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Juve win big over Napoli, Inter take huge lead, UCL knockouts finish - Ep. 292 · The Calcio Guys

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  Speaker 1: And we're back after a well deserved break here on
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  Speaker 1: the Couch of Guys. Back just Johnny and Nicholas this week.
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  Speaker 1: Agiana couldn't join us, but first episode of twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: Big year for Coultrow in twenty twenty six. You can
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  Speaker 1: to us wherever you listen to your podcast. Johnny, how's going.
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  Speaker 2: About fighting off a cold?
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  Speaker 3: But uh, today I'm way better than I was past
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  Speaker 3: two days.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, that's good. We're doing it.
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  Speaker 2: We're doing okay.
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  Speaker 1: You sound good? You sound good. That's what.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a little bit of a stuff. I have
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  Speaker 2: a stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's that time of year. Even these days. I've
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  Speaker 1: been waking up like dry throat every day. I'm like, shit,
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  Speaker 1: is today the day? It's today? The day I get sick.
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  Speaker 1: But luckily, knock on what I've been I've been good.
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  Speaker 1: You know. Obviously a lot has happened since we last
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  Speaker 1: we last recorded.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: The Champions League's come back finished today with I think
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  Speaker 1: eighteen games and once today at three o'clock three, the
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  Speaker 1: four Italian teams have gone through inter Uvea and Atlanta.
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  Speaker 1: Anapoli is the lone lone man out. Uh, can't say
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  Speaker 1: you're surprised. Can't say we're surprised, right, Jenny, because this
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  Speaker 1: is a classic Antonio conte m O. You know, can't
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  Speaker 1: focus on multiple competitions. Three to two. Lost today against
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  Speaker 1: Chelsea and they finished thirtieth in the in the table
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  Speaker 1: a few points out of only one, only one point out,
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  Speaker 1: so they had they had the opportunity to advance with
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  Speaker 1: a win, but they couldn't get it done. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: are you surprised at all by this, Johnny, Not.
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  Speaker 3: Really, because the writing's been on the wall for a while,
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  Speaker 3: like past two like like the previous games in Champions League,
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  Speaker 3: like they were very underwhelby, you know, like like you
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  Speaker 3: kind of saw it after like the Benfica like that,
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  Speaker 3: like the Frankfurt game with zerozero tiede and he lose Benfica.
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  Speaker 3: I'm like, okay, well, you know, like okay, congrats to
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  Speaker 3: me car bag after that, but like, you know, like it,
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  Speaker 3: I like.
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  Speaker 2: Like against the big teams, you were getting results.
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  Speaker 3: Said today when I saw they had a two one lead,
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  Speaker 3: I was like, oh, I'm surprised, Like I was working,
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  Speaker 3: so I have a chance to watch the game. But
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  Speaker 3: essentially when I got home, see the results different three two,
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  Speaker 3: and I'm like, like, I don't I don't understand.
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  Speaker 2: So but I'm not.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not surprised because it just seems like the wheels
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  Speaker 3: have been coming off the wagon for like a good
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  Speaker 3: while now. Ever since the Christmas break, you know, Napoli's
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  Speaker 3: got let's see there, Ever since let's see here, in
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  Speaker 3: their past one.
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  Speaker 2: Two, three, four or five six, I had eleven twelve.
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  Speaker 3: In the past thirteen games, all competitions, past thirteen games,
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  Speaker 3: all competitions.
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  Speaker 2: I have it right here. You only have five wins.
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  Speaker 2: You have four ties and four losses. This is not
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  Speaker 2: the form of a team that deserves to win any
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  Speaker 2: kind of championship or deserves to be in any kind
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  Speaker 2: of competition like elite competition. This is a very piss
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  Speaker 2: poor form. And uh, is the roster overused? Very likely?
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  Speaker 2: Is the roster not strong enough? Very very likely? Like
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  Speaker 2: like Milikovich Navich is injured.
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  Speaker 3: That doesn't help you, obviously, have you know, like like
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  Speaker 3: a lot of injuries, like it catches up. But you
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  Speaker 3: have to understand, like you're not the only team that
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  Speaker 3: has injuries. You're not the only team that like you
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  Speaker 3: have to be able to fight that depth. You know,
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  Speaker 3: you still have some key players that are available. But uh,
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  Speaker 3: it's it sucks because you know, I'm pretty sure.
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  Speaker 1: Like this is a it is.
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  Speaker 3: I wouldn't say this is the fault completely of Kante.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like it's a mix of mixture of Deltas
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  Speaker 3: and Kante because Kante, you know, he should have told
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  Speaker 3: Delta certain players that he wanted. But maybe Kante is
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  Speaker 3: not able to have good players as much as he
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  Speaker 3: used to and you don't have this probably didn't give
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  Speaker 3: him too.
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  Speaker 2: Too much, or he made some wrong decisions like.
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  Speaker 3: Lorenzo Luca like that was that was maybe just like
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  Speaker 3: you know, like I was a miss, but it's not
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  Speaker 3: a terrible miss.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of just con bow my nose, give me
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  Speaker 2: a second.
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  Speaker 1: All good.
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  Speaker 2: I have to meet the mic for that. I don't
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  Speaker 2: want to put the year.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, it's not like as if some players
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  Speaker 3: haven't been before, Like Coilan has been fantastic in my opinion,
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  Speaker 3: you know, like always been a great pickup. You know,
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  Speaker 3: it's the fact that you're able to Well, the Brider
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  Speaker 3: got injured, he can't really blame him, but like it's
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  Speaker 3: like he has gotten some good names for him too.
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  Speaker 3: It's just it's I don't know, like you look at
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  Speaker 3: it and it's like maybe the roster is just overworked,
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  Speaker 3: you know, or maybe Kante just doesn't want to use
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  Speaker 3: a rotational roster, it doesn't have faith in a rotational roster.
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  Speaker 3: But I'm not surprised because Conte, after a season or
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  Speaker 3: two with a team, he always has this type of
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  Speaker 3: track record where it starts up like like uh, petter out,
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  Speaker 3: like unless you're Juventus where you have a solid roster
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  Speaker 3: all the way through and you win what was it
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  Speaker 3: three league titles of content and elegty won the other six.
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  Speaker 2: Is that what it was?
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  Speaker 1: Uh uh yeah, it was three and then on the
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  Speaker 1: other six.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So I don't know. It's it's tough.
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  Speaker 3: It's always tough to repeat us champions in Citia. We've
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  Speaker 3: discussed that many times. You know, it's always it's always tough.
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  Speaker 3: It's like whether like it depends obviously what kind of
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  Speaker 3: period city has in a very strong period in terms
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  Speaker 3: of competition, Like all the teams are very evenly matched
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  Speaker 3: in my opinion, Like look you have, like you said
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  Speaker 3: before three out of the four teams, uh in Champions
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  Speaker 3: League of qualified in Europa League. You know, Roma's gonna qualify.
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  Speaker 3: Bologna is right on the cusp like of the for
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  Speaker 3: the delimination round.
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  Speaker 1: Like it's not like as if.
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  Speaker 3: It also EUROPEA League. If I'm a mistake and why
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  Speaker 3: might not see them? No, they're in a conference conference league.
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  Speaker 3: Actually that's that I did pull up those stand needs.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you for uh wait for conference mind you. Let's
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  Speaker 3: not talk about thea Seia compared to conference league.
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  Speaker 2: But let's see here.
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  Speaker 3: Uh yeah, Fatina Conference league is still in the spot
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  Speaker 3: to qualify you have to play.
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  Speaker 1: To Yeah, they're actually doing good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah so Cidia as a whole is better, but you
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  Speaker 2: should still have some kind of fight.
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  Speaker 3: Right now, they're they're slipping, like they're like they're forty
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  Speaker 3: three points and just got fifty two or nine points behind.
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  Speaker 2: You tied against Inter, which was a game you needed
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  Speaker 2: to win. You play against you you lose three zero
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  Speaker 2: embarrassing fashion, you know, like it's like I think it was.
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  Speaker 2: It was like Juve's first win against not playing how
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  Speaker 2: many games.
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  Speaker 1: Dick ah, it's been a while. Yeah, I have to
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  Speaker 1: pull that up.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well the bill was eventually gonna cup doue you eventually,
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  Speaker 3: Like you can't keep a team like UVE on a
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  Speaker 3: losing record against your team for a long time. They're
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  Speaker 3: eventually gonna get a W versus you. They're capable of doing.
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  Speaker 1: That first uh since December twenty twenty three, and only
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  Speaker 1: second in the past five seasons in the city.
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  Speaker 3: So there you go, Like, eventually, eventually the Bill's gonna
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  Speaker 3: come due, right, but still in a three zero fashion.
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  Speaker 2: You pull you pull the shirt a bit, you know.
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  Speaker 2: But Yeahtheless, it's overall your roster needs to like it's
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  Speaker 2: it's all performing as well. But I would say it's
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  Speaker 2: not really the fault of the players. It's more of
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  Speaker 2: a management's using them.
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  Speaker 3: I think that the wheels are coming off the wagon,
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  Speaker 3: as I said before, and I don't see this ended
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  Speaker 3: well in the partnership between the lot at Sencate.
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  Speaker 2: I pretty sure come this summer. I hope it's in
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  Speaker 2: this summer.
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  Speaker 3: I hope it doesn't happen anytime soon because I'll be
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  Speaker 3: complete mess.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm pretty sure sometimes this summer they're gonna mutually
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  Speaker 2: agree to like terminate the contracted part ways. I have
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  Speaker 2: a strong feeling about that.
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  Speaker 1: Interesting. I mean, you're pretty good with predictions, so I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna save that one and we'll have to come back
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  Speaker 1: to it in in Uh in the summer. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: from an outsider's perspective too, I mean you kind of
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  Speaker 1: mentioned it, uh with the injuries. I know they just
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  Speaker 1: got Lukaku back, but it definitely feels like injuries are
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  Speaker 1: ravaging Napoli and you will see now that they could
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  Speaker 1: focus on today. I yes, there's the Kopetala coming up.
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  Speaker 1: Not an easy matchup. They play against against Como in
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  Speaker 1: February in the was it the quarterfinals? Yeah, quarterfinals there,
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  Speaker 1: So it's gonna be interesting. You know. From the other
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  Speaker 1: team's perspective. For the Champions League, I think especially for
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  Speaker 1: teams like Atalanta and Juve, this this is a huge,
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  Speaker 1: you know, huge result to advance, not only to advance,
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  Speaker 1: but also as a seeded team to finish in that
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  Speaker 1: you know, fine, outside the top eight, but the next eight.
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  Speaker 1: This is something that you've Last year they finished in
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  Speaker 1: the I figure of seventeen to twenty four range as
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  Speaker 1: an unseated team. They I think it was was a
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  Speaker 1: Villa Rail or Valencia was a Villa Rail. They lost
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  Speaker 1: to I'm Dry in the in the knockout, in the
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  Speaker 1: knockout round of the Champions League, So you know, for
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  Speaker 1: for you v you know, obviously, I think the win
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  Speaker 1: last week kind of set them obviously clinched their spot
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  Speaker 1: in the knockout round. Kind of felt like today against
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  Speaker 1: Monaco they didn't really not that they didn't care, Like
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  Speaker 1: even the lineup coming out starting Openda Benching Yield is uh.
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  Speaker 1: They kind of knew that where they were in the table,
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  Speaker 1: that's where they were gonna stay. And that's what happened.
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  Speaker 1: Even with a win today, they wouldn't have gone up
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  Speaker 1: to the top eight, obviously Hindsight's twenty twenty they did.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't they saw a chance going to the game
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  Speaker 1: to finish the top eight. I would have liked to
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  Speaker 1: see a bit more effort and a chance to win
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  Speaker 1: and give yourself that opportunity to finish the top eight.
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  Speaker 1: But it is what it is. I know now they're
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  Speaker 1: they're either gonna play Club Bruges or Galatasarai. So the
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  Speaker 1: draw is Friday morning and then I know for the
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  Speaker 1: other Italian teams, I have to I have to, I
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  Speaker 1: have to pull this up.
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  Speaker 2: Now, you better hope it's it's a club ruge.
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  Speaker 1: That's exactly what I was thinking. I don't want Galatas again,
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  Speaker 1: but we don't need that. We have bad, bad luck
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  Speaker 1: against them.
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  Speaker 3: You know what.
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  Speaker 2: Also, like you feed, yeah, here you go.
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  Speaker 1: So Juventus, Galatas, Club Bruges, Inter Benfica or Boto, Glimp Atlanta,
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  Speaker 1: Olympiacossa Dorman. I mean, the only real tough, tough opponent
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  Speaker 1: there is uh is dormant for Atalanta, but I think
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  Speaker 1: for all all three Italian teams they're gonna want to
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  Speaker 1: Obviously events of the round of sixteen, after that it
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  Speaker 1: definitely will get tough. I know. For Juventus, if they advance,
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  Speaker 1: it's they can either play Liverpool or Tottenham. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: everything's set in the table now, everything's kind of set.
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'll pull it up. Actually with the bracket.
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  Speaker 1: There's still a draw on on Friday, but it's a
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  Speaker 1: bit more defined than it was in the past, honestly.
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  Speaker 3: Honestly though, like it's I oh, the very nice, very
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  Speaker 3: nice visual overre teq you Wikipedia Atlanta.
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  Speaker 1: They if they advanced, they allow their play Arsenal or
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  Speaker 1: Byron tough and then Inter No. Yeah, sorry, Inter, either
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  Speaker 1: Man City or Sporting so interesting, and then all the
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  Speaker 1: all the Italian teams aren't kind of separate sides of
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  Speaker 1: the bracket where Inter and Uve would only play in
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  Speaker 1: the Oh sorry, this is not it's not fully set.
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  Speaker 1: But there's a chance that Intern Atlanta can actually meet
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  Speaker 1: as early as the quarterfinals, but they have to be
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  Speaker 1: drawn on the same side of the bracket. Anyways. Uh,
• 12:02
  Speaker 1: for you've a look great, I'd say a good past month,
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  Speaker 1: especially since we last talked. But the loss against Cality
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  Speaker 1: and that was the draw against Le I think we're
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  Speaker 1: backbreakers in terms of the Scudetta race. I know it's
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  Speaker 1: it's Inter Schueto now to lose. Yeah, but you know
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  Speaker 1: those are games. That's five points right there that you've dropped.
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  Speaker 1: That not only for the Scudetto, but even for a
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  Speaker 1: top four to solidify that that they're placed in the
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  Speaker 1: top four. Uh, hopefully those aren't five points. They're gonna
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  Speaker 1: come back at the end of the season and be like, wow,
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  Speaker 1: we really needed those five points against Leg and Cality.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: I know where they are now. Still, they're they're in
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  Speaker 1: the battle, right, They're in the battle for.
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  Speaker 3: You to get you already you already beat monopoly if
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  Speaker 3: you can, you guys get to win if you guys
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  Speaker 3: get another win versus at all. But those are like
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  Speaker 3: you got you win the six point games against your
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  Speaker 3: biggest competitions.
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  Speaker 2: For those top four spots.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, it helps you increase your chances tremendously to
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  Speaker 3: get into the top four.
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  Speaker 2: So you already wanted the six point game versus Napolis.
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  Speaker 3: So that's uh, that's that's what hurts the most.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, with fifteen or sixteen games left, they're still in
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  Speaker 1: control of their own destiny. At this point. They have
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  Speaker 1: to they have to get the wins, most importantly against
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  Speaker 1: those teams, right. But for sure, the positive effect of SPLAT,
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  Speaker 1: he's been nice, and I mean it's been awesome, awesome
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  Speaker 1: to see Jonathan David the way he's been scoring. I
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  Speaker 1: was so happy to see him scoring against Ampley. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if you felt the same. Johnny uh senior
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  Speaker 1: Conedian scorer against Napoli.
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  Speaker 2: It's the U jersey, Yeah, no, I understand, it's it's
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  Speaker 2: it's not the player, it's the jersey.
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  Speaker 3: It's like, I don't hate players, I really don't. I
• 13:41
  Speaker 3: don't fall players were playing for teams it's the jersey man,
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  Speaker 3: I know, but but I get your excitement for it
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  Speaker 3: because especially how like, you know, there was a lot
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  Speaker 3: of slider towards Jonathan David and stuff at first Kmitt
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  Speaker 3: and stuff.
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  Speaker 2: And a lot of people are like those guy's a
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  Speaker 2: bus blah blah blah, yeah, YadA. But you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: nice to see him proving a lot of haters are
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  Speaker 2: doubters wrong, you know, like.
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  Speaker 3: You like you have to give him time to get
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  Speaker 3: it to the group of things. You know, It's not
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  Speaker 3: like it's sometimes a good coach can help you.
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  Speaker 2: Like a lot of maybe David was just a perfect
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  Speaker 2: Spiletti kind of player. Maybe that's what it.
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  Speaker 3: Was, you know, Like, yeah, sometimes it's sometimes management that
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  Speaker 3: player makes a difference.
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  Speaker 1: I think also this kind of sets the way for
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  Speaker 1: the post Valvic era, Like, yeah, Uve is just ready
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  Speaker 1: to move on. I think his contract is done at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the season. David's their guy now and
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: he's kind of solidified as himself as their striker, and
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: so Uves could feel more comfortable comfortable moving on from Vovich.
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  Speaker 1: I know there's been talk about different strikers, cool of
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  Speaker 1: money coming back. It looks like they just want to
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: get some depth because obviously a Penda. I didn't like
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: the way you Penda played today. He did not look good.
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  Speaker 1: I know he hasn't played in a while. Like we
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: always say on this show, like with strikers, it is
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  Speaker 1: a confidence thing, so it could be his turn to
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  Speaker 1: lose confidence. But it really seems right now that you've
• 15:03
  Speaker 1: almost has to rely on Jonathan David to score goals
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  Speaker 1: every week because after him, there's there's really not much.
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  Speaker 1: But I also like the way I know I've been
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  Speaker 1: critical of Yielde's in the past, Jenny, but I have
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  Speaker 1: like the way he stepped up. He's scoring, he's assisting,
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  Speaker 1: like just overall, even McKenny. Everyone's contributing offensively. And that's
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  Speaker 1: what I like about this juve. And even when I
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  Speaker 1: liked about the game on Sunday against Napoly, they weren't
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  Speaker 1: afraid to have possession, they weren't afraid to attack, and
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  Speaker 1: this is different than what we're used to, especially in
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: the late Aleger years. Right, there's a reason they scored
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  Speaker 1: three goals, but it wasn't that they scored the first
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  Speaker 1: goal and then they sat back. Obviously Napoli had their
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  Speaker 1: chances here and there, but you've weren't afraid to go
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  Speaker 1: up and get their second and third goal. And so,
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  Speaker 1: you know, moving forward towards the end of the season,
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  Speaker 1: especially now the Champions League, that's what we need to see, right,
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  Speaker 1: whoever they played the Champions League. I think for you A,
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: it's really important at least win a knockout round. They
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: haven't won a knockout round in the Champions Leagues since
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  Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, that's seven years ago. So even if it
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: means losing in the round of sixteen, like whatever, find
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  Speaker 1: just get that one round out of the way, just
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  Speaker 1: to break the curse from of seven years. Yeah, and overall,
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  Speaker 1: I think I'm satisfied as you find, especially compared to
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  Speaker 1: like two months ago.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, honestly speaking, they're they're in a good spot.
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  Speaker 2: I thincause Yieldaz is definitely gonna track little of attention.
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  Speaker 2: Let's be real here.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, if he hasn't already, and there might be an offered,
• 16:39
  Speaker 3: I might come of the way that you know that.
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: You got this cat refuse because it's always like that. No,
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: but it's always like that, you know. So yeah, you know,
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: so that he develops a strong young talent that that
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: somebody's be like, oh cool, that's nice, We'll offer you
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: ninety million for them.
• 16:51
  Speaker 3: Okay, well I can't really stand owt to ninety million,
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: you know? Was it vilar?
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: Recently? I think I saw for Robot think you got
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: like an offer for sixty one million euros or six
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: one million pounds something crazy, Like it was a crazy
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: amount that I'm like, go, Roma is definitely gonna say
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: yes to this. There's no way, like you're probably gonna
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: be swing towards the end of the season, like you're not
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: gonna do it now mid season, especially if they're fighting
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: for top four. But like yeah, if they might lose
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: another ten million fifty million in the offer, but there's
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: still there's a very good chances to feel are hold on,
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: let me pull it up. Feel our offer.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: Three years ago, here we go, Tenham was willing to
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: offer sixty two million pounds, which is around seventy million euros.
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: That's that's that's crazy. It's like it's like when they
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: it's like Roma always has this situation where to develop
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: a really good U netminer and then an English team's
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: gonna come in and try to offer them a crazy amount,
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: like Liverpool did you know, like now it's gonna be
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: the Hotspur, it's gonna be Totenham.
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: So it's just it's.
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: It's rather interesting to see that, like, but that's that's
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: what it is. It's like, it's it's hard to retain talent.
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: Whether they're getting these crazy offers from elsewhere and you know,
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: like they're gonna get a higher salary, your team's gonna get.
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: Paid a good pay day and it's beneficial for both sides.
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: It sucks because you want your team to keep this
• 18:15
  Speaker 3: player and hopefully have like a decent future with them
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: and stuff. But I think at this point it's like okay, cool,
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: you take that money and you reinvested in the team
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: and you try to make them better than before. You know,
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: like it's like as if you met this doesn't have
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: some ogger players. It's just they need to develop but
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: players better instead of buy them from other teams and
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: they're just using them, breaking them.
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: Right of the bench. But we'll get into that. I'll
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: just shut up from there.
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean one player, I know we've talked about him,
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: but one player that's definitely we almost know on his
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: way out of city at but as playing really well,
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: Nico pass It's like, yeah, it's like awesome to see
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: him this season, but you know, deep down, it's like
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: this is probably his last season in city at and
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: you'll go elsewhere after the season. And even Como, I mean, look,
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: I know that's different than what Atalanta did. Uh, this
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: is a team that has a lot of had a
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: lot of money invested right away. It's not like they
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: developed their own players. They went out and got at
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: least they bought the right players, right and they have
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: the right coach in Faber, guys. But this is a
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: team that right now they're in sixth place, two points
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: behind you eight. Italy is right now second in the
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: UEFA coefficient standing. So there's a chance that Italy will
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: get the fifth spot back in the Champions League. There's
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: a real possibility we'll see Como in the Champions League
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: next year.
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: You know, that'd be crazy that that that would be
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: hilarious because for a team I predicted to finish the
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: top ted last year and they did, and say that
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: they're gonna finish in the top eight this year and
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: they're sixth.
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: You know, uh, it would be hilarious.
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: It honestly would be would would they do anything at
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: Champions League. No, like, you know, maybe they might be.
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: They might get a winner two here, like Bologia did
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: a couple of seasons ago, but do you honestly, I
• 19:58
  Speaker 3: don't think they're obviously gonna do like anything super crazy
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: because like, especially if Nico Paz does lead, which we
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: all said that they're really they're gonna probably take it
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: back at the end of the season, right Like it's
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: they're like, okay, we're like at the end of the
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: like after at the end of his load, we'll take
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: him back, like we're not going to redo the load.
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: And it's like you can't keep him.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: It's it's the.
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: Guy's doing phenomenally well, definitely real, but it's gonna want
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: to take him back.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: Surprised they haven't did haven't done yet.
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: In the winter transfer, but probably they worked out something
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: with Cobo.
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: They're probably like an ugriten agreement or something.
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: But from there, it's it's tough because that's a very
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: crucial part of your team, and it's crazy to say
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: how a twenty one year old is like like a
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: very very.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: Big crucial thing for your team.
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: But the guy's going eight goals, six assists.
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: You know he's helping them fight for that spot. He's uh,
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: he's definitely the heartbeat of the team. You know, like
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: you have you have a good supporting cast, like you
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: have a you have a like it seems like as
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: a unit they kind of work.
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: You know. Maybe check Fabergas himself is like a you know,
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: this is a solid coach, I guess. But uh, definitely
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: you lose Nico Paz, you lose a lot for that team.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: So there makes to be seen. I wonder how if
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: what's Nico leaves the suburbs, see what they're gonna do.
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: They're not a poor team, so they might be able
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: to get something really big for them. But we'll see.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that that Martin but Arenas he's been
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: scoring recently. Maybe it could be a hot streak. But
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: him to another young attacking midfielder type. Uh, he's a
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: older than nco pass but who knows if if he
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: he'll be he could be that he could fill that
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: role next season for the club. If not, they'll probably
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: go out and get another young startling with the money
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: they earned from however high they're going to finish in
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: the in the city out of the season or a
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: goal as far in as I said, they play Napoly,
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: so we'll see. Let's surreal.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: They don't make get that much money.
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: No, not not. They probably make more money with whatever
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: documentaries they make for sure. Uh but yeah, cope Italian
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: Napoli Como inter Torino. They're on that same side of
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: the bracket, so it could be interesting, especially if inter
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: Go find the Champions League the kind of rest players
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: for uh, the for the cop Batalia. Maybe you know,
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: the winner of Napoli Como could go to the final
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: on that side. But Johnny, you've been You've been pretty
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: spoiled this year because we got Roma third, Napoli fourth. Uh.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: We had too bad, too bad. We couldn't have a
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: drona on this week because we had one of the derbys.
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: They'll catch you guys, Melon Roma this weekend. I was
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: hoping for a draw and it turned out to be
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: a draw. But Roma, it's uh, you know, obviously continuing
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: a good season. What was it Mailer they they signed?
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: He scored in his debut. Yeah, they see Mailer right? Uh?
• 22:58
  Speaker 4: Uh cold Breid? Uh is it pronounced like that? I
• 23:07
  Speaker 4: can't know my braid is?
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: But bad player?
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah him?
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: Why isn't out work here right now?
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: Hold on, have to blow my nose one second, but anyways, continue.
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean, were you disappointed at all in
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: the draw to me line? Were you happy with? What
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: were your thoughts?
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: Sorry about that? I have to blow my nose.
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: Uh, I'll be real.
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: I'll take a draw versus me line then a loss.
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: Very important game for both sides obviously that they're competing,
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: like wow, ish competing ish for the scudet though.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: But uh, but all about.
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: Trying their best to stay at the top four, because
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: that's always been the goal for the past like what
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: like nine seasons. As my dog barks in the background,
• 23:52
  Speaker 3: I don't know if people are picking it up on
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: the microphone. It's because he has to bark every time
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: there's a little knock at the door. But anyways, Uh,
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: it's always like this at night, every every night I
• 24:03
  Speaker 3: have to record. It's just always like this anyways.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: Uh.
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: But yeah, for the past nine seasons, the goal has
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: been like, oh, let's get back to a champions league.
• 24:09
  Speaker 3: It's our eight seasons, let's get back to the Champions League,
• 24:11
  Speaker 3: and so let's get back to the top four. Finally,
• 24:13
  Speaker 3: you're you're you're punching distance. You're you're like, you're right there.
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: So I'll take a draw. Like obviously you want to win.
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: Let's be real, everybody wants to win. But a draw
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: versus a once a week B line. You know a
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: team that is under the allegency system that you know they're.
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: Very good in in in in the league. Allegeny is
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: good in the league.
• 24:35
  Speaker 3: He's capable of making teams, uh with with his his
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: tactics before better than they're they actually are. Let's say
• 24:43
  Speaker 3: about saying it's a bad team, they're not. I'm just saying,
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: like you know, like he elevates the roster, I'll take
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: a draw. Uh you know, it's just uh, it's just
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: is gonna be tough because like them, they're they're having
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: the opposite is it's it's it's funny you always has
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: to do an argent TD and player right now, then
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: it's their case is palatiballa the ballas leaving in the
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: summer right like they don't see like they're gonna renew
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: the guy. I don't blame them because you know the
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: coustant injuries and stuff like where do you go from there?
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: Afterwards?
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: Like soul like like, are you gonna keep like sou
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: they gonna stay or so they gonna want to leave
• 25:16
  Speaker 3: too because the Balla is leaving too, you know, Like, uh,
• 25:19
  Speaker 3: that's that's the other question mark. It's like and then
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: if you do lose both of them, now you have
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: to restart your offense from zero.
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: So it's it's a bit tough. Uh. I just hope that,
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: you know, with with the top four, like finish that
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: like that, Like the ownership takes it seriously. You know,
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: they're like, okay, let's let's purposely invest more and more
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: on this team to either retain his top four spot
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: or do a decent job in Champions League because that's
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: gonna generate so much income for the team once they
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: make Champions League.
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: Because the the the Olympical is gonna sell out, you're
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: gonna you're gonna generate so much revenue for the Olympico.
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: So I think that it's really results like that, not
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: that with Toby. It's distracting me. I'm trying to say,
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: my boy, that was making me like, that's not the
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: match it Toby, thank you for Mady, that's not the match.
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: If Spieler leaves as well, that's another issue that they
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: have to settle.
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: So I like it. I I mean like, I'll take
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: the draw. I'll take it. I am about sad about
• 26:27
  Speaker 3: happy about it. I'm like, okay, I'm content. That's that's
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: the word for it.
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: Content.
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: Fine. Uh, but Roman, they actually have a tough schedule,
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: next three games Udinese and Kality, But then after that
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: they play Napoli two weeks after Juve, two weeks after Como,
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: two weeks after Inter, two weeks after that at Talanta Bologna,
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: and then second and the last game of the season
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: they play against Latsio. So, uh, they're definitely in control
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: of their own destiny, especially the fact that they play Juve,
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: nap Lea, Inter and Sorry and Intern. So they don't
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: play obviously, they don't play Milan again, so they play
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: three of the teams around them in the standings. But
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: it feels like it's almost like making or break it
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: for Roma, you know, looking at the standings. Uh, their
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: point was it a point or two above Juve, a
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: point a point above Juve, three points above Como. So
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: especially they do play Como, it's you know, there's gonna
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: be a lot to be determined in you know, this
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: final stretch of sixteen games for that that top I'm
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: gonna say top five. Hopefully Italy does get that fifth
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: spot with the coefficient, but after that, it feels like,
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: you know, Atlanta's on thirty five, blownis on thirty. After
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: that there's separation. I think the six teams that are
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: there now those are gonna be the six teams in
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: the top six. How it finishes, we'll see. I still
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: think Inter finished first. I don't think Milan has enough
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: to catch up with them, especially with the way Inter's playing,
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: you know, especially it was at the game against Udinese
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: where they they went down and they came back and
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: won six to two. Is it against Udinese or or
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: Como that game?
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: Repeat the question.
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: Sorry, they were they were up, they were down in
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: a game they came back. Sorry it was against Pisa.
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: It was against Pisa. I think they were down at
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: one point and then they stormed back and won six
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: to two. And that's just the type of team they
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: are today. They beat Dormant two nothing. They're they're they're
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: getting the drop done. You know, Udinasee won nothing win
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: le one nothing win. They I know they tied it
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: against Happily, but this is definitely Enters Scudetto to lose.
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: They them too. They have a couple of tough opponents,
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: but not the not the toughest schedule, but they still
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: have to play Juve, Melon and Roma. So again, other
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: teams in the top three. Uh So, if if inter
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: doesn't win the Detto, it's probably probably because they lost
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: those games. Uh those three games against inter Meal. Sorry
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: you a me Lin and Roma. Obviously as a you
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: a fan, I hope that they drop every single game
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: we win, every single game we go and win, but
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: I don't think that's possible.
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: Yeah, much more to say to.
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: That, Yeah, no, I mind. Yeah, I think I think
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: that'll do it, honestly, unless there's something else you want
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: to talk about.
• 29:29
  Speaker 3: Jenny Lorenzo, Oh my god, it.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: Apparently our hometown team. Yeah, yeah, that's crazy. Is it?
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: Is it like official official or is it just.
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: For context for the listeners? Nick and I are our
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: grandparents cup from well why grand parents his grand parents
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: cut from. So basically that's our hometown team, I guess
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: for that. Uh yeah, it's it would be funny, it
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: would be cool. I wouldn't be bad about it because
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: there was a team that he did play for I.
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: Don't know why fucking Fabricio Robado says his boyhood club like,
• 30:08
  Speaker 3: shut the fuck up, Bud.
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: His boyle club was Dapoli. Let's be real. He played
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: a Napoli's developmental system. He went to Peshcata because they
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: loaded him there before they brought him back to Napolis
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: for city op purposes and stuff.
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: Like.
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: The guy's an idiot. Berberniccio, Robando's apolo that supports intern
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: like the guys.
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: He's a sellout. He's a seller for sure, he's a sellout.
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: I don't blame the guy.
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: If he wants to make money, he makes money, and
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: he wants to do it that way, let him do
• 30:31
  Speaker 3: it that way, right, But.
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: It was like, I don't know, it's a bit weird anyways,
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: but yeah, it's Sigi to Piscata. Look at that.
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: That's I don't think they're doing so well in the
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: city and be this this season because they went up.
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: They went up this season and they're right in last place.
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: Fourteen points, yesh, It's okay, it's probably, you know, a
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: desperation move. Frozen on. He leads the league Vanezia forty
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: four point Monto forty one. Permo is a team I
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: want to see back in the city.
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: It's been almost your sicili inside, but.
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: We're not from Permo. So it's like, oh no, you
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: guys messina uh gentle, So the okay, so they're there
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: their team mat guess isn't isn't that good?
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: So it's okay, my dad's my dad's hotel team. How
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: they do it in city?
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: Let's see uh.
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: In group?
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: Oh and groups either in fourth place not bad right BEHINDO.
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: That's a holy ship. That's a tough group. Like like,
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: think about this. These are teams at one point were
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: like in SI at some point like you have Benevento,
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: you have you have.
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: In this group? Uh, well you have the you twenty
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: three team. About a lot.
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: That's just that's funny to see, but you know, like
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: it's just it's it's it's crazy like how sometimes he's
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: just see these teams move up and down, up and down,
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: up and down.
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, especially like they go bankrupt, they start
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: back at the bottom, like I could have guessed they
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: were actually in cityad a couple of a couple of
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: seasons ago and then went bankrupt and now they're back
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: in the six sixth divisions.
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: So light types with that, the waters put over Shelly
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: and loved place.
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: Uh. Anyways, Johnny, Uh, this was fun. Yep, good to
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: catch up. Hopefully we'll be able to get back next week. Uh,
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: the three of us, but you know, until next time.
• 32:37
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