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Italy start new Mancini era strong in Nations League! Ep. 318 · The Calcio Guys

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  Speaker 1: You could say it's a successful start to the second
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  Speaker 1: Mancini era here on The Calcio Guys with Chani. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Nicholas Adriano, still in Italy, as far as we know,
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  Speaker 1: still in the motherland. You can follow us on all
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  Speaker 1: us on social media on The Calcio Guys as well.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we took a week break to cover up
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  Speaker 1: for these Nations League games. So at least we're getting
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  Speaker 1: all four done at once. Chani, first of all, how's
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  Speaker 1: it going?
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  Speaker 2: Not bad.
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  Speaker 3: And you?
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing good. I got my espresso here. I'm getting
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  Speaker 2: myself prepared and set up for this episode, just us two.
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  Speaker 2: Looks like you and I are going to do a
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  Speaker 2: lot of the talking this time because Adrian's not here
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  Speaker 2: to talk about 20 minutes about Milan and microanalyzing the
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  Speaker 2: different blades of grass on the pitch. I'm absolutely kidding, Adrian. Like,
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  Speaker 2: I'm just saying it now because you're not here.
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  Speaker 3: So, I'm having fun with it.
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  Speaker 1: You got your lucky card. You got the Centimbelli with you.
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  Speaker 1: Not only with you, but on you.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, exactly. For the podcast listeners, the ones that don't
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  Speaker 2: watch the clips, I have a shirt here from a
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  Speaker 2: Toronto company called Scopa Scopa, a free plugin, I guess.
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  Speaker 2: They do different types of shirts, sweaters, V-necks, whatever it is.
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  Speaker 2: And you could put different Italian card designs on them.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm wearing a long sleeve white sweater with the
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  Speaker 2: set of the Donati on it. So it's my favorite card.
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  Speaker 2: Seven's the number that I use whenever I play sports.
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  Speaker 2: It's my primary number. So Uh, and it's a point
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  Speaker 2: in Scopa. Uh, it's a lucky number. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: so that's why I went with that one. It's iconic.
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  Speaker 2: So it's nice.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, I feel like it's a perfect transition because the
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  Speaker 1: guy who wore, um, the seven for Italy, um, this
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  Speaker 1: past international break, Pio Esposito.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, put his.
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  Speaker 1: Name on the international stage. Uh, obviously look, us, us
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  Speaker 1: Italian fans, we know who, who he was heading in. We, we,
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  Speaker 1: had somewhat expectations for him. We know he's the guy
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  Speaker 1: who could be Italy's next striker.
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  Speaker 3: And he, he really showed up.
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  Speaker 2: What was it?
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  Speaker 3: Two goals in this break.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Two goals, one against both against Turkey.
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  Speaker 1: And he's just a player that it, you know, kind of,
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  Speaker 1: you know, spearheading this, this youth movement movement for Italy,
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  Speaker 1: along with a guy like Michael Coyote, or, you know, we'll,
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  Speaker 1: we'll talk about all these other guys.
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  Speaker 3: It's, It's promising.
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  Speaker 1: This is exactly what we've been asking for for so
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  Speaker 1: many years, you know, play the youngsters. And it's what's happening.
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  Speaker 1: And someone like Pio Esposito, you know, he's come up
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  Speaker 1: through the inter-ranks. You know, okay, I get it. He's
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  Speaker 1: not– I forget how old he is exactly because I
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  Speaker 1: get confused between him and his brother. He's 21. So
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  Speaker 1: he's not like the youngest. He's not, you know, Yamin
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  Speaker 1: Lamal's age. But he's still someone who, you know– He's.
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  Speaker 2: Still relatively green at 21 years old. 21 years old.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. 21 is young.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he came up, he first played with Inter
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  Speaker 1: in 24-25, but his first full season was last year.
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  Speaker 1: So at 20 years old, he scored only three goals
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  Speaker 1: in all competitions. Last, sorry, 10 goals in all competitions
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  Speaker 1: last season with Inter. So kind of came out strong.
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  Speaker 1: He played, you know, with Spezia as well two years ago. So,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's kind of that prototype player that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: You come through the ranks, you get loaned out, you
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  Speaker 1: earn your time with the big club. And now he's
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  Speaker 1: earned his minutes with the big club. And it's a
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  Speaker 1: team that has that has Taram, that has Lataro. And
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  Speaker 1: he's he's making a name for himself. And and that's
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  Speaker 1: what we need. And look, what we've always said with with,
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  Speaker 1: you know, these young players, Johnny, it's yes, you want
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  Speaker 1: them to be you want them to be played with
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  Speaker 1: their clubs. But at the same time, they should only
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  Speaker 1: be played if they're good. And this is a case
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  Speaker 1: where Pio Sposito is actually good. He's making an impact
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  Speaker 1: at Inter, and in turn, he develops, and in turn,
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  Speaker 1: he makes an impact with the Azzurri. So this is
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  Speaker 1: a player that I'm really excited about. I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: be honest. He reminds me not exactly of Ciro, but
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  Speaker 1: he's similar enough. You know, he's that target player. I
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  Speaker 1: find maybe Ciro is a bit more mobile, if you
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  Speaker 1: want to call it that. Obviously, Pio, I think he
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  Speaker 1: is taller. He's a different type of player, different type
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  Speaker 1: of striker, more of a target man. but he's mobile
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  Speaker 1: enough for a target man, because you look at a
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  Speaker 1: guy like Scamacca, I think, you know, one knock against
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  Speaker 1: Scamacca all these years, it's, he, he, he kind of
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  Speaker 1: just there, right? He's, you know, I think he drowned,
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  Speaker 1: was called him a fridge on the podcast before.
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  Speaker 2: I called him a fridge.
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  Speaker 3: Or it was you that called him a fridge.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I say that Scamacca has a touch of a refrigerator.
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  Speaker 2: Am I wrong? Like, yeah, he scored, he scored, he
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  Speaker 2: scored against Turkey. Sure. But it's like, he just happened
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  Speaker 2: to be there and he blossomed. Like, If somebody made
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  Speaker 2: a FIFA Street 2 character and put all their stats
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  Speaker 2: in power for the shot and nothing anywhere else, that's Kamaka.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like he's just that. He's just that. If
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  Speaker 2: you give him the shot, the guy has power beyond
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  Speaker 2: his shot, but he just has no control. And I
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  Speaker 2: don't know what Gasparini did for him in Atalanta. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not saying he's terrible. I'm not saying he's terrible, but
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  Speaker 2: I'm not a big fan of his. But one thing
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  Speaker 2: I want to say about Pio Esposito before we move
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  Speaker 2: on from is that this guy's got seven goals on
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  Speaker 2: the international stage in 13 appearances. Now, I know they're
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  Speaker 2: not like major competition appearances like the Euros or the
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  Speaker 2: World Cup, but this is a player that is making
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  Speaker 2: himself known for the national team. And is he like
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  Speaker 2: a deadly striker? No, but he puts himself in the
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  Speaker 2: positions to put the ball in the net. And using
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  Speaker 2: that point, transitioning to Moise Keane, for example, like, Keane
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  Speaker 2: can do that too. Like during the France game, I
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  Speaker 2: felt like he said he had bad luck with that.
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  Speaker 2: There was one time where it's like, look, buddy, he
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  Speaker 2: had the open net. What the fuck was that touch?
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  Speaker 2: But like the difference between Keane and Esposito at the
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  Speaker 2: moment is that Esposito is putting the ball in the net.
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  Speaker 2: Keane right now is just having a bit of, I
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  Speaker 2: feel like he's a bit snake bitten. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: for him, it's like a, like a knowledge issue. He
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  Speaker 2: knows where to be. You know what I'm trying to say?
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  Speaker 2: Like he's reading the game well. It's just something is
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  Speaker 2: going on with him that's just like really hindering him
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  Speaker 2: and not giving him any opportunity for success. So that's
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  Speaker 2: something that kind of worries me a bit. But yeah, again,
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  Speaker 2: it was so nice to see Pio Esposito play with
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  Speaker 2: his brother Sebastiano.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: In 111 years for La Nacional. 111 years. Not even
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  Speaker 2: the Inzaghi brothers played together. I know, and that's something
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  Speaker 2: that just baffles my mind. You know, like, it's just like, what?
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  Speaker 1: You know?
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  Speaker 2: But not even the Cannavaro brothers, but mind you, Paulo
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  Speaker 2: was never good enough for the national team, let's just say,
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  Speaker 2: you know? But how funny would it have been if
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  Speaker 2: Paulo and Fabio played together? You know, that would have
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  Speaker 2: been nice. But, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, you know, one last point about Pio Esposito. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you said seven goals in 13 appearances. So he's 20,
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  Speaker 1: what did I say, he's 21? Tiro Mobule, for comparison,
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  Speaker 1: he scored his seventh goal on his 26th appearance and
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  Speaker 1: he was 27 years old. So, you know, he had different,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Tiro was only 24 when he scored his
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  Speaker 1: first goal with the national team. So I think it's
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  Speaker 1: hard to compare. I think Tiro was a bit of
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  Speaker 1: a more late bloomer anyways.
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  Speaker 2: And also he had like a lot of competition during
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  Speaker 2: his era because he still had Balotelli. You still had,
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  Speaker 2: they were still trying out, they saw Qualiarella, they saw
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  Speaker 2: Di Natale, you know, like they had, they had, they
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  Speaker 2: had other options. And then obviously when they left, that's
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  Speaker 2: when they started looking towards Immobile.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said, it's hard to compare, but look, Immobile
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  Speaker 1: scored 17 goals and Pio was already there. Pio, I
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  Speaker 1: think he's missing like 27 or 28 goals to reach
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  Speaker 1: the national record.
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  Speaker 3: So if you want to be a betting man, just
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  Speaker 3: put money on him.
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  Speaker 2: But don't forget the national team has never been about
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  Speaker 2: that though. Like let's put an asterisk to that. Like,
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  Speaker 2: we talked about it on an old episode where the,
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  Speaker 2: the national team for Italy has never been a team.
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  Speaker 2: That's like, we had one like major superstar that dominated
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  Speaker 2: internationally that like, well, besides bad Joe's what I'm trying
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  Speaker 2: to say. Like I met when we were like, like
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  Speaker 2: a striker, you know, like it's like somebody who's going
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  Speaker 2: to pot in five bulls or like against a small team.
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  Speaker 2: Like it's always been a supporting system. Like everyone plays
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  Speaker 2: for each other and everyone shares that success. You know
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  Speaker 2: what I'm trying to say? Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: No, exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Which I love. I personally do love it. It's, it's
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  Speaker 2: really like an identity thing, but Hey, you know what?
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  Speaker 2: He's on a good pace right now. Maybe he might break,
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  Speaker 2: especially with like nations league counting and stuff like that. Like, uh, during,
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  Speaker 2: whereas like during other eras that, that, that type of
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  Speaker 2: league didn't exist and friendlies didn't count. No, hold on.
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  Speaker 3: They still count friendly.
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  Speaker 2: They still count. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Nevermind.
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  Speaker 2: I corrected myself. Thank you for catching me on that. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: They probably scheduled less, but that's what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 2: Like they have less games and opportunities to do that.
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  Speaker 1: So anyways, You know, regarding this international break, youngsters, I
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  Speaker 1: think what I like about Mancini is, you know, we
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  Speaker 1: criticized him for not rotating the squad enough, you know,
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  Speaker 1: relying too much on older players, especially after winning the Euros.
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  Speaker 1: And I know it's Nations League and I know it's
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity to experiment, but it's four different lineups. You know,
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  Speaker 1: even with the substitutions, he was really rotating players. There
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  Speaker 1: wasn't a single player that played all four games besides,
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  Speaker 1: I guess, Donnarumma. And even a guy like Barella, he
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  Speaker 1: didn't play all four games. Pio Esposito, he missed. Sorry,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't start the last game. I think he played
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  Speaker 1: all four games, but he didn't start all four. So
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  Speaker 1: I really like the rotation, even on defense. Look, first
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  Speaker 1: game against Belgium, Di Lorenzo starts. You know, he's kind of, he's,
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  Speaker 1: I think he's a good depth player at this point
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  Speaker 1: for the national team, but he's not a starter. And
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  Speaker 1: then Michael Coyote comes in against Turkey and it's just like, whoa,
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  Speaker 1: where did this guy come from? And so I think
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  Speaker 1: he already has the, the edge on the right side for,
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  Speaker 1: for Mancini. And he, again, he started against France, but
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  Speaker 1: then in the second game against Turkey, he was back
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  Speaker 1: to Di Lorenzo and Coyote came on. So, Uh, it's,
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  Speaker 1: it's good to see that rotation. Um, are there any
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  Speaker 1: players besides Pio Esposito that really impressed you young players?
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  Speaker 3: Cause for me, I think it has to be Coyote.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously this is a.
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  Speaker 1: Player that, you know, obviously we, we, we knew about, uh,
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  Speaker 1: but we didn't know fully because he, he played, played
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  Speaker 1: a bit for Fiorentina, right. In the past few seasons,
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  Speaker 1: but the past two years he's been at, at Brentford. Um,
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  Speaker 1: so he's, you know, another young player, 22 years old. Um,
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  Speaker 1: So he's in England. We can't watch him anymore week in,
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  Speaker 1: week out. But his speed on the right side, and
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  Speaker 1: I think it's the engine that keeps going. Sometimes you
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  Speaker 1: really need that from your wingbacks, and you're going to
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  Speaker 1: get that from a younger player like Coyote. So I
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  Speaker 1: think he's a player that, for me, if you're making
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  Speaker 1: a starting 11 for Italy right now, he's automatic in
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  Speaker 1: as much as someone like Donnarumma or even Pio Esposito.
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  Speaker 1: I think he really put his name out there. He
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  Speaker 1: was fantastic. For me, he was fantastic. I know someone
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  Speaker 1: like Vergara had criticism. I liked him as well. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think he's a starter, but I think he's someone
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  Speaker 1: who's going to come off the bench. Dumbia, we didn't
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  Speaker 1: see too much of him, but he did play well
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  Speaker 1: against Turkey. Even on the back end, I like the rotation.
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  Speaker 1: I know he's not a young player, but Mancini, I
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  Speaker 1: felt he played mature. Same thing with Bastoni. I think
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  Speaker 1: we do have some good leaders in the back end,
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  Speaker 1: but even when Mancini wants to rotate, you know, Scalvini,
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  Speaker 1: I found he struggled in the first game against Belgium,
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  Speaker 1: but then he bounced back.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, so I, you know, in terms of center backs,
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  Speaker 3: there's always, there's going.
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  Speaker 1: To be that rotation, uh, but that might be our,
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  Speaker 1: our most like sure position right now.
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  Speaker 3: So, uh, I really liked, like I said, I really like.
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  Speaker 1: How Mancini just used this opportunity to, to play everyone
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  Speaker 1: and not leave anyone on the bench. I think it
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  Speaker 1: was a, um, Obviously, there was a couple of players
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  Speaker 1: who called up, didn't play. I'm drawing a blank.
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  Speaker 3: That guy who's also eligible for Brazil. I'm drawing a blank, Johnny.
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  Speaker 3: Help me out.
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  Speaker 2: Inacio.
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  Speaker 3: Inacio.
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  Speaker 2: He is? He's eligible for Brazil?
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  Speaker 3: He's in Brazil or Argentina.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 3: But he didn't play at all, so they haven't locked
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  Speaker 3: him up yet. Anyways. No, that's it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you said a lot of points that I wanted
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  Speaker 2: to bring up and talk. So thanks for basically stealing
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  Speaker 2: the thunder. All right, let's start off from the beginning.
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  Speaker 2: Kayode definitely has earned his starter role. And I say
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  Speaker 2: this as a big Napoli fan. Di Lorenzo is 110%
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  Speaker 2: a depth player. Your wingbacks need speed. We lacked that
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  Speaker 2: versus Belgium. And then against the second game of Turkey,
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  Speaker 2: even though we still won that game 3-1, you saw
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  Speaker 2: that the lack of speed was kind of uh, uh, prevalent,
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  Speaker 2: you know, like Calafiori was playing left back and was,
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  Speaker 2: he obviously scored and, you know, like he had a
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  Speaker 2: decent game. It wasn't as if Calafiori was, was terrible,
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  Speaker 2: but I prefer a healthy DiMarco there. If you're going
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  Speaker 2: to put him as a left back, you know, like
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  Speaker 2: I want, I want DiMarco as like a playmaker and
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  Speaker 2: I want Calafiori to be more of that pure center back.
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  Speaker 2: But what I do love about talking about center backs,
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  Speaker 2: that Bastoni Mancini pivot, now that Mancini has matured a bit, uh,
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  Speaker 2: like I feel like those two guys, with like now
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  Speaker 2: that they have now that they're older and have more
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  Speaker 2: experience can be a good one too and i know
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people have a hatred against bastoni because
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  Speaker 2: he fucked up versus uh uh oh my god help
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  Speaker 2: me out here not bosnia like all the ptsd sweden
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  Speaker 2: but macedonia bosnia there you go uh like yes he
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  Speaker 2: had that fuck up i understand that but he's he's
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  Speaker 2: he's not terrible And if you want to put Califiori
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  Speaker 2: in as that third centre-back option, that rotation between the three,
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  Speaker 2: I have confidence in that.
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  Speaker 3: I really do.
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  Speaker 2: Because Califiori's big, Mancini's big, Bastoni's big. They're guys that
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  Speaker 2: can dominate that pitch when they need to. And if
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  Speaker 2: you put the speed like Di Marco and Cayode, I
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  Speaker 2: think it's fantastic if you're going to play a four-man back.
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  Speaker 2: You put Di Lorenzo as a sub, and fuck it.
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  Speaker 2: If you want to call up Spinazzola to be that
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  Speaker 2: other left-back sub, which I don't think he's going to be.
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  Speaker 2: It's definitely going to be somebody else. I'm just spitting names,
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  Speaker 2: but I could fully see it. Now, to touch upon Vergara.
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  Speaker 2: That's another player that I want to bring up and discuss.
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  Speaker 2: Even as an Napoli fan, I'm disappointed in Vergara in
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  Speaker 2: this international showing because he showed a bit of lack
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  Speaker 2: of maturity. He was a bit too aggressive in his plays.
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  Speaker 2: He was too risky when he was trying to win
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  Speaker 2: that ball. He's missing some nuance to the game. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know how to explain it properly, but there's... there's like, like,
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  Speaker 2: there's a bit, like a bit of finesse when you
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  Speaker 2: play defensive too, and you won't try to be a
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  Speaker 2: ball winner. He's, he's still good. Uh, I still have
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  Speaker 2: high hopes for him. Uh, I don't think it's the
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  Speaker 2: last we see on him for the national team because
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  Speaker 2: Mancini played him twice. He definitely has, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like he has like some, something in him, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like I don't say personal stock, but I think he
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  Speaker 2: has some faith in him. So I know he brought
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  Speaker 2: up the Gata as a debut. Uh, I think it was, eh,
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  Speaker 2: I think he, he really, he really, uh, I don't
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  Speaker 2: want to say crapped the bed because it wasn't horrible,
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  Speaker 2: but I think he just really like missed the target
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: just a bit, but I would give him another shot.
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: Another player that I want to bring up that we
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: kind of had like his first, I want to say
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: his first showing like a bit of like, like, like
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: I'm like, Oh, I want to see more of him
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: was Dumbia. I think Dumbia played a fantastic game versus Turkey.
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: He was fighting for that ball. He was winning it.
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: He set up for whose goal did he set up?
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: I forget the third one. Who scored the third goal?
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: It was.
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: Was it Coyote?
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: No. It was Esposito. Esposito. He set up his... Yeah.
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: You know, like, he really... Like, I feel like Dumbia
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: has earned his spot. Well, sorry. Well, he kind of, like,
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: won the ball. Then Romano gave it to Esposito.
• 16:33
  Speaker 3: But.
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: Because it was a shot to flexion in.
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: But anyways.
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: But I digress. But Dumbia made that play. He won
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: the ball. He brought it in. He managed to beat
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: the defender... His shot just unfortunately didn't work out the
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: first time, but the deflection worked out. But I think
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: Dumbia definitely earned his spot. I like the fact that
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: our midfield is probably our strongest thing because you can
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: start off with a Barella, Tonali, and Fratezzi type of
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: midfield if you want. You know what I mean? You
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: can start off with those three. And it's crazy. We
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: were talking about a time where we go from.
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: Verratti, Tonali.
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: you know, Barella midfield. And we're like, this is amazing.
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: And then Beratti, you know, has regressed and it's unfortunate
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: to see. And Barella is exhausted to the ground and
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: Tonali is off gambling like a degenerate, right? But it's
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: nice to see these other guys step up. And I
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: think that, I think like my personal three in the
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: mid going forward for the starting 11 would be probably Tonali, Barella, Freitesi.
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: But Dumbia definitely as a substitute. 100%. I think Dumbia
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: could come in towards, like, especially if, like, Cabrera is
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: exhausted or whatever, or Tonali's been too physical in the
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: game that he picked up a yellow. You could put
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: in a Dumbia in that spot for that last 30,
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: 35 minutes, and he'll be a menace on the pitch
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: for them. So, I think it's fine. And besides that,
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: honestly speaking, Sebastiano Esposito, okay. You know, thanks for showing up.
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: It was cute. I'd like to see more of him,
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: but But Pio Esposito definitely is showing that. Like, I
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: love this because we went from, like, who the fuck
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: do we go for in striker to now it's, like,
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: we have Pio. Retegui's not bad. You know, we can
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: put Retegui in. And fuck it, if you want to put, like,
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: it's like you put, we'll put Scamacca third on the option,
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: if not put Vergara as the other option. You know
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: what I'm saying? Like, it's, or if you want to put...
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: and Keane as the pure striker instead of using him
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: as a winger, right? Because Keane can play right wing
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: or center forward, right? Yeah.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: I personally like him better as an out-and-out striker, but
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: if you need to put him on the wing or
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: a second striker, it works.
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: Okay. Well, there you go. I'm saying you have Keane
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: for flexibility. So I think what I've watched after this
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: international break and what I've started to believe, And I
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: could be proven wrong and I can basically, Italy can
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: just like shit the bed from here. But from what
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: I saw from this international break, the pieces are there.
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: You know what I'm trying to say? Like the team
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: is not horrendous. It's not abysmal. It's not like this
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: doom and gloom situation that we all believe in. Like
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: we were all in this headspace because yes, we missed
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: three world cups in a row. But if you look
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: at the circumstances between the three missed world cups, there
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: were all like stupid situations, you know, like, The Sweden game,
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: fucking Ventura is a dumbass manager. The Macedonia game, they
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: dominated that whole game and they had that one fuck
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: up and that's what costed them. And against Bosnia, they
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: shouldn't have been in that. They should have been on
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: that pitch. They shouldn't have been there. Tonali had a
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: fuck up and a half. It happens. And they lose
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: in penalties. It's not like as if... these teams were totally...
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: And in the qualifiers, they only lost two games, and
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: those were both to Norway. You know what I mean?
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: It doesn't make sense that... Yes, we didn't make the
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: World Cup, but it's just a matter of circumstances. Now,
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: they want Italy to be dominant? Yes, everybody wants Italy
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: to be dominant. Are you kidding me? That's what we're
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: waiting for. Do I think Italy is, like, can they
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: be that dominant team? They can. They're not right now,
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: but they can be if they push for it. They
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: still need to fix up their youth development. There still
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: needs to be a lot of stuff done there. But
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: what Mancini did this international break, and I was questioning
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: at first calling up 35 players. I'm like, what are
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: you doing? But I'm like, okay, four games. He's probably
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: going to rotate names. I hope he does, blah, blah, blah.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: He rotated names, and he still got results. You know
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: what I'm saying? Like he, like, I think the Belgium
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: match was just, you know, just them having the better
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: matchup versus us. Uh, I think Van Bommel had like
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: a better game plan going up against us than Mancini
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: had for them. So props to, to Belgium. And plus Belgium,
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: isn't a pushover team as the, like, I know that
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: they said that the golden generation is past them. Like, okay, sure.
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: The golden generation probably is past them, but they still
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: have a solid team, you know, like there's, they're not,
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: they're still a scary team to play against. So, um,
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: I have faith in them. I believe that Italy can
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: be that strong team once again. It's a confidence thing,
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: which they probably are working on. The pieces are there.
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: Let's hope it continues.
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: Well said.
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: I don't want to be too negative, but we talked
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: about Players that impressed you? I don't know if there
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: were players you were maybe disappointed in. Because, I mean,
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: you kind of quickly mentioned it. But for me, I'm
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: going to have to throw in Daniel Maldini. I'm going
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: to have to throw in his name because, you know,
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: he's had a good start to the City of Seas.
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: And what was it? Three goals in five games.
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: I know he didn't get too much opportunity, but he
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: was disappointing a bit. Didn't really just get himself in there.
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: Fajoli wearing the number 10. Not good. Straight up, just
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: not good.
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: Because you're putting the emphasis on the number 10. Is
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: that why?
• 22:04
  Speaker 3: I think so.
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: I think when you wear that number 10, you have
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: a certain expectation. You know, at this point, I don't
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: know who should wear the number 10, but maybe, I
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: really don't know.
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: I really don't know. I'm looking at the names. You know,
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: if anything, I would give it to Fred Tasey, straight up.
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: Who else would you give it to?
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: He's scoring as an attacking midfielder. So another player that,
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: you know, continues to do well with the national team.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: But another name I'm going to throw in.
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: For disappointments?
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: For disappointments, yeah. Okay. Califiori. I know he walks around.
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: He has this nice haircut. He has this beautiful smile.
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: The dude looks like a pure Roman. Like, this is
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: what a Roman gladiator looked like back in. He is
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: our ancestor, man.
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Like, I'm sure he'd be good in a movie,
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: you know.
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: But there's something about his game that turns me off.
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: Like. In his defense, he was playing left back. Yeah.
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: What does he play and where is he at now?
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: I don't know what he normally plays with Arsenal, but
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: he is a center back left back. He could play both,
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: but I find he struggles as a pure left back
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: when he needs to get up. I think he's better
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: maybe in a back three.
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: Or as a pure center back.
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: No, they use him a lot as a left back,
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: left center back. Okay.
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: Maybe I'm criticizing too much from the France game because
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: I found he really struggled against France, but this is
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: also France.
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: But, yeah, no, he definitely did not have that speed
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: that we needed. You know what I'm saying? Like, it's
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: definitely something that, like, has to be kept an eye on.
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: But it's not, like, as if he wasn't, like, he's, like,
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: I'm not going to be, like, rolling my eyes if
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: Calafiori is, Calafiori, wow, Calafiori is the left back that
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: we're going to use besides Di Marco, you know? Like, obviously,
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: Di Marco would probably be the left back I'd start
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: off with. But, I mean, like, sure, Caiure has got
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: that speed. Who else do we have on left back
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: that has speed?
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: Just DeMarco.
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying.
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: Even if, let's say you have California playing left back,
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: you have Coyote on the right. You send Coyote out,
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: but you make California stay up. Because I found he
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: struggled when he got up, California. Defensively, he's fine. It's
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: more when he has to track back. I think that's
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: when he struggles. You know, he scored the goal against Turkey.
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: People talk about that, but there's just something about his game.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: You know, in a way, he reminds me a bit
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: of Bonucci, where... he's able to get the ball up
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: the pitch, but sometimes defensively he needs help, right? I
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: think Bonucci was definitely a better defender than him a
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: hundred percent, but the similarities are there regardless.
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, fair, fair. I, I can't fully disagree
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: with that point, but if I may add another name
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: for the disappointments, I mean, like I said, Lorenzo Vergara,
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: I mean, Keane with his missed opportunities, but I don't
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: want to rag on him too much. I just think
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: that guy's just snakebitten. But no, honestly, that's about it, really.
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: I think you touched upon about everybody. Yeah. No, I
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: think we can move on to the next topic.
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: Yeah. No, I was going to ask. So moving forward.
• 25:16
  Speaker 3: So they have two games.
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: One thing, Johnny, I remember we talked about it before
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: the break. You know, what are our thoughts about this
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: four-game break?
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: I actually like it.
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: It is weird not having City out for two weekends
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: in a row, but to have.
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: you know, the international break altogether. I like it. If anything,
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: they should add the last two games, uh, back to it.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: Let's make three weeks of international break in the fall
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: and get it all done at once.
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: Honestly.
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: Yes. I would actually prefer that. Just play all the
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: games right there.
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: And then, cause it feels weird.
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: Now it's like another five, six weeks of city ad
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: and then another international break, but whatever, you know, I think.
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: The system works. So we'll see if it leads to
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: further change. Um, but yeah, do more games.
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: So they play France, um, I think they played France
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: first on November 12th.
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: Apparently, they're playing in Milan.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: I thought I saw Renato Dalada for that one, so
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: it could be wrong on Wikipedia.
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: No, it's in Milan. Good luck. Good luck to Italy.
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: I don't understand why they keep going back to Milan,
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: and they always lose there.
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: And then they play Belgium.
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: You think Donnarumma is going to get bald? Actually, wait, wait.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: It's a bald boot. But speaking of bald, hold on.
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: Loser of... No, I'm just kidding. Donnarumma's turkey job, whatever
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: the fuck that was, while he was in Turkey getting
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: the fucking... You know when people go for the ball
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: treatment in Turkey? While he was there, he should have
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: got that done. You look at him and you're like,
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: holy shit, man, in the back of the head. I'm like,
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: this guy... I feel old now. I remember watching this
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: kid when he was 16. Now he's 26 and it's like...
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: Pretty soon he's going to be bald and nuts. I
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: think bald would suit him though. Imagine having a bald...
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: We're going to have our own Fabian Barthez. Oh my God.
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: Donnarumma will be on Fabian Barthez.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: Just as you say that, I Google Donnarumma hair. And
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: then there's actually a picture that pops up. I'm going
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: to share it with you right now. No, I cannot
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: share it.
• 27:11
  Speaker 3: I don't know why. But anyways. All right. Let me
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: do this. Let me do this. Let's see it. I
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: have to pull it up. There you go. Here you go.
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: But it suits him, though. Like, come on.
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: It does.
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: Am I wrong? You're going to look at me and tell.
• 27:33
  Speaker 3: Me that I'm wrong?
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: You came down in a bubble, dog. Grow up, bro.
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: I'm kidding.
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: I know this is an AI picture, but it makes
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: his face a bit weird. But wouldn't you say kind of,
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: you know, we could pass as like family, like the
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: three of us?
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we could, honestly. Well, he's an Apple of that. So,
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: I mean, like that takes care of my part over here.
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: He's not Apple of that, so we can't connect there.
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: But all the same, all the same. I forgot where
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: I was going.
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: France and then Belgium. So Italy is in second place,
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: seven points. They're in control of their own destiny at
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: this point, which is good. Top two, make it out
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: of the group. What are your expectations for these last
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: two games? Because for me, you know, like I said,
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: they're in control. I'd like to see two wins, two wins. And,
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: you know, maybe you could finish first in the group
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: with these two wins or, you know, a draw versus France.
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: And then you beat Belgium on the road because, It
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: is important to advance.
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: You get.
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: Extra games, competitive games in March. It helps for the
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: Euro qualifying. You get even FIFA standings. All things considered,
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: you just want them to advance and avoid even possible
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: relegation to League B in the Nations League. But what
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: are your thoughts after seeing these set of games? What
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: do you expect for the team in the next set?
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: Honestly speaking, revenge against Belgium. I think they could probably
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: get their win versus them. And I think they could
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: beat France. I may be getting a little bit ahead
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: of myself by saying that, but I think they can.
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: It's like against the France. France is scary. France is
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: still scary. Even without Mbappe. You know what I'm saying?
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: Like it's, It's not as if that game was dominated
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: by Italy. We managed to get into those chances. We
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: managed to get into that space. It wasn't as if
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: we weren't capable of scoring. We weren't clinical in the
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: final third.
• 29:33
  Speaker 3: Right?
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: So that's what I'm saying. Like, I think Keane was just, like,
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: just snakebitten. But honestly speaking, I think they can. I
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: think they have that capability of beating France. It's a
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: bit of a gamble, but, you know, I think they–
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: I really want– but, like, the game I want them to,
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: you know, like, really bring it to them is the
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: Belgium game. I don't want them to lose both to Belgium.
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: I at least want to see them trade it off
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: because I like that team. Like that loss was like,
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: I think that loss was just an adjustment period loss.
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: I think that was just basically Mancini going with, okay,
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: I know these guys, let me try to put these
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: guys and see what happens. And then afterwards you're like,
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: oh shit, this doesn't really work out. You know what
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: I mean? And I think especially, I want to see
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: Coyote versus Belgium. You know, like, I don't want to
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: see Di Lorenzo versus Belgium. I want to see how
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: Coyote does versus them and see if that changes things.
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, that's a good point.
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: You know, hopefully everyone stays healthy for the next month
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: and we're able to, you know, get a good starting
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: XI versus both teams. You know, I think the challenge
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: for France, for the France game is not getting in
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: their heads that they tied France in France.
• 30:48
  Speaker 3: Look, they didn't have Mbappe. We don't know how long
• 30:51
  Speaker 3: Mbappe's injury is going to be. It's going to be.
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: We didn't have DiMarco. We didn't have DiMarco. No, no.
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: We didn't have the man, the myth, the legend, Brian Cristante.
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: There you go. The Italian-Canadian legend. We didn't have him.
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: There you go.
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: They could have the Ninja Turtle. I don't care. I
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: want DiMarco and Brian Cristante. I'm just kidding.
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: There you go.
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so it depends if Mbappé plays in that. But
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: I think the challenge is also getting in their heads,
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: you know, this whole San Siro. They haven't done well
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: in that stadium recently.
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: So we'll see.
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: And then, you know, the Belgium game, it might be
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: a winner take all for second place in the group.
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: I think if anything, it's just coming down to these
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: games were almost experimentation versus those games might have pressure.
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: Sorry, what was the word you just said?
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: Experimentation.
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: There you go. Go back to like one of the
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: first few episodes.
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: 2018, eight years ago.
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: There you go.
• 31:44
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: I learned a word back in 2018. I'm able to
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: use it in 2026.
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: That's called growth, ladies and gentlemen. That's what happens when
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: you read a book or listen to an English literature
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: major in me. Anyways, whatever. I'll shut up. I'm having
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: too much fun with it. This is what happens when
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: AJ is not here. I don't have to... When AJ
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: is not here, I have to do the talking. When
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: I do the talking, it's all nonsense.
• 32:14
  Speaker 3: Nonsense comes out.
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: Exactly. it sometimes may be good to sometimes maybe shit,
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: you know.
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: There you go. Uh, yeah. I mean, I don't know
• 32:23
  Speaker 3: if there's anything else you want to talk about with Italy.
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: Um, no, honestly speaking, I just hope that there's like,
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: they like, uh, Mancini has taken this time to like
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: really develop a roster idea for any upcoming qualifiers or
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: the next round of, cause the next round of, uh,
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: nations leagues in what November, right? Yeah. Yeah. So, like
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: he has an idea of what he's going to try
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: out in November. Hopefully we don't have any big injuries
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: coming up for them. And then hopefully DiMarco is, is,
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: is how long is DiMarco out for? Like he's out for,
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: we don't know.
• 32:55
  Speaker 3: No clue. Cause I don't know.
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: Cause I forget about how long his injury is. So
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: people might be like listening and telling like, he's out
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: for a long time, Johnny, you idiot. It could be possible.
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: I just, I don't know, but I'll be real. Like
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: the only downside to this long international break is that
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: I've just like shut off, like, like league, uh, like city, uh,
• 33:14
  Speaker 2: in general, like I just, my brain has just turned
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: off for a moment. I don't know, like not in
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: a bad sense. Like I've been disinterested. It's just more like, Oh, okay.
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: There's like, it's international break. I'm just going to focus
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: more on my job and everything like that. My other
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: hobbies and stuff. And it's like, Oh wait, forgot about city. Yeah.
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: So especially with the hockey season starting and everything like that,
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: it's like, uh, there's a lot going on at the
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: same time. So maybe we'll get to the group of things. Yeah.
• 33:36
  Speaker 3: The fair.
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: And, uh, you know, you, even with you, they like, I, I,
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: I was on FUBO today and it was showing there
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: were still highlights available to watch from their last two games.
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: Against Sassuolo and Atalanta. I was like, oh yeah, Juve exists.
• 33:54
  Speaker 3: It's not just the Italian national team. They're back this weekend.
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Napoli's back and Roma's back this weekend. Hopefully Roma
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: continues their strong form. That would be nice to see.
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: They play Como.
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: That's a big game. So they actually play Como.
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Roma's in first place Como, I mean, they're still
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: far down, but look, Roma's in first with 13 points.
• 34:18
  Speaker 3: Como's in eighth with 10 points. So realistically, Como, this
• 34:22
  Speaker 3: is a huge game for Como too.
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: Yeah, like it's way too early in the season to
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: even say anything because the difference between the top 10
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: is like minuscule in points. Like it's not established yet.
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: We're what, like five games in, six games in?
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: Exactly, this is match day six.
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's match day six coming up. So it's, way
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: too early in the season it just feels long because
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: obviously because of this long break but we still have
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: 33 games left to go you know what i'm saying
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: it's wait am i am i mathing yeah my mathing
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: is mathing we still have 33 games i'm a high
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: school math teacher and i had to double check my
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: math see kids for any listeners out there that are
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: in high school or cjep or cjep college university always
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: double check your math work always always double check your
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: calcs um but yeah, like 33, yeah, 33 games. So
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: it's way too early to even start like making strong assumptions.
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: But the fact that we get in all these heavy
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: hitter games early on, like we had Napoli Como early on,
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: we had Napoli Inter, we have Roma Inter, now we
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: have Roma Como. I'm talking about for myself, you know,
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: like for my teams, like it's, it's huge, man. It's huge.
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: And more often than not, these are the games that
• 35:32
  Speaker 2: really make that difference at match day 38. So, Here's hoping.
• 35:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, you know, even the Milan Inter Derby
• 35:40
  Speaker 3: is in a couple weeks. I think it's on Halloween.
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: But even in this week, Cali to Juve, you know,
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: when they made this schedule, they're probably like, oh, Cali
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: to Juve, whatever. But Cali is in fourth, I think,
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: with 12 points. Juve is in seventh with 10.
• 35:55
  Speaker 3: I think that's it. Yeah, it's exactly that. So this
• 35:57
  Speaker 3: is a huge match for both teams. Let's be real.
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: You know, for Juve, if they want to finish the
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: top four, obviously it's not a make it or break
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: it game, but You're playing a team above you. I
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: don't care that it's Cagliari. I don't care that they're
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: not supposed to be there. It's a team above them.
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: If they want to finish top four, they need to
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: pass them at some point, right? So this is the opportunity.
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: So that's a huge game for Juve.
• 36:20
  Speaker 3: You know, you just want to see.
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: I know they beat Atalanta last game, but you want
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: to see that continuity.
• 36:26
  Speaker 3: Continuity.
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: Continuity.
• 36:27
  Speaker 3: Continuity. And yeah, like you said, you know, Como Roma,
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: huge game. But other than that, there's nothing spectacular.
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: Sassuolo, Milan, two teams in the top 10, separated by
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: four points as well. That's probably the only other big
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: game in the Serie A. And I think the Champions
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: League is back next week as well, Gianni.
• 36:52
  Speaker 3: That I'm not sure.
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure because I know Juve plays in the
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: Europa League, so I'm going to assume that Champions League
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: is back next week.
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: And it is.
• 37:00
  Speaker 3: I don't know who the Italian teams play, though. Roma plays.
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: Oh, Roma plays Real Madrid. And Napoli is away to Villarreal.
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: Inter hosts Club Brugge. And Como, Como, Como... I.
• 37:13
  Speaker 3: Do not see them. They go to.
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: They're away to Feyenoord. So these are big games for
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: the Champions League teams as well.
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: Oh, my God. Massive games.
• 37:24
  Speaker 3: I just.
• 37:26
  Speaker 2: It still, like, baffles me sometimes. Like, oh, shit, yeah,
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: Roma's in Champions League. It's been so long, you know? Oh,
• 37:33
  Speaker 2: what is this, you know? Even Como. Yeah, but no.
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: But after the results last round, you know, Como's the
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: only team that's actually been producing stuff for Serie A
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: in terms of their Champions League games. So let's hope
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: that everyone else begins to follow suit because we need Italy,
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: we need the Italian teams to start doing more. You know,
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: we need them to start showing up more, in my opinion.
• 37:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah. It.
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: Real Madrid feels like they've had battles throughout the years.
• 38:03
  Speaker 3: They did. The semi-final. Was it Liverpool or Real Madrid?
• 38:09
  Speaker 3: It was Liverpool.
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: They lost by one goal against Liverpool. The year before that,
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: I believe, they got eliminated by Real Madrid. That was
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: the year that I was watching it. The first game,
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: I think it was the year before that, where Florenzi
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: Like from like the halfway pick. Yeah. And you know,
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: it's funny, like Florenzi did that. And Insigne in like 2015, 2016,
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: did the same thing from like, like near the before
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: half line where he chipped the, it was, it wasn't
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: still Casillas. No, it wasn't Casillas at the time anymore.
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: Who was the Real Madrid.
• 38:51
  Speaker 3: Goalie in 2016? Probably. Hold on.
• 38:54
  Speaker 2: Real Madrid keeper, 2016. I don't think it was Iker anymore.
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: It was Keylor Navas. There you go. See, like it
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: was like, I knew it wasn't Iker anymore, but like
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: it was Keylor Navas. That was their, their, their, their keeper.
• 39:06
  Speaker 3: Oh, okay.
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah. So, but either way, it was just so funny
• 39:09
  Speaker 2: because he got caught off the line twice by both
• 39:13
  Speaker 2: my teams. So yeah. Anyways. So here's open. Here's open.
• 39:21
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Johnny, I think that'll do it for us.
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: And you know, like I said, it was, I knew
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: it was gonna be a short episode but i had
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: to get back in the studio uh hopefully adriano will
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: be back next week if uh he decides to come back.
• 39:33
  Speaker 3: Or maybe he'll just live his life.
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: In in uh in italy yeah you know if he
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: finds himself a nice wife over there you know what
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: i mean he'll get his green card yeah i mean
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: doesn't he already he already has it no like doesn't
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: he have it from his father.
• 39:49
  Speaker 3: I don't think he has the Italian passport, no.
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: Okay, but you can still get it anyways if you want.
• 39:53
  Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly.
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: Anyways, but yeah. All righty then. So for all of those,
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: I'll do the Adriano side.
• 39:59
  Speaker 3: Okay, okay.
• 40:00
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