Hello
and welcome back to say a spotlight. This is episode 83 we're your hosts Jake and
Matt and we're here to take you through the Serie A promotion playoffs. Yes, of course,
there's a bunch of other news that we want to go through before we get into all the details
and the happenings of Serie A, but the playoffs, the playoffs, all the necessary information
has happened this week. There was a Champions League final. There was the World Cup under
2020 finals as well that we need to talk about. So we'll just go through a quick rundown
and then we'll get to Syria and give you guys what you want to hear. The goal we featured
in our intro was Pavalletti's lost second winner to gain promotion for Calieri. Zappa
absolutely destroyed his man out on the wing, whipped in a beautiful cross and Pavalletti
just volleyed at home. Quite an easy task for him. Zappa did all the dirty work. Yeah,
I mean, 95th minute, second leg, Barri were cruising to the Syria at that point, naturally,
because they had finished third. But wow, Calieri just kept on going in the last minute
until the last minute and that fierce San Nicolas stadium with that atmosphere with
Barri fans going absolutely mental. 52,000 of them. 52,000 of them and absolutely silenced
because of Pavalletti. It'll be great to see him back in Syria next year, man. Yeah, definitely.
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baby for the culture, baby for the culture. Okay, so I think the first thing we need to
address bro before getting into the playoffs is the champions. We find it's absolutely.
I think it's as we said it would be in the sense that of course, city are favorites,
but enter a tough team to penetrate. They're a tough team to it's tough to adapt when you're
playing against Inter. It's like you never know what's going to come. They're such an
organized team and they're so versatile when it comes to the way that they move the ball
forward. So city had a tough time adapting, but they did have that one moment. That's
the difference now between city and Inter. Inter would have had four better chances than
city had, but city have that quality. They have someone like Rodree where the balls outside
the area just slots it in one laps in concentration for Inter and it costs them. Yeah, I mean,
we mentioned I think in the last episode, no, that was going to be the runners in behind
who would do damage. Yeah, exactly. Not Holland, you know, because Inter have sent a back to
kind of Marshall Holland, you know, you look at a chair be I mean, before the game, an
Inter fan was asked what it would take to stop Holland and he replied, I don't know,
maybe a rifle rifle, maybe turns out by rifle. He meant 35 year old Francesco, a chair, but
then he would have been spot on because he did a great job. I did a fantastic job. I think
he was man of the match. It's my opinion for Inter, at least. Yeah. The Bruin injury,
of course, gave Inter fans hope. Well, it can give Inter hope, but it's not always something
so beneficial because you would practice and you would practice and you would practice
to deal with the source that is Kevin De Bruyne. You take out Kevin De Bruyne and you bring
on, I don't know, who did they bring? They bring on Phil Foden. Yeah. And suddenly, shit,
okay, now it's Phil Foden. Yeah. We haven't practiced to deal with Phil Foden. There was
a famous story about some manager that was going to the FA Cup final and they were preparing
for a gas coin to play against gas coin. It was against Spurs. Gas coin went off injured
after 20 minutes and after that they got mauled because this new guy came in, they knew nothing
about him and he just destroyed them. Obviously, there's more awareness in football nowadays
than back then in the 90s or whatever that was, but it would have made a difference.
Yeah. I mean, I'm sure they had a game plan on KDB. The fusing KDB. But yeah, it was obviously
cut short because of the injury. But yes, I was impressed by Inter, to be honest. De
Marco played an incredible game. De Marco, the season has really turned switched gear
compared to last year with Inter. I thought they were very unlucky. I thought Lukaku getting
in the way again, man, who was so unlucky. And I think someone in Zaghi, look, people
are criticizing because it's easy to criticize them in hindsight for not starting Lukaku.
But bringing him on, man, changed momentum and they did have chances to be equalized
and they were very unlucky, not to man that amazing save by others at the end as well.
I still think that a cooler head towards the end of the 90 minutes would have been the
way to go by bringing on Zeca, which is something I had said in the last episode as well. But
in that case, I think it's one of those things that you end up looking so deeply into that
no matter what the conclusion is, it's never going to be the right one. You're always going
to be missing out on something. It's a judgment call. And I think they've, on all the big stages
Inter have been in this season, they always started Zeca and brought on Lukaku. That
was their system. That's what they had been doing. That's what worked. I think it's as
simple as if you need to score, you're not going to stretch the lines with Zeca. Or
if you need to score against a team that dominates possession, you need to be able to stretch
the game as much as possible. Zeca doesn't give you that he can't play Zeca on behind.
Lukaku on the other hand, if he's starting from the halfway line and you play him in
behind prime, Lukaku, at least, would absolutely demolish his man. And that gives them the
opportunity to have fresh legs and to actually strengthen in the second half because city
are most definitely strengthening. They've got 100 million men on the bench, 100 million
Euro men. So you don't actually have 100 million substitutes. They don't even have a million
fans, I think. Did you see their celebrations, man? Bro, I mean, you look at Milan winning
the league. Okay, forget the Italians because obviously a lot, not levels, not because they're
more passionate, which I believe that they are, but not because they're more passionate,
but even the chance, the language, the demeanor and everything just does make it more vibrant
than chanting a few silly songs to each other in English. But honestly, you look at Liverpool
when they want to look at United, when they want to look at Chelsea when they want to
look at city and it's like, okay, this is a cute little get together. You just want
the fucking treble dogs. Like it's true. And I think the one, the person who celebrated
the most was most definitely Jack Agriilis. And he's in Malta now about about the player
games. He's not going to be playing. So, bro, let's move away from the champions. Finally,
I applaud Inter. I applaud every each and every one of those Italian teams that made
it to a final, but failed to bring something home next season will be better. Come on,
there's steps to success. So say update, Hellas Verona, stay up, Spazia, go down after three
consecutive years in say, what did you make of this game, bro? This was a playoff relegation
battle, a play out, I believe they call it. Yeah, play out. Yeah. And the first one of
this kind in say, yeah, after it was introduced the beginning of the season. Yeah. And Verona
absolutely looked like they looked like another level compared to Spazia. And Gaunge looked
incredible. I mean, it's as simple as Verona got going and Spazia didn't. It's like Spazia
really felt the they played the occasion, not the game. It almost seemed like they weren't
up to the task and Verona were too quick for them. They were too wide for them. The way
that they were playing on the flanks was very, very dangerous. And Spazia just couldn't contain
them. Spazia don't have half the weapons. In fact, they have one weapon up front and
we all know his name. Yeah. And many injuries as well, like the key players as well. Spazia,
I mean, granted, both teams had missing players, but I think Spazia don't afford to have missing
players because their squad's quite thin. Yeah, absolutely. And it's hilarious that
you say that because in the Divin in Syria for three years now, two of those years they
had a transfer ban. It was the first time they could have fucking splashed some cash
like and they got relegated. So that's just the way football goes sometimes. But I do
think Verona were a level above Spazia. In this game, then you look at during the league,
I think that Spazia were a bit more street smart than Verona and Verona were very, very
unlucky at times. But I think you put these teams head to head and Verona get it done.
A terrible season for Verona. One decent month and they survive. Exactly. That's it. One
massive moment in the game was when Verona were leading 3-1. I believe it was Shamoradov
managed to get the ball over the goalkeeper around and it was going in and Faro and he
just hands the ball off the line, giving Spazia a penalty and getting a red card. Inzala
stepped up to take the penalty and he just passed it to Montepo. Montepo was a hero,
he got to stay in Serie A, he's expressed his insecurity with that. Aside from the penalty
save, Montepo had a very good game. But Drangovsky needs to stay in Serie A. So many of these
guys, even Simone Bastoni in Zola. I think certain players could benefit from that sometime
in Serie A. But Jossi Agudela needs a bit of time. Maybe. Nicolau I think could stay
as well. But we'll see anyway. There are a few good players over here who can stay and
say, Ethan Ampado has been relegated for the past three seasons in a row. I know he got
relegated with Venetia last year and this year with Spazia. And before that with Sheffield
United. If your club signs Ethan Ampado, you better be worried. Exactly. How funny. He'll
probably, I don't know if he'll stay in Italy next season. I enjoyed him. I think he's
a good player. He had a game from hell. He had the weirdest football game I've ever
witnessed in my life. So first they concede and the ball bounces in off of him. Then
he scores an absolute worldy. Well, there was a deflection. But worldy. It reminded
me of Luis Alberto's goal against Inter. Gorgeous, significant deflection though. And then after
they concede another and it bounces in off Ampado as well. It's like, was he the hero?
Was he the villain? I can't quite put my finger on it man. But he was everything for Spazia
in that game. He was absolutely everything and he was everywhere. He was most definitely
everything. But above all, he was Welsh. On the topic of this week's losers, we've got
the Esposito brothers. For those of you who are poor guys, there are three of them. There
are three Espositos littered amongst Serie A. Very talented family. Yes, very. One of
them is Sebastiano Esposito who lost the playoff final with Barri against Calieri. Then there's
Salvatore Esposito who lost the playoff final with Spazia. And then there's Francesco Esposito
who lost the under 20 World Cup final against Uruguay.
Oh man. Yeah. So I don't want to get the next family gathering.
They're still better off than us. I guess they still play or they all play them fight.
Hey, that's the way they should look. No, I just said steps to success. Look at the Esposito
brothers dog. All made it to finals. Well, one of them was a playoff. But he's young
and playing regularly in Serie A. So that's good. Yes. On that note, Calieri, of course,
are back in Serie A after one season out. Now there's a very romantic story over here
as a young Claudio Ranieri in 1988 joined Calieri in Serie A and led them to two successive
promotions to say in December, a 71 year old Ranieri came in with the task of bringing
struggling Calieri back to Serie A. And he took over when they were in 14th place.
Yes, man. He did. He did an absolute just the thinker, man. No, the hero, the guy that
makes the impossible possible. You can talk all day about his failures, but his successes
are just so overwhelming, man. Look at what he did with Lester. Look at what he did with
Calieri. Look at what he did in the past in Serie A as well. That's a very, very, very...
He just really makes a team. Jell as a family creates this bond. I do believe that he's
a bit of a Ted Lasso with more of a tactical approach, a highly tactical approach. I think
he's a very lovable figure. You saw his Lester. We are in Champions League, man. We are in
Champions League, man. But ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding,
ding, ding, ding. That was amazing, man. And obviously as well, there was also Frosinone,
who won Serie A, last year, led by Tiago Motta. And Geno and second managed by Alberto Gelardino.
So you have two World Cup winners over there. And also Geno and Calieri just got relegated
last season. For them to bounce back in the manner that they did was fantastic. And you
Venetia made the playoffs as well after they were fighting
what would have been a very devastating relegation for them because they went up to A
then they went down to B
and then they were going to go down to C but instead they almost made it all the way back
up to A
and the main man over there was obviously Poyampalo
hopefully we'll still see in Stereoanics
scoring four goals in a game and then going and drinking a beer with the fans
and I swear that's actually a thing
yeah yeah yeah yeah he's the coolest dog
he is the coolest
on the topic of playoffs
there was also a play out
game between Cossenza and Brescia
because they finished with 40 points
by the way 40 points to be battling relegation
my god
competitively
my god
yes Cossenza won over two legs
which means that Brescia went down to Stereoanics
which means that Spal Benevento and Brescia
who have all been in Stereoanics recently
are all in Stereoanics right now
absolutely fucking crazy dog
but what went down in this Cossenza
Brescia game was crazy
so the first game was a 1-0 victory to Cossenza
thanks to a late goal
by baby bomber Marco Nasti
but in the second leg Brescia were leading 1-0
and then
Cossenza scored to make it 1-1
and chaos ensued
and this is according to the referee's report
it's so dumb it's so dumb
yes
immediately after Cossenza's equalizer
which condemned Brescia to say it's sure
the match was suspended
due to a launch of at least 10 smoke bombs on the field
and the picture invasion of some Brescia supporters
who forced match officials and players to return to the changing rooms
after about 20-25 minutes the referee returned to the field
and having learned from the public order manager
that the conditions were not safe to resume
he decided to definitively suspend the match
on the result of 1-1
and therefore a 3-0 walkover was the result
and Brescia are now in Stereocia
Shambolic attitude by the fans
quite disgusting
I mean absolutely disgusting
because like we said
that a thousand times in the past two episodes
there is absolutely no space for harassing
any footballer or any other person in that sense
but throwing shit at footballers
trying to hurt footballers
and there are your own guys on the pitch
and you don't care if you hit them
you don't care if you hit the others
it's a fucking final one
one more goal by Brescia
and they could have fucking done it like
it was just a very
a strange reaction from the fans
a very dangerous reaction from the fans
and it's a shame that the team had to suffer a 3-0 walkover
because of those absolute lunatics
man, lunatics
yeah, it's a shame, it's a real shame
Silvio Berlusconi is dead
aged 86 years old
the football legend to be honest with you
he's hyper successful in his field
a serial winner in every single thing he's done
super controversial figure, funny figure to be honest with you
always entertained me
he... device definitely
I think if you call him a footballing legend
or a legend in the world of football
it discredits him as a human being
and as a person
not to say that obviously like you said
he wasn't a controversial figure
very decisive figure
device, sorry
divisive
a very divisive figure
but just so full of life
for the entirety of whatever he did
he always had such a personality everywhere he went
from his meetings with Barack Obama
Michelle Obama
and all of these situations
you know, but he told Obama he doesn't like his tan
he told him
he told him, but Michelle looks like quite a lay
he's just such a unhinged
absolutely unhinged
and with that being said
just a legend for Milan
the success that he had with AC Milan was unbelievable
sad to see him go
sad to see anyone go but Silvio Berlusconi
so full of life until the last minute
unfortunately he's no longer with us
condolences
and it's a shame because the Monza project was going so well with him at the helm
and now it's Evangelos Marinakis
who has taken over
he's acquired Monza
he is the owner of Olympiacos and Nothing in Forest as well
oh there you go
so good budget
so Olympiacos signing some superstars
and Nothing in Forest buying anyone but a player with
he should be able to but apparently once again
another controversial figure here in Marinakis as an owner
but we'll see what happens with Monza
does Gagliani stay?
Gagliani might stay
it's up to Marinakis now
I mean as long as
maybe he'll sack him
and write a one line tweet about it
maybe he'll just cough up the cash
and he'll leave the project in Gagliani's hands
just one note here
Roma have signed in Dica for four million a season
he was called property
I think Milan wanted him as well
they got him for free
he's on four million a season though
I mean Roma have been good at picking up these free signings
yeah I mean and they've got that pull factor
I know they won't be having Champions League next year
but they do have a certain Mr. Morinio at the end
they've got players like the Balanpe Le Greeny at the team
and yeah just their pull factor at the moment is
stronger than it's been in the past ten years
I would say
yeah with the Morinio project
yeah
yeah I mean there's a lot of transfer news
there's a lot of speculation
we can't really cover everything
it would be impossible
every episode would become outdated immediately
remember that one episode
where we tried to do a transfer update
and the second we finished something crazy happened
who enjoyed it
the Balanpe had joined Roma
well just finished the entire transfer segment
didn't mention anything about the Balanpe to Roma
we actually said the Balanpe was being linked to Winter
because he fucking was like
I know we finished a court
we were like
ah great okay
the Balanpe has just signed for Roma
and I remember just slamming the laptop shut
like we just went and had a drink like
fuck it
so we can move on to the playoffs
yes so
before we get into what teams made the playoffs
what went down in the playoffs
I do want to explain the playoffs a little bit
because naturally we all know them from
competitions like in the championship
where it becomes quite a spectacle worldwide
but actually do take place in Serie A
as well to get promoted to Serie A
now like I said
Fosnone finished first
Genoa finished second
therefore they automatically got promoted to Serie A
and then therefore
third to eighth had to take part in this playoffs
now first and sorry
third and fourth automatically go
to the semi-finals of the competition
whereas the ones that finished anywhere below that
need to play a quarter-final against each other
now the quarter-final is played
through one leg
so it's essentially like a final
whoever wins that progresses
and then the semi-finals and the finals are played over two legs
now what happens over these two legs is that
if the teams finish at a stalemate on aggregate
it doesn't go to extra time
it doesn't go to penalties
but the team that finished above the other team
automatically progresses to the next round
yeah I love how they just make up the rules
it's like they can't stage as a different route
it's like are you prioritizing the player for the league right now
there's this really like grey area with it
to me they should just make it that competition
and just stick to that competition
who wins wins
but it is at the same time nicely
take the domestic season into consideration
you know what I mean like if Barre finished third
and they're losing for or their draw to Venetia
who are in eighth for example in the play-off final
it's only fair that Barre gets some form of advantage
now if they finished above them in the league
I guess so it's obviously not just negatives
that go with it there are a few positives
and it does make sense to a certain degree
but for the sake of the competition
I think it would be A. far more entertaining
and B. there's a bit more order in my opinion
because it's like now it's this competition
and it's this competition only
because it's like what are we doing this for
why don't we just promote Barre
in that fucking case if it matters who finished above
like Barre were five points clear of fourth place Parma
and Kaljari just below them
but anyway like I said
Barre and Kaljari automatically went to the semi-finals
of the competition
Suttirol had to play against J-Gina over one legged
which Suttirol won through a last-minute goal as well
Miraculous stuff by Suttirol
Absolutely they climbed
they had just gotten promoted to Saria B from Saria C
so they were going to be that motherfucking team
that went up from Saria C to Saria A
in the space of two seasons
but unfortunately they did lose out to Barre
in the semi-finals and then
the other quarter final was played between Kaljari and Venetia
Venetia like I said earlier
a team that were really really fighting
an embarrassing relegation
and they really managed to turn things around
only to lose against Kaljari
unfortunately for them in the quarter-finals
So let's start with the quarter-finals
bro before we move on
We'll start with Suttirol, Rek-Gina
what did you make of this game bro?
So I quite think that
not only were Rek-Gina better than Suttirol
for the entire season
I think they were better than them in this game
in particular
but Suttirol just kept on going to the end
they didn't have many chances
but the chance they had towards the end
they capitalized
and their chances just kept getting better and better
as the game progressed
and of course Rek-Gina are managed by Pippo and Zaghi
they were managed by Pippo and Zaghi
because he's off to Turkey now
oh has he?
yeah really?
he's off
who's he joining in Turkey do you know?
I'm not sure
come to Besiktas
yes
Kazir Aghi's goal was a lovely moment
of course there was just one minute remaining
and he capitalized on a deflection from Loiciano
and beat Kontini to secure the decisive goal
for Suttirol with a very cool finish
the Druzo Stadium are up to the celebration
you know, vibes, Suttirol can't believe it
you know, this team that suffers so much controversy
in Italy and gets so much backlash
because they're not considered to be Italian
they're considered to be so northern
they're from Bolsano I believe when you're in Bolsano
so they're basically Austrian in fact
okay, in that case, Como are pretty much Swiss
I was in Como recently and I'm like
I am a one hour walk away from Switzerland
I actually went to Bolsano as well
and when you get there in that area
the signs are in German
yeah, it's quite cool, it's crazy
and Fjörntina have a training camp there, fun fact
because I saw these purple flags everywhere
and Fjörntina were training in the mountains
in the summer
that's Italian
pretty beautiful
oh, I forgot to mention bro, the most important thing
of this episode, that Saponara won't be the new one
of course, of course
that should have been the first thing we mentioned
and the intro should have been a Saponara goal
and the cover is a Saponara sad
I wonder where he'll go man
oh bro, put him on caliari
oof
imagine
love on ball a padula
that's mental
but anyway, let's move on to the next one
the next game was actually juicier
the next quarter finally, it was between caliari
and Venetia and this was the battle
of the Serie A but top scorers
we have Gianluca La Padula
on caliari of course
who scored the 21 goals
in 36 games this season
and then you have Joelle Poyampalu
who you've been going on about
bro for quite a while
quite some time
he is the finish
striker for Venetia
who played 37 games and scored 19 goals
yeah
with a team that was
significantly well, both teams
both these teams were significant
very slow starts, very negative starts
but yeah, two
massive players man
for sure, for sure
this game, Caliari started off so well
and they really shell shocked
Venetia and they got two early goals
thanks to Gianluca La Padula
just two very well taken goals
just two, it shows that he is an experienced
striker man
he is not big but he will score ahead
there like
his positional awareness is very good
in that box man
and even the second goal was him capitalizing on a defensive
error and he was so cool
not a moment of panic
to me it's these goals that impress me more than anything
for sure
the Venetia manager
Vanuoli made some good substitutions
in the 52nd minute on good
meaning effective of course
as he brought on Pierreini to replace
Candela and he capitalized
on Ellerson's run to head the ball
into the net giving Venetia hope
but that was not enough
they got close at the end but Caliari held
quite firm and they endured
the 5 minutes of stoppage time
Hirstov had a late header
at the end but yes, it was not enough
yeah, they started a bit too late Venetia
in this game
or rather Genoa started very early
sorry, Caliari started very early
yeah, a great strong start
and they held
firm
firm, not the word
they held it, you see me shaking my fist
like an old man
and they held
what's the word
so as we said naturally are waiting them
in the semifinals
where in fact
Barri
and Parma naturally
so it was Suttirol
that went to play against Barri
I believe we can start with that one bro
Suttirol against Barri
so this was a very
entertaining clash between
Suttirol and Barri, both legs were
of course very entertaining
those of you who listened to I believe it was
the episode before the last
we were actually watching Suttirol Barri
the first leg which was kind of
tame up until the very
last minute which tends to be the case
with these playoff games you know
they start in the 90th minute
everyone super cautious at first they don't want to commit
and then exactly in the 91st minute shit goes down
and it was actually in the
92nd minute when Suttirol
who were holding their own against Barri
pretty well scored a
92nd minute winner
and that took them of course
with an advantage into the second leg
but of course in the second leg
Suttirol was always going to be a different story
Stadio's son Nicola
Gorge's stadium
fuck me dude it's beautiful
it's got 52,000 people of course
you look at the architecture on the stadium
each section is cut off under like
blocks no it's
so beautiful
this game Suttirol did not turn up
they came to defend their advantage
they had zero draw on target
Barri dominated they had 67%
ball possession
they actually got sent off in the 47th minute
and Barri still managed
to get a winner in the 70th minute
of course it was 1-1 on aggregate
but Barri due to a superior
league finish went through to the
final
the other semifinal took place between Kalyari
and Parma another two teams that we've seen
very recently in Serie A
the first match was
a 3-2 victory for Kalyari
in their stadium however
it wasn't looking like that was going to be an
outcome if you look at the first 26 minutes
of the game or for that matter the first
half and all the way into the second as well
it was
Benedicak that opened the
scoring for Parma in the 10th minute
apologies for butchering that
and then Somme, Simon Somme
in the 26th that made it too nil
for Parma
Kalyari struggled to adapt however a key
substitution in bringing on
Lovumbo really turned things
around for them he got a goal in the
68th minute
Lapadoula scored a penalty in the 85th
minute and then Lovumbo got the second
of the night in the 89th to get a
very very dramatic victory
for Kalyari over this
Parma team
Lovumbo definitely changed the game bro
his intensity was next level
he caused confusion in that Parma
box
it was two goals for Lovumbo
and he won the penalty which Lapadoula
converted
ridiculous
ridiculous stuff by him
it was a shame to see Buffon injured and substituted
in the first half because I would have liked
to see how who would have dealt with those
with the penalty especially
with those shots by Lovumbo
but yes on to an exciting second leg
where Parma just couldn't do it
Ranieri's manager shut up shop
Parma only managed one
shot on target
Kalyari actually managed four shots on target
had 14 attempts in total
they stopped the majority of possession
but Kalyari held firm and they threw to the final
exactly I mean there was only one approach
to take over here I don't think they did it
to a ridiculous extent of shutting up shop
like the same way Soutiroll did
they were playing they were
in the game in fact you see they did have
14 shots they had four of them
on target so it wasn't
you know it's not like they just
went in there and then shut up shop
completely it was still a competitive game
I think Kalyari
overall were better than Parma
in this game in particular
yes yes I agree with you
and then we go on bro to the finals
yes I think
Kalyari Bari was a
very fair final
considering the quality on
both teams and very unique qualities
for both of these
sides it's interesting when you look at the fact
that Bari who automatically
were in the semi-finals after a third place
finished played one lesser
game than Kalyari who had to play
Venetian in the quarter-finals initially
is that a good thing is it a bad thing
would you rather play the extra game for
momentum or rest your legs
it could be it could have given
them more momentum more
it could have gotten them more into the flow of things
but of course playing football
at this time over here in Italy
can be very exhausting because of course it gets hot
no it's easier to play when it's kind of
fresh I still
think however resting is more important
no like Kalyari risked injuries
they have to give everything you know
they're playing an extra game
against a team that's fighting for their lives
exactly there you go
so that's it yeah absolutely
so naturally the final was over two legs
as well which is incredibly
strange just incredibly strange
the first leg of
the playoff final ended in a 1-1 draw
La Padola
opened the scoring
for Kalyari and Kalyari did
a great job defending for the entirety
of the game they did look like they were
going to get away with a victory
however in the 95th minute
Bari won a penalty
the manager brought on
Antenutri the veteran Antenutri
just for the penalty and he scored
it with the last kick of the game
and his first kick of the game
one and only fucking kick of the game
the kick of Antenutri
it's also worth mentioning
that Kedyra actually missed a penalty
Radunovic in the first half had an incredible
performance
Bari won a penalty
Kedyra stepped up to take it
and Radunovic actually saved it
brilliantly over there
not the best game for Kedyra, not the best
playoffs for Kedyra in general
yeah I think he has a curse when I watch him play
he just doesn't seem up to the task
man but everyone raves about him
you see the amount of goals that he had the season before
he was the top scorer
so when we were watching him
in the World Cup we were like
ah yes Seriaba definitely Seriaba
he scored 17 goals
in 31 games in Seriaba
yes the moroccan Italian
man who represented morocco
25 years old
young guy has room for improvement
exactly in the second leg
yep the second leg Kaliari
secured promotion with a last
minute goal from Pavoletti
Bari who were obviously
favorites going into this because
they finished higher than Kaliari
they drew away
at Kaliari Stadium
and it's no easy task for Kaliari to visit
the San Nicolas Stadium
keep in mind that the last minute goal typically comes
with a bunch of motivation
a bunch of momentum
a bunch of you see what happens when we believe
and Bari had all of that
but Kaliari were just very professional
very focused
Bari hit the post twice
but Kaliari held their own
and they did end with
last minute drama
yes
bless you bro
holy shit the worst time
Bari did look like the better team
throughout the game
they did look like they were gonna get it done
however that's not how the playoff finals works
that's not how football works
it was Pavoletti
the super sub who came on
and scored Avoli
towards the end of the game with one of the last
of the game
after Zappa absolutely destroys his man
what a goal
it was a brilliant goal
what a brilliant showing
they silenced that San Nicolas stadium
the scenes were immaculate
Ranieri balling
his eyes out the players going
absolutely nuts what a game
what a finish
it always finishes like this
you look at last year
it was between
Monza and Pisa
between Monza and Pisa
and that was mental
there was Torre Grossa playing for Pisa
Torre Grossa playing for Pisa
who was there?
Git Kier got the goals for Monza over there
like last season was mad
the season before was mad
the season Hellas Verona had Patzini as their superstar
they kept bringing him on
at the end they got them promoted
my god
they're always so entertaining these games
and you see things that you would have never seen before
like for example the players
the barry players
were driven onto the pitch
the bus pulled up
by the bench and the players got off the
bus and onto the pitch
immaculate scenes man
honestly it's like you're watching
the quality obviously isn't like a Champions League final
but the atmosphere is definitely
like a Champions League final
yes man these are the best games
in my opinion to watch
absolutely so now we have
Frosinone, Geno and Caliari
all in Serie A
and we wave goodbye
to Spezia
Cremonese
and Sampdoria
another season with Geno and Caliari
in the league and obviously it's nice to see a club
like Frosinone coming back after so long man
yeah it's been a hot
minute for Frosinone man
but they're finally back they've got their own
bomber over there Frosinone
because it's kind of complicated
Molattieri
the 22 year old Italian
scored 12 goals
in the 29 games
yes he's not bad
looks like Anne Frank
that was gonna say looks a bit like Adrian Brody
does kind of look
a bit like Anne Frank if I'm being honest
there we go
so there's quite a few bombers for those fantasy football players
and say ah there are gonna be
some interesting little options over there bro
yeah that was it
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