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Juve Beat Atalanta, Milan-Napoli Stalemate, Fiorentina Lose Again (Ep. 33)
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Serie A Show Introduction & Cellino's Comments
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Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of the Serie A show as always I am joined by Chloe and Nima and this is a very interesting 48 hours 72 hours in the Serie A obviously there were some good matches at the weekend so I'm not quite sure where to start but thank you to Massimo Cellino the president of Brescia who
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goes out of his way to make himself the talking point beyond all the interesting matches and results as I said that we had at the weekend. Less than a day after his side were pummeled three to zero by Roma, probably could have been five or six to zero. They were thoroughly manhandled.
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Chilino was asked about the situation involving Mario Balotelli. He was held out of Bresch's squad for the match against Roma because he got into a bit of a role with manager Fabio Grosso. And Chilino, I can't really make sense of where he was going with this, but he was asked about the situation with Balotelli and he says, what can I say? The guy is black.
00:02:47
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Well, the thing is, like, basically, there are several ways of interpreting this because the expression, some people say that, you know, when he said he, Lui and Nero, he's black, they're referring to that he's black and Nero di Rabia, which means, which is an Italian expression that says you're really angry when you're black of anger. You know what I mean? So that's not racist. That's just an expression of
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purple of envy, green of envy, you know what I mean? Like stuff like that. Yeah, so context is important. Yeah, so context is important. You can interpret the way he said that in a couple of ways. Now, you would think where we are in the climate in 2019, he could have found a better descriptor instead of Nero, because again, as Nima just alluded to, you can use that
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as as as describing a mood you're feeling you're feeling down you're you're feeling disheartened um but obviously nero obviously is primarily used to um describe but no not only that the it goes worse when it says de vesquieras yeah correct so
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He needs to clean himself or clear himself. But when you talk about kskiras i diemotioni, that means that you have to clear yourself of your emotions and need to calm down. So it's just basically a complete unnecessary
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like there was no need to use those words and you know Cellino is a very intelligent person he knows exactly what he's doing he's saying those things because he he likes to play with words it's almost as if he said it tongue and cheek yeah yeah and but it's just unnecessary and there's no need to say it and it's it's like i mean
00:04:28
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As you said, context is important. Some things are lost in translation. You can't translate it. It's just incredibly unnecessary. And that's pretty much what Brescha put out, saying that there was a paradox. It's been a misunderstanding. He was just using a paradox, using words that have paradoxical meanings and blah, blah, blah, blah. And it's just another day in the Syria.
00:04:54
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Yeah, again, there were... It's hard to even describe this because it's like, I mean, how could one possibly be so stupid? Now, again, when you take the phraseology as a whole, it seems like he is trying to make a play on words, but...
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But it's stupid. It's still stupid. Like he's doing it because he knows that Balotelli is black and he's saying, look at me. I'm using an expression referring to blackness and using it about a player that's African. Look at me. I'm so smart. No, you're an idiot. There's no need for that. There is absolutely no need for doing that.
00:05:33
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Why would you even go there? Why would you even say that word? However you meant it, in reference to Mario Balotelli, where things are already inflamed, he carries controversy every day because he's
00:05:51
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You know, he's just that character who struggles to hold down his place in the team. And you know, we all know the struggles that he's had. So why would you use that word and inflate the situation even more, even if you didn't mean it that way?
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It's just astonishing. So Chilino, hats off. You're having everybody talk about you right off the top of all the news in regards to Syria. I mean, especially after what happened in Verona as well. I mean, with the monkey chants. And also the Brescia Ultras who have a history of having racist problems. I mean, it's just
00:06:31
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You know, what do you know, this, you know, either he's incredibly stupid and it just was a brain fart or or which is just which is bad enough. Just don't go there. There's no need for this. One hundred percent. Well, then let's start there.
Brescia's Challenges & Club Dynamics
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We could talk about Brescia, but bottom of the table, they look disastrous. Good also has his work cut out for him because they they they they are devoid of quality in every single facet of the pitch.
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Except for Tonali and surely you can't put that pressure on him to carry the entire team. Tonaruma and attack look lifeless. Obviously, they're missing Balotelli. So it's really hard to see them getting out of this situation because again, I just think they lack quality in every single area of the pitch. But let's go to Verona because Chloe, I know you will not be happy. Verona, they beat your Fiorentina 1-0.
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We have said it the previous episodes, but Verona are not being talked about enough. Their defense is incredible. I think we all pegged them to make the drop this season because we just couldn't see where they were going to get the goals from. But in defense, they are so, so good. They get another clean sheet. And then, after the match, a really off-the-cuff interview by Danielle Prare, the sporting director of Fiorentina,
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That was really weird. Probably think he regrets doing that immediately after. Yeah, in terms of the match.
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I have to say I pretty much predicted that Fiorentina would struggle in that way because the 352 has not been working at all. It's not giving them enough men going forward. You've always got that extra defender and they're just not creating enough.
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It's just not working. It was great against UVA when they got that nil-nil draw, but Montel has constantly talked about, yeah, if we need to change it, we'll change it. And he had the perfect opportunity with the international break, yet he didn't change anything. Despite the fact they lost 5-2 to Calgary before the break,
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he comes out okay he's missing his two key midfielders in Pulgar and Castroville but he comes out and does exactly the same thing and you just knew that because the way that Verona are playing that they're very well organized and very good defensively that they were going to struggle to score and that's what happened and you know we all know these teams
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like Verona, they can make a goal from anywhere and then hold it tight the rest of the game and that's exactly what they did and full credit to them, they were excellent but
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You know, Mantella needed to react and everybody knows on this show that I'm a big fan of Mantella. I loved him the first time round at Fiorentina, but I'm sorry he's not looking like he can turn this around. Spot on Chloe. It really is looking like Fiorentina may have to ultimately make a change and we will have to sit tight and see if that
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eventually happens. Moving to
Verona vs Fiorentina Match Analysis
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another match though that was neither exhilarating nor exciting, Milan Napoli. That felt like a death march between two teams who are in a negative trajectory down. Now, in fairness, I do think there were some some positives that Milan could take from this. One of which being, is it any more apparent that Beneser should be a pivotal piece to this project? Because I felt like
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He was so critically needed for Mievan. I think this just highlighted his importance. Piontek again, not a good display. What did you guys make of this? And then on the other side, you had Napoli, who I guess they would be okay with a point away from home. But again, it wasn't really a convincing display. But that's the thing with her. I think this was a microcosm of what has been Napoli's problems this season. They had so many chances, but they cannot. They seem unable to convert.
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And the Serie A and football generally, when you miss so many chances, the other team will score one. Milan, with all their problems, all joking aside, they have good players that can score a goal, they can create something like Bonaventura did, and that was an absolutely beautiful goal. So I'm not surprised that that happened.
00:10:57
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For me, Napoli is just, they seem completely unable to bury the games that you need, the cynicism that top teams need to win all three points and to put games to bed. They just lack that and they get hurt and they get punished over and over and over again. So for me, this is just another day, this is just a continuation of everything we've seen so far this season. Yeah, I've agreed really. I think that
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I think if I were a Milan fan, I'd be looking at the number of draws that Piola got in his last six months, say, with Fiorentina. He couldn't do anything other than draw. And I feel like that's happening with Milan. It's as though
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It's like he's not bad enough to lose. He's got some good qualities but he's not quite got that killer edge to win either. I feel like Milan are going down the same route and obviously if you draw every game you're going to go down aren't you pretty much? So it's not good news when okay you're unbeaten and you don't lose but you're not winning either. It's one point instead of three is quite a big jump.
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So yeah I think there's maybe a bit of a concern that although Milan are probably improved from before certainly as they were under Gianpaolo.
Milan & Napoli's Performance Review
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Napoli I think it's just another symptom of
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you know, all this crisis that's been going on. I spoke to a Liverpool podcast earlier today and they asked me what, you know, do they think Napoli were just going through a blip? And I said, no, I don't think so. I don't think it's going to be easy at all for them to get out of this funk that they're in. So, yeah.
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We're gonna talk about Lazio again. This is two podcasts in a row that we will be discussing Lazio who win at the death against Sasuolo. Nima, it looked like they were only going to take a point and then at the very, very, very end, they get a goal and they maintain their place in third in a Champions League position.
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Yeah, Latzy, I'm so glad you brought that up because I was thinking about that when I was watching the game against the Swallow and what we spoke about last week on this pod about
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You know, and I said, you know, this game can go either way because both, you know, these teams are so inconsistent. And, and I guess you could say that, but still, still when it comes to, uh, based on that performance, but one thing is, is very clear and that is that Lazio's attacking and the scam, the tactical way in which they approach games in terms of their offense and their attack is, is, is changed. And it's looking really, really interesting. I, I am, I'm really, really, really becoming
00:13:53
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a fan of the attacking foursome they have up there with Corea, Immobile, but above all, Luis Alberto, who I think is
Lazio's League Ambitions & Strategy
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turning into a classical number 10 at Lazio. This kind of trequartista that builds play, that creates play, and with the risk of John killing me the way that Totti once was. No other comparisons between them, but that kind of number 10.
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the Fantasista, the Cassano kind of number 10, the Baggio kind of number 10. And that is really interesting to see him deliver that at Plazio and doing really, really well with Milinkovic Savage, you know, not playing in that role as much anymore. He kind of fills in with at runs from deep now instead.
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And now it's really interesting to see how they attack, but they're a little bit shaky at the back. But it doesn't really matter if they score one more goal than the opponent. And they're starting to look really, really stable like they did last season when they kept winning games and just refused to lose. And they're on quite a run now. So this Lazio team, given the troubles that Napoli are having,
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uh and you know it's it's it's they're really really throwing their name in the hat there um and chino immobile scoring again so we have to you know respect chino gotta respect chino yeah it's interesting because i think over the coming few weeks i think this is when we will get a much better idea as to who exactly this latio side are so in the europa league they currently sit third in the table on three points it doesn't look like
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They're going to advance over the likes of Cluj and Celtic and Renz from France. But also their league schedule is very interesting. So their next one is against Udenez. Then they face Juve. Then they face Caieri. Then they have Brescia, Verona, Napoli and Sampdoria.
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So it's an interesting run of fixtures and then after Sampdoria they faced Roma. So this next month and a half or so for them I think is when we will learn a lot about them if they can maintain. Because what were the questions that we had about them earlier in the season? We didn't know what to expect from them. We didn't know what type of performance they were going to put in. They were very up and down. They lacked the balance. So Chloe, given what we've seen from them, they're on quite a run here as Nima just alluded to.
00:16:30
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Are you more confident that they could potentially qualify for a Champions League place or do you think Roma, Napoli, perhaps Atalanta, they could recover form a bit? Yeah, I think it is looking more likely.
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that obviously other teams are, I think Roma will, but Atalanta are not quite, they're in a bit of a negative one at the moment. So I'm not, obviously, Lazio are the team that are putting the run together. So at the moment, it is looking like that. But what I would want to wait and see is,
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how they react to adversity. If they lose a game or lose a couple of games in a row, how they can bounce back from that. Because I know
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a few people are saying that they've put this run together and the criticism of being inconsistent, so a little bit unfair, but I want to see the proof first. I want to see the proof that they have overcome this because they have, I know they look really, really good, but I'm just a little bit cautious because they have put good runs together before. Obviously, maybe not this good, but I still think they've potentially got it in them to go on a bit of a negative run if things go against them.
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Nima, do you think dropping out of the Europa League, though, is in their best interest? Because if Champions League qualification is their objective, I really don't see how you would have many complaints about falling out of the Europa League, particularly at the group stage. Absolutely. I think it's a really good thing for them.
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I think, you know, it's clear that they know that they don't have what it takes to win the Europa League. And therefore, you know, punt it, you know, like we've said before, that some teams sometimes punt it. And because Lazzie are a top team in the city, they've proven that, that they are a stable top team, top five, top 16.
00:18:28
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season after season and now they have a real shot at it and so dropping out of the Europa League, now they can focus fully on the Serie A, they've got the outing to the
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to Saudi Arabia to play the Super Coppa against Juventus. So they can only focus on those two things. And
Juve vs Atalanta Refereeing Controversies
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the Coppa Italia, they're defending champions, so I don't expect them to do that much, given that they've won it already, I think the focus is on the Serie A. So no, I expect them to fully be challenging for this, together with Roma Atalanta,
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and Cagliari who right now are 2-0 up after Raja Nangolan again scored a goal and Robyn Ulsan again has made some amazing saves.
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So Caliari is looking really, really good. Yeah, and they too. They don't have a European competition to worry about. So let's get to the good stuff, the controversy. You hit three, Atalanta won. I know, I know, I know, I know, I know. Everybody's talking about this Quattro handball. I get it. I understand.
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It was so interesting to me the dynamics of this because Juve went three to one, but you could easily make the case that Atalanta were the better side for 70 to 75 minutes. Absolutely, they were. But Juve won, and that's the issue. And I don't think they won because of the refereeing, helping them, of course, the refereeing errors. I mean, if you look at them, I mean, I always, for me, Luca Marelli,
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is the authority on this issue. But for the first time, I honestly didn't agree with him with regards to the Quadrado issue, because he thought that it was a handball and therefore that Quadrado was looking to, he's doing it intentionally. But I think when you look at the replay, the new rules say that when you go into a sliding challenge, you're allowed to use your arm as a way to balance yourself.
00:20:32
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Now, to me, it looks like Cuadrado is putting his arm down to balance himself. But either way, even if you were to say that, which the referee did, that's not
00:20:46
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that's not a handball offense. It's a different situation when you counter and score the goal. So I don't think that's even reviewable by Barre. However, how Higuain's goal was not disallowed for him kicking, missing the ball and kicking the Atalanta defender
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in the shins so that he flies, that to me is just mind-boggling. How you clearly see that on the replay, that Higuain wants to hit the ball, he misses it, he kicks him right in the shin and then the ball ricochets and then he kicks it again and then it bounces off someone into the goal. That goal should have been disallowed. That to me is a no-brainer. So sure, there's a lot of controversy in that.
00:21:38
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But let's, you know, remember it's not Juventus fault that Clyde Barrow hits the crossbar when he has a penalty. You know what I mean? Like, you have to, you know, I think it's just, we've got to be a little bit careful when we say these things. Sure, there were errors, but Atalanta were given a penalty which they missed. And Juve didn't miss when they had their chances. That's the difference.
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Yeah, I think that's always the difference with UVA, isn't it? That they take their chances and they very rarely miss these chances when they're given them. So I think it was the kind of game that we've seen a lot of this season where there are little errors from the referees, from how they interpret VAR and everything that we've talked about countless times on this podcast. And I think
00:22:29
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the fact that it is Juventus makes everybody go crazy over it and that is the price they pay for being so successful. It's always going to happen to the most successful team but
00:22:44
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in my view it wasn't anything to really go massively over the top about. Most teams have suffered from these kind of errors over the course of the season and I don't think it's a particularly huge injustice on this occasion.
00:23:01
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And, but I mean, let's be honest, yes, the calls went against Atalanta. We're not saying that they didn't, but I just wanted to make that clear before you and I get lynched, mobbed on Twitter as being, I don't know what mouthpieces for you or whatever nonsense they can think of. But no, I mean, what I'm saying is simply that not every refereeing mistake is a, is a, is a conspiracy. This isn't the Moji era. This isn't 2006. What happened then?
00:23:32
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has been litigated in court and it's been proven what happened, that was then. So obviously, I can understand the people reacting a little bit. There's a saying in Swedish that says that a child that has burnt himself once is afraid of fire for the rest of his life. So of course, given the Calchopoli and all the nonsense there, you're going to have people react in this way and automatically be an overreaction. But let's not overreact.
00:24:01
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I think there were calls both that weren't given in favor of Atalanta, which the VAR should have interfered, but I don't blame the video assistant referee for that. I blame the framework and this ridiculous notion that we've spoken about before with
00:24:17
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clear and obvious error, which leaves room to interpretation, you know, remove all of that. There are ways around this, but this is not in the Lega Calcio's hands. This is IFAB, the referees association that interprets the rule for FIFA. They're the ones who implement
Inter's Match & Conte's Advice
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these things. The changes have to come there.
00:24:34
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Elsewhere, we had Bologna, Parma, draw 2-2. Again, we had Roma, Beatbrescia, 3-0. We had Sampdoria. Please, can we talk about the Anculusev? Please, please. Well, in a moment, because, hang on, Sampdoria, Beatbrescia, 2-1. Samp, under Ranieri, they are slowly crawling their way from the bottom. I want to talk about, though, before we go, Intar, they went 3-0 against Torino, Matsari, he's all over the map now.
00:25:02
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I don't want to talk about, though, the match. Antonio Conte, Nima, I have to get your take on his... He's not well. For those of you who missed it, I will try to be both mature yet sensitive in the way I phrase this, but Antonio Conte gave his players a...
00:25:23
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Sexual advice. Oh, my God. He gave them some some very kind instruction on how to engage in sexual intercourse. I feel sorry for Mr. Conter. That's all I want. Well, that was my first thought, too. I mean, Jesus, how cringe-worthy. But, Nima, what? No, this, you know, I've said that he is crazy. He's clearly insane. And
00:25:52
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I don't know why you would say such a thing. I don't know why you would even, I mean, you know, when, when Lakeip made the, you know, this was an interview with the French newspaper Lakeip who asked him about, you know, because this is something that coaches have spoken about. A lot of people have spoken about, about sex before an important game, because it's, you know, it's a, it's a physical activity. And some coaches say, no, I prefer they don't do that. And you know, the, you know, that it's part of, you know, whatever.
00:26:18
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There are debates, both sides of it. You can have a mature debate about it, but Antonio Conte decided to reveal a little bit too much information, saying that he... A little.
00:26:30
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saying that he he doesn't mind them doing that or he prefers that if that they don't have sex but if they have to do it they he would prefer it be with with their wife yes let's be clear there yeah he prefers them not to cheat on their spouses okay thanks for sharing um and he prefers it be with their spouses because then at least they'd be allowed to have the sex is the full quote
00:26:55
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and he preferred them to lie, to be not on top, to be on the bottom so that they don't spend a lot of energy. I don't really, there's a lot of unpacking to be there and I feel that that's something that that Mr and Mrs Compton need to share with their therapist because it seems they have issues. I honestly don't know what to say, that's the most bizarre and insane thing he said so far and he said a lot of insane and
00:27:22
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He's just crazy shit, pardon my French so far in his career as a coach. I honestly don't know what to make of it. I don't know what he wants to say with that. But all I can say is that I don't think that Barela's injury is down to him having sex. Okay, I was just about to ask. I mean,
Cagliari's Rise in the League
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clearly.
00:27:43
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I mean, the timing was so apropos that I was going to draw some sort of conclusion. Maybe Barela before the match was not having his wife on top. I don't know. Clearly this has been sticking in Antonio Conte's crawl for some time because he clearly had to get it off his chest. Yes. He felt he needed to talk about that.
00:28:08
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I think maybe Dr. Phil should fly into Milan and have a chat with Mr. and Mrs. Conte so they can have it in a more private environment without.
00:28:18
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bassooning out to the world whether or not people should preferably have sex with their spouses and the sexual positions they should use. They should do that. They should be engaging these activities in. I don't know what he is on. If the man is off his rocker, we know that. It's just that when things go well, it's a little bit charming. When things don't go well, it's just it's weird and creepy.
00:28:41
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And right now things are going well, so I guess we'll just have to turn the blind eye. I just got a lot of mental images when he said that I will require therapy, years of therapy to get out of my head.
00:28:54
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But that's another discussion. I just couldn't imagine being in the changing room and your manager just starts talking about this. Wouldn't you expect people to tell him to get on his bike if you were... I was going to say, did you do that on purpose?
00:29:12
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I can't imagine that they would welcome such interference into their personal lives. Yeah, I mean, these are grown men.
00:29:28
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This is why I'm happy that Raja Nangolan is not there because I think Raja Nangolan is one of those guys that would tell him to go stick it up his beep beep if he were to tell him something like that. Well, hang on. If there's rules that are being broken in the regard that Kante brought up, I can assure you Raja Nangolan is breaking every single one of them.
00:29:57
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just by the virtue of being Naira Janayi Ngalam. I mean I never forget I think it was last season when he was injured because that's basically all he was last season and this girl walked by him and the cameras were on him and he pushes
00:30:15
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He pushes the guy next to him, checking out the girl with a massive grin on his face. The guy, he's the ninja. That's what he does. OK, I'm trying to find a proper transition to sign off here because there really isn't one when we're talking about this. No, but listen, we've got to talk about Roma as well. I really like that game against Mancini and Smalling.
00:30:42
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are becoming my favorite central pairing in the Serie A because Mancini, I mean what a central defender he's turning into. We saw that move to the midfield was just exactly what his career at Roma needed. Now he's relaxed and now he's just turning into this Italian super defender
00:31:02
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He's such an intelligent player. We know he was good, but I didn't know he was this good with the ball. And he reads the game so well. And congratulations, Roma. Just think of when Spinazzo ends up because they're fully recovered. That is such an interesting central defense back four. Can't wait to see it.
00:31:21
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Yeah, it was interesting. Lorenzo Pellegrini, he marked his return. His first half wasn't that great. If anybody saw the corner kicks he was taking, they were criminal. But it did much better in the second half. Dioara, listen, I talk about him a lot. I know I sort of have a bit of a man crush on him, and I've made it known. You mean, you mean, I don't know about it. Just don't talk about that. Again, oh, god. I'm going to leave that one alone.
00:31:50
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Well, I mean, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter, John. All that matters is who's on top. As long as he's not on top, you'll be fine. Okay. Okay. Okay. Well, anyway, are you guys watching Caliari Lecce? I'm sorry, this is live. I know I'm saying it, but Robin Ulsen, a lapar doula, just got into a fissile fight.
00:32:12
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So just saying it, you need to, this is interesting. Calieri got a penalty after a player did a Luis Suarez in the World Cup 2010 when he handled on the goal line. It's a penalty, La Padula scores, and then Robyn Ulsen and La Padula start punching each other.
00:32:27
Speaker
brilliant drama brilliant well lapadula is doing something that i think every aroma supporter wanted to do last season so i i don't think you'll find many having much sympathy for him and then lapadula goes up on him he heads but he punches oh okay so this is terrible podcasting but um so lapadula scores a penalty Olson
00:32:52
Speaker
gets the ball, he punts it, Lapadula wants to get the ball back, get it back to the center circle because Lece are down by a goal. And then Olsson and Lapadula, they come chest to chest, Olsson throws a little bit of a fist, but somehow they both go down at the same time. So this is
00:33:11
Speaker
sensational stuff. I wonder if Olson is going to get sent off here. For sure he is because Lapadula is bleeding from the eyebrows due to the punch he got from Olson. Well it is worth noting before we go, it is worth noting and I'm going to continue to brag about this because I said Calieri this season would be fighting for a European place.
00:33:31
Speaker
I expected them to be good, okay? I thought they would be at least in the top seven or eight. I did not expect them to be this good, though, because when they lost, Cranio, I thought, okay, well, they're going to be in big trouble. Olsen has done so good. Yeah, he's been great at this game. The defense, Clavin, Pisacane, neither of them convinced me, so I thought they would struggle at the back without question, but
00:33:58
Speaker
Here we are, they said, so they're going, well, we think, we think they're up, they're currently up two to one with about 10 minutes remaining. I, well, probably more than that with the injury time, but we think at this point that they are going to win and maintain their fourth position in the table.
00:34:18
Speaker
How shocking are they? I mean, are they this season's version of Atalanta? I mean, Chloe, do you think that they could pull it off? They don't have a European competition to worry about, which I think is a huge advantage over everybody else.
00:34:34
Speaker
they're looking more and more like they can and you know with teams like Napoli dropping points all over the place and they're widening the gap with every match and you know even if they have a dipping form it makes you think that
00:34:50
Speaker
by that time the gap might be too big for the teams to to catch up because they're really putting a run together and they they i can't see unless maybe squad depth um that you know they're just playing with so much confidence i can't see that dropping anytime soon i'm sorry but i'm it just looked like robin ullison bit
00:35:12
Speaker
I think took a bite in the face of La Padula and that's why he was bleeding. Speaking of Suarez, it just looked really weird. What a game. Who said cultural games are boring? There's so much drama here. They've both got some love as well. I think for the top four, as I said,
00:35:36
Speaker
I honestly think it's going to be Roma, Lazio, Atalanta, Caliari. Obviously, there is a chance for Napoli, but they have to start winning now. And it doesn't look like they are. It really doesn't look like they'll be able to. And like you said, though, you assume there'll be so many points that you wonder, can they make it up? I think
Conclusion: Serie A's Unpredictable Drama
00:35:59
Speaker
seven points is doable. But that's borderline.
00:36:06
Speaker
All right, well, I'm going to sign off because we had a little bit of everything. It's never a dull moment. The brilliant thing about covering the city is we have so much crazy stuff to talk about on a weekly basis.
00:36:24
Speaker
Whether it's idiot presidents, it's the matches themselves, whether it's a player biting another player in the face, like we see here with Caillerie and Leche.
00:36:39
Speaker
There is never a dull moment. So thank you as always for joining us. I hope, I just hope that this weekend brings as much as it did this past weekend because this is sensational. I could talk about this for hours. So as always, thank you so, so much for listening and we will talk to you later in the week in our preview show. So until then, bye bye.