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ITALY MAKES HISTORY 🇮🇹 2-1 WIN v NORWAY | UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2025 | Quarter-final Recap | EPISODE 150! · Into the Channel ⚽️ A Podcast Primarily About Women's Football

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  OK. Welcome to you Into the Channel
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  podcast premiere about women's football.
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  I'm your host, Dino de Suspicious.
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  And as always, I'm joined by my coast Mr. Grant Angle.
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  What's up, man? No, sad.
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  OK, so we don't need a sad. OK.
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  Let's just we're just going to go ahead and get right down to
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  business right away. Cheers.
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  Go ahead and crack it. Episode 150, by the way, cheers
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  to us. Cheers to us.
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  Cheers to everybody for rocking with us this long, Yeah?
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  Getting it done when other football teams aren't.
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  That's right. But you know you win.
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  Well, who said that? You win some, you lose some.
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  What can you do? Yep, so they say.
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  So they say. Well, Mr. Grant Eagle, just one
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  football match today. Well, there was a couple others
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  I think going on around the world.
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  But for the purposes of our EUR coverage, just one match on the
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  docket, Mr. Grant and go, where do I get started?
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  Let's get started with Norway. One should have been more Italy
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  2. Tough result.
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  So obviously we both picked Norway to win.
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  I think the first negative bellwether for your boy was I,
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  I, I don't know that you watch this because I know that you're
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  watching after the fact that a busy day.
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  But I caught a little bit of the pregame on Fox here in the US,
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  and turns out everybody in the studio picked Italy except for
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  Alexi Lawless. That was our, that was our first
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  that. Was the 1st.
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  Yeah, it wasn't quite, you know, like the the knockout body blow,
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  but it was a Stinger. It was a Stinger right to the
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  liver. It kind of it kind of folded me
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  over a bit and I had to catch my breath.
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  The second big one girl writing starting left back in the
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  knockout stage of the EUR. I mean, that wouldn't that one
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  was a shocker. I mean, I I actually missed the
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  starting line up announcement. So I'm watching the the match
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  and I'm like, OK, all right, well, madam's in there, OK,
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  Hagerberg's in there. And then I'm like, Wrighton's in
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  there. And then it took me a second to
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  be like, wait, what the fuck? What the fuck is this?
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  What did you think when you saw the line up they sent out there?
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  Directly from my notes. Hate this line up.
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  End Quote. And you know me, the guy who
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  likes to put players in different positions based on
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  their skill set, I just like she's not a left back.
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  She doesn't really fit there. She doesn't strike me as any
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  kind of she's not a terrible defensive player for Chelsea,
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  but that's not what she does really.
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  That's not even really kind of like the secondary part of her
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  game for Chelsea. So I've been citing these a
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  little more often recently. I feel like you and I have kind
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  of cited them a couple times. I think it's because we trust
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  the people who work at this website.
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  But you know, I also don't hold a ton of stock in like player
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  ratings. But she had the lowest rating
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  for any starting player on Norway.
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  On Fat Mob. She had a 6.1.
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  You know, we might as well just talk about it now.
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  Everybody knows the result. She's not marking anybody on the
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  Jarelli winner. She's just kind of like in the
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  middle of the six and Jarelli is is like a couple feet behind her
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  just wide open. It's just like when it happened
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  and I'm sitting there watching the replay pretty much in
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  complete silence for about 30 seconds.
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  I then say, yeah, she's not marking anybody because she's
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  not a left back. Like I, I know like any, any
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  player can get lost in that situation or whatever.
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  But like, those aren't her instincts.
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  I mean, tell me if I'm overreacting yet.
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  No, I was re watching actually the first goal, the cantore kind
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  of like cross shot that's like maybe might have snuck in, might
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  not have snuck in, who knows. But Jarelli gets to touch on
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  that one. But on that one as well, like
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  righton is trying to guard cantore and can can't do
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  anything but back up and give her four or five feet of space
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  because she's just I mean, this is a player that gets plucked
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  from Syria to come play for the Washington spirit in cantore. 25
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  year old absolute prime right winger just wrecking the game,
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  you know, and has had a big tournament so far and now it's
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  girl right in that left back then you're trying to stop that
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  with with not a but not a ton of help behind right.
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  And so I don't I mean no in in no way, shape or form I blame in
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  girl right in here, but it was just a little bit doomed to
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  begin with. Yeah, totally agree.
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  And I mean, you know, depending on like what order you want to
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  talk about things here. I mean, if you just kind of look
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  at that first half, you know, shout out to a lot of our pals
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  who who were telling us, you know, our Norwegian pals who
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  were telling us maybe Engen is not, you know, the the best
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  player to play in this in this kind of line up in this
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  situation. It's not because she's not a
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  good player. It's not because she's not an
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  excellent player. It's just she hasn't really fit.
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  She played much better in the second-half than she did in the
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  first half. But in that first half they
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  couldn't get anything going and I just wrote in my notes in like
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  3 or 4 different ways. I'm like looking at my game
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  notes right now. Let's run the play where CGH
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  gets the ball is that play, Do we have that?
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  Can we cook that play up? I I think it was like the 9th
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  minute. I really like the play where CGH
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  beats 4 defenders all by herself.
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  But you can't rely on that. You you have to be able to get
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  her the ball in more advanced positions.
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  But it felt like on that play where CGH just beats everybody
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  down the right flank, it was it was just almost out of pure
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  desperation like 9 minutes in. I, I mean, CGHS is a, is an
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  important one to bring up because you know, a player like
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  that, you know, you had, you had talked about her as I think top
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  three or top four players singular in the world.
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  A player like that at, you know, at, at her age, I feel like just
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  has to be able to create more and it can't be they didn't get
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  me the ball. You know, like you look at CGH,
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  one shot on the day, not on target, 2 touches in the
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  opposition box. You know, you look at the same
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  position on the other side, Barbara Bonancia, who's a player
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  that's even more advanced age, plays in a, you know, like 3-3
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  touches in the opposition box and was involved in a bunch of
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  stuff. You know, just like, I think
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  their attack's so much more imaginative.
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  I mean, like they did the simple thing of just running, you know,
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  OK, somebody has the ball and worried in advance area.
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  How about everybody just run in a direction that puts a bunch of
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  pressure on the defense as opposed to just stand around.
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  And I think they they caught Norway off guard a bunch of
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  times just kind of playing that kind of ball being very
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  opportunistic. Doors open, let's try to grab
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  something and let's let's run. Like I would love to see the
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  running stats because it it just looked like they ran circles
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  around Norway's defense. Certainly, and I'm yeah, you,
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  you team me up right for the point.
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  I appreciate it. The defense, it's just too easy
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  to unlock Norway's defense. There were chances early threw
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  balls early, right through the back four.
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  And you know what? I I've obviously been optimistic
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  about Norway. I've talked about how they have
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  a lot of great players. I've also said that the, the
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  best defense is a good offense. And I, and I want Norway to
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  score, you know, in spite of that defense.
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  But it it starts with the defense has a hard time getting
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  the ball, controlling it, having so having enough poise to get
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  it, get the attack started. And look, Mielda had the nice
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  pass up top of for the assist to Hegelberg.
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  And I thought they had Bielda. I thought she played OK.
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  Like she was a little inconsistent.
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  She had a couple of spots where she was able to get forward and
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  put some crosses in that were fine.
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  But I mean, really job number one for Norway, you know,
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  Bielda, Mielda, Griselda, The Legend of Zelda, you, you got,
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  you got to develop a, a better back line like you.
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  And obviously Meelda, I think what she's like 35 or something.
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  Play for Everton again, a good, a fine player, but you just have
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  to get a more reliable back for it.
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  And you know our our pal Martin Ostenstadt from Braun.
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  But you know, I don't think she got much burn at all in this
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  tournament. Apparently Gemma Granger didn't
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  trust her to be out there, but they got to figure something
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  out. They got to you know what they
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  they brought on Voltvic later in the match from Rosengaard.
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  I mean, I thought she played, you know, she was fine against
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  Iceland. I just the back 4:00 is way too
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  easy to be. I, you know, I agree with you,
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  but I don't think it's a back four problem.
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  I think it's like a defensive culture problem because you look
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  at Italy and it's not just, oh, they're back 3 was better than
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  Norway's back 4. Like you just look at
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  everywhere. You know, De Guli Elmo, you
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  know, Giuliano in the middle of the field, Elena Lenari was
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  fucking boss like and like even Jarelli, like, you know, the the
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  play that really blew my mind. Jarelli obviously scores the
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  winner 90th minute. I went back and tabulated it.
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  Remember, she takes that nasty fall like in the 88th minute
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  where she's up in the air, gets kind of upended and lands right
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  on her tailbone. You know, and this is a player a
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  little bit at an advanced age. You know, I'm just telling you
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  right now, if you ever see me fall on my tailbone like that,
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  it's straight to urgent care. Just we drop what we're doing,
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  close the laptops, you shove me the car and we go straight to
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  urgent care. And then you call my office and
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  you tell let them know that I'll be back in a couple weeks
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  because that was a nasty spill. Girelli, though, 100 seconds
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  later, notches the winner. Like, and that's not just, oh,
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  they're back four. That's a tough ass team.
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  Like, that's a team that's defending at every spot on the
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  field. Everybody understands I have to
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  also defend. I have to win the ball back.
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  That's our only way to stay alive in this tournament.
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  And they played like that, like even that with that one nil
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  lead, they were fucking scrambling like they don't they
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  had that almost goal like seconds later when cantore like,
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  you know, not just sit in after full scramble mode.
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  And that it's called for the offsides.
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  Like they were extremely hungry. So I think for Norway, yeah, you
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  need better defenders, but you also need a culture that sort of
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  sets a tone like we have to go out there and we have to be just
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  absolute dogs defensively. And I think that was just non
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  existent today. Yeah, and I think it's fair for
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  the people who are coming, you know, my little mini victory lap
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  after Iceland and, you know, really every match in the group
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  stage, people, you know, our friends in the chat telling me
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  defense don't look so good, which was always, always a fair
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  comment. And I think I think you're I
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  think you're right. Like the defensive culture not
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  up to snuff for Norway. I do think they could use some
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  better defensive players, but I think it has to start with you
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  can actually kind of lift lesser defensive talent with that kind
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  of defensive culture and mindset that you're talking about.
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  So I totally see what you're talking about there.
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  Can can we talk about the ADA Hagenberg game?
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  The game she had. I'm, I'm definitely down before
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  before I forget, though, you called out Tuva Hanson on on the
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  last episode. And I thought Hanson was really
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  good. Speaking of defenders, you know,
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  I think it was like in into the 70s or the 80s before I heard
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  the first Hanson in relation to Tuva.
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  So I, I thought she was good. I think I thought she was solid.
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  So, yeah, let's get into it. I, I wrote in my notes.
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  Was this just a tale of two strikers?
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  It's. A.
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  It's a. It's a fair question to ask.
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  I got a shout out our our pal Bard 6184, long time friend of
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  the program who I credited last time, who I was like, OK, yeah,
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  I think you play Elizabeth Turland at the number 9.
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  And I think that was right. I know, I know Hegeberg got the
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  goal, but she just had so many moments in this match where she
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  was kind of like slowing down the attacking momentum.
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  There was one especially late where, you know, in one of the
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  the right and bright spots, she just starts charging up the left
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  hand side and you could feel the attack moving.
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  It was in, I think it was somewhere in that between 70 and
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  80 where Norway had like full momentum and full control of the
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  match for like those 10 minutes after the goal and right and
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  plays the ball in the middle of the field.
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  And Hegelberg takes kind of a a heavy touch and then goes to to
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  pass to move it over to the other side of the field and it's
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  behind her teammate. And it completely murders the
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  momentum. And then we have the and we have
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  the missed penalty. And like, you know what I've
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  been saying? Hegelberg's a legend and she's
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  the all time leading scorer in the history of the Champions
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  League. All that stuff.
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  I don't know, man, She just I just don't think she played
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  well. And there's, I've heard
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  defenders always give attacking players in forward stick about
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  this, where you could play like crap for 89 minutes, but the one
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  minute that you play well and get the goal, you're a hero.
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  And I just feel like Hegeberg didn't give him much out there
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  aside from the one goal. And I understand that one goal
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  is a lot. So it's it's a weird thing to
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  say, but I just didn't think she was good.
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  I'm curious how you experienced all that.
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  Yeah, I I experienced it very much the same.
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  I mean, obviously the penalty keep devastating and I thought
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  you were going to mention there was a play in the first half
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  where Hegeburg held it up kind of like when she could have kept
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  the ball moving along that it's over.
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  I think that the ball gets immediately turned over.
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  But they were in like a four on three kind of situation and she
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  was in the box on the left hand side and wasn't able to do
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  anything with it. I fully agree.
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  I mean, I would have probably wanted to see Turlin come in for
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  Hegerberg. I think at that point, you know,
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  mentally it's just it's just a tough spot.
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  But today was just not not the game.
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  I mean slow to react, you know, obviously misses the penalty
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  kick couldn't get anyone else going, you know, no real chances
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  created, no real, no real gravity, no real like just not,
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  not a great game, not a great line up, not a great offensive
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  attack or game plan. You know, Italy was just
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  everywhere. Everything needed to be
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  defensively for 99.9% of the match outside of that one, you
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  know, Mielda ball over the top. Yeah, and it turned out what
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  like where they wanted to be, it seemed like was try to take away
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  Gobsett and CGH and like I and you're totally right about CGH.
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  Like if you're the third best player in the world, you say?
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  I know like the the NBA meme is like when a lesser player does
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  it, but CGH needed to say it's CGH time, give me the ball.
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  But you know, credit to Italy, like you said, their defensive
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  mindset, they were putting the squeeze on them.
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  Yeah, I mean, in even when they were trying to put the squeeze
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  on Gopstead, she was still fighting like hell and making
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  stuff happen on her own. She had a couple different
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  couple different moments. She had a pass into Hegelberg,
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  you know, like right in the danger area.
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  It's a, it's a big credit to Italy for their game plan and
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  what they did. And obviously, you know, I've,
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  I've been on Norway where we have a bunch of Internet friends
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  over there. So where I view it through that
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  prism specifically, I just think they left something on the table
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  and the two missed penalties. That's a killer.
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  And I just want to, I just want to throw out 11 stat real quick.
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  And it's related to both girl writing and Ada Hagenberg
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  loosely. When Ryton was playing a left
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  back I was like OK let me at least look at the last WSL
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  season and what did what. Stats were girl right in, top
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  ten in and none of them were defensive stats.
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  One in O1 stat. She was top ten in made penalty
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  kicks. Oh.
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  And so, you know, look, I, it's, it's pretty tough, man.
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  It's a it's a tough spot for Gemma Granger.
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  There are some things in my notes.
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  Let me just check what this is. Oh, yes, fire Gemma Granger is
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  in my notes more than once. Now.
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  Look, now look, we don't exactly get out of here and and call for
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  the fire coaches, but they just got they got a lot of stuff to
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  figure out. You know, if you, if we're
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  talking about stuff like defensive mindset, defensive
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  culture, we're talking about stuff like the lineup, we're
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  talking about stuff like substitutions.
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  I don't know. So fat mob, foot mob, pardon me,
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  has freedom on them as a 6.3. I thought she played better than
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  that. I, there's a point where I felt
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  like there are three players on the pitch right now who I
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  actually trust holding the ball. And this was before Engen kind
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  of got it going in the second-half, but it was Galps at
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  freedom on them. And I still trust CGH
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  regardless. She just has a blank check.
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  I just treat her. And then when I see Turland, you
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  know, come come to the to the halfway line to come on and sub.
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  I was like, OK, natural sub for Hegeberg here, who just does
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  not, who doesn't have it going outside of the goal.
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  And I actually have it in my notes where I was like, I cannot
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  believe she's taking Manem off the field for Turland instead of
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  taking Hegerberg off. And then my next note is, of
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  course, as I'm typing that Ada Hegerberg gets a goal and
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  everything's different now. But I, you know, I Turlin came
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  in and changed the game. What if she was out there
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  playing with Manam, Gopseid and CGH?
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  I feel like you at least have to see it.
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  And on just two Subs, you know, Jelen doesn't get on in the
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  game. Boris doesn't get in the game.
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  Yeah, I I not, not not the best showing for this side, but
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  Speaking of of Gallup set and and what she faced defensively,
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  I thought Elizabeth Oliviero I thought was awesome.
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  You know, just kind of standing her up a bunch of times, even
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  though Oliviero probably weighs in half the size, half the size,
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  just played like an absolute dog and was just.
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  Great. Hats off to that Italy side.
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  I thought they were. They came in and they knew what
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  they wanted to do. I mean, I think the one thing
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  that I mentioned in the preview was we know what they want to
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  do. They want to kind of play tough.
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  They want to kind of engage, you know, like packing the midfield
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  with, you know, 5 midfielders in the formation I thought really
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  paid dividends. And then I also mentioned that
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  they want to be really opportunistic when they get a
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  chance and they didn't get a ton of chances, but when they did,
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  they were super precise. I mean, you look at those two
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  goals, both happened to be cantore to Chidelli, like both
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  of them just like the slickest touches.
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  And I mean that that last one perfect, you know, entry ball
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  from cantore after Greggi, who was another one of Italian Subs,
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  you know, does a great kind of like loop to loop to to pull the
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  defenders, you know, more again, again, the defenders kind of
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  like stepping in the wrong direction to give Cantone a
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  perfect line of sight right at Gidelli.
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  And then obviously she she notches at home and, and then
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  it's a bunch of just defenders standing, standing around, hands
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  on their head. Yeah, absolutely Gregy.
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  I mean, she's good every time they bring her in off the bench.
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  I mean, she is like an instant spark plug, instant energy, a
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  relatively diminutive player, but plays bigger than she is and
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  uses her that that speed and strength and low center of
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  gravity to every advantage she can claw out of it.
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  I mean, you talk about like just kind of a culture setting
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  player. I think she's been she's been
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  one of my favorite players, especially, I mean, specifically
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  on Italy. Pardon me to watch.
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  So yeah, I mean, hats off. Hats off to Italia.
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  They they played a you know, they played a good match.
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  They had a good game plan against a team with superior
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  talent that had a worst game plan.
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  Carlo who? Did it buddy who did it?
• 19:27
  Carlo and MLSI just want to say Carlo and our long time friend
• 19:31
  of the show, both two of the O GS Carlo and MLS architect both
• 19:35
  predicted Italy 2 Norway one there.
• 19:39
  You get a bunch of soothsayers in the chat out here, yeah.
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  Maxi, you got me all, you got me all fired up on this Norway side
• 19:45
  and you know, blinded, totally blinded.
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  Either way, I, I predicted won one in in PK, so I, I came very
• 19:52
  close. Yeah, I don't know.
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  Within half an hour, let's say, I think we were headed down that
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  path. But three more to go.
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  Tomorrow, Sweden takes on your beloved England, same time slot,
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  12:00 PM Pacific. And your boys will be back to
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  break down that match up as well.
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  In addition to the other two remaining quarterfinal match ups
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  in Spain, Switzerland on Friday, France, Germany on Saturday and
• 20:16
  later this weekend we will have a semi finals preview.
• 20:20
  We've got one of our four teams, Italy.
• 20:23
  Real quick, before we get out of here, what do you think the
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  prospects are for this Italy side?
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  Do you think they can? I mean, we mentioned it pretty
• 20:29
  early that you know, like, all right, can this team rough and
• 20:32
  tumble their way? Can can they one nil their way?
• 20:34
  How, how, how deep in this tournament can they one nil
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  their way to? I think they should be super
• 20:40
  stoked about making the semi final and then they're going to
• 20:45
  play England or Sweden. So congratulations to them.
• 20:49
  Just big hater energy right now. Just absolutely just hating.
• 20:54
  Yeah, they're going to get smacked in the next round.
• 20:56
  I hope it's by England. It might, might Sweden to the
• 20:59
  final, prediction be damned. I need, I need, I need some
• 21:02
  victories. You broke some hearts of Ed in
• 21:05
  the YouTube comment section. I shadowed a few people.
• 21:08
  Blade, you Blade was at the top of the blade was wasn't happy
• 21:12
  with you and with understanding and now and now you're just
• 21:15
  totally flip flopping. You just take integrity out the
• 21:17
  window. I mean, this Norway loss got you
• 21:19
  completely rattled. But I'll I'll try, I'll try to
• 21:23
  stay a little bit more objective.
• 21:24
  I think this Italy side can stay in the game with either of those
• 21:28
  two sides. I wouldn't be shocked if we're
• 21:31
  in the 80s and the high 80s, you know, maybe in stoppage time.
• 21:35
  The game is very, very much in the balance.
• 21:37
  Maybe a one goal game, maybe it's even or maybe Italy is even
• 21:41
  up, you know, late if if it goes into kind of like really deep
• 21:44
  waters. But I think this Italy side, if
• 21:46
  they play their best and they're playing really, really well, I
• 21:49
  think could give everybody except Spain, I think a run for
• 21:53
  their money at least, at least a real match.
• 21:56
  Yeah, no, that's totally fine. I mean, like even me like saying
• 21:59
  like they're going to get smacked.
• 22:01
  Like probably not like they'll they'll, they kind of force the
• 22:04
  game into into something close. And and by the way, take
• 22:08
  integrity's not out the window. I'm just saying I hope they get
• 22:11
  smacked by England. I still have Sweden in the
• 22:14
  final. So you know what, take
• 22:16
  integrity's still intact. You you say a lot of things
• 22:18
  about me, but the the take integrity that still stands.
• 22:23
  All right, so anyone listening out there just yeah, banknote.
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  I know it's, I know it's a little tricky.
• 22:27
  It's a, it's a little, a little meandering trying to follow
• 22:29
  what's going on, but you know. I mean, the prediction, a
• 22:34
  prediction is different than what I'm rooting for.
• 22:36
  I mean, come on. Like this isn't this?
• 22:39
  Isn't the bridge too far here? Hey, you know what I'm saying?
• 22:41
  It's late, sleepy boys. You know, I'm trying to.
• 22:43
  I'm trying to keep up. That's all I'm trying to do.
• 22:44
  All right, man, Anything. See you on it for you out of
• 22:47
  here. No, I think, I think we've
• 22:49
  sufficiently done it. I'm, I think I've had enough
• 22:52
  talking about Norway versus Italy.
• 22:53
  Congratulations to Italy. Indeed, there's been another 7
• 22:57
  to the channel. Thank you, thank you, thank you
• 22:58
  for hanging out. If you enjoyed the show, well,
• 23:00
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• 23:03
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• 23:05
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• 23:09
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• 23:12
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• 23:14
  And a big thank you to my coach as well, Mr. Grant Engel for
• 23:18
  powering through showing up the consummate professional.
• 23:23
  I mean, if football was played, he's here to break it down.
• 23:26
  Doesn't matter if he if he's thoroughly heartbroken.
• 23:30
  And that's why I appreciate you bro.
• 23:32
  Likewise, buddy, let's see. I mean, look, Martin Hoe, you
• 23:37
  did what you had to do. You're from England, I
• 23:39
  understand you had to go coach Tottenham.
• 23:42
  I guess I I sort of understand once you're done with that you
• 23:46
  want to coach there like a season or whatever.
• 23:48
  That's fine. Come coach Norway in the World
• 23:51
  Cup. Let's go.
• 23:51
  Come on, 2027 Martin Hoe for Norway.
• 23:54
  I'm with it. Let's do it.
• 23:56
  All right, thank you, everybody for Rock with Us.
• 23:57
  I'm so annoyed. I I forgot even how to end the
• 24:00
  show. It's fine.
• 24:01
  Let's just end the show. We appreciate you, Rock with us.
• 24:04
  To everybody who was trying to tell me about Norway kind of
• 24:07
  being fraudulent, I'll just here's the this is for you.
• 24:11
  You were right, I was wrong. You're smart, I'm stupid, you're
• 24:17
  all very good looking, I'm not attractive and all those things.
• 24:21
  That's all fine. You guys had it.
• 24:24
  I I look forward to talking to you more about more of this
• 24:26
  tournament and we will see you all next time.