Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[KTChampions]

If you look at the achievements of United after the dismissal of Mourinho (in 4 years 0 titles with a stronger squad), then I would not say that his work there was unsuccessful, everyone just got used to a much higher bar in his performance. Tottenham, he also initially raised almost from the bottom of the standings. Mourinho is a strong coach and now he has some opportunities at Roma (I don't think it's about scudetto) and I hope he can use them.

I do not know
I don't agree very much, I don't judge Mourinho well as a coach
but maybe I am wrong, since I am not competent in the matter
why do you think he's a good coach?

I have seen others, in my opinion, better than him

A very strange question - you can just look at the Wikipedia page with a list of his achievements, well, it makes no sense to breed offtopic here. Going back to Serie A, which clubs have won the European trophy in recent years? This is Roma (under Mourinho), and before that, 12 years ago, Inter won the Champions League (and also under Mourinho). Coincidence? I don't think so 

[ILuckyGuyI]

Erik Ten Hag had reaffirmed Anthony Martial is staying after an impressive pre-season for Man Utd, he was indeed in-form in their pre-season friendlies where he scored three goals, I don't think the club will allow him to join Juventus now with the uncertainty surrounding the Ronaldo's transfer saga, Anthony Martial will be Man Utd main striker in their upcoming EPL matches, Rashford is another alternative central forward who will deputize him or play at the flank to support Anthony Martial at their attack afterall Man Utd didn't sign any new striker, I hope Ronaldo stay to compliment other attackers.

I haven't heard of Erik ten Hag's statement. If it's real then Juventus had better not to waste their time for nothing. I think that Manchester United might sell him only if they sign a winger now. They have been after the Ajax player Antony for some time as Erik ten Hag wants him a lot. If they somehow finish this signing then maybe Erik ten Hag would be keen on letting Martial go. However this time they won't have any player in the subs who is a natural striker. When we think of this yeah they can probably keep Martial in any case.

[Jody.Drummer]

Paulo Dybala was announced infront of quite a good turnout of AS Roma fans. Looks like they've got high hopes from their new addition to the squad and a star player. Should be a good competitive season in Serie A this up and coming season. Cant wait.

Yes Paulo Dybala has been a big signing for AS Roma this season, of course their supporters welcome the signing of this player. Hope will always be there when a player with a label joins the team. And Dybala also he is happy to be in this city, of course something like this will make players comfortable. And when the players are comfortable, usually they will do the best performance.

[Alanaz]

Problems like this are bound to happen because releasing some of their players has actually dashed their hopes of remaining competitive.
Their performance at the start of last season looked good but crumbled at the end of the season and should be with their squad the same this season they still have a chance to stay good but when the players leave then there is really nothing to do but wish them the best.
I think this is unavoidable when their core players leave then the chances of the top 4 are getting smaller.

with the current napoli squad, to be able to stop in the top 4 until the end of next season is impossible.  Even I believe Napoli will find it difficult to compete with mid-table teams like Fiorentina and Lazio

last season, napoli finish in the top 5 even rome was not able to shift their position but this season the chance of roma shifting napoli is very big

It would be an exaggeration to say that this is an impossibility because their chances are still there but it is very small considering the current condition of their squad, which is increasingly lagging behind the quality of the players.
At the moment, there are many who regret the attitude of Napoli like this and I also object to some of the sales they make but maybe there are some considerations from the higher-ups there who seem to be changing their current players.

[hd49728]

No doubt bad news for Juventus but still they are time for them to have their desired player after this injury which will fill this spot and good news is they already announce Rabiot is going to stay here, and he will play as possible replacement of Injury porn Paul Pogba which is having injuries like this in his all career

Manchester United likely know very well about Pogba condition and decided to let him go. High salary and vulnerable to injuries. We see Pogba got more injuries in last seasons in Old Trafford. Paying too high salary and possibly receive little contribution, with many missing matches by injury, Manchester United don't want it. Juventus get Pogba at free cost but if he gets injured regularly, it will affect their plan in a new season.

Yes Paulo Dybala has been a big signing for AS Roma this season, of course their supporters welcome the signing of this player. Hope will always be there when a player with a label joins the team. And Dybala also he is happy to be in this city, of course something like this will make players comfortable. And when the players are comfortable, usually they will do the best performance.

The respect of Roma for Dybala and the celebration of Romanista for him will give him big motivation in a coming season. Dybala was convinced by a plan of Mourinho and Roma so he decided to join them. It is a very big, a biggest signing of Roma in last 10 years and we saw how they hope for a good future with Dybala. There is rumor that Juventus want to buy Zaniolo and if they do it, the transfer cost would be big. In quality, two players are the same so if that deal is made, Roma will have a successful two sided movements. Dybala with a free transfer from Juventus and a big money by selling Zaniolo.

[Oneandpure]

Has pogba already confirmed it? I saw that if he has not yet meet with the specialist to see the condition of his knee. It's sad to see that happened, he will be missing the pre season in dallas. So far pogba was always facing various problem even when he was at the machester united as well.

he has not back in turin. i didn't see any confirmation about he will be doing surgery. I hope that he can recover from his injury before the serie a will be started.

I think have been confirmed yet with Paul Pogba got injury and need about one until two month back to the field, actually he can make debut with Juventus on pre season match against with Barcelona and match result draw 2-2. Little problem when Paul Pogba got injury and he miss opportunity make debut with Juventus and need waiting more than one or two months later, maybe he will miss few match with Juventus on Serie A because domestic league will begin on 16th Augustus where Juventus away against with Sassulo, but if he can get fast recovery have ability for Paul Pogba come back early and make debut for Juventus on next season.

Source

https://www.sportingnews.com/uk/soccer/news/paul-pogba-injury-update-juventus-serie-a/y4gxcbrh9x6u451qwm6lto7n

[arimamib]

In any case, the indicator of the success and strength of the head coach of the club is the presence of titles, but it is with this that Mourinho has no shortage and, with all his desire, Mourinho cannot be called a coach of one club, as can be said about some coaches. Jose has achieved success with different clubs in different championships. Let Mourinho's business has not been as successful lately as it used to be, but let's not forget that the light has not converged on one Mourinho and there are many other talented coaches with talented players in their clubs who also claim their share of the pie and have every right to do so and are now succeeding. Therefore, with any attitude to the very character of Mourinho, there is no reason to doubt his coaching strength, because he has regularly achieved success before.

Even if he is not better, in fact, he got a confederacy trophy. only Tottenham he doesn't get because got fired in the middle session if continues, I believe he will get also the league cup in the final versus ManCity. So in this fact, Mourinho is a coach that has a champion specialist. if there are still doubts, I'm sure because has been defeated in the final, or because of Mourinho's spicy mouth.

Before Mourinho came, how long did Roma never win the title.? Roma success in winning the Confederations Cup cannot be separated from the genius of Mourinho, Mourinho role is very helpful for Roma to add to their collection of titles. In the hands of Mourinho, Roma will be a threat to Milan, Juventus and Inter, Mourinho also wants to return to success on Italian soil, having previously brought Inter to the treble winner during his time as coach there.

[kro55]

Juventus VS Barcelona

Juventus vs Barcelona friendly match ended in a 2-2 draw. Dembele scored both goals for Barcelona and Kean scored both goals for Juventus. But the formation of Juventus surprised me. They played in 4-5-1 formation today. Very few coaches fix their match strategy in such a formation. However, Juventus' performance was good enough. Juventus will be a worthy contender for the Serie A title next season.

[hahay]

I'm just surprised when Roma fans celebrate Dybala's presence in the Roma squad for next season, it's a big welcome and I wish Dybala success with Roma and can lead Roma to compete in the top four. If Dybala really succeeds at Roma, then I think Inter and maybe many other teams will regret it. Really can't wait for the new season to start, because it's such a signing I thought it wasn't what I expected, but in reality they welcomed him with great expectations.

[Rana590]

Juventus VS Barcelona

Juventus vs Barcelona friendly match ended in a 2-2 draw. Dembele scored both goals for Barcelona and Kean scored both goals for Juventus. But the formation of Juventus surprised me. They played in 4-5-1 formation today. Very few coaches fix their match strategy in such a formation. However, Juventus' performance was good enough. Juventus will be a worthy contender for the Serie A title next season.

Juventus is getting stronger more than before. They have good players at this stage and can ability to fight with any team. I hope they will spend a good season and will try to achieve league title. Coach should implement new strategies to get success in the next season.

[Pesona1]

I'm just surprised when Roma fans celebrate Dybala's presence in the Roma squad for next season, it's a big welcome and I wish Dybala success with Roma and can lead Roma to compete in the top four. If Dybala really succeeds at Roma, then I think Inter and maybe many other teams will regret it. Really can't wait for the new season to start, because it's such a signing I thought it wasn't what I expected, but in reality they welcomed him with great expectations.

After all dybala is a great player who has created a lot of success with juventus, so when he finally chooses Roma as his new club of course Roma fans it will be very grateful, there is nothing strange in my opinion because the fans of Roma have been enthusiastic all this time in supporting and welcoming their new players with amazing applaus, I think Roma fans have now pinned high hopes on dybala and mourinho next season to be at least a challenger to the scudetto, I personally hope that mourinho and Dybala are able to bring back the glory of rome as it was in the 2000/21 season.

[zuzie]

Milan will attempts to win again after humiliated by Zalaegerszehgi few days ago and their upcoming opponent is Austria team Wolfsberger and i predict Milan will play with their best starting lineup for this match including Giroud and probably Origi also will played and on the paper Milan obviously will going to win the match but during pre season matches they were failed to showed impressive performance especially their defensive line that Milan have to improve this side

They look more active with a combination  of Leao, Diaz and Messias to help Olivier Giroud as the main striker. I hope Stefano Pioli chooses Rafael Leao in the starting eleven for the next match, because he has an important role in building Milan's attack. I see the appearance of milan before, it looks like Milan need to improve their defense a bit, Gabbia looks still not able to perform as expected Theo Hernandez is much more suited to be there.

[bekti3]

Juventus VS Barcelona

Juventus vs Barcelona friendly match ended in a 2-2 draw. Dembele scored both goals for Barcelona and Kean scored both goals for Juventus. But the formation of Juventus surprised me. They played in 4-5-1 formation today. Very few coaches fix their match strategy in such a formation. However, Juventus' performance was good enough. Juventus will be a worthy contender for the Serie A title next season.

Next season it looks like they still want to do something like this by focusing on their midfield sector and this is indeed good enough for Juventus in my opinion. In this match it was also quite interesting because 4 goals were created from the feet of 2 players there and Dusan was again not played by Allegri during their current pre-season because in the previous match he was also not played.

[AakZaki]

Mourinho seems lost his touch, i mean yeah his time as one of the great manager is over.

Unless of course if he could achieve something with as roma next season which so far so good , dybala added to the squad and it's a huge boost at least to get more confidence for the fans.

All the different, in Rome last season it was not in favor of proving that nickname.  Luckily they were able to win 1 cup last season.  Of course there is hope but I'm not sure yet. Although this season they are very active in the transfer market.
I still believe in Inter, Milan, Juventus will have a great chance of winning the championship next season. Although I didn't hear they were actively making transfers. But they have even players for their main and reserve players.

[hd49728]

Mourinho seems lost his touch, i mean yeah his time as one of the great manager is over.

Unless of course if he could achieve something with as roma next season which so far so good , dybala added to the squad and it's a huge boost at least to get more confidence for the fans.

Mourinho proves that his name is still attractive for players and Dybala joined Roma with big impact from Mourinho reputation. Mourinho also wisely improves Roma in midfield and defense areas too. He does not simply pay attention on attacking system. With Mourinho, defense is key to success.

All the different, in Rome last season it was not in favor of proving that nickname.  Luckily they were able to win 1 cup last season.  Of course there is hope but I'm not sure yet. Although this season they are very active in the transfer market.

I think they deserved it from how they worked hard and improved themselves. I agreed with Mourinho that if Roma meet Leicester City in early of the past season, they would have lost it very easily. But they had matches in late of season and Roma indeed improved their defense and midfield a lot. So they deserved their win against Leicester City as well as in the Conference League final.

I still believe in Inter, Milan, Juventus will have a great chance of winning the championship next season. Although I didn't hear they were actively making transfers. But they have even players for their main and reserve players.

Roma will likely replace Napoli as a biggest challenge for top 3: AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus. They even can make big surprise too if Mourinho can combine new players well enough.

[masulum]

I still believe in Inter, Milan, Juventus will have a great chance of winning the championship next season. Although I didn't hear they were actively making transfers. But they have even players for their main and reserve players.

I'm not sure about AC Milan for next season. Juventus transfer decisions this season is better. They have a chance to get the title. Inter maybe still have a chance to race wuth juventus. IMO, Milan trophy last season is just a lucky, but next season, it wouldn't happen again. Napoli also maybe out from title race next season. if AS Roma players can follow Mourinho strategy, I think 3-4nd place can be achieved.

[alpamar99]

Has pogba already confirmed it? I saw that if he has not yet meet with the specialist to see the condition of his knee. It's sad to see that happened, he will be missing the pre season in dallas. So far pogba was always facing various problem even when he was at the machester united as well.

he has not back in turin. i didn't see any confirmation about he will be doing surgery. I hope that he can recover from his injury before the serie a will be started.

I think have been confirmed yet with Paul Pogba got injury and need about one until two month back to the field, actually he can make debut with Juventus on pre season match against with Barcelona and match result draw 2-2. Little problem when Paul Pogba got injury and he miss opportunity make debut with Juventus and need waiting more than one or two months later, maybe he will miss few match with Juventus on Serie A because domestic league will begin on 16th Augustus where Juventus away against with Sassulo, but if he can get fast recovery have ability for Paul Pogba come back early and make debut for Juventus on next season.

Source

https://www.sportingnews.com/uk/soccer/news/paul-pogba-injury-update-juventus-serie-a/y4gxcbrh9x6u451qwm6lto7n

yep, that seems to have been confirmed and there is indeed a lateral meniscus damage in his knee which even though he had surgery but obviously took months to heal.
It looks like their intention to bring out a few midfielders now has to stop because this injury is clearly very unfortunate and they still need other players to fill the gap for Pogba temporarily.

[vennali]

yep, that seems to have been confirmed and there is indeed a lateral meniscus damage in his knee which even though he had surgery but obviously took months to heal.
It looks like their intention to bring out a few midfielders now has to stop because this injury is clearly very unfortunate and they still need other players to fill the gap for Pogba temporarily.

They are looking to bring in Saul from Atletico Madrid on loan in a precautionary move. Just in case Pogba is out of play due to injury for a long time. Should be a good replacement to be honest if the deal goes through.

[Slow death]

Juventus VS Barcelona

Juventus vs Barcelona friendly match ended in a 2-2 draw. Dembele scored both goals for Barcelona and Kean scored both goals for Juventus. But the formation of Juventus surprised me. They played in 4-5-1 formation today. Very few coaches fix their match strategy in such a formation. However, Juventus' performance was good enough. Juventus will be a worthy contender for the Serie A title next season.

I'm very surprised that lewandowski didn't manage to score at least 1 goal in that game, it seems that the good defense of juventus worked well again, for this game the juventus coach put a different formation but in the end it produced good results

I still believe in Inter, Milan, Juventus will have a great chance of winning the championship next season. Although I didn't hear they were actively making transfers. But they have even players for their main and reserve players.

I'm not sure about AC Milan for next season. Juventus transfer decisions this season is better. They have a chance to get the title. Inter maybe still have a chance to race wuth juventus. IMO, Milan trophy last season is just a lucky, but next season, it wouldn't happen again. Napoli also maybe out from title race next season. if AS Roma players can follow Mourinho strategy, I think 3-4nd place can be achieved.

I agree with you, Milan didn't make big changes and napoli didn't make big changes either, so for me they are not strong this season. while juventus and inter e roma managed to have good acquisitions and became stronger this season. rome for example is having good results even without playing with dybala they are managing to score many goals

[skarais]

Juventus VS Barcelona

Juventus vs Barcelona friendly match ended in a 2-2 draw. Dembele scored both goals for Barcelona and Kean scored both goals for Juventus. But the formation of Juventus surprised me. They played in 4-5-1 formation today. Very few coaches fix their match strategy in such a formation. However, Juventus' performance was good enough. Juventus will be a worthy contender for the Serie A title next season.

It was a good friendly match in my opinion. Barcelona and Juventus played well and both scored 2 goals with the final score 2-2. Based on the statistics I can really say Barcelona are quite good compared to Juventus, but in the second half Barcelona failed to maintain their lead and they had to end the match with a draw.

Di Maria is playing well for Juventus and he looks really excited with his speed and accuracy of his passing. I'm sure Juventus will be in a tight race this season for the title, but friendlies are of course very different from matches in official competitions. Soon the league will start, we will see their proof.