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Welcome back Anto how are we doing good good good feel nice yeah Mike how about you you guys are just matching with your little glasses no he’s trying me this your uh new little podcast just us three right the three best friends oh yeah three best friends what do you call us

Friends Anto I don’t know let’s let’s not exaggerate Coworkers I like that did you see the Champions League draw yeah what’ you think I I have well you weren in part of the Champions leag draw Listen okay go that’s the that’s what you call friends that’s he he Meed going to do that too before we started well you didn’t even

On the you didn’t even playing any cops okay he he as as many European CS they just a swallow the only God anyway uh a little I mean what you can expect I mean you have to be able to uh to to match up

With any any team at this time I mean at this point you know Barcelona not a big deal but it’s gonna be tough I’m surprised people being uh like uh surprised that it was a tough draw my thought is when you finish second you can’t complain yeah CU you got the

Toughest ones toughest opponents if you finish first and then you get a tough team it’s like oh it’s unfortunate when you finish second you’re automatically putting yourself in a position I actually don’t think it went bad for us except Lao bro okay but again I was

Already assuming that L is not going to go through they needed they needed like you need more of a I would be more surprised if they got a really good draw I guess I should put it like that yeah obviously but they could have got a more favorable

Team what you expect you think they were going to get no yeah I get it I thought I was scared that other team they’re just you know they it’s a tough team they’re tough team okay in you think he’s got a red carpet to just walk through it’s not going to happen like

That the only thing that scares me too is the La Liga teams uh said he got two of them and they usually struggle with La Liga teams from the past I don’t know what it is the style of play or something it scares me iosi that he said

That uh when he was at Vale I think he said like five out of six games he’d beat Italian teams mhm and he even couldn’t put his finger on what it is I I think it’s the way that they hold possession of the ball like tactically

We’re really good but we don’t often get like dominated but once they start passing the ball we’re uh we’re difficult let’s let’s break down each one so in got ATO in case anyone missed it Napoli got Barcelona um latio got Bayern Munich let’s keep going down the

List uh Milan got Rens mhm Roma got fire ORD again and uh we don’t know Atalanta and fantina they moved to next round so they didn’t have to go through this draw let’s start off with the top inter and Atletico Madrid which it’s tough I’ll agree with you Atletico is a tough team

They’re in amazing form grizzman scoring Morata scoring goals Simon knows ined extremely well he’s put it together I was looking into them a little bit though their we form is is not uh as great they’re very good at home though they’re super dominant and in probably

Prefer to play against a team that holds the ball rather than a team that’s like a bunch of Grinders and like can sit back in a low block but I still feel confident with this inter side I feel confident amongst anyone that you go against yeah yeah I think for this one I

Definitely think it’s more favorable for inter’s side yeah it’s a La Liga team and stuff but this is not the same Atletico from the years past and if you would have to pick one team uh that can really give it to Atletico I would say inter for sure because I think they’re

Solid in every position and I think uh Simon is going to really struggle against uh this inter side yeah anybody will be struggling against the you have see the status of form of the team at the time that going to get to me let’s say you got couple injuries on on the

Atletico side or maybe couple injuries on the inter side if those are key players or key injuries that can you know that can determine you know the outcome few mons to the G that’s what I’m saying so I said you’re going to see how Healy and how well the team is been

Playing at the time that they’re going to match up again they’re going to just face other only thing is when you watch inter’s uh you look at the communication you look at the injuries that they had they played this weekend um against the latio side which I know Lao is not doing

Good but inter hasn’t won there since 2018 M they went there without a right wing back I mean D hasn’t played right wing back very often they had D and cuad both out they’re still missing center backs so in they keep saying that they’re in a not a great moment with in

Terms of missing players and in terms of the way that they play because again it was almost picture uh perfect of exactly what happened against napoi the exact same game where lao’s playing playing playing they make one mistake in there so good at capitalizing so when you play

Against a team like that for in they’re still not even at their best form yet they’re getting results so by February they could be even better than what we’re looking at right now and they’re already amazing 11 clean sheets in 16 games in the St 39 goals scored you you

Can’t stop them I mean one thing one thing that really gets me gets to me I mean I I do not understand how do you let you drop the level of concentration and you give Laro that that that gold plot goal in the first the first half

You don’t like that because up you know up to that point it was it was not a bad game I mean was countering and uh you know all of a sudden you put yourself on the position now that you have to catch up and then you have opened up and you

Have to just take risk and then that what happened then you get punished so I don’t know I think uh Lao Lazio just uh I don’t I didn’t even realize that Luis Alberto was on the bench until almost uh you know before the goal I said what

Luis Alberto is not part of the squad and then it was brought in when it was too late so what are you going to do with that he’s always had issues with u marit s it seems like it’s opening up a new wounds they said that it was managing

Energy levels um fatigue but I mean you don’t you don’t turn over against uh in especially because La was desperate for points things are not they just tied Veron they lost Atletico the right before that they tied to Verona 10 men Verona so they were desperate you’re playing at home you needed something

That’s the the bad feeling I have about uh about latto going up against Bayern Munich I mean what what are we gonna say about this game wait didn’t now that I think about it didn’t they play a few years ago like three four years ago with

The same matchup yeah I think they play I think they played three times they always get matched up I’m pretty sure it like three or four years never make it true they would never make it I mean there’s a t are one of the favorites to

Win at all at the end of the day so how much are we really expecting hey but listen ltio Lazio I mean player to player you need a very a very good day I mean you have a Lu they need a miracle a miracle a red car

Or you have to believe it Mike I mean is L as a tough draw yes but did you go over there already uh with the idea that you you know you’re going to you just fold and no you just go over there and uh you know yo they sit at 11th Place in

Siia mhm they sit in the bottom half of the table the right side like they look at in Italy that is absurd second last year do you believe this thing here oh my God and they really didn’t lose no Europe crazy amount yeah no Europe

That’s a big but that’s a huge L be their Saving Grace go through Bayern Munich and we’ll forgive you we’ll forgive you for screwing up I don’t know maybe in one game not two games I I think if Lazio did not qualif not in 50 saying I’m just saying if we’re gonna

Say we got to say sh hope could have hope to be to put themsel on the AC Milan position because AC Milan I was hoping for AC Milan to go completely out because he said at least we concentrate on the cion not that we we’re going to

Win but at least on the Champions League making the you know the top four but Lao Lazio they they gots now in the predicament because they they go out let’s say they go out let’s say I know want they’re going to get out okay let’s

Say it I hope I’m wrong to be honest with you what’s your percentage for Lao we’re give 15 20 20% think of that 8020 8020 so for being nice so let us know in the comments youe if they go out at least it might be for them uh there is

Not going to be an excuse even though it’s going to be late into the season it’s not going to be for them an excuse said hey now we’re going to try to make up either a wafer a waer spot or a Champions League champions league I

Think they Out imagine s plays uh the be the be team is still the coach I don’t think they will I don’t think they will you’re right you’re right if coach in a couple months a lot can happen I thought we got rid of that word from your

Vocabul sing I said terminating sing he would be terminating himself I like that I like that Terminator the Bayern Munich too I watch a lot of their games defensively they have a lot of lapses but again I’m talking about when they play against difficult teams teams that

Put the pressure teams that score goals for fun not a team like Lazio who even for them in si they’re struggling to score they’re struggling to possess the ball at all on the Midfield and then defensively it’s like do whatever you guys want we’ll we’ll pass you the ball

We’ll give you the opportunity against see can you imagine training all week to play against inter or what whatever they have a couple days because they champ and then you give them inter is so good they don’t need anything and then you put it on a platter like you just said

To one of the best most informed Strikers in all of Europe and Laro by the way even when he doesn’t do well the guy scores a goal he was having a a quiet game he was pretty much a ghost and now he scores again 29 calendar year

Goals in s for this player for inter the most since 20 CRA thing about that L thing is the confidence he has how many people would have squared it off I think it was turam on the other side he controlled the ball thought about it stopped it and then chipped it over so

Many people would have first of all shot it immediately or Tred to go for a penalty this guy went around everyone like traffic hes and he still calmly placed it over proel I was just like this guy is really on there’s it’s no fluke no nothing this guy just has it

Can I give you a situation what I saw somebody uh it was a former ether player I don’t remember who it was was it better me it was somebody I was listening I didn’t watch to go back after that but he was like it reminded me a lot of the Champions League final

When L was in that position and isn’t that wild and he screwed it up didn’t remember I remember yeah yeah yeah yeah oh I you’re right you’re right it wasn’t me that said it so maybe it shows the again you’re not playing The Champ table L let’s let’s all of this

Negative talk about Lazio to just to finish up with the with the Lazio uh um I think can say something ender off positive that that would become a motivation for them I said you see everybody they they they they think we’re dead and all the stuff let let you

Know Ser as a motivation yeah so if they don’t get if they don’t get beat bad you know you might get a moral Victory like oh my God I play m s captain that game oh yeah but to be fair they did I got to

Say to top it off as a positive subject ltio did surprise me of getting out of their Champions League group fire Nord were on fire and surprisingly finished over them so maybe it is something I’m not saying it is they also tied Atletico Madrid at home Pro yeah right so also

Just to turn it back to inter who have to play latico Madrid I’m like all if Lao canai at home listen listen don’t don’t look at Stats I know football never works try the positives too he is right though whenever you try to add that you’re already asking it’s like

It’s like a a team that beats Manchester City like one game and then you’re like they can win the champ Yeah by default you to do that it’s like the team is like oh they have the veng they just need to draw this game oh that whenever

I hear that oh man that’s the Mike the is the problem with the statistics okay statistic is not a science okay stat not a science I mean it is a science it’s not it’s not what you do you make inferences for example for example let me give a a quick one secret smokes

Cause lung cancer I have news for you I have seen smokers that they had two packs or three packs a day that they made it to 99 and people that never smoked they got L cancer so what I’m trying to tell you listen what I’m trying to tell you is that you make

Inferences you just base all of those stats look at what it’s a perfect example AC Milan they hire those two guys over there they’re supposed to be good at with the numbers and all the stuff and they fire Malini and and so they fire they fire somebody that

It doesn’t look at Stats it makes stats like part of his to be the one small part of of his judgment on on a player and then you you w up just you know hiring player because oh he very good on the left he does 25 dribbles a game or

He he shoots six times or seven times you have to look how good is the the player you have to look the personality can he play on a stadium like sanero can he take the pressure can he do there has all of those that’s very hard to know

You know if you just see if you see a kid that’s playing in a smaller League it’s hard to be able to get to tell you that the stats they they become zero when it comes down to it does say something it doesn’t show everything giv better you could do to predict the

Future that’s what it is sori uh we’re doing a deep dive on sori because bolog we’re going to talk about bolognia but um sori doesn’t want to watch videos of players he’s like I got to go there in person I got to see this guy he said

Before covid he never went to go he never watched the video of a player before he’s like I got to I got to understand the person I got to see them at a human level and there’s a lot of directors like this Jee marota is very famous for that going there and speaking

To the person speaking to their family seeing how they interact understanding that probably they want the free V that’s what I don’t I don’t watch videoos or coupon y Mike you might have just throw the ball the bus you’re right let’s move on and and talk about the

Other Champions League games and then we’ll do we’ll do CA um Napoli Barcelona as you would call them this group this draw I know it looks really bad on paper and it’s tough It’s going to be very tough Barcelona 2 defensively are have not been Super Sound there’s a lot of

Problems with Javi there’s fans that don’t want him to continue next year will he be the he he’s going to remain as the coach they’re not going going to fire the guy but they haven’t been amazing Barcelona I think they said third or fourth in in La Liga at the

Moment which is obviously not good by their standards and when I’ve watched some of their performances they not been great we have to say same thing with Napoli Napoli at this moment have not been great but come February I could see things changing and the reason why I say

That katelia dealt with a lot of injuries he was not confident he wasn’t in formed he’s starting to put it together he scored this weekend OS men had the problems with his contract with injuries with not playing with Rudy Garcia taken him off he scored and they

Won again this weekend if those two yeah scored an assist yeah beautiful assist if those two if those two put it together they could create Magic at any moment that’s my hope didn’t Barcelona didn’t Barcelona lose one of the key players like what was that uh Gabi one

Of those uh oh he’s injured yeah he’s out for a long time I think he’s not going to be back for the for the champ I think he’s out for months he T yeah so I think he’s done for the season close to it the the only negative and the one one

More positive before I’ll give you the negative masadi got through his tough period of really congested fixtures where he had to step in he had to qualify for Champions League he had to play against inter Juventus Atalanta all tough teams now he beat K I hope by February he could put things together

And I think he will the only problem the only thing I can’t stick up for is defensively how do you fix not to get unless you sign somebody in January but are we really confident that that would happen I mean there’s going to be a lot of time for there plus

We didn’t even add the African Cup of Nations uh zambo andisa and osim man to Napoli’s huge starters over there the star players that they’re going to be playing a little extra games and then a few weeks later they’re going to be playing in the Champions League so that’s

Definitely something to add and yeah Marco I think the problem for that’s a great point I didn’t even think about it and the Glam problem for me is that defense there’s not it’s not like you can say oh they’re going to get back in form their defense is just not very good

So unless Barcelona unless the Midfield of Napoli can really stop uh Barcelona do it it’s going to be a tough game I think this going to be like one of those 50/50 anyone can pass through I’m not really giving the edge to anyone it’s

Going to be I agree we give an edge to Barcelona this I gotta be honest with you yeah because Barcelona Barcelona the quality you know the the game that they have it’s zavi zavi I mean I’m not a I’m not nobody’s disusing you know it’s putting zavi under the microscope he has

Shown as a player and has shown even as a coach as a coach what’s he shown he has done last year last year it was close no he did build a team from from everything no from a lot of youngsters no you got to give him some credit yeah

No I like zabi back this and we’ll see he’s not lasting there I don’t know to be honest with you I’m not saying he’s not lasting but he’s done a lot what are they building with him I mean it’s a new generation of Barcelona don’t forget for they had a huge huge

Huge economic problems they’re still facing they’re still facing the the rat that they overspend and all the stuff so I’ve been said that I think Barcelona is going to Edge over Napoli and I would say that January could be the key for the owners of the team whether it’s it’s

On on our side on their side to make some adjustment have problem defensively with Napoli just go on the market see what’s available maybe you know AC Milan is facing the same problem even though we’re not talking about AC Milan right now we have no defense so now is the

Time for you to just you know open the paycheck uh open the checkbook open your wallet but this game last year how sick with this have been that be incredible for real last year okay we just all said basically 5050 5545 for you for Barcelona last year what would we have

Said for nap chances it would have been 7 I was think how how absurd is that still to hear like naol like like compared to Barcelona it still sounds crazy I mean it’s different erors man no I know but it’s unfortunate that it didn’t last uh it didn’t carry over

To this year it could be a high-scoring game thanks because of both of the defenses that are are not uh up to par yeah yeah they’re not there but it’s a good that’s what I’m saying again you finish second place you finish second if when if you avoid Manchester City and

Real Madrid who for me it’s a win there’s no way you’re going to go through to be honest okay and B okay but out of our three team we could have gotten screwed and got nothing no for sure for sure for sure so when I take a

Step back and look I saw a lot of people complaining saying it was really bad I didn’t think it was really bad you you will be Happ with two out of three of course out of three is amazing I think two out of three two out of three is

Great two out of three considering what it could have been right yeah again you finished second for me in my book the way that I see things you can’t complain about who you get you put yourself in that position let’s go on to Europa League and we’ll tie in obviously the

Milan game the games from s there Milan gets uh Rens they only have three wins I was checking in their in their table out of 16 very low in uh the league on table I know you’re not excited about this competition and you kind of wanted them

To to bow out it’s so sad because the title of gazetta was too little too late and I think that sums up Milan’s campaign because they were super wasteful in the early games the match against Newcastle if you watch that back today I think you’ll you’ll break the TV

On that home we should have won we should have won you did win in Newcastle at their home no we didn’t we tied no at your at your home I’m sorry H not Newcastle I was talking Bia Dortmund okay but I’m saying the the first game remember the opening game because you

Started off on the right foot you had a billion chances that should have been many I really if you watch this game today mil fans will will crack their TVs it’s so disappointing also the game against bruo dormund you expect you expect more right and you could have

Gotten there and you go out on goal difference at the end PSG because you lost 3-0 compared to 2-1 so it sucks it really sucks to see this but my glimmer of hope I actually think that this is and Milan fans are not going to be happy

To hear this I think this competition could be really good for you in the Europa League you’ve never won it before because you’ve always been in Champions League it’s a it presents itself a good opportunity for Pei a route to get fifth place because fourth place in Sia is

Very competitive we have bologna sitting in fourth place right now you’re good you’re in third right now but either way it helps Italy with the coefficient points to try to maintain that fifth spot and I think for Pei who this is going to be his last year by all remarks

Every everybody’s been saying that what you who did you you don’t think he’s gonna I don’t know I don’t know I think in you’re notna you’re not gonna win the scudetto Calia whatever if if he goes out with the Europa League title I think he could look back and say it’s a good

Way for py to end his Milan career to win the Europa League okay but you’re saying this is surely his last season I’m not disagreeing with you I’m not agreeing with you but let’s play little Devil’s Advocate before the season started what was Milan’s season that would be successful

You’d be like oh if they did this this will be a successful season and let’s be realistic now you have to finish top four yes and you should be close to the sceta race what’s close close within points like competitive in the the race four to five points six okay so if he

Still does that it’s still early it’s still plenty of time to do that it’s more so it’s okay my problem with pii for sure he has to remain the coach I’m not disputing that my thing is it feels like the end of the cycle with Pioli and

It’s time to go on to the next route I say that because of the players that have come in the amount of new players that have come in also the communication of the way things have been with players confused on the style that they should play they’re kind of like in this weird

Limbo period is it his fault everything no he gets really gets way too much blame I just think it’s a good moment for Milan in the summer to reflect they got this new new owner not new ownership but new directors who came in they could choose their coach on who they want and

They could start building a a tactical plan that fits what Milan want to do in the future I he can’t be that purely guides this team then forever no Ibrahimovic I think he’s gonna he’s gonna have that sit down with Cardinal he’s gonna have to just you know off the

Off the you know the com going to just say Hey listen why do you disagree what with Pei I’m not I didn’t say that I said I don’t disagree or I don’t agree but we got to be realistic okay but which which side are you want I’m saying

That Milan should move on from pely at the end of the season never to be pyed throughout the season part end of the season the part where I didn’t agree with you is uh Europa League coefficient to be honest I don’t think even if he

Goes to the final or say even wins it I don’t think that really does much for a team like Milan but that’s a moral that’s like a moral victory for kind of agree with we talking about mil ATA okay but that’s fine but we’re talking about Milan that has seven Champions I

Think that’s something be like oh maybe we’ll keep pii cuz he want us EUR I never said that’s the complete opposite of what I said I said you still get rid of Pioli that’s a good way for him his sending off is Pei winning the Europa League but what does that’s why I’m

Saying what does Pei have to if if there’s no point of winning Europa Europa League why don’t you just bow out of the competition and try to fight as much as you can till May with inter cuz you’re just causing an extra distraction and for me at least a trophy at Le you

Win a trophy for me Europa League isn’t something to say oh wow you did a great job you want a TR you want the Europa League I am kind of a split between what Marco thinks and what you say Mike at the end of the day being last on on your

Uh being eliminated by the champions league and be in the fourth place and then it will be just a total disgrace it will be just a you know I get it the door is three quarter open for just to get out so having said that I think you

Have to judge purely and the staff entirely for what I have done Milan every week we have players that they injur I mean there got to be something that this guy here is working the stuff that the training staff is part of the coaching staff it got to be something

That is not it’s not working up there maybe you know you have to judge the the complex of the of the team that surrounds p and said hey by the way what do you guys are doing maybe you over you know you are over taxing the the the

Players with you know unnecessary uh stress and but is the Europa League the extra competition a week is that does that Merit playing your players extra is it worth it for me I don’t think it’san fan I’m telling you right now our season it’s almost not a total failure but it’s not

It’s a failure because when you at AC Milan and the the DNA of AC Milan you needed to go far the far as you can on the champions league and the Campion Marco said the C is over and I agree with him no I agree with you think if Milan even bow out But do they winet maybe not win but I think they’ll get um moderately close respect a respectable amount I think that they could get a respectable amount both in theace in the europ Le Milan already have trouble why would you play them in a competition that in my eyes I

Don’t europ League brings you a lot of money and it’s a it’s a route to fourth place too Europa League you don’t get nearly as much money for Champions League I think winning the Europa League you get as much money for leaving the group stage of the Champions League I

Don’t Milan’s biggest thing either but I’m just saying I don’t think it’s worth the squeeze for the players to play an extra game EUR game a week anymore to be honest with whatever the case is I did not right now every extra game is a would be a liability for Milan in that

Competition I see cuz I don’t see Milan a Europa League team I think Milan can get I think Milan could get towards a semi-final even with rotation players in the europ I don’t know yes and then they have to play the semi-finals and the finals that’s what I think I would still

Play the I play seage I play the the fellas that for the Europa League it’s not Calia listen listen the glal they take it seriously now what are you talking about mik Mike take aalia more seriously in the Europa League no wayal over Europa League yeah never end in my

Life what would you prefer EUR League Europa League you get champions league for winning Europa League Europa League is second second grade bro it is second grade yes it’s better Capal capitalia is like below zero grade no I don’t know for cop Italia and and especially all

The you play the super Copa right the super but the cop Italia everyone plays their starters at least from the knockouts on no from like the semifinals on I don’t listen M let us glasses full but in this particular case in AC Milan the glasses got no water inside it’s not

Full it’s not half it’s cracked so we have to see if we can get somebody just you know to fix the the cracks and see if we can just starting to fill fill in again with some some water or some some juice that is going to bring the the fan the fan and

And all the the you know the people because we are aan is forget about Pei we are a Milan the single people like me the fan a Milan I think that Jerry cardal if he watches the podcast is going to know that AC Milan is the the

Biggest fan base almost one of the biggest maybe first or second in the world with the fan base we got hurt when AC Milan goes out and you know what we have the same save the face Mr Cardinale so now is the time for you to sit down

Just look at the checkbook and buy now I mean I’m not saying to overspend we need to fix our problem we having problem we have a defensive problem leave P alone p is not you know 100% our problem right now we need to fix reinforcements our problem we have defensive problem we

Need a brand new defense Midfield and forward we are okay with it we need to spend money on defense not just a you know a a little cherot we said italio yeah a big patch what’s aot is a b that’s funny okay so so the one one thing for we we’re not

Disagreeing at all just next thing for Milan they won three Z against Monza but the cool story was uh Janar simich who Mike brought up uh 18 years old he they pely credited him he switched to back three he played PGA there and then few

Minutes in he had to come off and j caros s I remember when he was coming in I was like oh my God what this is an incredible moment for him it’s actually a good game for him to come in I thought against Monza 18 years old and then he

Scores right after coming in dream debut there’s a picture of his parents that were crying in the STI he looks like a big boy too he doesn’t seem like he’s just 18 years old he does huh but listen again again simage simage is a it’s it was not by default our

Defense it was a contingency so he he we had to get him in because we had nobody else for sure the project of bringing this you it was not a project well taught before ahead of the time it’s just like alleg when he brought in young

Players it’s because he had to like like a mar or donaruma in that case with Milan witha Don was was more out but they had fights with the keepers right lope like I felt like movich had a clear plan this guy here he was good and also

Like let me give this guy a chance cuz I’m not I’m not like in the first and second come out there were more like all right we really need uh I like those situation Marco because you know gives a young kid the opportunity to play he

Gets all of the geers out you know of playing ino in front of 80,000 people he went up scoring okay he went up scoring and it’s a beautiful okay whether it’s going to just go fur or whatever it’s a beautiful story you Deb you put you know Jersey on in front

Of the big stage and uh you performed and you wind up scoring a spectacular goal a beautiful goal because it was not easy a Defender to find himself almost good positioning good good positioning that means he reads well the game and I give a lot of credit to uh to the the

Coaching staff of the young youngsters uh is not a it’s not a joke I is doing a great job and Lao did really well to set him up too La all game he did a he had a great match and it was easy against Monza I think you guys Milan fans needed

A win like this they needed a three Z win where we could say all right guys game Marco Paladino mon not easy is not an easy team I mean you think that before but they Milan gave it to them I was surprised how well and officially

You guys beat them play no we played well we played well let’s move on to the last Europa League uh draw that we have Roma fyord who fyord it’s like they’re obsessed with going to Rome to play against lzo they played the last three occasions in Europe now against Roma the

Conference League final which they lost last year was the quarterfinals against Roma which they lost and now they they get Roma again um fireo uh fireo is a team that they know super well uh modin even had some back and forth with with them uh after they beat them in the

Final in the conference League final for Roma this is their competition this is another one where they went all in last year BHO said I sacrificed getting a fourth place spot in uh in C to go all in in Europa League and I had to manage those levels and I really respect that

About Mourinho there’s a lot we could say about Mourinho there’s a lot that I think we’re going to say about Mourinho with everything that happened uh but I really respect that about him cuz I personally like the Italian teams having this mentality of going out there and

Trying to win in Europe because it makes us look good and we could get the fifth spot so it’s even more important either way Roma is extremely reliant on what we’ve already known it’s the quality of the it’s a physicality of Lukaku and when they’re not there the loss the loss

Against bologna the craziest thing for me is I’m not surprised the boys were everybody was suspected that I knew it I knew it Ryan and Matt were texting some of our friends were texting that don’t watch tedia and they put money on Roma so we’re telling them like you crazy

Don’t put don’t put money on Roma are you like you don’t know this bolognia side they’re really good they’re like come on Roma’s at least going to tie right I was like I would never bet on Roma to tie which also shows the level of the way things have gone uh should we

Talk about Roma first or or bolog no go finish up with roma roma I think they they got themselves in a predicament because you lose libala I mean then you lose Lukaku because of a of a red card I mean you’re still waiting for Abraham I think Roma can challenge can challenge

That wafer spot that wafer uh Championship they need everybody healthy yeah but it’s going to they’re going to get Abraham you never know February dybala is going to be back Lukaku is going to be back I say that ROM I would not count Roma out roma roma they might

They might for Europa League I really see I think Roma and Milan can go very far Leverkusen is an amazing team that’s still in it West Ham obviously strong team that’s still in it I truly see Roma and Milan without a doubt one of them

Are going to the final G’s in it also I forgot right yeah but got they they don’t finish their chances I I think they’ll get they had probably one of the tougher groups and they did very well I was surprised how well they did and I was surprised how many chances they had

I think they’ll pay for not being able to convert chances in EUR League bologa yeah let’s let’s do bologna oh by the way one thing about Roma too let’s talk about ronato Sanchez who got subbed into a match was how many minutes was it that was tough 18 minutes he gets subbed out

And it’s a confusion on his face that’s scary he I didn’t understand bino’s uh reply to him after he he said to me I apologize to him and all the stuff but he didn’t give a reason he was not running hard enough it must have been uh something that they didn’t disclose

Because it wasn’t an injury it was it was that no it was a personal thing for sure he must have not maybe didn’t go on the 50-50 ball or he didn’t like what he did at certain had to be one of those well I also saw quotes from him they

Weren’t about ronato Sanchez but they could have been about ronato Sanchez it was just about players not uh playing up the par but you could also talk about Pelini to be one of them who I can’t believe that I I can’t believe it’s the same player yeah yeah but just saying I

Can’t believe it’s the same player that uh three years ago I was obsessed with that when he was playing he was amazing very R Roma just bad couple of Seasons Roma just dominated uh it is credit though to yeah they were do sorry they were dominated bologna were incredible I we

Already knew that Thiago Mota is a coach he’s a coach for the future he’s a coach for the present the way that his team plays they suffocate you even with their press it’s like they put you in a bad position Time After Time the first goal

Is so well worked the ball threw and do running in behind I think he did this same move 15 times and roma couldn’t do anything about it and then they have a they get goals from everywhere even the midfielder Moto running in from from the center to get the goal and bolia never

Stop they play they pass and what’s so funny is we get obsessed with the goals attacking wise they’re actually not that great Bologna’s numbers they only have like n 20 goals bolog on the season defensively defense def only and Juventus have fewer goals conceded than them caori he turned him into a center

Back he was a fullback he turned into Center back and they defend as a unit they could defend low but they could also press High they’ve got this ability to adapt that’s beautiful i’ really like how and first of all I think and the scheme is 272 on the paper oh yeah he

Sees it sideways right horizontal right horizontal so the thing the thing with a bolognia just one of those teams where they have that that year everything’s falling for them and I just like how M plays the youth and you can see the kids want to play you just see them running

Pressing and they’re really playing for the coach and I think m could be a nice little option for Milan in the future mik Mike Mike okay don’t put words on my mouth this is my dream not my dream it’s either him or the Zerby you know Z is tougher I wouldn’t

Mind even Paladino I wouldn’t mind even Paladino I want players to believe on a coach that’s what I’m saying yo yo yo let’s talk about want players to believe on a coach talk about bolog let’s let th enjoy his time but you know we don’t it’s not that we don’t

Want you at the AC just win what you have to win right now and then we’ll talk okay but I do want to add though it is refreshing to see a bolognia team who in recent years is content of staying mid-table and just okay not being relegated I like M came

Here he changed thing he’s playing youth he’s playing Fun football he he’s playing football that you want to see the modern day football especially for an Italian coach you want to see these ideas you want to see these kinds of uh the hunger from the kids and I think

It’s the future I don’t think that Mourinho football I think that’s prehistoric and I think this is the way to move forward so I really I’m really rued for bolognia I like how they play and I’m all I’m I’m on the bandwagon I’m happy for them what’s so funny is that

You’re totally right that they were just 10th everything was 10th with bologna you think of bolog ah they’re going to be 10th place midt and with a lot of the players that they signed because they went a completely different route they went more physical players that were not

Really sady is what a lot of bolognia fans thought they’ve put it together and they’ve put it together in a way that’s incredible Zig is a brilliant football he wasn’t even a nine and he’s turned into a crazy player that looks like he could become one of the top top players

Very confident on that with in s he’s got a great technique but he likes to get stuck in he’s like 61 62 super technical on the ball turns up in the big moments I love a player like that and he’s done it he’s he’s pulled up big

I think it’s six goals in the last eight games or nine games something like that and coming up in in those big moments the beautiful thing about bologna is that it’s all from what we always talk about the sporting director right sori they brought in sori and everything

Changed exactly there we go that’s a key right there it’s a mastermind and you you look at some of the greatest teams the teams that struggle like Manchester United right that have no vision that have no thought they just throw money and money at everything and then you see

The opposite which is this bologa which is a side that I love the underdog though we have we don’t have a lot of money we have to outsmart we have to find better players we have to make the group better than anything we need to get the next best young coach put

Together they look at the group and when and when they do that it’s special and you look at sori’s track record he took K Verona from C Chou to a Champions League qualifying route K Verona it was a miracle then he went to Atalanta built

Up Atalanta by the way after he left K Verona in 2014 atanta he built up atanta he found these players he’s an incredible Scout some of the greatest players that you talk about that moved on to great careers sori found them he is doing this again with

Bologa he’s not a guy that goes on the TV he’s not loud he doesn’t talk behind the scenes super low key does his job and gets results so it’s right that we talk about him teot is amazing teot is going to become one of the next best

Coaches I think in the world but it’s also sori and this bologna side who have put a good team in front of teot to allow him to do this but those Partnerships are very vital that’s why con wanted uh marota at inter cuz they work well together you want a director

And a coach to talk the same language you know you want them to understand each other what they want and I think a lot of that goes under uh under the radar and that’s Marco I agree with you with Manchester United they’re just one of the teams that they hope money is the

Solution but in reality you got to look at the guts of the team and really Target the problem to solve at the end of the day this is the only thing we have left in Italian football when you think about it the only thing that we do

Top top cuz we don’t have the best league we don’t have the best players we’re not the home of that but when you talk about putting things together our sporting directors and our coaching is next level Next Level there’s guys that you never even heard of that if they I

Really W there’s a part of me that wishes there was an alternate reality where I could put a guy like marota at Manchester United or Sor at Manchester United just to see and then all the media is gonna go crazy look at this genius that Manchester United discovered

No no they’re doing it they’re doing it on a small level they’re doing it on a budget where one Manchester United player pays for 10 years of believe bolog but I know I know we sound old and grumpy but it’s just a beautiful part that we example is Jun toi Jun toi at

Napoli the team was like that the Perfection he moves from Napoli goes to Torino Juventus all of a sudden it’s like you know they they got cured from a very very very bad disease so Juventus now it’s you know running a six cylinder in and he just joined so he hasn’t even

Gone the real touch so I guess it’s the mentality and the approach to the to the the building up the team that I think what’s what’s uh what’s ke for those sporting director and know on the on the reverse side look at Napoli Napoli has got the same team of last year except

For k j and then here we are Napoli looks like a team that you know is having a lot of trouble you know with the hope that that things they’re going to get much also communication right the communication between and being close I’ve heard J talk about traveling with

The team and understanding that you have to take responsibility players can’t get away with certain things if the director’s there that has courage that has an ability that’s Paulo Maldini for for Milan was another one of those players but Malini went a little bit further because he wasn’t just a figure

He was somebody that also chose you can also say for Lao also that’s another one that’s it that’s it I was about to bring it in but the the difference with that is that L never built anything substantial you look at Lazio they don’t develop any youth players they haven’t

Had good scouting they made awful deals like Miki for example they made awful deals in the last years for me that’s not the same level as those but then again also the director can only do so much if the owner or the CEO says something right there’s limitations

There’s some clubs that says this here’s the keys to the club you do you but then there’s also some owners like ADL that limits you know and says listen whatever I say goes and I think the ego is a big thing a lot of people though to be fair

Yeah yeah but overall at Lotito is a better example lto is like he’s like running the club Marco we were watching the game here at the studio and when when Lao went down the camera went a couple times on Lotito and Lotito you know stio without next to him nice little hat to

Also right I like to St you look good in one of those yeah am I so uh I wouldn’t lie you in the studio anyway it looked kind of strange being lito just been by out there I think it was his son next to him and

Then T is not there t t was uh it was it was the key for L to to make a to make all the moves on the market and to bring some a bunch of players into the equation and make L the L that we knew

This one other coach uh that we didn’t talk about because uh the team they played is not in Europe but I think he’s at that level and he’s going to get there younger early on in his journey is jardino with Genoa who once just like the bologna uh match I said to myself

I’m not surprised that Genoa I fully expected Genoa to get a point against Juventus because of the style of play because of the matchup because of gillardino because of the way that Genoa the the thing that impresses me about Genoa too is that they are very upset

Even at results that would make a lot of teams happy when I saw them tie two two tooi and after the match they looked like they lost I said my God this is not a team that just came from C mentality that’s happy but that’s the

Mentality of it I think yeah no I think like you can compare a lot to other teams I think it’s a mentality of the club and it shows with that anger tying to the reigning Champs it shows that you’re not just here to stay in saidia

And I think it says a lot about the club it says a lot about the ambition it says a lot about uh the owners of the club and I think that’s a positive sign you got to show that you’re angry they they got results against ltio Napoli Roma

Juventus and nearly against Milan nearly it went down to the death their home stadium is a fortress 25,000 season ticket sold there’s a big enthusiasm about the about the team without RI too without RI which surprised me Genson is is excellent Al baby he is he reminds me

So much of when I used to watch dybala at palmo that that sort of tricky player the physical too it’s physical too great player I think six goals now that guy is not going to last in Genova they’re going to somebody’s going to snatch him

Out true dushin to in the back they have a they built a team they built a little team that fights and what’s so the reason why I didn’t like this matchup is because for Juventus you watch if you watch juventus’s games they love when the other team has the ball their

Comfort zone is staying compact fighting we’re going to get a corner kick we’re amazing at that set pieces counter genua play almost the same way football they 19th when I read that they’re 19th in possession I said oh Juventus Juventus don’t have the creativity break down a

Defense like that they don’t have that they’re that’s not where Juventus is great at he said before the game we were watching the game at the studio he said that before the game and that’s sure enough I said Hey listen I I see even you remember I said that that the genov

Is not going to win but he’s not going to lose this game either so uh you know we put it a tie I mean very unfortunate for Juventus because I’m not sure if it was Brer that you know he tried to push the ball in the last couple couple

Minutes he didn’t go in but the go made a spectacular save hey for you to make the goal counted the ball as go as the touch the net on the B they they had the Bunny with the hand ball that you know you look back for sure penalty uh when

You look at it that’s just the way that it is but let’s speak in football terms we we bring that up the referee in Italy it’s you know what the craziest thing to me I had yesterday uh J brosi and Mike G josi played the top level he was at one

Point in the top rankings with uh Ronaldo and Messi and we’re we were talking about another penalty kick and they’re like wait is that a penalty yeah it is no it’s not I said how the hell am I sitting at this table with two guys like this and they’re questioning what a

Penalty we’ve lost all sense we’ve lost every sense of what football means that the best the players don’t know the fans don’t know what a penalty kick is that’s a deeper conversation sometimes know they got to go back to Bar sometimes what about Atalanta today look let’s

Bring atanta I was watching the game on the the second goal that Atlanta scored that was at the hand ball with of uh scalin scalvini pushed the ball with with with his arm forward I said to myself oh they’re going to they’re going to they’re going to take it away you

Just don’t know boom hello what’s going on English you know if you have to apply those rules make sure you do it consistently that’s that’s the hardest thing so annoying it’s become a disaster I saw um I saw a post or a tweet from a commentator that said how have we gotten

To the point where our first reaction when a referee goes to the monitor is oh he that’s gonna be given that penalty would be given the fact that because we know he’s going to the Monitor and he’s going to see the image that’s going to

Be given it’s like a kind of you see yeah okay yeah it’s it’s a mess it’s a mess I don’t like the way it’s going hopefully within the next year or so they really straighten out you think it will I think the big I hope so I think

The biggest thing is consistency not just within the leagues but within the top five leagues that’s true I agree with that with with Europe C sometimes you can say I hate when people say oh that’s a penalty in s but not in Champions League why is it that why is

It it should be a penalty in football and that’s it but I think I think that’s more so a fan reaction of because we know that it’s much lighter in s saying like I think that okay I think for Defenders too and the Defenders have to defend differently in Europe or in syia

Cuz because it’s not consistent cuz it’s given here and it’s not given there 100% agree hey Marco but uh you know I’ve been reading lately the MLS is going to implement those new rules yeah for uh you know uh making uh the ref explain or the bar explain what was the

Decision try to you know to not replicate or mimic a little bit what they do in the American Football over here which I think is a great idea I think it’s an excellent idea yeah the public deserve to know exactly what decision was made and why we’re left clueless so that’s for sure

I wonder if they’re actually going to explain things or they’re just going to say what it is though it’s still start it’s a start on the right direction where am is going we’ve been preaching this thing for a long time so finally finally the rumor is starting to uh not

Because I’m not sure because of us but a lot of people they it has to do with the fans for sure we wanted to know what’s going on and what Mike said is I think is very important how can you just be warning that you know a very soft

Penalty in Italy is going to be given and then on eppl on the Spanish Premier League or in France they’re not going to they’re not going to give it so this consistency is key for the for soccer to grow healthwise because you know we cannot really say oh in Italy is it’s a

In France it’s B in England it’s D enough enough because you know we play international competition and we want to make sure that the rules are applied equally regardless of your Geographic uh you know location yeah it should be a governing body one other thing since you

Brought up MLS I know we don’t talk about American soccer on uh on us but it’s a little bit more close to home what they did with the US Open cup has like rattled me up I’m so upset I’m so upset that they pulled the teams out of

The US Open cup and it’s a little bit more personal for us we’re at the brooken Italians party the Christmas party brooken Italians is a historic Club a historic Club in terms of setting the foundation for American soccer in this country who won the US Open cup and

When you hear them they’re like so disappointed because they’re trying to get back into things and there’s no hope because they took away MLS teams from a US Open cup which is the only thing that I I don’t like MLS I don’t watch it I watch the big games I watch you know

Finals whatever I actually like the open cup because there’s tradition we’ve done it in this country before it’s the David vers Goliath you get the small team against a big team I watch those games cuz it’s a little bit fun youngsters get the chance to play against an MLs Club

They’ll get discovered they’ll go on to greater things and we get rid of that because it’s for money for power because you’re not running the competition for me it’sing this is serving actually American you know American football the MLS because was the two Peters we were discussing that at the Brooklyn Italia

By the way Mike there was good food you know any Greeks yeah oh wonderful P Pit’s wife you know oh yeah okay yeah so but uh uh you know nice atmosphere as as always and uh you know the thing is that that was this major discussion I mean uh

You know people they they care you cannot have all the time those 15 teams or 20 teams Slug It Off nobody goes down nobody gets nobody goes up nobody goes down there is no challenge coming from the bottom in other words the the the table is set it’s like basketball no

Promotion from the bottom it’s like there is no incentive for for people to just showcase for for the Youth for somebody else for a new organization to come up and challenge the the status quo that they have now what our Sports about at the core of our sport our sport is a

Poor man sport it’s a reason why you have a ball you play in any part of the world it’s the complete opposite of it and I get they say the the schedules but then they created the leagues cup it’s all about control I think they feel threatened with the USL that’s trying to

Come up but it’s you have to not everything is a good business decision just because numbers wise you know it doesn’t earn you the most money long term for me you hurt the sport in this country for young kids and you know what this reminded me of to immediately once

I saw the links and all the media coverage on it I thought about when the cop Italia did this with excluding I believe CIA Chi teams for the Copa Italia what was it two years ago that they didn’t allow siia it’s I don’t want to get I get this

Wrong it remind me of the super league is what it reminded me of I don’t want to get this wrong it cuz that’s exclusion too the Super League guess what the fans revolted and guess what they got rid of the super league right maybe it was say I don’t want to get

This wrong don’t go me on it but I believe uh before three years ago Copa Italia started included included the CIA D teams and recently the past couple of years they they eliminated they eliminated and started from siia the timing yeah and that’s another part of the they vers Goliath discussion cuz we

Saw a lot of upsets in goopa Italians saying wow this team in the fourth division just beat uh Juventus or yeah whatever be aalia is is wrong too I don’t like our copala because you look at other leagues you look at like FA Cup there’s actually

Brilliance of that you have to make for me you have to make the big team play away at the small team that’s where you get the beautiful story lines when they have to go play at a CIA B Teams club or CIA Chi team if they make it that way

Right in Germany that’s what’s happening right now there’s a team Bayern got eliminated got eliminated and I think it was dormund or or Frankfurt uh we we I’ll search it up uh when you guys start talking that they are the ones who have screwed up and that’s a beautiful story

That’s a game that I’m going to watch that doesn’t watch a German game I’m going to get excited our cop Italia is boring our copala is so boring it’s become just like all right do we have to play that okay you just get get get the

Guys on the bench it would be amazing it would be amazing if we took the s team and we go made them play if the other team promotes make them play away they put too much power for the bigger teams it’s too much they already have a huge

Advantage and maybe it doesn’t make sense again business-wise because oh why does in have to travel to go there but guess what it helps grow for me that helps grow the sport be way more exciting making even a financial incentive than way the winner the players that they win the cop

They get I don’t know a million dollar each well I don’t know about that much but uh it’s it’s something it’s something so let them fight well that’s a you first of all that’s a lot of money second of all I do believe that it’s not

Mandatory but a lot of the coaches at least for the smaller teams they incentivize the players and give them bonuses if they do win something like that so SAR brooken they knocked out Frankfurt and they knocked out Bayern Munich and again they played both of those games at home they played those

Games at home away from they played at home stbroken played at home they had Bayern Munich go there and then scored a 96 minute goal to win it everyone but that’s the thing that that’s a thing that gets shared in the group chat remember talking about when’s the last

Time you ever shared a thing about copal in a group chat nothing when a Greek played last week yeah if you do that you do that if it’s a lower that’s why you shouldn’t ask me you got to ask someone else that’s more either whatever I

Didn’t want to bring up open cup but you you said it and for us we’re still we live in America and this is what always puts me off about American soccer yo tradition it’s important our history and this is from somebody I like Gold Line technology I like technology being

Implemented but we also got to respect our traditions and respect our culture especially because we have none America as a country we have none the little that we have we should at least preserve it Embrace at least in America you know it’s kind of that they got the

Competition out of the the contest in other words hey the sport the sport itself is a competition soccer is a competition why did you have to eliminate the people I mean the team that they want to try to come from the bottom and challenge I’m not saying

Three just make it one one team that’s what we were talking about it at the party one team it got to be some team over there that you starting to build from the bottom and then you challenge the big guns so you know you have to do

It do we do we need to say anything about fantina fantina they won one Zer Bel on scored very fortunate three points from fantina against Verona I thought that the game was going to be a you know a very dark but they manag to pull it through and uh

You know fantina is going to be challenging again is going to be probably one of the that is going to charge for yeah for sure they’re right there it’s a for Europe and maybe the Champions could be one of those uh those teams and they’re another one who still

Haven’t put it together completely I’m telling you they niik Gonzalez going down right now Gonzalez is but they haven’t put it together in terms of their goal scoring like they they’ve had to rely on Raneri to score Martinez to score Delan hasn’t set for yeah and yeah but they’re grinding Marco they’re

Grinding this is the thing no I mean for how well they did you got to give them credit what I’m saying is they’re not there yet they could be a really really really tough but it shows how serious they are even in the tough moments where everything can go wrong they’re still

Getting these results so I think that’s a big part of they they again we outlined all the the young coaches who are coming up that’s my only hope for Italian football and Si is the coaches for me it’s that it’s that at least we

Have that in we are the we don’t have we don’t have stadiums we don’t have the best players we don’t have the best we the best coaches you’re right that’s right that’s the only thing that I’m like at least we got Italiano coming up we got Gardino we’ve got Thiago M we

What’ you say this guy the edby was coaching at theed was coaching at saso and now they’re talking about him they’re talking about him for Manchester City and Real Madrid which is amazing anyway guys thank you for watching Milan too okay that’s that’s right it’s always about you and

Milan it’s always about it’s always about me L he didn’t get it did you get it yeah there we go see we are the DNA DNA AC Milan okay we are the DNA if you piss us off it’s going to be bad problem whether it’s cardale or whether is you

Guys call The Devils for a reason we are the Devils okay the Juventus is final of was never going to be an end for AC Milan we here to stay so we’re not did you did you see jud’s brother that’s J’s brother oh I look like Jesus read the let him read the

Caption actually you got to scroll wow it looks exactly almost like a J’s brother looks like a prehistoric version of him but through the bottom the bottom bro played in BC [Laughter] Milo instead of AC mil it’s BC mil that was good oh I like that can you text it to me that was a top caption nice though all right I’ll take that I’ll take guys thank you for watching we’ll talk to you soon cat and for Milan and and