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Ten Crazy Things To Expect In Serie A This Season (Ep. 445)
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Ahead of the start of the 2024/2025 Serie A season, Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese detail a list of 10 crazy things that could happen in Italian football this season.
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Transcript
Introduction to Serie A Predictions
00:00:02
Speaker
Welcome to the Italian football podcast. So these are 10 things that are exaggerated but actually maybe not that exaggerated and actually there's very very real chance. Let's put it this way, this is there' is that this could actually happen, like some of these could actually happen. Yes they could,
Crazy Serie A Scenarios
00:00:22
Speaker
they could. So these are 10 things to expect in Syria this season, 10 crazy funny things to happen. That can only happen, it's like the Syria ass of the week that hasn't happened yet but could happen in the next few weeks. Could and probably will happen. Yeah exactly.
00:00:38
Speaker
So let's start off with number one, right?
Conte vs. De Laurentiis Conflict?
00:00:41
Speaker
Antonio Conte complains about Napoli's transfer market and has a fistfight with Aurelio De Laurentiis by the end of August.
00:00:50
Speaker
I mean, this has maybe already happened. I was going to say, he there's talk of him resigning and disgust if he doesn't get his plans.
00:01:00
Speaker
I mean, it's a guarantee, isn't it? is is it' That's going to end badly. Antonio can't say complaining about the Medcato. I mean, is is is the it's going to happen.
Allegri to Replace Motta?
00:01:09
Speaker
Number two.
00:01:11
Speaker
Max Allegri fans call for Allegri to replace Thiago Motta after Juventus lose their first game of the season. That's kind of already happened as when you were lost in Nunberg, didn't it? We've all done that. But yeah, that's complete. But they're in the right place, aren't they? Everybody calls Allegri a terrorist. I mean, Nuremberg, Nuremberg is a Nuremberg tribe also. Jesus. Maybe took that a little bit far, but okay. Number three.
AC Milan's All-Foreign Lineup?
00:01:40
Speaker
ah AC Milan ban all Italians. from oh god but but ah dear I'm sure you all love the image that we just flashed up there on the screen of Nigel Farage. But so I mean, it has been discussed a lot. There is a serious side to this that there are.
00:01:59
Speaker
probably almost certainly going to be no Italians in the starting 11 for Milan this season. Obviously, the coach isn't Italian either as well. I mean, from the Italian national team point of view, this is a problem, isn't it? sure It's not good when when the top three, when when you have that level for the... Well, Intero K, to be fair. Intero K. But you'll win Milan or not. And that's a problem.
00:02:25
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. Number four, we we have to have a prim face in here, a prim face point. Inter play Aston Villa in the Champions League. The English media say that not a single interplay would get in the Aston Villa team and the Aston Villa would win the Serie A. Yeah, that's I'm surprised that hasn't happened already.
00:02:47
Speaker
like it Yeah, but that that's less a guarantee. There's bet your house on that happening. Point number five, Seriatim's get robbed in Europe.
00:03:00
Speaker
and excited i was that the Italian discrimination like that you love so
Stadium Projects Collapse?
00:03:06
Speaker
much. Yeah. Number six, the stadium projects of Milan, Inter, Roma and Fiorentina all collapse.
00:03:18
Speaker
oh Chances of that, Nima? Yeah, that can happen. That can absolutely happen. um ah ferorentina inter milaninra I think as I've said, I think they're going to stay at the San Sino, going to refurbish it. Roma, i'm i'm a little bit you know I've caught the hype bug that Andrea DiCarlo ah had when we did the interview yesterday. Fiorentina I think now is actually is a bigger chance of that happening because now everyone's on board. They're all friends now. So yeah, but yeah, it's a shit show. It's an absolute shit show.
00:03:53
Speaker
Yeah. Fiorentina are actually trying to collapse their own saviour, might make up for any saviour at the moment. It's not even the it's not even the the political or the bureaucracy that stops it happening. Number seven, this is a guarantee, 100% guarantee.
Anti-Racism Campaign Missteps
00:04:13
Speaker
A Seria anti-racism campaign goes all wrong as players come out for their matches in blackface.
00:04:22
Speaker
Oh, dear. I mean, I mean, if it's not blackface, it's going to be something that's going to be something really inappropriate. It's going to be something really, really inappropriate, like their anti gypsy campaign, like their anti race. What was the anti? I was trying to remember. Don't call me. Yeah, it was. Don't call me gypsy. That was the camera. The hashtag or something. Yeah, yeah you don't do that for the anti racism campaigns. Horrible. Horrible. Yeah. it um which one Again, I would not I would not put that past them.
00:04:51
Speaker
I would not put that past them either. I would not put that past them either. Okay, point number eight.
Young Italian Stars' Injury Woes
00:04:56
Speaker
This isn't really a funny one, but it's a guarantee, unfortunately. At least three more young Italian stars tear their ACL and everyone just calls it bad luck and coincidence.
00:05:08
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, we've already said everything there is to be said about that, to be honest. there's it's It's bad luck, but it's also damn too bad the way that they train, being archaic,
00:05:21
Speaker
It's also down to the number of games, not um too many too many games for for not enough players. There's there's taught you know preparation, all of the above. you know It's all of the above. OK, number nine.
Cairo's Controversial Invites?
00:05:37
Speaker
Torino president Urbana Cairo invites Prince Andrew, R. Kelly, and Woody Allen to watch a Torino game.
00:05:47
Speaker
for no reason other than they are famous and he liked famous people. um Yes, he's done that in the past, although Kevin Spacey was cleared of all charges, but he wasn't at the time and it was really inappropriate and unnecessary. But again, and there was no need for it. It was so random, very random. Out of nowhere. Point number 10, Celia announced a partnership with American influencer Aisho Speed.
Serie A's Influencer Marketing
00:06:18
Speaker
A quote, a statement from the League of Couch Show, read, read, I show speed is going to save us. He's going to be involved or they've already had these other idiots with with the guy naked chef or whatever. It's just it's yeah, it's going to be something really stupid. How do I show speed? Milan had him. Milan had him doing some move. First one to move is gay. game yeah wise his laugh you dream with it child this This seems to be the new commercial uh tactics from from seria and from italian clubs higher influencers but that that's it that's their that's their new commercial yeah policy pay them ridiculous amounts of money embarras on for a flash in a pan no actual growth whatsoever it just gives them a lot a little likes and views on a on one video and then that's it
00:07:12
Speaker
I said yeah they are not even your time and not even not even your target audience yeah exactly exactly and this is this is what we're talking about it's good and no idea what they're doing no structure just throw shit at a wall and hope something sticks yeah that's what they do And of course, I've got my final one and that's selected to be set by the FIGC after Italy failed in the Nations League. And the elections are held in November and a lady is going to be replacing him and you're going to be hunger striking outside of the Italian embassy in London. Oh, my gosh. You know what? I don't think I hunger strike, I think.
00:07:55
Speaker
Go, go do a, what do you call it, Harakiri in front of the ritual. Yeah. Yeah. In front of the Buddhists during the Vietnam war, our self self-emolite. Yeah. Emolite in front of the Italian embassy.
00:08:12
Speaker
because Max Alegre takes over and he's going to probably say, as if that weren't bad, you know Alegre is going to say something Alegri-esque to piss you off even more, just to add that bit of salt to injury about, I don't know, youngsters need to prove themselves. Yeah, and Mateo Liberlale needs to do his, serve his apprenticeship instead of your team. How are we going to get through a season about Max Alegre? How are you going to through it actually?