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Milan and Juventus played out a dull 0-0 draw at San Siro with Inter being the only winner. Ibrahimovic went off injured and shots on target were few and far between. But this is Serie A, so of course there is still plenty to talk about!
Simone Inzaghi's men needed an Andrea Ranocchia wondergoal to equalise late on and send their mid-week Coppa Italia match with Empoli in to extra time, which they then went on to win, and it was some tired legs who suffered for the win against a solid Venezia side. Inter needed another late goal, this time to snatch a winner via Edin Dzeko's head. Nicky and Mina ponder whether these battling wins are a sign of resilience, and does their current form stand them in good stead in light of the coming Champions League clash with Liverpool?
Nicky says Lazio have been a frustrating and perplexing team this season, while we were introduced to some Atalanta youngsters.
Mina's evil twin confuses us by wishing Insigne stays in Napoli... or is it Dries Mertens, and elsewhere Roma did a job at Empoli, and the inevitable discussion about Vlahovic's impending move to Juventus. Will it happen in this transfer window? (Subscribe to our Patreon membership for an in-depth analysis of the situation by Mina Rzouki, and you can get a preview of that conversation in our regular podcast feed).
And we close the show with possibly the best we've ever seen of Mario Balotelli in light of his re-call to Roberto Mancini's Italy squad for this week's Azzurri training camp. More discussion on that to come next week, so stay tuned!

02:52 Milan v Juventus
28:40 Nicky discusses the interview with Milan manager Stefano Pioli
31:52 Chronicles Tifosi
34:08 Inter v Venezia
45:38 Lazio v Atalanta
51:10 Empoli v Roma
54:00 Napoli and Lorenzo Insigne (and Dries Mertens)

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