Davy & Chin Talk A.C Milan Weekly
Davy & Chin Talk A.C Milan Weekly
Delving into AC Milan's defeat Against Juventus' & Previewing The UCL Showdown Vs PSG
Are you ready for an emotional roller coaster ride? Strap in as we dissect Milan's titanic bout against Genoa, explore the game-breakers like Pulisic and Giroud, and also shine a light on a surprising snag - their struggle against smaller teams. But don't worry, it's not all doom and gloom as we also acknowledge their knack for pulling out wins from nowhere.
Switching gears, we move on to the game against Juventus. We probe the challenges of the red card before halftime and the uphill task of bringing players back into form post-international breaks. Buckle up for a frank and forthright dissection of players' performance, especially with the spiraling number of international calls.
Finally, we take a look at the upcoming Champions League match against PSG in Paris. We talk about Milan's game plan and expected lineup, examining potential pitfalls, and the opportunities it presents. This is one journey you don't want to miss.
The Rossoneri Renaissance is complete After 11 years. Once again, milan are the champions of Italy. It's they who wear the crown for the 2021-22 season. Hello everyone, this is Davey and Chin. Talk Milan, and we are back again, chin. It's been a minute, man, how you doing bro.
Speaker 2:I'm good, davey. It feels like it's been a very long time. International break doesn't really help, but it gives us a break too from some of the excitement of league football.
Speaker 1:To be honest, I'm not really a big fan of international break. Sometimes, when your team is in a good momentum and all of a sudden you go into that international break and you come back and players are exhausted and before you start dropping points here and there, that's just me.
Speaker 2:What of the flip side, where they are in bad form and they just need time away from each?
Speaker 1:other. A couple of times I liked that way towards the end of the season. I kind of liked that.
Speaker 2:So you can have it both ways, Davey. I also am not a big fan of international breaks because I think there's always a worry of players coming back very fatigued and the game after the international break is always very difficult because you can never predict those games right. So if you look around Europe, a lot of teams struggle. The big teams, especially the ones that have very good players, that play for the national teams and travel a lot, they tend to struggle when they get back from a, and then the worst ones are the ones right after the what's it called? When you return, then a few days later you're playing the Champions League. Those are the worst ones.
Speaker 1:Yeah, milan were in good run before the international break. We had like four straight wins and no, we went top of the league, though that's what I'm saying we went top of the league and then, unfortunately, our last game before the international break was against Genoa, which we kind of fumbled a little bit in terms of some cards here and there, and then we have some missing players.
Speaker 2:Why are you shining away from it? I think that game against Genoa is kind of a setup for the game against Juventus, right?
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's a build up.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exactly because again, theo Hernandez, whom I've been talking about from the beginning of the season, that he was taking reckless yellow card, ends up taking a yellow card. Yeah, you remember I was saying that right at the beginning that he was taking a lot of unnecessary yellow cards, especially for descent. It wasn't really yellow card for you know what I mean, like tactical foul, or like going in on the ball For Yelena de Ref. He took three of those at the beginning of the season for Yelena de Ref and now it finally caught up with him. So, guess what? Suspended against Juventus.
Speaker 2:Then Mike Mian gets the red card, which, again, I think some Milan fans didn't think it was a red card. I don't think it was a red card. Well, there you go, one of them. I thought it was 100% a red card. Again, there goes Mike Mian and then, unfortunately for Milan, the spot yellow gets injured during the international break, not playing, but just during training. And there goes our second try goalkeeper. And then, after the international break, guess what? We're playing against Juventus right at home at the San Siro. So Milan, by the way, just to wrap up, that last game before the break, milan were really lucky to get away with winning that game. To be honest, do you want to talk about the whole the?
Speaker 1:back to the last game. Yeah, I think so funny because I think I'm marked the build up against Juventus right and I think general you know what's game was a perfect one, because obviously everything that happened tonight in the Juventus game was a build up from the general's game in terms of all the red cards, all the missing players and stuff like that. To be honest, general is always a difficult ground to go and get points. It's been a difficult ground for Milan long time ago, to be honest, even though, like most of the time, we always go there and still end up winning the ball. It's not just you hardly ever see Milan go there and go and be general like four nil or something. It's not something that usually happens. You know what I mean. And, man, it was a complicated game, to be honest, and I knew we were going to win.
Speaker 2:To be honest, Sorry, can I ask you a question? Has there been a time that you did not know Milan were going to win? Like I bet you, we were going to win against Juventus.
Speaker 1:This is general. Are you serious? Come on man.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but again, so, like I told you multiple times in the past, this Milan squad, they don't fit when they play against smaller teams. I feel like we should be able to find a way to beat those teams, like before, because our floor is higher than most teams, right Like in Vune on a bad day, even when people are distracted, they will find magic, just like Pulisic provided against Genoa, right, yeah, so that's kind of the hope. We have a lot of game breakers. It's not like layout, just layout and what was it called. And Giurud has not scored in seven games or eight games. No, so we have a lot of other people that can do stuff. So even when they tie down or Giurud is not, layout is not on form you'd get someone like Pulisic step up, right. So he stepped up against Lazio, just like layout had a good game. He had a good game. Then, against Genoa, he and Musa stepped up and combined for the goal, and then Giurud stepped up at the back when Mike Mian got the red card.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I think I think also, like I mean I feel really plays huge role right, Like really plays huge role in these last two games because, because we missed some players, right, and I feel like I'm love to stick to playing, really I'm feeling him in the middle of the lot of things in terms of quality wise. What do you think?
Speaker 2:Oh, I agree with you, but again, the game against Genoa. I don't know if, because I think part of the problem is I don't know what, what exactly we can expect from the movie, because, if you think of him, musa had a good game. Adley didn't have a bad game and I keep saying that he didn't have a bad game because he also didn't have a bad game, like he hasn't had a bad game most of the time he has played right. Obviously you miss a guy like Ruben Lossley-Stich because, again, the more people you have the better. But if you remember, that game started out with Okafo and Shikwizi and then, at 45 minutes, purely changed them out to bring in who? Giuru and Liao, I think.
Speaker 1:But they were bad in the first half. They were both bad in the first half.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, okay, so you played right. Sometimes you watch a lot of teams. How often do you see players get solved at half-time, think it.
Speaker 1:I think the game has changed.
Speaker 2:Well, no, no, no, no, the game has not changed that much. Because you know why? Because if you go through you as a Milan fan, how many Milan players have you seen get solved at half-time To?
Speaker 1:be honest, to be honest.
Speaker 2:How many?
Speaker 1:I think if the amount of sovereign increased to five in the game, I don't think Kuchu would be doing such thing. To be honest, Good.
Speaker 2:So, but that's true. But at the same time, my point I was going to make it simple. You guys give guys 45 minutes, right. Typically they give them 55, 60 minutes at least, right. Give them a second because they have to go in. You give them all your coaching right, everything you've you know what I mean Everything you've seen in the first half how they could improve, and then give them 15 minutes to try it out and then you can change.
Speaker 2:But instead he takes those guys out and I'm not saying he shouldn't have, because, like you're right, they were having bad games. But then now all of a sudden, like not to get it. Get on Chukwese, for instance, right Now, all of a sudden it seems like he's in the poor form because he goes on international break and now he's injured. He's out for one month or six weeks and then by the time he comes back, a lot of people are, you know, pick form and he has to catch up again before he know it is a flop formula. That's how that's what people will say Right. So to me, like all those little things they play hero, because if that guy had played 15 more minutes, maybe he might have scored a goal, maybe he would have, you know, been feeling good going into his international break, that even when he gets injured and comes back he knows he has a goal to his name. Anyway, regardless, purely complicates things sometimes with some of those decisions. But hey, he's your idol, what can I say?
Speaker 1:Chid. What's your problem? I don't understand.
Speaker 2:You, man, you, you are such a kiss ass man. Like purely, purely is now your idol. Like I don't get it.
Speaker 1:You see, what you do understand when I made that comment is people like you. I'm a kind of person that I see people from a certain perspective when it comes to success. What, that's what you don't understand. Like I, rather, I rather study someone that you know made the best use out of the resources given to them at a very, very you know lowest level and made the best out of it than someone that actually has all the eggs you know laid in front of him for him to choose.
Speaker 2:Okay, so that means you, you, you, you like you, I guess I agree with you, right, like those people that struggle with horse lads, you know, purely to use like a horse lads kind of person. Yes, yes, yes, that's what I'm saying. I get it and you?
Speaker 1:know you can. You cannot make a case that, oh, maybe Pep Guardiola on all the big coaches out. You know I'm sorry that they gifted in this kind of way or this is something when, whatever right, but the real truth matter is I like someone that can motivate you know a group and lead them to success. And if you look at all these players that, purely as coach even like you know all the players that you know want to go there to waste, purely, if you look at them, what are they right now? That's the sincere, like you see, Samokasieu is at Sassolo, salamaka is playing a ballugna, I can name a whole bunch of them right now, like I really cannot say, apart from San Otsunali, they are really you know that we now release, so for good money.
Speaker 1:I really haven't seen anyone else apart from maybe, like our first team regulars which are still with Milan. But anyways, yeah, let's talk about the Juventus game chain, because I think this game, going to this game you know we're missing Manian, we're missing Tehu and Anders have quite a few injuries as well, here in the midfield and also in the attacking stuff Like, were you worried going to the? Were you worried going into this game?
Speaker 2:Well, yes and no two things. Milan, to be honest, Milan, we're a much better team than Juventus, Like if, like we, I don't think. When you talk about, I know purely, we can't mention that Juventus have title contenders, which I think they technically are because they are Juventus, and then they don't have European, what's it called European football right. So that automatically, in my own book, makes you.
Speaker 2:I think, you will just comment more on man game, though. Oh I, if you list the teams, the best teams in Syria, right, you'd have to count three, four, three teams at least before you get to Juventus. Yeah, okay, good, so we know the three. It's Milan, inter, napoli, before before. Even you can't. You have to think wisely if you want to be adding Atlanta, and there was a called other guys. They're like Roman Lazy before Juventus. So to me, juventus are not there. But, yes, everybody thinks okay because you don't have European football.
Speaker 2:But to be honest, going into this game, I wasn't worried about Juventus. The only worry was that you know it's Juventus, so they could they have some quality players and blah, blah, blah. But regardless, I wasn't like, oh my God, losing sleep because Milan was playing Juventus, I expect them to be Juventus, and I was looking that way until the card right, until the red card. The other thing, too, that I don't know if you want to talk about it is the or the betting scandal between Fajali and Tonali and Milan, and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah Italian teams. So one thing I've said about Juventus is that whenever they have controversy, that is when they step up. It seems like they just like they. Like a. First of all they go, commit crime or commit one atrocity and then everybody will complain about them and then they will try to prove to you that you know. You know what I mean. They kind of ban, you know what I mean. Like these guys whenever they have issues within their squad, like this time around.
Speaker 2:It's like a Popeye getting suspended for PE they're generally getting suspended for betting or for gambling on his and all of a sudden, juve is looking like okay, now we want to ban together and do something. I wasn't worried about them, to be frank, but regardless, they were still Juventus and you always have to respect them, no matter what you think. You have to respect them because they are the most popular team in the whole country, as well as they have won the most titles by a lot. So when those guys walk in, when they walk into your stadium, you have to respect them, whether they're informed or not, right?
Speaker 1:So that's kind of what it was you know, honest, I just kind of feel like my own worry was just the fact that maybe I'm missing players right, kind of like take away some qualities away from us a little bit in this game. Like you know, mike Migniel, for example, like Thio Hernandez, for example, and which one were you more worried about, mike or Thio?
Speaker 2:Because for me, I was more worried about Thio missing than Mike.
Speaker 1:to be frank, To be honest, I think both are very important players.
Speaker 2:No, no, no. I'm asking you to pick one, I'm not saying both. Okay, yeah, all of them. Everybody's important, including Krunic, including, including including Los Rijks, including.
Speaker 2:I'm just saying between between the two people that were there last game and that are in there now, whom? Because, to me right, I felt like Sportiello was a very good backup goalie, so he would have done a good job. Like, what do you lose? What do you lose going to Sportiello, especially because Juventus are not like hey, tamilan, where Milan? You expect them to be making what's the code? You expect your goalkeeper to be busy? In quotes yeah, even today, even today, Mirante didn't do a bad job. He wasn't like, he wasn't even put a foot wrong today, like he would have literally stood there all game and did not much and Milan would have at least gotten a point If not.
Speaker 1:You see, let's, let's, let's, let's talk about the game a little bit, like you know, in depth, right? Because especially the red card like I'm leading to the red card, right, I was talking to Leo in WhatsApp group this afternoon that I don't think it's hard for anyone to see that it's just a matter of time before either Gatti or Theo get into trouble in this game. To be honest, because I could see the battle, the intense battle. I texted the group right outside, like I said, I made a comment, I said intense and I could see it right from the beginning of the game between Moise Keen and Palik Theo and Gatti and Rafa Liao.
Speaker 1:The only difference is one got into trouble before the other and the other kind of like whiced up a little bit. You know what I mean, because the battle between Moise Keen and Malik Theo is not leading to that record like they were like intense battle between both of them and I just had a feeling that something was gonna happen. I just had a feeling, but I wasn't sure if it was gonna be. You know, just a straight go or maybe someone's gonna get recorded, yeah, so you're right.
Speaker 2:Right, so I you know what's common between those two, or what's the common factor between the two situations. Yeah, very slow giant defenders against very fast attackers. Right, so it's normal, right? Like? You made a comment about Malik Theo and, to be honest with you, man, I think you sometimes you contradict your own self.
Speaker 2:If you like to look at people's strengths and try not to focus on their weaknesses too much. With Malik Theo, you almost seem to focus on his weakness a lot of times, because the truth of the matter is the guy is not the fastest person, he's literally easy, like six, four or so. How often do you see those people like being the fastest on the field? Secondly, you should also look at Puyoli and how he sets these teams up when they play against setting play teams. This is the same thing that happened against Inter Milan. If you give I've said it before if you give very fast, strong attackers with sense and skill, one view, one against defenders that slow and whatever, there's no competition. Like, what are you asking for? That's exactly what Puyoli asked for, asked of what's. He called Tomori and these guys. Right, tomori fortunately has athleticism and aggressiveness to keep up with all these players. But even sometimes. You see me too, that sometimes he gets burnt and then he gets a red card or he gets into trouble.
Speaker 2:Right Now, imagine Malik Theo, who is actually slow. Like Malik Theo's strengths are not his ability to man mark fast players, that's not his strength. But yet Milan, every time, literally it doesn't matter what team, because of the way we play, where people push up so high, you end up with all these what's it called? All these 1v1s. Remember what Turam did to him in the derby? We know you and I know, if you're a coach coaching against Malik Theo, do you know what you do? You put your fast striker and let him be within 1v1, right, because that is your advantage, because he's a slow guy, he's a very big guy, just like Milan. And what's he called? Gatti? Do you know what they did for Gatti? Do you see how much help he was getting from McKenney? Yeah, to support him, because he couldn't keep up with. Was he McKenney or where it's McKenney, he couldn't keep up with no.
Speaker 1:where is McKenney?
Speaker 2:One of them? Yes, but this is my point, because if you leave that guy the only time, the left in 1v1 with Rafele Theo. He just ran past him and he was running from behind and he even got the yellow card in the game too, on Rafele Theo because he can't keep up. So why then are you blaming our own defender, who's almost the same characteristic in terms of height and style of play to the Gatti guy, and then blaming what do you want? Tell me what you want from Malik Theo.
Speaker 1:It's just a defensive IQ. It's just a defensive IQ. The same thing happens to him.
Speaker 2:Look, this is.
Speaker 1:No, no, no, no, change, change. You see, we have to look at this from the eye of a defender. It would purely say the same thing too, like well, just a silly challenge Like this is it here. If you are marking a very quick attack, right, and you go so close like that, the only thing that you should be aiming for is the ball, and if you miss the ball at that point, that's it, you're done. And he missed the ball. He followed Moise Keen and left the ball behind. Now the question is the moment he realized that if I were him, I wouldn't foul Moise Keen, and he did, and that was very wrong.
Speaker 2:You see, this is Well, because you did it. Tomorrow. He left what's his name, Miss Simount? And the day that, tomorrow, he put his leg behind the ballotty and got the red card. What am I getting at? You're right, your assessment is right. He played it strong. You know, at that level, right, At that level of football, all he takes is one slip up in terms of concentration and all of a sudden you're looking like you're on a highlight reel. So what am I saying? This? You're 100% accurate. The kid made a mistake, but keep remembering he's a young person Kalu Lu Kalu.
Speaker 1:Lu eh Again, mountain, he's my take on Moise Keen. I feel like, as good as he is right, there's some element of improvement you know that he needs to work on Of course, the kid I told you before this boy started at U19 or whatever.
Speaker 2:He played at Shaka U then he literally hasn't played much of what's he called top flight football until last year, Do you remember? Until last year, middle of last year, so technically hasn't even gone one full season on the top flight team. So why are you judging him as though he's Komori or he's a what's he called like a 25 year old who's jumped around league to league to league to league and gained so much experience? Why, okay, judge, judge, simon Keer, the same way. Okay, you know what? Kalu Lu is back. Kalu Lu at least has way more experience than him, because he has won the league with Milan. He has been there. Let's see what happens, because Kalu Lu is going to be here.
Speaker 1:I think what Malik Thiao need is, I think, what Milan one purely needs to do with Malik Thiao and Kalu Lu right now, just to try to see how we can rotate them as well. The way he's rotating the midfield, I mean it shouldn't be that constant, but at least that should be some sense of stability, right? But the thing is just that, do you?
Speaker 2:think he'll bring Kalu Lu. I do, I do rotate people. No, no, no oh.
Speaker 1:Dave, Dave, you're such a comedian You're.
Speaker 2:I do purely. Let me tell you purely.
Speaker 1:I think purely is adjusting though.
Speaker 2:He rotates if you're injured. I think Kurnitch is back now, right? So we wait for Adley to go back to the bench and pretend like he never existed, because Kurnitch is back.
Speaker 1:Let's talk about our midfield in this game, right? My, to be honest, I think it took a while before Adley and Reinder kind of like start, you know, getting into the game, which is kind of funny, because even when we are, like before the red card, I wasn't really seeing that sort of creativity from Adley in terms of, like you know, create those passing lanes for the attack. He wasn't really doing that much. I don't know why, even as a point that we are, we're taking the counter and he lost ball, like you know, very casually, what. What do you think was wrong with him tonight? But on the other side, on the other hand, though, I was really impressed with his physicality on his marking tonight, like he really did a lot, even this area, duals like he was doing well as well. So he did good today. However, though, like I just feel like from that creativity part, I didn't really see much from him. And right that tonight.
Speaker 2:Well, because sometimes we forget that this is a playing against other on that team. You know who Max Allegra is right like oh, his job is basically. He's basically like a more you know, on steroids. The guy like you don't have any goal to play football, they just show up to try to pack the bus. If you look at the momentum of that game At the moment, who was just me? Lambie, lambie land until the red card and then became Juventus. Even with, even with the extra person, they couldn't even do much Juventus.
Speaker 1:They couldn't do much. What am I?
Speaker 2:getting. Yes, what am I getting at when they set up like they are, like Any other, what's it called? You have high quality athlete set up and pack the boss. You're going to struggle to create. And I didn't think to me. I didn't think the problem was with Adley. Mostly I thought it was with renders. Why am I saying with renders? Because Renders didn't do much. And the other person was his name, eunice Musa. He was trying his best to just run around and put in certain energy, but the person that to me was on the woman was renders a lot. And the reason I say that is because you leave all the so-called Creativity and work right for Adley. Meanwhile, you're supposed to be one of the persons to help. And second, secondly, the other part is Milan started the game, to be frank, with a little bit of I don't know. You know all this after international big things, like everybody was a little bit of down mentally, like people were not.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Even before the record for police you got some got stopped off, right it looked exactly.
Speaker 2:They look mentally fatigued.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so that played, that played a huge role in tonight's games, buenos, but I didn't do it too. I feel like they're professionals, right, obviously they. They want the international calls. So they are. They are professional human beings is what they want. International calls, so definitely, um, they should understand that Definitely, everything comes with a price right.
Speaker 2:First of all, you also have to remember to renders is new to this. So international thing, right Like yeah because, he wasn't playing.
Speaker 2:He wasn't playing international games and then coming to play for his club team and this is his first few games for the national team and all of a sudden he's now playing 90 minutes and they are 1910s minutes because they played against france and then they played against I forgotten your that team. They played against right. So Now he's back. His energy level was low because typically you see him running around. I saw him drive the ball forward a couple of times. Only Adley was good today. I said to be honest with you, adley was doing a great job and I honestly don't know why what crunich was coming to do.
Speaker 1:And I don't want to get to understand.
Speaker 2:I don't know, I don't want to get into. I don't want to get into crunich because before you tell me that I don't like him, we are playing psg on Wednesday team we're playing, we are 10 against them for the entire half.
Speaker 1:I don't think he's very smart for purely to leave those guys playing for that long, constantly. The fact that you know one word that Juventus is still gonna score. We both know it. We both know Juventus gonna score, and even up to the point that Adley got sucked off. Yes, we might look like a little bit like you know in the game, but just a matter of time before Juventus. Look forward, because they would. We're pushing out. You could have equalized. Don't forget that monstrosity lost a big chance.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I know, I, I know. So I agree with you. So it's basically that, as far as it, almost as though, as as soon as red card happened, it became Milan every because again I said it like the game started out flat right, everybody was low on energy. So as soon as that red card happened, it's almost like everybody just reserved to the idea of we're just gonna get a point here at best. Not too much is going to happen and maybe, like you said, juventus, or being Juventus, will find a way to get a goal and win the game. Right, because the if it wasn't like Milan, where like choking Uh, juventus before the red card, like what I mean, choking them, choking them in terms of amount of pressure and chances, right, it was just meh, it was just a meh game, and then the red card made it even worse.
Speaker 2:So, to be honest with you, the game doesn't bother me that much. I might sound like it. I'm only just pissed sometimes because of some of the decisions we make when it comes to. You know managing players, but you, you seem to know your idol better than me. So, yeah, maybe he's preserving them for PSG.
Speaker 1:To be honest, when you look at it from this, from from the perspective of what's more important after that record, I feel like I rather just sacrifice the Juventus game and those at least have a little bit of energy to put towards the PSG game. That's how I said. I mean, the league is still what the league is a marathon. We only have like three games left. So sorry for games left right here.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, you might as well. You might as well have two games left if you lose back to back to. That's what I'm saying so technically now.
Speaker 1:PSG game is more important. That's.
Speaker 2:that's how I say, to be honest, um, anyway, you know what the players may have also had that in mind too. Right, I say that because it's a big game coming up, right? So maybe in their head, like we, kind of mentally conserve energy, which this is the other what I call, uh, you know advantage, or should I say the other end of Um, you know, tail and Mike missing these games, right, is that? Guess what? At least tail is rested, he has. He went on international break, is back now he has one week off.
Speaker 1:Back to um Minion Pionandes, who was and then, and then he subs Reinder's.
Speaker 2:So Reinder's, who have energy? Pulisic, you have energy because you only played for the three minutes. So, I feel bad for him but like, at least he was nice to clap, I'm he understood it and I'm sure like he was pissed off in his head he was technically a little happy because the guy also played a lot of intense games, like you play the game jamming.
Speaker 2:I felt that way too. I have to pretend like I'm pissed. So everybody, everybody thinks I'm pissed, but deep down I'm like I'm tired, I just want to go rest. You know what I mean. So he played. He played some intense games against Germany. I watched that game.
Speaker 2:He had a good game and then he played the other one against Ghana. Ghana was easy for them, but still he played a lot of minutes. All these guys they travel, and he had to travel the way to North America to do all this is right. So I feel for him because in my head I was actually, if, if, true case, he wasn't injured, I would have probably thought maybe purely might have started to crazy because, uh, what's he called like one of my big fears with police, that he's going to break down and get injured. That's a fear. No, I was going to say because I always think of him as very fragile. Like you know, if you press, stress him too much physically, he's going to break down. So that's always a fear for me. So I'm kind of technically happy that he brought him out, because you know what, yeah, he only played for the three minutes.
Speaker 1:He can rest till Wednesday and then he goes and plays against PSG and, to be honest with you, that would we have physical.
Speaker 2:That give me man like you know, sometimes I can, I try to remember Allegri when he was a Milan, right, but that Milan team that he coached that won the league. I think the problem was too much flare. You know, when you have too much flare and too many experienced guys, that there's nothing you he, could have done to dim their light. Because I'm surprised like that guy would dim your light too. He's like, uh, I'm not joking, he's like more in on steroids he would. You see guys like he has a, and Vlajovic and others. You know Juventus has a lot of good players and then when they play football You're like I don't see that you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:To play in a certain way, yeah, like I don't see.
Speaker 2:Is the problem like? So there's no freedom to play people. You're just like watching Juventus very boring team. Yeah, you know, and that's what I don't like him. Oh, to be honest, I'm trying to remember 2011,. Right, and I remember all the players. Like what are you going to tell Casano? Like you know what I mean Casano, robino, ibrahim, ibrahim.
Speaker 1:I think we were different personalities then.
Speaker 2:So I mean he couldn't control those feelings because deep down in his mind, he probably wanted to talk to them up and tell them to pack the bus. Everything about. How can you tell Casano and Robino and Ibrahim to pack the bus? What are you packing? What bus Back Lamborghini.
Speaker 1:Anyways, yeah, I talked to him about this game.
Speaker 2:To be honest, my flop is almost like Malik Teow Malik Teow. I feel bad for him because I know he was very bad about this situation, but it's a learning experience. The good thing about him is he's a very smart kid, so he usually picks things up and tries to avoid them next time, right. As for Tops, I think Mirante is a top for me. Yes, mirante is a top for me because he hasn't played in over 900 days, which is the suit as 2021. He's an old man. You don't want to talk about Mirante dude.
Speaker 1:I kind of feel like Mirante's case. I think it's purely that makes Mirante look like a backup. Wait, that's true, mirante was at Milan.
Speaker 2:Mirante was at Milan backing up your board. After you tell me, purely, purely is your idol. So let me explain. You watch two people in training and you watch them.
Speaker 1:You've been at.
Speaker 2:Mirante for 40 years Doesn't matter. Today, didn't you look better than Tata? Come on, man, are you serious? Did you see the double save Mirante made? Would you watch Mirante to go out and keep against PSG? No, but at least I wouldn't want Tata. I don't know why I'm getting that, but anyway, mirante is a top for me.
Speaker 2:I enjoyed watching Adley play. There was a time he had the wear. I was actually surprised he had wear on the sideline and he bit wear. I was shocked he did that because he actually impressed me and he gave me confidence in my head. I'm like you know what, when I play now I'm not going to avoid people wanting to play anymore. I'm going to try and dribble because of Adley. If Adley can dribble, why not me? But yeah, those are my tops In terms of flops.
Speaker 2:I want to mention Lv Juru, but the other thing I wanted to say about Rafael Leal is that I've said it multiple times Rafael Leal should tell himself that he would never make those crosses. You know, when you cross on the left side with your right foot into the in-swinger and N'Goli catches the ball. Rafael Leal should basically add what he needs to add to his game. If I'm not going left. I'm crossing with my left foot, I'm constantly inside with my right and trying to take a shot. Because that cross, you know that cross. He wants to go far post to Juru and whatever. That thing never works, man. It never works because the defenders will head it out, or it will be a go kick, or the go kicker will just catch the ball. Think of it. How often do you see Mo Salah doing that stuff?
Speaker 2:I think it was successful with Ibra, but obviously Well, but sure, ibrahimovic is basically now doing Taekwondo for a living and like he's going to be a director. Like he's Juru, ibrahimovic, if you have Harlan, maybe you can try that with Harlan. He will jump everybody. Like it won't work, let him change it. Let him try go left. Or you just go inside and shoot the ball, literally just do that. Stop doing that toss. If you have what's his name? Osemen, that can jump everybody, then do that. Juru is not that guy. Like I don't think. I don't know what you guys see in Juru, but he's not. Anyway, those are my tops and flops. I'm done, anyways whatever keep prancing.
Speaker 1:My tops in this game are number one. Mo Salah really impressed me today. To be honest, he's a good career of the ball. I just feel like the only thing is lucky right now just that finish, that end product. You know, by the time he start, you know, improving on his attacking and his further decisions, I think he's really going to be very, very good. You know and I'm talking about good in terms of like up there with like them, you know, players like Rangers and Loftus Chicken midfield. So that's number one. Number two is Tomori. Tomori had a very good team today and I know we don't talk about him a lot. Tomori had a good game too. Yeah, I don't know we don't talk about him a lot, but his vias improved very well lately and, to be honest, if he keeps going like this, I think he will really help us this season, and it will also help Malik Teah as well. Do you think Tomori should have been one? Makin Makin Moistikine and Malik Teah? Makin Malik.
Speaker 2:Perhaps, but again, if you remember what happened in this game, right in that particular scenario, like the ball, the ball, what's his name? Florensi, pushed up high because if you think of who passed the ball, it was where. Who passed the ball from midfield, and Florensi was the one putting pressure on where. How come Florensi is that far up? Think of it. Because basically, the ball literally went there and everybody, even Tomori, everybody, was so way higher and all he took was just that one pass right and bam.
Speaker 2:So what am I getting at? It might have just been one of those scenarios where it wasn't like a set play or anything. So those guys reacted to a sudden change in possession and people had to mark who they had to mark, and that was what happened. Right, I think my only learning there is what you said about Malik Teah, which is keep your eye on the ball, give the guy like, especially because you know you're not that fast. Give the guy a little bit of room to kind of like. At least you know what I mean. Give yourself room to use your ability, which is mark people like in terms of tackling right or whatever it is, or really play better. That's where he needs to improve.
Speaker 1:A little bit, but yeah, yeah, I think those are my tops. My flop again is just Malik Teah. Okay, we've made him flop, both of us have made him flop.
Speaker 2:Let the ball rest, but I'll begin.
Speaker 1:Like to be honest, aside that red card, I think it was doing well, even though I know like it was a very intense you know game for him and you know more. I'm also happy that Kalulu is back to exactly. Kalulu came on and did very well, which, again, I think that's the competition that Manik Teah needs anyway. But if I'm coming down and it's like you know feet and this competition between him and Malik Teah, I think, yeah, we'll be able to, like you know, at least create that sort of balance in the team. Let's go to talk about the Champions League.
Speaker 2:Well, Milana in big trouble. How about that? I'm just kidding.
Speaker 1:I think we're going to have. We're going to have at least three important players back in the team, so that's a big boost.
Speaker 2:The big issue we have is the fact that PSG lost to Newcastle United and they have to bounce back right. So Milana so far has had two games, zero goals, zero goals considered right. So I don't know where the goals are going to come from against PSG. It's not like PSG are like rock solid defensively anyway.
Speaker 1:So let's talk about the lineup to start with. So magic, my. I wish to go with Malik, teah and Tomori.
Speaker 2:I would imagine so, unless, of course, maybe he wants to go with Kalulu because of the pace of the PSG forwards.
Speaker 1:I was going to say that, to be honest, I would take him to Maliktea and probably just bring in Kalulu in second or have Kalulu play right back.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, absolutely Okay. So let me tell you what I would do. I would play Kalulu, tomore and Maliktea, and then, on the left, teo Hernandez, because you cannot keep Calabria with the Candelio and Papi Cheese that's not nice, oh my God so yes, but again, that's what I would do. And then in midfield you probably play Reindas. Play Ruel Losi's chick, and I'm sure he's going to play Krunic. You want bet I will.
Speaker 1:Krunic, though, our perfect Krunic, to be honest.
Speaker 2:And then on attack in attack layout. I don't want to hear about Krunic. In attack layout. Jiru and Pulisic, that's it.
Speaker 1:Well, I expect a very intense game, addison Zero.
Speaker 2:Is it Addison Zero? No, no, this first one is away.
Speaker 1:Oh is in Paris. Yeah, yeah, yeah Is in Paris. Yes, oh man, that's going to be way way more difficult.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah yeah, but it's okay. Milan always does well when all this pressure away from home. So for me, my prediction is that it might probably end in a draw or a narrow win for PSG, because they need to bounce back from that defeat against Newcastle.
Speaker 1:If Milan can go and get a point or maybe at least surprise PSG in Paris we're not going to surprise PSG in Paris Milan will beat PSG when they come back home.
Speaker 2:But away we're going to probably lose or draw. Then the game against Newcastle and then the game against Dortmund. Those are the big ones afterwards. That's all I think, Because when again I keep saying it when the draw was made, if they had asked you, you would have said, okay, well, we can lose to PSG one game, maybe, get one point out of them and then try to win at least two or three of the other games left, right, yeah, but good. But the problem now is we went and drew two of those games that we're supposed to be winning. Now we expect to start coming up with magic against PSG, and this is PSG that had lost their games against what's it called Newcastle Against their game against Newcastle. So it's tricky, but let's see.
Speaker 1:Well, that's why we played the game. Anyway, it's been a pleasure talking to you tonight.
Speaker 2:Let's catch up after the Champions League? Exactly Because then we have Napoli.
Speaker 1:Yes, that's what we're going to talk about. Yeah.
Speaker 2:Okay, well, have a good one, dave, you too. Ciao, thanks for watching.
