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Inter slip in Scudetto race - Ep. 263 Ft. Peter Curto · The Calcio Guys

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  Speaker 1: We've been saying it, saying it all season. The Scudetto
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  Speaker 1: race is tight, and it continues to be tight with
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  Speaker 1: four with five games left here in the city. The
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  Speaker 1: couture guy's age. I know, I'm Nicholas, no Johnny this week,
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  Speaker 1: but we have a guy who kind of looks like Johnny,
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  Speaker 1: Peter Cuto from my f TV Peter, how's it going.
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  Speaker 2: I'm good, I get this. I get the barber from
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  Speaker 2: Montreal come back.
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  Speaker 3: There, you go.
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  Speaker 2: I want that hairstyle.
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  Speaker 1: There and Jenny go to the same barber. Obviously, we'll
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  Speaker 1: talk a lot of inter tight at seventy one in
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  Speaker 1: the Scudetto Race, Monopoly obviously big big news around the
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  Speaker 1: world this week. Pop up Francesco rest in Peace passed
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  Speaker 1: away yesterday also affected the cultural world because there was
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  Speaker 1: four games that were supposed to be played yesterday and
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  Speaker 1: that they're getting moved to tomorrow at the same right
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  Speaker 1: before the derby and the Cope Italia guys. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I know we even spoke about this last week. Agree,
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  Speaker 1: but uh, you know, although that there was games on Easter,
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  Speaker 1: it was a bit controversial. I know it's a bit
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  Speaker 1: controversial to even move the games yesterday. Peter, you're on
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  Speaker 1: you know, the business side of soccer. Tell me when
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  Speaker 1: when something like this goes down, what what kind of
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  Speaker 1: happens behind the scenes?
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 1: Is this kind of like a shock for the players?
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  Speaker 1: Do you think there was already maybe like discussion and
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  Speaker 1: plan in the league, like okay, when this happens when
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  Speaker 1: a pope dies, we moved the games and maybe just
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  Speaker 1: give me your opinion, opinion if you were shocked to
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  Speaker 1: hear that this happened the game's being moved.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think it's something that they talk about
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  Speaker 2: because it's it doesn't happen very often, so there's no protocol.
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  Speaker 2: So even even in the decision, uh, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: Italian Federation took a little bit longer to announce that
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  Speaker 2: the games were going to be canceled or rather pull poned,
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  Speaker 2: So I don't think the players knew. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously the teams they they traveled and even it's it's
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  Speaker 2: weird to see that they postponed the games to Wednesday
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  Speaker 2: rather than maybe Tuesday, which you know you have the
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  Speaker 2: away teams already there. Why not just play the next day?
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  Speaker 2: Obviously you know Italy is is home of Vatican City,
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  Speaker 2: so there's a there's a closer connection, I would say,
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  Speaker 2: compared to the rest of the countries. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: know La Liga played, England, they played, so you know,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people were maybe upset or just left
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  Speaker 2: scratching their head as far as why Italy decided to
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  Speaker 2: postpone the games, but I think it's just more so
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  Speaker 2: on tradition and you know, the fact that the Pope
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  Speaker 2: lives in Italy. There's you know, he's no matter what
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  Speaker 2: religion you are, he's a major spiritual figure in this country.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm sorry in this world. So you know, they
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  Speaker 2: they made the decision, and you know, obviously it's it's
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  Speaker 2: a tight schedule now from now until the end of
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  Speaker 2: the season. But you know, I think all things considered,
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  Speaker 2: Wednesdays was possible and and they're going to make it work.
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  Speaker 2: Does it falsify the championship? I don't really think so.
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  Speaker 2: You know, maybe the teams, because there was some complaints
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  Speaker 2: that you know, all the teams that played the Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: let's say they didn't have that extra day arrest and
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  Speaker 2: and how come this team does. But you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: just just part of it's part of the especially Italian
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  Speaker 2: uh banter. You know, always gonna there's always gonna be
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  Speaker 2: a room for for comments and questions and and complaints.
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  Speaker 2: So I think I think it was okay. And uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the decision was made and and and listen,
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  Speaker 2: they had this slot available this Wednesday, and they made
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  Speaker 2: it work.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I think it's something that we you know, we've
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  Speaker 3: seen in the past, and I think we'll I mean, ultimately,
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  Speaker 3: we'll probably see again in the future of these types
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  Speaker 3: of postponement of games when you know the stuff I
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  Speaker 3: this brings me back to even you know, the the
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  Speaker 3: you know, the devastating news of Staudi right the WS
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  Speaker 3: story time, like you know, all those years ago and
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  Speaker 3: you know they shut down everything and what a shock
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  Speaker 3: that was, and you know, for just being a player,
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  Speaker 3: and now you know it being an even more influential
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  Speaker 3: person in the world like the Pope. It's it's it's
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  Speaker 3: obviously a big deal. And listen, I didn't ultimately, like
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  Speaker 3: I agree with Peter, like I don't have a problem
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  Speaker 3: with it. I think it would have been maybe a
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  Speaker 3: bit more logical the day after, like you said, being
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  Speaker 3: today Tuesday. But listen, they have they have to they
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  Speaker 3: have to cram these games in. There's only five games
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  Speaker 3: left in the season, plus Copetalia whatever happens there. So yeah,
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  Speaker 3: not again, I think we're all not too really shocked that.
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  Speaker 3: I'm just glad they didn't make this like a big
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  Speaker 3: federal deal and it didn't get postponed to like even
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  Speaker 3: beyond this week or you know, oh, it's going to
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  Speaker 3: be played at the end of the season and you know,
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  Speaker 3: the season's already typed the way it is seventy one
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  Speaker 3: points a piece at the top. That's the last thing
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  Speaker 3: Italy and the study needs in terms of negativity and
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  Speaker 3: like controversy and all that stuff. So I'm glad they
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  Speaker 3: were you know, quick on the ball and they were
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  Speaker 3: able to you know, postpone the games. You know, two
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  Speaker 3: days later, it's it's again not the end of the world,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, it's it is what it is. But
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  Speaker 3: the big talking point, like Nick opened the show with, oh, sorry,
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  Speaker 3: you wanted to say something.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, I was just gonna say when I first
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  Speaker 1: heard the news that the games we're gonna be postponed,
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  Speaker 1: my first thought was that we're gonna have to wait
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  Speaker 1: till you know me said at the end day Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: and then even the games coming this Saturday, This Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: you know, with the funeral and everything, I'm not surprised
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  Speaker 1: those are being postponed just because there's also uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: logistical implication, there's too much security people traveling to Rome.
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  Speaker 1: It's you know, I'm not surprised for Saturday either, and
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  Speaker 1: I know it impacts inter but they can move to
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  Speaker 1: the next day and that that seems a bit more
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  Speaker 1: logical at the end.
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  Speaker 2: Of the day. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, this also gives me flashback of even you know,
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  Speaker 3: Peter knows this well not uh, you know, the when
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  Speaker 3: you want win the school that told there was always
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  Speaker 3: that game in hand. There was that game in hand
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  Speaker 3: that like bled till like the end of the season,
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  Speaker 3: and like we were waiting and waiting and waiting for
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  Speaker 3: that game to be played, and then you know it
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  Speaker 3: just again, listen, we're not always fans of how the
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  Speaker 3: city operates in certain cases, but for once, they got something,
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  Speaker 3: you know, somewhat right. So we'll we'll tip our hats
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  Speaker 3: off for that. But Peter, you know, seventy one points apiece,
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  Speaker 3: it's getting tight. It's it's it's it's the city that
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  Speaker 3: we love because it's been like two years in a
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  Speaker 3: row that it's been blowout uh to for the school
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  Speaker 3: that to winner. Is this kind of where you saw
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  Speaker 3: because we haven't.
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  Speaker 4: Spoken to you in a while on the podcast, is
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  Speaker 4: it something that you expected to see in this uh
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  Speaker 4: in this study at season and you know, is this
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  Speaker 4: kind of where you saw inter being seeing there they're
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  Speaker 4: they're fighting on all fronts and still being you know,
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  Speaker 4: tied on top of the city table.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I I probably would have thought in the beginning,
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  Speaker 2: you know, of the year that there will be different uh,
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  Speaker 2: I guess teams up there with in there right, I
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  Speaker 2: would think I would have thought Juventus, you know, with
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  Speaker 2: the money they spent, Jaga Malta coming in that they
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  Speaker 2: probably would have competed for the scudetto Milan obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just because the players that they had, and you're like, okay,
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  Speaker 2: let's see if Pavlovich is decent and as a center
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  Speaker 2: back and maybe they can muster something. You have layout,
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  Speaker 2: you have a policitch, you have players that are that
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  Speaker 2: are you know, really really top and I did not
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  Speaker 2: expect Nopoly to be where they where they are now.
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  Speaker 2: For in the I I do think that you know,
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  Speaker 2: they were obviously Scudetto contenders, being that they won the
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  Speaker 2: year prior and they had and they had to do
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  Speaker 2: something more so, meaning you know, go deeper in Champions League.
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  Speaker 2: I think last year losing to Atletico Madrid, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we kind of had a sour taste in our mouth
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  Speaker 2: because I think that that game, that game probably could
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  Speaker 2: have been prepared better the return league and we just
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  Speaker 2: got caught and maybe we were too too secure, meaning
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  Speaker 2: that we were too defensive in our approach and we're
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  Speaker 2: going to just play our game and be able to
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  Speaker 2: to sneak through right And at times I've seen it
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  Speaker 2: this year as well, where our defense, I think I
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  Speaker 2: don't have the stats, but you know, we we let
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  Speaker 2: in a lot of goals past that eightieth minute mark,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, we're the oldest team and said, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and I think that that plays a factor. We've played
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  Speaker 2: a lot of games. You know, at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the season, we'll be playing you know, around twenty twenty games,
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  Speaker 2: more than Anopoly. So you know, you add that with
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  Speaker 2: the fact that you know, you have injuries and suspensions
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  Speaker 2: and you know other things that happened during the season,
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  Speaker 2: and I think you have to you know, tip your
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  Speaker 2: hat at it, you know, uh, toin Zogie and to
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  Speaker 2: the team for for being there number one with with
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  Speaker 2: the chance to win the scureto and you know, all
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  Speaker 2: in their hands because if they win out, they win.
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  Speaker 2: And the same discussion is with you know, monopoly. I'm
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  Speaker 2: a big fan of Content, might not love his antics
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  Speaker 2: at times, but yeah, the guys have proven winner. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: he'll he'll change your team, he'll motivate your team, and
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  Speaker 2: he gets he gets the best out of out of
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  Speaker 2: his players, you know. And I've said it to Antonio
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  Speaker 2: a bunch of times. If Ylon went after Content, I
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  Speaker 2: bet you they'll be They would have been in that
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  Speaker 2: in this position a'bsolutely because the players that that Milon
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  Speaker 2: have with the right leader, it's a scary team.
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  Speaker 3: No, they wouldn't be moping around for sure. I think
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  Speaker 3: the attitude would be different. You see it. You see
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  Speaker 3: it with Content with Conte Rand teams. You see it.
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  Speaker 3: Does they get old and does it get stale come
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  Speaker 3: year two, three, four? Yeah? But will you come out
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  Speaker 3: of it with winning something more times than not? You
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  Speaker 3: see that. Unless you're taught him, then that's a different story.
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  Speaker 3: But but I know Conte for sure, I do agree,
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  Speaker 3: But even going just back to this weekend, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the one nil both ways, actually not we winning one
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  Speaker 3: nail into losing one nail at the death. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: is it about time this guy gets a call up
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  Speaker 3: to the Italian national team or Seleni? Like it's crazy?
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  Speaker 3: How many more times does he have to knock on
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  Speaker 3: the on the camera. He's been knocking for for too
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  Speaker 3: many weeks now, So obviously that hurts Peter, you know,
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  Speaker 3: even though we're not rival fans of Inters, that that
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  Speaker 3: hurts if you're a fan at the death losing like
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  Speaker 3: that again, I couldn't see. I wasn't able to watch
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  Speaker 3: the match. But if you want to just dissect what
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  Speaker 3: you got out of the match, and you know, I
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  Speaker 3: guess you just have to. You can't really say much.
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  Speaker 3: It was a crazy goal by our Selena, you have
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  Speaker 3: to you have to eat it. But just your thoughts
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  Speaker 3: on the match against Bologna and how crucial were these
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  Speaker 3: points lost?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's it's a match where we kind
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  Speaker 2: of it kind of tells the tale of the season
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  Speaker 2: for Inter, where you know, if they're missing some of
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  Speaker 2: their starters, big players, the guy you know on the
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  Speaker 2: bench doesn't pick up where they where they left off.
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  Speaker 2: So I mean, whenever Turam is out, Altaro's out, the
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  Speaker 2: guy off the bench is not up to par. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's been like that for Taremi. It's been like that
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  Speaker 2: with Korea. You know, Korea has been three years. So
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  Speaker 2: I mean nothing, nothing really is surprising there. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know why Arnadovich wasn't maybe starting, I'm not sure,
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  Speaker 2: maybe picked had a knock or something, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: he came in at the end of the game, so
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  Speaker 2: I'm thinking, you know, at least had forty five minutes
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  Speaker 2: to go in and do something. And he's been he's
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  Speaker 2: been pretty productive, you know, towards the end of the
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  Speaker 2: season and has stepped in. But but you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: you know, when when john Oglu was out, you know,
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  Speaker 2: whoever was coming in as Lani wasn't up to his par.
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  Speaker 2: So that's how that's how I saw this game, where
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  Speaker 2: it's just like, hey, when this when we don't have
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  Speaker 2: the full eleven, we're going to struggle and ultimately the
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  Speaker 2: you know, the you know, when a good team it
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  Speaker 2: is his top when they're able to play poorly and
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  Speaker 2: still Munster up a win and some reason this this
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  Speaker 2: inter team. Even when they play poorly, they're not getting
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  Speaker 2: those breaks that they had last year, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: and it's just been that type of season. And Bologna
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  Speaker 2: you have to give credit to them. I mean, they've
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  Speaker 2: had a fantastic run this twenty twenty five year. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's almost a shame that the Champions League started in
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: the beginning of the season because it's a completely different
• 12:55
  Speaker 2: team and I think they probably this current run, they
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  Speaker 2: probably make the top eight, you know, Champions League, because
• 13:01
  Speaker 2: they just they're just it's a terror to play against
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  Speaker 2: them there. They have energy for ninety minutes and unlike
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  Speaker 2: in there the subs that come in, they're they're that
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  Speaker 2: much better, they get that much more to the game.
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  Speaker 2: So it's just like you can tell that the team
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  Speaker 2: is bought in to eat Aliano style, high tempo, high pressing,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, just continuously going after scoring a goal,
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  Speaker 2: and that even means you know, throwing the long bowl
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  Speaker 2: in in the ninety third minute, trying to go after,
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  Speaker 2: you know, get a goal, and that that's the beauty
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  Speaker 2: of the game. This, you know, it's subjective sport, and
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  Speaker 2: you know everyone could have a certain style. We see,
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  Speaker 2: we call it we see when in Zagie and we
• 13:47
  Speaker 2: see with Taliano. I would also you know, put them
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  Speaker 2: up there with some of the top coaches in the league,
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  Speaker 2: especially this year. And you know it's yeah, it hurts
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  Speaker 2: right as an Inter fan because you say, okay, if
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  Speaker 2: you tie that game, you're one point up. Destiny is
• 14:03
  Speaker 2: really still in your your control. But I mean I
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  Speaker 2: I don't make too much of it. I don't make
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  Speaker 2: too much of it because sure a point can make
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  Speaker 2: a whole difference, but it's still going to be hard
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  Speaker 2: to to keep that one point the distance from Monopoly,
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  Speaker 2: just because you know Monopoly they're going to be a
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  Speaker 2: thorn in the ether side and you know they're not.
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  Speaker 2: They're not going anywhere. So just one slip up on
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  Speaker 2: Ether's part. You know, if they tie or lose, they
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  Speaker 2: already lost that one point advantage. So what I mean
• 14:40
  Speaker 2: by all this is, listen, the calendar looks like it Favorsnopoly,
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  Speaker 2: but we saw Manza that were they already have one
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  Speaker 2: foot intead of it be you never know what could happen,
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  Speaker 2: one slip up, one wrong game, and and it creates
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  Speaker 2: a lot of issues for for either you know, both
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  Speaker 2: Inter and Andnopoly. So, uh, it's gonna be interesting. Definitely,
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  Speaker 2: definitely gonna be an interesting run to the end. And
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: as you guys mentioned before, it's like old the vintage
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  Speaker 2: Setia again Vintage Setia where everything's going to be decided
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  Speaker 2: on the last day and god forbid we get a
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  Speaker 2: final inter Minopoly final game for the scudetto.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, you can't even you can't even script that better.
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  Speaker 2: Oh that's crazy, it's crazy.
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  Speaker 3: But is that? Sorry? I know you, I want to you.
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  Speaker 3: We're going to ask something about is it is it
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  Speaker 3: true that if they end up on the same points.
• 15:36
  Speaker 3: I think I had heard there it's a playoff? Is
• 15:38
  Speaker 3: that what it is?
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  Speaker 2: Correct?
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  Speaker 1: Correct?
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  Speaker 2: Implemented it because usually it was head to head and
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: then goal differential and then gold differential. Yeah, so this
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  Speaker 2: year they're going to have an actual final.
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  Speaker 3: So if they end up title points.
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  Speaker 2: Correct, and inter will host because they.
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  Speaker 3: Have the goal differential. Yeah, okay, so that was correct. Okay,
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  Speaker 3: I just want to the quarify.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I forgot about that role because it's relatively new.
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  Speaker 1: It's like a couple of seasons. Obviously we haven't seen
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  Speaker 1: it ever, so I don't know. We'd have to look
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  Speaker 1: at the history books that if there's ever been a point.
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  Speaker 3: I think I saw, I saw a clip. I think
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  Speaker 3: I don't know how accurate it was in nineteen sixty four, yes,
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  Speaker 3: is that correct? It was? It was Inter two know
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  Speaker 3: into Bologna. If I'm I saw from the clip I saw,
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  Speaker 3: I don't remember who posted it or where it came from,
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  Speaker 3: but I just saw a clip not too long ago.
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  Speaker 2: Correct into Bologna. Bologna ended up winning, but Inter that
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  Speaker 2: year one of those the Champions League, so it could
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: be uh, you know history that history repeats it off.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, I'll sign champion there you go.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know one thing, so a couple of weeks ago
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: we had rafa uh the napotly fan on. One thing
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  Speaker 1: we spoke about was uh during that time, so I
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: think it was three weeks in a row Napally played
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  Speaker 1: after Into and for I think two of those three
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  Speaker 1: weeks it was either a day after or even two
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  Speaker 1: days after. So Napoli went into these games they knew
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  Speaker 1: what they needed. This time it was the opposite. Napoli
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  Speaker 1: played on Saturday. Interplayed on Sunday. Napoli, I mean someone
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: late winter seventy second minute by mccomeny. Do you think,
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: you know, kind of having that reverse kind of impacted
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: inter in a way that you know they went into
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: this bulloyan game with the pressure on the shoulders a bit.
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: I mean, sure, you feel more of the pressure because
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: ultimately the players are human, right, so you can say
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: whatever you want. There's always that thing in the back
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: of your head knowing that you know Monopoly are tied
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: on points with you, and that you you want to
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: have a result, you don't want to get a results.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: I mean the difference is I think, you know, especially
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: with this inter team, they've they have a lot of
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: players that have won in the past, so they know
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: what it takes to win. When you face a Bologna
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: in this form, you know, there's nothing that you can
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: really do to say, hey, you know, well let's let's
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: kill them three nothing, because it's just Belonga is not
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: a team that's going to lay down. And even if
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: you score the one goal before, they're going to come
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: after you. So I think, yes, if you do play
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: after your opponent or whatever Anopoly or eat there one
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: plays before the other, there is a level of pressure
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: that comes on for playing, you know, after after the
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: the other team.
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: Absolutely, so, I mean I think also that's just I
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: don't know, people like try to I think play that.
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: How can I say this, like play it out too much?
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: I think sometimes like you know that the psychological war
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: of of oh I'm playing before or I'm playing after
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: at the end of the day, like you have to
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: get that done on the pitch. So whatever it is,
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: it's going to be like the schedule is the schedule.
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: You already know, uh, you should already know that going
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: into the game that you want to that you need
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: to win, that you need to comes to three points,
• 19:00
  Speaker 3: and how important it is. But I listen, it definitely
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: gives I guess some sort of psychological uh, in the
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: back of your mind something still there. Oh yeah we're
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: playing after or whatever. But but yeah, obviously this season, Peter,
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: it's it's been a it's been a crazy season because
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: like you said, yeah, Inter has the potential of I
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: don't know how many more games you said about twenty.
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: I don't know how if that's if that's the actual number,
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: but that's like a lot more football, a lot more
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: culture that's been played for for Inter and they're still
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: rolling on all on all three fronts and again as
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: rifle fans, we hate to say that our treble is
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: still possible just being you know, Mio and and and
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: the event is fan here. But you know, is that
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: like besides being a contender for the school that too
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: did did you see also you know, on the horizon
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: of another of another trouble because you know, Inter is
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: the only team that have done has done it in
• 19:58
  Speaker 3: Italian football, and it's it's still possible, you know. So
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: it starts tomorrow, I guess also in the second leg
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: of the colpetally, I guess you can tie in with
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: your thoughts on on that match tomorrow because it was
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: a hell of a it was a crazy one to
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: one in the first in the first leg. I just
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: want to get your thoughts on on on all that
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: for you.
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: To no, no listen. I mean, I had the podcast
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: with with I F t V and obviously your question
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: is very sincere, but I had Antonio that's.
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: The same thing, but his he was trying to date me.
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: Very different. Uh.
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: I'll take the I'll take the different approach, a very
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: different approach.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: But what I would say, what I would say is
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: I have the same answer for you, which is you know,
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: it's like any other team that that's ready to win,
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: you know, that wants to win a Champions League PSG,
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: you know, whoever it is, Man City, you can spend
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: you know, a billion dollars on a you know, on
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: a roster, and you can never say, you know, the
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: expectation is to win a Champions League. It's an objective,
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: but it's not an expectation. So when it comes to
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: the Treble, you know, it's the same thing. Man. Just
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: winning the Champions League is hard enough. Now trying to
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: do it on three fronts is a whole nother level.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: And that's why I think you know, a lot of
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: people you know laugh at eat at all the travel travel.
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: It's a hard feats. There's few teams that have done it,
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: and it just takes a lot of energy. You need
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: a little bit of luck because even I eat there
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: in twenty ten, I remember Inter lost to Roma. Roma
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: were in first place, you know, like five games or
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: whatever it is at the stage before the end of
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: the year. So you know, they need a little bit
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: of luck and they just need it to continue on
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: their path to be able to to win it all.
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: And you know, sometimes it needs a little you need
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: a little something special now we have, you know, like
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: you said, the first one is the club, which is
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: you know, it's an important semifinal game. More importantly also
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: because it's against your rival versus Mela, who this year forever,
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: you know, ship Milan has been time they've been able
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: to beat Ether every game. But you know, it just
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: goes along with this year where Ether have been poor
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: with the head to head and they haven't been able
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: to put the dagger in these teams. So this game
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: is going to mean a lot, I think for you know,
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: the the real aspirations of the of the club and
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: the players being you know, conscious of what they're able
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: to do. And it starts from tomorrow and you know
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: you have to win because it's versus Melan, let alone
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: that it's the Cup Italia semifinal. You have to beIN
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: because it's Melan and you can't have you know, Milan,
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: you know, on its way to potentially two trophies at
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: your expense because the super cop in there blew that
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: game and uh and you can't do the same again. Uh.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: I think this lines up perfectly for with one of
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: the questions we've gone on social media from my friend
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: Peter High City, Amichi. Is it a failed season if
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: Enter don't win the Scudetto or Champions League and why
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: thanks for answering my questions and advance, No problem, Deeter.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Uh So, Yes, uh, Scudetto or Champions League. But I'm
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna put a twist on it. I'm gonna
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: say Scudetto and Champions League. So if they walk walk
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: away from this season, no Scudetto, no Champions League, let's
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: not look at cope Italia. Is that a field season
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: for you? Peter so So to his.
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: Question, I would say, like Sweetto or Champions League, I
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: would say, yes, when you say Scudetto and Champions League,
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: you mean the both of them.
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: Like if we don't, if they don't, maybe that's what
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: he meant, but I'm I'm just making it clear then
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: either I.
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: Mean, listen, Inter has to win, you know, uh something
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: one or the other, like if they're not winning the
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: Champions League, you have to win the Scudeto because you know,
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: I mean, you could get to the Champions League final,
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: but it doesn't it doesn't mean anything, right, you either
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: did it or you didn't. So, especially with the team,
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: especially the position of the of of where we've been
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: all year, very very close to the top, if not
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: you know, at the top for a while. We need
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: to be able to secure one of those and and
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: you know, it's just part of being you know, a
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: top team in the league. And and you know, the
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: players that we have. Although I can complain and say, hey,
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: you know Corea didn't come in that, I mean, we
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: still have a good roster off the bench. So you
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: need to be able to to win something. And let's
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: not forget also there's also there's also the Club World
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: Cup that's going to come into you know, in in June.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: In June, and you know, even in Zaga has made
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: it the points. Hey we're in four competitions. So I
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: like that mentality. But at the same time, you have
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: to put your you know, your money where your mouth is.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: Kind of want to switch gears and actually just ask
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: you quickly about the Club World Cup. I mean, obviously
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: you're in the States. I don't know, first of all,
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: are you going to any of the games?
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: I'm gonna try. I do have a baby on the way,
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: so that might put a hinders some things. Yeah, but
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: I will obviously be following. You know, it's it's a
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: great event or tournament here in the United States. It's
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: good obviously, uh preparation for a World Cup next year,
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: so that's going to be very exciting. And uh yeah,
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: I mean it's it's a new format, new competition. You know,
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: obviously there's there's some money on the line for the team.
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: So that's why I think they're going to take it
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: seriously and we'll see how how it plays out. It
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: could be something new.
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: And and.
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: It looks like it definitely will be. I think it
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: will be more important than you know what the current
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: foot Club World Cup look like. You know, the past
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: at this point, past Club World Cup where nobody was
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: really paying attention. It was during the season, like it
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: didn't it didn't impact any of our lives, and the
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: trophy was kind of like the kopetality where it's like, okay,
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: yes we have it one or no one gives it crap.
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: So hopefully, well you pretty much answered what I was
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: gonna ask, because I was gonna ask how serious do
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: you think players and teams are going to take it?
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: Do you think Inter and not only Inter, but all
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: other teams are going to bring their full roster?
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: I do?
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: I do think they'll bring the full roster. I mean,
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: I know that the players obviously aren't super excited about it.
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: They want to break, yeah, because I mean these guys
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: that they're working literally eleven months out of the year NonStop.
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: You know. Bostonian has come out recently saying, ay, you know, uh,
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: we we we never see our families, we never see
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: our friends, We never you know, we're always traveling, always
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: sleeping in hotels and getting to the game, and there's
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: added pressure. But these guys, you know, they're not machines.
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: So everyone can say, oh, well, listen, we you know,
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: the regular person works three hundred and sixty days a
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: year and we're not complaining. But I would also mention that,
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: you know, like they're not playing, you know, the physical
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: amount of work, the workload for these guys, it's just
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: unreal and they need that time to be able to
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: just take a break. And every other sport they have it.
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: Look at the NFL, look at the baseball, look at hockey,
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: like they need this rest or else their body is
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: gonna is gonna give in, you know. And so I
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: think the teams are going to make it a point
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: to to bring the full roster.
• 28:01
  Speaker 5: I think the players ultimately will play it, and especially
• 28:04
  Speaker 5: that it's the first year, but more importantly, because there's
• 28:07
  Speaker 5: a monetary reason and there was no money, I don't
• 28:11
  Speaker 5: think the teams would would really participate the right way.
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: Good good point about the workload. Though we've talked about
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: ADRI many past years. Feels like it's it's crazy how
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: much they need to play and it's not like, you know,
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: what we do. It's hard to compare, right, you know.
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: I mean I finished work at four thirty, I go
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: sit on the couch, I go on my phone, and
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: when I take a day off, I could take a
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: day off. You know, it's very different. It's a very
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: different job lifestyle. You can't compare it to a regular
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: a regular person's job.
• 28:41
  Speaker 3: No, I think we like I think since COVID, like
• 28:45
  Speaker 3: we've been we've been saying this, and I think even
• 28:47
  Speaker 3: you guys too. I know, Peter, I've definitely mentioned on
• 28:49
  Speaker 3: your end too. But I think since COVID, I th
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: the COVID season and like all that, you know, crap,
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: like it's been NonStop, you know. Plus you know with
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: World Cups that change from the summer to the winter,
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: and then other tournaments and it's just yeah, it's not stop,
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: Like there's not there's nothing else to say, Like, it's
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: just it's just been crazy. And you know, it seems
• 29:11
  Speaker 3: like the seasons, the season is going to finish, right,
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: I can you know in five you know, five match days,
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: but you're gonna blink and it's gonna be said that
• 29:19
  Speaker 3: season all over again like before you know it. So
• 29:22
  Speaker 3: it's it's really not a lot, especially in a tournament year,
• 29:25
  Speaker 3: and then next year is another tournament year, so it's, uh,
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: it's it's not so for the fans, it's great, But
• 29:31
  Speaker 3: for the players, I think it's it's it's a lot.
• 29:34
  Speaker 6: And I mean even for the fans, but it's like, yeah,
• 29:37
  Speaker 6: even get a chance to miss yea because you watch
• 29:42
  Speaker 6: stop And obviously the season then starts up in August,
• 29:45
  Speaker 6: but yeah, this preseason for these players, so.
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: It's like literally that they're they maybe have a week off,
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: two weeks off, and then they and then they're back
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: into it. So it's just a lot to to ask
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: for for these guys. And and uh, even for the fans,
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: I think we want to see the highest level, highest
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: level of quality, so we need the players to be refreshed.
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: We need the players to be healthy. We want the
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: best players to be playing and not all these injuries
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: and and you know, just not getting the best out
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: of out of the players.
• 30:21
  Speaker 3: I think this, Yeah, I don't even know like what
• 30:24
  Speaker 3: a solution would be for all this. I don't know
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: if Peter, if you ever thought of it. I know
• 30:27
  Speaker 3: you're you see a bit of the behind the scenes,
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: you're you're with players and stuff like that. But is
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: there anything that can be done or just this sport
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: has gotten such in such a business mind frame and
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: and and you know way of going that there's no
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: turning back.
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: I mean, listen, it definitely need you know, they'll need
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: to change up something. I think, you know, business wise,
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: that's what a lot of these leagues are looking at
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: when it comes to the revenue that it's coming all. Yeah,
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: you know, the players also they want to get paid
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: and this this is also ways to help receive higher payments,
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: higher salaries. But you know, one suggestion or things that
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: could potentially happen is to maybe lower the city out
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: to eighteen teams from twenty, to bring back to the
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: old format. And you know, we see leagues that have that.
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: Germany has eighteen teams Onnesliga and so they have a
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: solid you know, two weeks off during the winter, and
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: they also don't have to play back to back to
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: back NonStop, so it gives just that little bit extra rest.
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: You know, you're looking at what four games less. It
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: makes a difference, I think in the in the grand
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: scheme of things. So that could be something that they
• 31:48
  Speaker 2: look where you're still able to play in all these
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: different competitions, but you know, on the league side, you
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: have eighteen teams, maybe you make it more interesting also
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: where now that level of quality, you don't have those
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: easy games potentially even that you know, in these past years,
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: I think we've we've seen there's no such thing as
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: easy games anymore. Smaller teams are playing and they're gonna
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: they're gonna have their implement their style and they're going
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: to try to to win or catch the team slip up.
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: But that that could be one suggestion.
• 32:21
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think it even makes it. I know
• 32:23
  Speaker 3: this has been a big talking point in the in
• 32:25
  Speaker 3: the whole cultural community of like the eighteen teams versus
• 32:27
  Speaker 3: the twenty it gets things more competitive. It's it's you know,
• 32:31
  Speaker 3: less of you know, you're playing, you know, the cele
• 32:33
  Speaker 3: any times of the world or whoever you want to name.
• 32:36
  Speaker 3: But I've said it a lot on this show, and
• 32:40
  Speaker 3: I think we've we've just mentioned it a lot like
• 32:42
  Speaker 3: there's there's no such thing as easy games and said, yeah,
• 32:45
  Speaker 3: like it just it's become like you just said, Peter,
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: it's become one of these things that it doesn't matter
• 32:50
  Speaker 3: who you are, what what team, what day, what what
• 32:53
  Speaker 3: match day, These small teams or smaller teams are are
• 32:57
  Speaker 3: going to catch are going to catch you eventually. It's
• 32:59
  Speaker 3: just it's just it's just how the game has been played.
• 33:02
  Speaker 3: But besides all this, you know this con you know,
• 33:05
  Speaker 3: not controversy, but you know, crazy amount of schedule, all
• 33:09
  Speaker 3: these games, games that these players will show up for.
• 33:12
  Speaker 3: I would hope is the Champions League games that are
• 33:15
  Speaker 3: coming up for Inter. Is it seems like it's we've
• 33:20
  Speaker 3: been saying it. We said it last week.
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: I believe it.
• 33:22
  Speaker 3: It's it seems like it's a deja vu with with
• 33:24
  Speaker 3: Inter in the Champions League, especially knocking off Bayern the
• 33:29
  Speaker 3: way they did UH and now facing Barcelona UH in
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: the semi finals. Peter, just want to get your thoughts
• 33:37
  Speaker 3: on h I guess the matchup and just what does
• 33:41
  Speaker 3: inter need to do to to be able to advance.
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the matchup is gonna be is gonna
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: be a tough one. I mean, that's what you have
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: to expect, right it's the semi final Champions League. I
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: think Barcelona, you know, they're on a great form right now,
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: between uh Ya Mahal, the kids, Unreal, uh Lewandowski, who
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: I think might potentially miss both legs if not one
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: of them, could could help in the obviously he's a great,
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: fantastic player. But you know, Patady Goby, I think Barcelona
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: have figured out that, you know, they don't need to
• 34:16
  Speaker 2: go out and spend one hundred and fifty million for
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: a player. They have to return to their culture of
• 34:21
  Speaker 2: a club which is developing from Lamasilla, developing young players,
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: players that are attached, attached to the jersey and you know,
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: and they found the formula that that's that's working. So
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: you know, Barcelona they have speed, very technical players. It's
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: different than the Barcelona past, which was the tiki taka
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: kind of bore you to death. They also can go
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: get vertical. They can they can beat your man one
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: b one on both sides and it's it's definitely going
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: to be a tall task for for Inter's defense because
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: we're not necessarily fast. We're not quick footed in back,
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: so you know on inter side. Uh. In there, for
• 35:07
  Speaker 2: the most part, I think if Turam gets back into
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: the mix, we'll have a full team ready. You know,
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: Dumfries also might be able to be ready for the
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: first game more more than likely probably be able to
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: come in in the second game. But that will ultimately
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: help when it comes to defending and the speed because
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: dumfre is the only one that really has some some speed,
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: some burners. So uh, you know that that's going to
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: be necessary for us to be able to keep compete
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: and defend. I think in there, the quality in the midfield,
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: quality all around.
• 35:47
  Speaker 3: You know, we're not.
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: Given, I guess much credit right when you look at
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: the other teams. But I think in part that has
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: to do with the tactics oftentimes that we play. But
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: we saw even in the Byron when when we had
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: to turn it on, we were able to make quick passes,
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: ready to get from one side to the to the
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: other and get in front of Byron's goal. And let's
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: let's face it, even Byron, you know I'm saying, you know,
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: we're gonna we're gonna have issues with Barca's speed, but
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: Byron had some some pay some speed as well, and
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: I think we held well. We did, we did what
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: was necessary. At times we got lucky, but as I mentioned,
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: we you know, that's that's what you need to be
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: able to to get to the next round. The keys
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: I guess for in there are, you know, to be efficient.
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: I think in the past we've we've missed a lot
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: of opportunities. And you know we saw with Lotao if
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: he's on, you know that's going to change everything. And
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: and dam obviously, and yeah, I think just tactically, Barca
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: plays a high line, so we were going to find
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: the space in behind and turam Uh needs to get
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: behind the defenders, behind the last man and try to
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: and try to you know, get a nice goal, get
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: an early advantage, and then ether can can kind of
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: control the tempo of the game. So that's that's how
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: I see it. It's gonna be a tough one, for sure.
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: I know we're here to talk it too, but I'm
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: just curious your thoughts about the other side of the bracket.
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: We got Arsenal PSG. Arsenal well both teams goal scoring machines.
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: Arsenal in the two rounds that they've played in they've
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: outscored their opponents fourteen to four and PSG they've done
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: three rounds they've outscored their opponents fifteen to five or
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: sixteen to five, well ten nothing in the knockout phase
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: against Breast, so kind of skews the results. But these
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: are two teams that you know obviously. PSG they've chased
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: the Champions League for so many years. Arsenal they've chase
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: They've chased pretty much just any trophy for the past
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: twenty years, since the glory days. You know what, what
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: do you think is going to happen On the other side, I.
• 37:59
  Speaker 2: Think it's gonna another good matchup. I don't think anybody
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: was expecting Arsenal to beat Real Madrid, especially in that fashion. PSG,
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: you know, we know league was done, and to be fair,
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: even the Premier League was done for a while. So
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: both he had the chance to just put all their
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: eggs in one basket with the Champions League, and I
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: think it's going to be a good matchup. I do
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: like PSG. I know Arsenal. You know, what they did
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: was was amazing and you know I could be wrong obviously,
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: but I think PSG between v ten young you know Mandez,
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: you know you have done a Rouma who you know,
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: if you have any penalty out, he's going to be
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: the guy that's that's going to make the difference. And
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: and they just they look good, looks good. So then bele,
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: these are all guys that you know, they they're getting
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: their second chance or the chance to shine in patashlia
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: Is case. So uh and like I said, Vitina, I
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: would love to see him on Eita that that's the
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: type of player that he's everywhere. He's so good technically,
• 39:09
  Speaker 2: so good tactically, you know, being able to break up
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: play as well. He's young. So it's really interesting with
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: with Arsenal. You know, with Arsenal, I think we have
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: to remember also and there's nothing to take away from
• 39:25
  Speaker 2: what they were able to do, but you know, winning
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: three nothing versus Real Madrid. Two of those goals came
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: on set pieces, so it's not to say they deserve
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: to win, but I think in an open play also
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: that changes, right, Let's say if they score only one
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: of them or they ended up winning. You know, let's
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: say two nothing in the first league. I think the
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: Real Madrid Return League just gives a lot more to
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: believe in for Real Madrid to be able to come back.
• 39:53
  Speaker 2: And they played both games and defensively they were so solid,
• 39:56
  Speaker 2: So it's going to be a tough battle all totally.
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: I see PHG going through.
• 40:02
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Donald Ruma has been like I know, mean fans
• 40:07
  Speaker 3: some for whatever reason, still give him ship and whatever
• 40:11
  Speaker 3: and all that, and you know, at this point for me,
• 40:14
  Speaker 3: it's like it's over, Like it's you know, I'm still
• 40:19
  Speaker 3: gonna he did so much for Milan and people I
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: think turn a blind eye sometimes. Did he leave in
• 40:25
  Speaker 3: the wrong aspects, Okay, sure, whatever, but he's just been incredible,
• 40:28
  Speaker 3: Like he's just been so reliable between the sticks, and
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: like you said, like any it seems like he saves
• 40:35
  Speaker 3: every goddamn penalty. It's like it's really ridiculous. So for
• 40:39
  Speaker 3: his stick. And you know, even for Fascalia. As a
• 40:42
  Speaker 3: former City up player, I guess it would be nice
• 40:43
  Speaker 3: for them to reach a final and and hey maybe
• 40:46
  Speaker 3: play inter and and and and see what happens there.
• 40:49
  Speaker 3: But you mentioned Vitimya player that you would like to
• 40:53
  Speaker 3: see at Inter and I think Nick if correct me
• 40:55
  Speaker 3: if I'm wrong. We got a question concerning uh, you know,
• 41:00
  Speaker 3: transfer targets again by THEE which players should Inter target
• 41:04
  Speaker 3: next season and what should be sold by interest? So
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: is there anybody on Inter that or anybody that you
• 41:10
  Speaker 3: want to see on Inter? I guess besides Vitimia And yeah,
• 41:15
  Speaker 3: is there anybody that because listen we mentioned it on
• 41:18
  Speaker 3: the show a lot. You know, Inter you have to say,
• 41:21
  Speaker 3: is the best team in Sai. Yeah, they have a
• 41:24
  Speaker 3: good starting eleven, their their their depth is good as well,
• 41:26
  Speaker 3: but there is still things obviously to to fix, like
• 41:30
  Speaker 3: no team is one perfect. So where do you need
• 41:34
  Speaker 3: to see maybe some improvements Peter and uh and yeah.
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think it's an aging squad. So
• 41:44
  Speaker 2: you have players like Mikaitai and you have players like
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: a Chatby. These are guys that dot me uneven that
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: they're of a certain age. So you know, ultimately you
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: have to be able to get someone new that can
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: fill in in in those shoes. I think in the
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: past we've done well where you know, Sohmer has a
• 42:03
  Speaker 2: replacement with Joseph Martinez already set, you know, is a
• 42:09
  Speaker 2: national team player for Italy. Different than Nkaterion obviously, but
• 42:14
  Speaker 2: can easily come in and become a starter on on
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: inter We'll have to see what happens with alon Oglu
• 42:22
  Speaker 2: because more importantly, his age is not he's not necessarily old,
• 42:27
  Speaker 2: you know when we look at mcderian. But he still
• 42:31
  Speaker 2: has value if they're looking to sell him, because he'll
• 42:34
  Speaker 2: have value in Europe and it'll it will all depend
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: on ether and and what their objectives are, maybe to
• 42:40
  Speaker 2: go after another rejista. I think Alani is out. You know,
• 42:45
  Speaker 2: we still haven't figured out the the backup nine. You know,
• 42:49
  Speaker 2: we we've you know, we tried with with that Amy,
• 42:53
  Speaker 2: but I don't think that's really working out. Or Natovich
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: is at the end of his contract. Core is at
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: the end of his contract, so they'll be some question
• 43:01
  Speaker 2: marks up top. Would be interesting to see with this kid.
• 43:04
  Speaker 2: Uh Pio Esposi though, who's killing it and said right now,
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: but is it too tall of an ask that I
• 43:11
  Speaker 2: think they'll evaluate him in the summer, say hey, can
• 43:14
  Speaker 2: he be the you know, the guy to come into
• 43:17
  Speaker 2: games or start some games at his young age, or
• 43:21
  Speaker 2: maybe it's better suited that he gets some minutes and said,
• 43:25
  Speaker 2: yeah with a with a smaller team. So uh and
• 43:29
  Speaker 2: that's you know, even the defense, and I mean we
• 43:31
  Speaker 2: have Bastoni, but at the two center center backs in
• 43:35
  Speaker 2: the back three are at Chadby and de Vrai, both
• 43:40
  Speaker 2: of a certain age. So definitely need to look into that.
• 43:44
  Speaker 2: I think, man like what's ultimately necessary is that center
• 43:49
  Speaker 2: back role. And I think that's something that we definitely
• 43:52
  Speaker 2: need because I don't know how much longer Chad we
• 43:55
  Speaker 2: can can last. And we see it without someone like that,
• 44:00
  Speaker 2: that's just you know, an unbelievable man marker, shut down
• 44:06
  Speaker 2: defender into into struggle. You know the players, I mean,
• 44:12
  Speaker 2: Vitina I think is going to be outside of of
• 44:15
  Speaker 2: our budget.
• 44:16
  Speaker 3: So can get it done.
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah, well he does well with the free players what
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: he's doing, so we have to see that. Maybe it's
• 44:27
  Speaker 2: it's going after you know Ricci who's been linked to
• 44:31
  Speaker 2: a Milan, been linked with uh Man City. Even you
• 44:36
  Speaker 2: know there is a player maybe that you can you
• 44:37
  Speaker 2: can swoop in and take knowing potentially if if Channa
• 44:42
  Speaker 2: logo is gone or you want somebody in that mix
• 44:44
  Speaker 2: as that Ajista with Chanel logo, maybe in a year
• 44:47
  Speaker 2: or two going. So it's all it all depends and
• 44:51
  Speaker 2: and I think that's the beauty of this inter team
• 44:54
  Speaker 2: has been they've been able to maintain their core and
• 44:58
  Speaker 2: you have someone like Marolta, you have a cilio that
• 45:01
  Speaker 2: are preparing before it gets too late. So you know,
• 45:06
  Speaker 2: as I said, Sohmer, we had Sohmer last year, he
• 45:10
  Speaker 2: was going to be the number one this year already
• 45:12
  Speaker 2: we went out and spent, you know, thirteen million for
• 45:15
  Speaker 2: Joseph Martinez.
• 45:16
  Speaker 3: They identified who played, who played well in his obsence, eh,
• 45:20
  Speaker 3: by the way.
• 45:20
  Speaker 2: Exactly exactly, And it's important that you have someone like
• 45:23
  Speaker 2: that because we got caught two years ago whatever was
• 45:27
  Speaker 2: three years ago, uh Rad. So that that, you know,
• 45:33
  Speaker 2: it just goes to show when you're when you have
• 45:35
  Speaker 2: a well built built team, you know, this is what
• 45:38
  Speaker 2: you get. But we've been we've been lacking that number
• 45:41
  Speaker 2: nine for a while. Let's do let's not forget Durram
• 45:44
  Speaker 2: Oh you know, is not a true number nine. He
• 45:48
  Speaker 2: was converted to that position from a winger. Yeah, it's
• 45:51
  Speaker 2: been fantastic, by the way, and let me tell you
• 45:53
  Speaker 2: that's another genius move by in Zagi and by Marotta,
• 45:57
  Speaker 2: where this player could easily go for you know, I
• 46:00
  Speaker 2: would say sixty seventy million if if if there were
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: any buyers.
• 46:05
  Speaker 3: You think you think right now if you like, because
• 46:09
  Speaker 3: Tudam of of maybe the beginning of the season or
• 46:11
  Speaker 3: even last season, he was like ridiculous, especially with with
• 46:14
  Speaker 3: l'a taro maybe not being out his his top. But
• 46:19
  Speaker 3: is it a mental thing for him right now?
• 46:20
  Speaker 2: Is he is he?
• 46:21
  Speaker 3: Is he injured? Like what what's the deal with? Uh?
• 46:23
  Speaker 3: With with Tudam because it's it doesn't like listen again
• 46:27
  Speaker 3: as rival fans, we don't mind, but it's it's it's
• 46:30
  Speaker 3: a it's a bit strange to see, not that he
• 46:33
  Speaker 3: had a crazy drop off, but just to say, like
• 46:36
  Speaker 3: Tudam of last season and maybe even like I said
• 46:39
  Speaker 3: at the beginning of this season, is a different Tudam.
• 46:41
  Speaker 3: Is it a mental thing or is it just like
• 46:44
  Speaker 3: what do you point your finger out?
• 46:46
  Speaker 2: I don't think it's mental. I think I think it's
• 46:47
  Speaker 2: literally the the injuries, you know, because he's in and
• 46:51
  Speaker 2: out of every two games, he's in and out of
• 46:54
  Speaker 2: the lineup. Yeah, I think he's he's dealing with something
• 46:57
  Speaker 2: and he's just like gritting his teeth and and and
• 47:00
  Speaker 2: trying to ride through it, but you know it's it
• 47:03
  Speaker 2: catches up eventually, and and I think that's what he's
• 47:07
  Speaker 2: really been struggling with. I mean the start of the season,
• 47:10
  Speaker 2: he was on fire. I mean he was scoring goals
• 47:12
  Speaker 2: with Retegi, you know, pound for pound with rete in
• 47:16
  Speaker 2: the beginning. And I think he even you know, with
• 47:20
  Speaker 2: some players, you know we mentioned at these guys, even
• 47:24
  Speaker 2: when they're not scoring, they're still giving so much to
• 47:27
  Speaker 2: the inter team and a lot of the movement off
• 47:31
  Speaker 2: the ball and and the ability to to come down
• 47:34
  Speaker 2: and play as that like falseeva ten uh come in,
• 47:38
  Speaker 2: receive the ball and start uh the counter attacker or
• 47:42
  Speaker 2: you know, link up play. He doesn't have to score,
• 47:44
  Speaker 2: and he still has such an influence. And I think
• 47:46
  Speaker 2: Todam is the same thing, because we don't have a
• 47:48
  Speaker 2: player that's as quick as he is up top being
• 47:52
  Speaker 2: able to run out his opponent or even you know,
• 47:55
  Speaker 2: add depth to the attack that that creates space for
• 48:00
  Speaker 2: to play with and and the other you know midfielders
• 48:03
  Speaker 2: that that come in and make the late runs into
• 48:05
  Speaker 2: the box. And it's fundamental for in Zoggie's system of play,
• 48:10
  Speaker 2: where it's kind of like total football.
• 48:12
  Speaker 3: So yeah.
• 48:13
  Speaker 2: I mean I want to see him scoring again the
• 48:17
  Speaker 2: way he did in the beginning, especially this this last run.
• 48:19
  Speaker 2: We need everybody healthy and with all hands on deck.
• 48:23
  Speaker 2: But I think it's just been injuries. That's that's been
• 48:26
  Speaker 2: killer for him.
• 48:28
  Speaker 3: Fair enough.
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: Uh. While we're on the topic of questions on social media,
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: we go on from Tony fair every will he come
• 48:36
  Speaker 1: to I mean a table that there will we come
• 48:39
  Speaker 1: to New Jersey to make a pizza. I don't know, Peter,
• 48:42
  Speaker 1: are you? Are you a pizza aolo?
• 48:44
  Speaker 2: I could be?
• 48:45
  Speaker 3: I do, I do? And Tony I know. Tony is
• 48:50
  Speaker 3: his mom.
• 48:51
  Speaker 2: His family is from the same time as my mom
• 48:52
  Speaker 2: in in Naples, So so I do have to go
• 48:57
  Speaker 2: out to New Jersey and I love to make a piece.
• 49:00
  Speaker 2: I love to eat one that would be more fun,
• 49:02
  Speaker 2: I think.
• 49:03
  Speaker 3: But that's.
• 49:06
  Speaker 2: It's Uh. Yeah, I cook. I like I enjoy cooking
• 49:10
  Speaker 2: as well. Believe it or not. Off off topic, but
• 49:13
  Speaker 2: it gives it a chance to like just focus. You
• 49:15
  Speaker 2: put some music, some wine, and you focus on that
• 49:19
  Speaker 2: one thing. Because with my job, I'm kind of cost
• 49:23
  Speaker 2: constantly working.
• 49:25
  Speaker 3: So the the.
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: Cuccino guys is our alter ego. So we got to
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: ask what's your favorite meal to cook?
• 49:35
  Speaker 2: Let me see you know, I really like Uh it's
• 49:39
  Speaker 2: a simple dish.
• 49:41
  Speaker 3: You know.
• 49:41
  Speaker 2: It's uh linguini with with bongo with my clams. That's
• 49:48
  Speaker 2: that's my my go to. I love it. Pull it
• 49:51
  Speaker 2: also just a little bit of hot pepper flakes as well.
• 49:54
  Speaker 2: There you go, give a little spice. But that that's
• 49:58
  Speaker 2: that's usually good, right you know. Uh, but I try
• 50:02
  Speaker 2: try to mix things up whatever is in the the fridge,
• 50:06
  Speaker 2: like okay, let's let's let's a little bit.
• 50:09
  Speaker 3: Like you saw, like my grandmother she does the same.
• 50:11
  Speaker 1: So but now I'm hungry.
• 50:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah, now I have to go upstairs and eat something.
• 50:18
  Speaker 3: But Peter, uh, you know, like Nick mentioned before, uh
• 50:24
  Speaker 3: with with the game this weekend is another big match
• 50:26
  Speaker 3: and again we spoke with with like we said rafa
• 50:30
  Speaker 3: uh to speak about that maybe I think I think
• 50:33
  Speaker 3: it was last week or two weeks ago.
• 50:35
  Speaker 1: Uh.
• 50:36
  Speaker 3: This business end of the season is is is crazy.
• 50:38
  Speaker 3: And you know, not only is there is there you
• 50:42
  Speaker 3: know free inter there's matches in between with cop Italia
• 50:45
  Speaker 3: champions like mentioned, but like how what are your thoughts
• 50:50
  Speaker 3: on the game against into against against Roma? Sorry because
• 50:56
  Speaker 3: I said it to him, it's gonna be the Bologna game,
• 50:59
  Speaker 3: which unfortunately for Interfins it was it was going to
• 51:03
  Speaker 3: be was gonna be a big match, the the Roma one,
• 51:07
  Speaker 3: and I think you guys are playing Lots soon near
• 51:08
  Speaker 3: the end, if I'm not mistaken, I think those are
• 51:10
  Speaker 3: the three teams that you're going to if you want
• 51:12
  Speaker 3: to make any case of it being difficult for Inter
• 51:15
  Speaker 3: down the stretch, It's going to be those three matches.
• 51:18
  Speaker 3: It started with Boonia. It didn't go your way against Roma.
• 51:22
  Speaker 3: What do you what do you expect? And I guess
• 51:24
  Speaker 3: ultimately three points is a must.
• 51:25
  Speaker 2: Know, Yeah, I think at this point three points is
• 51:30
  Speaker 2: a must no matter what. You can't expect the other
• 51:32
  Speaker 2: team to drop. You have to you have to keep
• 51:34
  Speaker 2: everything you know in your favor and in your hands.
• 51:37
  Speaker 2: So what I would say is both the Roma and
• 51:40
  Speaker 2: lots of games are are home games for Inter So
• 51:43
  Speaker 2: that's one advantage, one slight advantage. You know, Roma have
• 51:48
  Speaker 2: been unreal in these last fourteen to fifteen games. I
• 51:52
  Speaker 2: don't think they've lost if if I'm correct, and you
• 51:57
  Speaker 2: know they coach BAYRANI who I think you know from
• 52:01
  Speaker 2: from what Roma. We're at in the beginning of the
• 52:03
  Speaker 2: season to now where you know, if you want to
• 52:07
  Speaker 2: even say that, you know he's gonna say no. But
• 52:12
  Speaker 2: they could also push for a Champions League spot, if
• 52:14
  Speaker 2: you know, if things go their way. So you know,
• 52:17
  Speaker 2: it's it's going to be a tough game. We know this,
• 52:21
  Speaker 2: and I just think that if Inter are serious about
• 52:25
  Speaker 2: the trouble, they have to they have to win. And
• 52:29
  Speaker 2: I think coming off of, you know, losing to Bologna,
• 52:33
  Speaker 2: the Inter players know like it's it's a must win.
• 52:36
  Speaker 3: It's now, it's now or never.
• 52:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah, So now it's just a matter of energy levels,
• 52:42
  Speaker 2: you know, if because then you have Barcelona next week. Exactly,
• 52:47
  Speaker 2: it's like who wins Zogie, you know, who is he
• 52:50
  Speaker 2: going to put in? And if you know, if it's
• 52:53
  Speaker 2: out no, the visual Correa or whoever it is, that
• 52:55
  Speaker 2: they're able to step up, because that that's going to
• 52:58
  Speaker 2: make a difference, you know, up top is going to
• 53:02
  Speaker 2: be very very important for us to be clinical and
• 53:05
  Speaker 2: to be deadly to be able to go on and
• 53:08
  Speaker 2: win that game with Latsio. I mean, listen, I think
• 53:13
  Speaker 2: you have to give respect to lots of they've they've
• 53:15
  Speaker 2: had a very good season compared to what everyone is expecting.
• 53:19
  Speaker 2: It was unfortunate that they lost or got kicked out
• 53:22
  Speaker 2: of the Europa League, especially from finishing on top of
• 53:26
  Speaker 2: that Europa League group. But they've kind of a little
• 53:30
  Speaker 2: by little gone down. Not to you know, underestimate them,
• 53:35
  Speaker 2: but they're not the lots of a team that they
• 53:38
  Speaker 2: were let's say three four months ago. And I think,
• 53:41
  Speaker 2: you know, in the playing at home, you know, depending
• 53:44
  Speaker 2: on where they are, where they are, where they stand,
• 53:47
  Speaker 2: you know, in terms of where monopoly is and and
• 53:52
  Speaker 2: where they are with the other competitions, you know, they'll
• 53:55
  Speaker 2: inter then knows that they have to win that game.
• 53:57
  Speaker 2: So I think the slip up happened Bologna. Could there
• 54:01
  Speaker 2: be another slip up meaning a tie, yes, but I
• 54:04
  Speaker 2: also think not play might might slip versus a Potama
• 54:07
  Speaker 2: even so well, a lot to be to be seen.
• 54:13
  Speaker 1: Uh you kind of mentioned it one, you know. Last
• 54:16
  Speaker 1: thing I wanted to ask you, you know, with the
• 54:18
  Speaker 1: game tomorrow, with the game on the weekend, with the
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: game next week, how much squad rotation do you expect
• 54:24
  Speaker 1: over these next three matches?
• 54:28
  Speaker 3: Heavier, heavier or not? I as the question, like, yeah,
• 54:32
  Speaker 3: you guys have the squad to do it, So that's
• 54:34
  Speaker 3: you know.
• 54:35
  Speaker 2: I think that there's going to be a rotation and
• 54:37
  Speaker 2: just it's just inevitable, you know, if we were playing FIFA.
• 54:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah you've played ninety minutes plus there, but it's just
• 54:49
  Speaker 2: not realistic at this stage of the season.
• 54:53
  Speaker 3: Two more quick things from from me, and then I
• 54:56
  Speaker 3: think we can probably wrap it up. I don't know
• 54:59
  Speaker 3: if you will us. I know you you have the
• 55:02
  Speaker 3: part inside of you that is maybe a bit bit
• 55:05
  Speaker 3: superstitious and all that, and just as Italians in general,
• 55:08
  Speaker 3: we know we're superstitious, But I don't know if you'll
• 55:10
  Speaker 3: tell us if going to win the schoolto But how
• 55:13
  Speaker 3: is the top four gonna round out? For you, Peter?
• 55:16
  Speaker 3: Because not only is the race for uh the scudetto
• 55:19
  Speaker 3: tight with with both the internapoo like we've been mentioning
• 55:22
  Speaker 3: in all show, but even you know, the next two
• 55:25
  Speaker 3: spots are are still up for grabs, and and just
• 55:27
  Speaker 3: even to round out just European spots in general, that
• 55:30
  Speaker 3: five six as well, uh is pretty tight. Who do
• 55:34
  Speaker 3: you see and and how do you see maybe the
• 55:36
  Speaker 3: top four rounding out without If you don't want to
• 55:40
  Speaker 3: tell us just the winner, you don't have to. But
• 55:42
  Speaker 3: that's up to you.
• 55:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, uh uh Sculecto winner. I'm just gonna
• 55:48
  Speaker 2: leave it at the inter slash Napoli.
• 55:51
  Speaker 3: So I figured I knew you were going to do that,
• 55:54
  Speaker 3: but that's why I wanted to say, you know, ask
• 55:56
  Speaker 3: the question a different way.
• 55:58
  Speaker 2: So there'll be my my one two. Yeah, I think
• 56:01
  Speaker 2: Atalanta stays third. I think that was a big result
• 56:04
  Speaker 2: for them versus Milan. So yeah, they understand that they
• 56:08
  Speaker 2: have to you know, guarantee that they'd spot or at
• 56:11
  Speaker 2: least Champions League like that would be such a blow
• 56:14
  Speaker 2: for them to be out of Champions League and the fourth.
• 56:21
  Speaker 2: I mean, I think Bologna still as the verse Juventus,
• 56:25
  Speaker 2: so I'm not sure. I think I think so.
• 56:28
  Speaker 3: Is that is that true? I think so. I think
• 56:29
  Speaker 3: you're right.
• 56:30
  Speaker 2: I think so, yes, early, Yes. So you know Bologna
• 56:35
  Speaker 2: the way you know, the way they've been playing, I
• 56:40
  Speaker 2: wouldn't be crazy to see them beat Juventus. But uh,
• 56:46
  Speaker 2: it's either gonna be event you know, Juventus or Bologna.
• 56:49
  Speaker 2: Those those are my the top four. So I'll just
• 56:52
  Speaker 2: throw Bologna in there just because they beat in there
• 56:54
  Speaker 2: and be nice for them to get top four again.
• 56:57
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, one one more thing there for you because
• 57:02
  Speaker 3: I know we can talk culture with you, Peter all day.
• 57:06
  Speaker 3: You recently were were in Italy and in Florence. Obviously
• 57:10
  Speaker 3: I saw with with the whole Pipito data. I just
• 57:13
  Speaker 3: wanted to bring it up and and get your get
• 57:15
  Speaker 3: your just for you to to maybe talk about it.
• 57:18
  Speaker 3: And just because you know, I can imagine in the
• 57:21
  Speaker 3: States all from afar here in Canada, it's it's it's
• 57:24
  Speaker 3: maybe have a lesser effect, but still pretty prevalent. You know,
• 57:28
  Speaker 3: Jepps's career and just him uh as making it as
• 57:32
  Speaker 3: a professional uh playing for the Italian national team, playing
• 57:37
  Speaker 3: in Sidia for you know, multiple clubs. That's like a
• 57:40
  Speaker 3: dream for any of us here right uh and he
• 57:43
  Speaker 3: was able to make it, make it a reality and
• 57:46
  Speaker 3: make it a career out of it. Obviously the injuries
• 57:49
  Speaker 3: in his career were were were things that you wish
• 57:52
  Speaker 3: went a different way, but it's it's part of the game,
• 57:55
  Speaker 3: it's part of the sport.
• 57:56
  Speaker 2: And h his.
• 57:58
  Speaker 3: I guess his last maybe hurrah if you want to
• 58:00
  Speaker 3: call it, that was I think about a month ago.
• 58:03
  Speaker 3: If I'm not mistaken. I just wanted Peter, I just
• 58:06
  Speaker 3: want you to kind of elaborate maybe and just what
• 58:10
  Speaker 3: does you know, what Doess's career show? And and just
• 58:14
  Speaker 3: how was that day? And just I guess it was
• 58:16
  Speaker 3: was it must have been a great farewell because from
• 58:19
  Speaker 3: Afar I worked it.
• 58:21
  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean it was a well deserved farewell
• 58:23
  Speaker 2: for a cultural legend, you know, and especially for for us,
• 58:28
  Speaker 2: you know, uh, North American, you know, Italian, Canadian, Italian American.
• 58:32
  Speaker 2: This is he's one of us, right YAI, So like
• 58:39
  Speaker 2: somebody that was born here of Italian immigrants, you know,
• 58:44
  Speaker 2: and uh, he he rose to the top and was
• 58:47
  Speaker 2: able to to go play in sadi Yah, to go
• 58:51
  Speaker 2: play with Manchester United, with Padua history Fierentina Villa Reale obviously,
• 58:59
  Speaker 2: and uh and the list goes on. And to play
• 59:02
  Speaker 2: for the Italian national team. You know, you know, it's
• 59:07
  Speaker 2: almost you know, it's impossible to tell you the truth
• 59:11
  Speaker 2: when you think of it, because it's not you know,
• 59:13
  Speaker 2: it's not like you go play for you know, some
• 59:16
  Speaker 2: City of B national team.
• 59:18
  Speaker 3: This is it.
• 59:19
  Speaker 2: This is Italy, top players with the top league. And
• 59:23
  Speaker 2: you know, he without injuries, probably would have been, you know,
• 59:27
  Speaker 2: one of the stars for for ten fifteen years for
• 59:30
  Speaker 2: the Italy national team because he was just unreal and
• 59:34
  Speaker 2: you know, you know me, my friends, anyone I think
• 59:39
  Speaker 2: that that you know, its Italian, American, Italian, Canadian cultural fan.
• 59:45
  Speaker 2: You looked up to the guy and you said, you
• 59:47
  Speaker 2: know this is you know, I'm going to roof for
• 59:49
  Speaker 2: him where he is and I'm I'm really really pushing
• 59:53
  Speaker 2: for him. So, I mean a lot of people maybe
• 59:55
  Speaker 2: don't know I. I have my own agency, so I
• 59:58
  Speaker 2: work with the players super Soccer, so I get a
• 1:00:02
  Speaker 2: chance to represent different soccer players around around the world.
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 2: And you know, I got to know Giuseppe with you know,
• 1:00:12
  Speaker 2: I would say, wow, almost five six years at this
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 2: at this point, right, yeah, five years, and we had
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 2: the opportunity to work with him in finding his new club,
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 2: and uh so I had the chance to end the
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 2: privilege to be able to to work with Giuseppe uh
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 2: towards you know, obviously later in his career, but bringing
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 2: him to the MLS we're also lake and then back
• 1:00:37
  Speaker 2: to to Italy with Spaull. So you know, the Pepito
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 2: day was was a culination of of his remarkable career
• 1:00:46
  Speaker 2: and it was just like I got goosebumps listening to
• 1:00:49
  Speaker 2: the chants of the fans. They were all the ex
• 1:00:53
  Speaker 2: players of you know, different years of of Fiorentina with
• 1:00:57
  Speaker 2: with Francesco Toldo, with Bati Stuta, uh Sebastian Frey, and
• 1:01:05
  Speaker 2: then obviously players that that played with throughout his career,
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 2: Cho Marcus Sanna Pizzaro, you know, and Mario Gomez and
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 2: and like goes on I think was there was there
• 1:01:23
  Speaker 2: so then then they'd all see so like all these
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 2: players you know, that really uh lit my childhood up
• 1:01:33
  Speaker 2: and and later right We're like wow, like how how
• 1:01:37
  Speaker 2: cool is this that this is this is happening right
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 2: now and that I'm here to witness it live. So
• 1:01:43
  Speaker 2: it was beautiful, Like I said, it actually was supposed
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 2: to downpour in Florence. That whole weekend turned out too
• 1:01:51
  Speaker 2: to be a calm weekend. That Saturday didn't didn't rain
• 1:01:56
  Speaker 2: at all, And we had a great like kind of
• 1:02:02
  Speaker 2: dinner after after the game at COVID channel right, which
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 2: is beautiful in home base for for the national team.
• 1:02:11
  Speaker 2: And like I said, it was just perfect. It was
• 1:02:14
  Speaker 2: a perfect night and you know for a coul show
• 1:02:18
  Speaker 2: and you know enthusiast you know, uh you know a
• 1:02:22
  Speaker 2: fan as well. Uh, it was an unreal experience for me.
• 1:02:28
  Speaker 3: It's awesome.
• 1:02:30
  Speaker 1: I gotta say, I'll never forget his two goals against
• 1:02:34
  Speaker 1: us and then on nine confederations against his birth country.
• 1:02:38
  Speaker 3: Differently right for us, it didn't matter. We were only
• 1:02:42
  Speaker 3: going one way. We only swayed one way for that exactly.
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 3: But no, I think you summed up perfectly, Peter. I
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 3: mean it just he made it right like he he
• 1:02:53
  Speaker 3: made it like like we said, he's own Denois. He's
• 1:02:56
  Speaker 3: you know, he's a he's a true fan. Not only
• 1:03:00
  Speaker 3: that he was a great player, he was just a
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 3: true fan of the game, right, And I think he
• 1:03:04
  Speaker 3: worked extremely hard. And you know, us looking from the
• 1:03:07
  Speaker 3: outside in, you know you can see that. But you
• 1:03:09
  Speaker 3: know the people that know, you know more personally and
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 3: and and and maybe saw his his come up. You know,
• 1:03:14
  Speaker 3: the work hrate was always there, and it shows when
• 1:03:19
  Speaker 3: something like this happens. You know, he does you know,
• 1:03:22
  Speaker 3: a farewell game and all the all the ex players came,
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 3: all of his old teammates came. That shows something, right,
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 3: that shows not only him as a as a player,
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 3: but him as a person. Right, So I always, I
• 1:03:34
  Speaker 3: always that's how I see it. But no, listen, it's
• 1:03:38
  Speaker 3: it's it's amazing. I'm glad you were able to share
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 3: that with him and and uh, you know, get involved
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 3: in that and and bringing on our show to to
• 1:03:45
  Speaker 3: explain it to us as well. But yeah, I think
• 1:03:48
  Speaker 3: that's I don't know if you had anything else, if
• 1:03:50
  Speaker 3: you got anything else, Oh I didn't because I think
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 3: I think we I know, Peter, we can, like we said,
• 1:03:58
  Speaker 3: we can talk all nights, but I know you you're
• 1:04:00
  Speaker 3: you're you're a busy guy, and and uh baby on
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 3: the way, and and the missus up is upstairs, So
• 1:04:05
  Speaker 3: we don't want to keep you any any any longer.
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 3: We just want to thank you honestly once again for
• 1:04:11
  Speaker 3: for for coming on taking the time. It really means
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 3: a lot to us. We're very appreciative and uh, just
• 1:04:18
  Speaker 3: always being a cool contact of ours is very very
• 1:04:21
  Speaker 3: appreciated on our end. So, uh, listen, if anybody's living
• 1:04:24
  Speaker 3: on a rock and you want to plug anything, you
• 1:04:26
  Speaker 3: want to plug, the four is yours. But well what
• 1:04:28
  Speaker 3: what will end it?
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 6: There?
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 2: Thank you guys, now, listen, it was great, And like
• 1:04:33
  Speaker 2: like you said, when it comes to culture, I could
• 1:04:36
  Speaker 2: I could spend all day. I'll go to Uh, where's
• 1:04:38
  Speaker 2: the cafe, LIMP.
• 1:04:41
  Speaker 3: Next time, next time, you gotta let us know know,
• 1:04:43
  Speaker 3: we'll definitely try to get together.
• 1:04:45
  Speaker 2: My Uh, last month, I was only only there for
• 1:04:48
  Speaker 2: a day, so it wasn't really you know, a chance
• 1:04:51
  Speaker 2: to get around. But next time in Montreal, well we'll
• 1:04:55
  Speaker 2: catch up. We'll get a nice.
• 1:04:56
  Speaker 3: Coffee or dinner or something.
• 1:04:58
  Speaker 2: Absolutely well, U we'll hang out a bit.
• 1:05:01
  Speaker 3: Perfect man. So listen, guys, if you guys are living
• 1:05:04
  Speaker 3: under a rock, I don't know how that's possible. These
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 3: guys have been killing the cultural world and taking it
• 1:05:09
  Speaker 3: by storm. I f t V. Give him a followed.
• 1:05:12
  Speaker 3: Peters Is is one of the level headed pundits. I
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 3: guess you could say on the on the show, you know,
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 3: I think pretty level headed. That's true too, Guy Tunnel
• 1:05:22
  Speaker 3: is very level headed. Uh you know, I think I think, uh,
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 3: you know, Peter's the uh you know, the the ying
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 3: to Antonio ying or or vice versa. I think they
• 1:05:32
  Speaker 3: keep each other in check. So guys, give him a follow.
• 1:05:34
  Speaker 3: Give Peter a follow uh his agency Super Soccer as well.
• 1:05:38
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• 1:05:52
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• 1:05:55
  Speaker 2: I thank you guys, Peter.
• 1:05:57
  Speaker 1: Absolutely pleasure to talk to you.
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 2: UH.
• 1:06:00
  Speaker 1: Like you said, I feel like we could do another hour,
• 1:06:02
  Speaker 1: but we'll end it here.
• 1:06:05
  Speaker 2: Sounds good.
• 1:06:06
  Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, joh