

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kits for the Champions League final.

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My.club vice president Mike Ford said, here at My.club we're all about penetrating new

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verticals.

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Much how Inter players squeeze their balls into tight spaces in the box and score, we're

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looking to the other side.

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No way.

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I say they should do it bro.

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They've got financial issues, they don't have a sponsor right now because the crypto market

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crashed and they couldn't basically pay them.

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It's like they sold Lukaku all over again.

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Let's make another 80 million.

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Your team looks cheap as fuck in the final.

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My.club it's not even obvious.

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That's true.

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It's not like you have Brazzers or Pornhub.

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I was wondering the opportunities because obviously it's big news at the moment because

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for advertisers what they're seeing right now is a team entering one of the largest

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stages in sports for the year and seeing a blank billboard, 11 blank billboards.

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So a company would be willing to spend that amount of money to get that opportunity, a

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one-time payment.

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Yeah, why not bro, it makes perfect sense for both parties over there.

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Just wish it were blacked bro.

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You know that would be a hilarious sponsor.

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It would be so funny.

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We're leaving Seria for a second.

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Deserbi takes Brighton to a historic European, European Madonna.

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European.

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European.

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Deserbi takes Brighton to a historic European qualification.

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Yeah.

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Amazing manager.

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We of course were obsessed with him and he was with the Swallow who covered their team

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in quite a lot of detail last season.

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It's good to see that he's found success in the Premier League and let's hope that he

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keeps winning.

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Absolutely.

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I've seen a lot of people say that obviously it's because of the work that Potter put in.

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I'm not saying that didn't help but a change up in management typically sends a team spiralling

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and Deserbi did a good job maintaining whatever form they had playing to their system and

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getting the best out of these players.

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So shout out to Deserbi.

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Definitely bro.

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That's it for my rundown.

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Our betting segment.

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Oh yes.

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We placed a bet that Inter would win or draw against Napoli.

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It was a bit of a selfish bet.

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Look, we know we often don't win our bets.

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In fact, we're betting less and we're just doing it for the segment but we thought might

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as well make top four a bit more interesting.

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No?

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If we bet on Inter win or draw, they'll definitely lose.

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Yeah, we're being a bit selfish at the moment guys.

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We're controlling the league.

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We're manipulating the league guys.

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Also, we're violating Article 4 right now.

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Exactly.

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That's it.

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Like so, you're Paratici and I'm Anielli.

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Exactly.

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There we go.

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Wax your eyebrows, bro.

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So last season we did the prediction series which I enjoyed a bit more than the betting

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segment.

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Yes.

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I think the betting segment could have been handled a bit better in many ways by us.

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I think maybe we put some more thought into it.

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We could have made it a bit more entertaining.

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We could have made some rules and made it a bit more exciting because at this point

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What do you guys think?

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Do you prefer the prediction series?

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Last year it got very tight towards the end.

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It was exciting.

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Do you enjoy seeing us suffer with the betting segment?

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Or if you have any additional ideas, Jake and I already have a few in mind, but if you

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have any ideas, any suggestions, feel free to send them our way and we'll implement them.

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One of our ideas is literally next season, 10 euro budget each period, nothing else.

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And we compete every week.

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Merging the prediction series and the betting segment.

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So who finishes the season with the highest amount of money wins.

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And that's a fun one.

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I won bet a week and that's great.

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Our Patreon, bro.

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Yes, so we're happy to announce that we have opened our Patreon account.

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We mentioned it last week and it has since been implemented and we've already got a few

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patrons in who obviously we are very, very grateful for and we hope to have some more

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We've got Ed and Alan.

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Shout out to Ed and Alan by the way.

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Our patrons so far guys.

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We love you.

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Thank you very much for supporting our content.

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From the bottom of our heart, we put a lot of work into this and it's nice to see you

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On our Patreon, what we'll be doing basically to make this worthwhile for you guys is we'll

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So be it during recording sessions, watching Serie A in our living room or even if we're

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out and about in Italy watching Serie A, we'll make sure to give you guys some content of

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that and some behind the scenes.

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Like in two weeks time, I'm going to go watch Milan's last game of the season, touch wood.

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That's the plan.

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Milan against Verona, the Sun Zero and I might just shoot a bunch of content over there and

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show it to the patrons.

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So that might be quite cool.

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We'll be doing a Serie A spotlight question segment as well.

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This will be a segment at the end of each weekly episode dedicated to our patrons.

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So our patrons will send us questions.

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We'll give them a shout out at the end of each podcast, at the end of each episode rather

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and we'll answer their questions accordingly so we can engage a little bit over there.

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And the third one and the one that I'm most excited for is going to be so cool is FIFA

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content.

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So ever since Drake and I were like five and three years old, all we do is play FIFA against

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each other.

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That's our thing.

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Like when we hang out, we just play FIFA.

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Yeah.

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And we play like Palermo Genoa.

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Literally.

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We're always choosing these obscure Italian teams with the same stars.

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Now be it in Serie A, be it in Serie A, we're typically three and a half stars or less because

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we're fucking.

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Welcome to this year's edition of the Champions League final.

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We've got Askeley against Palermo.

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And we just want to show you guys some of it.

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We're becoming streamers.

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Yeah, we're literally becoming streamers.

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It's highly competitive.

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You guys will choose your favorites.

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You let us know who you think.

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And maybe you can bet on us.

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Who knows?

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Who knows?

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Maybe we'll just merge everything together.

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Yeah, well, if you guys want to be a part of this extravaganza, help us grow our platform

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and in return get some cool content over there, we'll highly appreciate it.

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It's the price of four McNuggets a month.

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So it's 3.99.

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Thank you Ed for coming up with that analogy, but hopefully we'll see a couple more patrons

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on board and hopefully we could build a very good relationship with you guys.

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Yes, bro.

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Now enough of the chit chat.

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Let's get down to it, bro.

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Let's get down to it.

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So obviously the first game we're going to be covering this episode is Napoli 3-1.

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Napoli are the champions.

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Inter are the champions league final.

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They go head to head.

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Bam.

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The champions prevail.

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Milan 5-1 Sampdoria.

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It was a great opportunity for Milan to get some form before their game against Juve coming

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up this weekend.

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And they did exactly that.

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Giroud Hatric, Milan 5-1 Sampdoria.

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Udinese nil Lazio 1.

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Lazio doing absolutely everything they can to remain within that top four.

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Little favor here now with Juve being docked points so they're a little bit safer.

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Now speaking of Juve, 20 minutes after they were docked the 10 points, they were fielded

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to play against Empoli.

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Demoralized.

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Clearly they lost the game 4-1, but what a performance by Empoli.

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Roma 2.

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Salernitana 2.

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A highly, highly competitive game over here.

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Some lovely football, two very, very different, stylistically different teams going head to

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head.

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And yeah, it resulted in what I thought was quite a masterclass this week.

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Atalanta 3.

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Hellas Verona 1.

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Verona remaining within that bottom three remit.

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Torino 1.

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Fiorentina 1.

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A very, very even game over there.

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Sassuolo 1.

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Monza 2.

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This team just keep looking better and better and better.

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Monza.

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Cromanese 1.

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Bologna 5.

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The Orsolini show before he got sent off and let Cennil Spezianil in a mad relegation six

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pointer.

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Bravo bro.

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The first game is yours after all that.

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Yes.

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Let me have a sip of whatever it is that I'm drinking.

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Little bit of that fancy Cristal am I right?

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Oh bro you disgust me.

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We need a drink sponsor guys.

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I wonder how many of our listeners is tuned out.

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Bro that's gonna get us sponsors.

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You'll see we need a drink sponsor.

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We're always drinking.

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I'm sure right now the last thing the fans want is like more sponsors.

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More sponsors.

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You shouted out our Patreon.

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Come on.

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You ain't the same guys.

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The fame is getting to you.

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Napoli 3.

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Inter 1.

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The previous encounter was Napoli's first loss of the season right after the World Cup.

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It was Inter 1, Napoli nil.

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Now Chucky Lozano, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Milan Skriniar were sidelined with injuries.

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Carboni was also unavailable as he was participating in the U20 World Cup.

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Inter also rotated their squad quite significantly between a Champions League semi-final win over

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Milan and an upcoming Coppa Italia final against Fiorentina.

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Napoli lined up in their 4-3-3 formation with Alex Marettengold and a backline of Olivera,

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Minjay, Rachmani and Di Lorenzo, Lazielinsky, Lobotka and Anguissa in the midfield, with

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Gvarackelija and Elmas playing wide of Viktor Ossimen.

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For Inter it was their 3-5-2 formation with Onana in goal and a backline of D'Ambrosio,

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Devri and Bastoni.

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Bellanova played out on the right and Robin Gossens played out on the left with a midfield

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three of Barella, Aslani and Gagliardini.

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The strikers in this case were Correa and Lukaku.

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Now in the 41st minute Roberto Gagliardini received his marching orders after a second

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yellow card for a sliding challenge on Anguissa, reducing Inter to 10 men.

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Gagliardini is on his way out of Inter at the end of the season and he gave them a little

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something to remember him by in this game.

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He left a bad taste in everyone's mouth over there and it's not like he was a fan favourite.

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At one point he had kind of that crunish reputation where he was dependable and deployable when

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you needed him but towards the end people viewed him as deadweight and this will tarnish

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his reputation for Inter.

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And being 0-0 and then going a man under in the 41st minute Napoli smelt blood.

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66th minute Napoli took the lead through a stunner by Zambo Anguissa, one of our goals

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of the week.

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He flicked the ball up with his left and fired a ball into the back of the net on the turn

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with his right, Onanag did manage to get a hand to it but the strike was far too powerful.

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It's funny he tried it before in the game as well and he hit the side netting.

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In the 77th minute Denzel Dumfries had his header cleared off the line by Rahmani.

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On the resulting counter attack Napoli had the ball in the back of the net as Simeone

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tapped Nakvara across but Zielinski's efforts to regain the ball after tripping in the counter

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attack was deemed a foul by the ref.

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Very strange he was running with the ball, the ball went kind of loose and was going

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to the Inter defender and he slid in to well he fell into the part of the Inter defender

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but got the ball first.

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The ball fell to Kvara, he crossed it to Simeone who tapped in.

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I didn't think it was a foul.

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It was harsh to call back the goal for that.

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Yes, I thought it was very harsh.

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But it was and then this could have changed things drastically as moments later, five

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minutes later, Inter found an equaliser with one man down.

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It was Romelu Lukaku who tapped in at DeMarco cross as Jesus was caught napping.

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DeMarco initially won the ball of Raspadoori out wide and played a dangerous ball in the

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middle.

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Vieri said, you saw what he said today.

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Watching DeMarco cross makes him want to play football again.

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But then he gets off the sofa, feel his knees hurt and he gives up.

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He's basically me.

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So that was 1-1, great effort by Inter being down to 10 men and managing to get back into

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the game.

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However, moments later Napoli regained the lead with a fantastic curling strike from

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outside the area by Giovanni di Lorenzo into the top far corner leaving on Ana Routet to

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the spot, reminded us a bit of Handanovic over there.

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Fantastic goal and again so quick after conceding a goal, very good reaction by Napoli.

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Captain fantastic.

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Spalletti said you have some players in the locker room who give you a little bit more.

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And di Lorenzo is one of those.

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Yeah, he's one of the unsung heroes.

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Fantastic leader, great guy, great person, he gives you that more than his footballing

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ability and his work rate, there's that something special about him.

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Absolutely.

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In the 94th minute, Napoli made sure of their three points as Gianluca Gaetano finished

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cleanly after linking up with Simeone, he looked good, he looked very good.

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Napoli 3-1, what did you make of this game brother?

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It was a very good game, completely ruined by Gagliardini to be honest with you because

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it could have gone either way.

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And at the end I thought Inter managed to actually get a point out of it and I was impressed

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by their resilience and I was impressed by how they managed to contain Napoli and then

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hit them on the counter attack with Di Marco just bursting down the wing and whipping it

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in for Lukaku.

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And then of course Napoli demonstrated their resilience and their killer instinct in just

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confirming the victory over here so late on.

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With only a bit of time left and I felt like Napoli thought it was all done and dusted

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when they got the red card because they had chances with Raspadouri particularly where

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they were squandering them, they were over complicating things, it was almost like they

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were being a bit laxadaisical with their chances.

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And then the goal shocked them and suddenly they bang into.

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They're like, let's get serious again.

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I think Inter reacted very well after getting the red card, they obviously ended up adapting

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into a more defensive formation and they reverted back to that low block that gave Milan so

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much trouble and then they were bursting on the brakes like you said, really utilising

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the wings, cutting in early and getting those balls in for Lukaku and they did a great job

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at that.

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They conceded but they were resilient and in the 82nd minute they managed to get an

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equaliser but then it's a 90-minute game and the pace that Napoli have so late on in the

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game is frightening man.

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It really is frightening.

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It is bro and particularly their substitutions, we've praised their squad depth before but

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bringing on Raspadouri, Poletano and Simeone off the bench, they're good players you know

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to bring on.

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Yeah and I felt like Raspadouri and Simeone did a fantastic job at the end putting so

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much pressure on that back three of Inter.

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If you notice one of Inter's whenever Inter are struggling, you notice that one of the

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key places they're struggling is the distribution from the defense barring people like Bustoni

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who are fantastic at that and when Brozovic is on the pitch he drops super deep to carry

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that ball out himself.

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They tend to struggle over there and Napoli attacked that and they were putting so much

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pressure on those defenders especially after they went a man down.

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They really increased their tempo over there and they kept on putting more pressure on

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the defenders.

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Yeah bro, for me the fact that Enzaghi started with Bellanova and Gosins actually worked

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out well for them judging by how the game panned out.

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It was in the 41st minute they got the red card and that allowed them to actually make

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substitutions in the second half that actually increased their pace on the wings and they

474
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,560
needed that to remain in this game.

475
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:05,360
The introductions of Denzel Dumfries and Federico Di Marco really kept Inter alive here.

476
00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:13,520
100% that was Di Marco's key work higher up the field that ended up getting that equalizer

477
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:17,160
but despite that Inter came away with a loss.

478
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,880
How much would this affect Inter?

479
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,120
Do you think how badly would they have wanted that?

480
00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:27,080
Oh man, I think they would have wanted this so they can just focus on the cup finals without

481
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,560
thinking of anything else.

482
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:35,000
But as it stands right now they've got 66 points.

483
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,280
Juve's points deduction will help them out of course.

484
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:39,280
Loads.

485
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,080
They're going to be like thank god.

486
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:48,160
But Milan are lurking, Atalanta are lurking, Roma are kind of relevant still because Inter

487
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:53,320
have 66 points, Roma have 60 there's two games left and then it depends on direct encounter.

488
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:54,480
I can't quite remember now.

489
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:55,480
No I can't either.

490
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:59,920
I don't know what their direct encounter is but it's very much still alive and Inter,

491
00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:04,480
Milan, Atalanta and Roma any of these teams could finish top 4.

492
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:05,480
I think so.

493
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:09,960
I agree I don't think it's too detrimental for them.

494
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,620
They still have tough games left.

495
00:29:13,620 --> 00:29:18,680
They have Atalanta this weekend and I forgot their last game.

496
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,080
Torino was it?

497
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,360
I think it's away to Torino.

498
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,920
It is away to Torino.

499
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:29,640
So they still have a couple of tough games left so their minds are going to be a bit

500
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:34,000
maybe elsewhere but yeah I think they can get it done.

501
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,280
They're in a good position nonetheless.

502
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,760
No yeah they're definitely favorites for top 4 out of those guys.

503
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:42,560
Although the teams mentioned simply because of their points advantage at this point.

504
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,920
Yeah I think so and they just look much better than most of the teams that are competing

505
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,120
there at the minute as well.

506
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:57,200
Monopoly obviously first place champions 86 points whilst Inter are interred on 66 points.

507
00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:02,640
Yes nice to see Gagliardini once again adding fuel to the fire that is in Zaghi's idea that

508
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:06,920
if you're on a yellow card you should be substituted immediately right.

509
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:07,920
Exactly.

510
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:09,880
Absolutely proving his point right.

511
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,400
Probably went in and half times I fucking told you.

512
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,600
That's why I take you out.

513
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:20,040
Milan 5 Sampdoria 1.

514
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:24,080
Milan have actually won their last four games against Sampdoria and Serie A and have achieved

515
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:28,480
more consecutive victories against them than in the past two decades.

516
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:34,000
Sampdoria keep breaking these records all in the wrong way though.

517
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,920
Milan had struggled in recent matches against teams in the bottom three of Serie A with

518
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:42,000
no wins in their previous three encounters.

519
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:48,760
Sampdoria have accumulated fewer points this season than in any other season in their history.

520
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:55,160
We already mentioned that Stankovic is the worst coach of all time for Sampdoria statistically

521
00:30:55,160 --> 00:31:00,560
and these obviously indicate the challenging campaign for the club.

522
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:07,760
Milan lined up with Stefano Pioli's genius 4-2-3-1 formation with Mike Manon in goal,

523
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:13,240
Theo Hernandez as the left back, Calabria's right back with Tomori and Malik Chao as the

524
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:14,520
center back duo.

525
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:19,200
Tanali and Krunic played in the midfield double pivot, of course Benassir is still out in

526
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:23,200
injured, Lea was out on the left, Messias on the right with Brahim Diaz playing that

527
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,600
Czecho-Artista role with Giroud up front.

528
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:32,520
Ravalje was in goal for Sampdoria under 4-1-4-1 formation with Zanoli on the right and Augelo

529
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,960
on the left with Bram Noiting and Gunther at the back.

530
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,200
Rincon was the holding midfielder, they're very effective.

531
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:43,600
Lery was on the right, Gabiadini was on the left again, what the fuck is going on?

532
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:47,560
Jurjen Cinc and Winx were playing behind Fabio Qualiarella.

533
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:53,080
Now this is a finished team, this lineup's next level finished.

534
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:59,160
He tried to do something specifically for Milan, it worked really well.

535
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:04,080
He put Gabiadini to contain Junior Messias.

536
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:09,480
I don't get Gabiadini on the wing, I'm sorry, I've never understood it.

537
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:14,580
Milan showcased their attacking intent from the start of this game, they wanted that top

538
00:32:14,580 --> 00:32:18,200
four finish, they pushed for it, of course everything back then was up in the air, no

539
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:22,480
one knew what was happening, Milan had to win this game and they were coming off that

540
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:26,240
loss in the semi-final of the Champions League against Inter.

541
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,080
Yeah, and they lost to Spezia.

542
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:36,200
In the ninth minute Milan took an early lead as Leao scored the opening goal after a crazy

543
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:40,400
dribble and through ball by Ibrahim Diaz, if you watch the dribble he literally trips the

544
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:45,360
ball over the Sampdoria man, takes it down and plays a perfectly weighted through ball

545
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,040
to Leao who finished coolly.

546
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,640
I love when Leao finishes while falling.

547
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,640
Yeah, it's cool.

548
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:53,640
From 80 yards he scored.

549
00:32:53,640 --> 00:33:00,800
The 20th minute Fabio Qualliarella equalised for Sampdoria, Sampdoria gave Milan fans a

550
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:02,800
taste of familiarity.

551
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:07,720
Yeah, that's it, Qualliarella's first fucking goal of the season obviously comes against

552
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:08,720
Milan.

553
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:16,680
And his 18th consecutive Serie A goal, that's mad, 18 seasons in a row scoring, he almost

554
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:20,560
finished this season without scoring a goal and he didn't even celebrate his goal, I think

555
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,520
it's because of the fact that they've been relegated, he respects them too much to actually

556
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:28,520
run around smiling because he hit a milestone when the club is in ruins.

557
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:34,800
Shout out to Alessandro Zanoli, the Napoli loanee, he absolutely destroyed Theo Hernandez.

558
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:39,380
Oh yeah man, when I blink I see Zanoli at the moment.

559
00:33:39,380 --> 00:33:46,440
Now in the 23rd minute Giroud restored Milan's lead with a glancing header and he was assisted

560
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:53,480
by Ibrahim Diaz who crossed after a corner kick, it was a short corner and Ibrahim crossed

561
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:54,480
Giroud header.

562
00:33:54,480 --> 00:34:00,440
In the 29th minute Giroud scored the penalty after a layout was taken down by Gunther,

563
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:05,040
the funny thing about this was on his way down, Giroud smacked the back of Gunther's

564
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:10,360
head, carefully, go and check that out, very funny.

565
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,720
Expertly taken by Giroud, he's so good at penalties.

566
00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:18,040
And then in the 63rd minute Milan scored their fourth goal through Ibrahim Diaz, Giroud provided

567
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:23,000
a slide rule pass to Sandro Zanoli who pulled the ball back for Diaz to finish the demonstrated

568
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,000
great football.

569
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,360
We haven't seen this in a while from Milan, it was good to see.

570
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:31,360
Multiple attacking threats from different areas, one trick penalties.

571
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:34,640
Players from the midfield running in attacking, it's nice.

572
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:39,560
In the 68th minute Giroud completed his hat trick scoring from close range after winning

573
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,960
a wrestling match with Bram Nuitic.

574
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:48,280
Now it had been a while since we'd seen Giroud out muscle another centre back and bully a

575
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,560
centre back because at the end of the day that's what you want from Giroud, you're

576
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:53,080
not your target man, you want him to bully someone to the ground.

577
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:56,080
Bram Nuitic I think is bigger than Giroud probably.

578
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:57,080
I think so.

579
00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:58,440
His frame is larger as well.

580
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:03,080
I think he's stronger, I think he's definitely stronger than Giroud but Giroud did well the

581
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:07,640
way he placed himself up against him, he had a good centre of gravity going into that duel.

582
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,000
He did, he did.

583
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:14,880
He scored and completed his hat trick, his first ever Milan hat trick ending his goal

584
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:15,880
drought.

585
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:23,920
Now this was a really good game by Milan, they exploited some of their defensive vulnerabilities

586
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:29,960
particularly in the wide areas, you know, of course you saw Liao and Brahim running

587
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:31,560
rampant over there.

588
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:35,760
The striking movement was actually clinical.

589
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:41,960
Now I think, look, everyone talks about how Milan need a new striker and I agree of course.

590
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:48,480
However, a striker of a similar profile to Giroud might limit Milan.

591
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:54,440
Now I'm saying this because Giroud is still deployable, you know, and you come up against

592
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:58,840
these teams that play a low block, you put Giroud in there, he can find your solution.

593
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:03,960
But the problem is when you're up against the Napolis and the Inter who will attack

594
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:09,480
you, you would need something different, a different type of number nine, someone who

595
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:13,760
can stretch the lines, someone like Victor Oziman, someone like Dusan Vlaović.

596
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,400
I think there's something you don't know.

597
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:17,400
What don't I know?

598
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:22,520
Best in the world, his name is Firmino.

599
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:23,520
Bobby Firmino.

600
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:32,660
Genuinely in a false nine Bobby Firmino with Liao on the left and then maybe a replacement

601
00:36:32,660 --> 00:36:37,660
on the right hand side for Milan might actually be a breath of fresh air, not saying that

602
00:36:37,660 --> 00:36:42,040
Firmino should be the starting number nine and that's what Milan should base their project

603
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:43,040
on.

604
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:48,120
However, with his style of play being quite Karim Benzema, you know what I mean, does

605
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:55,320
a lot of kind of that midfield to attack work, smart movement and Klopp just hails him as

606
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:56,960
a very intelligent player.

607
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,320
So he might be someone good for Milan to bring in to shake things up over.

608
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,680
He might be and he's only 31 and he's free.

609
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:10,040
Now we were saying the same thing with Divocko Rigue, you know, so look how that worked out.

610
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:13,400
But yes, there are quite a few profiles Milan are allegedly looking at.

611
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:18,000
There's the likes of Arnautovic, Skamaka apparently is a hot name that keeps coming up.

612
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,160
Milan have the link in the midfield to Seiko Fovana as well.

613
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:21,160
I'm very excited.

614
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:22,160
I hope that does.

615
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:29,080
I like the idea of Skamaka as like a direct replacement starter for Giroud or even on

616
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:35,600
a rotation basis because similar profile, very big, very strong.

617
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,720
And then he has moments of explosion.

618
00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:44,440
He's great in the air, but he's the guy that can turn and shoot at any point around

619
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,400
in the area and the box.

620
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:47,920
He's very direct and very dangerous.

621
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,040
It does provide a new threat.

622
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:51,040
That's true.

623
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:54,280
But it would be nice to see Skamaka back in Italy.

624
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,960
Now Milan totally dominated the midfield.

625
00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,000
And of course, when you look at the likes of Tonali Kroonij-Diaz, they're obviously

626
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:06,720
going to destroy Wink's Juricic Andrii Kon, so not much to say over there.

627
00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:15,080
But yes, Milan demonstrated that their squad depth is okay for this level, but not for

628
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:19,520
the level of Inter because it's crazy how Milan's bench options looked so good against

629
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:25,120
Sampdoria and the exact same bench options that we were complaining about against Inter.

630
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:31,400
Yeah, but yeah, Deceit Alare came on late on, seemed to have quite a frustrating time

631
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,360
once again.

632
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:37,360
I was thinking about Deceit Alare recently because obviously there are two games left

633
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:44,000
and he only has one assist to his name this season after being bought for 35 million.

634
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:49,280
And obviously quite a bit of hype being generated around the signing of 35 million since Milan

635
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,640
don't splash cash.

636
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:58,720
I think one thing he needs to kind of think about is that not every move he makes needs

637
00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:00,840
to lead to a goal and assist.

638
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,800
It feels like he has so much pressure on him that every time he gets the ball he's like,

639
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,080
okay, how am I going to make it work?

640
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,840
Rather than just being in the zone and flowing and trying to link up with his teammates,

641
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:16,200
trying to set up a pre-assist assist by playing someone into a dangerous area out wide rather

642
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:17,640
than going for a direct ball.

643
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,800
Yes, he tries to overcomplicate everything, man.

644
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:26,680
He's either going to pass back, not even sideways, just back or try something extravagant.

645
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:28,200
He hangs onto the ball on that man.

646
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:32,520
I just think he needs that break, he needs a full pre-season, he needs to get back into

647
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:33,520
his groove.

648
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:37,480
I think the worst thing he can do with CDK right now is like blow him out or sell him.

649
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:41,400
I think you need to keep him there, you need to show him that you believe in him and you

650
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:42,680
need to give him another season.

651
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:46,420
He's a 35 million euro man, he's a big investment for Milan.

652
00:39:46,420 --> 00:39:47,420
Give him his second season.

653
00:39:47,420 --> 00:39:51,720
We've seen how Blaeu and Tonali burst into the scene on the second season.

654
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:52,720
Yeah, absolutely.

655
00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:53,720
I agree with you.

656
00:39:53,720 --> 00:39:58,600
I heard that Alanta are interested with a loan option to buy.

657
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:02,080
Send them there if you want them to become a monster and say they're for you.

658
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:07,880
Literally, especially after he has a very similar profile to Iličić.

659
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,120
If Gasparini could turn him into that and send him back our way.

660
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:12,120
Thank you, mister.

661
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:18,400
I think Iličić had absolutely no productivity and was just, you know, just…

662
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:19,400
But there might be…

663
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:20,400
2023 Iličić.

664
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:21,400
Yeah, it's true.

665
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:26,340
There might be something interesting there with Rasmus Hoiland because obviously Milan

666
00:40:26,340 --> 00:40:27,560
are quite interested in him.

667
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:29,440
That's another striker who can stretch the line.

668
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:30,720
Always running in behind.

669
00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:34,600
Yeah, so there could be something of potential over there.

670
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,960
I heard Milan are going to have around 100 million euros to spend, which for Milan standards

671
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:39,960
is quite big.

672
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:48,400
Yes, it is and Maldini hinted at the end of the intergame that the squad is not competitive

673
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:49,400
at this level.

674
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:53,320
And of course, yes, with the 50 million from Champions League qualification, the books

675
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,440
balanced and everything looking good for Milan financially.

676
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,680
Finally, after all these years, they can actually make some investments.

677
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:01,400
They should make some investments.

678
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:02,400
Absolutely.

679
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:07,520
Before we move on, Maldini made an interesting point after the game.

680
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:12,040
He said he mentioned specifically Debala by name.

681
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:17,040
He said I didn't sign Debala because the project is for…

682
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:18,840
It's against the project.

683
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:20,960
We sign young players and we develop them.

684
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,160
That's the idea of our project over there.

685
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:27,360
But why would he mention Debala by name?

686
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,960
I think he must be getting criticism for it.

687
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:31,960
Absolutely.

688
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:37,000
I think the media would have been mainly saying, oh, I should have gotten Debala, not Decatelare.

689
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:38,680
What the hell was Maldini doing?

690
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:43,640
And I think that was Maldini's way of addressing it directly and head on.

691
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:45,280
But I did find it a bit strange.

692
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:46,280
It's stupid.

693
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:51,120
Like, come on, you're going to say he doesn't fit our profile when you brought in Origi,

694
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:52,280
who's the exact same profile.

695
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:53,280
I'm sorry.

696
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,200
He's an injury prone player.

697
00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:57,200
It makes less sense.

698
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,840
But OK, granted, he's got titles and trophies.

699
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:01,920
He's a winner, same like Debala.

700
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,760
But Debala has done it in the league.

701
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,080
Debala would have been a very smart signing.

702
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,480
And Milan have lacked a right winger for ages.

703
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,920
So don't say it goes against the idea of the project when you've brought in the likes of

704
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,520
Junior Messias, Florenzi, and Origi, who are all of the same profile.

705
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:16,520
Yeah, that's true.

706
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:17,520
That's true.

707
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:21,560
I was originally seeing people make the same argument as you, and I disagreed.

708
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,720
But because they were mentioning examples like Ibrahimovic, Giroud, and Kier, and the

709
00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:31,240
project is either buy very old and get a coupe over there, or buy very young and get a coupe

710
00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:34,920
over there and get a future investment.

711
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:38,320
But yeah, like you're saying, there were a couple of players in their prime that were

712
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:39,960
brought in on a free.

713
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:45,640
And I think the ball would have been a great opportunity for Milan to give them that creativity

714
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:48,520
and just an upgrade from Brahim Diaz, really.

715
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,480
Yeah, definitely.

716
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:54,480
Milan currently sit in fourth with 64 points.

717
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,880
They are three points clear of Atalanta in fifth.

718
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:01,960
While Sampdoria is a dead last with 18 points.

719
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:05,080
Milan and Dacid are off to be.

720
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:13,080
Apparently the owner of Leeds United, was it, has expressed interest in acquiring Sampdoria.

721
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:14,080
So we'll see.

722
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:15,080
Hopefully there is a future for the team.

723
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:20,000
It's a team of great pedigree, a great team that's always meant to be in Serie A. So we

724
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:21,280
really hope to have them back.

725
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:25,600
And we really hope to have the Derby de la Lanterna back between Sampdoria and Gremio.

726
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,240
Not next season, the one after hopefully.

727
00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:32,760
The next game we're going to be covering is Odinese nil Lazio 1, another huge game for

728
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:37,120
top four, especially after you've before you've aware docked the points.

729
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:40,760
The previous encounter was a nil nil draw between the two sides.

730
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:47,520
Odinese had success, De La Feu, Ezebue, Ebosse, Pafundi and Becao out for this game, whilst

731
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:53,720
Lazio had Cataldi out of action and Vecino had returned to the midfield for this game.

732
00:43:53,720 --> 00:43:57,640
Odinese starting at 3-4-1-1 for Misha with Sylvester in goal and the back line of Mazin

733
00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:02,040
Abijole and Perez, Lado Doge out on the left and Pereira out on the right with Lovric,

734
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:07,520
Wallace and Arsalan in the midfield and Samaricic playing behind Beato.

735
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:11,520
For Lazio it was their 4-3-3 formation, classic Sarri with Providel in goal and the back line

736
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:16,960
of Ladzari, Cazal, Aromanio, Leandrisai, Mlinkovic, Savic, Vecino and Luis Alberto formed the

737
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:21,640
midfield tree with Anderson, Immobile and Zaccardi playing up the field.

738
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:26,360
In the 20th minute Immobile's header was saved by Sylvester tipping the ball over the

739
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:27,360
bar.

740
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:31,760
In the 38th minute Alberto's strike flashed wide of Sylvester's goal, it was a very good

741
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:47,800
chance over there, he was laid off quite nicely by Ciro Immobile.

742
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:53,200
In the 51st minute Vecino's volley from distance went just wide and in the 61st minute Immobile

743
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:57,920
won a penalty and converted it sending the keeper the wrong way, giving Lazio a 1-0 lead

744
00:44:57,920 --> 00:44:59,960
which they maintained till the end.

745
00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:05,640
Romagnoli hit the post from a header resulting from a corner in the 63rd minute and in the

746
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:11,320
84th minute Udinese thought they got an equalizer but it was disallowed for offside.

747
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:16,280
Lazio started the game off very disciplined, they seemed very conscious that losing points

748
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:22,200
wasn't on the agenda for them so they took quite a defensive approach to this game.

749
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:26,920
They managed to control the game in the first half especially and then Udinese seemed to

750
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:31,180
get into the game quite a bit probably because of that 3-5-1-1 formation that often looked

751
00:45:31,180 --> 00:45:37,080
like a 3-6-1 formation, Savardzic was dropping in quite deep and Bertol was staying up there

752
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,280
putting pressure on the defenders.

753
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:44,440
There was a shift in pace, Udinese seemed to start controlling the game and that's when

754
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:49,040
Lazio started being more aggressive, they turned up the heat, they started drawing,

755
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:54,000
well Udinese started drawing a lot of fouls from Lazio but Lazio increased the intensity

756
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:58,840
and once the intensity was increased Udinese seemed like they couldn't keep up which is

757
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:03,640
typically where you see Udinese really kind of get into a game when it starts to get a

758
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:05,240
little bit more heated.

759
00:46:05,240 --> 00:46:11,800
But it goes to show just how experienced Lazio are in this situation not exactly in the fight

760
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:16,240
for a top four but the fact that they've been here before under Maurizio Sarri in similar

761
00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:21,520
situations and they just had a formula that when a game got tough they managed to not

762
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,920
only overcome it but get the three points.

763
00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:30,640
Yes bro and they had a certain secret weapon in doing so as well bringing in 35-year-old

764
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:36,040
Pedro who's a master of retention and keeping the flow going.

765
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:40,600
It helped them a lot and in fact shortly after his introduction the penalty was won and Immobile

766
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:41,600
converted.

767
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:47,720
But I did think that the game was quite even and Udinese actually gave them quite a hard

768
00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:48,720
fought battle.

769
00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:53,600
In fact it did take a penalty to decide the game here but yeah you see Lazio here that's

770
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:58,400
61% ball possession away from home, they kept a clean sheet, this is very unlike them so

771
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,440
respect to turning around your fortune.

772
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:06,020
Absolutely, I think you have to highlight the fact that despite Udinese giving them

773
00:47:06,020 --> 00:47:12,200
trouble they seem like offensively there's a lot of work to be done for Udinese which

774
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:15,840
is funny when you look at the beginning of the season their offensive output was great

775
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:20,520
especially having De La Feu in the side getting all those assists, you had Pereira who wasn't

776
00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:25,360
playing out wide but being played closer to the striker but they just seem like a way

777
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:31,480
thinner squad than they originally were in the beginning of the season funnily enough.

778
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:39,520
That's true and like Beto, many people shout out Beto as like a potential candidate to

779
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:43,560
go to a top team for example, I don't see Beto as ready man.

780
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:44,560
You don't think so?

781
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:51,080
I think he's too streaky man, he's too streaky and if you streaky Udinese man you, I don't

782
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:54,600
know, I don't know, he sometimes looks amazing sometimes he can't even get involved in the

783
00:47:54,600 --> 00:48:03,680
game, I can't quite, I don't rate him as a top top player yet to go to a top team, he's

784
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:07,960
25 years old I mean if he peaks late he peaks late but I think this is his level at the

785
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:11,240
moment maybe a bit better but not much better than Udinese.

786
00:48:11,240 --> 00:48:16,440
You look at last season he had quite a long drought without a goal, he had the same thing

787
00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:22,520
this season so I think there's a lot of work to be done before he can bank on a massive

788
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:28,120
move the best he could do is be a vice for one of the top 7 teams in the league.

789
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:32,680
Fair enough yes but when you look at for example the fact that Napoli's vice is Simeone who

790
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:38,600
bags 20 goals for Verona like you know what I mean, that's levels you know but you respect

791
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:42,960
Beto anyway, he's a great guy, he used to work at KFC back in the day, I swear to God.

792
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:43,960
Who?

793
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:48,520
Beto, Beto used to work at KFC, yes, yes, it's not a big deal, he said it's normal,

794
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:52,280
all my friends worked at KFC and he's right you know when you're young you work at fucking

795
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:56,840
KFC, I worked at the Radisson Golden Sands opening deck chairs and carrying something

796
00:48:56,840 --> 00:49:01,960
and getting stung by wasps because my job was to go and spray the puddles of water because

797
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:06,600
they were full of wasps and bees by the way that was part of my job but the difference

798
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:13,600
is that my salary hasn't improved that much and Beto's definitely has.

799
00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:17,600
You know once Gary Neville when I used to work at the Radisson as well and once Gary

800
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:21,240
Neville who was a stakeholder I believe at the Radisson Golden Sands.

801
00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:22,840
He had the timeshare scheme.

802
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:29,240
He used to come and stay quite a bit man and he used to have board meetings over there,

803
00:49:29,240 --> 00:49:34,480
he loves Malta, it's known that he loves Malta and once he came into the restaurant I was

804
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:41,200
still a shit server back then before I became a fucking beast at catering but my job was

805
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:46,320
to keep the buffet full so I was the guy that would replace shit, something a robot can

806
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:53,960
do and once there was a cockroach in one of the restaurants and Gary Neville was in the

807
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:58,920
restaurant and the manager came up to me is like Matt go kill that cockroach.

808
00:49:58,920 --> 00:49:59,920
I'm like where is it?

809
00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:01,320
He's like you know Gary Neville's table?

810
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:05,080
I'm like ah he's like you see the blinds right behind Gary Neville's head?

811
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:06,400
I'm like ah he's like it's there.

812
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:08,600
I'm like is it on the floor?

813
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:13,360
What is like no it's on the blinds and I'm like oh my god so I had to go behind Gary

814
00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:20,720
Neville and just with tissues in my hand trembling because I don't like cockroaches either and

815
00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:22,200
I had to whack it.

816
00:50:22,200 --> 00:50:27,120
When I went to whack it I got the cockroach okay and everything was fine but then the

817
00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:32,520
blinds hit the glass and it made a massive noise so Gary Neville and his entourage looked

818
00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:36,320
back at me and I just pretended like I was resting against the blinds.

819
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:38,880
I'm like damn this guy is unprofessional.

820
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:43,520
I'm like everything okay can I get you anything?

821
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:44,880
They're like no we're fine thanks.

822
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:47,240
So you killed it with your with the tissue in your hand?

823
00:50:47,240 --> 00:50:51,320
I killed it and I crushed it and then when I got back and I let go it was still moving.

824
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:57,400
It was disgusting yeah and I had a bit of a panic attack but that was fine.

825
00:50:57,400 --> 00:51:02,040
But moving on a little bit from that this was this penalty that Immobile has scored

826
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:09,840
was his 200th goal involvement in Serie A for Lazio has 162 goals scored and 38 assists.

827
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:10,840
Lazio legend.

828
00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:13,480
He is a Lazio legend of course yes definitely.

829
00:51:13,480 --> 00:51:19,120
And he's really found a home in Lazio he jumped around a lot we saw him at Borussia Dortmund

830
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:23,400
we saw him on loan at Sevilla at Torino.

831
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:29,360
He's never scored more than 28 goals outside of Lazio like his best season was his best

832
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:33,960
spell rather was at Pescara for one season where he scored 28 goals that's when he burst

833
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:36,160
onto the scene that was his best season.

834
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:40,600
After that he had five goals for Genoa 22 goals for Torino three goals for Dortmund

835
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:46,960
two goals for Sevilla five goals for Torino and who would have thought 162 goals for Lazio.

836
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:49,880
Jesus Christ man Jesus Christ.

837
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:53,840
It looked like he tried to get a spell out of Italy quite badly with the move to Dortmund

838
00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:59,480
the move to Sevilla but his main success did come in the Italian League.

839
00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:02,660
You then see him outside the Italian League again when he plays for Italy he struggles

840
00:52:02,660 --> 00:52:03,660
there as well.

841
00:52:03,660 --> 00:52:08,280
So this is a guy that's just a master a master of Serie A.

842
00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:10,200
A master of Lazio.

843
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,000
Exactly exactly.

844
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,680
But that's pretty much it for this game.

845
00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:16,520
I'll let you guys know where they are on the table.

846
00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:20,280
Lazio are in second place on 68 points who the fuck would have thought coming into the

847
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:23,000
season that Lazio would be second.

848
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:25,400
Udinese in 12th on 46 points.

849
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:26,900
Sari ball baby.

850
00:52:26,900 --> 00:52:31,000
The next game we're going to be covering is Empoli 4.

851
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:32,000
You've won.

852
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:33,000
Shocking.

853
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:38,800
We already spoke about the likely reason as to why this result actually happened.

854
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:46,240
You've been demoralized the point deduction coming out just 10 minutes before kickoff.

855
00:52:46,240 --> 00:52:51,980
You've had the opportunity the possibility to fight for their lives and the leg is usually

856
00:52:51,980 --> 00:52:56,200
very good at keeping everyone's heads cool keeping everyone calm but this was not the

857
00:52:56,200 --> 00:53:03,280
case as they looked completely discombobulated frazzled.

858
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:08,800
Now Empoli lined up with their 4-2-3-1 formation with Vicario in goal Parisi as the left back

859
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:13,240
and Ebuhe as the right back with Luperto and Ismaily as the center back duo.

860
00:53:13,240 --> 00:53:18,240
Bandinelli and Grassi formed midfield double pivot with Kambiaghi out on the left.

861
00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:22,880
Akpa Akpro out on the right Fazzini playing as the Czechos start replacing Baldanzi who

862
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:29,560
is currently away at the U20 World Cup destroying the talented U21s team of Brazil.

863
00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:31,760
There's another Italian U20.

864
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:36,040
What's his name again bro?

865
00:53:36,040 --> 00:53:37,040
Cassaday.

866
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:38,040
Cassaday.

867
00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:39,040
Cassaday.

868
00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:40,040
It's probably Cassaday.

869
00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:41,040
Cassaday.

870
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:42,040
Cesare Cassaday.

871
00:53:42,040 --> 00:53:48,560
He is owned by Chelsea and he currently plays for Reading in the second division.

872
00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:51,640
He, or first division I guess is what he's called in the UK.

873
00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:52,640
Yeah I think so.

874
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:53,640
The championship.

875
00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:56,120
I believe Reading are in the championship at least I'm not sure.

876
00:53:56,120 --> 00:54:00,240
This is Serie A spotlight not fucking bangers and mash spotlight.

877
00:54:00,240 --> 00:54:01,240
No.

878
00:54:01,240 --> 00:54:02,240
No yes.

879
00:54:02,240 --> 00:54:06,560
Cesare Cassaday keep your eyes on him he's incredible him and Baldanzi are just tearing

880
00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:08,680
it up at the U20s World Cup.

881
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:09,960
There's Parisi at the back as well.

882
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:15,640
They are a very very talented team and they made the U20s of Brazil look like proper children.

883
00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:19,880
Where is the World Cup, the U20 World Cup?

884
00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:20,880
Maybe enough.

885
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:22,920
Maybe you go.

886
00:54:22,920 --> 00:54:24,960
Maybe I don't know man.

887
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:27,520
Probably in like America.

888
00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:28,520
Where is the Argentine?

889
00:54:28,520 --> 00:54:33,000
Argentine bro we go next week.

890
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:39,800
Caputo was up front playing with Fazzini, Cambiaghi and Dachbach bro behind him.

891
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:44,640
For Juventus it was a 3-5-2 formation with Wojciech Szczesny in goal.

892
00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:51,080
Gatti, Bremer and Sandro were at the back with Barberi as the right wing back, Kostich

893
00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:56,360
as the left wing back, Rabio, Lokateli, Amretti in the middle with Vlaović and Millec up

894
00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:57,360
front together.

895
00:54:57,360 --> 00:55:00,400
You could see there was an intent to score here.

896
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:04,800
There was an intent to play two target men.

897
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:09,880
For injuries and suspensions Fagioli, Pogba, Decilio, Bonunci, Danilo and Quadrado were

898
00:55:09,880 --> 00:55:10,880
all out.

899
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:19,560
Marin, Valukovic, De Winter and Baldanzi were all available for Empoli of course.

900
00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:25,040
Now for the play by play in the 12th minute Millec smacked the crossbar with a header

901
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:28,960
and Gatti scored the rebound but it was called off for a foul.

902
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:34,480
A solid start by Juve who would have expected what was to come.

903
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:39,360
In the 18th minute Empoli opened the scoring with a penalty converted by Francesco Caputo

904
00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:42,960
after Millec fouled Cambiaghi.

905
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:46,920
It was great to see the Caputo celebration once again this season.

906
00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:49,360
I love the beer drinking celebration.

907
00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:54,880
So that was the shock lead by Empoli and then three minutes later Luperto scored from a

908
00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:59,680
tight angle after Szczesny made a stunning save on Akpa Akpro's attempt.

909
00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:03,920
So that was two goals bang in the first 20 minutes and Juve were shell shocked.

910
00:56:03,920 --> 00:56:09,480
In the 48th minute Empoli extended their lead to a 3-0 victory with a delicate dink by Caputo

911
00:56:09,480 --> 00:56:10,480
over Szczesny.

912
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:11,480
What a goal.

913
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:12,480
What a goal.

914
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:13,480
That's another goal of the Vinconti.

915
00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:14,480
They chipped the keeper dude.

916
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:20,560
And Szczesny came out quite impulsively I feel over there but he almost got it you know

917
00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:26,080
and then what's his name Caputo did he finished it expertly.

918
00:56:26,080 --> 00:56:31,760
In the 90th no in the 85th minute sorry I forgot you've actually scored one Federico

919
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:36,720
Chiesa scored the goal for Juventus his first in Serie A in over 500 days.

920
00:56:36,720 --> 00:56:40,720
He smashed an angled drive under Giliarmu of the car.

921
00:56:40,720 --> 00:56:43,840
Very Chiesa goal that's you know the type.

922
00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:44,840
You can imagine it like it.

923
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:47,120
Chiesa goal close your eyes you see it.

924
00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:49,240
You're seeing it right now.

925
00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:54,600
In the 91st minute Roberto Piccoli showed that he's not a good friend.

926
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:59,840
He didn't pause the ball to Stajanovic who was wide open on calling for it and he let

927
00:56:59,840 --> 00:57:00,840
him have it after.

928
00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:06,360
It was like Stajanovic was screaming at Piccoli like why wouldn't you square it dude.

929
00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:08,800
Your 3-1 up it's the 92nd minute.

930
00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:10,480
Your teammate is wide open.

931
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:13,280
You've just scored your first goal of the season last week.

932
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:14,280
Give it to Stajanovic.

933
00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:15,280
Give it to him.

934
00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:16,280
How selfish are you?

935
00:57:16,280 --> 00:57:21,560
I guess for a striker he needs to score goals.

936
00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:26,400
I get what you mean it's selfish but Piccoli thought about himself there as a striker.

937
00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:29,480
He thought I'm gonna score against Juventus.

938
00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:35,200
And then he proved that karma does not exist at all as Empoli sealed the victory in the

939
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:41,120
92nd minute with a goal from Roberto Piccoli after a one-handed save by Cesny.

940
00:57:41,120 --> 00:57:46,920
Good rebound goal over there for Piccoli and he was very happy to have scored it.

941
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:47,920
The cunt.

942
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:53,200
Now yes 10 points penalty we discussed.

943
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:57,440
Empoli secured yes so coming into this game actually Empoli had already secured their

944
00:57:57,440 --> 00:57:58,440
victory.

945
00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:01,520
We discussed this earlier on the episode but it's just so funny to think that Zanetti

946
00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:05,760
was expecting his team to get smashed because Juve had something to play for and they didn't

947
00:58:05,760 --> 00:58:06,760
in reality.

948
00:58:06,760 --> 00:58:10,360
And he was right that they were going to be too hungover for the game essentially but

949
00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:15,120
in reality little did he know that his players were out there scoring and making beer drinking

950
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:16,880
gestures you know.

951
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:17,880
What a vibe.

952
00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:23,760
But like I think if you look at the beginning of the game Juve were putting a lot of pressure

953
00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:30,240
on Empoli and you'd see that Empoli were typically playing the ball back to the defense and starting

954
00:58:30,240 --> 00:58:35,700
the attack again by switching the play.

955
00:58:35,700 --> 00:58:40,760
But it was just so good to see the way Empoli handled that pressure that was being put on

956
00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:45,840
them particularly in the midfield the way they were playing the ball around and playing

957
00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:50,040
it back to the defense and just having no problem with playing the ball back to restart

958
00:58:50,040 --> 00:58:56,400
the attack just patient their players the movement into space in the midfielders to

959
00:58:56,400 --> 00:59:01,080
create a passing opportunity for the defenders was beautiful to see.

960
00:59:01,080 --> 00:59:05,040
It shows that they are a unit and not a team of individuals they were all working for each

961
00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:11,800
other like the midfielders wanted the defenders to have options to pass it to and all the

962
00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:13,100
other way around.

963
00:59:13,100 --> 00:59:19,340
So Empoli have become this really really intricate team that they've become really dependable

964
00:59:19,340 --> 00:59:24,520
and up against Juve for them to wipe the floor with Juve in the way they did even with the

965
00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:30,280
fucking scandal and whatever they did a fantastic job and take nothing away from them nothing

966
00:59:30,280 --> 00:59:31,280
at all.

967
00:59:31,280 --> 00:59:32,280
Yeah bro totally.

968
00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:40,400
They are as we said in the last episode Venezia that one season and Serie A about good.

969
00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:41,400
Exactly.

970
00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:46,320
Yeah exactly the same manager at Zanetti style it's a system very attractive brand of football

971
00:59:46,320 --> 00:59:50,380
but this time it's actually working because of the personnel very talented team again

972
00:59:50,380 --> 00:59:53,880
Cambiagui and Baldanzi are just next level and even Parisi.

973
00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:59,360
They're just two of eleven fantastic players man so many good players at Empoli.

974
00:59:59,360 --> 01:00:01,360
They tend to have good players at Empoli.

975
01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:07,100
It's true it's true they do but this once again further highlights Juventus' defensive

976
01:00:07,100 --> 01:00:10,920
vulnerabilities right.

977
01:00:10,920 --> 01:00:14,800
It's weird man they had that there was nine games in a row earlier this season where they

978
01:00:14,800 --> 01:00:17,920
didn't concede a single goal man.

979
01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:24,120
And you look at now granted defenders were out this game Bonucci, Danilo, Quadrado whatever.

980
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:29,540
Danilo is probably the biggest loss of the lot but I'm sorry Alexandro who's just automatically

981
01:00:29,540 --> 01:00:31,920
been renewed is not to standard.

982
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:37,200
No he shouldn't be starting he shouldn't even be on the squad like no why is he playing

983
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:38,200
I don't get it.

984
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:39,280
Why has he been renewed?

985
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:44,240
And now they're renewing Quadrado as well so they're renewing this deadweight I don't

986
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:46,120
know what's going on over here.

987
01:00:46,120 --> 01:00:49,720
Respect to Quadrado of course a very good player in his day but he's obviously past

988
01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:50,720
it you know.

989
01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:56,040
Yeah and I think it's time for Juve to create this kind of clean slate especially when you

990
01:00:56,040 --> 01:01:02,120
see what the players were involved in and one of the scandals and you see what do you

991
01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:07,760
mean with when there was Covid that they were all accepting they were all accepting well

992
01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:08,760
illegal payments.

993
01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:12,680
Well I don't think they had much of a choice I think it was literally Chiellini coming

994
01:01:12,680 --> 01:01:18,280
in and saying listen the board are going to pay us we're not telling anyone.

995
01:01:18,280 --> 01:01:22,960
Yeah I know but it doesn't matter because that image of Juve has been tainted by that

996
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:29,880
squad it's been tainted by that management it's been tainted by those owners so a new

997
01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:35,820
slate for Juve would a help their brand and b they need it because they have a bunch of

998
01:01:35,820 --> 01:01:37,880
good young players which they should keep on too.

999
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:42,720
They look at Quadrado and Sandro that's a dead weight that they need to get rid of bro

1000
01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:46,400
they need to get rid of that and invest in younger players.

1001
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:47,400
Players like Gatti.

1002
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:54,520
Yeah of course no the new generation is looking good at least they have that to be positive

1003
01:01:54,520 --> 01:01:55,520
about.

1004
01:01:55,520 --> 01:01:59,960
I anticipate that if they don't make Champions League which it's looking quite unlikely that

1005
01:01:59,960 --> 01:02:06,060
they do make Champions League they will have to sell some players because they're not going

1006
01:02:06,060 --> 01:02:09,540
to get the funding from Champions League they're going through this scandal maybe a transfer

1007
01:02:09,540 --> 01:02:16,720
ban will come about but I'm already seeing talks about a lot of teams looking for strikers.

1008
01:02:16,720 --> 01:02:20,520
Vlaović is one of the hottest names in the market right now everyone's talking about

1009
01:02:20,520 --> 01:02:23,560
Dusan Vlaović even Milan fans are talking about.

1010
01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:27,080
And don't be fooled by these performances we know he's a beast.

1011
01:02:27,080 --> 01:02:28,400
Yeah of course of course.

1012
01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:33,440
He was an animal at Fiorentino and he played differently he had more freedom up there and

1013
01:02:33,440 --> 01:02:36,640
more support players playing off his shoulders he was yeah it was great.

1014
01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:44,440
And I genuinely think that Milić has had more success with Juve this season than Vlaović.

1015
01:02:44,440 --> 01:02:51,200
Yeah Empoli showcased a solid defensive unit to be honest they were they were organized

1016
01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:57,840
Juve were weak offensively Empoli were strong defensively and of course it resulted in this

1017
01:02:57,840 --> 01:03:00,160
catastrophe bro.

1018
01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:07,160
Not much else to say Empoli safe Juve in trouble Juve currently sit in seventh with 59 points

1019
01:03:07,160 --> 01:03:11,220
while Empoli are in 14th with 42 points.

1020
01:03:11,220 --> 01:03:14,800
The next game we're going to be covering was a very very competitive game of football between

1021
01:03:14,800 --> 01:03:19,720
Roma and Salernitana that ended in a 2-2 draw the previous encounter was a 1-0 away victory

1022
01:03:19,720 --> 01:03:21,120
for Roma.

1023
01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:25,200
The injured players for Roma in this game were Paolo de Bala, Rick Carsdorp and Marash

1024
01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:31,960
Kumbulla while the missing player for Salernitana in this game was Federico Fazio Buhu.

1025
01:03:31,960 --> 01:03:41,720
Roma fielded a 3-4-2-1 formation with Patricio on goal and the back line of Ibanez, Smoling

1026
01:03:41,720 --> 01:03:46,360
and Bove that El Sharawi has the left wing back with Zalefski has the right wing back

1027
01:03:46,360 --> 01:03:49,200
and Tahirović and Kamara are playing in the middle.

1028
01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:52,720
Wijnaldum and Solbakken played behind Bellotti.

1029
01:03:52,720 --> 01:03:58,000
For Salernitana it was also a 3-4-2-1 formation with Guilherme Ochoa on goal in the backline

1030
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:00,520
of Danilovic, Gjomber and Pirola.

1031
01:04:00,520 --> 01:04:04,440
Castanos was out on the right while his brother Hich was out on the left with Koulibaly and

1032
01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:10,440
Bohinen in the middle and Candreva and Dia playing off the shoulders of Piontek.

1033
01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:14,760
In the twelfth minute Salernitana took the lead as Koulibaly put Candreva clean through

1034
01:04:14,760 --> 01:04:19,360
on goal with a long ball from his own half and the veteran Italian did extremely well

1035
01:04:19,360 --> 01:04:23,360
to catch the ball on the volley with the outside of his extended foot guiding the ball into

1036
01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:24,360
the top corner.

1037
01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:27,360
Absolute magic, this was one of our goals of the week.

1038
01:04:27,360 --> 01:04:28,960
Amazing man, amazing goal.

1039
01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:31,960
And Candreva man keeps pulling them out scoring in crazy ways right?

1040
01:04:31,960 --> 01:04:36,520
Yeah we're always talking about what fans we are of Saponara.

1041
01:04:36,520 --> 01:04:39,480
I think Candreva would be an equivalent except he was at Inter.

1042
01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:46,280
I think Candreva though is the antithesis of Saponara.

1043
01:04:46,280 --> 01:04:53,760
He's all work rate and power while Saponara is all cool and finesse you know they're like

1044
01:04:53,760 --> 01:04:55,680
composure and finesse.

1045
01:04:55,680 --> 01:04:58,080
They're both old magicians you know what I mean.

1046
01:04:58,080 --> 01:05:03,880
But in different like you'll never see Saponara attempting a cross and it ends up in the back

1047
01:05:03,880 --> 01:05:04,880
of the net.

1048
01:05:04,880 --> 01:05:08,280
If Saponara is crossing it's gonna be a perfect cross you know.

1049
01:05:08,280 --> 01:05:12,880
Candreva is just like spam, he's quantity, Saponara is quality.

1050
01:05:12,880 --> 01:05:15,240
Exactly that's true, that's true.

1051
01:05:15,240 --> 01:05:18,960
In additional time of the first half Ibanez thought he brought one back for Roma after

1052
01:05:18,960 --> 01:05:23,660
some confusion in the box from a corner kick but VAR indicated that Bellotti handled the

1053
01:05:23,660 --> 01:05:25,680
ball in the midst of the confusion.

1054
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:32,920
Now between the header and between the ball hitting Bellotti's hand, the space between

1055
01:05:32,920 --> 01:05:37,680
the head and the arm was very very tight so it did seem a bit harsh.

1056
01:05:37,680 --> 01:05:42,200
I don't think it would have been given in the Champions League or in the Premier League

1057
01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:47,120
and in fact that's what I told you bro when it happened I'm like no it's too short distance.

1058
01:05:47,120 --> 01:05:52,640
But the referee cancelled the goal I guess maybe things are a bit different in Serie

1059
01:05:52,640 --> 01:05:56,480
A than they are on other stages in the world.

1060
01:05:56,480 --> 01:06:01,680
In half time Roma made some key substitutions, Laurenti, Pellegrini and Matich entered the

1061
01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:06,900
field replacing Solbak in Ibanez and Tahirovic respectively and that did make a massive difference

1062
01:06:06,900 --> 01:06:08,280
to the game.

1063
01:06:08,280 --> 01:06:13,320
In fact in the 51st minute Roma equalized as El-Sharawi rebounded Pellegrini's free

1064
01:06:13,320 --> 01:06:15,360
kick into the back of the net.

1065
01:06:15,360 --> 01:06:18,880
Pellegrini's strike was initially saved by Ochoa who parried the ball into the part of

1066
01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:22,760
the Egyptian goal scorer, perhaps he could have caught it.

1067
01:06:22,760 --> 01:06:27,320
Now this is the thing when you have a very acrobatic goalkeeper and not a traditional

1068
01:06:27,320 --> 01:06:33,180
goalkeeper he tends to do this where he tries to fist the ball away rather than catch it.

1069
01:06:33,180 --> 01:06:37,840
This time it didn't go to plants probably the first time he made a bit of an error and

1070
01:06:37,840 --> 01:06:39,280
it's still harsh to call it an error.

1071
01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:43,760
Because he's a cat-like goalkeeper he's not the type to grab it, he's going to parry it's

1072
01:06:43,760 --> 01:06:47,440
true and that doesn't age as well.

1073
01:06:47,440 --> 01:06:49,340
No, exactly.

1074
01:06:49,340 --> 01:06:55,960
So that was the equalizer for Roma, two players that came on substituted teamed up to get

1075
01:06:55,960 --> 01:06:56,960
this goal.

1076
01:06:56,960 --> 01:07:13,120
However, three minutes later Salernitana regained the lead through Boulayet Dia.

1077
01:07:13,120 --> 01:07:17,780
He backheeled the ball into the back of the net after a deflected Piontek square ball.

1078
01:07:17,780 --> 01:07:22,520
This initial counter-attack came to life after Kandreva's long ball to the Polish man.

1079
01:07:22,520 --> 01:07:37,080
Thank you to our DJ, his timing is impeccable.

1080
01:07:37,080 --> 01:07:38,080
He's fantastic.

1081
01:07:38,080 --> 01:07:46,240
No, a great piece of, what's the word, I'm really losing my words today, improvisation

1082
01:07:46,240 --> 01:07:47,720
by Boulayet Dia.

1083
01:07:47,720 --> 01:07:50,840
The ball seemed to be played behind him, he seemed a bit off balance.

1084
01:07:50,840 --> 01:07:55,560
He did fantastically to improvise and backheel the ball into the back of the net.

1085
01:07:55,560 --> 01:08:00,280
Also that tiny crowd of Salernitana away fans, you could hear them overpowering the Roma

1086
01:08:00,280 --> 01:08:01,920
fans singing Dia's song.

1087
01:08:01,920 --> 01:08:07,080
Man oh man, do I love Salernitana at the minute.

1088
01:08:07,080 --> 01:08:11,800
In the 83rd minute, speaking of minutes, Roma found the equalizer once again, this time

1089
01:08:11,800 --> 01:08:16,240
through another substituted player, Nemanja Matić, who hammered the ball into the back

1090
01:08:16,240 --> 01:08:20,240
of the net after it fell kindly to him following a corner kick.

1091
01:08:20,240 --> 01:08:26,000
Now again, time and time again, it has been Roma set pieces season after season.

1092
01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:29,640
When they have a game like this, they can rely on their set pieces.

1093
01:08:29,640 --> 01:08:35,800
I think Salernitana were doing a fantastic job with these direct counter attacks.

1094
01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:41,480
Roma were playing wide, they emphasized utilizing like the width of the pitch when going forward.

1095
01:08:41,480 --> 01:08:46,360
And Salernitana were very compact defensively, and then they would just go straight down

1096
01:08:46,360 --> 01:08:47,360
through the middle.

1097
01:08:47,360 --> 01:08:51,120
So for a very, very direct and swift counter attack.

1098
01:08:51,120 --> 01:08:53,000
And that's where Roma were getting caught out.

1099
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:57,080
But to have something at your arsenal like these set pieces is incredibly important.

1100
01:08:57,080 --> 01:09:08,800
We look at the Euro 2020 with Italy, the famous 247 free kick routines that they had.

1101
01:09:08,800 --> 01:09:13,200
This is how Roma have been scoring their goals for a while now.

1102
01:09:13,200 --> 01:09:17,640
If they can't get it through open play, they'll get it through a header from a set piece or

1103
01:09:17,640 --> 01:09:20,160
a rebound, a scrapper rebound.

1104
01:09:20,160 --> 01:09:23,240
They've been doing it all season and last season as well.

1105
01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:31,580
You do look at the wing backs of Roma and that space behind the wing backs was where

1106
01:09:31,580 --> 01:09:36,120
Salernitana were really targeting that space that was left between there.

1107
01:09:36,120 --> 01:09:41,640
We've often criticized the gap between defense and midfield for Roma.

1108
01:09:41,640 --> 01:09:47,800
And in this case, it was more kind of obvious down the left and down the right with El Sharawi

1109
01:09:47,800 --> 01:09:52,720
being a natural winger and with Zalevski being a more attacking option rather than a defensive

1110
01:09:52,720 --> 01:09:53,720
option.

1111
01:09:53,720 --> 01:09:57,640
Young and naive, they toyed with him a bit this game.

1112
01:09:57,640 --> 01:10:02,680
Brotherage seemed more on it than Zalevski.

1113
01:10:02,680 --> 01:10:08,000
And it's funny because Brotherage is 23 years old, you know, he's two years older than Zalevski,

1114
01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:12,100
but he seemed to be more street smart than Zalevski this game.

1115
01:10:12,100 --> 01:10:15,720
And how good was it to see just Salernitana going for it in this game?

1116
01:10:15,720 --> 01:10:18,080
Like very, very confident in their counterattacks.

1117
01:10:18,080 --> 01:10:19,980
They were committing 100%.

1118
01:10:19,980 --> 01:10:23,940
They weren't just playing defensive and hoping to get one point.

1119
01:10:23,940 --> 01:10:26,460
They were really, really confident and going for it.

1120
01:10:26,460 --> 01:10:30,840
They believe they could beat this Roma team and I really, really think they believe that.

1121
01:10:30,840 --> 01:10:31,840
That's true.

1122
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:36,400
They, I think yes, bro, because they attacked them from the get go.

1123
01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:39,340
They scored early in the first half and then early in the second half.

1124
01:10:39,340 --> 01:10:43,360
So yeah, I'm sure they were thinking maybe we can, we can contain this victory.

1125
01:10:43,360 --> 01:10:49,280
I certainly think that they didn't plan on losing and they fucking, they managed.

1126
01:10:49,280 --> 01:10:50,920
Yeah, I think so.

1127
01:10:50,920 --> 01:10:51,920
Good result for them.

1128
01:10:51,920 --> 01:10:54,440
Great result for them and a very frustrating one for Roma.

1129
01:10:54,440 --> 01:10:55,440
Yeah.

1130
01:10:55,440 --> 01:11:00,040
I also wanted to make a point about what Mourinho said after the game.

1131
01:11:00,040 --> 01:11:04,840
Now I know we already spoke about the whole Juve thing, so on, so forth.

1132
01:11:04,840 --> 01:11:09,320
But Mourinho went on an entire rant about it after this game and he basically said,

1133
01:11:09,320 --> 01:11:11,460
Jesus fucking Christ.

1134
01:11:11,460 --> 01:11:14,600
I could have committed more to getting Europe through, through the league.

1135
01:11:14,600 --> 01:11:18,640
I could have, you know, you look at this game full of rotation.

1136
01:11:18,640 --> 01:11:22,040
I know they've got their injuries, but Pellegrini didn't start the game.

1137
01:11:22,040 --> 01:11:27,240
Matij didn't start the game and Tahirovic and Kamara started as a result of that with

1138
01:11:27,240 --> 01:11:31,480
Wijnaldum as a left winger and Solbakken as a right winger.

1139
01:11:31,480 --> 01:11:34,240
So his argument is that had he known that.

1140
01:11:34,240 --> 01:11:36,240
Yeah, of course.

1141
01:11:36,240 --> 01:11:39,680
But then maybe he would have suffered in the Europa League.

1142
01:11:39,680 --> 01:11:43,920
So I do find it's a bit of a salty statement, but I like how he spoke about Juve saying

1143
01:11:43,920 --> 01:11:48,160
it's unfair that it's happening to this group of individual players who are all professionals

1144
01:11:48,160 --> 01:11:50,000
and he really spoke highly of them.

1145
01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:52,360
Of course, because the players have nothing to do with it.

1146
01:11:52,360 --> 01:11:53,360
Exactly.

1147
01:11:53,360 --> 01:11:54,360
Well, the capital gains case.

1148
01:11:54,360 --> 01:11:55,360
Yeah.

1149
01:11:55,360 --> 01:12:00,360
The salary maneuvers, they had everything to do with it.

1150
01:12:00,360 --> 01:12:02,360
A little bit.

1151
01:12:02,360 --> 01:12:07,360
Because they fucking bought, they spent 80 million on Ronaldo.

1152
01:12:07,360 --> 01:12:10,600
Dude, hashtag free the shillio.

1153
01:12:10,600 --> 01:12:12,440
Hashtag free the shillio.

1154
01:12:12,440 --> 01:12:13,960
Can we get that trending guys?

1155
01:12:13,960 --> 01:12:14,960
Please come on.

1156
01:12:14,960 --> 01:12:15,960
Hashtag free the shillio.

1157
01:12:15,960 --> 01:12:16,960
It's really ambidextrous.

1158
01:12:16,960 --> 01:12:17,960
We need him to be safe.

1159
01:12:17,960 --> 01:12:18,960
He really is ambidextrous.

1160
01:12:18,960 --> 01:12:23,960
Milan, even Juve play him on the left, play him on the right.

1161
01:12:23,960 --> 01:12:24,960
He's very two-putted.

1162
01:12:24,960 --> 01:12:29,480
That's because of his immense tactical discipline, bro.

1163
01:12:29,480 --> 01:12:31,480
The next Maldini they used to call him back in the day.

1164
01:12:31,480 --> 01:12:32,480
Oh my God.

1165
01:12:32,480 --> 01:12:33,480
Come on.

1166
01:12:33,480 --> 01:12:36,480
Roma sit in sixth on 60 points.

1167
01:12:36,480 --> 01:12:41,640
Just to paint the picture, Atalanta are in fifth on 61 and Milan are in fourth on 64.

1168
01:12:41,640 --> 01:12:47,100
However, and then Juventus are in seventh on 59.

1169
01:12:47,100 --> 01:12:48,840
So they're a bit sandwiched.

1170
01:12:48,840 --> 01:12:54,120
Could we potentially see Roma in the Europa League next season if they fail to win the,

1171
01:12:54,120 --> 01:12:58,680
sorry in the conference league, if they fail to win the Europa League final and they drop

1172
01:12:58,680 --> 01:13:01,400
points and Juve capitalize on that.

1173
01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:05,080
You might see them back there again.

1174
01:13:05,080 --> 01:13:08,680
Salah and Etana 15th on 39 points.

1175
01:13:08,680 --> 01:13:10,880
Absolutely safe from relegation.

1176
01:13:10,880 --> 01:13:14,440
Before Jake speaks about the next game, I just want to make a point that today through

1177
01:13:14,440 --> 01:13:18,000
the simple click of a button, I almost deleted our entire episode.

1178
01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:25,760
We were going to have to start over because I hit command Z on this and it deleted absolutely

1179
01:13:25,760 --> 01:13:26,760
everything.

1180
01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:28,640
You should have seen the panic.

1181
01:13:28,640 --> 01:13:33,840
And then the redo prompt wasn't working like the combination on my keyboard.

1182
01:13:33,840 --> 01:13:36,720
But stayed calm, stayed stoic.

1183
01:13:36,720 --> 01:13:38,400
Do you know how he solved it guys?

1184
01:13:38,400 --> 01:13:43,000
This troubleshooting mastermind over here next to me.

1185
01:13:43,000 --> 01:13:48,080
Google, how to redo on Mac on audacity.

1186
01:13:48,080 --> 01:13:51,200
But that's what didn't work.

1187
01:13:51,200 --> 01:13:55,360
That's because it was telling me command something and that wasn't working.

1188
01:13:55,360 --> 01:13:57,840
Oh, but edit redo works.

1189
01:13:57,840 --> 01:13:59,240
At the top toolbar.

1190
01:13:59,240 --> 01:14:01,880
Oh yeah, we've just saved someone's day somewhere.

1191
01:14:01,880 --> 01:14:08,000
The next thing we're going to be covering is at Atlanta three Verona one.

1192
01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:12,880
Now at Atlanta have significantly improved their record against Hellas Verona since Gasparini

1193
01:14:12,880 --> 01:14:13,880
became the manager.

1194
01:14:13,880 --> 01:14:17,880
They won seven out of 10 matches.

1195
01:14:17,880 --> 01:14:22,640
Hellas Verona had achieved two consecutive away victories against Atlanta matching their

1196
01:14:22,640 --> 01:14:26,720
total number of away wins in the previous 20 encounters.

1197
01:14:26,720 --> 01:14:31,620
And Atlanta had suffered two consecutive defeats without scoring, which hadn't happened to

1198
01:14:31,620 --> 01:14:33,280
them since 2014.

1199
01:14:33,280 --> 01:14:41,800
Gasparini joined when Verona weren't a feeder club and they had Caprari, Illich and all

1200
01:14:41,800 --> 01:14:42,800
those guys.

1201
01:14:42,800 --> 01:14:43,800
Of course that plays a massive part.

1202
01:14:43,800 --> 01:14:44,800
It's true.

1203
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:45,800
It's not just it's not just Gasparini.

1204
01:14:45,800 --> 01:14:47,920
Well, Gasparini has been around forever to be honest.

1205
01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:49,800
He was around for those days as well.

1206
01:14:49,800 --> 01:14:50,800
He is a gnome.

1207
01:14:50,800 --> 01:14:51,800
He is a

1208
01:14:51,800 --> 01:14:59,440
He looks so much like a garden gnome.

1209
01:14:59,440 --> 01:15:02,720
And Gasparini doesn't look like a garden gnome.

1210
01:15:02,720 --> 01:15:06,600
Is it politically incorrect to say gnome?

1211
01:15:06,600 --> 01:15:12,560
No, you've got it mixed up with something else, which is politically incorrect.

1212
01:15:12,560 --> 01:15:16,280
Let's we move on.

1213
01:15:16,280 --> 01:15:23,600
Atlanta fielded their 3-4-2-1 formation with Sportiello on goal, Gymsity, Scalvini and

1214
01:15:23,600 --> 01:15:27,900
Toloi at the back with Zappa Costa on the left, Mele out on the right, De Roon and Koop

1215
01:15:27,900 --> 01:15:33,920
Miners in the middle with Muriel Pasalic and Hoyland playing as the Trident up front.

1216
01:15:33,920 --> 01:15:36,640
I know the new GTA came out already.

1217
01:15:36,640 --> 01:15:39,640
GTA Gymsity.

1218
01:15:39,640 --> 01:15:42,120
Wow.

1219
01:15:42,120 --> 01:15:47,120
Next up, a comedy podcast.

1220
01:15:47,120 --> 01:15:54,240
Verona on the other hand lined up with their 3-4-2-1 formation with Monte Po in goal, Shekharini

1221
01:15:54,240 --> 01:15:58,120
at the back, Hien and Kabal all at the back together.

1222
01:15:58,120 --> 01:15:59,120
Don't ask.

1223
01:15:59,120 --> 01:16:00,120
Terracciano was on the right.

1224
01:16:00,120 --> 01:16:01,360
No, not the goalkeeper.

1225
01:16:01,360 --> 01:16:02,560
De Pauli was on the left.

1226
01:16:02,560 --> 01:16:04,880
Tameze and Suleymana were in the middle.

1227
01:16:04,880 --> 01:16:10,040
Ingonj and Lazovic played behind the big, big boy Juric.

1228
01:16:10,040 --> 01:16:11,040
Yes, sir.

1229
01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:12,040
He's Latin.

1230
01:16:12,040 --> 01:16:17,680
Verona took the lead in the 11th minute with a goal from Darko Lazovic but Atalanta responded

1231
01:16:17,680 --> 01:16:23,200
strongly equalizing in the 22nd minute through Davide Zappa Costa's powerful strike from

1232
01:16:23,200 --> 01:16:24,640
outside the area.

1233
01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:30,400
Mario Pasalic put Atalanta ahead in the 53rd minute after a mistake from Verona goalkeeper

1234
01:16:30,400 --> 01:16:31,640
Lorenzo Monte Po.

1235
01:16:31,640 --> 01:16:35,600
He was dispossessed over there and Pasalic just passed into the back of the net.

1236
01:16:35,600 --> 01:16:40,880
Rasmus Hoyland sealed the victory for Atalanta with a goal in the 62nd minute also from out

1237
01:16:40,880 --> 01:16:43,240
of the box.

1238
01:16:43,240 --> 01:16:47,160
Atalanta had quite a few injuries this game but managed to get the job done.

1239
01:16:47,160 --> 01:16:52,880
They had Zapata, had a bird rugieri, Palomino, soppy, bog out due to injuries while Verona

1240
01:16:52,880 --> 01:16:56,880
on the other hand had Lasagna Duda, Onri, Davidovic and Hrstic.

1241
01:16:56,880 --> 01:16:58,880
They had a Lasagna Duda.

1242
01:16:58,880 --> 01:17:01,880
They had a Lasagna Duda.

1243
01:17:01,880 --> 01:17:02,880
Yes.

1244
01:17:02,880 --> 01:17:07,120
The Curva Nord was closed this game by the way because of racist chance directed at

1245
01:17:07,120 --> 01:17:09,040
Dusan Vlavic from the previous game.

1246
01:17:09,040 --> 01:17:11,800
So that's nice to see that there was a bit of action.

1247
01:17:11,800 --> 01:17:12,800
Very good.

1248
01:17:12,800 --> 01:17:15,560
Lots to be done still.

1249
01:17:15,560 --> 01:17:21,760
Verona now have suffered their second consecutive defeat bro.

1250
01:17:21,760 --> 01:17:22,760
They're risking it.

1251
01:17:22,760 --> 01:17:27,240
And now they play Empoli next and then they have Milan away at the last game of the season.

1252
01:17:27,240 --> 01:17:28,600
Fatal Verona.

1253
01:17:28,600 --> 01:17:31,160
So I think it's…

1254
01:17:31,160 --> 01:17:35,040
Verona have upset teams on the last day particularly Milan, Google Fatal Verona.

1255
01:17:35,040 --> 01:17:36,560
You can read about it.

1256
01:17:36,560 --> 01:17:37,560
It's quite upsetting.

1257
01:17:37,560 --> 01:17:38,560
Napoli.

1258
01:17:38,560 --> 01:17:39,560
They got two sodas.

1259
01:17:39,560 --> 01:17:44,160
They kicked them out of the Champions League spot in top four.

1260
01:17:44,160 --> 01:17:47,680
Now they stand one point below Spezia who are in 17th.

1261
01:17:47,680 --> 01:17:48,720
Verona are in 18th.

1262
01:17:48,720 --> 01:17:51,160
So things are getting a little bit dangerous for them.

1263
01:17:51,160 --> 01:17:55,000
Spezia don't have it easy either as they face Torino at home and then Roma away on

1264
01:17:55,000 --> 01:17:56,560
the last game of the season.

1265
01:17:56,560 --> 01:17:59,040
So it's going to be a crazy ending guys.

1266
01:17:59,040 --> 01:18:09,960
One thing that I would like to say is how Atalanta man would in Maltese we say be naked

1267
01:18:09,960 --> 01:18:10,960
naked.

1268
01:18:10,960 --> 01:18:17,920
So just like against all odds slowly slowly like taking no under the radar they managed

1269
01:18:17,920 --> 01:18:24,240
to fucking be relevant at this point in the season for the top four spot bro.

1270
01:18:24,240 --> 01:18:30,200
Like they've got 61 points in fifth after Juve have been docked their points right.

1271
01:18:30,200 --> 01:18:32,520
Milan have 64 points in fourth.

1272
01:18:32,520 --> 01:18:41,000
That means Atalanta, all it takes is Milan not beating Verona and not beating Juve.

1273
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:45,600
And Atalanta win their games, boom they're top four.

1274
01:18:45,600 --> 01:18:47,520
They can still do it.

1275
01:18:47,520 --> 01:18:54,320
They have six pointer against Inter coming up which is going to be huge for them.

1276
01:18:54,320 --> 01:19:01,360
If they manage to get three points over there, Inter stay on 66 and they go up to 64 all

1277
01:19:01,360 --> 01:19:06,600
of a sudden bro it gets very very tight.

1278
01:19:06,600 --> 01:19:08,960
But their hopes would be that Milan drop points.

1279
01:19:08,960 --> 01:19:11,680
Inter is a bit unattainable at the moment.

1280
01:19:11,680 --> 01:19:12,680
Of course bro.

1281
01:19:12,680 --> 01:19:22,840
I really liked the diamond that Atalanta fielded over here in Muriel, Hoylund, Pasalic and

1282
01:19:22,840 --> 01:19:24,120
Cook Miners or Darun.

1283
01:19:24,120 --> 01:19:29,840
They kind of played with a diamond shape and move the ball around very smoothly.

1284
01:19:29,840 --> 01:19:34,240
Hoylund does this thing where he can just run and stretch the pitch as far as it goes

1285
01:19:34,240 --> 01:19:37,840
really pushing that defensive line and people just play him through.

1286
01:19:37,840 --> 01:19:41,080
You know long balls over the top.

1287
01:19:41,080 --> 01:19:43,880
So it's good to see what Atalanta are doing.

1288
01:19:43,880 --> 01:19:49,400
They're a very good team and they might get rewarded for it.

1289
01:19:49,400 --> 01:19:56,840
I think as well if they get Europa League for next season they have a good chance to

1290
01:19:56,840 --> 01:19:58,720
do stuff over there man.

1291
01:19:58,720 --> 01:20:01,440
Atalanta, they're a very street smart team.

1292
01:20:01,440 --> 01:20:02,440
They have a good manager.

1293
01:20:02,440 --> 01:20:07,500
I'm sure the last two seasons haven't been as fruitful as the ones before but they have

1294
01:20:07,500 --> 01:20:12,400
some money now and they could potentially prepare themselves well for Europe.

1295
01:20:12,400 --> 01:20:17,880
They have a tight little squad with their depth as well.

1296
01:20:17,880 --> 01:20:21,520
They brought on Demi Raal, Luckmann and Ederson of the bench all very good.

1297
01:20:21,520 --> 01:20:24,440
O'Cauley was brought on of the bench as well, a very talented youngster.

1298
01:20:24,440 --> 01:20:27,880
They have lots of players and these players are all used to playing frequently because

1299
01:20:27,880 --> 01:20:30,880
of Gasparini's rotation system.

1300
01:20:30,880 --> 01:20:34,160
So yes a very good project, a very good footballing.

1301
01:20:34,160 --> 01:20:43,800
Demi Atalanta, one of the greatest academies in Italy, possibly in the world as well.

1302
01:20:43,800 --> 01:20:46,320
As to where they stand, of course we've discussed this.

1303
01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:52,560
Atalanta are in fifth with 61 points while Verona are in 18th with 30 points.

1304
01:20:52,560 --> 01:20:56,000
Atalanta were just too much for Verona to handle.

1305
01:20:56,000 --> 01:20:59,680
The next game we're going to be covering is Torino 1-Fiorentina.

1306
01:20:59,680 --> 01:21:04,280
1, the previous encounter was a 2-1 victory for Fiorentina.

1307
01:21:04,280 --> 01:21:10,720
Torino had Nemanja Radonjic out due to injury, whilst Fiorentina had Bonaventura suspended.

1308
01:21:10,720 --> 01:21:15,960
They had Sofian Amrabat and Nico Gonzalez that were rested for this game.

1309
01:21:15,960 --> 01:21:21,760
Obviously sandwiched between a European fixture and between the Coppa Italia final that is

1310
01:21:21,760 --> 01:21:22,760
coming up tomorrow.

1311
01:21:22,760 --> 01:21:26,120
Probably when you're listening to this it would be today.

1312
01:21:26,120 --> 01:21:35,120
Torino lined up in their 3-4-2-1 formation with Vania Angola on the backline of Bonjur,

1313
01:21:35,120 --> 01:21:36,600
Nossoors and Gigi.

1314
01:21:36,600 --> 01:21:40,240
Rodriguez was out on the left with Singo out on the right and the double pivot of Ilician

1315
01:21:40,240 --> 01:21:50,440
Ricci, two very young clever signings they made in the past two windows, whilst Karamohand

1316
01:21:50,440 --> 01:21:53,640
Vlasic played behind Tony Sanabria.

1317
01:21:53,640 --> 01:21:58,920
Fiorentina lined up in a 4-2-3-1 with Ciro Foligni in goal and the backline of Venuti,

1318
01:21:58,920 --> 01:22:02,600
Martinez, Igor and Tercic.

1319
01:22:02,600 --> 01:22:06,520
They had Mandragora and Duncan in the middle with Saponar out on the right, Sotil out on

1320
01:22:06,520 --> 01:22:12,080
the left and Barak playing behind Kwame.

1321
01:22:12,080 --> 01:22:16,360
In the 12th minute Vlasic's long-range attempt hit the side netting, it looked like it was

1322
01:22:16,360 --> 01:22:20,080
flying into the top corner, very close by him.

1323
01:22:20,080 --> 01:22:27,160
And then coming out for the second half Fiorentina introduced Lukaj Jović who scored after 3

1324
01:22:27,160 --> 01:22:28,840
minutes in the 48th minute.

1325
01:22:28,840 --> 01:22:33,320
It was a close-ranged header into the bottom right corner after a good run and cross by

1326
01:22:33,320 --> 01:22:38,680
Christian Kwame, Fiorentina take the lead making it 1-0 away from home.

1327
01:22:38,680 --> 01:22:43,720
However then in the 65th Torino managed to find their equaliser as Alessandro Bonjorno

1328
01:22:43,720 --> 01:22:48,080
played a low cross to Tony Sanabria who finished extremely well on the first touch into the

1329
01:22:48,080 --> 01:22:54,880
bottom far corner to make it 1-1 and they both share a point apiece.

1330
01:22:54,880 --> 01:23:00,040
Instantly going in to talk about how we've been saying that Torino needs a striker while

1331
01:23:00,040 --> 01:23:04,880
Sanabria each and every week has been telling us to go fuck ourselves.

1332
01:23:04,880 --> 01:23:17,440
Exactly, he's 27 years old, the man from fucking Paraguay dude, he is proving to be quite deployable.

1333
01:23:17,440 --> 01:23:23,040
Sanabria, reliable, quite an elite goal scorer to get 12 goals for Torino.

1334
01:23:23,040 --> 01:23:27,840
12 goals in 3 assists in 26 starts, that's pretty good.

1335
01:23:27,840 --> 01:23:31,680
We've been going on about how Torino need a striker and it is true they do need a striker

1336
01:23:31,680 --> 01:23:38,840
still but they've got a good player over here, Sanabria who does explode every season but

1337
01:23:38,840 --> 01:23:45,360
this season more than before I think, at least statistically.

1338
01:23:45,360 --> 01:23:51,680
The way he inserts himself, he's getting more intelligent, he's getting used to offensive

1339
01:23:51,680 --> 01:23:54,080
movements.

1340
01:23:54,080 --> 01:23:58,440
One thing that you guys probably know is that Torino and Fiorentina was a massive game for

1341
01:23:58,440 --> 01:24:01,120
this race to 8th that is currently going on.

1342
01:24:01,120 --> 01:24:06,800
At the moment Monza are in 8th place on 52 whilst Bologna, Torino and Fiorentina all

1343
01:24:06,800 --> 01:24:10,240
share 50 points, 2 points behind Monza.

1344
01:24:10,240 --> 01:24:17,560
I do think however in this case that both sides were happy to take a draw quite frankly.

1345
01:24:17,560 --> 01:24:22,080
I didn't see much urgency coming from each side.

1346
01:24:22,080 --> 01:24:27,920
I think Fiorentina also wanted to, they didn't want to go in for the 50-50s, they rested

1347
01:24:27,920 --> 01:24:34,920
a couple of players, they don't want any injuries going ahead especially with a European Cup

1348
01:24:34,920 --> 01:24:36,720
final coming up.

1349
01:24:36,720 --> 01:24:41,120
So I think they played it quite safe over there and I think Torino were happy with that.

1350
01:24:41,120 --> 01:24:44,960
We've seen what Fiorentina are capable of doing and Torino would have been glad that

1351
01:24:44,960 --> 01:24:49,240
that wasn't the Fiorentina that they're facing, the Fiorentina at 100%.

1352
01:24:49,240 --> 01:24:55,120
Yes and they also demonstrated their depth at Fiorentina, they still feel like a decent

1353
01:24:55,120 --> 01:25:00,320
squad like they have Kwame playing up front, resting Jovic and the likes of Cabral for

1354
01:25:00,320 --> 01:25:04,480
example playing Saponara as well we all know they have 100 wingers.

1355
01:25:04,480 --> 01:25:08,960
Terizek and Venuti were okay, Mandragora, Duncan were good in the midfield, you know

1356
01:25:08,960 --> 01:25:11,120
deployable team, a good team.

1357
01:25:11,120 --> 01:25:14,920
Yeah, 100%, very good and compact team.

1358
01:25:14,920 --> 01:25:21,800
It seems like Italiano has managed to find a very good group of players who are capable

1359
01:25:21,800 --> 01:25:26,600
of playing his system, Italiano's system, it's a very compact system.

1360
01:25:26,600 --> 01:25:29,880
It didn't allow Torino too many opportunities.

1361
01:25:29,880 --> 01:25:36,480
I know Ricardo Rodriguez was having a couple of attempts and a couple of crosses from distance

1362
01:25:36,480 --> 01:25:41,600
and they had that chance through Vlasic with a long range strike, otherwise an end was

1363
01:25:41,600 --> 01:25:45,520
that early ball into the box that Tony Sanabria finished off, other than that they didn't

1364
01:25:45,520 --> 01:25:47,600
have many chances Torino bro.

1365
01:25:47,600 --> 01:25:54,320
Yeah no, barely any it's true but thankfully their Paraguayan gem up front sorted them

1366
01:25:54,320 --> 01:25:55,320
out.

1367
01:25:55,320 --> 01:25:57,800
Exactly, man you know I didn't know he was from Paraguay.

1368
01:25:57,800 --> 01:25:58,800
Really?

1369
01:25:58,800 --> 01:25:59,800
I had no idea.

1370
01:25:59,800 --> 01:26:03,000
Not many people from Paraguay, name another footballer from Paraguay, go.

1371
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:04,880
I know one, I know one, I know one.

1372
01:26:04,880 --> 01:26:05,880
Gustavo Gomez.

1373
01:26:05,880 --> 01:26:06,880
Gustavo Gomez.

1374
01:26:06,880 --> 01:26:07,880
Boom bitch.

1375
01:26:07,880 --> 01:26:11,840
That's the one, I signed him on FM with Empoli, that was quite a good little group.

1376
01:26:11,840 --> 01:26:16,760
He's killing it in Brazil, killing it, he's become like a libero back in the day.

1377
01:26:16,760 --> 01:26:17,760
Exactly, exactly.

1378
01:26:17,760 --> 01:26:22,400
Playing behind the defense, almost pinging balls forward, he's a captain lifting trophies,

1379
01:26:22,400 --> 01:26:24,880
he's become a legend.

1380
01:26:24,880 --> 01:26:30,200
Really says hi to all of you that are listening but that's pretty much it for this game, I

1381
01:26:30,200 --> 01:26:32,160
don't think there's too much going to over here.

1382
01:26:32,160 --> 01:26:37,400
Torino sit in 10th on 50 points, so if you're in 11th on 50 points as well.

1383
01:26:37,400 --> 01:26:44,520
Oh yeah, the next game we are going to be covering is Sassuolo 1-2 Monza.

1384
01:26:44,520 --> 01:26:47,240
Why did you say it like that?

1385
01:26:47,240 --> 01:26:52,240
Oh my god I channeled my inner Mintoff, I'm talking about Sassuolo, I'm wearing a Sassuolo

1386
01:26:52,240 --> 01:27:00,880
kit as we speak, those who follow our Patreon will be aware of that, we've posted a video.

1387
01:27:00,880 --> 01:27:03,800
Sassuolo won Monza 2, sorry.

1388
01:27:03,800 --> 01:27:08,800
Now Sassuolo had an unbeaten record against Monza across Serie A, Serie B and the Coppa

1389
01:27:08,800 --> 01:27:13,800
Italia with a win and a draw in their previous encounters.

1390
01:27:13,800 --> 01:27:17,600
Sassuolo had been undefeated in their last 8 matches against newly promoted teams in

1391
01:27:17,600 --> 01:27:21,200
Serie A but of course Monza are no ordinary newly promoted team.

1392
01:27:21,200 --> 01:27:24,240
They are a newly promoted team with money.

1393
01:27:24,240 --> 01:27:28,680
Now Monza and Sassuolo had earned the same number of points in their second round of

1394
01:27:28,680 --> 01:27:33,120
Serie A matches this season with only 5 teams having more points during that period, so

1395
01:27:33,120 --> 01:27:40,160
they are actually 2 of the top sides since the return of Serie A post-World Cup.

1396
01:27:40,160 --> 01:27:45,040
Sassuolo 4-3-3 Conceal in gold, Rogério has the left back, Tolian has the right back,

1397
01:27:45,040 --> 01:27:53,480
Ruantressoldi and their elitre at the back, Henrique Lopez and Frattesi has the midfield

1398
01:27:53,480 --> 01:27:58,320
3 with Bayrami and Berardi out wide and Penamonti up front.

1399
01:27:58,320 --> 01:27:59,320
Ruantressoldi.

1400
01:27:59,320 --> 01:28:07,640
Monza 3-4-1 formation de Gregorio in gold recently linked with Nottingham Forest, our

1401
01:28:07,640 --> 01:28:13,880
father came up to us like apparently our fathers are Nottingham Forest fan, he's like apparently

1402
01:28:13,880 --> 01:28:18,240
Monza's keeper and we're like what was that?

1403
01:28:18,240 --> 01:28:19,240
Craniordi.

1404
01:28:19,240 --> 01:28:22,960
See the one who has a bit of a beard, we're like oh my god he's amazing, he's amazing,

1405
01:28:22,960 --> 01:28:23,960
he's amazing, he's amazing.

1406
01:28:23,960 --> 01:28:27,480
He's probably thinking like these guys think everyone from Serie A is amazing.

1407
01:28:27,480 --> 01:28:32,400
They had two great keepers this year first and they were both on loan, they had Henderson

1408
01:28:32,400 --> 01:28:34,360
and Napas.

1409
01:28:34,360 --> 01:28:39,360
It saw Mari and Caldi Rola were at the back for Monza with Churi out on the right, Augusto

1410
01:28:39,360 --> 01:28:43,480
on the left, Pessina and Sensi in the middle, now that's a sweet double pivot.

1411
01:28:43,480 --> 01:28:47,440
Caprari and Mota played behind the big big Petania.

1412
01:28:47,440 --> 01:28:51,440
Yes, who did I see recently and I was like you're telling me that's not Petania.

1413
01:28:51,440 --> 01:28:54,560
We don't know his name but there was this guy on the TV.

1414
01:28:54,560 --> 01:28:56,000
You said his name.

1415
01:28:56,000 --> 01:28:57,600
It wasn't anyone we knew.

1416
01:28:57,600 --> 01:29:00,680
No, I thought you said his name and then who was it?

1417
01:29:00,680 --> 01:29:03,200
I don't remember, that's why I'm asking you.

1418
01:29:03,200 --> 01:29:06,880
It was some fat guy.

1419
01:29:06,880 --> 01:29:10,760
With big lips.

1420
01:29:10,760 --> 01:29:14,760
Love, love Petania.

1421
01:29:14,760 --> 01:29:15,760
Love Petania so much.

1422
01:29:15,760 --> 01:29:20,200
In the 51st minute Domenico Berardi converted the penalty giving Xassuolo a 1-0 lead, in

1423
01:29:20,200 --> 01:29:25,500
the 68th minute Churi equalised for Monza with a well worked goal that saw him inserting

1424
01:29:25,500 --> 01:29:30,160
himself in the attacking position, in an attacking position very well as Churi often

1425
01:29:30,160 --> 01:29:32,000
does and actually scoring.

1426
01:29:32,000 --> 01:29:35,760
In the 68th minute, Ruan Tresoldi'd.

1427
01:29:35,760 --> 01:29:42,440
Alright, Ruan Tresoldi man, he's fucking, honestly he's having a mare this guy, he's

1428
01:29:42,440 --> 01:29:44,120
having an absolute nightmare.

1429
01:29:44,120 --> 01:29:48,040
I don't want to shit on him too much, this is a theme with Xassuolo defenders that they're

1430
01:29:48,040 --> 01:29:49,040
not reliable.

1431
01:29:49,040 --> 01:29:51,800
They just keep passing the baton to the next shit one.

1432
01:29:51,800 --> 01:29:57,120
This guy lost the ball, he tried to dribble, instantly dispossessed, panicked, he's like

1433
01:29:57,120 --> 01:30:01,400
no way am I going to make a mistake that leads to a goal, went for the slight tackle to win

1434
01:30:01,400 --> 01:30:05,440
the ball and he was already on a yellow card, got a second yellow and he's off, reducing

1435
01:30:05,440 --> 01:30:10,320
Xassuolo to 10 men and of course Monza switched the gear of course and they're like alright

1436
01:30:10,320 --> 01:30:13,080
these guys are down to 10, we're going to kill them.

1437
01:30:13,080 --> 01:30:19,920
And in the 93rd minute, Samuele Vignato actually played Pesina through brilliantly and Pesina

1438
01:30:19,920 --> 01:30:23,540
scored and the scenes were immaculate.

1439
01:30:23,540 --> 01:30:29,880
But yes, Monza proving that tactically they know how to get it done.

1440
01:30:29,880 --> 01:30:35,000
This guy, Raffaele Palladino, no wonder he's being linked to Juventus man, he's a good

1441
01:30:35,000 --> 01:30:40,920
manager playing this game very very intelligently, approaching it cautiously, suddenly Rouen

1442
01:30:40,920 --> 01:30:45,640
Tressoldi gets sent off and they're in the game and how were they in the game and they

1443
01:30:45,640 --> 01:30:49,360
just switched up gear and actually got a late winner over there.

1444
01:30:49,360 --> 01:30:50,360
So very good.

1445
01:30:50,360 --> 01:30:56,160
Xassuolo on the other hand approached the game more aggressively from the get go and

1446
01:30:56,160 --> 01:31:01,160
they were pressing high, they tried to disrupt Monza's build up play, Monza were just resilient,

1447
01:31:01,160 --> 01:31:08,640
they were patient, they waited, in the second half they made a few substitutions over here,

1448
01:31:08,640 --> 01:31:13,080
Monza that really changed the game as well for them, they brought on Marlon, Ravella

1449
01:31:13,080 --> 01:31:16,220
and Brindelli, three good substitutions.

1450
01:31:16,220 --> 01:31:20,560
After these substitutions were made, simply six minutes later they scored.

1451
01:31:20,560 --> 01:31:24,200
So there's that, then the red card in the 68th minute, so in eight minutes the game

1452
01:31:24,200 --> 01:31:27,040
changed completely.

1453
01:31:27,040 --> 01:31:32,960
And then the 92nd of course, the guy who had just come on, Samuele Vignato actually plays

1454
01:31:32,960 --> 01:31:36,800
Pesina through who scores the winner.

1455
01:31:36,800 --> 01:31:38,280
Lovely, lovely stuff.

1456
01:31:38,280 --> 01:31:44,200
Very good in game management by Palladino, the squad seems to like him, they seem to

1457
01:31:44,200 --> 01:31:48,800
love him and he seems to treat them well in that sense.

1458
01:31:48,800 --> 01:31:53,280
He has a lovely group of players, you look at this team, incredible talent all around,

1459
01:31:53,280 --> 01:31:59,080
the likes of Caprari, Sensi Pesina, Churia, Carlos Augusto, Itso, Di Gregorio, everyone's

1460
01:31:59,080 --> 01:32:05,840
fantastic and again we're really seeing this team transform into, they're peaking at the

1461
01:32:05,840 --> 01:32:12,240
moment Monza and it's good that they find themselves in eighth place which is fucking

1462
01:32:12,240 --> 01:32:18,640
crazy I think that's the best I can remember a newly promoted team doing definitely.

1463
01:32:18,640 --> 01:32:24,280
And it's good that they're relishing this battle to eighth so much and that they're

1464
01:32:24,280 --> 01:32:30,480
outdoing teams like Bologna, teams like Fiorentina, teams like Odinese, teams like Torino who

1465
01:32:30,480 --> 01:32:35,320
have been there and have been doing exactly that for seasons and seasons and seasons,

1466
01:32:35,320 --> 01:32:40,160
in Cam Monza instantly out of the top seven they're the best team.

1467
01:32:40,160 --> 01:32:41,160
Yeah, definitely.

1468
01:32:41,160 --> 01:32:42,360
Are they not like?

1469
01:32:42,360 --> 01:32:44,680
It's true, it's true, it's true, it's true.

1470
01:32:44,680 --> 01:32:45,680
They're super.

1471
01:32:45,680 --> 01:32:50,040
And honestly I can't remember the last time they lost.

1472
01:32:50,040 --> 01:32:51,200
Like off the top of my head.

1473
01:32:51,200 --> 01:32:52,680
Off the top of my head?

1474
01:32:52,680 --> 01:32:58,200
No, I mean I just opened their previous fixtures to see when the last time was.

1475
01:32:58,200 --> 01:33:03,240
Win-win, draw away to Torino, draw at home to Roma, win away to Spezia, win at home to

1476
01:33:03,240 --> 01:33:06,720
Fiorentina, give me a break guys, give me a break.

1477
01:33:06,720 --> 01:33:07,720
They're the shit.

1478
01:33:07,720 --> 01:33:08,720
They're trouble.

1479
01:33:08,720 --> 01:33:09,720
They're the real cheese.

1480
01:33:09,720 --> 01:33:11,960
They are the real cheese man, they are.

1481
01:33:11,960 --> 01:33:19,520
And they currently sit in eighth with 52 points while Sassuolo sit in 13th with 44 points.

1482
01:33:19,520 --> 01:33:24,080
Those who remember the days of Sassuolo's promotion to Serie A will know that they were

1483
01:33:24,080 --> 01:33:28,960
similar to Monza back in the day but a greater underdog because they didn't have the financial

1484
01:33:28,960 --> 01:33:31,440
injection.

1485
01:33:31,440 --> 01:33:36,600
They had, what was his name again, took Roma to the semi-final bro, Di Francesco.

1486
01:33:36,600 --> 01:33:40,360
Di Francesco was the manager that season and he actually got them to an Europa League spot

1487
01:33:40,360 --> 01:33:43,200
and they played in Europe Sassuolo.

1488
01:33:43,200 --> 01:33:46,600
So Monza still have to outdo that legacy.

1489
01:33:46,600 --> 01:33:50,720
But that was the last time I think a newly promoted team got Europe.

1490
01:33:50,720 --> 01:33:53,440
Oh, they were newly promoted as well.

1491
01:33:53,440 --> 01:33:54,920
Yes, I believe so.

1492
01:33:54,920 --> 01:33:57,440
Fucking crazy man.

1493
01:33:57,440 --> 01:34:00,240
They did better than Monza then.

1494
01:34:00,240 --> 01:34:02,440
I think, I'm not sure bro, don't quote me.

1495
01:34:02,440 --> 01:34:06,600
I don't know if it was the season they got promoted or the season after they got promoted.

1496
01:34:06,600 --> 01:34:09,280
But I believe it was when they got promoted.

1497
01:34:09,280 --> 01:34:10,840
Don't quote me.

1498
01:34:10,840 --> 01:34:13,920
The next game we're going to be covering, the penultimate game we're going to be covering

1499
01:34:13,920 --> 01:34:16,400
is Cremona 1-Bologna 5.

1500
01:34:16,400 --> 01:34:19,880
So another spanking in this matchday.

1501
01:34:19,880 --> 01:34:29,040
This is what sent Cremona down to Serie A. Unfortunately.

1502
01:34:29,040 --> 01:34:32,880
They threw them, they kicked them back into Serie A.

1503
01:34:32,880 --> 01:34:35,760
This is spartan them down to Serie A.

1504
01:34:35,760 --> 01:34:39,760
Really that though, they just fucking counted them down to Serie A.

1505
01:34:39,760 --> 01:34:45,600
Real massive reality check there for Cremona who unfortunately despite their efforts are

1506
01:34:45,600 --> 01:34:49,840
a couple of steps behind where they need to be to be a solid Serie A.

1507
01:34:49,840 --> 01:34:55,600
I feel like if they brought in Ballardini earlier they would have had a better chance.

1508
01:34:55,600 --> 01:34:57,840
Yeah, probably.

1509
01:34:57,840 --> 01:35:02,240
It's funny when you're Serie A and then you got promoted to Serie A and Serie A, you have

1510
01:35:02,240 --> 01:35:07,960
such a different approach because you're fighting to win and you're making changes to go all

1511
01:35:07,960 --> 01:35:10,600
the way and you're used to winning.

1512
01:35:10,600 --> 01:35:15,760
And then in Serie A you have to make changes to survive, not take you to the next winning

1513
01:35:15,760 --> 01:35:17,000
level kind of thing.

1514
01:35:17,000 --> 01:35:20,720
So it's always interesting to see how they approach situations like that.

1515
01:35:20,720 --> 01:35:26,600
You see Salernetana last season and Genoa last season, they changed their manager three

1516
01:35:26,600 --> 01:35:28,560
times I believe.

1517
01:35:28,560 --> 01:35:30,840
So Salernetana for sure.

1518
01:35:30,840 --> 01:35:31,840
Even Genoa.

1519
01:35:31,840 --> 01:35:37,300
I forgot about that with the fever in me.

1520
01:35:37,300 --> 01:35:43,640
Before the game, Cremona handed a 50,000 euro check to Bologna sporting director Claudio

1521
01:35:43,640 --> 01:35:49,040
Fenucci for the flood victims in Emilia-Romagna and then that was followed by a one minute

1522
01:35:49,040 --> 01:35:50,880
silence around all of Serie A.

1523
01:35:50,880 --> 01:35:57,440
Obviously we've seen the footage of what's happening in Emilia-Romagna and it's petrifying.

1524
01:35:57,440 --> 01:36:03,760
It's super scary, it's something out of the 2012 movie that came out in 2011.

1525
01:36:03,760 --> 01:36:08,200
I don't know why I'm going into so much detail about the movie.

1526
01:36:08,200 --> 01:36:17,000
It's frightening, people are dying, the streets are collapsing, trees and houses are collapsing.

1527
01:36:17,000 --> 01:36:18,000
It's dreadful.

1528
01:36:18,000 --> 01:36:23,600
It's nice to see Cremona forking out 50k and giving it to Bologna to help them aid that.

1529
01:36:23,600 --> 01:36:30,520
Especially when they could have used the 50k to get a striker.

1530
01:36:30,520 --> 01:36:32,080
They could have paid their players.

1531
01:36:32,080 --> 01:36:37,680
It's a very nice gesture and I'd like to see more of this in football.

1532
01:36:37,680 --> 01:36:43,360
Also if anyone's listening who has family or friends or whatever or live in Emilia-Romagna,

1533
01:36:43,360 --> 01:36:47,520
our thoughts are with you and we hope you guys can overcome this.

1534
01:36:47,520 --> 01:36:49,200
Cremona has had Serie A.

1535
01:36:49,200 --> 01:36:54,160
Hildeser is out and he is out for the entirety of the season, whilst Bologna had Soriano,

1536
01:36:54,160 --> 01:36:57,160
Kiriakopoulos and Sao Mauro missing this match.

1537
01:36:57,160 --> 01:37:02,480
Cremona is lined up in their 4-2-3-1 formation that did really well.

1538
01:37:02,480 --> 01:37:06,720
Carnesecki in goal and the backline of Valeri, Vasquez, Kirikes and Saint-Nicola and a double

1539
01:37:06,720 --> 01:37:08,920
pivot of Meite and Castagnetti.

1540
01:37:08,920 --> 01:37:12,400
That Ocarreca out on the left, Piquel out on the right with Galdemes playing behind

1541
01:37:12,400 --> 01:37:13,640
Sajou.

1542
01:37:13,640 --> 01:37:18,160
You listened to the first episode where we're pronouncing these names and one of the final

1543
01:37:18,160 --> 01:37:19,680
episodes where we're pronouncing these names.

1544
01:37:19,680 --> 01:37:20,680
We've come a long way bro.

1545
01:37:20,680 --> 01:37:21,680
We bro, we bro.

1546
01:37:21,680 --> 01:37:22,680
We have bro.

1547
01:37:22,680 --> 01:37:27,520
I don't know what it is about these relegation sides playing random people on the wing.

1548
01:37:27,520 --> 01:37:28,520
Hey man!

1549
01:37:28,520 --> 01:37:30,080
Now that they're relegated, fuck it.

1550
01:37:30,080 --> 01:37:32,200
Piquel on the wing, Gabbiadini on the wing.

1551
01:37:32,200 --> 01:37:34,840
Literally, but they weren't even relegated here man.

1552
01:37:34,840 --> 01:37:36,960
I know, not yet.

1553
01:37:36,960 --> 01:37:42,800
Bologna 4-2-3-1, same formation with Skorupski in goal and the backline of Stefan Posch,

1554
01:37:42,800 --> 01:37:46,160
Bonifazi, Lukumyfuckumy and Cambiaso.

1555
01:37:46,160 --> 01:37:49,160
Breslau shouting and Dominguez in the middle with Orsolini out on the right.

1556
01:37:49,160 --> 01:37:52,520
We literally did everything in this game.

1557
01:37:52,520 --> 01:37:55,680
Barrow on the left and Ferguson playing behind Arnautovic.

1558
01:37:55,680 --> 01:38:00,680
Okay, so in the 14th minute Bologna opened the scoring.

1559
01:38:00,680 --> 01:38:05,120
Moussa Barrow unleashed a powerful in-swinging cross to the far post which was headed in

1560
01:38:05,120 --> 01:38:07,280
well by Mark Arnautovic.

1561
01:38:07,280 --> 01:38:08,760
That was a shot in my opinion.

1562
01:38:08,760 --> 01:38:09,760
It was.

1563
01:38:09,760 --> 01:38:11,240
I think it was a shot cross.

1564
01:38:11,240 --> 01:38:13,240
Yeah, one of those.

1565
01:38:13,240 --> 01:38:17,040
But I wouldn't be surprised if Barrow went for goal.

1566
01:38:17,040 --> 01:38:20,840
I bet Moussa Barrow would go for goal from there.

1567
01:38:20,840 --> 01:38:25,880
In the 27th minute Bologna extended their lead with a goal from a corner kick.

1568
01:38:25,880 --> 01:38:30,720
Riccardo Orsolini delivered a powerful dipping corner, one of the best corners I've ever

1569
01:38:30,720 --> 01:38:32,080
seen in my life.

1570
01:38:32,080 --> 01:38:36,720
It bounced off the leg of Ferguson, bounced off the defender, falling kindly back to Ferguson

1571
01:38:36,720 --> 01:38:37,720
who slotted in.

1572
01:38:37,720 --> 01:38:42,400
Now before I write these goal descriptions and before I watch the highlights, I read

1573
01:38:42,400 --> 01:38:47,680
articles on the game so that I could get additional information than just watching the highlights

1574
01:38:47,680 --> 01:38:51,760
especially if I missed the game in the first place and every article I was reading said

1575
01:38:51,760 --> 01:38:52,760
the same thing.

1576
01:38:52,760 --> 01:39:00,120
A sensational corner by Riccardo Orsolini, a magnificent corner by Orsolini, the perfect

1577
01:39:00,120 --> 01:39:01,400
corner by Orsolini.

1578
01:39:01,400 --> 01:39:07,800
I'm like what the fuck was this fucking corner for it to be sensational, magnificent and

1579
01:39:07,800 --> 01:39:08,800
perfect?

1580
01:39:08,800 --> 01:39:11,840
Like who the fuck describes a corner as magnificent or sensational?

1581
01:39:11,840 --> 01:39:18,880
Like how, unless it goes in I guess, it's like if it's a good corner like or like Luca

1582
01:39:18,880 --> 01:39:24,080
Modric assisting Sergio Ramos in a Champions League final against Atletico in the last

1583
01:39:24,080 --> 01:39:28,840
minute, that could be a sensational corner but a sensational corner Bologna against Crum,

1584
01:39:28,840 --> 01:39:35,040
bro I watch the corner, Orsolini is on corner duties now and the way he takes these corners

1585
01:39:35,040 --> 01:39:41,720
is just full of power and it just dips onto the penalty area.

1586
01:39:41,720 --> 01:39:45,360
It just dips perfectly onto the penalty spot and whoever is there all they need to do is

1587
01:39:45,360 --> 01:39:49,520
guided goal words and they don't even need to generate power because all the power is

1588
01:39:49,520 --> 01:39:51,360
in the corner.

1589
01:39:51,360 --> 01:39:56,640
Beautiful corners and I remember burst out laughing after seeing the corners I was telling

1590
01:39:56,640 --> 01:40:03,760
Jake I was like how can a corner be magnificent and then we clicked play, the corner went

1591
01:40:03,760 --> 01:40:08,760
in and both just at the same time went oh!

1592
01:40:08,760 --> 01:40:12,080
The perfect corner!

1593
01:40:12,080 --> 01:40:16,560
This is an amazing corner by Orsolini.

1594
01:40:16,560 --> 01:40:22,320
And then the 29th minute, two minutes later Orsolini got a yellow card for descent and

1595
01:40:22,320 --> 01:40:28,520
then the 46th minute Orsolini took another perfect corner this time headed in by Stefan

1596
01:40:28,520 --> 01:40:35,040
Posch and Karneceky anticipated this corner coming in he went out to intercept it by punching

1597
01:40:35,040 --> 01:40:40,760
the ball away missed it because of the sheer power that was on this corner and then he

1598
01:40:40,760 --> 01:40:44,160
just had to tap it in with a header Stefan Posch.

1599
01:40:44,160 --> 01:40:50,440
So amazing by Orsolini what a coup to have to take corners.

1600
01:40:50,440 --> 01:40:54,920
In the 61st minute there was a strong appeal from Cremenese players for a handball in the

1601
01:40:54,920 --> 01:41:00,000
penalty box over VAR said nothing doing at this point Cremenese are dreaming and then

1602
01:41:00,000 --> 01:41:03,040
a minute later Bologna scored again.

1603
01:41:03,040 --> 01:41:07,800
They continued their dominant display with another clinical finish this time by Riccardo

1604
01:41:07,800 --> 01:41:12,400
Orsolini who beat the offside trap after a counter attacking through ball by Moro before

1605
01:41:12,400 --> 01:41:17,720
rounding Karneceky and finishing from a tight angle it is now 4-0 for Bologna.

1606
01:41:17,720 --> 01:41:22,120
And then in the 73rd minute just 11 minutes later Orsolini received his second yellow

1607
01:41:22,120 --> 01:41:26,720
card and his subsequent dismissal from the pitch from referee Paolo Valeri.

1608
01:41:26,720 --> 01:41:30,640
The Italian lunged into a challenge whilst dribbling as the ball went slightly astray

1609
01:41:30,640 --> 01:41:34,760
he went to win it through a sliding tackle and he got all the man over there.

1610
01:41:34,760 --> 01:41:39,320
So he literally did everything there is to do in the game in this match but what a performance.

1611
01:41:39,320 --> 01:41:43,080
If you go on who scored he's got every symbol about him.

1612
01:41:43,080 --> 01:41:50,280
All he needs is the clean sheet one or every little goal that Karneceky has over there

1613
01:41:50,280 --> 01:41:52,600
on a 4.6.

1614
01:41:52,600 --> 01:41:56,880
In the 80th minute Moussa Barrow had time and space to play a precise pass to Nicolas

1615
01:41:56,880 --> 01:42:01,920
Anson inside the box who finished brilliantly into the far corner nothing the keeper could

1616
01:42:01,920 --> 01:42:06,760
do and in the 91st minute Cremonaese found a consolation goal as Ciofanli unleashed a

1617
01:42:06,760 --> 01:42:11,080
volley from inside the area and into the back of the net.

1618
01:42:11,080 --> 01:42:18,240
Okay Orsolini let's talk because he's had a great season he was the best Italian player

1619
01:42:18,240 --> 01:42:21,800
in the world this season in my opinion.

1620
01:42:21,800 --> 01:42:29,360
I think Zaccani was very good this year but yes Orsolini has definitely been one of the

1621
01:42:29,360 --> 01:42:37,420
best ones and it's nice to see him play well across a full season because usually he appears

1622
01:42:37,420 --> 01:42:42,680
in the second half of the season or he dips and it's nice to see that his output has

1623
01:42:42,680 --> 01:42:47,520
remained consistent as well because he's a very explosive player and the fact that he's

1624
01:42:47,520 --> 01:42:51,080
actually getting numbers, goals and assists and he said pieces are fucking so good they

1625
01:42:51,080 --> 01:42:55,140
can rule of course we discussed it but he's got many elements of his game that could make

1626
01:42:55,140 --> 01:43:01,320
him a very useful player and who would have thought that in 2023 Orsolini would be more

1627
01:43:01,320 --> 01:43:03,480
highly rated than Nicolas Anioro for example.

1628
01:43:03,480 --> 01:43:11,680
Ah literally man literally you look at him like Zaccani plays a bit closer to goal in

1629
01:43:11,680 --> 01:43:19,200
my opinion and the work that Orsolini does like he plays out wider it seems like in a

1630
01:43:19,200 --> 01:43:28,560
4-3-3 for lots, Joao Zaccani plays a bit closer to the striker but not 4-2-3-1 formation

1631
01:43:28,560 --> 01:43:32,920
Orsolini is typically tasked with looking after that wing a little bit more and cutting

1632
01:43:32,920 --> 01:43:36,200
in for that T-Rajira or a cross.

1633
01:43:36,200 --> 01:43:40,360
We often see him charging from the halfway line for example he drives well.

1634
01:43:40,360 --> 01:43:44,700
And the way just that when he has a bit of space the way he starts dribbling around players

1635
01:43:44,700 --> 01:43:50,200
when he's confident is just so entertaining man and genuinely I have a bit of a crush

1636
01:43:50,200 --> 01:43:55,480
on Orsolini at the moment he's been so good this year Milan need a right winger I think

1637
01:43:55,480 --> 01:43:58,780
they should go for Orsolini bro.

1638
01:43:58,780 --> 01:44:06,600
Honestly it might be better than Albert from Genoa but yeah no I mean Tiaugamatta has everyone

1639
01:44:06,600 --> 01:44:11,560
playing amazingly he's got Ferguson looking amazing he's got Barrow back to his best as

1640
01:44:11,560 --> 01:44:16,080
well you know Shoughton always looks good Stefan Posch has been incredible like these

1641
01:44:16,080 --> 01:44:22,500
guys are thriving under Tiaugamatta so good on them I would like to see Orsolini have

1642
01:44:22,500 --> 01:44:26,320
another season at Bologna though to be honest with you I think it would be cool.

1643
01:44:26,320 --> 01:44:30,600
I mean the more seasons you can get under your belt before joining my favorite team

1644
01:44:30,600 --> 01:44:32,520
get them so that you won't disappoint them.

1645
01:44:32,520 --> 01:44:37,840
The prize though right that's everything between 20 million and 40 million fucking 60 million.

1646
01:44:37,840 --> 01:44:43,240
If you're Italian then it's 40 million if you're an Italian in Italy.

1647
01:44:43,240 --> 01:44:47,380
By the way here it says he has one assist he has two because one of them hit Ferguson

1648
01:44:47,380 --> 01:44:53,800
then hit the defender and then Ferguson got it back so he had two assists this game.

1649
01:44:53,800 --> 01:44:58,720
So yes I can't highlight this guy enough he's had a fantastic season and this game was all

1650
01:44:58,720 --> 01:45:04,240
him it literally was all Orsolini I'm saying it's all Orsolini but then you look on the

1651
01:45:04,240 --> 01:45:10,680
left hand side Moussa Barrow let me change this instead of highlighting Orsolini and

1652
01:45:10,680 --> 01:45:16,240
Barrow so much I'm going to say Bologna really utilized their wings well.

1653
01:45:16,240 --> 01:45:20,800
They have their final four players in Orsolini, Ferguson, Barrow and Arnautovic that are super

1654
01:45:20,800 --> 01:45:26,080
dangerous together you see them all contributing in this game Orsolini with two assists and

1655
01:45:26,080 --> 01:45:30,400
a goal, Ferguson with a goal, Arnautovic with a goal and Barrow with two assists.

1656
01:45:30,400 --> 01:45:35,800
The firepower they have over here is great I think they identified the problem with Cremonaise

1657
01:45:35,800 --> 01:45:41,460
which is their aerial duels they're not great at that and they just flooded them with these

1658
01:45:41,460 --> 01:45:45,080
dangerous crosses and boy did they have the players to deliver them.

1659
01:45:45,080 --> 01:45:50,160
Yeah bro and did they have the guy in the box to fucking pounce on them as well they

1660
01:45:50,160 --> 01:45:54,520
were aiming them at Arnautovic which is a great target man.

1661
01:45:54,520 --> 01:46:00,160
Yeah no 100% we said that they looked better without him but then when he's back he's

1662
01:46:00,160 --> 01:46:02,000
saying you can whip the ball into it.

1663
01:46:02,000 --> 01:46:03,000
You can exactly.

1664
01:46:03,000 --> 01:46:08,040
Or shoot apparently shoot and he'll head it in.

1665
01:46:08,040 --> 01:46:14,920
But yeah that sent Cremonaise spiraling down to Serie B it's been great to have Cremonaise

1666
01:46:14,920 --> 01:46:20,000
with us but unfortunately not quite good enough they got their first victory what a couple

1667
01:46:20,000 --> 01:46:21,480
of weeks ago.

1668
01:46:21,480 --> 01:46:28,680
19th place 24 points nowhere they can go while Bologna are in ninth on 50 points and I can't

1669
01:46:28,680 --> 01:46:33,080
wait to see Bologna a full season with Thiago Motta next year.

1670
01:46:33,080 --> 01:46:35,720
Yeah same European push huh maybe.

1671
01:46:35,720 --> 01:46:36,720
Yeah maybe.

1672
01:46:36,720 --> 01:46:37,720
We'll see.

1673
01:46:37,720 --> 01:46:42,560
The next game we're going to be covering was the most disappointing game of the weekend

1674
01:46:42,560 --> 01:46:47,680
the game we hyped up we're like Lecce Spezia it's going to be fucking sold out it's fucking

1675
01:46:47,680 --> 01:46:53,040
crazy relegation six pointer a man who wins survives only the strong survive you know

1676
01:46:53,040 --> 01:46:56,360
we're like fucking writing freestyles about this fucking game.

1677
01:46:56,360 --> 01:47:01,760
I like gassing it up little did we know there was going to be the classic Italian biscotto

1678
01:47:01,760 --> 01:47:07,800
literally where you know let's share the spoils we've got three games left let's take a draw

1679
01:47:07,800 --> 01:47:12,880
here I mean Spezia were more than no sorry Lecce were more than happy to take the draw

1680
01:47:12,880 --> 01:47:17,200
here in fact they came out with a bit of a defensive approach Spezia tried a little bit

1681
01:47:17,200 --> 01:47:24,040
harder but could not penetrate did not have enough quality to actually penetrate the Lecce

1682
01:47:24,040 --> 01:47:29,240
defense this was in general a game that displayed it left a lot to be desired quantity wise

1683
01:47:29,240 --> 01:47:35,800
man Lecce lined up with their 4-3-3 formation Marco Barone's men Falcone was in goal Gallo

1684
01:47:35,800 --> 01:47:39,940
on the left Jean Drey on the right Umtiti and Basquerotta as a center back duo this

1685
01:47:39,940 --> 01:47:44,640
might be a new world record bro for back four like the same back four week in week out no

1686
01:47:44,640 --> 01:47:49,600
matter if they play like twice a week three times a week it's the same back four.

1687
01:47:49,600 --> 01:47:53,960
They had so many defensive woes at the start of the season so many injuries so on so forth

1688
01:47:53,960 --> 01:47:56,880
but they really found their four and they stuck with them man.

1689
01:47:56,880 --> 01:48:03,360
Udon, Blin and Gonzalez were in the middle of the field and of course was out injured

1690
01:48:03,360 --> 01:48:08,560
they definitely missed him over there he's a fantastic player and Di Francesco was out

1691
01:48:08,560 --> 01:48:13,520
on the left Streffetz out on the right and Colombo started this one up front for Spezia

1692
01:48:13,520 --> 01:48:18,760
it was a 3-5-2 formation with Dragovski in goal Visnevski, Ampadu and Nicola were at

1693
01:48:18,760 --> 01:48:23,720
the back with Jazi playing as the right wing back Reka playing as the left wing back Ekdal

1694
01:48:23,720 --> 01:48:27,960
Esposito and Borabia were in the middle Massey Esposito is growing into quite the player

1695
01:48:27,960 --> 01:48:33,200
Inzola and Shumardov were playing up front.

1696
01:48:33,200 --> 01:48:38,720
Now of course apart from Hulman they also had Castriot Darmacu out injured and Lefce

1697
01:48:38,720 --> 01:48:48,600
Spezia had Amian and Caldaro, Daniel Maldini, Salahal Mujwao Moutin and Zofko the substitute

1698
01:48:48,600 --> 01:48:49,920
goalkeeper out injured.

1699
01:48:49,920 --> 01:48:51,440
I hope he's not too hurt.

1700
01:48:51,440 --> 01:48:56,560
Oh man I remember his game against Atalanta.

1701
01:48:56,560 --> 01:49:03,440
This was Lefce's 600th match in Seia marking a significant milestone for the club so applause

1702
01:49:03,440 --> 01:49:07,960
to Lefce.

1703
01:49:07,960 --> 01:49:11,080
Guess how many shots on target this game had?

1704
01:49:11,080 --> 01:49:12,080
What like two?

1705
01:49:12,080 --> 01:49:13,080
Yeah, bang!

1706
01:49:13,080 --> 01:49:20,640
Two shots on target throughout the entire game Inzola and Shumardov had chances for

1707
01:49:20,640 --> 01:49:24,760
Spezia but their shots went wide or were blocked by the Lefce defence.

1708
01:49:24,760 --> 01:49:28,480
Trefetza and Sissé had attempts for Lefce but they were unable to find the back of the

1709
01:49:28,480 --> 01:49:31,200
net.

1710
01:49:31,200 --> 01:49:37,400
The tension and nervousness though was evident bro and both teams fought to secure points

1711
01:49:37,400 --> 01:49:39,040
for survival and they fought scrappily.

1712
01:49:39,040 --> 01:49:43,080
You know it was just losing the ball, winning it back, losing the ball, winning it back.

1713
01:49:43,080 --> 01:49:44,080
I told you man.

1714
01:49:44,080 --> 01:49:45,080
Midfield scraps.

1715
01:49:45,080 --> 01:49:48,320
While you were getting all hyped for it I told you there's probably going to be a nil-nil.

1716
01:49:48,320 --> 01:49:50,240
These games typically tend to be nil-nil.

1717
01:49:50,240 --> 01:49:54,040
Yeah they tend to be but not at this stage of the season.

1718
01:49:54,040 --> 01:49:59,480
But maybe typically not at this stage of the season but you see that Verona were up against

1719
01:49:59,480 --> 01:50:04,760
Atalanta on the other hand and these guys would be like wow, listen, they're probably

1720
01:50:04,760 --> 01:50:05,760
going to lose.

1721
01:50:05,760 --> 01:50:08,080
Adreau would do us both a fucking solid like.

1722
01:50:08,080 --> 01:50:11,080
Of course yeah but they might bite them in the ass later because they could have won

1723
01:50:11,080 --> 01:50:12,080
this game.

1724
01:50:12,080 --> 01:50:13,080
I mean yes.

1725
01:50:13,080 --> 01:50:17,120
Either team could have won this game but yeah.

1726
01:50:17,120 --> 01:50:19,360
I mean there's nothing even to say about this game.

1727
01:50:19,360 --> 01:50:25,040
Falcone made a crucial save on a dull shot potentially saving Lecce from defeat.

1728
01:50:25,040 --> 01:50:29,080
That was probably the best moment of the game.

1729
01:50:29,080 --> 01:50:31,960
Falcone's save.

1730
01:50:31,960 --> 01:50:38,720
Yeah I mean it was clear from the get-go that Lecce sat back and allowed Spezia to kind

1731
01:50:38,720 --> 01:50:41,360
of attack them.

1732
01:50:41,360 --> 01:50:44,960
They were the biscotto instigators, Lecce definitely.

1733
01:50:44,960 --> 01:50:45,960
Absolutely.

1734
01:50:45,960 --> 01:50:49,800
And Spezia in fact were more aggressive, they pressed Lecce, they created scoring opportunities,

1735
01:50:49,800 --> 01:50:56,760
they seemed to have more pace and were able to earn corners in the early stages of the

1736
01:50:56,760 --> 01:50:58,520
game for example.

1737
01:50:58,520 --> 01:51:06,400
I think Lecce took more of a defensive approach slightly earlier on the season.

1738
01:51:06,400 --> 01:51:11,400
I think if you look five match days ago we saw like okay, like we need to secure as many

1739
01:51:11,400 --> 01:51:13,080
points as possible.

1740
01:51:13,080 --> 01:51:15,920
They took a more defensive approach and they stopped taking risks.

1741
01:51:15,920 --> 01:51:21,160
Not that they were massive risk takers before, they've always been a tight knit unit, very

1742
01:51:21,160 --> 01:51:27,040
defensive so on so forth but they just instigated that a lot more than before.

1743
01:51:27,040 --> 01:51:30,400
Yeah totally bro.

1744
01:51:30,400 --> 01:51:33,240
That's it, I'm just going to tell you where they are in the league because honestly there

1745
01:51:33,240 --> 01:51:34,240
was nothing to talk about.

1746
01:51:34,240 --> 01:51:40,480
Honestly I feel sorry for whoever took my advice and watched this game.

1747
01:51:40,480 --> 01:51:47,880
Spezia are in 17th with 31 points, Lecce are in 16th with 33 points.

1748
01:51:47,880 --> 01:51:50,080
That's not looking good for Verona.

1749
01:51:50,080 --> 01:51:52,880
No it's not, it's not looking good for Verona at all.

1750
01:51:52,880 --> 01:52:01,680
They have 30 points, Spezia have 31 points, Lecce have 33 points, Verona have Empoli at

1751
01:52:01,680 --> 01:52:07,640
home and Milan away remaining, Lecce have Monza away and Bologna home, Spezia have Torino

1752
01:52:07,640 --> 01:52:09,600
home and Roma away dude.

1753
01:52:09,600 --> 01:52:15,200
So I think Lecce have the most favourable run in over here and they are the team with

1754
01:52:15,200 --> 01:52:19,880
the most points so that probably explains their biscotto approach.

1755
01:52:19,880 --> 01:52:23,520
They looked at Spezia and they said these guys have Torino and Roma, left Verona have

1756
01:52:23,520 --> 01:52:25,480
Empoli and Milan.

1757
01:52:25,480 --> 01:52:29,720
We don't really have a Milan or a Roma to worry about.

1758
01:52:29,720 --> 01:52:34,280
Granted there's Monza and Bologna who are not teams that you'd ideally want to face

1759
01:52:34,280 --> 01:52:36,880
but at the end of the day they're not really pushing for anything.

1760
01:52:36,880 --> 01:52:40,400
You know Monza and Bologna are not going to be trying to kill you till the end while Roma

1761
01:52:40,400 --> 01:52:43,560
and Milan on the other hand will be trying to kill these guys.

1762
01:52:43,560 --> 01:52:47,960
It's about who gets the one point man, it's about who's capable of getting one point out

1763
01:52:47,960 --> 01:52:51,960
of these fixtures because I think Empoli is the most favourable fixture.

1764
01:52:51,960 --> 01:52:56,520
Granted they've just destroyed Juve but even the coach said Zanetti like these guys have

1765
01:52:56,520 --> 01:53:01,720
been celebrating, they've been partying.

1766
01:53:01,720 --> 01:53:04,800
So yeah we'll see what happens, it's going to be a crazy ending guys, what a weekend

1767
01:53:04,800 --> 01:53:12,120
we have coming up, we look forward to watching it and coming back here to discuss it for

1768
01:53:12,120 --> 01:53:13,120
you guys.

1769
01:53:13,120 --> 01:53:15,120
Completely and absolutely.

1770
01:53:15,120 --> 01:53:22,440
I think I mentioned I might go watch Milan's last game of the season, very pumped about

1771
01:53:22,440 --> 01:53:23,440
that.

1772
01:53:23,440 --> 01:53:27,600
I found two friends that were interested in joining me, if not I was going alone 100%

1773
01:53:27,600 --> 01:53:35,960
because Mr. McJake isn't joining me because he's paying off a house.

1774
01:53:35,960 --> 01:53:40,480
Bro one day you'll grow up and you'll buy a house and you'll be broke too.

1775
01:53:40,480 --> 01:53:48,000
I mean I'm looking but I think before I make myself broke I'll watch what might be Piole's

1776
01:53:48,000 --> 01:53:51,640
last game in charge of Milan.

1777
01:53:51,640 --> 01:53:52,640
Stop it bro, stop it man.

1778
01:53:52,640 --> 01:53:53,920
I'm going to be there bro.

1779
01:53:53,920 --> 01:53:56,760
Enjoy it, enjoy it, shoot lots of content.

1780
01:53:56,760 --> 01:53:59,440
Yes I need this man, I need a bit of San Siro.

1781
01:53:59,440 --> 01:54:07,480
I didn't go this season and I missed it like last year we went twice, I went at the beginning

1782
01:54:07,480 --> 01:54:08,840
and I went at the end.

1783
01:54:08,840 --> 01:54:17,320
I had gone to the first game away to Sampdoria when Brahim Dias scored.

1784
01:54:17,320 --> 01:54:18,320
Under Audero.

1785
01:54:18,320 --> 01:54:23,320
Exactly and then the penultimate game against Atalanta, Theos Costicos.

1786
01:54:23,320 --> 01:54:28,160
That was the best day of my life man, the best day of my life.

1787
01:54:28,160 --> 01:54:36,480
90% of it was a bunch of anxiety but that 10% of sheer joy, ecstasy it was man.

1788
01:54:36,480 --> 01:54:39,180
Nothing quite like this San Siro man.

1789
01:54:39,180 --> 01:54:40,180
Thank you for listening.

1790
01:54:40,180 --> 01:54:46,000
Taco on Twitter, our boy Taco, we tried to stretch this one up, we tried to get it to

1791
01:54:46,000 --> 01:54:50,560
the two hour mark, we're at one hour and 54 minutes.

1792
01:54:50,560 --> 01:54:56,600
The plan here was to hit the two hour mark and to start chanting we love you Taco, we

1793
01:54:56,600 --> 01:54:57,600
do.

1794
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Taco tweeted us that our episodes have got a bit shorter and that it's upsetting.

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Taco is calling us sellouts, he's like I have your Patreon.

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Taco is an OG, he's an OG, a spotlight listener.

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We love you, we appreciate you but sometimes the episodes will be shorter, yes it very

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much depends on the talking points, the stage of the season.

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Like at the moment talking about Napoli we can't spend too much time talking about a

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team that's already won the league or teams that have already been relegated but don't

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worry at the end of the season we'll have a 2022-2023 season rundown and believe me

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they're like four hours long.

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Those are like four hours long.

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Whilst we're not going to promise four hours.

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The last one took us three separate recording sessions.

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We got drunk three times in a row recording sessions.

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I was a mess.

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It was crazy man.

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Thank you very much for listening guys, we have been your hosts Jake and Matt and this

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has been Say A Spotlight, remember to follow us and if you would like to support us you

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can find us on Patreon, our link is in our link tree in our bio on Instagram or social

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media or wherever.

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Love you, bye bye.

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See you next week.