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Allegri Out, Bologna in Champions, Sassuolo to Serie B - Ep. 227 Ft. Calcio Carousel · The Calcio Guys

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It was a hot day Montreal Today, Tonight's gonna be a hot episode at
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the couch of guys with two hot guys, Adriano and Johnny. Uh,
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how's it going? And myself, Nicholas, I'm too hot to handle.
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I guess I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Johnny's over there, he's
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munching, he has he's a mute, but he's doing hot girl ship.
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I'm eating doing hot girl ship. You already got your your summer body ready.
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You could eat your ted alim right. Johnny has summer Johnny has summer
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body all your so I'd say it's always a summer boy. Oh, it's
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all round, all right. A lot to talk about here, Like I
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said, the couch you guys pretty much a topic for all of our teams,
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you know, Europa League Final this week. We'll even talk some CS
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Laurent at the end of the big news, well potentially big news from that
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club, but we'll start off, you know, we'll start off right here,
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uh, with my club with the big news coming this weekend. When
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was it on on Friday? I believe Allegery officially sacked from Juventus. I
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mean the firing itself, not a surprise. We talked about it all all
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year. I always said I expected it to happen at the end of the
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season, but the fact that it happened right after winning the Copa Italia was
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was I think that was more of a shock. The timing was weird.
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I know there was I guess some behavioral issues, if you want to call
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that. In Wednesday game, you know, he got the red card,
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yelled at the ref, apparently got into a fed with a journalist, which
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you know, I'm not I'm not saying go get in fights with journalists,
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but the fact that he did it in that situation, just the whole moment
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on Wednesday was very illegry. Yeah, apparently you've a management didn't like that.
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Let him go right away. Final two games now with Pablo Montero as
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the interim coach as they wait possibly a wait Tago Manta. But I mean,
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the the short Montero era started today down three nothing to Bologna against that
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Diego Manta, and you know, thankfully, you we came back today the
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goals from Keza Yields and Milick, so they get you know, they get
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the point on the road. But it feels like that's been the story of
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all season. You get the point and you know they've drawn how many games
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now, god knows how many. But you know what's frustrating for for youves
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All season everyone's saying, oh, fire a lager fire Legery and then the
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first game that uh, he's gone. I okay, guys, I know
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they're pretty much still playing a Leger's tactics. I don't know how close Montero
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was to Aleegur. I think I think he was promoted from the U staff,
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not he wasn't even an assistant coach. And by the way, uh,
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you'vesed tied fourteen times a season, most tight for most, not tyed
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for most of the league, typher for second, most of the league.
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You did as nineteen. But you know the fact that they came out today
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and started off with with a stinker. They were saved at the end by
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those three goals. It's it goes to show what I've been saying all season,
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where I really thought this was going to be a move, that they
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just do it in the offseason, just avoid that distraction. With two games
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left, you already have champions qualified, you won the Kopi Italia. Right
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now you're just battling for the third, fourth position, fifth position. You
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don't want to finish it in that in that position. And and here we
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are. There's a huge just scratching going to the game. I don't know
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if it threw off players, but you know, at the same time,
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it goes to show, you know, firing coach is not going to solve
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everything. We know Youve's problems more than just a coach. They have depth
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issues, they have talent issues. This is a project moving forward, whether
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it's Mantle or someone else that Juve fans are going to have to be patient.
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You know, I tweeted in six months UA fans are going to regret
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the team firing Allegury. I didn't mean it in the sense that Allegury shouldn't
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have been fired. More in the sense that people expect, expect instant gratification,
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and that's not that's not gonna happen. Youve is not gonna win the
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Scudeto next year. You've is not winning the Champions League. Hopefully, hopefully
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they'll get better than sixty eight points, possibly seventy one points. But you
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know, enters a class above everyone else this season. We've said that all
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along, and they're a team that I think will remain a class above everyone
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else. Melan is six points above you very right now. Is Melan that
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much better? Yeah, they're a bit better, but you know that's a
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team that maybe you should strife for, strife for that Melon team and set
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into right now. So you know, it's just a situation that I think
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all you fans are gonna have to be patient. You know, we could
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get better next season with the right players, with the right purchases in the
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summer, if they have any money left, but we're not gonna get significant,
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significantly better. You know, the only way we win the Scudetto is
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is I wouldn't say a miracle, but if inter you know, they haven't
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a season with injuries, you know, bad luck, bad bad form.
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You know we saw that this year with not plee to where they were.
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They killed it last year and then obviously, okay, they lost a couple
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of guys this this summer, but injuries such such and such this year,
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you know, they were not too good as a defending champion. But yeah,
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it's just I was really hoping this move would come in the summer.
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Just avoid all distractions. There's my rant to the episode I don't know,
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what what do you guys think from the outside looking in? I mean,
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it was clear that they were just looking for an excuse to fire him.
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I like, it's not the first time the guy lost his antics or the
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guy lost his composure, sorry, or did something crazy like this. They're
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just like, okay, we can, uh, we'll just pretend that that
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We'll use this as like the fireball offense, just to put a pin on
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it, because like they're waiting for a slip because I'm pretty sure they wanted
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to terminate him for a while, but they were just waiting for like a
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slip up or something. So I totally agree that they could have done this
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during the summer, because right now the team is just, okay, what's
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the point like it, like, what's uh, like, what what do
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we get? What do we gain from this that it happens now instead of
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out during the summer, you know. So I I just think it was
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just them looking for something at some time just to come up as an excuse.
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I think. I think also, I mean, the the what they
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put out that is like why they were why they fired him was was more
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shit. I Mean, it didn't align with Youve's values or whatever something on
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those lines, like you see that and it's like really like, I don't
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know. For me, it was all bullshit. We knew it was gonna
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happen. Did I know it was gonna happen two games before the end of
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the season, No, I was. I was seen somewhere potentially. I
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don't know if that plays a factor in terms of in terms of maybe a
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loophole in terms of saving saving salary on him or something on those lines.
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I don't know one hundred percent, but you know, if it was gonna
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be now or if it was gonna be at the end of the season,
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it was going to happen as somebody rings the doorbell at the w col residence.
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But no, listen, like time, I think was was far far
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but over. And yeah, just pinpointing his antics after the Coptalia, after
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this guy and I'm not defending them, but just to say, he stabilized
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you in a in a tough, tough period on and off the pitch.
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I think you know you can you can at least credit him for that,
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his tactics, his his his backwards mentality, his his position of players.
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You can you can say what you want about that. But he was able
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to stabilize this this this juve. If there's any saving grace, he brought
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this team back into Champions League. He won a trophy, even though it
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is only Copytalia, it's still a trophy. So he was able to do
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some quote unquote good amongst all the bad. But uh, the way they
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went about firing him, and I think they I think behind the scenes personally,
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I think there was a lot that we don't know behind the scenes.
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You know, I think I saw him and Juntle getting getting into it as
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well, telling him not to celebrate, pushing him, not pushing him to
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a side, but kind of showing him off. So clearly there was some
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sort of tur turmoil between him and U, you know, upper management.
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So yeah, I don't know, like a my am, I shocked a
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bit. Was it gonna was it bound to happen? Absolutely? So,
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you know, we we moved. But you know, at the end of
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the day, now it's like, are they like it seems like they're all
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in on on what we've been saying it for for weeks maybe months now,
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we'll see. I think the final say on that is is on is on.
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You know, you've you've put it up, put out the terms to
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him. I sent them an offer. Is it one that he can't refuse?
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I don't know. We'll see, but I saw I saw a quote
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from from uh Joyce Putro obviously president of saying that they're going to try everything
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in their power to to keep I think he spoke to his own for that
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quote. So we'll see, you know, time will tell. But at
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the end of the day, it's up to it's up to Tagot. You
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know, he's going from one Champions League team to another, seeing how they're
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both in Champions League next season, that him going to pushed the needle for
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him. Yeah, you know, obviously a bigger claud bigger history, bigger,
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bigger expectations. But I don't know. Well, we'll see if he's
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up for the task, you know, come the summer or whenever they decide
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to appoint a new manager. So we'll see. Uh, we'll see Montero
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next week and uh, I think he'll go back down to uh the Juventus
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twenty three and next gen uh, you know project with that. So yeah,
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I mean, you know, I think I think if there was one
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thing that could have been you know, out of respect, if you want
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to call it that, uh kind of send the Allegri out in a bit
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more of style. But again, at the end of the day, Uh,
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this is this is round two for for for allegriy. I think he
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knows, he knows, uh Juventus. He I don't think he really needs
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that send off. I think I saw a quote from Rabio. I think
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that said he deserved one, especially after winning the trophy in a in a
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tough and awkward season for this Juventus. So that would have been nice,
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I think out of respect. But ultimately I think the the behind the scenes
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drama I think kind of you know, spewed out in the in terms of
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this firing and targeting him in a sense of saying, you know, his
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his post game antics or the reason that you fired him is for me,
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completely bullshit. Like I said, So, it's not the first time we've
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seen an luxury strip teas on the on the touch line. I don't think
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it'll be the last if he ever gets a coaching job again. So it's
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a shame, but hey, we move and uh we're here to talk about
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it because it's big news in Italian culture. You know how they say,
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don't quit your job until you have your second one all lined up. It
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kind of feels like that situation, you know, I know there's all these
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rumors again with the whole mutt that's pretty much ninety nine percent done, but
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you know it's on him. Yeah, and I don't think gets another job,
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you know, right after the bat either. So no, no,
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you know, I'm not talking about it later. I'm talking more for you,
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you know, like, oh, yeah, to fire the coach when
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there's no guarantee. Okay, at least from an outside perspective, it doesn't
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seem like there's a key month of like the worst case in scenario right now
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is that Monta does not come and then they're left scrambling to find someone else.
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Yeah, it's uh, it's it's gonna be tough because you don't end
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up seeing what the event has had this summer, where towards the end of
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the summer, you know, like finds out at he's gonna probably take a
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sabbatical and it's like, oh crap. Now you're scrambling to find a coach
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to take your reins as a team. So it's like I'm not saying that,
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you know, you may does have more pull, but I'm just saying
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like, you don't want to be it. You don't want to be stuck
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in a situation like that, you know, like where you're scrambling to find
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a coach and then you're then you're just stuck with a coach that just doesn't
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work with the team. Yeah, that's kind of what happened, even in
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Alleguri's first stint back in twenty fourteen, where Colentte left, you know,
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a couple of weeks before preseason and then Allegri came in and you know,
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obviously the rest is issue on that end. But uh, yeah, it's
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weird. It's not like back in nineteen where Legery announced a couple of weeks
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before that he'd be leaving this and that they had the time. Even when
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Pierlo was fired, he was fired right at the end of the season.
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Same thing with Saddy right at the end of the season. Gave gave the
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team some time. But but yeah, that that's pretty much it. And
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you know, speak about you know, let's talk about Boloona, let's talk
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about Manta. Let's let's say he does leave. Do you guys think there's
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a candidate that Bologna should pursue, because next season is a big one with
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Champions League and everything. Uh yeah, I think there's a lot of like
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obviously good coaches in Italy. I mean we said, we say it a
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lot on the show, and you know, I don't know, it's it'll
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be a tough one because you know who who's who would be ready to take
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that next step. I mean, obviously a lot of people fall in love
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with the Palladinos of the world and stuff for that nature. But I don't
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know, maybe an Italiano, I don't know if it's really I jump for
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him. I know, obviously in terms of the competition that he might potentially
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play, I think he can. You know, it ultimately depends on who
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they keep in terms of their players, uh, you know, because you
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know this system that has implied it has worked with these players. If a
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guy like Italiano comes in, I think he does play. Obviously an attacking
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mind of football and and uh you know, we see we see Fierdentina playing
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but some pretty good culture and and get you know far in competitions such as
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like you know, the Conference league and such, so they haven't gone over
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that hump of of really making it, you know more than that kind of
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grew up a league and really maybe challenging for now potentially top five. So
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but if people might call that maybe a latter move, I don't know.
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But maybe a guy like you Talian for that next jump, for him getting
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some Champions League experience, I think that would obviously be a goal of his
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and pretty much any coach you know that wants to that wants to coach at
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the highest levels. It's but again it's it all depends on like I said,
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who they keep, what they're going to be able to spend, how
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much they can be able to spend, and and obviously you know their sporting
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director h is a good one and I think they're able to to build this
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project, uh you know with Sapulo and story. But we'll see who what
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coach can can lend a hand that at a guy in the ship. So
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I don't know, I think just off the top of the head name I
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Metelliano would would would be interesting to see for him to get that opportunity because
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I don't know, if I can't really say any of foreign coaches, I
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really don't know, like who would who would come in and and and work
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some magic with Bowna. But if we have to stay inside it. I
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would maybe say I got's potentially candidate, you know, maybe to make that
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jump realistically though, like I don't see Taliana leaving Ferentina for Bologna. Like
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it's it's that's what I'm saying. It's it's a safety for me. It's
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hard. It's like, uh, because you know that basically they're gonna get
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stripped apart, Bologna is gonna get stripped apart. So it's it's hard,
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like you would you really want to take on a roster that's just about to
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get picked apart by basically all of Europe right now, and especially that like
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you know, players, like the players can see the right end on the
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wall because of you know, like like like Manta leaving and stuff, and
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rumors of some transfers of like Xerxy already happening. You know, it's Califioda
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to Ca. Yeah, oh my god, Toby like no, but yeah,
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no, the wrist goes on Californi Lewis Ferguson. Yeah, I mean
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the risk goes on from Bologna. I think it's, uh, it's it's
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it's a tough one. I think in an ideal world, they want to
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stay and and maybe keep this, keep this going for Abalys another season and
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see how this Champions League campaign goes. But I'm listening, guys, the
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first time in nearly sixty years that they've made it back into Champions I think
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they have a lot to be proud of. No matter what happens next season,
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I think you know, they they went, they were there for unmerit,
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they deserved it. They had a great season. Hopefully they can build
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on it. We'll see, you know, I don't know, it's it's
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gonna be tough. I know, like I said, I know, you
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know, Saputo de Vallo and company really want, really want to keep teble
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Monta. But I think, and I think honestly, like we're speaking of
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last week with with uh with don you know, I think they maybe could
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even even like Atlanta that can kind of like afford to keep some of their
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stars. I think, you know, Bolonia can can can do as well.
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I mean, I guess obviously, if some ludicrous amount comes for you
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know, these players, I guess you're kind of forced to accept that.
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But I think ultimately, with the Champions League money coming in, I don't
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I don't think they're they're that much in red, if not at all.
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I think they're pretty pretty pretty good club in terms of the financials. You
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know, they can definitely work with something. But again it's it's a big
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if because, like Johnny said, it's this team is most likely going to
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get picked apart, and we kind of know that. I think at the
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back of our heads where we kind of hope that it doesn't happen to an
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extent where they're just toy born apart. They can't compete in a a in
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a competition that they haven't sniffed in sixty years. It would be a real
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shame. But I guess any time will tell. Uh. I think you
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guys will disagree with the name I'm going to bring up as a potential coach
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and this is probably like a safe pick for Bologna. But stefanel Puli,
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you know, is is on his way out on me. You know,
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I know it's not going to be a that wouldn't be a flashy hire,
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but this is guy with experience and he would be coming from a team,
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from a Champions League team. You know. It's what the past through three
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four seasons, Milan's consistently at least been in the Champions League and and they
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may and yeah when the school that too with them and they made runs.
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You know what I'm thinking about last last year. So, uh, there's
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a guy and you think back even into his Uarantina days, obviously a different
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situation, but he had to lead Guarantina after the death of a story where
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he just he just seems like a type of coach that leads a team through
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a difficult situation. I'm not saying Bolooney is going to go through a difficult
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situation. Let's say if they lose their players. It's just a very different
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situation. Uh. So that's why I'm saying a guy like Peoli is just
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you know, maybe he's not your first choice, but I think he's He's
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reliable and like I wouldn't be surprised if if that's again we have to see
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if he's on his way out. I don't know, Idri was it?
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Is it all but confirmed that he's on his way out of Mealan? I
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don't think so. I mean again, it's it's time will tell right that.
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I mean pretty much, it's kind of like you'd find saying it's ninety
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nine percent done. What I think it's about same for Poi leaving. I
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think Milan it just has to fucking make up their mind and pick what coach
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they want to try to bring in. Obviously, Deserb now leaving Brighton kind
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of opens up the eyes for for many Mela and Milan Eastie and you know,
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obviously if with Deserb having you know the ties to to Milan, uh,
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you know, as a as a as a youngster, we'll see.
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But again, that's a good shout. I think, you know, if
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if you know, I think he has the potential to again kind of like
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an allegic kind of stabilize the situation. Uh this if this is still going
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to be a young team. I think he's shown that he's able to do
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well with with you know, a younger group of players and kind of bring
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the team together. I think, sorry, POI takes you only to a
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certain level, as we've unfortunately seen with Milan. To get to that next
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level, I think it is not his his his realm, But again I
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think that could I didn't think of, to be honest, and even though
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he's he's me on coach right now, but that's a good shot. I
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think I think it's under the radar. I don't think many people are talking
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about it, so hey, if it doesn't end up happening, I guess
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maybe you heard it here first on the Culture Guys. Yeah, maybe maybe
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I have an insider, but that'd be one heck of a rumor to start,
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just like na confirmed question Mark Culture guys. Culture guys, we'll see.
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It's possible. Anything is possible. Yeah, I don't know if you
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guys saw their celebrations today because it was their last home game. Yeah,
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beautiful with you a. It's just funny because they they blew a through nothing
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leads, So I'm sure the players are feeling a bit, you know,
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disappointed with the game and that they're still celebrating, and you know, or
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or Salini seems like the guy who would probably have the most fun out of
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these whole celebrations. It was a beautiful moment obviously a couple of weeks ago
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when uh, you know, when when they when they knew they were getting
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chimed in the top five there and you know, with him and there's no
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nine, and then that the whole video went, you know, went around
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and obviously just the celebrations in Bologna. I mean, it's just been incredible.
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I think they're on such a high. And again, like I said
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earlier, it's on merit right, they deserve it. They've had an incredible
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season. Who said it? So if these guys stick around, like we've
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been saying, it's for the good of for Bologna. If not, I
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think Boonia still still deserves you know, some some some good fortune next season.
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What's crazy is you know you look back, So Bologna came back into
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the city had in the twenty fifteen sixteen season, they were relegated thirteen fourteen
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and then won the City to be playoffs in fourteen fifteen, and then after
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that in the in city they finished fourteenth, fifteenth, fifteenth, tenth,
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twelfth, twelfth, thirteenth, ninth and third fourth or I don't know if
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they could finish fifth this year. So this team really team, you know,
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they were really the middle of the pack team, uh, you know,
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thinking of you know, in terms of top like you know, soccer
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accomplishments. Where does this rank, you know, compared to let's say Greece
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winning the Euros, Leicester winning the the Premier League, Mornopotly winning school that,
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where does this rank? Good of all miracles. WHOA, let's calm
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down there. Napoli has been biting at the heels. That's with that though
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for for almost the past decade, I think, to be honest, ye
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come kill me. Yeah, there was a lot of there was a lot
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of times you finished second versus to Uve against the UVA super teams of the
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world. But anyways, uh, I honestly, I honestly think I don't
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think it's up it's that high. I think it's a really good achievement.
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But I would yeah, it would be ridiculous to say that it's like that
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crazy high. I think, honestly speaking, it's probably you know, it's
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it's it's a it's a good achievement. It's just solid one. It's it's
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probably up there. It's it's it's definitely up there. But I wouldn't say
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it's like that high. Maybe like if those are tens, let's say,
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I'd say Bologna finishing top four would probably be like a seven, you know,
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like a nice pleasant surprise, great great, great achievement for them,
24:17
you know, a very historic achievement. But I wouldn't say it's like the
24:21
like like it's like, holy hell, now, Bologna would have won the
24:23
league, then yeah, definitely would put it up there because those are those
24:27
are championship results, you know, whereas this is like not really a championship
24:30
result. But to each as well said, yeah, no, I don't.
24:36
I don't think it compares to anything in terms of what he just named.
24:41
I mean, Western winning the league, Like for me, that's that's
24:45
it's always not in in this last in this last decade or so, that
24:49
that and probably for decades to come, is going to be an incredible achievement.
24:53
So you know, like you said, winning the Euroine Old four,
25:00
you know, all the Greeks like to hold on to that one, so
25:03
we always like to poke front of that. But no, I mean,
25:06
listen, like we said, I think we've been. We've been. We've
25:08
been saying it a lot, not only this episode but throughout the year.
25:11
It's a great achievement. I don't think, Yeah, Jenny said, I
25:15
don't think it's over the moon crazy. It's crazy, you know, to
25:18
say that they haven't touched a competition like Champions League in you know, nearly
25:22
sixty years, like fifty nine years. I think it was like that's crazy
25:26
for sure. But I mean like like Jenny said, I think there's nothing
25:30
besides besides that title. I mean, there's nothing really attached to it physically
25:34
in terms of a trophy or something on those lines. Like you know,
25:38
I don't know when the last time they've they've won a trophy. I can't
25:41
I don't know off the top of my head. But like it's once you
25:45
win silverware, I think it's that you get up another bonus point in the
25:49
rankings of that nature, so great achievement. For sure, we'll, we'll,
25:53
we'll. I don't think I ever forget this this run. But yeah,
25:59
I think it ends. I think ends there and kind of have to
26:00
be a realist realist when we when we talk about it. But I love
26:04
the story and we'll we'll definitely be ruining for bone now. Of course,
26:07
I just wanted to throw in the jab. That's it. Of course he
26:11
did. H You didn't know the actually one team in this weekend, you
26:15
know, like when that Kobe Dali a very massive of course it was last
26:18
week. Wasn't this weekend? Last last week? Whatever? We should put
26:21
that into ten category exactly? Is scoring eleven fair enough? I didn't know
26:29
Blooney actually won one seven school at the I didn't realize it was that I
26:33
knew they had one a couple, I didn't realize that there were seven.
26:37
So maybe they get enough money, they built a super team, they went
26:40
three school at in the row, and then they get a star and then
26:42
maybe Jolie Putt will invest in Montreal Generals to get to that General has to
26:48
get to that star first. Yeah, they're a ninth. They're right there,
26:52
right, they're right there. You might see it in a lifetime.
26:56
I don't know if they have a good investors, like it could happen in
26:59
our lifetime. You know, you never know, we'll see the other side.
27:04
So Solo going officially going down uh to uh to City of b after
27:10
I think eleven seasons in in Citia. I don't know how you guys feel
27:15
about this. For me, you know, this was a team I always
27:18
enjoyed watching, especially when they're at you know, the head of the year,
27:22
at their height, you know, playing in Europa League and everything.
27:23
But you know, I can't say I watched a whole lot of them this
27:26
year. They weren't good. They only won seven games all season, lost
27:33
twenty two, So I mean they deserve to go down. Maybe it'll be
27:34
kind of like Bologna in fourteen fifteen, kind of go down, recalibrate.
27:38
Even Genoa two years ago they went down, came back up at a good
27:42
season for Genoa. But Sosolo always always had the Melon club's numbers, Adrian.
27:51
We had a chance to watch the Swolo, yes, and yeah,
27:55
it's funny, Adrie. When we went in twenty nineteen, we saw three
27:57
games you've a latch. Oh, we saw Samdor apart, and we saw
28:02
Milan Solo. And now through those teams are in City of b So maybe
28:07
we have brought some bad luck. Hopefully, hopefully we can bring it down
28:11
to be Also, I think it'll be the perfect perfect storm. But no,
28:14
I think I think it's it's bittersweet. You know, this is a
28:19
this is a club. That is how we used to say that the original
28:23
Atlanta in Europe, right uh uh, you know, making making something out
28:29
of nothing and making uh you know, runs and players that develop and all
28:33
that. But yeah, no, it's it's bitter sweet for them. I
28:37
think. I mean, I was a guest on Kicks and Kicks podcast a
28:41
halful of weeks ago, maybe a month ago or so ago, and I
28:44
said it wouldn't surprise me if if you know, BOTHO and and I was
28:48
thinking even maybe going down because both clubs have been playing terrible football. So
28:55
Swow this year, like you said, next seven wins. I mean,
28:57
it's not middle of the parks swallow that we've been used to in the past,
29:02
uh you know, past decade. Uh, it's it's it's a shame.
29:04
But again, I think ultimately these clubs like that of that of that
29:11
statue, I think eventually just need that recalibration. Sometimes it takes a scare
29:17
of going down. Sometimes it takes physically going down to be uh, to
29:19
to kind of get that uh get getting to get the more to running again.
29:23
But we'll we'll see. I don't know, you know, they had
29:26
they had a terrible season, doing fired doing c uh. You know,
29:30
they just haven't been what we what we have seen in the past from SWOL.
29:36
So it's a shame. I don't know if Mimo Bardi still stays.
29:40
I know he was injured on and off this season, so it was a
29:41
bit of a tough one for for them, losing their one of the better
29:45
players throughout shretches of the of the season. But we'll see if he stays.
29:49
You know, there's a lot of there's a lot of pieces there that
29:52
can potentially be picked for for teams, so maybe looking for maybe if looking
29:56
for a bit of a discount on some quality where you know, I saw,
30:02
you know, if it's not a Bariadi, it's a you know,
30:03
it's Loriente. I think he's he's been he's been aligned a lot as well,
30:07
So we'll see. But it's a shame they officially go down with with
30:12
Sana and we're awaiting the last spot, which I think this weekend will well,
30:17
this season will sorry, this uh, this weekend will decide for what
30:22
what other team goes down. I think it's like I don't know if you
30:25
have the if you have the table in front of you, but I think
30:27
it's EMPOI Fiorentina. I think sorry in that mix because I know Verona with
30:37
the win today secured Kaaliity, huge story, Anieri does it again for Kality.
30:42
Just beautiful to see them stay up. What a story, what a
30:45
season for him and Kality. But I think it's those teams that are at
30:49
the bottom there that potentially have a chance of going down, which I don't
30:55
know. I'm gonna stick to my gut and sale. But it's gonna be
30:57
tough because I think plays Johnny's Roma on the last match days, so I
31:03
think they if if we have to kind of see who has the harder schedule
31:07
quote unquote, you know on paper, I think it's Empui, So we'll
31:11
see. But uh yeah, I like Saswall has been paring playing terrible football
31:15
all year, so we'll see this this. Uh so yeah, Frozen,
31:19
none plays you today's actually uh and please well yeah, so they're gonna do
31:25
it with Wiscotto. Roma is gonna be the employ fucking is gonna go down.
31:29
Thanks. I hate, I hate to say it, but yeah,
31:33
I don't know what. I don't know what the tiebreaker is between Frozen and
31:37
Empli, but this reminds me. I think it was twenty nineteen when Empley
31:41
was playing Inter in Melon and then Genuine Charros. I remember watching at home.
31:48
I think you were probably as I remember, uh, and then Fiorentino
31:53
was playing Genoa and they played to the discoto and then but then went empty.
31:59
Almost won they a post or something. If they would have scored,
32:01
one of Fiorentina or Genoa would have gone down. So I wouldn't be surprised
32:06
if that happens again. I don't know what the type breaker is between Furstay
32:09
known name Empley. But Jenny, I want to ask you a little little
32:15
trivia about these teams most as well. You know, talking about Bararti.
32:20
So eleven seasons now in City since they came up from City B. This
32:23
is a team that was playing in City at Chi in two thousand and seven,
32:28
two thousand and eight, so sixteen years ago, and they worked their
32:32
way up. But eleven seasons, how many of those seasons was a Bararti
32:38
the top scorer or at least joined top scorer for so solo for eleven,
32:46
I would say maybe four of them four, Adrian, do you have a
32:52
do you have I guess I'm gonna say, I mean they had some,
33:00
they had some, they had some attackers, but they better than I don't
33:05
know. I'm gonna say out of eleven, I'll say you said, I'll
33:08
say six, yeah, six six six yeah yeah. One season he was
33:15
joined top scorer with the frell and sansone uh, very high number of seven.
33:22
And that was the season in which they qualified for Europa League. Wow.
33:25
At least they had fourteen. You said fifteen sixteen, fIF finished sixth
33:30
and qualified for Europa League. Uh. The Farrell got the top score the
33:36
next season Public teno after and then it was Pararti Caputo parordimaka Pararti in more
33:40
recent years, and even if you look back to their last season in City
33:45
A B, that was a Bardi's first season with them and he actually was
33:50
joint top score then two with eleven. Uh So, it's pretty crazy this
33:53
guy's been He's he's a swallow all you know, to the blood. So
33:58
I don't know, it'll be interesting to see what happens. Johnny, Do
34:00
you do you see him going anywhere? Do you see any club that maybe
34:05
we'll we'll go after him, Brady, Uh, I mean yeah, I
34:09
definitely still got some service to him. Uh. He's he's a euro Cup
34:15
winner, like he's he's he's a great guy who can play in the like
34:19
as a as a supporting forward or as the right winger. Definitely feel like
34:22
as if he will find a team if like like no Accessil is confirmed to
34:28
go down like I highly doubt that he goes down with them, unless he
34:31
really is gonna die with the club, so to speak, Like not in
34:35
not in a bad sense, but you know what I mean, like he's
34:36
gonna be one of those guys they are gonna be like, you know what,
34:37
Okay, they went down to city, uh b helping it back up
34:40
to city. Ah, you know, like it's possible, Like, but
34:45
I wann't be surprised if a team comes knocking for his services. Not that
34:50
there's anything wrong with it, you know, like I think it, like
34:52
like okay, they're gonna definitely want to come by and use him to that
34:58
as a supporting striker, you know, like like not is there a top
35:01
score. He definitely does have a job, you know what I mean,
35:05
Like he's definitely gonna have a job at some point somewhere. Yeah, I
35:08
think, uh Bologna maybe, Yeah, I was just gonna say Bologna.
35:14
I feel like even just piece, he probably won't cost a lot. It's
35:19
not far from from so Soolo. Like, yeah, I don't I don't
35:24
see him going to like Juve or me or the Melon clubs or even I
35:28
think those those days that were over, Yeah that's gone. Unfortunately. You
35:31
know, maybe five years ago he could have made that move, but now
35:35
even listen, even moved to to Boling even maybe even not to Lanta playing
35:39
the Champions League. How does he know he's like, what twenty seven,
35:45
he's gonna be thirty in August, thirty in August. Yeah, yeah,
35:50
I know he's he's still hot something to give. I think this injury,
35:52
uh, this season, I think really dampered him this season. We'll see
35:58
how. I don't know if he's I don't know if he can him back,
36:00
but you know, we'll see how. You'll see how he comes back
36:04
after a full pre season and into the new season next year. But yeah,
36:08
man, I don't know if he didn't. They didn't. They didn't
36:13
want to get rid of him back when they could have made a lot of
36:15
money on him. We'll see now when the teams are gonna probably get him
36:19
for cheap. If if anything, we'll see I think, uh, I
36:22
agree with Johnny's still serviceable. I don't think he's over the hell yet.
36:28
He's getting there, but I don't think he's over the hell yet. We'll
36:30
see though, But if if nothing is enticing, I think he I think
36:36
he dies with us all personally. Yeah. By the way, with the
36:44
relegation battle emply uh so Frozen beat them to one back in November, and
36:51
then they tied zero a couple of weeks ago, so Froz does have that
36:55
advantage. So if Frozen gets one point, they secure their spot. That
37:00
doesn't secure a spot for obviously they tied one one yesterday Alice. So I
37:07
don't know what was the score in in in the in the first game.
37:12
If you guys can help me find that, find that that game, that
37:19
game, that game, the one one was crazy. I think both goals
37:21
happened in the ninety plus minutes if I'm not mistaken. So which again in
37:28
crunch time, it's been crazy. These are these results with these rellegation sides.
37:34
I don't know, Jenny, if you have a nick if you're having
37:36
in front of you there but for the first matchup, but which te typically
37:42
I believe when they first played. I can't find it. The first zero
37:46
zero, zero and then one one, So god knows what the tie breakers
37:53
are in case they tie on points goals for I don't know if it's uh,
37:59
I don't know, I looking it up right now. Whatever it is,
38:04
I mean, I think goes by head to head points at that point,
38:07
goal difference of head to head games which they would have tied goal difference
38:13
overall. Yeah, so that's a third tiebreaker. Yeah, and then after
38:16
that higher numbers of goals scored. But I'm also seeing I'm also seeing on
38:22
on Wikipedia that I think this was a new rule actually put in either this
38:27
season or last. If the last relegation team or first place team tie in
38:32
points, there's going to just be a playoff. Yeah. Oh, it
38:37
doesn't even get to doesn't even get to the third other tie breakers apparently.
38:43
So you know, there's a scenario in which uh Amply tize Roma and Udinese
38:47
loses to Frozen, they might have to do a playoff. So that's what
38:52
I'm saying. My bet is on a on a biscoto between Frozen and just
38:57
to avoid that playoff, and you know, you an easy taking their chances
39:00
that you know Amply won't beat Roma, but we'll see, Yeah, that
39:07
that'll be interesting. Yeah. I don't know if you guys, I know
39:12
your your team's obviously, Uhri Milan lost this weekend against Torino, Uhnopoly two
39:20
two against Fiorentina on Friday, Johnny, and then Romo beat Genua. I
39:23
don't know if you guys had any of thoughts on those games before we move
39:28
on. I mean just you know, phenomenal game by him. You know,
39:32
scored a wonder. It's like free kick goal like that was just beautiful.
39:37
There was two in that game that was crazy beat as well. It
39:38
was an incredible, incredible free kicks. It was. It was a game
39:43
of free kicks for that. So it's gonna give like if you have a
39:45
chance to look at the highlights, just people to look at that goal is
39:50
very nice. Uh, maybe appreciate about Scalia before he probably leaves the summer.
39:57
I mean it's it's it's not looking good and not but it's not good
40:01
looking good in terms of I think they keep them. I think they keep
40:04
them. I want them to. I'm not one of those people to get
40:06
them out. No, no, no, I hey keep them, you
40:07
can keep them. Stays awesome to stays, I'm gonna be happy. I'm
40:10
not gonna be one of those guys that are gonna, you know, like,
40:14
fuck this guy out of my club. I'm not one of those.
40:15
Like, at the end of the day, it's a sport, it's a
40:19
business. You know what. We'll see what he does in the Euro if
40:22
he I want to see what he does at the Euro If he sparks off
40:24
at the Euro I think that the guy transfer value goes off even more.
40:30
Yeah, it's another happens Rodriguez situation, you know, but maybe maybe.
40:34
But you know, like that guy basically carried Georgia to the to the Euro
40:37
Cups, to the he he like, I'm not saying he's the sole reason,
40:42
but he's like eighty percent the reason why they got there. So but
40:45
anyways, uh, like I wouldn't I wouldn't be mad if they left.
40:49
I wouldn't hate them. I wouldn't have any bad blood about them towards them
40:52
because it's you know, at the end of the day, Napoli was their
40:54
mid club. It wasn't there again, it was known like the Napoli was
40:58
in between club, you know, is their stepping stone. Look which you
41:00
got, you got, you got a championship out of them, which is
41:01
great. As long as they don't leave for you, I'll be happy.
41:05
That's all I care about. Just don't leave for a rival team. And
41:09
then one zero, I just want to I mean, it's against Genua,
41:14
I mean it's not it's not a very like crazy win, but it's it's
41:19
the most remot win possible. Obviously, because it's like, what the hell,
41:22
like, why can't they get this? Why can't they get the w?
41:24
And then okay, luka, who actually gets that goal in the last
41:28
minute, the last minute, but you know, towards the end of the
41:30
game. Yeah, so it's it's which was very big because they're still technically
41:36
in it for for that last Champions League spot, but at that just needs
41:42
to get it's over. No, it's still no yea qualify, It's not.
41:49
It's not. It's not not according to this not according to this source
41:52
over here on Sofa score. They lose your trust me, bro, Yeah,
41:59
flash, are the guy at the bar has a tiebreaker in the season?
42:04
Yeah, I know they have. They already posted about it. It's
42:06
already posted, Jenny, Johnny's posted it's over. I wanted to get your
42:12
thoughts on that. Though Johnny is looking at us. I'm just counting.
42:16
You go to count. No, I'm actually looking at the screen counting mathematically.
42:20
We we broke it to him, Yeah, mathematically. It's why hasn't
42:24
it been updated yet? Why is it not? Mark? Because it's because
42:31
I will show you the screen, Like I'm going to send a screen to
42:35
the group chat right now, send it sending it right now, but now
42:39
I'm counting in mathematically, going going, going at the socials and you'll see
42:45
that they posted it's over okay, and they were very happy. I mean,
42:51
you could break to them that you know they're not playing Champions next year,
42:54
it's okay. I mean, hey, no, I wanted to I
42:58
want to forget you. Forget the mixed off guys listeners, forget this mix
43:01
up the chat. You'll see what I mean that it's not marked that they
43:05
can not believe you. I believe you, but you know, I don't
43:08
know why anyways, whatever, uh whatever, it's Europa League. Don't really
43:14
have much thoughts about it, Okay, cool? Do you are you?
43:16
Are you? What I wanted to ask was to you for that is because
43:22
you know they're all see high and the and you know, the takeover was
43:25
I think still has been successful regardless of you know, where they're going to
43:29
finish. Is it Is it a bit of a shame that they weren't able
43:32
to capitalize and get into that fifth Champions League spot for you, Johnny?
43:36
Or or is is it kind of just what was expected, you know,
43:40
because the competition being so high in those spots, it's just a shame for
43:45
me. The only thing I would say is a bit of a shame is
43:46
that the first year that there's five spots roma not being able to get it,
43:51
I think, is it is tough, but you know, if this
43:54
is here to stay, which I believe it is, I think they have
43:58
obviously every every shot to to do it next year. But is it put
44:00
a bit of a damper on things for for for Roman in terms of not
44:04
getting Champions League with all the with all the good that came with the Yeah,
44:08
it does put a bit of damper into things, but it's not the
44:10
end of the world. Like I feel like as if you know, like
44:15
you're probably looking at okay, let's like let's take plans for next year and
44:19
stuff, and I think they're just looking towards that, honestly speaking. Like,
44:22
it does suck that the first year that you have five spots you don't
44:24
make it, But there's worse things in life, in my opinion, And
44:29
I think I think also Derossi getting a full preseason, getting hopefully maybe some
44:35
players that he wants in the Mercato potentially maybe some sales I don't know,
44:38
and start fresh and the whole brand new season for Dedosia. I think paves
44:44
the way for for hopefully you know, better things, or just not better
44:46
things, but just you know, maybe maybe getting that Champions League that they've
44:52
been they've been chasing for a little bit now. So I think it's I
44:55
think it's even though it's a bit of a damper, I think I agree
44:59
with you, Jenny. I think it's it's. Uh, they're set up
45:01
hopefully in the right way to for next year to make a run, a
45:06
serious run for for for Champions League. Yeah. Uh for me one,
45:13
I mean I think we've talked about it. Sorry did you talk about me?
45:20
I was just gonna say, like, the last time Romos in Champions
45:22
League was eighteen nineteen, right when they lost the portal a little bit.
45:27
Uh, yeah, it's already been that long. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
45:31
yeah, it's been a few years. No, it's but again,
45:36
listen, the projects have coming on, you know, the more new era
45:38
now that I'll see, we'll see. I don't think they're in bad shape.
45:42
I think they need some pieces and I think this project needs to needs
45:46
to advance. They need I think a proper sporting director, and I think
45:51
things can can maybely uh you know, get on track for Roma, but
45:54
and even just both the Roman teams. Obviously Wats as well. But uh
45:59
yeah, we'll see. But in terms of Melon, yeah, the game
46:01
this past weekend, not really much, really much to say. I mean
46:07
it's it's it's been known that, you know, Melon just wants this season
46:10
to end. I've been saying it pretty much every week we've spoken about Melon,
46:15
I've been saying the same thing. So it sound like a broken record,
46:17
but it just is what it is. Three to one. Credit to
46:21
Torino getting the job done home their final home game. You know, they
46:27
were the better team, I think Melon, you know, not that they
46:30
didn't come out to play. I think they were just defensively, they've just
46:34
been lackluster, you know, weaking way too many goals this season compared to
46:38
you know, even last season or you know the school that two years as
46:40
well. I mean they were they had a rock solid defense, and this
46:44
season they've been leaking all kinds of goals from all ranges, different different ways.
46:49
So granted they haven't always been healthy, but again, uh it's it's
46:54
just something that is not it's not a typical Mealan fashion. So it's a
47:00
shame you know, end off the season this weekend Againstana, it's gonna be
47:07
uh, you know, a potential farewell to to It's gonna be a definite
47:12
farewell unfortunately for for our guy, which I hope he gets what he deserves
47:19
in terms of of a farewell. I think he's in these three seasons on
47:22
me on he's he's done more than we can ask for, more than we
47:27
could have anticipated. Broke the number nine curse at the striker position for for
47:32
Milan. Finally it took. It took uh, it took an uh,
47:39
you know, an aging uh to break that. And it's been amazing.
47:45
It's been an amazing ride. He's he's brought us some big, big goals,
47:51
helped us in the scudetto winning season, you know, in the Champions
47:57
League pushes. He's he's been there, he's been reliable, he's been I
48:00
think he scored every season at Melan, his three years at Melan, he
48:02
scored over ten goals and said, yeah, he's been in double digits every
48:07
every year, like I said, So it's it's it's bittersweet, it's it's
48:14
it's a farewell that you know, we don't we didn't want to have I
48:15
think it was time. Though unfortunately in terms of you know, him turning
48:22
thirty eight soon. You know, we're not sure how things are going to
48:27
pan out for for me on next season, coaching wise and and maybe some
48:30
player wise. But I just hope he gets you know, the fans come
48:35
together, the corteval comes together, and and send them off in the right
48:37
way. We might be able to see him maybe a bit more in MS
48:43
since he's joining l A f C. I don't know if whenever, if
48:45
if ever he comes to Montreal, but no, for jud we thank him
48:51
obviously for for everything he's done. Uh, it's it's it's been an incredible
48:53
ride. And I think you know, he uh he really was dedicated and
48:59
and really uh you know, really took on what it meant to wear the
49:04
Mewan shirt and what it meant to play for me on and we can be
49:08
forever grateful for that. So well, I just hope that, you know,
49:12
the last game of the season is a good one in terms of just
49:15
end season, even though the season has been up and down, just ended
49:17
on a on a high note and on a good note, and uh,
49:21
we'll go from there. I think, like the Juves and you know,
49:24
Napuiz and other other teams, uh that are kind of just waiting for the
49:29
season to end and really start freshing the summer. I think, like I've
49:30
said, is in that is in that group of teams who comes in we'll
49:36
see some of these rumors. I I still sketched my head at And what
49:40
I sketched my head out even more is that this fucking management doesn't know,
49:45
you know, their ass from their elbow. They don't know what's going on
49:47
in terms of who they want to bring in. I hope there's just some
49:50
sort of clarity up there and uh, you know, they do what's best
49:53
for you know, for this group of players, for this for the for
49:57
the club overall. And I hope we bring a manager in that uh that
50:01
can hopefully take this team to the next level, which we've been searching for
50:06
post Gudeto. So yeah, that's pretty much what I have to say.
50:10
But uh yeah, we'll see, we'll see if uh you know, just
50:15
like I said, everything ends ends on a on a positive rather rather than
50:20
a negative. Uh. Moving away from City Ivisa in Italy Europa League Final.
50:27
I know we talked about it last week with Dan, but I want
50:29
to get your thoughts on Tanto Bayer lever Cuson almost could have been you know,
50:34
all Italian final, but uh uh never losing, came back right at
50:37
the end against Roma. So you know they play each other this Wednesday.
50:42
I believe it's in Dublin. Uh Any any last thoughts on on that game,
50:46
guys? Any predictions Johnny, Yeah, it's it's Lever cousin. It's
50:59
just you know, they're just and the team that's possessed this year. They're
51:01
just destiny. That's that's the best way I can put it, or the
51:06
team of destiny. So you know, hard to go against them right now,
51:12
but for the sake of Italian soccer, you want you don't want them
51:15
to win, it says, which is what I'm trying to say. But
51:19
whatever, I'm just a casual according to some so no, listen, it's
51:25
it's it's hard not to state the obvious in this matchup. It's Navid versus
51:30
go who spoken with it dying last week? You know it's but hey,
51:36
you know, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. So let's
51:38
let's hope fort wanta to really put it all out there. I think,
51:44
you know, it's it's gonna be a shame that a staple of this Atalanta
51:47
team in these past years, Martin Darun unfortunately will not be able to play
51:52
in the match after picking up his injury in the COPE Italia finals. So
51:55
it's a shame. That's a that's it's a big loss for them. He's
51:59
such as people not only in these past teams, but just in this specific
52:02
season as well, uh captain when when toys not on the pitch. So
52:08
for them, it's a it's it's a big loss. But I think hopefully
52:10
they can rally around that and maybe do it for for the room. I
52:14
think he uh him alongside you know Walmer Hayen got pretty and me and and
52:21
and not Toalanta deserve it, but deserves it, like we said last week.
52:23
So I think literally I thought that has nothing to lose, you know,
52:29
really they weren't expected to be there. They're playing, like Johny said,
52:32
the team of destiny this year in uh virol lever clus in Uh what
52:37
is it fifty games on beating now fifty one. I don't even know what
52:40
it is at now, but they have to lose eventually. Maybe it's it's
52:45
Wednesday and in the final to Atlanta, I'm gonna say, I'm gonna I'm
52:51
gonna go with not to want to win, and uh I'm not gonna bet
52:53
on it though, because that's a fucking crazy bet. But hey, if
52:57
you're risky. Uh you know, Christian Bilini, I know like's the likes
53:00
to dabbling that. So Christian, if you're listening, maybe put some money
53:05
there. But yeah, I know I'm gonna go at Atlanta, but uh,
53:10
it's it's gonna be extremely tough against this Jabi Alonso bier Leverkus and there's
53:16
not much more we can say about it. It is where it is that
53:19
the hardest team in Europe in the world currently at the club level. So
53:25
they just have to go there with no fear. I think they're their top
53:28
players need to step up. They'll have a lot of their top players,
53:30
you know, barring like I said, the Ruin but and probably I think
53:34
some others. But well we'll see, but we're hopeful. So yeah,
53:39
said for South Anta, Uh yeah, you know, it's gonna be tough.
53:44
But you know his fair friend Dan, I hope that Slanta wins.
53:49
I see you. Yeah, he's one of the best guys that we've ever
53:52
had on the podcast, So you know, I'm hoping for him to be
53:54
happy. Last week, it's i think six three years six one year since
54:00
that Talanta's last one trophy, so in that sense for that, but Byron
54:05
is they're so strong. You know. The thing is, like you said,
54:07
they have to lose eventually. Can it be today Wednesday? Maybe?
54:13
Maybe? But if there's one team to do it, it is Atalanta.
54:17
You know, always an underdog, uh, you know, always a bridesman,
54:21
never never, never the bride in their situation. They just lost the
54:24
copy Italian final. They know, you know what it's like to lose in
54:29
that final. Maybe that's gonna give them some extra motivation. It's time to
54:32
get married. It's time to get married. Maybe to get married. Exactly.
54:37
It's wedding season, so yeah, exactly, the exactly exactly, get
54:42
the get the bushes ready, there you go the chicken. If the chicken's
54:46
a bit dry, you can take us. Uh. Do you guys know
54:52
when the last time an Italian team won the Europa League slash uf A Cup
54:58
Probably yeah, nine, nineteen nine. That's that was a team. That
55:04
was a team. And they're coming back up by the way, yeah exactly.
55:07
Yeah, that was a team. Yeah. So it was uh ninety
55:13
eight inter one against Latio and then ninety nine Partment one against Marseille. These
55:17
as Jenny's always said, these were the goalry days of the City or show
55:23
Man the late nineties, late nineties, early two thousand. Yeah, there
55:28
you go. Last thing I want to talk about conference final, conference league
55:32
final. Maybe maybe we can talk about that next week, because that that's
55:37
next week the game Quarantina, and I guess Jesus wan gonna driving. Yeah.
55:45
I was gonna say west Ham, but it was that was last year,
55:49
not Jesus. Oh. So yeah, that's gonna be tough for Fuerentina.
55:54
But you know there's another team that you know, they haven't won,
55:58
uh, they haven't won a try offen a long time. But we'll see.
56:01
Yeah, yeah, we'll talk about basically playing a road game. I
56:07
don't know if I guess Olympic Olympia is from Athens. I don't know too
56:10
much about you know, Greek football. Sorry you an he's whoever's listening fast
56:17
right now. Fucking yeah. I was gonna say he's gonna sae these Italians
56:27
Italians ah man, uh yeah, I just looked it up. So the
56:36
stadium, so they are playing in Athens, but where Olympiacos plays. It's
56:44
yeah, there are another Athens team. There's it's just not the same stadium.
56:47
They're not playing in their home stadium. But it's just it's in the
56:52
same region. You know. That's it. The finals in the stadium of
56:59
uh pok or No Athens FC, ak Athens FC. That's oh yeah,
57:07
yeah, man, it's a it's a it's a new stadium built in twenty
57:08
twenty open in twenty twenty two, which is so you know, it was
57:13
just cool. So they get to hoste Europa League final. Yeah. One
57:17
thing, one last thing I did want to bring up. You know,
57:21
me and Adri we had the chance to go to ccsing. I'll send me
57:25
protein. Wait before we say that, before we see that. We just
57:29
give our We don't want to give our flowers, but we're gonna give it
57:31
because you know, we're the culture guys. In their congratulations Yeah, yeah,
57:36
for the twentieth celebrations, they were nice. Okay, we get it.
57:42
You're trying to No, I'm just joking. It's all love for friends.
57:46
We have to we have to put it in We have to put it
57:49
in the show because uh, you know, they were officially crown champions.
57:52
They lifted the trophy, they got the medals, they did all that,
57:55
all the celebrations. I saw the pictures and Sancio when when the t folds
58:00
are all done right, I mean it just it is beautiful. It's it's
58:04
the wrong colors, but it still was beautiful. I know our boy Ernando
58:09
was was at the game, uh for for that one loatso or inter lotso.
58:15
I saw Mimo was at the game as well. So shout out to
58:17
everybody that was there who got to enjoy the moment as an intravirista. And
58:22
uh yeah hopefully we uh these other Milan and Jove and not pu Roma can
58:28
hopefully take them down next year. But congratuations to to in there to our
58:31
introduced friends for school at to number twenty. Yeah maybe you know, maybe
58:37
next week we'll get an inter fan on to uh you know, recap this
58:39
whole school ads of season and look forward to Euro twenty twenty A couple twenty
58:44
twenty four stuck stuck in time, guys, a couple of weeks away from
58:47
kickoff in that tournament, but uh, bringing a bit more local. Like
58:52
I said, you know you Jana and I had the pleasure of going to
58:54
SECS on clode or Bruh against Toronto. I see the Canadian Championship quarter finals.
59:01
If anyone's listening, they missed it. We had Rocco Pachantino on a
59:05
couple of weeks ago, uh sporting director of C Saint Laurent, talked about
59:08
this game. It was a big moment for them. You know, this
59:12
is a fairly new club. I think it was either twenty twenty one or
59:15
twenty twenty two they were founded, and you know they beat halfax CPL team.
59:20
This is you know, there were semi pro team. That's basically,
59:22
you know the equivalent of third third division in Canadian football. But like you
59:30
know, if you're gonna be a semi pro city d D, yeah,
59:35
because that that's not fully professional like city at Chiat. Yeah. So you
59:39
know the fact that they took on Toronto seah Obviously, you know TFC wasn't
59:44
there their full you know, strongest eleven. But hey, first half C.
59:49
S Laurent held their ground and you know it was your typical game where
59:53
a smaller club was playing a bigger club and you know C s Laurent was
59:58
getting the chances, but they couldn't Appolies coming back the other way. Toronto
1:00:01
just capitalized on every chance they had. You know what, turn it around.
1:00:06
There was a questionable no call on a handball in the box against TFC.
1:00:10
Comes back the other way, they score right away it. You know,
1:00:15
you look at the replay, did touch the defender's hand, There's no
1:00:16
question about it. You know, sure deflected here and there. But I
1:00:20
think in a game if if there was bar I think this would have been
1:00:23
called back and give it up penalty as for say wrong And I feel like
1:00:27
after that, you know they were deflated. But hey, for for a
1:00:30
team that these guys is not their full time job where they're their students,
1:00:36
they are, you know, they have jobs and to go up against the
1:00:38
club like that, and you know at the end it was three nothing,
1:00:43
Bernard Esqui's scored on a free kick and you know they're going to go back
1:00:45
to to BML Field, I think, uh yeah, you know, hey
1:00:52
give them the flowers. But I just want to shout out all the fans
1:00:54
support so on Clode or b are amazing. Johnny, you would have absolutely
1:01:00
loved it. The Ultros were amazing. There was flares, there was smoke,
1:01:05
there was chanting all game. Uh. They actually have their own supporter
1:01:09
group, uh called like Commando twenty three or Commando Orange, Commando Orrige twenty
1:01:15
three. So shut out to them. Yeah, just a fantastic experience.
1:01:22
There's been rumors this week that you know, there's possibility that they could go
1:01:25
into the CPL, which is, you know, a second division of pro
1:01:29
soccer here in Canada. Uh, they you know, even see a similar
1:01:31
put out a statement saying, look, you know, nothing's confirmed that.
1:01:35
We just want to make sure we have the right you know, management,
1:01:38
right team before going up. So we'll see, we'll see if there's a
1:01:40
possibility of this team becoming a CPL team in the future. But yeah,
1:01:45
like like I said, just shut out everyone involved, all the hard work
1:01:49
put into this club, all the volunteers at the game. It was just
1:01:52
an amazing experience, just a real just different. You know, obviously going
1:01:57
to stats Buoto, seeing Montreal, I go to Italy at a chance to
1:02:00
see a game, those are fun, fun being nice, like in a
1:02:04
nice, proper stadium, but to go in this old school stadium and and
1:02:07
just cheer and have fun. It was honestly one of my favorite like experiences
1:02:13
ever watching the game. Yeah, no, it's guys, it was.
1:02:15
It was incredible. It was it was history. You know, we we
1:02:21
win this history. You know, I think it was you know, I
1:02:23
think over sixty five hundred people in attendance for this match. I mean the
1:02:30
clubs, yes on, you know, everybody involved did it right. Uh,
1:02:35
you know, the tickets that were sold, you know, just the
1:02:37
attendants that they that they were anticipating that they ended up receiving, the coverage.
1:02:43
I mean just everything. You know, we we we thank and you
1:02:46
know, are eternally grateful to to Rocco Pagentino for for coming on. Uh
1:02:52
you know we got to see him that day as well, and uh,
1:02:54
you know, just so hospitable to us and and to everybody I think,
1:02:59
uh that was there. It was just it was incredible. It was incredible
1:03:01
moments. It's unfortunate because I think, you know, on the pitch,
1:03:07
I think it could have been a different result. You know, the three
1:03:09
nothing it's it says, you know, it says that they got dominated,
1:03:13
but you know, at halftime it was nil nil. I think up until
1:03:16
the fiftieth or fifty fifth minute, it was. It was still nil nil
1:03:21
until TFC kind of opened the bit of the flag gates there. But you
1:03:23
know, like Nix said that, you know, a call goes a different
1:03:27
way, maybe that you know, the momentum switches. Maybe it's a different
1:03:29
game and we're talking about a different you know result, and you know,
1:03:32
different you know, expectations and and and things go forward to for for tomorrow's
1:03:38
match in your way leg for for Saint Laura at the BMO Field in Toronto.
1:03:44
So just incredible, like Nick said, just shout out to everybody involved
1:03:49
at the at the clubs. Yes, we were, you know, super
1:03:52
happy to be there in the in the in the wind, in the rain,
1:03:58
in the bit of the cold. Uh uh. But I don't know,
1:04:00
I felt like I was in Italy with the racetrack around around around the
1:04:04
stadium. But no joking aside, I think it was It was cool man,
1:04:10
honestly, you know, these guys pointing against you know, professionals,
1:04:15
uh, you know, for twenty dollars you got to see Bernardeski, you
1:04:18
know, you know, make a full of make a full of the team.
1:04:23
But hey, you know what he came on. We didn't know if
1:04:26
he was going to come on. We didn't know if some of the bigger
1:04:28
players were gonna come on. You know, Asario started, we saw Bernardeski
1:04:31
later. It just it's history. I think, you know, if the
1:04:35
CPL is smart, you know they you know they grant CSM around that that
1:04:42
spot in CPL as another as another team because I think, uh, not
1:04:46
only from this, but just the build up towards this, I think uh
1:04:51
for them has been huge. You know, they have some they have some
1:04:55
talented players on that on that on that team that we were able to see,
1:04:58
uh, to see live. So just a great moment. Again,
1:05:01
shout out all the love to to CSLRA. We're definitely behind uh, We're
1:05:05
definitely going to be behind them. But yeah, the atmosphere was was was
1:05:11
incredible. On what day of the week was it on a Wednesday night?
1:05:15
It was a Wednesday night, Montreal, Wednesday night, not the best of
1:05:19
weather conditions. Almost seven thousand people uh in attendance at quote road yard.
1:05:26
It just it shows that there's that there's a potential uh for this game,
1:05:31
in this in this province, in this country. So we were proud and
1:05:35
happy to be you know part of that history. Uh there as fans and
1:05:40
spectators getting to like we said interview Rocko Pacentino, uh, sporting directors CSR,
1:05:45
and just that connection there. It's it's it's it's huge for for for
1:05:50
for US and for for Canadian and Quebec Quebec soccer. So we're hopeful for
1:05:57
what they can potentially do tomorrow at BMO Field. But nevertheless, I think
1:06:02
heads held up high for this team. They did a lot. So yeah,
1:06:08
just a big shout out and like I said, all love to CSRO
1:06:15
anything to add Jenny, I know you weren't there, but fortunately game,
1:06:19
because my god, where did I have Wednesday night? I've been losing shock.
1:06:24
I've been having so many events at different nights and different things. It's
1:06:28
all blur now. But I wish I could have been there. It looked
1:06:31
like it was one hell of a time. No, I was, Yeah,
1:06:34
it was. It was really it was really cool. Like I mean,
1:06:38
you didn't I didn't really. I don't know if we really knew what
1:06:40
to expect. I think speaking to Roco prior, you know, we knew
1:06:43
there was tickets being sold and a good amount of people going to be there.
1:06:45
But once the final numbers came in, I think it was over sixty
1:06:49
five hundred, you know spectators. Like I said, so twenty dollars a
1:06:54
pop. I mean, you know they did well. So I mean we're
1:06:57
happy for them, and you know we maybe to see a bit more of
1:07:00
this, you know going forward. You know, you know, if it
1:07:04
be the Canadian Championship, if if it if it be potentially in the CPL.
1:07:11
We don't know if that does happen, you know, we'll definitely be
1:07:14
talking about it on this on the podcast again bringing it, uh, you
1:07:17
know, up up on our show, So Rock if you're listening, be
1:07:23
prepared for another another callback on the show there. But yeah, no,
1:07:28
just incredible like we said, and you know like Forts Atlanta for for Europa
1:07:33
League Sports of Fiorentina and the conference leg final Forts to say, cl uh
1:07:39
for the future. Yeah if if CS laurent makes CPL and you know there
1:07:45
they have a team store and everything, first in line, first in line
1:07:47
to get the scar for the team jersey. They have nice case though,
1:07:51
oh yeah, very nice. It's nice pre game and the jackets I think
1:07:56
it's under armor. I from speaking there the sponsorship with so yeah, you
1:08:00
know just just you know cool man local always support local. Uh, it's
1:08:05
it goes a long way. And uh yeah, community, the cultural community,
1:08:10
not only in terms of Italian cultural, but you know local cultural I
1:08:14
think is is huge as well, just other other clubs supporting cs LRON like
1:08:20
you know, like Rocko was saying, and I know I heard it from
1:08:24
other people as well. You know, if it'd be RDP, if it
1:08:26
be if it be whoever else, it's uh, it's it's cool to see
1:08:31
the community coming together locally. So yeah, you know, everybody in attendants
1:08:36
gotta gotta gott a towel as well. I mean, they did it right,
1:08:42
you know, so we'll see. I don't know if they can play
1:08:45
all the games that cool roadbyard. I don't know if maybe they need better.
1:08:47
I don't know if they're gonna need better you know, uh you know,
1:08:50
uh you know, places to play and all that. But I think
1:08:55
once all that gets taken care of, and like I said, I CPL
1:08:58
is smart. The they'll give CSN we're all call that's it, and you
1:09:03
know that'll do it for us culture guys. Another good week, guys.
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