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Italy World Cup Qualifiers Preview (Again) - Ep. 299 · The Calcio Guys

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  Speaker 1: Episode to ninety nine of The Couch Guys and one
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  Speaker 1: of the biggest or it's happening again, guys.
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  Speaker 2: Let's let's put it that this way.
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  Speaker 1: It's deja view in the Couch of Guys at Irano
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  Speaker 1: Johnny Nicholas digit view pretty much for the two hundred
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  Speaker 1: and ninety nine time in terms of the Couch of
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  Speaker 1: Guys and for Italy. Uh, second time in our history,
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  Speaker 1: doing this third time.
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  Speaker 2: In the past. Uh, let's say twelve years less than
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  Speaker 2: ten years now.
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  Speaker 1: So you can follow us on all your favorite podcasting
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  Speaker 1: it guys with I Drano and Johnny Nicholas.
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  Speaker 2: How you feeling, guys.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Johnny Golfer, Well, it's ground hog Day again.
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  Speaker 4: That's one positive.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: No, I'm good.
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  Speaker 3: Finding off a stomach bug but out of my system today.
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  Speaker 3: Just don't have much of an appetite. But I'm healing.
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  Speaker 3: We're there, reached the end of it. Wait, why is
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  Speaker 3: my camera not working?
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  Speaker 4: Hello?
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  Speaker 3: Okay, we're good, uh right, at the end of it,
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  Speaker 3: So we're good about that. I'm really excited you guys.
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  Speaker 3: How are teams Adrian?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, well, besides my dog barking like a maniac upstairs,
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  Speaker 6: doing good.
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  Speaker 4: You know, got getting in the mood, guys, getting in
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  Speaker 4: the mood tonight.
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  Speaker 6: Tonight's tonight before the big game tomorrow obviously for Italy,
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  Speaker 6: and had some pasta, made some pizza tonight. It was
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  Speaker 6: a it was a good day, trying to get in
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  Speaker 6: the mood. So happy to be back like always. It's
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  Speaker 6: episode two ninety nine, guys, I can't believe it. Next week,
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  Speaker 6: hopefully we're in good spirits for episode three hundred and yeah, guys,
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  Speaker 6: just uh, it was the last week.
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  Speaker 4: Anxious, excited, nervous the whole night.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a that's a carb heavy dinner, adury. Let's hope,
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  Speaker 1: Let's hope. Let's hope that they eat a bit better
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  Speaker 1: hope tonight in preparation for tomorrow's a big game.
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  Speaker 2: It feels like forever.
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  Speaker 1: We've been waiting for this game since November pretty much
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  Speaker 1: when we knew that Italy was going to be playing
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  Speaker 1: in the in the playoffs. And it's like, like I
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  Speaker 1: said's groundhod day, you know you look back was a
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  Speaker 1: November twenty seventeen, I think November thirteenth, twenty seventeen, exactly
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  Speaker 1: November thirteenth, twenty seventeen, they lost to Sweden. I forget
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  Speaker 1: the date in twenty twenty two when they lost to
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  Speaker 1: North Macedonia. This time, I think I remember it was
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  Speaker 1: in March March twenty fourth they lost to North Macedonia.
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  Speaker 1: And tomorrow, March twenty sixth, twenty twenty six, hopefully, hopefully
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  Speaker 1: the day that will be positive. It's it's a swing
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  Speaker 1: of emotion because if they win, it's like, Okay, there's
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  Speaker 1: still another game.
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  Speaker 2: But if they lose, we know it's over.
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  Speaker 1: The dream of qualifying for the World Cup, requalifying again
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  Speaker 1: after twelve hours will be over.
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  Speaker 2: So it's it's.
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  Speaker 1: A lot to lose tomorrow and a bit less to game,
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  Speaker 1: but one step closer to World Cup qualification. Guys, So
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  Speaker 1: we know the team that was announced last week, we
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  Speaker 1: know that now a lot of injuries so far, we know.
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  Speaker 1: I know there was Kisa. Yeah, I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: Basoni is still part of the squad, right.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, everybody's I think everybody besides Kiss is the only
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  Speaker 6: one who decided to go home, and who went home.
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  Speaker 6: I think he was replaced by Cambiagi.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 6: You know our our our posts on social media kind
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  Speaker 6: of been doing doing the numbers there, and I think
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  Speaker 6: that's the only the only, the only switch there. Cambiagi
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  Speaker 6: coming in for Kieza. I know, Bastoni Tonalia is another
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  Speaker 6: big one who they stuck around in the camp and
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  Speaker 6: they've been trying to get into somewhat of game shape
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  Speaker 6: for tomorrow, if not potentially uh you know, next Tuesday.
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  Speaker 6: So yeah, besides that, Kiz is the only one who
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  Speaker 6: unfortunately went home.
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  Speaker 1: Uh yeah, So the players that if it felt like
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  Speaker 1: there were so many posts initially of players that are injured,
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  Speaker 1: like you said, like Barsoni, Californi, Skamaka. Yeah, but at
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  Speaker 1: least they're staying in the camps. There was a lot
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  Speaker 1: of hype of him getting called up to the team. Look,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how how serious his injury is, but
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  Speaker 1: I told you guys on on Instagram, you got to
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  Speaker 1: have no legs if you're gonna miss this World Cup qualification,
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  Speaker 1: this is your opportunity as a player to bring your
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  Speaker 1: team back to the World Cup after twelve years. Look,
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  Speaker 1: Kesa's I think he's what twenty seven, twenty eight, I
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  Speaker 1: forget and last time Italy was in and he was
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  Speaker 1: still a teenager and this is let's be real, this
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  Speaker 1: might be his only try to make World Cup. So
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  Speaker 1: do we really want a guy who's who, who's leaving
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  Speaker 1: the team at the World Cup qualification. Look, I don't
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  Speaker 1: want to be too harsh because we again we don't
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  Speaker 1: know the injury, but for guys like I think I said,
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  Speaker 1: you really got to have a serious injury that's putting
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  Speaker 1: out of league play as well with with Liverpool.
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  Speaker 2: If you're not going to go out and represent your country.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going to go as far to say like,
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  Speaker 1: if you're not a part of this squad now and
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  Speaker 1: they qualify, you can't be part of the squad in June,
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  Speaker 1: because obviously that's.
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  Speaker 2: Not how it works.
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  Speaker 1: But for sure, I do think Gatuzza takes that into consideration,
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  Speaker 1: especially for a guy like Kisa and even me, you know,
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  Speaker 1: as someone who loved Kiza like five years ago, and
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  Speaker 1: we know that his injury with the ACL back in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two that completely destroyed it. Unfortunately, it's it's
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  Speaker 1: really hard to see the downfall because he was one
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  Speaker 1: of the best the young Italian players and look, Jenny,
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  Speaker 1: you talked about him back in what twenty eighteen that
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  Speaker 1: he's the next best Italian player and you made that
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  Speaker 1: prediction correct, and he carried that team. Not to carry
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  Speaker 1: that team, but he was instrumental in twenty twenty one
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  Speaker 1: with the Euros and then yeah, golf was so hard
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  Speaker 1: and it sucks to see that. You know, we've got
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  Speaker 1: to the point he gets called up, we're happy, it's like, okay,
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  Speaker 1: time for you know, a restart, and then he's he's
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  Speaker 1: out of the squad for one of the biggest games.
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  Speaker 2: But let's be real, him being a squad like I
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  Speaker 2: don't think he would have even been in the starting lineup.
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  Speaker 3: So so I think that is a very fair assessment
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  Speaker 3: to make, not because of talent or whatever, it's because
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  Speaker 3: the guy hasn't been playing in England ever since he
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  Speaker 3: left Juventus. And I thought Juventus was a very it
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  Speaker 3: was already a bad mistake for him to go. But
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  Speaker 3: but now he's left the Juve to go to Liverpool
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  Speaker 3: and Liverpool is getting almost no playing time.
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  Speaker 5: I wouldn't have been comfortable with him playing like I would.
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  Speaker 3: I would have been crossing my fingers hoping that he's stile,
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  Speaker 3: like he had some magic in him and stuff. But
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  Speaker 3: it feels like shades of Cassano in two thousand and eight,
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  Speaker 3: where Cassano was brought up to the year old roster
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  Speaker 3: in two thousand and eight, and the guy looked extremely
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  Speaker 3: awkward out there. One of the most and at the
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  Speaker 3: time Cassando was one of the most talented young players
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  Speaker 3: of the Italian national team, right he had a lot
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  Speaker 3: of magic in his like in those early two thousands, and.
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  Speaker 5: Then come that time, he just felt so.
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  Speaker 3: Off, like it didn't it didn't, it didn't look right,
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  Speaker 3: and it was unfortunate to see. So, you know, what
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  Speaker 3: I'm hoping for is that you know, Kiza takes this
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  Speaker 3: as a bit of it, you know, like like props
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  Speaker 3: to him for you know, like saying like I'm not
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  Speaker 3: comfortable enough to play for the roster U and Gatuzo
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  Speaker 3: respecting that and you know, not forcing him to fit
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  Speaker 3: into the roster or fit into it. But I hope
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  Speaker 3: he takes this as a wake up call in a
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  Speaker 3: sense of let me switch teams now, like I need
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  Speaker 3: to either go back to Italy or go to a
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  Speaker 3: team where I'm.
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  Speaker 5: Gonna get regular playing time.
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  Speaker 3: Because I don't blame him for collecting his paycheck in Liverpool,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just riding the bench to collect money, but
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  Speaker 3: career wise, it's killing his career in the long run
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  Speaker 3: because he's not getting anything. And I think if you're Italian,
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  Speaker 3: like I I'm not exagger when I say this, but
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  Speaker 3: I think wearing La Maya Zuda makes up way more
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  Speaker 3: than whatever money you can make in your league soccer
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  Speaker 3: and you're you know what I mean? Like, Yeah, as
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  Speaker 3: much as we like to like discuss it, I'm pretty
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  Speaker 3: sure Maldini, despite having the legendary what five Champions League titles?
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  Speaker 5: He has what five of them?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah?
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  Speaker 5: Five Champions League titles.
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  Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure you'd be willing to trade that all in,
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  Speaker 3: or maybe even a handful in just for a Euro
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  Speaker 3: or World Cup for Italy and especially for al closely
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  Speaker 3: he came a few times, so like I think, I
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  Speaker 3: feel like, I feel like, if you're an Italian player,
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  Speaker 3: the year old World Cup is worth way more to
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  Speaker 3: you than you know, league titles for other clubs.
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  Speaker 4: Who cares you.
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  Speaker 5: Want to win?
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  Speaker 3: You obviously want to win everything you play in, but
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  Speaker 3: you want to win that World Cup or be pivotal
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  Speaker 3: to the team winning the World Cup. So hopefully it
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  Speaker 3: is a wake up call for him and then he
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  Speaker 3: probably shakes things up this summer, which would be too
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  Speaker 3: late because that's what the World Cups can be going on,
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  Speaker 3: but maybe signs for times to come.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, and listen, it's it's unfortunate, I think, you know,
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  Speaker 6: for Kieza. And again to the next point earlier of
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  Speaker 6: what he kind of responded to us in our chat there.
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  Speaker 6: You know, I responded back and you know, I hate
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  Speaker 6: to say it, but he's kind of become a little
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  Speaker 6: bit soft and I really hate to use that word,
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  Speaker 6: and I know that's a word that goes around a
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  Speaker 6: lot in this generation of of of life, of sport,
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  Speaker 6: of whatever.
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  Speaker 4: But he's just not the same between the years, it
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  Speaker 4: seems like.
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  Speaker 6: And you know, that's that's what's even more unfortunate for
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  Speaker 6: for me, is the quality is the equality player.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, you know, is he there, you know, physically up
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  Speaker 4: to the tip top shape? No?
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  Speaker 6: Is he mentally stable and strong? It seems like that's
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  Speaker 6: kind of you know, dwindled out a bit too. So listen,
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  Speaker 6: the other guy is stuck around it. And I wasn't
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  Speaker 6: to Gatuzo's press a press conference, and you know, you
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  Speaker 6: you knew those questions were going to be asked about
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  Speaker 6: Kieza because he was the only one, like you said, Nick,
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  Speaker 6: that did go home and got replaced by Cambiagi. But
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  Speaker 6: you know, Gatuso said it pretty much what you said, Nick,
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  Speaker 6: you know, and every player is different, every player. You
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  Speaker 6: can't force things on on certain players. And you know,
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  Speaker 6: despite what the injury is or what it might be,
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  Speaker 6: or he's just maybe not there physically or fit, it
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  Speaker 6: became one of these things where it didn't make sense
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  Speaker 6: to keep him around. You know, he used I think
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  Speaker 6: the word you know, not useful or something along those lines,
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  Speaker 6: and so.
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  Speaker 4: Which again that's you know, that's that's the co hard facts.
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  Speaker 4: You know, that's what it would be.
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  Speaker 6: So if you're if you're not productive or you're not
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  Speaker 6: going to be productive and you're not going to be
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  Speaker 6: there and bringing any sort of you know, value, I
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  Speaker 6: guess you can say, you know in quotations, you know
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  Speaker 6: there's there sures no purpose for you to be there.
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  Speaker 6: But which is also unfortunate because I think Attuso and
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  Speaker 6: I don't think I well, I'm gonna say I think
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  Speaker 6: because I don't know one hundred percent. But you know,
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  Speaker 6: Gattuso is really trying to create this group, right, we
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  Speaker 6: all we spoke about the group back. You know, Nick,
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  Speaker 6: you said the Euro twenty twenty one, it.
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  Speaker 4: Was the group. It wasn't the individual, you know.
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  Speaker 6: I know Kisa had a big part of it, but
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  Speaker 6: h and you know the Na Ruma and you know
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  Speaker 6: other players, but it was the group that that you know,
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  Speaker 6: push us over the line.
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  Speaker 4: I think Atuso is trying to recreate that in his way.
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  Speaker 6: And you know ki has uh it seems to be
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  Speaker 6: you know, one foot in, one foot out. You know,
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  Speaker 6: is he ready, is he not ready? Is he refusing
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  Speaker 6: call ups? Is he is he not refusing call ups?
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  Speaker 6: So listen, I think if he's ready, he can have
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  Speaker 6: that chance to come back. But again, for me, you
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  Speaker 6: have to earn it. You have to earn the right
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  Speaker 6: to where the adjuti blue. It isn't just get handed
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  Speaker 6: to you just because your name is, you know, in
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  Speaker 6: this case Kieza.
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  Speaker 4: So again it's unfortunate.
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  Speaker 6: I think besides that, you know, maybe we'll get into
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  Speaker 6: you know, the call ups, you know, you know, one
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  Speaker 6: by one here. But you know, I still think with
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  Speaker 6: the players at disposal, you know, despite some of the
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  Speaker 6: omissions that you know, a lot of people online were
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  Speaker 6: kind of saying, you know that Daniolo's the you know,
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  Speaker 6: I even was seeing Bernadeski, you know, players of that nature,
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  Speaker 6: you know, or Selini. Right, it's fair, we can have
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  Speaker 6: that debate. But you know, kids, I got that and
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  Speaker 6: I was shocked. I don't know about you guys. I
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  Speaker 6: was shocked to see Kids's name to be to be fair, like,
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  Speaker 6: I didn't think it was gonna come now.
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  Speaker 3: I was.
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  Speaker 4: We said it.
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  Speaker 6: I think way back when you know, October or November
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  Speaker 6: whatever it was. You know, maybe kids that gets a
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  Speaker 6: shot back before this, before the World Cup, and I
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  Speaker 6: personally was shocked to see his name. It was there,
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  Speaker 6: and then you know, fast forward a couple of days,
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  Speaker 6: not even a couple was it a day later?
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  Speaker 4: Two days later, and you know he's he's going home.
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  Speaker 4: So you know, it's again.
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  Speaker 6: I don't think this national team depends on a guy
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  Speaker 6: like Kieza. He's been so out of the mix that
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  Speaker 6: I think we've moved past that point. Maybe if we
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  Speaker 6: were have spoken at like a handful years ago, maybe
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  Speaker 6: we would say, yeah, maybe he's we're a bit depending
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  Speaker 6: on what he can do.
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  Speaker 4: I think we're past that, and uh, listen, I have.
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  Speaker 6: To we have to put our faith in the guys
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  Speaker 6: that are that are there, that are gonna be there,
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  Speaker 6: that are gonna that are gonna play, that are not
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  Speaker 6: gonna come off the bench, that are hopefully gonna bring us,
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  Speaker 6: you know, to the promised Land. So those are the
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  Speaker 6: players that we have to put our faith in rather
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  Speaker 6: than the players that are unfortunate here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, let's let's look at the roster. Let's look at
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  Speaker 1: the call ups quickly. You know, one thing, one last
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  Speaker 1: thing about Kesa. He hasn't played for Italy since you're
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  Speaker 1: of twenty twenty four, which is which is crazy to
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  Speaker 1: think about.
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  Speaker 4: It'll be what two years?
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  Speaker 2: Two years?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: Uh so four goalkeepers, I think I counted eleven defenders,
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  Speaker 1: six mids and seven forwards with guys. Yeah yeah, So
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  Speaker 1: with this big of a roster, you know, it's hard
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  Speaker 1: to it's hard to say like, oh, you know, this
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  Speaker 1: player should have been in it. Like it feels like
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  Speaker 1: they called they called up everyone, you know, it's it's
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  Speaker 1: such a big roster.
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  Speaker 2: For me, I think the only name that maybe I
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  Speaker 2: would have liked to see Orcelini.
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  Speaker 1: And this is a guy who's that's really he's been
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  Speaker 1: shafted by the Italian by the Italian national team in
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  Speaker 1: the past three years. You know he's I know he's
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  Speaker 1: not having the best season. This is not or Selina
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  Speaker 1: of last year. But look, his teammate Cambiagy got called up,
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  Speaker 1: who has less goals and assists than him playing for
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  Speaker 1: the same team. So you know, what does Cambiagi bring
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  Speaker 1: that Orsolini doesn't. You know, A couple of names and
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  Speaker 1: forward that I'm excited to see. I think Po is
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  Speaker 1: supposed to though. He's hot at the right time. And look,
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  Speaker 1: with the striker, we've talked about it so much, you
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  Speaker 1: just got to get bring the hot guy. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: talking about looks here, but I'm talking about in four players, right,
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  Speaker 1: Uh so Po is supposed to always the guy who's
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  Speaker 1: who's been playing so well, uh.
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  Speaker 2: For for inter But besides that, like I look red.
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  Speaker 1: To Gee, we don't know anything how he's doing in
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia now, so I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I actually don't know if he's playing.
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  Speaker 4: I heard.
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  Speaker 6: I heard it's eighteen goals in eighteen very that's all calm.
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  Speaker 6: So that's what I had heard. I make it fact
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  Speaker 6: check me that yeah, exactly, no, no, and I get it.
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  Speaker 6: But you know, he said how many goals, and I
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  Speaker 6: had heard eighteen. So that's what it is, you know,
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  Speaker 6: no matter if it's total Campo or if it's you know,
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  Speaker 6: set right, that's what that's that's where he plays, that's
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  Speaker 6: where he's getting his goals, and that's what we're gonna
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  Speaker 6: have to go off.
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  Speaker 1: Of eighteen total goals as of March thirteenth, So it
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  Speaker 1: could be that that's earn up to date.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I'm looking at Wikipedia.
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  Speaker 6: I think they had a pause in the in their
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  Speaker 6: in their in their season f there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, But besides that, I am a bit surprised only
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  Speaker 1: six mids. I guess it depends, but look, if they're
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  Speaker 1: playing a three five two or five three two that
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: you know what's being rumored, you kind of need that
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: depth in midfield. So to be to only rely on
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: six mids is is kind of surprising. But again it's like,
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: who else would you call up there?
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: Rovella?
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: Maybe he's I think he's injured, he's injured. There you go,
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: There's there's not much depth in that position. Look in
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: the defenders, I I think this is probably the only
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: group that have real trust in especially with the interconnection
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: between DeMarco and Bastoni. If BOSTONI plays if he's healthy. Obviously,
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: DeMarco is one of the best wing backs in football
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: right now. It feels like every week he has multiple assists. Uh,
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: so that's the DeMarco we need tomorrow. I guess non
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: Ireland and obvious seeing goal, it's obviously led by Jijo
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: don Ruma, no problem. So it's like that that meme
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: with the horse starting for the back. It's well drawn
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: and then as you get forward it's it's not so good.
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: I don't know what you guys are are thoughts about
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: these stuff?
• 16:13
  Speaker 4: Well, get this picture off so I can see you
• 16:15
  Speaker 4: guys properly. I can't see listen.
• 16:20
  Speaker 6: Uh you know me about the four goalkeepers, I don't
• 16:24
  Speaker 6: understand that why we need four goalkeepers. We need two max,
• 16:29
  Speaker 6: And again it's not just to be funny for me.
• 16:32
  Speaker 6: I don't I'll never understand that you want to bring
• 16:34
  Speaker 6: up three? Okay, fine, before like what do we I
• 16:36
  Speaker 6: feel like you're just wasting roster spots with that, because
• 16:40
  Speaker 6: you know, especially with our you know luck of with
• 16:45
  Speaker 6: with Italian goalkeepers. You know, we went from the era
• 16:49
  Speaker 6: right into the Ruma era, and I you know, hopefully
• 16:52
  Speaker 6: we don't walk back for another handful of years right
• 16:55
  Speaker 6: going forward. So it's a shame because there are a
• 16:58
  Speaker 6: lot of good Italian keepers out there. I like that
• 17:02
  Speaker 6: Capridile got a shout and and cut in a seki.
• 17:09
  Speaker 4: You know, do we again do we need four?
• 17:11
  Speaker 6: You know? I know that's the other name because if
• 17:13
  Speaker 6: the cardio was hurt, but I don't know, I feel like,
• 17:16
  Speaker 6: you know, you you cut one of those, you add another,
• 17:19
  Speaker 6: you know, midfielder to your point, Nick, you know, maybe
• 17:22
  Speaker 6: a guy like Coyote. I think was was a big
• 17:24
  Speaker 6: name that was going around, uh, you know, on on
• 17:28
  Speaker 6: on social media, just him getting uh. I don't want
• 17:32
  Speaker 6: to say snubbed, because I don't know if he was
• 17:34
  Speaker 6: really in the plans to begin with, but I think
• 17:36
  Speaker 6: a guy who, if you want to go off of merit,
• 17:38
  Speaker 6: I think deserve the co op. I think he's been
• 17:40
  Speaker 6: doing well in England for such a young player. I
• 17:44
  Speaker 6: know he recently got put into Baldini's a you twenty
• 17:46
  Speaker 6: one team and again didn't even call him up first.
• 17:49
  Speaker 4: He had to get added later.
• 17:51
  Speaker 6: So a bit of a weird one for me with Coyote,
• 17:53
  Speaker 6: because again I think he's he's a talent that you know,
• 17:56
  Speaker 6: we hopefully nurture uh and progress in the ranks of
• 18:00
  Speaker 6: the national team.
• 18:01
  Speaker 4: So that's that.
• 18:03
  Speaker 6: But again for a midfield. Maybe I'm a bit biased,
• 18:06
  Speaker 6: but I would have thrown a Gici in there. I
• 18:09
  Speaker 6: would have liked to see him progress in the national team.
• 18:13
  Speaker 6: It's a shame that, you know, he's he hasn't been
• 18:15
  Speaker 6: getting quality minutes enough to maybe deserve that call up.
• 18:18
  Speaker 6: But if you want to add another midfield, I would
• 18:20
  Speaker 6: have probably added him the one thing I do like.
• 18:24
  Speaker 6: And again I was shocked, but at the same time,
• 18:26
  Speaker 6: not is Palaestra right Mark Jim as we'll call him
• 18:31
  Speaker 6: in Mark Mark Jim Marco Plestra.
• 18:34
  Speaker 4: But I'm happy to see that Catuso called him up.
• 18:39
  Speaker 6: And if you know, Sky is right and I know
• 18:41
  Speaker 6: we we posted earlier today the rumor lineup and whatnot.
• 18:47
  Speaker 6: You know, he he it looks like he might get
• 18:48
  Speaker 6: a get a shout on that on that right wing
• 18:50
  Speaker 6: back position, which for me, I love. It's a it's
• 18:53
  Speaker 6: it's a bit of a weird one because it's a
• 18:55
  Speaker 6: debut such a young player for such an important match.
• 18:58
  Speaker 6: But you know, I I would have if we were
• 19:01
  Speaker 6: talking about going around and saying, oh what you're starting eleven.
• 19:03
  Speaker 6: I would put him in there with the players that
• 19:04
  Speaker 6: we have at our disposal right now.
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: So I like that for sure.
• 19:10
  Speaker 6: You know, Pizili is another one that I was a bit,
• 19:13
  Speaker 6: maybe a bit surprised, but at the same time, he's been,
• 19:16
  Speaker 6: he's been, you know, Kuiely a solid player for Ferdroma.
• 19:20
  Speaker 6: I think I like him better than Christante. And again,
• 19:22
  Speaker 6: no disrespect, I know there's a Christante lovers out there.
• 19:26
  Speaker 6: For me, he's not that nat Sonale. That's just my opinion.
• 19:29
  Speaker 6: You can shoot me for it.
• 19:30
  Speaker 4: I don't care. I don't I don't know.
• 19:32
  Speaker 6: For me, I feel like we could do better, but
• 19:35
  Speaker 6: it is who it is. He's there and in the midfield,
• 19:38
  Speaker 6: is Barrella gonna step up to the barrella that we
• 19:42
  Speaker 6: need tomorrow and potentially Tuesday. That's I think the biggest
• 19:46
  Speaker 6: talking point in the midfield aspect of things that I think. Again, look,
• 19:50
  Speaker 6: I tell you it's it is where it is. I
• 19:52
  Speaker 6: know he's having a bit of a better season than
• 19:54
  Speaker 6: he has in the past, and you know he wears
• 19:55
  Speaker 6: the captain's.
• 19:56
  Speaker 4: Armband for for Juve and and you know he's he
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: he's so we stepped up.
• 20:01
  Speaker 6: But I think him and to now we are probably
• 20:04
  Speaker 6: the definite walks with Barilla too, But I think the
• 20:07
  Speaker 6: Barrella that we need is kind of the one of
• 20:10
  Speaker 6: the past. I know he's he's gone through so many matches,
• 20:13
  Speaker 6: so again we don't blame the guy, but we need him.
• 20:15
  Speaker 4: At his best tomorrow and potentially further on.
• 20:18
  Speaker 6: So I'm hopeful that he does come up to play tomorrow.
• 20:25
  Speaker 6: You you mentioned DeMarco, Nick, There's not much more to
• 20:27
  Speaker 6: say about that, but the forward it's it's looking like
• 20:30
  Speaker 6: it's going to be the key to the tech Ye
• 20:32
  Speaker 6: partnership again.
• 20:33
  Speaker 4: And for me, I have no problem.
• 20:35
  Speaker 6: I know Posposito, like you said, Nick, is is in
• 20:38
  Speaker 6: form and I like them off the bench. I like
• 20:40
  Speaker 6: him to come off the bench because against this Northern
• 20:43
  Speaker 6: Ireland team, again we don't know their players like like
• 20:47
  Speaker 6: we do the Italian players, that's for sure, But I
• 20:49
  Speaker 6: could just picture this team being very solid defensively, very physical,
• 20:55
  Speaker 6: you know, man back uh you know, crowding the midfield right,
• 21:00
  Speaker 6: giving us no space that low block, you know, That's
• 21:04
  Speaker 6: what I can potentially see uh as as as a
• 21:08
  Speaker 6: as a tactic for the on their end. So bringing
• 21:10
  Speaker 6: a guy like pos posted so who is, you know, tall, physical,
• 21:15
  Speaker 6: has that height.
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: You know you want to cross in the ball.
• 21:18
  Speaker 6: You know, we saw it over the weekend against Valentina,
• 21:20
  Speaker 6: right well not even a minute in, but it puts
• 21:23
  Speaker 6: in a ball and and and Po.
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: Gets on the gets on the end of it.
• 21:26
  Speaker 6: So hopefully those connections with the inter players, as much
• 21:29
  Speaker 6: as I hate to see it come come to life.
• 21:33
  Speaker 6: But you know again, so I like him off the bench.
• 21:37
  Speaker 6: So if you start with attack and Keene, for me personally,
• 21:39
  Speaker 6: I don't mind that. It's unfortunately that Keena hasn't had
• 21:43
  Speaker 6: this season that he had last year last year and said, yeah,
• 21:46
  Speaker 6: but I feel like when he puts on the Juti
• 21:48
  Speaker 6: Buis is a bit of a different player and he
• 21:50
  Speaker 6: and he he brings a bit more. So I hope
• 21:54
  Speaker 6: that is to be true tomorrow as well. And that
• 21:56
  Speaker 6: partnership has kind of worked, right, We've seen it work
• 21:59
  Speaker 6: him in the tegy, so I'm putting my confidence in
• 22:03
  Speaker 6: them too. So you know, it looks like it's gonna
• 22:05
  Speaker 6: be the three five two from what Sky and and
• 22:08
  Speaker 6: and other you know outwits are saying it's it's gonna
• 22:12
  Speaker 6: be Donalduma, nets Mancini, barstonic La Fiordi and the defense and.
• 22:17
  Speaker 4: Then the five. It goes there.
• 22:20
  Speaker 6: It is Pallasta, Tonali, uh Local, Tally, Barela and DeMarco
• 22:26
  Speaker 6: with Keen and the Teggy up top. So listen if if,
• 22:30
  Speaker 6: if they're correct. I don't mind the lineup, guys, I
• 22:32
  Speaker 6: don't know about you. I'm not a huge fan of
• 22:35
  Speaker 6: the three five too, but if this is what's gonna
• 22:37
  Speaker 6: give us the best chance to win, and I think
• 22:41
  Speaker 6: Atuzo has went a lot, has went with a lot
• 22:45
  Speaker 6: of familiarity with the call ops, with who is potentially
• 22:49
  Speaker 6: can start tomorrow, and kind of with your missions that
• 22:54
  Speaker 6: kind of got left out.
• 22:56
  Speaker 4: You know, we spoke, you spoke about the Orsellini. You know,
• 22:59
  Speaker 4: a guy like.
• 22:59
  Speaker 6: Zaniel Well again, say what you want about him and
• 23:02
  Speaker 6: his injury, you know, battle and his attitude and whatnot.
• 23:06
  Speaker 4: He's having a pretty.
• 23:06
  Speaker 6: Decent year at Rudnez right, He's putting up some sort
• 23:08
  Speaker 6: of better numbers than a Jack Raspadori or or or
• 23:12
  Speaker 6: you know guys of that nature, so or a Cambiagi
• 23:16
  Speaker 6: for that matter. So it's a weird one that you know,
• 23:18
  Speaker 6: maybe that guy doesn't get called up to but I
• 23:21
  Speaker 6: think these this mold of players and this quote unquote
• 23:26
  Speaker 6: Core has kind of been Gatoozo's guys, I guess you
• 23:30
  Speaker 6: can say, and that's kind of I think he played
• 23:32
  Speaker 6: it safe. He was playing the safe card. Hopefully that
• 23:35
  Speaker 6: doesn't bite us in the ass in terms of what
• 23:37
  Speaker 6: happens tomorrow. But listen, it is what it's going to be.
• 23:42
  Speaker 6: And as we said in many many episodes, I don't
• 23:45
  Speaker 6: care who it is.
• 23:47
  Speaker 4: I don't care how it happens. It just needs to happen.
• 23:50
  Speaker 6: And that's where we're That's the mentality going into tomorrow
• 23:53
  Speaker 6: for me at least, Johnny.
• 23:57
  Speaker 5: I don't have like much more to add. You guys
• 23:58
  Speaker 5: are quite detailed.
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: The only thing I was really hoping to do a
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: highlight on, which you guys did was Peelsposo.
• 24:05
  Speaker 5: The other thing I do want to state is that
• 24:07
  Speaker 5: I feel like as if.
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: I feel like the team, like I think it's a
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: super subs fine, but I feel like he's more starter
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: worthy than others and like, for given how while he's playing,
• 24:21
  Speaker 3: you know as of late, So would you take out?
• 24:24
  Speaker 4: You would take out like you're a.
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: Keen thing is I would probably I'll probably use Keen
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: as the super sub. I would probably use Keen as
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: the super sub for that for that instance, I feel
• 24:35
  Speaker 3: like I feel like he's obviously our most informed striker.
• 24:40
  Speaker 3: You definitely play him. But Keen obviously you know, he's
• 24:45
  Speaker 3: not having the greatest of the seasons of Natina.
• 24:46
  Speaker 5: It's not his fault. We know how good he is
• 24:48
  Speaker 5: as a player.
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: But I would rather see it at tagy what exposed
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: than Keen there but as a starter.
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: But I'm not.
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: But the thing is up front is where we have
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: the least of out of complaints. Where we're gonna live
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: and die is through our midfield. Yeah, like the back three,
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: it's gonna be like like as we saw, he's gonna
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: it's gonna be a back three, uh in the lineup
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: which they have to come up big. But thankfully it's
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: three center backs instead of like two center.
• 25:17
  Speaker 5: Backs and a right back in the you know what
• 25:20
  Speaker 5: I mean.
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: Like he's finally understanding that you're only played three men
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: in the back if you using three defensively minded the
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: defenders that are center backs, you know, like not anybody.
• 25:27
  Speaker 6: I wonder if the injury of deal orens Will kind
• 25:30
  Speaker 6: of made him realize that, you know, because I feel
• 25:32
  Speaker 6: like if you would have been healthy, and again we
• 25:35
  Speaker 6: don't know, you know, it's it's it's will never know that.
• 25:37
  Speaker 6: But if he was healthy and he would have got
• 25:39
  Speaker 6: it called up, I wonder what you know would have been.
• 25:43
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean.
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: Because but I don't know that it doesn't fit Gatuoso's
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: formation if he's always been with you. But let's want
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: to put him as a right wing back, which doesn't
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: make sense to me, like it's way out of position
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: for him to play too. So that's the one thing
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: that really holds back the Lorenzo is that he's not
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: doesn't have much diversity to his game. That's that's probably
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: like the way I could best describe it.
• 26:11
  Speaker 5: Yea, Yeah, you live and diet by him.
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: So I really hope that you know that he continues
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: with this mentality because we need the midfield and make
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: up for that and you know, be more responsible and
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: really support our forwards because like I said, our forwards
• 26:28
  Speaker 3: are probably the most secure position, which is a weird
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: time to say for Italian soccer, where it's like because
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: because the thing is, I'm comfortable with Keen, I'm comfortable
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: with a Tegy, uncomfortable with I suppose to tell you
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: know what, I mean like uh, Skamaka is the only
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: one where it's like.
• 26:43
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I just.
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: No, and then getting like Politano or like RASPADOI off
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: the bench is fine by me. I think maybe it's
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: monopoly bias. But for them as substitutes to come on
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: to clean up a game, I'm okay with that. Even
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: though they're better at suit for a three man formation
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: up front, I'm okay with that. But all in all,
• 27:07
  Speaker 3: one second answer a message, all in all, trying to
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: do two things out once here. All in all, our
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: midfield is gonna be the key. I'm really not happy
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: with the fact that if he's gonna go to three
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: five two formation, that he doesn't bring as much midfielders
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: as he was supposed to. I feel like we might
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: we have a lot of exhausted bodies come the second game,
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: especially that these are all players that play heavy minutes
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: already for their respective teams. Like but Ella, I swear
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: to god, but Alla is probably look like Quinn Hughes
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: at the end of all this, where he's just like,
• 27:38
  Speaker 3: he looks like he's dead on the inside, and the.
• 27:41
  Speaker 5: Kids, the guy is only twenty nine years old. He's
• 27:44
  Speaker 5: only twenty nine and he.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: Looks like that's old. That's old for soccer players.
• 27:48
  Speaker 5: I know, he looks worn out like like that. The
• 27:50
  Speaker 5: poor kid live. I'm calling to a kid. He's four
• 27:52
  Speaker 5: years younger than me, but let him live.
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: But also, you know, we're talking about the you know,
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: starting lineup person. I don't have any problems for it
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: with it. But what I would like to see is
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: if let's say the game's tied sixtieth minute or god forbid,
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: we're down at that time, I want to see subs early.
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: I don't want to see you know, Look, Gatuso has
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: five subs to his disposal. I think this has kind
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: of been a problem with Gatuzo, even with Splecty, with Mancini,
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: they kind of took too long to make their subs.
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: I find even with Speletty was that was a problem.
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: This is this is a do or die game. If
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: if he sees something in the.
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: Game, make that change, make that change.
• 28:37
  Speaker 4: I'm sure.
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: But obviously they're doing a bunch of scouting on Northern Ireland,
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: this and that. But it's possible they come out with
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: a whole new game plan, kind of like what you said, Adri.
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: Come out physical, come out playing defensive, Let's be real,
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: that's probably what they're gonna do.
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: They're playing away.
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: They're less talented than Italy. Their best bet to win
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: is to park the US for ninety minutes and.
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: To play physical.
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: And I think that's that's been the issue with Italy
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: for the past few years since winning the Euros. They
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: played these physical teams. You think back to that Switzerland
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: game in the Euros. They struggled.
• 29:11
  Speaker 6: You know, I know, Spain's not we were this close
• 29:15
  Speaker 6: right to leave that to exit that get that match
• 29:17
  Speaker 6: right and that Yeah you're talking about the euro match.
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: The round of sixteen game against Austria. Yes, sorry, even
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: that game, yeah yeah, then even no, even like the
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: Spain game. I know Spain's not physical and like strength,
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: but even like speed wise, they still beat us in
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: that game back in the Euros.
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: So uh yeah.
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: All that to say is, you know, if Northern Ireland
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: wants to win, that's how they're gonna play. They're gonna
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: use their bodies for their strength. For really to win,
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: they need to be smart. And what I also want
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: to see is just take advantage every chance you got, hmm,
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: and even score early. Just get that out of the
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: way early, because how many times have we watched Italy
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: game together and we're like, we're like this half the
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: time because they just missed a great opportunity to put
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: it away. You know, think back to some of the
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: group the group games in the qualifying where they had
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: a chance to extend the goal differential and they couldn't
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: do that. You know, I know that doesn't matter, it
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: doesn't matter how they win right tomorrow, No, but I
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: still want to see that.
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: I still just just get out of their heads, right. Yeah.
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: So it's it's nerve wracking, guys. At the end of
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: the day, I do feel confident for this game. I
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: gets thrown then Ireland, it's in Italy, it's not at
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: the Sansigo. I'm confident about this game. I don't want
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: to think about Tuesday yet.
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: That's not here.
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Yet, deep down, deep down, Like after twelve years.
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: Look, this is the jersey from their last World Cup.
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: Twelve years ago. I got this. I was still in
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: high school.
• 30:48
  Speaker 4: You know. I got the long Sleep version up stair.
• 30:51
  Speaker 4: I remember that.
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, so I'm confident.
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: This is this is time three times a charm. But
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: you know, it's it's it's it's crazy. I look We've
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: done the podcast almost three Oudred episodes, and we saw
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: I haven't seen Italy in the World Cup, you said
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: the video ad this morning, twelve year olds are saying
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: that they never seen it in the World Cup.
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: Look, fifteen sixteen year olds.
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: Won't remember Italy being in a World Cup and mean
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: in that time they won a year os.
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: It makes no sense.
• 31:17
  Speaker 6: So yeah, and just to bounce off to the just
• 31:19
  Speaker 6: your guys points and everything, just the conversation.
• 31:22
  Speaker 4: You know, just I hope you know, the.
• 31:25
  Speaker 6: The biggest thing I think in these what six seven
• 31:28
  Speaker 6: months whatever it's been, uh you know since uh bro
• 31:31
  Speaker 6: get out.
• 31:31
  Speaker 4: What are you two years old? For context?
• 31:36
  Speaker 6: The guy next doing the six seven right for our
• 31:39
  Speaker 6: audio listeners, But uh no, like I I heard Katuoso
• 31:44
  Speaker 6: on the press conference, right and he said it like
• 31:46
  Speaker 6: what if you know, what have what have you done?
• 31:48
  Speaker 6: And I know Kelly Fiodi spoke and kind of what
• 31:50
  Speaker 6: has Gatoso has done, you know in these in these months,
• 31:52
  Speaker 6: you know, leading up to this point, and you know
• 31:56
  Speaker 6: there's not really much like much to do, like on
• 31:59
  Speaker 6: the pitch, is I think think again, like I said earlier,
• 32:01
  Speaker 6: creating that group, being close to the players and you know,
• 32:04
  Speaker 6: it made me laugh because Calafioti said it in his
• 32:07
  Speaker 6: in his press conference, he said.
• 32:09
  Speaker 4: I think he he he.
• 32:11
  Speaker 6: He had said he had spoken more to Gatuso than
• 32:13
  Speaker 6: his own mother in the last few months. So that
• 32:16
  Speaker 6: just goes to show you, you know, a renal Gutuso
• 32:18
  Speaker 6: and and and the type of player he was, and
• 32:20
  Speaker 6: the type of manager he is now, the type of
• 32:22
  Speaker 6: man he is.
• 32:23
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 32:23
  Speaker 6: Uh, you know, it's all about the affection, all about
• 32:26
  Speaker 6: the player, all about the teammates, all about the group.
• 32:29
  Speaker 6: So to bring that unity in a time where we
• 32:31
  Speaker 6: need it the most, I think is huge. I just
• 32:34
  Speaker 6: hope these players take that and and and and ride
• 32:39
  Speaker 6: with that and and not be mentally fragile, because I
• 32:42
  Speaker 6: think it's another thing, right, we need to be strong mentally.
• 32:45
  Speaker 6: Forget on the pitch, but like between the ears, like
• 32:47
  Speaker 6: we have to be mentally strong and if something doesn't
• 32:50
  Speaker 6: go our way or if you know, like you said,
• 32:52
  Speaker 6: we're maybe down and we need to kind of rise
• 32:55
  Speaker 6: up and not just to crumble and fall, because I
• 32:59
  Speaker 6: don't know how many more times these guys need to
• 33:02
  Speaker 6: like live this this this this feeling of of not
• 33:07
  Speaker 6: making a World Cup or being in this in this
• 33:09
  Speaker 6: limbo of World Cup qualification, because as we've said it
• 33:13
  Speaker 6: timeless times, you know, enough is enough.
• 33:15
  Speaker 4: So I'm I'm hopeful.
• 33:18
  Speaker 6: Uh And and to your point, Nick, one game at
• 33:19
  Speaker 6: a time, for sure, we need to get past tomorrow.
• 33:22
  Speaker 4: There is no excuse like tomorrow.
• 33:25
  Speaker 6: Like I said last week, in probably the week before
• 33:27
  Speaker 6: and many times on the show, if it's an it's
• 33:29
  Speaker 6: a head, it's a shoulder, it's an ass, it's a back,
• 33:31
  Speaker 6: it's a shin, it's a it's a toe that gets
• 33:34
  Speaker 6: this ball in the back. And I don't care, I
• 33:36
  Speaker 6: don't care who it is that scores, as long as
• 33:40
  Speaker 6: it's an Italy win and we have a chance on
• 33:45
  Speaker 6: Tuesday to to do it as well.
• 33:46
  Speaker 4: And again for for people that are worried for for
• 33:50
  Speaker 4: the the Bosnia slash potentially Whales matchup.
• 33:56
  Speaker 6: Why we were there's no chance, there's no time to
• 33:58
  Speaker 6: be fucking worried, like we have to do it, like
• 34:00
  Speaker 6: if we can't be And I saw a clip it
• 34:02
  Speaker 6: was I forget the.
• 34:03
  Speaker 4: Italian content creator who put it out there. It was
• 34:06
  Speaker 4: off the top of my head.
• 34:06
  Speaker 6: I don't remember, but they like if we can't even
• 34:10
  Speaker 6: win against Bosnia or Wales, if we're scared to play
• 34:13
  Speaker 6: against those guys, we have no business being in another
• 34:15
  Speaker 6: World Cup. So which to that point is in my
• 34:18
  Speaker 6: eyes correct. So again hopeful for tomorrow. I think that's
• 34:23
  Speaker 6: the biggest thing. But yeah, going to even back to
• 34:29
  Speaker 6: what you said, Johnny about you know, Keen as a
• 34:32
  Speaker 6: super sub.
• 34:33
  Speaker 4: I don't mind that idea either.
• 34:36
  Speaker 6: I think just the formation that is going to be
• 34:38
  Speaker 6: played or you know, projected to be played, the three
• 34:41
  Speaker 6: five to two, it limits some of our of our
• 34:44
  Speaker 6: attackers and and maybe that's why or Seleni doesn't get
• 34:48
  Speaker 6: called up. Maybe a Banadski, a Zaniolo even better Ardy
• 34:51
  Speaker 6: for that matter.
• 34:51
  Speaker 4: He's been doing pretty well. Uh for for Sosuolo.
• 34:55
  Speaker 6: You know, these guys are like natural wingers and we're
• 34:57
  Speaker 6: puaying to for two strikers if you well up top right.
• 35:01
  Speaker 6: So does Gatuso have the tactical flexibility to to change
• 35:06
  Speaker 6: in match on the fly?
• 35:07
  Speaker 4: I would hope, So.
• 35:10
  Speaker 6: Listen, I'm a Gatuzo lover, so for me, I want
• 35:13
  Speaker 6: him to do well. He's always man. I don't want
• 35:18
  Speaker 6: to say always because always is a big word, but
• 35:20
  Speaker 6: more times than not, he's with the cards, he's been dealt,
• 35:23
  Speaker 6: he's been able to to uh, to do the best
• 35:26
  Speaker 6: with it and to overcome whatever it is to overcome.
• 35:29
  Speaker 6: So we saw it as Melan fans when he took
• 35:33
  Speaker 6: over Milan in shambles. He he did the best that
• 35:35
  Speaker 6: he could with what he had. We saw that Napoly right,
• 35:38
  Speaker 6: he he he won a trophy with them, right, something
• 35:42
  Speaker 6: that probably will into thought, uh that would have happened.
• 35:46
  Speaker 4: So you know, now with Zui, I.
• 35:49
  Speaker 6: Think it's it's another chance for him to uh to
• 35:52
  Speaker 6: to prove that you know, maybe he's not the best
• 35:54
  Speaker 6: in certain aspects, but what he does lack is is
• 35:58
  Speaker 6: what he brings emotionally to these players, and that's what
• 36:01
  Speaker 6: we're gonna have to write on because he also said
• 36:03
  Speaker 6: he went on he in these last month or I
• 36:07
  Speaker 6: think since he's been hired, if I'm not mistaken, if
• 36:10
  Speaker 6: I remember the quote correctly, he was president at three
• 36:13
  Speaker 6: hundred and eighty matches across different competitions. A W said, yeah,
• 36:18
  Speaker 6: if it be Premier League, if it be Champions League,
• 36:21
  Speaker 6: if it be Europa Conference, whatever it was, to see
• 36:23
  Speaker 6: his players and to see you know, Italian talent, uh,
• 36:26
  Speaker 6: you know play.
• 36:27
  Speaker 4: So I think he's done his homework. Now you know
• 36:30
  Speaker 4: tomorrow is the first test.
• 36:32
  Speaker 6: And you know, hopefully Tuesday is the final exam, so
• 36:35
  Speaker 6: we'll we'll see what happens.
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: Uh saiti, I guys here, I'm gonna shure a picture
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: because this is uh, I think the feeling for the
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: podcast this week with let me just pull it up
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: one second. That's uh, that's me, I'm the squid word.
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: And then you guys are the Patrick and the SpongeBob
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: between the four three of your teams winning and then
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: min not that's a that's a weekend in cidiya Uh here.
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: On the couch, guys, was it not lead? Was it
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: one nothing over?
• 37:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah?
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: One nothing over Cali Romo won nothing over let Jay
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: Melan three two over Torino. And then I think the bigger,
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: the bigger story for me line is the one to
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: one Fiorentina, uh game, because Fiorentina, of course they would tie,
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: you know, first place after the season that they're having
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: and I think they're what gonna be in the quarterfinals
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: now with the conference league. Yeah they advanced, right, yeah,
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: because of course that's just the season that Fiarantina is having.
• 37:33
  Speaker 2: Scudeo reopened six point different, seven games left, eight.
• 37:37
  Speaker 4: Games left, eight games left?
• 37:39
  Speaker 2: Is it reopened, Adrian, I don't know.
• 37:44
  Speaker 4: I think I personally, again, I'm gonna stick on the
• 37:47
  Speaker 4: on the train.
• 37:47
  Speaker 6: I thought that it was closed already. So you know
• 37:51
  Speaker 6: it's gonna be what it's gonna be. But again, it's
• 37:55
  Speaker 6: it's now a bit a bigger fight than a bigger
• 37:58
  Speaker 6: you know, a bigger race to the finish because you know,
• 38:01
  Speaker 6: unfortunately not he's there too, right, you know they're they're
• 38:03
  Speaker 6: in the mix. You know, if we're six points behind,
• 38:05
  Speaker 6: then please don't do this, Nick with their seven so uh,
• 38:10
  Speaker 6: don't don't don't do this again.
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: But you did it this time.
• 38:14
  Speaker 4: I did it. Okay, sorry, I'll take it.
• 38:15
  Speaker 6: But you know it's it's more of a race and
• 38:19
  Speaker 6: something that you would have spoken to us a handful
• 38:22
  Speaker 6: of weeks ago. We weren't going to have this conversation.
• 38:25
  Speaker 6: So what that's what I like, because you know, it's
• 38:28
  Speaker 6: enough of these years of runaway champions and uh, you know,
• 38:32
  Speaker 6: with with like ten plus games to go, so a
• 38:36
  Speaker 6: race to the finish and this international break that kind
• 38:38
  Speaker 6: of breaks it up. You know, Melan and Nap on
• 38:42
  Speaker 6: a bit of a high and you know, inter on
• 38:44
  Speaker 6: a on a man right going into the international break,
• 38:47
  Speaker 6: and you know their players are heavily used. Me one
• 38:49
  Speaker 6: has no players playing for Italy right like none, so
• 38:54
  Speaker 6: which is a shame. But at the same time, I
• 38:57
  Speaker 6: don't know, maybe a good thing.
• 38:59
  Speaker 4: So we'll see what what ends up being after this
• 39:05
  Speaker 4: international break ends here. But if it's if it's anywhere
• 39:11
  Speaker 4: near open for for you know your words, you know,
• 39:16
  Speaker 4: now's the time to to to really capitalize. And you
• 39:19
  Speaker 4: know that sounds like a broken record because we've been
• 39:21
  Speaker 4: saying it time and time again, but now it is
• 39:24
  Speaker 4: now more than ever's it. It's the truth.
• 39:25
  Speaker 6: So I think it's uh, it's more, it's more manageable.
• 39:31
  Speaker 6: But again, you're gonna have to not only win and
• 39:34
  Speaker 6: I'm speaking for for Milan, and I know Johnny would
• 39:36
  Speaker 6: say the same thing for Monopoly. Not only do we
• 39:39
  Speaker 6: need to win, we need to continuously hope for these
• 39:41
  Speaker 6: last seventy eight weeks whatever it is for inter to
• 39:45
  Speaker 6: draw points. So now and again, you know how guys,
• 39:49
  Speaker 6: how I feel about this. You know, it's not only
• 39:51
  Speaker 6: that you have to do your own laundry. You have
• 39:53
  Speaker 6: to hope that their laundry is is not folded either, right,
• 39:57
  Speaker 6: So it's it's It's one of these things that I
• 40:01
  Speaker 6: don't like because I like when it's in our control
• 40:05
  Speaker 6: and we get to decide what it is, and if
• 40:08
  Speaker 6: we fail, it's because we failed, not because we had
• 40:11
  Speaker 6: to hope and pray that you know, an own goal
• 40:14
  Speaker 6: or you know, a miracle moment and dropping points and
• 40:19
  Speaker 6: you know, us getting back into the Like I don't
• 40:22
  Speaker 6: know about you, Johnny, but I'm not a fan of that.
• 40:24
  Speaker 4: So we'll see.
• 40:27
  Speaker 6: It's now more doable, that's for sure, but open to
• 40:31
  Speaker 6: the sense where we're gonna do it, I'm.
• 40:36
  Speaker 4: Still hesitanting on saying that again.
• 40:37
  Speaker 6: I I'll forever just want my team to win and
• 40:41
  Speaker 6: you know, be optimistic and as positive as I can be,
• 40:45
  Speaker 6: But at the same time, you.
• 40:45
  Speaker 4: Have to be a bit of a realist.
• 40:47
  Speaker 6: Is it realistic that Milan or not we are gonna
• 40:50
  Speaker 6: win out and in there gonna drop point after point
• 40:55
  Speaker 6: after point in these last seven eight games.
• 40:57
  Speaker 4: I don't know.
• 40:58
  Speaker 6: So again, like, I'll remain hopeful, but.
• 41:03
  Speaker 4: We'll see what.
• 41:04
  Speaker 6: You know, one game at a time, like we said
• 41:07
  Speaker 6: the Zudi, one game at a time, and uh, you know,
• 41:10
  Speaker 6: wherever the chips fall, you know, that's that's that's what
• 41:13
  Speaker 6: it will happen. But it's a shame again because I
• 41:16
  Speaker 6: think this is a season and I'll speak for me one.
• 41:18
  Speaker 6: I know, you know, Johnny pub has other things to
• 41:21
  Speaker 6: say about opoly, but it's a shame because of again,
• 41:25
  Speaker 6: this is a season that I think if there was
• 41:27
  Speaker 6: a season to to to get even under school that
• 41:29
  Speaker 6: total uh you know count with with your rival in THEE,
• 41:32
  Speaker 6: it was this season. You know, the one competition a week,
• 41:35
  Speaker 6: like we said, time with times and just you know,
• 41:39
  Speaker 6: having a manager that knows how to win at your
• 41:44
  Speaker 6: at you know, on your touch line is two things
• 41:47
  Speaker 6: that I thought would.
• 41:48
  Speaker 4: Have been more in our favor.
• 41:49
  Speaker 6: We just shut ourselves in the foot with with these
• 41:52
  Speaker 6: you know, lesser I'll put in quotation lesser oppositions. And
• 41:56
  Speaker 6: I think we have what two three losses on the season,
• 41:59
  Speaker 6: and uh you know they're all against uh, you know,
• 42:02
  Speaker 6: bottom table team. So that's that's that's the biggest thing.
• 42:06
  Speaker 6: And those are the things that are gonna hurt because
• 42:08
  Speaker 6: where we locked in that aspect inters the you know,
• 42:11
  Speaker 6: got those points and put up a lot of goals.
• 42:14
  Speaker 4: And you know obviously the gold differential huge. So I
• 42:18
  Speaker 4: don't know, we'll see, let's Uh, let's get through this
• 42:21
  Speaker 4: international break first and then then we'll talk. Yeah.
• 42:26
  Speaker 1: So, you know, the top the top four race, it
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: remains between the same three teams that it's been the
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: past few weeks, but it feels like almost starting to
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: pull away now. Was a five nothing against Pisa Romo
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: with the win Juventus dry against the Solo.
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: Just frustrating.
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: But look, it's it's been the same story, same song
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: and dance with you. It feels like the past, you know,
• 42:49
  Speaker 1: year and a half, two years, And I think what
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: was frustrating with that game is, you know, you get
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: a penalty. I'm gonna be honest, I didn't even know
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: if the ball touched the defender's hands.
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: I forget who it was. It looked like it did.
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: His arm was in an unnatural position, but the way
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: the ball bounced, I wasn't even convinced that it touched
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: his hand. I don't know if you guys saw, but
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: you know, I'm not gonna say they got gifted a
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: penalty because if it did touch his hand, it's a
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: pelly uh, you know, any day of the week. But
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: one thing I'll say, I don't know if you guys
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: remember that during the Euros. They had that technology that
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: detected when the ball.
• 43:23
  Speaker 2: Was kicked or touched. Uh for these type of calls.
• 43:28
  Speaker 4: I don't know if you guys.
• 43:28
  Speaker 6: Remember by like yeah yeah, by a part of the
• 43:33
  Speaker 6: body that yeah you can't yeah yeah.
• 43:36
  Speaker 2: Why is that not in the city?
• 43:37
  Speaker 3: Bro?
• 43:38
  Speaker 1: I know it's expensive, but it could say so much
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: time instead of looking at this is like forty p videos.
• 43:46
  Speaker 4: You know this is Italy, nick Uh, spend money, you create?
• 43:50
  Speaker 4: You crazy? Save time? Are you nuts?
• 43:53
  Speaker 3: Like?
• 43:53
  Speaker 4: Bro, that's that's not in our DNA.
• 43:55
  Speaker 6: It seems like I don't know, but we can't even
• 43:57
  Speaker 6: get bar correct, Like we're gonna get that correct?
• 43:59
  Speaker 4: Like, I don't know. I agree with you on but
• 44:02
  Speaker 4: I don't. I don't know. I would be a miracle
• 44:04
  Speaker 4: to see that be implemented and said, in my opinion.
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: Whatever all that to say, they get a palty at
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: the end, and shameful, shameful for Locatelly, let's be honest,
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: terrible penalty. I know he's scored some big penalties in
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: the past, but he also missed He's also missed some
• 44:21
  Speaker 1: and crucial ones. You know, I forget who was on
• 44:23
  Speaker 1: the field at that point. I forget if Duke sand
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: was there already at that point if he was subed on.
• 44:30
  Speaker 2: But yeah, embarrassing.
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: Paley didn't seem like they deserve to win the game.
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: It was just one of those games, right, So swallow.
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: Both both teams are the good counter attack goal. What
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: I also didn't like, it's like they break on dusand
• 44:43
  Speaker 1: they bring on Melick, almost like it Field like for
• 44:46
  Speaker 1: Field good stories, especially Milik it's been.
• 44:48
  Speaker 2: So long that he's out. But aren't these guys effective?
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: You need a goal? Where's Jonathan David? He made one
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: mistake a couple of weeks ago, he played one one
• 44:56
  Speaker 1: or two bad games a couple for a couple of weeks,
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: and now he's just been cast to the bench. So
• 45:01
  Speaker 1: you sign a guy in the summer and then you
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: can't even bring him on. You're not even starting any striker,
• 45:06
  Speaker 1: and then you need a goal. You're not even bringing
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: on the guy you signed in the summer, versus you
• 45:09
  Speaker 1: bring on a guy who hasn't played in two years.
• 45:11
  Speaker 2: So for me, that's frustrating.
• 45:13
  Speaker 6: But he puts cheese on his seafood pasta so on,
• 45:16
  Speaker 6: Oh gosh, right, so you.
• 45:18
  Speaker 4: Know it is inexcusable. Apparently you can't bro, what are
• 45:22
  Speaker 4: you talking about? Excusable?
• 45:25
  Speaker 2: So it's just been one of those seasons.
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: Uh, look for the top four race, Let's be real,
• 45:31
  Speaker 1: Como's the most deserving team. We've talked about them all
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: season with the way things are going to do it?
• 45:38
  Speaker 1: Do I think they do it? I don't know, And
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: what I was going to talking about them, but what
• 45:46
  Speaker 1: I was going to say before, So I think it's
• 45:48
  Speaker 1: for U two match days Como Winter. I think this
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: game could decide to decide the top four race straight
• 45:55
  Speaker 1: up and even next weekend interplays Roma. So these next
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: two weeks after the break, I think that that decides
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: to see that door right there, because.
• 46:04
  Speaker 6: If they dropped points, and if they've dropped in three weeks,
• 46:07
  Speaker 6: we can talk and say maybe it's not open.
• 46:09
  Speaker 2: That's yeah, yeah exactly.
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: But but Milan also plays Napoly after after the break,
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: so it's it's tough anyways. Yeah for you A, it's
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: I think I don't know. I think the only hope
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: is to get the fifth spot in Champions League, but
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: I don't know what the the u F rankings are.
• 46:23
  Speaker 1: I don't know how that works. You know what what
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: Italy chances are, especially now with no Italian teams left
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: in the Champions League.
• 46:30
  Speaker 4: It's tough.
• 46:31
  Speaker 1: I don't know what the math is, but I think
• 46:33
  Speaker 1: it's just just one of the seasons. It's like last
• 46:35
  Speaker 1: year they squeaked in on the last match day in
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: the Champions League.
• 46:38
  Speaker 2: Same thing a couple of years ago.
• 46:40
  Speaker 1: I think it was like twenty twenty one, Uh, when
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: they beat Bologna. I think lucks kind of run out,
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: and you know, next year's a Europa League season. Yeah,
• 46:51
  Speaker 1: like I said, just one of those seasons. It's not
• 46:54
  Speaker 1: it's not over.
• 46:55
  Speaker 2: No, it's not.
• 46:56
  Speaker 4: It's not.
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: But I think for you a what the frustrating part
• 46:59
  Speaker 1: is they drop up too many of the games, the
• 47:02
  Speaker 1: winnable games against the team's ranked below them in the standings,
• 47:05
  Speaker 1: and then look they dropped six points to CMO. I
• 47:08
  Speaker 1: think that's that's that's the most difficult part is uh,
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: two losses to rival in the standings, you know, even
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: even Roma. That's why I'm saying like Como is most
• 47:22
  Speaker 1: in control because they're playing red hot right now and
• 47:24
  Speaker 1: it's like between Uvean and Rome. I don't know if
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: you agree, Johnny, but it's almost like who wants it?
• 47:28
  Speaker 4: Who wants it more?
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: At this point even I know Romo won, but they're
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: they're kind of been on and off recently because what
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: was it, Yeah, they lost to Como two weeks ago. Yeah,
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: so it's it's uh yeah, it's uh if you if
• 47:44
  Speaker 1: you pick the teams based on who deserves it the
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: most out of formed recently, for sure, Como is there,
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: but of course eight matches left, a lot could happen,
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: and only a three point difference. But the thing is,
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: for youve they're gonna have to finish the season with
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: more points than Como because of the fact that they
• 47:59
  Speaker 1: lost twice. Yeah, uh yeah, Jenny, you know you have
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: to be happy for your team, both your teams.
• 48:06
  Speaker 3: Though, well I mean yeah, but well back to like
• 48:10
  Speaker 3: the original discussion from before, you know, like Napoli seven
• 48:14
  Speaker 3: seven points behind, there's some belief.
• 48:18
  Speaker 5: Very very short time.
• 48:19
  Speaker 3: But you know, be cute if they could pull it off,
• 48:22
  Speaker 3: if they managed to pull it off, it's gonna be
• 48:24
  Speaker 3: the hest of the century.
• 48:25
  Speaker 5: But I don't think they will, but it would take the.
• 48:30
  Speaker 6: Cut out, Joe, the heightst of the century. And they
• 48:36
  Speaker 6: stole your audio too, Mariule.
• 48:40
  Speaker 2: Nothing, Jenny, no nothing.
• 48:43
  Speaker 4: He's out and he's back and he's.
• 48:47
  Speaker 2: I removed him. Yeah, we got we got you, We
• 48:51
  Speaker 2: got you.
• 48:52
  Speaker 6: Yeah, even after two hundred I was just about to
• 48:54
  Speaker 6: say episodes, there's still technical difficulties.
• 48:58
  Speaker 3: It would be it would be the high to the
• 49:00
  Speaker 3: century if they managed to pull off a if if
• 49:03
  Speaker 3: they managed to pull off like a like a school
• 49:05
  Speaker 3: that will win like that because you have to hope
• 49:07
  Speaker 3: that Milan and Enter both suck up, which you know,
• 49:11
  Speaker 3: very very unlikely for that to happen.
• 49:13
  Speaker 2: So it would be nice.
• 49:16
  Speaker 3: Though, Uh they would, it would I don't.
• 49:18
  Speaker 5: Feel like it would be like a deserved school that though.
• 49:20
  Speaker 5: But at the end of the day, it is what
• 49:21
  Speaker 5: it is.
• 49:23
  Speaker 4: We're in limbo. We have both me and Inut, but
• 49:26
  Speaker 4: we're innimb But we have to do like I said earlier,
• 49:28
  Speaker 4: we have to do we have to win our games.
• 49:30
  Speaker 6: But we have to also hope for results other other
• 49:34
  Speaker 6: in other places, which like I said earlier, Johnny, I'm
• 49:37
  Speaker 6: not a fan of Like I don't.
• 49:38
  Speaker 4: Know about you, I'm not a fan.
• 49:39
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I know.
• 49:40
  Speaker 3: I agree that you don't depend on others to to
• 49:43
  Speaker 3: you know, for.
• 49:44
  Speaker 4: Your success, like yeah, yeah, I'm not a fan.
• 49:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 49:51
  Speaker 5: Anyways, but besides that, for Roma, I figured.
• 49:54
  Speaker 7: Maybe the the issue with you know, like goes into
• 49:59
  Speaker 7: Bologna might be better for them because now they have
• 50:03
  Speaker 7: one clear focus in mind, which is trying to aim
• 50:06
  Speaker 7: for that top four spot, and that's always been the
• 50:07
  Speaker 7: aim since the start of the season.
• 50:09
  Speaker 5: But it's feasible.
• 50:12
  Speaker 3: But I have to agree with your nick ship before
• 50:14
  Speaker 3: that Como seems like the most deserving team for how
• 50:16
  Speaker 3: well they've been playing, and you know how much they're
• 50:19
  Speaker 3: backed behind, like in terms of like ownership and you know,
• 50:23
  Speaker 3: like like a good good management and stuff. So it's
• 50:27
  Speaker 3: but the thing is, it's like, Okay, Como's doing well
• 50:29
  Speaker 3: this year, what's to say, what's gonna happen next year?
• 50:32
  Speaker 5: When a player like Nico Paz has to leave?
• 50:34
  Speaker 2: Right, Like, it's almost like Bologna all over again.
• 50:36
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's it's he is too crucial of a
• 50:40
  Speaker 3: player in my opinion that if he doesn't stay, which
• 50:44
  Speaker 3: very very very very unlikely, he doesn't stay unless you know,
• 50:48
  Speaker 3: Como pulls the hest of the century for them and
• 50:51
  Speaker 3: they have, yeah and make good this time. I Mike
• 50:54
  Speaker 3: did not cut off and make a really good offer
• 50:56
  Speaker 3: to Reality to keep him.
• 50:57
  Speaker 5: But I don't think Real is going to be interesting.
• 51:00
  Speaker 3: Not only that, So I don't know if Como is
• 51:03
  Speaker 3: gonna repeat next year this type of run, but you know,
• 51:09
  Speaker 3: I have to say, ye have picked up four props
• 51:11
  Speaker 3: to them. They won't they won't do well in the
• 51:13
  Speaker 3: Champions League, but you know, it's still it's still be
• 51:16
  Speaker 3: exciting for Citia.
• 51:17
  Speaker 6: Well for a team that was in what city would
• 51:19
  Speaker 6: be a few seasons ago to make it all the
• 51:21
  Speaker 6: way to Champions in in what like a three year
• 51:23
  Speaker 6: span not even is it's pretty remarkable. So for that
• 51:27
  Speaker 6: that that's the thing. And the other thing I would
• 51:29
  Speaker 6: say is that the only other fighting chance that they
• 51:31
  Speaker 6: would have if they do end the qualifying for Champions
• 51:34
  Speaker 6: League is that, uh, you know, they're they're they're a
• 51:36
  Speaker 6: bit more loaded than you know, the Bolognas of the world,
• 51:39
  Speaker 6: even though you know, we know has has that coin.
• 51:42
  Speaker 4: But you know, the the investors at.
• 51:46
  Speaker 6: At Como, I think are I think it's Indonesian and
• 51:48
  Speaker 6: if I'm not mistaken, they have I don't know what
• 51:51
  Speaker 6: their business.
• 51:52
  Speaker 4: Is, I don't really remember it. They have a lot
• 51:53
  Speaker 4: of money, right so, and willing to spend it too.
• 51:56
  Speaker 6: So uh, that's the other thing that I would say,
• 51:59
  Speaker 6: even if you lose an Eco pass, maybe you bring
• 52:01
  Speaker 6: in somebody else, but it's gonna be hard.
• 52:04
  Speaker 4: But for just the story itself of within three.
• 52:08
  Speaker 6: Seasons or whatever the whatever it is to go from
• 52:11
  Speaker 6: Citia B to to SETI I, and not only that,
• 52:14
  Speaker 6: but to make it into Champions League is a hell
• 52:17
  Speaker 6: of a story. So, you know, like we predicted, and
• 52:20
  Speaker 6: it wasn't Como obviously in our predictions to do it.
• 52:23
  Speaker 4: But I know why I said, and I'm pretty sure
• 52:25
  Speaker 4: you guys said it well as.
• 52:26
  Speaker 6: Well, that fourth spot was going to be close, regardless
• 52:30
  Speaker 6: of who it was going to be. I thought it
• 52:32
  Speaker 6: was gonna be another seesaw of you know, a Juve
• 52:34
  Speaker 6: Roma if I'm not mistaken.
• 52:36
  Speaker 4: But it seems like Como.
• 52:39
  Speaker 6: Como has entered the chat right, so we'll see if
• 52:43
  Speaker 6: if if they can hold on, and just purely, like
• 52:46
  Speaker 6: you said, based on merit, it should be theirs. But again,
• 52:50
  Speaker 6: we play the game not only based on merit, right,
• 52:52
  Speaker 6: so they have to go out and earn it too.
• 52:55
  Speaker 4: So we'll see in the last games.
• 52:57
  Speaker 6: And there's the Kopetalia right semi final who that that
• 53:00
  Speaker 6: is mixed in there for Como and in the right
• 53:03
  Speaker 6: obviously as well. So that's another thing, right where where
• 53:06
  Speaker 6: where's their focus going to really be. I think Fabri
• 53:10
  Speaker 6: guys has kind of been able to get the most
• 53:13
  Speaker 6: out of all of the competitions that they were in.
• 53:15
  Speaker 4: So we'll see what ends up happening there. But it's
• 53:18
  Speaker 4: just another another another curve ball, another game in the
• 53:20
  Speaker 4: calendar that kind of potentially shakes things up. So we'll
• 53:25
  Speaker 4: see what happens there. But I think it's going to be.
• 53:28
  Speaker 6: Like the Scudato Race, like the relegation race battle right
• 53:33
  Speaker 6: because that's not over either the top. That fourth spot
• 53:37
  Speaker 6: I think is going to be another race to talk
• 53:39
  Speaker 6: out for and said.
• 53:39
  Speaker 4: Yeah for sure.
• 53:41
  Speaker 1: While we're on the topic of como, Uh, you guys
• 53:44
  Speaker 1: know who this is. I do, nikam and Worri linebacker,
• 53:54
  Speaker 1: AK safety, sorry.
• 53:56
  Speaker 4: Safety A K. Michael Parsons safety.
• 53:59
  Speaker 2: For the Seattle Seahawks.
• 54:01
  Speaker 1: Who Tagg does, Mika Parsons, Michael Parsons and s post.
• 54:05
  Speaker 1: So when I saw this, guys, I mean I sent
• 54:07
  Speaker 1: it to you, uh because there was justin Fields, m
• 54:11
  Speaker 1: and Moury, there was b Jon Robinson, Kyle Pitts was there.
• 54:15
  Speaker 2: I'm definitely missing someone.
• 54:17
  Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I'll pull up the post again this they're
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: all the Como game. So this is this is type
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: of uh attention that Como dresses city Will Johnson as
• 54:28
  Speaker 1: well the Cardinals. Yeah, so those are the those are
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: the main names there. I don't know the story. I
• 54:35
  Speaker 1: want to know the story of how they got to.
• 54:37
  Speaker 2: The Colmo game. What's the connection?
• 54:40
  Speaker 1: Why are because all these guys play for different teams
• 54:42
  Speaker 1: in the NFL, so why are they all there together
• 54:44
  Speaker 1: in Comar Are they friends? They don't, They didn't go
• 54:46
  Speaker 1: to college together. I need to know that connection. First
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: of all, they're all there or whatever city posts doesn't
• 54:51
  Speaker 1: tag the wrong the right player most city thing to do.
• 54:55
  Speaker 2: Uh, But you know, at the end of the day,
• 54:57
  Speaker 2: it's uh, it is it is. It is cool to see.
• 55:01
  Speaker 1: These guys, especially like a guy like Jon Robinson, one
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: of the best players in the NFL, you know, especially
• 55:06
  Speaker 1: if you play fantasy football, is the best player for
• 55:08
  Speaker 1: fantasy football too. And then he's there. I wonder if
• 55:11
  Speaker 1: he has a Fanta cultural team as well. So I
• 55:14
  Speaker 1: think that part was cool. But guys, it's believe it
• 55:17
  Speaker 1: in the city to scrip a polse like that.
• 55:21
  Speaker 4: We surprised.
• 55:21
  Speaker 6: It's it's twenty twenty six, and they're still talking about piracy,
• 55:25
  Speaker 6: Like you know what I mean, Like it's.
• 55:26
  Speaker 4: Stop piracy, stop piracy.
• 55:29
  Speaker 1: Likes me every time piracy stop irisy.
• 55:33
  Speaker 4: Yeah, Like, I mean anything that happens in this city.
• 55:37
  Speaker 6: If if you're if you're just a casual cultural fan
• 55:40
  Speaker 6: or soccer fan, whatever it is, and you don't really
• 55:43
  Speaker 6: watch the city or you're not really in in the
• 55:45
  Speaker 6: mix of the intricacies of this league, you're like, what
• 55:49
  Speaker 6: the hell is going on? But for us that you know,
• 55:52
  Speaker 6: watch your weekend week out forward as much as we do,
• 55:55
  Speaker 6: this is just another like we like to say solo
• 55:58
  Speaker 6: in Italian moment, right, That's the list goes on.
• 56:01
  Speaker 4: So we're not really surprised.
• 56:03
  Speaker 6: It's funny when you notice these things, and we kind
• 56:05
  Speaker 6: of pointed on, pointed out amongst ourselves and whatnot, but
• 56:11
  Speaker 6: it doesn't shock me. They also said they also put
• 56:14
  Speaker 6: I guess they're not up to date with an NFL
• 56:17
  Speaker 6: free agency either, because they put Justin Fields quarterback New
• 56:20
  Speaker 6: York Jets when he's now a member of the Kansas
• 56:23
  Speaker 6: City Chiefs. So they're clearly not listening. They're not in
• 56:26
  Speaker 6: tune with Adam Schefter. It seems like they're either. So
• 56:30
  Speaker 6: you know, which is fine. You know, you're you're you're
• 56:33
  Speaker 6: not expected to follow that stuff. But you know, if
• 56:35
  Speaker 6: you're gonna post something, if you're gonna, you know, you
• 56:39
  Speaker 6: guys over, invite these guys over, You're gonna you're gonna
• 56:42
  Speaker 6: put out the red carpet, whatever it is, do the
• 56:44
  Speaker 6: whole night, like at least get it right. Like that's
• 56:46
  Speaker 6: that's the that's if if we make a mistake on
• 56:49
  Speaker 6: our socials as the little guys, okay, you know what,
• 56:52
  Speaker 6: nobody really cares. It just gets swept under the rug.
• 56:54
  Speaker 6: But if you're making the mistake as you know, the
• 56:57
  Speaker 6: league and all that, it's it's for us, it's it's
• 57:01
  Speaker 6: funny and we love it, but you know, for for
• 57:03
  Speaker 6: the outsiders looking in and.
• 57:04
  Speaker 4: It's like, what the hell is this? So but again
• 57:08
  Speaker 4: it is what it is.
• 57:09
  Speaker 6: Solo in the Italian Moments one seven hundred and sixty four,
• 57:14
  Speaker 6: I don't know what it is now, but like the
• 57:16
  Speaker 6: Couch of Guys, yeah two ninety nine, maybe I fuck,
• 57:19
  Speaker 6: who knows, but uh yeah, not shocked. I saw something
• 57:23
  Speaker 6: with Jon Robinson though he has a I don't know
• 57:26
  Speaker 6: he has a I don't know if it's his country.
• 57:28
  Speaker 4: Something with Mustard brand or something like.
• 57:31
  Speaker 6: I saw him there's a Mustard Yeah, no, it's like
• 57:35
  Speaker 6: Mustard Son or something like, I don't know, instead of
• 57:37
  Speaker 6: Robinson Mustard Son or something.
• 57:39
  Speaker 4: I don't know. I've seen it. I seen it because
• 57:40
  Speaker 4: I was curious, so I did some digging.
• 57:42
  Speaker 6: I didn't know go throughout the whole, the whole, the
• 57:45
  Speaker 6: whole thing there, but I saw he has some sort
• 57:47
  Speaker 6: of brand with with Mustard that he that he does
• 57:50
  Speaker 6: and and uh he he collapsed with U in Milano.
• 57:56
  Speaker 6: In Milano, I think it was with uh, you know,
• 58:00
  Speaker 6: a restauranteur that he he does, like the American style
• 58:06
  Speaker 6: you know, burgers and fries type of joint in Milan.
• 58:08
  Speaker 6: And I think they made they had a collob there
• 58:11
  Speaker 6: for for his his product to be in in his
• 58:13
  Speaker 6: local So I can see why, you know, Bijon maybe
• 58:17
  Speaker 6: was there, but the rest of the guys, I don't know.
• 58:20
  Speaker 6: But cool cool to see, like right, like two sports
• 58:22
  Speaker 6: that we follow, you know, kind of intertwining, you know,
• 58:28
  Speaker 6: North America across the point in Italy.
• 58:30
  Speaker 4: For us, it's huge, So it's cool to see. But
• 58:33
  Speaker 4: the mistakes and the nuances with said yeah, and again
• 58:36
  Speaker 4: that's that's that will forever be said.
• 58:39
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, And the only crossover we want to see
• 58:43
  Speaker 1: on the next week is Italy in the World Cup.
• 58:46
  Speaker 2: That's the only crossover we want.
• 58:47
  Speaker 1: We want to see the biggest crossover Italy versus Canada
• 58:50
  Speaker 1: June twelfth at BMO Field with stands that go to
• 58:52
  Speaker 1: the heavens. And who knows if you'll be able to
• 58:55
  Speaker 1: see from those stands that charge you with three thousand
• 58:57
  Speaker 1: dollars per take it, But that's another story.
• 58:59
  Speaker 6: H and and please, if you're going to the match,
• 59:01
  Speaker 6: please rout for Canada because you know you're gonna get
• 59:03
  Speaker 6: put into the uh into the uh. The supporter police
• 59:08
  Speaker 6: is gonna, I don't know, put you in handcuffs if
• 59:10
  Speaker 6: you support.
• 59:12
  Speaker 4: I don't know.
• 59:13
  Speaker 6: But he changes too and AI he's posting it. He
• 59:15
  Speaker 6: changes tune a bit. I think he's not aware that
• 59:18
  Speaker 6: he opened his eyes a bit. I don't know, Marsh,
• 59:20
  Speaker 6: but that potential matchup, so listen, fingers crossed obviously for tomorrow, guys.
• 59:26
  Speaker 4: I know Leapi March Leap.
• 59:27
  Speaker 6: He had some uh some words for Gatuso and obviously
• 59:30
  Speaker 6: he was very complimentary of him and UH player that
• 59:33
  Speaker 6: UH player coach, you know, relationship that they had obviously
• 59:36
  Speaker 6: winning the World Cup together. But I know he's he
• 59:40
  Speaker 6: had said to Gatuso that he's gonna take us, uh
• 59:43
  Speaker 6: and he's gonna take all us with him and uh
• 59:45
  Speaker 6: and we're gonna go.
• 59:46
  Speaker 4: To the World Cup.
• 59:47
  Speaker 6: So listen, if if leap he can say it, hopefully
• 59:50
  Speaker 6: Gato can put it into action.
• 59:52
  Speaker 4: And yeah, guys, I don't know.
• 59:54
  Speaker 6: I'm still I'm still shocked at Tomorrow's the day, Like
• 59:57
  Speaker 6: it doesn't seem it doesn't seem real that you know,
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 6: tomorrow is is is crunch time for for part one
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 6: of of Call of Qualifying because it seems like we
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 6: were so far away and we're like, okay, yeah, well
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 6: we'll see you then.
• 1:00:11
  Speaker 4: We'll see you then. But now you know, then is now?
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 4: So it's it's crazy. I don't know, yeah what you
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 4: guys think, but it just it just crazyed me.
• 1:00:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's becoming then is now.
• 1:00:21
  Speaker 5: It's reminding me of a space ball. What is then now?
• 1:00:25
  Speaker 4: What is now? Just now?
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 5: That's basically what's happening with that.
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 6: Just that just came off the dome for me. So,
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 6: I you know what, I love your analogies and not
• 1:00:33
  Speaker 6: what you what you bring up.
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 5: Got hair on that dome of yours, man mine.
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 4: It comes off literally.
• 1:00:40
  Speaker 6: It comes off the real dome, okay, and then bounces
• 1:00:43
  Speaker 6: off the Nick's dom and then comes to me.
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 4: So that's very the culture, guys.
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 6: But but I think that's it that guys, right, I
• 1:00:50
  Speaker 6: think that we have recovered everything pretty much. Yeah, that
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 6: we missed, but yeah, I guess we're so we're so
• 1:00:57
  Speaker 6: in flux with with the game tomorrow.
• 1:01:01
  Speaker 4: That you know, it's it's it's do or die.
• 1:01:04
  Speaker 6: So tomorrow's uh, you're still a nervous necker. You you'll
• 1:01:09
  Speaker 6: be more excited because I know you were nervous last week,
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 6: more nervous than anything else before we wrap.
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 1: This whole time has just been like waiting, like every
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 1: day it's like, okay, X amount of days left. Okay,
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 1: I think I'll be nervous tomorrow, let's be right. Yeah,
• 1:01:25
  Speaker 1: we'll see. I'll tell you how I'm feeling in the morning.
• 1:01:28
  Speaker 4: We'll see.
• 1:01:29
  Speaker 6: But we're gonna have to pray to Sanno right that post,
• 1:01:32
  Speaker 6: that that that that post.
• 1:01:35
  Speaker 1: And hopefully find our lost our lost items, which is
• 1:01:37
  Speaker 1: a qualification and that's it.
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 4: Twelve years, that's it.
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 6: So yeah, guys, just thank you for listening obviously Number one,
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 6: thank you for sticking with us.
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 4: It's been uh hell of a ride.
• 1:01:50
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  Speaker 2: Here at the Culture, guys will be celebratory.
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 4: We're we're praying for that, so forts aid Zuri, and
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 4: we'll be back next week. It's not all more culture.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for listening.
• 1:02:44
  Speaker 4: Nice