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Roma Beat Napoli, Toro Fall to Juve, Lazio Win Away to Milan (Ep. 29)
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Introduction and Host Check-In
00:00:01
Speaker
Welcome to The Sadia Show! Hello everybody, we are back with another episode of The Sadia Show. I hope you're all doing very, very well. Chloe, Nima, how are you two?
00:00:24
Speaker
Yeah, fine thank you. I'm good, I'm good, I'm doing well.
Mario Balotelli Racism Incident
00:00:28
Speaker
Good, so it is unfortunately another instance where instead of talking results and talking performances on the pitch, we first have to start out with the episode that frankly has caught the attention of the footballing world both in and outside of Italy. This racist incident that happened to Mario Balotelli, so
00:00:51
Speaker
Chloe, for those of you who didn't see what happened or didn't hear or read about what happened, Chloe, could you just give a brief, just a brief background as to what took place in the match between Brescia and Helos Verona? Okay, so Balotelli, he was down near the corner flag, near the curva with the Helos fans.
00:01:20
Speaker
The clips show that he suddenly is very clearly upset by something and he kicks the ball really high into the stand and then starts to leave the pitch and just walk away towards the dugout so you know as if to say I'm not playing anymore.
00:01:39
Speaker
and lots of his teammates surround him, they grab hold of him and you know try and talk to him and eventually he did leave the field of play but eventually they talk him round into rejoining the match and from looking at this video it's pretty clear that he's upset because he's been racially abused
00:02:02
Speaker
which, unfortunately, isn't the first time it's happened to Balotelli. We know it's not the first time it happened in Italy. It's happened at lots of stadiums this season. And then, you know, there was this big, big row afterwards, Ivan Djuric, you know, saying that, you know, it was nothing, didn't hear anything.
00:02:22
Speaker
The Hellas owner is saying that Veronese people are not racist and denying it happened and at the same time you know a video circulates on social media where you can clearly hear the monkey chanting. So you know it's not like it's a case of
00:02:43
Speaker
you know, it's one person's word against another, they were very, very clear monkey chants. And, and ironically, the person that put the video from in the stands onto social media was using it as proof that there wasn't racism when there very clearly was. So, you know, it's, it's just a yet another incident that it's completely blown up. But because Balotelli is
00:03:06
Speaker
famous outside of Italy. I think it's got a little bit more attention perhaps than some of the other things that have happened recently. Yeah and Nima that wasn't you know where the episode really ended because what happened with one of the ultras from Ferona because he had quite an interesting statement following this. Yeah he went to he decided that of course he was gonna
00:03:32
Speaker
take the situation and make it a thousand times worse by calling into the by calling into a local radio station in Verona and where they or they I think they called him up and asked him about the situation and he decided to
00:03:49
Speaker
to push his luck a little bit by saying that nothing's going to happen. You'll see that nothing will happen to Verona fans because we did nothing. He kept contradicting himself 17 times, saying that, well, there was only five people, 10 people, seven people doing this, and then saying Balotelli imagined this.
00:04:06
Speaker
so either people were doing it or they weren't doing it but but he couldn't he couldn't really follow that line um this is and then he ended it up with using the n-word and being very brass about it saying we're not racist we have an n in our in our own team and when he scored all of their own applauded the radio guy said why stop using that word and he said what are you going to do call the secret police there's nothing wrong with the n-word
00:04:30
Speaker
um and um well apparently it seems that Helos Verona think there is something wrong with the N-word as do most sane human beings uh and so they gave him a 10 and a half year ban um until the end of June 2013 thank goodness thank goodness that has actually been some action yeah you know yeah but the thing is i don't want to be you know i don't i don't want to be negative here because i think it's really good that they did something but i hope that they stick to this that he really is gone for 10 and a half years this is a guy
00:04:59
Speaker
This is a guy who, when the Hellas Verona were promoted, started singing songs praising Rudolf Hess and Adolf Hitler. He is a politician for a party called Forza Nuovo, who's a neo-Nazi party. This guy is pure scum. He is a Nazi. It seems that this is where the line was crossed.
00:05:23
Speaker
But let's not forget that aside from this idiot doing what he did, let's also remember that Ivan Yurich and the president of Corona both went out and said nothing happened, nothing happened. They could have said, and not only that, Yurich said that let's not spread lies and let's not spread fake news.
00:05:45
Speaker
you know that there's no need for that they could have just said we didn't hear it but to say that it's fake news and it's lies makes it says that my value balotelli is a liar and then the video went viral of him absolutely not being about being a liar so this was very poorly handled by verona i personally think this is a knee-jerk reaction i don't think that um and also helas verona were given a partial stadium ban and fine
00:06:12
Speaker
Let me put it to you this way. I'm glad it's happened, but let's see if it really is enforced as well. I hope this guy doesn't see the inside of the stadium for another 10 and a half years, for
Impact and Reactions to Racism in Football
00:06:23
Speaker
sure. So that was sort of my next question. Do we expect any significant changes to come from this? Because really, this is the first time where we have had a player actually walk off like this, which mixed with
00:06:38
Speaker
being such a high profile player like Mario Baratelli is, I think this is an opportunity for us to see some actual concrete change. But do we think that we'll just continue as is and things will go back? It's a difficult one, isn't it? Because we know how deep rooted it is. And we know that a real change is going to take some time because this is something that's very deep rooted.
00:07:04
Speaker
it's institutionalised, it's going to take a lot of re-education and a lot of changes to be made before anything like what needs to happen can happen. However, I think we can't
00:07:24
Speaker
We can't moan about them never doing anything and then continue to moan when they actually do something. They have done something and it's a baby step, but it is a good step in my opinion. And, you know, I think with it being a player like Balotelli and the fact that he did leave the field of play and really brave of him to do so, you know, it at least has caused the right kind of, the right kind of fuss and the right kind of noise to actually
00:07:51
Speaker
give them the nudge that they needed to act a little bit more strongly and I think as well the teams with American owners like Roma spoke out about it on their Twitter and Fiorentina I think replied to that tweet and echoed that sentiment on their English Twitter so you know small changes but at least
00:08:16
Speaker
at least it's something. I mean, we don't want to be talking about this. We don't want to be hearing about this every week. But at least it's not all negative this time. I want to praise Balotelli. I think he did exactly the right thing. I think he reacted the correct way. He walked off and said, I'm not standing for it. And I think he should be applauded for that. And I think that the Brescia players and the Hellas Verona players, who all validated what he said,
00:08:44
Speaker
and try to talk to him, to calm him down, and tell the referee what was going on. I think that was really nice to see as well. As I said, I don't want to be negative, but I hope that this is enforced. I hope this guy doesn't see the inside of a stadium for the next 10 and a half years. I hope that this is, you know,
00:09:05
Speaker
I hope that this is enforced. I wouldn't hold my breath, but let's see what happens. I'm glad that it happened. I think it's good that they quickly gave this guy a ban, but I want to see more cohesive and I want to see a more cohesive action. I want to see more
00:09:32
Speaker
I want to see action that is not just a knee-jerk reaction that crumbles to public pressure. I want to see them do something about this long term because this is not just a problem. This is a problem all over the city. I agree with that, Nima. And I also about Balotelli and how he should be praised for what he did.
00:09:54
Speaker
I would like to draw attention to a post on his Instagram that was a video of some young black children and they were all saying, I love Balotelli and things like that. And to see the joy on their faces and to see what they were saying, to watch that and think, how could you racially abuse somebody and how could you not
00:10:21
Speaker
how could that not that kind of video not touch the humanity in you and and how could you be so close to you know
00:10:31
Speaker
to something that you know a common humanity that we're all the same and that we you know children are all share the same joy for football and all of that stuff and I you know I think that was a really smart thing of him to do because it shows people up for what they are which is awful um and I just I just thought that that was a really great response too because it does show people
Football Match Highlights - Roma vs. Napoli
00:10:57
Speaker
up
00:10:57
Speaker
Balotelli really is a lovely guy so to see this happen to him again and again is just so frustrating but hopefully again as we said earlier hopefully some good can come out of this because at least in my opinion this feels like one of those moments where it's the catalyst for change but obviously that will remain to be seen so getting back to the pitch
00:11:22
Speaker
There were two pretty notable matches at the weekend. We had Roma Napoli and then we had the derby between Torino and Juve. So let's start with Roma Napoli. Nima, what did you make of this one? Because I was sort of surprised to the degree in which Roma were significantly better in this. I would say out of the 90 minutes Roma were probably the better team for about 60 to 65 minutes.
00:11:48
Speaker
Really, the only stretch that Napoli were in control was after Alexander Kolorov missed a penalty, Merat with a good save. I thought Kolorov telegraphed it a little bit, but nonetheless, Merat still saved it. Napoli were in control for about 20, maybe 30 minutes after that. But beyond that, I thought Roma were squarely the better side. Yeah, I think Roma were better at the better side throughout the game, and it was really impressive to see
00:12:15
Speaker
I think the score line almost flattered Napoli a little bit because I think that Roma should have won by more goals. But having said that, this was a comfortable win despite
00:12:30
Speaker
the score line. I think this was a comfortable win for Roma and I wanted to talk a little bit about Zaniolo who has had this kind of rebirth ever since Fabio Capello gave him a little bit of stick which was taken not so well in Rome if we put it that way. His mother went completely apeshit and
00:12:52
Speaker
Roma as well and I've looked at what he said and all Capello said was was that he just he said that he doesn't want Esposito to go down the path that Zagnolo had done which is kind of why he was kicked out of the national team and and young players make mistakes and I don't think it was more dramatic than that but obviously when Capello with the presence and
00:13:17
Speaker
power he has at Roma having won the Scudetto there and being Cappello when he says something like that he gives he has it has effects it has ripple on effects and I wonder if this is not actually good for him I mean my thoughts were I didn't understand what Cappello meant by that to begin with I thought it was a stupid thing to say I don't know where he was going where he was going with that the point he was trying to prove do I think it was maybe blown out of proportion yes but
00:13:45
Speaker
I mean, from a Roma supporter perspective, I mean, if that's going to spur and motivate Zagnolo to continue this form that he's been on, I'm surely not going to complain. I do think, again, it was blown out of proportion a little bit, but that's OK.
00:14:06
Speaker
It hasn't really spoken much sense for the last few years anyway. Anybody who watches him on Sky Sport, I find him to be very dry and boring. He really doesn't offer much. So I take what he says with the grain of salt to begin with.
00:14:21
Speaker
Yeah, I thought Zagnolo was great. I mean, for me, the biggest takeaway from Zagnolo is he's playing on the right wing and he's performing incredibly well. Last season under Difrancesco Cappello, or I'm sorry, Difrancesco and Ranieri, when he was thrown out on the right wing and he wasn't playing in that preferred role behind the striker in the hole, he did not perform well at all. In fact, there would be times where you
00:14:43
Speaker
Forget he was even on the pitch. So yeah to see him doing this in a crucial crucial Notable match. I think is very important. I Again, I said in the last episode but John Luca machini. Oh my god
00:14:58
Speaker
Roma took a lot of criticism for buying him because a lot of people thought, okay, he lost his place at Atalanta in the later stages of the season. You're buying somewhat of an unknown quantity. I'm sorry, we could easily make the case he's been Roma's one or two best players and Chris Smalling. Again, another guy Roma took a lot of stick for purchasing. I can't say enough about him. Chloe, I know you've tweeted about him. I mean, he's been sensational. Sensational.
00:15:26
Speaker
Yeah, and just as we'd been tweeting about him and
00:15:31
Speaker
I sat down to watch that match and again, he was just superb in that goal and clearance. It was almost an overhead kick, really, that saved the day. And he was just exactly the same again. And also, I know you tweeted it, John, the pass from Manchini to Zagnolo as well was absolutely superb. And it's good to see these players now thriving, really.
00:16:00
Speaker
I think Lukaku and Smalling are perhaps proof that the atmosphere at Manchester United isn't very good because they've both come to Serie A and really blossomed. But also the fact that Mancini is a young player and he's now doing well.
00:16:19
Speaker
And on the makeshift position too, it's not really his natural position, but because of Roma's injury crisis, he's played there and is now really good. So it's nice to see that after a lot of doom and gloom and a lot of mental weakness that Roma are really not only mentally tough, but playing really well, which actually is the exact opposite of Napoli.
00:16:46
Speaker
Yeah, so going to the other side of this, I think clearly that is a talking point now, Nima. I mean, what do we make of this Napoli side? Because it is...
00:16:56
Speaker
It's so confusing because without question, as I said in the previous episode, I would think a lot of us pegged them to be one of the sides that will challenge Juve for a potential Scudetto. And now they find themselves outside of a Champions League place. I see a lot of people blaming that Ancelotti not being on the bench had a lot to do with this result. I think that's a little too easy of an excuse because this isn't as if the first time they haven't gotten a result this season.
Napoli's Internal Conflicts
00:17:26
Speaker
No, it isn't. It's clear that Ancelotti's relationship with ADO is not what anyone could have foreseen and not even Ancelotti himself. It's clear that Ancelotti is not happy with life in Naples. He's very annoyed.
00:17:44
Speaker
One particular thing that I read a lot into is the fact that A.D. Aurelio De Laurentiis calls Ritiro, gets all the players in there, but Ancelotti makes a public statement.
00:17:56
Speaker
and makes a statement out of the fact that he wants to point out that he doesn't believe that Evitiro is the right thing to do. That is a huge, huge issue because Aurelio dell'Arentis does not accept his employees going against him in the past. He's never accepted that. He's the padrona, he decides
00:18:23
Speaker
and whoever goes against him is not long-lived at Napoli. We saw it with Sarri, we saw it with Mazzari, we saw it with so many, we've seen it with Jun, we've seen it with pretty much everyone who's been there, that as soon as they don't, they just step a little bit outside of what the Laurentiis want, they're out of there.
00:18:43
Speaker
And I think what we're watching now is the beginning of the end of the Ancelot-Tinapoli marriage. I wonder if you'll even stay the season out. I wonder if you'll even see the season out. Because there are issues also with the insignia, the system isn't working. Now they're starting to make these statements where they contradict each other.
00:19:08
Speaker
I think we're watching the beginning of the end here. So you think it's that dramatic then? Oh, yeah. I mean, based on based on I mean, I'm just going on what what they've done in the past and de la de la rentes does not accept.
00:19:20
Speaker
people going against him. He's the boss. He's the one who decides and everyone has to accept that. And when we challenge him on anything, and this is not just anything, this is a big thing, the ritiro issue is a big thing. The fact that the Laurenti's got, you know, it's clear that our Ancelotti feels that the Laurenti's has gone over his head by calling a ritiro when he doesn't feel a ritiro is necessary. And he wants to retaliate by publicly making it known that he, that it was not his idea and he doesn't think it's a good idea.
00:19:49
Speaker
That's actively taking on your president. And that is not a president who appreciates these kinds of situations at all, if previous behavior is anything to go by. Chloe, what do you make of their situation? No, I mean, we've discussed it so many times since it became clear that Napoli were going to struggle.
00:20:13
Speaker
It's almost like they've won this one match against Liverpool and that's kind of been a bit of a smokescreen mainly because every other match they've played, they've just been terrible. I agree with Neema that it does seem like the relationship is pretty broken. I was really shocked at Antlotti's words because they were very, very, they were very sort of,
00:20:43
Speaker
Outspoken really, he didn't mince his words, he just said it and he said he wasn't happy with this Rottiro and when we were discussing it last week and we were saying that we couldn't put our fingers on what exactly was going wrong,
00:20:58
Speaker
I was sort of thinking as we were saying it that I wonder if Antolotti is fed up with working for De Laurentiis because you think of the clubs he's been at in the past and you know clubs like Milan in the glory years he's been at Chelsea he's been at Real Madrid
00:21:18
Speaker
He's been at Bayern Munich and all those clubs are run very professionally, very sensibly, in a very modern way. And then you think about Napoli and the way that De Laurentiis runs things and the way that he goes about things. It makes you wonder if Angelotti is getting fed up. I mean, he clearly is because he had his outburst, but that's what I was thinking last week. I wonder if he's getting fed up with De Laurentiis and then
00:21:44
Speaker
it kind of proved me right when that happened this week. So yeah, I think that that is most certainly a factor and maybe it is a really stark contrast to how he's been used to working in the past at these very professional clubs.
Roma's Prospects and Sponsorship Interlude
00:22:04
Speaker
Now, what about the other side? Roma, again, Chloe, you said something in our previous episode about them, but for me, they truly feel like they have adopted sort of this identity of Paulo Fonseca. We were told all preseason, this guy loves attacking football, the best defense for Roma is going to be their attack, we're going to see a lot of four to two, five to fours, blah, blah, blah. Lo and behold, their defense has been sensational.
00:22:32
Speaker
and they've been in my opinion extremely balanced and i want to i want to raise jam look at mancini as well because i think that he should be the new midfielder i think maybe
00:22:43
Speaker
maybe Roma shouldn't have bought Diabara because Gianluca Mancini in that role is simply stunning and I think that's where he should play and I tweeted out that maybe the 2-7-2 was not a bad idea for Italy to play given the amazing central midfielders that we seem to have right now with Sensi, Barella, Castrovili, Giorginio and now Gianluca Mancini and Tonali. I mean it's just a plethora of these amazing central midfielders and Gianluca Mancini for sure is one of them.
00:23:13
Speaker
But no, I really, really like what Fonseca has done there. In the beginning, he had some troubles finding the balance and they leaked a lot of goals. But he found that balance now and now Verretu is scoring goals and now Cengi's under is back and more and more of these injured players are coming back. Javier Pastore looks like the Javier Pastore who left Palermo almost a decade ago. It's finally coming together for him and I honestly think that
00:23:44
Speaker
Roma, if they continue like this, they're not going to finish fourth, they're going to finish third. Because Napoli, I think, are going to struggle, which leaves that fourth position open. And that to me is, you know, it's not a coincidence that Lazio are there, it's not a coincidence that Alanta are there.
00:24:04
Speaker
No, I look at Roma's squad, you know, getting back to what you asked, I look at that squad and I see a very balanced squad. I see a squad that, once the injured players come back, is showing that they have a coach and they have a system that is good enough to play, to fight for the top four positions without a doubt. And Mercato in January and next summer, they could maybe start looking upwards.
00:24:32
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Serie A Race and Matches - Torino vs. Juve
00:25:44
Speaker
Chloe, it was Torino Juve and more, more refereeing controversy from this one. Delict. I don't know what is with this guy and his hands if he has magnets in his hands, but once again, I can't, I can't even explain it because I've lost the words for it. Um, I thought a very clear handball not being given against him. Was that your view of it too, or did you think maybe you could understand why they let that one go?
00:26:12
Speaker
Oh, it's difficult, isn't it? Because derby matches are notoriously, you know, highly charged and there's a lot of feelings winning high. I think it probably was a handball. I think his arms are more by his sides than on previous occasions. But, you know, the rule is that they have to be
00:26:38
Speaker
exactly by your side, they can't be away from your body at all. And I think Napoli might have, sorry, Vrooma might have pointed to the fact that, was it Callie Hawn's handball that was very similar that was given? And then that one wasn't? Yeah, that was it.
00:26:56
Speaker
But all in all, I have to say, handballs aside, if we ignore the controversy, that it was actually a really enjoyable derby match. I think it was a rip-roaring, you know, Torino were, after that 4-0 loss to Lazio, when they could have just turned up and been really sort of heads down and limp, they were tough in the tackle, they were exactly like a
00:27:21
Speaker
and that sorry side that you would expect. They really fought hard against UVA and I think that they can feel a little bit disappointed that they didn't at least get a point out of it because I think they deserved it really on balance. Yeah, I think so. I definitely think so. I think that's a fair assessment. No, but having
00:27:45
Speaker
I just I just can't stop thinking about how this Champions League race while you were talking there and it's just who's gonna be there and who's not gonna be there because going into the season you know we none of us had Atalanta going in there.
00:27:59
Speaker
And then I had Roma, some people didn't. But I just think it's so interesting to see, because with Napoli basically imploding, Milan, I don't know what we can call what Milan is doing, it's an explosion, implosion, it's an disintegration, whatever you want to call it. And then Lazio, just being an enigma, week in, week out, you don't know what to expect.
00:28:24
Speaker
Sometimes they perform so damn well, you think this team is good enough to even challenge for third spot and then they just completely crash. It's one of those situations that happens every five, six years in a league where a lot of teams are
00:28:39
Speaker
you know, they're all, it's the times they are changing Seria style pretty much. A lot of teams are like in the new projects, you don't really know what's going to happen, who's going to, where everyone is going. And you can see the same about the relegation race. I mean, just look at how tight it is from the last position all the way up to 14.30, just like two, three points.
00:29:01
Speaker
It's really, really, really close in terms of, you know, if you look at the different parts of the table, the bottom teams, the Udenesas, the Genoas, they're not as strong as they used to be whilst the Bresas, Lechas,
00:29:17
Speaker
Hellas, they're looking better than anyone expected. Then you have the mid-table section, which is completely open. You have a Cal Yari, who's fighting for a European place. No, it's a very interesting seria. It's a really, really interesting seria.
Milan's Struggles and Lazio's Rise
00:29:32
Speaker
Well, that's a good segue, because to end it here, I want to talk about Milan Lazio. That was a very odd one. Again, Milan, though, they can't come away with a victory, and that was Lazio's first win away to Milan since 1989.
00:29:52
Speaker
So again, Pioli post-match, he didn't seem nearly as pessimistic as maybe I thought he would be, but Chloe, we... I just don't know what to make of them. Again, I thought from the onset, the appointment of Pioli sort of just signals this almost as if you're waving the white flag on the season. And since his appointment, the results certainly haven't arrived.
00:30:17
Speaker
Well, no. We thought he'd come in and study the shit, but he's actually not even done that. I mean, the performances, I have to say, have been better than they were under Gian Paolo, but I have to say, when he was at Fiorentina, even in the latter stages,
00:30:37
Speaker
where they just kept drawing all the time and they couldn't really score from open play. There were spells where they played quite nice football, but they just couldn't get the results. It's all very well being able to play well, but you've got to get the points on the board, especially for a team like Milan. I just think they're in such a mess, and I'm not sure that purely is going to be able to sort it out.
00:31:04
Speaker
you know talk about out of the frame panning into the fire they play uve this week so i just it's really really hard to even say anything about it because it's literally it is that bad yeah i think so too nima though it's it's another instance from latio where
00:31:25
Speaker
I thought without question, I had Milan pegged for the three points without question because Lazio again, had it won there in 30 years. But here we go, another strong performance from them.
00:31:43
Speaker
Great player. You know, Chiro deserves more respect. I mean, when you score this much goals, he scored 100 goals now for Lazio. That was his 100th goal against Milan for Lazio. He's gonna win, he's looking like he's going to, he could actually beat Gonzalo Higuain's record of 36 goals in one season. He's looking, he's definitely on way to do that. He's en route to becoming maybe the European Golden Boot winner for crying out loud.
00:32:10
Speaker
I mean, it's insane what he's doing right now, and he's working so well in Lazio. I hope, I mean, a lot of people, I saw a lot of people on Twitter saying, well, you know, he's from Naples, he used to be, play for Napoli or whatever. Napoli needs a goal scorer. No, stay, don't listen to that. Stay at Lazio Chiro, don't move. Stay at Lazio where it works for you.
00:32:33
Speaker
where, you know, they're a good size club. They play a football that suits you. You're a starter there. You score a lot of goals there. Please don't do a Gianpaolo. Don't bite off more than you can chew. Yeah, Chloe.
00:32:48
Speaker
Yeah, Chloe, you brought this up in the last one. I mean, for me, immobile would be insane to leave because we saw what happened in Germany with him. We saw what happened in Spain with him. Sometimes there are just players who adapt well to a certain place, maybe a bit of a smaller club. But there's there's no shame in that. Yeah. I mean, just enjoy where you are. Yeah. If it's what if if it isn't broke, don't try and fix it. You know, he's
00:33:15
Speaker
he's the kind of player that you know against Fiorentida I keep going back to this but he was just rubbish for most of the match and then he comes out and he's able to bag goals nonetheless off the back of that and you know you can't argue with his goal scoring rate he's been absolutely excellent and if it's working at Lazio then
00:33:39
Speaker
it would have been mad for him to move. I mean, you've seen what has happened with Insinia in recent months and over this season and last season that
00:33:52
Speaker
It's a bit stifling when you are Neapolitan to play in Naples, I think, and he's now, in Sydney, has got very tied up with all the politics and what's going on and, you know, is reportedly not happy with Ancelotti and all that kind of stuff. So Immobile A doesn't want to be getting in with all that local politics because I think it'll distract him from his game and, you know, just stay where you are.
00:34:17
Speaker
Nima, I'm assuming, I know you just said it, but you would be crazy to leave, right? Yeah, it would be crazy. I think he should stay there. But the thing is, though, and I got to say, I don't think, you know, but I don't think that Simone Inzaghi should stay beyond this season. I really think that if Milan have half, if someone who has half a functioning brain left in that club,
00:34:42
Speaker
still get Simone Inzaghi because he has shown that he is an exciting coaching prospect and what better chance or situation than having him come in there as a young coach trying to build something in a club that is trying to build something. I mean he was a great player.
00:35:06
Speaker
He knows what it is to play at the highest level. He can handle big big characters.
00:35:12
Speaker
Um, to me, he Milan should get a meal. Milan should do their best to get, um, uh, Simone Inzagi for next season as a coach, but not Chino Immobula. I think Chino Immobula should stay. 100%. I absolutely agree with you.
Conclusion and Preview
00:35:30
Speaker
So that is where we are going to end this episode. We will be back later in the week with our preview episode. So please keep an eye out for that as always. Thank you so much for listening and until next time. Bye-bye.