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Champion's League Round-Up & Serie A Match Week #9 Preview (Episode #27)
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Welcome back to Calcio Culture! This week, Vos and Motts are ready to dive into the latest happenings in Italian football, featuring exciting wins, notable performances, and some intriguing controversies.
They start with Quick Shouts, celebrating Pioli’s impressive seven-match winning streak and Haaland’s latest goal. However, they discuss the struggles of Chiesa, who has faced criticism for not keeping up with the intensity of the Premier League, raising concerns about his commitment. Totti hints at a potential Serie A return, while Calafori’s knee injury adds to the worries for fans. They also touch on the rumors surrounding Zirkzee’s move to Juventus.
In Champions League action, AC Milan defeated Club Brugge 3-1, with Camada making headlines as the youngest Italian to play in the tournament. The guys discuss Juventus’s narrow loss to Stuttgart (0-1) and the controversial disallowed goal that has fans buzzing. Inter Milan secured a slim 1-0 victory over Young Boys, while Atalanta faced a frustrating 0-0 draw against Celtic despite an impressive 2.33 xG. Bologna fell to Aston Villa (0-2) in their Europa League clash.
Looking ahead, Vos and Motts preview upcoming matches including Milan vs. Bologna, Roma vs. Fiorentina (with Gudmundson out for a month), and the highly anticipated Juventus vs. Inter matchup, which is marred by injury concerns.
They also highlight other key fixtures on the horizon: Cagliari vs. Udinese, Como vs. Torino, Lecce vs. Napoli, Verona vs. Atalanta, Empoli vs. Parma, Genoa vs. Lazio, and Venezia vs. Monza.
The crew then delivers their latest Culpi di Luna picks, hoping to bounce back from a difficult return following the international break. Join Vos and Motts for in-depth analysis, bold predictions, and fresh insights into the world of Italian football. Be sure to subscribe and share your thoughts with us @calcioculturefc!
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Transcript
00:00:12
Speaker
up Champions League for the week. We got a busy weekend and then another busy week next week. This is Vos. I got mods here today and we got a ton to talk about. We got Calco galore coming up soon. After this weekend, we got, we miss a day after Saturday, Sunday, they skip Monday. And then we got a game Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, no Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Lot, a lot of Caled show. yeah That puts me in a very, very good mood. Cause every day there's going to be Caled show to watch.
00:00:46
Speaker
I'm going to get zero stuff done at the nine to five for the next two weeks now. I'm going to have the games going on. I'm not going to be paying attention at all. Just waiting to hop on the cultural culture recording, talk about it.
00:00:59
Speaker
I second that, and I won't be doing much, although that won't be good for me. But that's okay, because- But that's okay, because we've got quick shouts. Quick shouts. Quick shouts, quick shouts, quick shouts. First one. Quick shouts. From the desert in Saudi. Saudi Arabia, Al Nasser, I think it is.
00:01:18
Speaker
Stefano Pioli making waves. This is a classic example of you only know what you got when it's gone. Pioli, seven wins in a row in Saudi. Looking really good. Milan may be not looking so smart.
00:01:36
Speaker
I said it when you guys let him go Logan was thrilled to let him go you were thrilled to let him go I said he's actually maybe he's not the best tactician but he's a very good man manager and he knows how to win listen a lot of things went Milan's favor the year that they won the Scudetto But he only won a scudetto with a team that should not have won a scudetto. And that's ah that's a difficult achievement. And that shows that he knows how to win games and manage games. And he's proving it again in and in the Solidity League, maybe not as good. But Al Nassar didn't have the best league or the best finish last year in the league, even though they have Ronaldo and Mane and other players. And they got a real manager. And now look what's happening.
00:02:21
Speaker
I mean, it is kind of, when you look at what happened when they sacked Pioli, it was Scudetto win, fourth place, second place, sacked. Kind of. And the quarterfinals of the, or quarter semi, or quarterfinals of the Champions League? Yeah, because they lost to Inter in the semi. Yeah, exactly. So he did good. No, he did do good for her. You got one, though, that you pulled out today, right? Was this yesterday? Yeah, this was today. Manchester City played today. We we gave Victor Oseman a shout-out for his goal that he scored.
00:02:52
Speaker
So we got to give this guy a shout out, Erling Hollen. He for some reason doesn't love to use his head and just throws his boot in the air or like very high in the air and connects because he had an extremely good goal today for Manchester City. But I was looking at the video and like if he misses the ball or even if he hits the ball and somebody like is aggressive and puts their head there I mean he's cleat bottom of the cleat spikes to the face like that's crazy
00:03:28
Speaker
I mean, yeah, it could be a foul. Question on Halon, because I don't know why this is always the comparison, but it's always Halon or Harry Kane. What side of the boat are you on? Yeah, it's so tough. Harry Kane can do way more than Erling. Erling is just like, like an old-fashioned nine touches a game, with striker, two goals, while Harry Kane can drop into the midfield to play a pass, get an assist, get a goal.
00:03:52
Speaker
If I'm building a team, ah it depends on who's behind me too, right? Like if I have a number 10, I'm going Holland. If I don't have a number 10, I'm going Hurricane. But in terms of just like,
00:04:06
Speaker
Like player I would go for right now Harry Kane. What's that? I'm a big Harry Kane guy I think Harry Kane is one of the most underrated players of the generation and People still think he's good, but I think he kind of gets Thrown under the bus because he played for Tottenham and they just weren't very good doesn't win has no trophies as his trophy cabinetman ist gi empty This year he sure ah Hopefully not. I love it. I love it. No, you don't. Blake loves it. Another Champions League team, Liverpool, Italian guy making the news for all the wrong reasons. Well, another Premier League team, but yes, they are in the Champions League. But this is an Italian. The saga continues with Federico Chiesa, my boy. ah He has played a total of, I want to say, 12 minutes in the Premier League in the Champions League for Liverpool.
00:04:57
Speaker
And Arnie Slott said to the media today that he is coming from the Syria, which is less intensive than the Premier League. He struggles to reach our level. It is a disappointment or a big disappointment seeing him skipping our training sessions.
00:05:14
Speaker
Which is just crazy that skipping the training sessions is nuts, right? I can understand that the Syria is a slower league, so it's going to take a few games to get up to speed. Just like Ricardo Cal, if you already happened with him, but not playing him at all, I think is crazy. But obviously I wouldn't play him either if he's just not going or skipping the training sessions. yeah What do you think about this?
00:05:35
Speaker
Well, my guess is, i I think this is a translation error, because I bet that he is not allowed to train because he's not reaching their fitness metrics. which i That's my guess as to what I think this actually means, because there is no way that, in case it's just skipping training outright, that would be fucking insane. So that's what I think this is. And that doesn't surprise me. my I kind of have said this about Yuve for a while.
00:06:04
Speaker
I don't think they physically mold people well. I really don't. Like, since Wes McKinney's gotten there, I feel like he hasn't gotten much more fit and I would have expected that. Tennessee's last season, you've been saying this. I mean, it it depends though, like you'll get some guys will go to another team and say, oh my goodness, what we're doing. Like the lit, for example, went to Byron i was like, this is night and day harder than Juventus. But then you have other players that leave Juventus and go other places and say, this is a joke. Like Patrice Evra, when he came from United to Juventus, he was like,
00:06:39
Speaker
We didn't even practice at United compared to what we're doing at Juventus. So I think it has a big thing to do with who's the manager at the time. Yeah, that's true. That's a good point. People wouldn't be saying that yeah during Conte's UVA era, for sure. No, no, they would not. Some more Italian news.
00:06:57
Speaker
in the Premier League as well. ah Ricardo Califiori in the Champions League was going after a ball and fell very funky, I'll say, on his knee. that's He already has a bad knee. I believe this was the bad knee, the right one. ah Not sure on the injury. We will keep the Paisano's posted. Hopefully, it's not season ending. It did look like it could be.
00:07:23
Speaker
ah but that would be brutal if another Italian tears are ACL and this one's not even in Italy. This one is in England. ah That'd just be brutal and heartbreaking. So hopefully it did not happen, but we'll keep you posted.
00:07:37
Speaker
Chance for Bonjourno to get some burn now for the Azurian. Yeah, that is true. That's a good good thing that Juventus have three, or you not Juventus, Italy have three strong center backs. And I was thinking the other day, or noticed this. Did you know that it's...
00:07:55
Speaker
Italy has another BBC in Bongiorno-Bastogne and Califuri. Oh, yeah, sure. Cunucci, Borsagli, Chiellini. How crazy is that? That is crazy. That's a very funny. Quick shout for you right there. Quick shout. All right. Moving on to the next one. Moving back to kind of Italy and Syria, there was news of an Italian legend that said, never say never when it comes to returning to the Syria. And that Italian legend is who, Vos.
00:08:24
Speaker
Francesco Totti apparently had a Serie A club reach out to him about maybe playing. And this, I'm not sure this is real. Because the club is unnamed, and I'm sure any club that was linked to this would deny all allegations that they thought about this. And it was definitely Monza, if it was anybody.
00:08:48
Speaker
You had another guest, the Genoa, too. They're looking for this great view. It was one of the two of them. It's like, why not? a why if We're talking about a ball. I tell you, why don't we go for Tati? Listen, I mean, Tati, you're forty seven. Like that boat has probably shipped, sailed, set sail. Right. You probably that boat's done.
00:09:06
Speaker
I love the confidence, and if he does, I wonder how the Roma fans would take it, because he's obviously a Roma legend, never put on another jersey besides Roma, and what if he just comes back and as like throws on the Mons or the Genoa. Who knows? Maybe it was Roma today. I mean, it very much could have been Roma, just saying this. We need you to rena your back. wait is the old Yeah, they fight, they act around and say, we gotta bring back Francesco, bring him in. Yeah, we'll give we'll bring someone in that fights for the badge. Yeah, that that would be very, very funny. Maybe it'll come out. I hope it comes out what team it was, because that would be very funny if it was Rama. Yeah, that would be- It could be. They're in they're in a weird space.
00:09:55
Speaker
On some more real player news that are actually playing right now, we don't want to get bogged down by transfers too much, but one that seems to be growing some legs is Xerxes to Juventus on balloon is what it looks like it would be. And it seems like this is possible.
00:10:12
Speaker
In January, possible loans, Xerxes is not playing too well at United. He's their second option. Would love to come back to Italy and would love to work under Mata again. We'll see if this can if they can make it happen. I think the only real way would be alone. I think Manchester United wouldn't sell him for cheap considering they just bought him for like 50 million this summer.
00:10:38
Speaker
I really hope it happens. Juventus need a second striker. They need somebody other than Dusan with a different skill set. This would be beautiful. I really, really hope it happens, but I know how hard it will be, especially with Xerxes's age, and he's probably going to demand some crazy feet like he did in the summer. Hypothetical. I don't think this is this is a possibility, but hypothetical.
00:10:59
Speaker
Would you swap to some for Xerces? Straight up swap. Yeah, I would. Yeah. I agree. I think you'd have to. Xerxes gives you a little bit less of the finishing quality, but so much more of the link-up play to allow other people to score as well. Doosan's link-up play, not good. It's a hold-up play, not good. His finishing mediocre at best. Xerxes finishing is also mediocre, so it's like you're not sacrificing too much there, and then you're getting a ton of different aspects. I would do it, yeah.
00:11:38
Speaker
and I just don't understand how this is real. Like, they just bought Xerxesite for all this money. You knew exactly what you were gonna get. Like, he's being exactly what you thought. Like... It's classic, you know, dude, they bought Hoyland two years ago from a Serie A team, and he also started slow. It's like, it's a different league. it's They have to get accustomed to it. He's not gonna start off on finding out all cylinders, although maybe they thought after game one when he... did what Xerxes did, received the ball as a 10, played it out wide, then moved in as a 9 and finished and scored the game-winning goal. They were like, this is going to be every game. And I looked at his highlights when I saw this. I wanted to see how bad he was playing. He's playing well. He's just not finishing the opportunities. He's missing some sitters, which is not good for a striker. But that is kind of who Xerxes is. Like I said, his finishing isn't amazing, but it's the creating that he also makes him who he is.
00:12:34
Speaker
and It's just bad, bad recruitment out of United again, not knowing what you're paying for and using it incorrectly kind of thing. But that's it with quick shouts. We do got to talk Champions League. Overall, all I would say yeah poor, poor, poor, yucky an Italian performance that got masked by a kind of rescue result. And we'll go through these quick.
00:12:58
Speaker
Well, before we go through them, really funny that last episode when we were talking really quick about the Champions League, I was like, this theory parlay would be a great bet here. Terrible. Mods is not hot. So don't listen to anything betting last. We'll start with the good news. AC Milan beat club Bruges at home three to one. And I think Bruges was on a red card for a lot of this game, right?
00:13:25
Speaker
Yeah. 40th minute. I believe they got a red card. They did score down a man. It was one-to-one and then the second half happened. Reinders kind of took over, got scored two goals. Two big things for me happened in this game. Number one, Liao gets subbed off in the 60th minute. Milan scored twice. Okay. And one of them was while he was walking off the field, like he wasn't even off the field yet. They scored.
00:13:50
Speaker
So goes to show maybe he's not that needed. And it might might be time for them to part ways with him if a buyer comes that makes sense. And then number two, we have some big news from a young Italian. Kamada, the youngest Italian to play in the Champions League, did score a goal, had a sick celebration. Everybody lifted him up. He took his shirt off. It was great. Got called back by VAR, very unfortunate for him.
00:14:19
Speaker
But very good to see a young Italian, he's 16 years old, being being played in the Champions League, making things happen in the Champions League. So you hope that Milan will play him in the Serie A and continue to play him because he can clearly play in this ah and these games.
00:14:38
Speaker
Definitely. And ah my other big takeaway from this game is I think we're starting to see what Milan's identity is and they are starting to like embrace that. And that's just a quick counterattacking team is how they want to play. And that's where they've had success so far this season.
00:14:54
Speaker
So I hope they continue to steer into that. And I also think that Fofana is playing very well. he He is a good anchor piece to this team for sure. And Reinders with a brace again. Reinders is continuing to get better and better. So he he's still just having to watch. The next game, Stuttgart at Juventus. Juventus lost this game one to nothing. I think it should have been two to nothing. The goal that got called off, I did not think was a handball. I thought they should have allowed it.
00:15:22
Speaker
and overall for Juve Moth's bad game. Terrible game. The one bright spot for Juve was Mateja Perrin in goal. He was all over the place. This game should have easily been 3-0 or 4-0. Perrin saved a PK. He got man in the match. He was real emotional about it after the game because he had such good game and they still let in the goal.
00:15:46
Speaker
In terms of the handball, when I saw the replay, I was just grasping at straw saying, that's a handball. That's a handball. If that happened the event to Juventus, they'd call a handball and they call the handball. So I was, I was pleased about that. Cause things like that usually never go Juventus his way, but I don't think it was a handball hit him like in like above the bicep area.
00:16:07
Speaker
But the Juventus looked awful. I mean, they didn't create I think their first shot on target was the eighty first 82nd minute. Looked like Max Allegri ball for sure. ah Very unfortunate to see Nita bounce back after this game. One thing I did like post game is that Tiago Mata went to the press conference and said, totally my fault. I set up the team wrong. I didn't motivate them. Everything's on me, put the blame on me. You love to see that from the coach.
00:16:35
Speaker
Yeah, it did look like that. Their plan was just to sit deep. So it it was weird. It did look like a light green ball, which I did not like. That was bad. Inter Milan went to Belgium, maybe Switzerland, to play young boys. I always forget where they are. 1-0 win off of a late Marcus Taram goal off the 93rd minute.
00:16:56
Speaker
off the bench, kind of got bailed out. Young boys had a lot of good chances this game. Inter kind of did what they've been doing, which is just sit and try to hit on the counter. They really had no interest in having the ball. Arnautovic missed the penalty. Other big news. Carlos Augusto looked like he pulled the hammy. So I expect him to be out for a while. And then Dumfrey started this game, which was which was good to see. And and we did see Barela play in that deep, lying role again, which still doesn't look right.
00:17:25
Speaker
Not at all. A lot of changes in the inter lineup. That's obviously because who they're playing this weekend ah in the Syria. But we talked about it before we hopped on and I wanted to say this. Maybe.
00:17:39
Speaker
Nzagi doesn't rotate the 11 that we've been calling him to rotate the 11 because that 11 that starts every game is the only 11 that understand how to play that Nzagi ball where it's like pass and move, everyone's rotating, no one has a real position, complete fluidid fluidity.
00:17:59
Speaker
There's 12 guys that could do it. I think Darmian and Dumfries can be substituted, right? But other than that, it's got to be those 10 or 11 other guys. And once he makes those changes, they don't look as good. They don't look as fluid. They don't look like they know what they're doing. So maybe that's why he's not rotating as much as we think he should. It could be. It definitely could be.
00:18:22
Speaker
I don't know, we'll talk about Inter a lot more in a little bit, because I'm kind of interested in talking to them. after After this game, I kind of had some new opinions. Another game that happens today, Celtic, really struggling Celtic in Europe, I will also say, went to Atlanta, nil, nil game.
00:18:37
Speaker
Another classic example, Atalanta need to bury their chances. 2.33 XG. Posselich probably had 1.7 of that XG. Just couldn't find the back of the net. I don't know why they were kind of hitting it from straight at Kasper Schmeichel. He made a couple good saves. But this has been the story of the season, creating chances, not fully putting them away. And that's what's creating their inconsistency. And it is a little bit of an issue.
00:19:06
Speaker
It's definitely an issue. and With Atalanta, it's funny. like there They either like convert all of their XG, and it's like 3.3, and they have three goals, or like they don't convert any of it. You know what I mean? it's like Yeah, it is. It's really weird. Or one. Yeah, it's really weird. So they got to put away their chances. I mean, they're they've had a good start to the Champions League, so I don't think this will set them back too, too much. But you got to make sure, moving forward, you bear your chances.
00:19:36
Speaker
Definitely. In the last Italian game Bologna went to Aston Villa, lost that game to nothing. I don't think this is a surprise to anybody. Yeah, Bologna is just not all that great yet. They're okay. They're not great.
00:19:51
Speaker
Nobody thought Bologna was going to win this game. They didn't. This is a clear, clear result. Although if I bet on Austin on the villains this game, I'm sure they would have lost. Yeah, that's true. Maybe you you need to take a break from the Colby. But a couple other games happening before the end of the week in Europe. Europa League, Dynamo Kiev going to Roma. We talked yesterday how big of a game that is. Lazio going to Twent. And then in the conference league, we got Fiorentina going to St. Gallen. Or Gallen could be either if it's in France, maybe it's in Scotland. I don't know.
00:20:22
Speaker
Who knows, or we'll keep us keep our eyes on these games. Hopefully Roma, Lazio and Florentina can get it done and represent the Serie A. Back to Italy, Caltro, we got a lot of it this weekend. A lot of big ones once again. First match we're taking a look at going into the weekend. Milan at Bologna. What are your takeaways, Gary? What's your storyline going into this one? Cuz I got a couple that I'm thinking.
00:20:51
Speaker
I'm thinking I want to see what lineup Fonseca comes out with after the following up the Uden Essay game, benching Tamori and Liao. I want to see if he's going to do something similar there. That's my main thing that I want to see pregame.
00:21:06
Speaker
If you're asking me what I think is going to happen during the game, I think Milan are going to score goals and Bologna are not going to score. However, is Endorin, I don't know if Endorin, is Endorin healthy right now? Because if he is, that left flank could be very vulnerable, as we know it has been for throughout the season for Milan, because Endorin is an electric player who will not be on Bologna for long.
00:21:35
Speaker
I don't know if we saw them. I'm trying to find it right now. Yeah, they practiced this week in Doi and Alien Junior practice this week. So hopefully they both play. They'll be great. my For me, the big storyline is, Milan are going into this counter-attacking identity, and i I really hope they stick with it, because Bologna are going to want to control the ball, so this is a very good game for you to just sit off and be okay sitting off, show that you can be in a low to like a low block, a mid-block for a lot of the game, and then counter hard. Because in the games where they have been countering, it's not been against really fluid, modern teams,
00:22:15
Speaker
It's been more in like freak moments of chaos they have countered. And in this game, Bologna, you're going to want to have the ball and try to dominate the ball. And this will be the first time Fonseca, I think, is facing that with this. In this sense, he's been very on the hot seat, right? Like they're going to need to be a good defensive shape to be Bologna, period. Like, even if it's a draw, I don't. Milan's got to win, though. That's the thing now. Like, if you're the Milan coach, these are games that you have to win. And I just I'm still not sure the mentality is there.
00:22:46
Speaker
Yeah, that's a good point. I didn't even think of that. Bologna is definitely going to have or try to have 60 percent possession, which I think will play in Milan's favor, especially the way that they've been playing on that counter attack. So if I mean, if that's the case, then I think Milan will win this handily. But we've we've been surprised with Bologna. They seem to not know how to win, but they seem to know how to not lose as well because they have five draws and seven games. Four of their last five have been draws. But I think Milan have figured out Also, at the same time, how to win games, right? They've won three of their last five. Four of their last five now. Four of their last five, yeah. They they kind of they kind of got luck, lucked out on against Uden Essay. But, so yeah, so four of their last five, they're figuring out how to win, figuring out how to defend better as a team, figuring out their shape, and Bologna just more of the same with these draws. Yeah, from a Bologna perspective,
00:23:44
Speaker
I think they're probably okay with a draw on this game, which should make it kind of a weird game. Because I think they're going to want to hold the ball, but be, I guess, defensive about it in a way. It's the way i i would I would think about it, where they're they're not going to try to over overexpose themselves. And it could end up being a very boring game, as Bologna has been boring. That could be amplifying this one. But at some point, I would like to see Italiano, like, get some points on the board. I know they won, but You got to master one, like you have to master, we're really good at offense or you have to master, we're going to be really good at defense. And they're just so wishy-washy because when they get the goals, they concede. And when they don't get the goals, they defend well. So you you have to do yeah something. yeah Something's got to give on one side of the field. Pick one. So you can i one can advance. Yeah. Yeah. I just think that Milan scored too much for Bologna. Like Bologna, even if they do score, they can't keep up with the firepower that Milan have.
00:24:44
Speaker
Golicic is playing well, right? We just talked about Fafana's finding his own. Reinders is in form. Suspended. Maratha knows the league. Oh, who's suspended? Reinders, Red Tarp. Good call. Good call. That's going to hurt Milan for sure. So we think they'll put Lopda's cheek in there? Yeah, definitely.
00:25:04
Speaker
I still think Pulisic, the way that the, uh, Pulisic's form right now, he's probably going to get one. Uh, and it just, they're going to have too much firepower, but I am always wrong. So, and you cannot suspect what happens in Calcho. It is at Bologna. So we do know that obviously in Syria and Italy, it's harder to win on the road. But if you're Milan, you got to get this win. You got to get the stub. You got to get these three points.
00:25:30
Speaker
I agree with you. I think they're gonna, it's too many goals. That's that's really the thing. And what's kind of an interesting little side story to this game is, I actually think this is a really good game for layout of playing. But it's a question of, oh, the team's playing so well when he's out. Do you now go back to him and kind of, when and when Milan scored in the Champions League game, he kind of looked a little bit disappointed because he came out and then they immediately scored and he was like walking off the pitch. And like he threw his arms up at first, but then he was kind of pouting.
00:26:00
Speaker
So it's it's a very ah hard situation for fun second to navigate now because on one hand you want to get layout going and I do think this is a good game for layout like Blonja is gonna have the ball layout is gonna be able to exploit space very quickly you could get him you can get him rolling right now and then on the other side it's he hasn't produced bad attitude my other players are producing when they're coming in they can it's It's kind of damned if you do, damned if you don't. I think the safer thing is to not play way out at this point though.
00:26:32
Speaker
i said i I would agree with you, but I think he's going to play just because it's Liao. And then he'll just pout even more for not starting two games in a row, two at Serie A games in a row. Also, what I think is going to be big is can Milan not get a red card, right? They've gotten three red cards in their last three games. That's like grammar level stuff, but like that's something that you need to not do, right? And three and three games is pretty terrible. So that can't happen again.
00:27:00
Speaker
Bologna would be a scary team to be up a man to because they are they do keep the ball really well as you give them that extra guy They could they could hurt you. So that'll be an interesting one moving on we got Roma visiting Fiorentina Big storyline this past weekend. Gudmundsson got hurt. So he's out for a month. Definitely not playing. Moise Kien also hurt. I don't know if he's gonna be able to play. I tried to find anything on it. I didn't see shit. So I'm gonna assume he's playing now.
00:27:32
Speaker
This is a hard game for you. This is a bad game for you, Urge. Going to Florence to try to play this Fiorentina team, who's been playing well too. I mean, two two wins, or three wins last five, one draw, one loss. Fifth in the table right now. Scary team to play against. Kalpani's now scoring. Everybody, the whole team is playing well, and we can't really say that for a lot about a lot of teams in Serie A right now, apart from Napoli, I would say.
00:27:58
Speaker
and in fuel got a rolling right now in dehayas rolling too it's just through the team everybody's playing well yes they are rolling right in the last four games they have win draw win win but we know how big gudmundson is for them in those games yes kalpani did score right but he finally scored when they were down Leche was down a man and he only scored he scored two goals but that's the only time, that's the only thing he's done. So is he really rolling yet? Can he carry that form into the next game? there's He's done nothing this this season to make me think he will.
00:28:36
Speaker
Right. And now that you have Gudmundsson out, you have, you have that attention that you can give back to Kolpani, right? Because Gudmundsson took away some attention off Kolpani. So he's going to be in the same spot that he was in the beginning of season when Gudmundsson wasn't on the pitch. And I think Florentina are going to be in a similar situation that they were in the beginning season without Gudmundsson. And they did not get results when he wasn't on the pitch. Yes, I agree with you that most of their players now are in form, but we'll have to see if that continues with that main player. Because Gudmundsson is going to draw there the the attention to most of their defense, right? So that can allow Kean to flourish and Kopani to flourish and other players to flourish. With him off the pitch, are they going to do that or is it going to look like they looked in the beginning of the season when he was not playing?
00:29:26
Speaker
That could be true. What I like about this matchup, and assuming Moisei-Keene plays, he's gonna more be running into that left side of the field, which is Rama's right side, where Mancini is. And Mancini was not great last week. And that's a really dangerous matchup to be going in, because Ndika's going to be fine off of there, off the Rama left side of the field. So that's that's an area that I think could be exploited. And Robin Gozins is playing well.
00:29:53
Speaker
So I just think there's a lot of good matchups favoring Fiorentina. If Gudmundsson was playing, I would be fully backing them to win this game 1,000%. I would put money on it. i probably That would probably be my Colpy pick. But they don't have him. And that is a major loss. But I still like the Dodo matchup off the right side. I like the Robin Goza matchup off the left. I like Keen. And I like Adley. I think Adley could have a lot of joy in this game with the space that he wants to exploit and play quickly. From a roller perspective,
00:30:23
Speaker
It's the same thing. What are they gonna do to win this game? And I i don't i don't i haven't seen anything that says they're gonna do anything to win this game. I don't know either. I'd love i'd love to them at least see some type of fight. i'm i'm lacking When I watch a Roma game, I don't even see that from them, which is frustrating because Roma is a big club and you know that most of the Roma players, like would die for that club right like like are the most of the roma legends would die for that club and you just don't see it in these players so i think the one player and we touched upon it last week that you see it in is debala and i think that's just because he knows what the mentality what mentality takes to win set consistently in this league because he's seen it in the eventous jersey and the the players on roma need to take after him and need to see that because they're
00:31:14
Speaker
the actual locker room leaders are not stepping up in Manchini and Pellegrini. Last season, when when Roma were in this little turmoil, I think Manchini really stepped up in the locker room and and was that leader that they needed. So either he needs to do it, Pellegrini needs to do it, Dabala needs to do it, somebody needs to do it to kind of light a fire under these boys because they're just, it's the same old, same old that's not getting it done right now.
00:31:40
Speaker
And it's still the offense. The defense you said is is oak is good enough. I mean, I guess it it's it's a very good defense, actually. I mean, they've only seen six goals. allowed six goals like it And it seems like it's worse than it is for some reason in my mind.
00:31:54
Speaker
What's difficult with the Yurich thing is what sets managers a apart from like ah a lower, not a lower level, like a second tier club to a main, a number one tier club is your ability to actually create offense. Like that is the hard jump. There's a lot of good defensive coaches, but a lot of coaches struggle. And right now we're seeing them with Tiago Monza, the same thing. Defense is figured out. It's how do you unlock other teams? And that's what makes a great manager. That's what makes great teams. And with Yurich,
00:32:22
Speaker
He has this season to get it done. I don't think there's ah there's a situation where he gets sacked. And at the same time though, do we have to look at these players and say, do they not feel the freedom to just take a risk and like make that risky pass or take a guy, maybe one too many guys on, to try to create that opportunity because we don't see it and it's so stagnant. And Dovbik is the same way. Like Dovbik is back to goal and that's the only time he ever receives a ball. He doesn't really try to run at people, even Sule. Sule never runs at anybody. Nobody is trying, nobody takes it on their back to go and get the goal.
00:32:57
Speaker
And do you need that? Like someone that's clearly what's missing. I think Sulei tries to take few i think he tries take people on too much. He like it's almost too much of him trying to give me the ball and I'm going to dribble. He needs to have a more more balanced approach for sometimes I'm going to take him on or attempt to take him on and sometimes I'm going to play the correct pass.
00:33:18
Speaker
in that area. But other than that, I don't see ah many other people are trying to take them on Pellegrini. We'll take a touch and it will go 15 feet in the other direction. He can't, he'll tell shoot the ball and it won't come anywhere close to the net, right? Christante hasn't looked good at all. Brian, I don't, he's he's lost out there. Zalewski,
00:33:42
Speaker
also lost out there. There's a lot of guys that just look lost and they don't know what they're supposed to be doing on the pitch. What I would like to see is them go back to just, like, basic, classic football. Get it to the wingbacks, cross it into the box, get some... Dovbik is getting zero service. And you're playing with, essentially, wingbacks because of how Angelina of Toxin and Chelic runs forward. Just get the ball in the box, like...
00:34:10
Speaker
Maybe push fronting Kristanze up, or play another strike, or play some Amoradov. Play both of them! Just do a classic 3-5-2, with Diabala under them, and to try- I mean, that would say you have to drop Pellegrini, but...
00:34:22
Speaker
You need to get service into the box. like What you're doing is not working. Change something up. Add another Striker, create some chaos, because all the every realm of game right now is not chaos. like and you're You need some chaos to generate those scoring opportunities. And we see that with Adelanta to an extreme. We see that with other teams to an extreme. There's not enough risk taking for me, or or any pattern of here's how we're going to create chances.
00:34:49
Speaker
I wouldn't even take risks. Like you said, I would dumb this, dumb it, the game plan down so much to where it's, it's fundamental soccer. It's cross it in the throw in 20, 30 crosses. Dobrik is fantastic in the air. You can't break anybody down by a passage, a player and overload on one side. So just.
00:35:09
Speaker
put El Shira away in and put him on the right and put Sule on the left and have them just whip in crosses. I know that's not going to happen, right? they They're just not going to do that. But you have to change up something and figure out a ah way to consistently score goals. And it's not what you've been doing now, which is Tabala, Pellegrini, Dovic,
00:35:32
Speaker
or Dybala and Pellegrini behind Dovik to try to create links or passage of play or Sulei behind Dovik. It's just not working. So try the crosses. Try something different. Go to a 3-5-2 rather than a 3-4-2-1. Go to a play a four-back. Do something different. 4-3-3. And Yurich isn't that guy to do that, but you have to mix something up, shake something up. Or it's just going to be more of the same from Roma.
00:36:01
Speaker
Play Bob Dansi, too. Our love for that. Play Bob Dansi. For somebody else off the left, other than Pellegrini. For Girish, is this partially he can't even experiment because of the state that the club is in and how everybody's so mad? If he experiments and they lose a game like this, is he scared of that situation? Has he got pressure from the board? There's clearly pressure from the fans. Well, that's the problem. It's a difficult situation.
00:36:29
Speaker
That's the problem, in my opinion, with the Italian media, how they write stories every single day, because it doesn't give a manager any time. Yurich was hired five games ago, like let him mix it up, let him fail, let him fall on his face, because clearly what Daniela De Rossi was doing wasn't working, and he's not doing much different, right? He's still running a three, four, two, one. Sometimes De Rossi ran a...
00:36:54
Speaker
ah four three two one out there rather than a three four two one but he's doing the same exact shit and he's doing that because the defense is strong that way and he knows at least we can maybe sneak out a win at the end of the game if it's zero zero or one to one we're not playing extremely open and we're still in the game but Sometimes you got to just fall flat on your face and have the security of, I'm not going to lose my job as I tried to iron this thing out and figure out what we're supposed to look like. But that will never happen in, in Italy and because of the Italian media and because of their fans.
00:37:29
Speaker
So I do think you're just just saying like, let me make sure that we are solidified defensively and hopefully one of our our players can have a world class moment and we can sneak out these wins like they did against Venezia when Pizzilli scored that corner kick goal. And they did and with Dovbic against Monza, but they tied that game. But that's because they're they're being solidified ah defensively.
00:37:59
Speaker
Now, this is gonna be, I think this will be a good game though. I don't think it'll be too boring. I think Fiorentina are gonna bring it to them. So it should be good. And flipping the script onto a game that I'm i'm a little bit worried about being a snoozefest. Juventus going to Inter Milan. Off to the back of the last couple weeks, these are your two teams that got some injury trouble. Two teams that are kind of playing very boring couch show and just sitting in a good defensive shape.
00:38:26
Speaker
and not doing a lot of ton else. Apart from Marcus to Romic, I can't really point to anybody that's been overly exciting for either of these teams in the last couple of weeks. Yeah, that's a fact. I mean, we just saw Juventus go 81 minutes without putting a shot up. However, I do think this is coming at a good time for Juve, especially after that Stinkfest, because you can now be motivated and be like, we cannot do that. Two games in a row, we need to take the game to enter. We need to create chances and not go 80 minutes without a shot on target or a big chance.
00:38:56
Speaker
Also, yes, I know you've been just have injuries, but I think that the players injured for inter are slightly very not slightly. They're just way more important. Like a con. No one else in an inter can play that position. A cherubee. Obviously they have other guys that can play center, center back, but he's usually better against.
00:39:14
Speaker
physical dominant strikers like a Holland Holland or a Dusan Blaurich So he could he could have easily taken Dusan out of that game like we've seen him do with Holland twice And if he's not there, they have to play somebody else that DeVry's been playing well But I think that's a better matchup for Dusan to actually make something happen And then you just they're enter just playing one of their best players out of position. And clearly he's not able to play it effectively. Maybe this game they'll try something else to pay. Zelensky there, I know you want to see him at that spot and just let Barella be Barella. I don't know if Zanzagi has the confidence and has Zelensky to do that as he's barely played him throughout the season so far. So I just think that's the reason why he has more confidence in Barella. But Barella cannot do it. Where on the other side, you've been to his injuries, obviously you have
00:40:05
Speaker
Players like Nico Gonzalez, Weston McKinney, I don't know if Coupe Miners is healthy or not, but let's say Coupe Miners and Douglas Sowiz, those players are obviously important, but Juventus, those aren't make or break for Juventus, right? They have other substitutes that can perform just as well or slightly just as well in their spots, right? Where Inter do not have that. Yeah, that's a good point. On Inter, from like a kind of a tactical perspective,
00:40:34
Speaker
The more i'm I'm watching them this year, the more I'm thinking how they're playing right now is what Inzagi wants. And it's we're very good defensively. Most of the goals they've conceded came at the start of this season. And maybe this is the inter that he wants to see. And in his mind, we're not doing anything wrong. This is how we're going to win the Champions League and we're going to be in the competing for Scudetto because we can overpower most teams and they're not going to score against us.
00:41:01
Speaker
And maybe this is an evolution in his coaching style that isn't quite 100% where it needs to be. I'm sure he is thinking that. But this could be the new enter. It's defense first, and if we hit you on the counter, so be it.
00:41:13
Speaker
but is it really defense first though they allowed what 30 total goals last season they've already allowed nine like yeah they had their first clean sheet against Roma and another one against young boys but Roma can't score we've just covered that and young boys is very mediocre I personally think that inters defense has not been very good this year they're in more of a defensive shell than they were in last year last year they would possess it a lot more and have a lot more of the ball this year not so much uh but i just think that that might be because inters so lethal on the counter attack that maybe nzagi wants to set up slightly deeper but
00:41:53
Speaker
it does I don't think it's playing in their favor because they're it's allowing them to so let more goals in this season and yes they're still hitting on the counter but they were doing that last year even when they dominated the ball of 60% possession I really just think it takes if you remember two seasons ago when Inter was supposed to win the league they didn't uh oh no yeah two seasons ago I think it takes a full season for players to learn in Zagi's system because it's so complicated and it's so pass, move, replace, change spots. You end up where you end up and you need to realize that in cover form. I think it took into
00:42:36
Speaker
It took them like two years under Inzagi to win the Scudetto, right, to play like that. And now they've added some extra pieces around like Bessic, Toremi, Arnadovich, Carlos Augusto, Solinsky. And those guys aren't being able to, like I mentioned in earlier, do the pass move, replace thing as well as that starting 11 because they've been under Inzagi for the last three, four years.
00:43:01
Speaker
So I just think his couch show is so beautiful and complicated. It takes longer to understand it and play it effectively. and on the And on the back of this, I noticed this today, and this could be, it's such a so small sample size, but Barela in the China log loop role, what I noticed today was, and you don't really see this when Akan is playing, on the counter tags,
00:43:26
Speaker
Varello released, Makatarian released, Fertesi released. So then if you lose the ball, you literally have no midfield. And I noticed that happened a lot today. And that that goes back to your point about it's hard to learn when you're who you're covering for, when you're allowed to go, where you're supposed to make the runs to. And that number six role on this team is so important because if you do lose the ball,
00:43:49
Speaker
and nobody's covering, it's just guys running at the defense. And there was a lot of situations today where that was happening. And against a better team, dude they're going to beat you. Like, they were 3v3, 4v3 a ton of times. This was a back and forth open game. And I think if they do that against this Juventus team, who you've been saying, Matos built to counter-check, they're probably going to lose. Like, that is a very big deal that Enzagi is going to have to figure out, or Barello is going to have to figure out.
00:44:17
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, that's also just like why I don't think it's smart for Inzaghi to play Barela in that spot because you're you're training a ah pit bull, right? Like that's Barela's bread and butter is make that darting run up and and be creative. Where Hakan is, I can make any pass on the field no matter where I am. Barela can't do that either. And not to mention Hakan a lot of times fills in for Bastoni when he goes up.
00:44:43
Speaker
And so if Bareilles is going up and but and he's not realizing Bastoni's up, then you're way out of position and then you have a very similar situation of the Juventus-Lazio where Kalulu sees the space and just takes advantage of it and then someone with the goalie and you get a red card.
00:44:59
Speaker
um But to your point of view saying how inter sitting in a shell That can play in their favor because event as we've seen Kind of have wasted possession a lot of passing it around side to side not too much breaking down low blocks and internet has this year been sitting in a low block for a lot longer, a lot more often than they were last year. And that could be a place where Juventus could struggle because we saw them struggle against Lazio with 10 men in a low block. And some reporter even asked Mata about it. It was like, you guys seem to struggle against low blocks. And he was like, yeah, we do. But we're not the only team that struggles against low blocks. Every team struggles against low blocks. But Juventus struggled more than normal teams. So i I think that you are correct in that.
00:45:45
Speaker
this game does scream snoozefest, right? Because if Inter sit in the low block, then Juventus are gonna have a tough time breaking them down. But if Juventus sit in a lower block, I think they can they can take advantage of some of the mistakes that these Inter players will be we make playing not in their normal position. So for Juve, because we talked about Inter Milan a lot, what does Juventus need to do to to win this game? And do you, as a Juve fan,
00:46:13
Speaker
Should they be looking at this game as we need to win or fine with a point at the San Siro? Yeah, it's so tough. I will always think Juventus need to win every single game homeware away, but we know that Inter are the champs. It is in the San Siro. I don't think you're upset with a tie, but I think you go in saying we can beat these guys. We should beat these guys, depending on how it goes in the last 80 minutes, as if you push for that win or go and and hold for the one or two two to one win that you have or the draw in play. So and my in my brain, if I'm Mata, I'm saying we can go win these guys, beat these guys. Quick stat of the day, Juventus has beaten into the most teams and out of all the teams in Italy, Juventus is being into the most, which is a front which is a fun stat. Because I'm saying you are Juventus, you guys can beat these guys.
00:47:07
Speaker
And then, depending on how the game goes, maybe we pack it and and go get the point in the San Siro. What do you think they need to do differently to to get there? Because, we again, like weve we've been talking about a UVA over and over. Kind of boring, on the ball, not really doing anything, can't score. like What needs to change? like To beat Inter? I'll tell you what needs to change. I'll tell you what needs to change. And this was the problem with Allegri as well.
00:47:29
Speaker
If you watched a Juventus game for a full 90 minutes, Fajoli is really now a little bit of Douglas Louise and Koop Miners was doing it too, but Koop Miners is out. But Fajoli is really the only one that goes in the middle and goes and gets the ball and tries to progress it.
00:47:46
Speaker
Everybody else on UVA is so fine with passing it on the sidelines and going back to the center back and going back to the sideline going back, especially Locatelli. He's so fine. It's just us going back right to left, left to right, right to left, right, left to right.
00:48:02
Speaker
We need to go break the lines, get a guy in the middle, break the break the first line and then have him pass it out wide and then have the cross in. The middle guys are so stagnant and stand still and it doesn't allow for you to be able to break a low block down.
00:48:21
Speaker
All right, cool. My matchup to watch in this one is Konchasao against DeMarco. I think that's gonna be a very interesting battle. And this Konchasao is still suspended for a start. No, I for forget. I don't think so. Because they they appealed it and he got it ah approved because it wasn't that god over diamond. The reason I'm pulling that one out is because Konchasao has a ton of energy and he's a hot head.
00:48:47
Speaker
and he's going to have to track back a ton. And DeMarco can kind of be exposed sometimes, sometimes 1v1 and conscious hours, very good 1v1. So I think that's the make or break area of the field. The other one is maybe Marcus Taram against Savona slash Gotti, because that's the area he's going to run into. And this is going to be a tough one for Savona, for sure. Because he's going to have Marcus Taram and DeMarco running straight at him a lot.
00:49:10
Speaker
that he is you know what they did what moda did against latsia which i thought was very interesting i've never seen him do it before when latciio I don't know how to explain it. When Zakanya was on the top of the pitch, Kalulu was playing left center back, right? So he was on the bottom of the pitch. And then when they switched sides and Zakanya was on the top of the pitch by the by the the coaches, he switched Kalulu to right center back.
00:49:45
Speaker
It was really weird. So Kalulu basically played left center back in the first half and right center back in the second half. Maybe Mado will have whatever side Taram is on and DeMarco is on, Kalulu is on both sides of the half. But then obviously you have Littaro on the other side. So interesting. It should be a good tactical battle. These are two really good managers. I am still just worried. It's going to be a snooze for us because that has been a lot of the big games this year. I'm going to break down the other games that are going on. Kaluri going to Udine to take on Udineze.
00:50:14
Speaker
Big game for both teams, another one. I i think Uneze kind of need to bounce back off the after that Milan loss. I think they could have won that game. This is a good good game for them to be at home and get a win. For Kalyuri.
00:50:27
Speaker
Get some momentum. You're just at a really difficult game against Torino. Maybe you go to an egg, get a result. That's all you need. You got to stay out of the relegation zone. Como going to Torino. I'm a little bit worried about Torino in this game. After that calorie regain was a very bad performance in my mind. Very immature and they're going into Como team that's kind of coming into their own.
00:50:48
Speaker
and is going to try to bring it to them and want to be ball dominant and Torino haven't shown that they can defend well when they're not in possession. So that's one to watch. This could be a combo away when which would be really big for them in my mind. Yeah, this is a good game to watch. This is probably the highlight of these other games. how we haven't if If we were going to bring out another one to break down, I would probably say Como Torino because of... Torino obviously lost to Pazza, but who's the striker that had a great game last game? Tony Sinabria. He played great. Sinabria. So let's see if he can continue it, right? Because, yes, they did let up three goals, but they they didn't look as weak offensively as I thought that they would.
00:51:28
Speaker
which is good, right? So they just got to kind of screw in some loose screws defensively. But Colmo, Nico Paz, obviously created the most chances as an under 19, besides La Minha Mall. They're, they possessed a ball, they believe in what they're doing. So this is going to be a great game to watch. Definitely. Then we got Leche visiting Nathalie. There is no reason to not expect a bloodbath. Bloodbath, blow out. Blow out. It's got to be.
00:51:57
Speaker
Yeah, it it has to be. I mean, and this is also a game where, look well, I'll just say, Lukaku, since the international break, I know it's only been like, maybe what, two games or one game? He didn't play that well in the last game, so maybe this is a game where it's like, hey, break off the dust, get back in the score sheet, or at least an assist, because of you're going up against Lecce, and they they just let people score. the other The other important thing about this one that we did fail to talk about, in interuve,
00:52:26
Speaker
One of them need to win because if they, if they draw it, that's inter on 18 points. Napoli on 22 Conte is now four points clear and he has an easy rest of the month, more or less. That leads going to get stretched and we're going to keep saying it. And Conte is a very hard man to catch. He does have an easy rest of the month, but I was looking at Napoli's schedule in November, right?
00:52:55
Speaker
And he he goes Milan to Milan, then Adelain to come to Naples, and he goes to Inter, then Roma come to Naples, then he goes to Torino, then he goes back to Roma against Lazio, then Lazio come to Naples. That's a tough one, two, three, four, five, six, seven games in a row. He's just going to sit on that floor point.
00:53:18
Speaker
Yeah, but it is one game a week. Yeah, one game a week matters. ah Last couple of games here. Verona going to Atalanta. I'm very scared for Verona at this point. they The inconsistencies have been very poor. This got blew out by Monza. And going to Atalanta is a much harder game than that. For Atalanta, they're going to continue to create their chances. It's a question of, are they going to convert them? I actually expect Verona to score in this game. Atalanta were so open today. I couldn't believe it.
00:53:46
Speaker
But it ah they always are. yeah I don't see this one going Verona's way. Another game we got Empoli going to Parma. This for me is a very bad game for Parma and a very good game for Empoli. Empoli are hot right now. Even off the Napoli. I'm considering that Napoli game a win for them because of how good they played.
00:54:06
Speaker
Yeah, but Parma are very good at home. they're That's when Parma's at their best is when they're at home. But it's going to be interesting because, you know, Emply want to sit in a shell and, you know, Parma also kind of want to sit in a shell and counter. They both want to do the same thing. Something has to give. Draw. Emply.
00:54:24
Speaker
Well, Napoli also sits in that shell, and Emply out-possessed them. So I think Emply might try to play look or might end up having more of the possession because of that. And maybe Parma can hit on the break, but Emply's been so tough to break down defensively. And this is what I'll say. They've been so disciplined, and Parma have not. Parma's been the opposite of discipline, and I think that can give Emply the edge in this game. Is there discipline over Parma?
00:54:52
Speaker
Yeah, and if Emily win here they go back into one of those European spots most likely and I don't know I this is gonna be a good game in my mind I think this can be a very interesting one interesting tactical battles Different styles of play really I think we're going to see I think we're gonna see in that Aggressive Emily because they're how they're feeling about themselves. So should be good another one Genoa going to Lazio I again I fully expect Lazio to win this one. Lazio Moneyline was not in the Colby. I didn't look at the odds, actually, because I took a different game, but that would have been a good Colby one. Yeah, I almost took Lazio Moneyline in the Colby, but it goes back to what I said earlier. You can never expect the expected with Calcho. So I fully, I think 99% of people think this is a Lazio game. I wouldn't be surprised if it is, but I also wouldn't be surprised if Gen was somehow get a tie. All right.
00:55:44
Speaker
Last game of the weekend, Venezia going to Monza. Big, big game for both these teams. When you're battling other teams in the relegation war, you gotta win them. And if Venezia win this, they go even on points with Monza. It brings you out of the relegation zone. These games matter. You gotta steal points from your competitors here. And I still think Venezia are better than Monza in my mind right now when I see them play. They've kind of gotten unlucky.
00:56:12
Speaker
And they're still good. They're not great away from home as part of the issue. That's what I was gonna say. the Them going to Mons, I think, will give Mons of the Edge. Yeah, and Mons is coming off a 3-0 win. I never owned a own team that we were hot on. So, I mean...
00:56:26
Speaker
This one I want to see. I want to see more of Monza. A goal kick launch 75 yards head past one of the Cook keeper. It's so effective. Just do that every time. It is. It is effective. And hopefully Danny Monta can continue his form and Danny Maldini comes back into the team twice. Well, so this, I think this is actually going to be a pretty good game. I'm expecting goals in this one. Both the, both these teams are going to be going forward in my mind.
00:56:53
Speaker
But that wraps up the games of the weekend. A lot of interesting match-ups, honestly. it Every weekend has been really good. I guess the good thing is that there's so many good teams in the league. We're just bound to have awesome match-ups up and down. So many good teams, and you never know what can happen. Any game or anybody can lose on any given match day, which we've seen, and which is why it is so tough to hit a Colpy. And that brings us into our infamous segment, Colpy De Luna.
00:57:22
Speaker
gold be c bacon Very bad return after the international break, but we are back. Matz, not so much. Hasn't hit a leg since Naam. We're going to give it to you to start, Matz, because you really need to get off the board. On the board, I mean. And I disdain your pick. And I can't believe we're not getting a slump buster yet. Like this is the pick you're making. I can't believe this is actually like on the schedule. This is what you wrote down. This is what you're standing by.
00:57:52
Speaker
Yes. Well, just so I'm going to set the scene here for the Paisanos. Obviously I haven't hit a leg since August or early September. So I'm looking through, looking through the the board here, looking to try to find an absolute lock.
00:58:08
Speaker
when I've realized that the locks aren't locks. So I'm gonna take an an absolute unlock and just take a disgusting pic that makes no sense because I think everybody would hate this bet and that is exactly why I'm taking it.
00:58:26
Speaker
because it's so disgusting that nobody would bet on this. Well, it's not that disgusting, but nobody would probably bet on this. And that to me makes me think this is the one where I bust a slump. And what I decided to go with was Roma Moneyline because Fiorentina are playing good. They've gotten two wins in the last or two two wins in a row in the last two games. They've got like nine goals and in the last three games. They just beat Milan. They just beat Lazio. They're coming off a six-nothing win to Lecce. Roma can't score. This screams Florence at home. Roma money line. It's such a bad pick that it's good.
00:59:06
Speaker
You're going contrary in there. I hate it. I'll give you loads sp because he's not here. He's got emply double chance. So emply win or emply. Oh, what did yours come in at? night You came in at plus eight one eighty five. We forgot to say that very much not a slump buster odds. So loads has got an emply winner draw at Parma minus one sixty five.
00:59:26
Speaker
I like it. It's an interesting one. I do like it. I think- You'll never catch me doing a double chance bet. Never. yeah That's why you haven't hit a leg in months. um That one's coming in at minus 165. Best odds. If you're going to bet one outright, that I guess that would be the one. Best odds. And to wrap it up, I took Napoli minus one and a half at home against Leche for me. Just makes sense. Leche just got fucking house. Six, nothing. Napoli are really good.
00:59:57
Speaker
What, Monster checking? Monster's doing something, so I gotta to keep talking. But that one comes in at minus 116, which brings the whole Colpe back up to plus 752, which is pretty fucking fat this time. Monster's 185 really bumped that. I still, I don't understand why he's not just doing a slump buster. I mean, a Napoli minus one and a half in my mind is a slump buster. So that should get me across the line this week and back on the board.
01:00:25
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If the Paisanos are feeling dangerous and they want to ride with my Juventus money line, $100 bet week in and week out, there's some value in that plus or 10. I will be honest with the Paisanos, I think I'm going to only do 50 on this one because this is a tough place to win and I don't want to lose a hundred dollars. ah But this is, there's some value there. That is a money line.
01:00:53
Speaker
I'm kind of surprised it's that high. plus Interesting. and Interesting. They must be leaning draw. Yeah, but I will say we have, as I mentioned earlier, when I said hello to everybody, we have Calco Saturday, Sunday, not on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, not on Friday, Saturday, Sunday. What that means is, oh my God, we have so many copies coming up. And what we'll do is what we'll what we'll do is we'll post a copie every day for each game.
01:01:31
Speaker
That way we'll get on the board. We'll post to Coppy every single day. It might not be too late because some some games only have, or some days only have two games. But if a day has three or more, it'll be three legs and we'll post to Coppy every day. So Paisanos, get ready to comment because we're going to need your Paisan link as well.
01:01:50
Speaker
Love that idea, Mots, but we'll roll with that. We might be going live stream YouTube Live this weekend for one of the games. We're still deciding, but we'll keep you guys updated. And I'm going to steal the spotlight from Mots really quick. Couple updates on the metrics. We have 73 subscribers on YouTube now.
01:02:06
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Still sitting at 97 five stars on Spotify. We got to get that to a hundred guys in the next two weeks. We're trying to do it before match day 10. So if you're listening, please, please, please give us five on Spotify. It helps us grow. Helps us grow the Syriac community in the United States, which is what we're here to do and what we care about. We're here for you, Paisanos. Matz, sign us off. Paisanos do not be a Gaguts and Forza Calcho culture.