Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[sana54210]

Luciano Spalletti was an excellent coach. You know with his help Napoli performed consistently well in previous seasons, and Napoli have dominated throughout the season, they performed well in every match. If i recall correctly Napoli secured the title long before the end of the season, right? I don't know why their management didn't try to keep Luciano Spalletti as their coach this season.

Yes Garcia is a good enough coach. However he is yet to find the right match strategy for Napoli. This is why despite having a strong squad, their performance is not stable. I think Garcia needs to quickly sort out the problems within his squad. And if the issues are not resolved quickly, the team will have no chance of being in the top 2. They are now 7 points behind Milan, bridging such a large gap is very difficult.

Honestly, I did not expected them to get this much worse, sure I know that they lost their manager and that should cause them to gamble a little bit differently but I believe that we are not going to be seeing them keep this level of results going forever. They are still a good team and could get better results and end up in the top four.

My honest opinion was Juventus, Milan, Inter and Napoli being the top four this season, which three of them is correct but I think Napoli could fight to get that fourth spot at this point and should be something good. I get that it may not be possible for them to win the title anymore, but they could end up getting that fourth place and that will definitely help them on the long term. The manager sacking was something nobody expected, they literally won a title after decades and then fired the manager who did that, it's a stupid move, but they shouldn't be this bad just because they lost that manager neither.

[Ruttoshi]

As the weeks went on, I saw a decline from them, and this week they were beaten by Fiorentina at their own ground with a striking score too. I know this is also because Fiorentina played well and they were also in good form against Napoli. But this result will have an impact on most people's confidence in Napoli's current coach, and I wouldn't be surprised if many of their supporters call for Rudy Garcia to step down. I've predicted this before, that when he doesn't get Napoli to find their best game, he'll be the first to take the blame.

Fiorentina looks very good, but Napoli should not have lost at home. Perhaps the reason is that Napoli were unable to recover properly after the match with Real, but let be honest Napoli's decline was expected even before the start of the season.

I think that for them everything will continue like this, they will balance on the brink of Euro cups, and perhaps they will be able to get into the top 4, simply because I don’t see who could compete with them, that Fiorentina be able to maintain their current positions for a long time, I find it hard to believe, Roma and Lazio are somewhere in the middle of the standings.

Napoli hasn't being consistent in since the beginning of this season and it was a surprise for me to see them third on the table because they tried to win some matches. If you look at it, you will see that their performance last season was far better than this season and that was why they won the league.

Their lost against Genoa was because they conceived a early goal and they were too reluctant to put themselves back in the game. The last goal from Fiorentina devasted Napoli hope from even sharing points with Fiorentina. Napoli needs to improve in their performance to make sure that they can keep up with chasing the trophy.

[Uruhara]

As the weeks went on, I saw a decline from them, and this week they were beaten by Fiorentina at their own ground with a striking score too. I know this is also because Fiorentina played well and they were also in good form against Napoli. But this result will have an impact on most people's confidence in Napoli's current coach, and I wouldn't be surprised if many of their supporters call for Rudy Garcia to step down. I've predicted this before, that when he doesn't get Napoli to find their best game, he'll be the first to take the blame.

Fiorentina looks very good, but Napoli should not have lost at home. Perhaps the reason is that Napoli were unable to recover properly after the match with Real, but let be honest Napoli's decline was expected even before the start of the season.

I think that for them everything will continue like this, they will balance on the brink of Euro cups, and perhaps they will be able to get into the top 4, simply because I don’t see who could compete with them, that Fiorentina be able to maintain their current positions for a long time, I find it hard to believe, Roma and Lazio are somewhere in the middle of the standings.

Whoever the coach is will definitely be blamed when the club that won the previous season then experiences a decline in the current season. Rudi Garcia took the risk. And I think he is ready for all this. And yes, Napoli's decline in performance this season has been discussed a lot on this forum, even before the season started, we predicted it. Because defending the championship title in two consecutive seasons is very difficult. Maybe Man City in the Premier League can do it. But I don't think Napoli in Serie A will be able to do it. Maybe even with Spalletti. Because every season there will definitely be developments from other teams too. So the strategy used by Napoli last season was very effective. So it's not certain that the same strategy will still be effective in different seasons.

The defeat by Fiorentina was very disappointing but still this is not too surprising because Fiorentina this season is also quite good.

[Minor Miner]

Still we can't say that Garcia's failure is the fault of Napoli's performance. In fact, last season Napoli won the title with a great performance, so our expectations from Napoli this season are very high. But just because Napoli won the title last season, it cannot be said that Napoli will win the title this season too. Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan have stronger squads than Napoli. And they have performed well this season. And so naturally Napoli fell behind. I consider it a typical Napoli performance.
Garcia needs more time to stabilize the team. Garcia did not get a chance to build the squad to his liking. I'd say Garcia, given enough time and opportunities, can bring stability to Napoli's performance. However, Napoli are not favorites for this season's title.

You may have a point about giving Garcia time but will the board and fabs be willing to exercise much patience with him? Don't you think that was the main reason behind Luciano Spalletti throwing in the towel after winning the Scudetto last season?

I think when the board makes the analysis what counts is whether Napoli is without chances and plays bad soccer, but do they really? If I see this more or less correctly, Napoli has problems with using their chances and scoring goals at the moment. It is also true that they are not as dominant and as determined last season. But I am not sure if the board is convinced that changing the coach would also change their situation. This is what they will be thinking about, similar to the problem that Manchester United has. Will changing the coach also improve the team?

I somewhat agree with you. Napoli's performance is slightly weaker than last season. But their performance is very weak? I don't think so. Napoli have lost only two matches out of 8 matches. Although they lost against Madrid in the Champions League match, they won the match 3–2. Not too many poor performances from Napoli. And so changing coaches cannot be a solution now. No one can guarantee that Napoli's performance will not deteriorate further if a new coach is appointed. That's why I think the Napoli management should trust Garcia. And he should be given more opportunities. It would not be the right decision to change coaches so quickly.

[imamusma]

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Do you think Napoli are being affected by bad handling from Rudi Garcia? Because if we cast our minds back to that incident that led Osimhen to being the laughingstock of Napoli, we saw how the coach made a change that was not so pleasing, bringing in another attacker and removing Osimhen whereas he(Rudi) should have brought in another attacker to support the Nigerian. Or should we say the team is being affected by Osimhen? Because in football, there's a lot of criticisms and if Rudi continues to give unproductive results, his job could well be hanging and this can be fueled by the fans.

Still we can't say that Garcia's failure is the fault of Napoli's performance. In fact, last season Napoli won the title with a great performance, so our expectations from Napoli this season are very high. But just because Napoli won the title last season, it cannot be said that Napoli will win the title this season too. Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan have stronger squads than Napoli. And they have performed well this season. And so naturally Napoli fell behind. I consider it a typical Napoli performance.
Garcia needs more time to stabilize the team. Garcia did not get a chance to build the squad to his liking. I'd say Garcia, given enough time and opportunities, can bring stability to Napoli's performance. However, Napoli are not favorites for this season's title.

Since being appointed last July to coach Napoli, Rudi Garcia has not completely succeeded in carrying out his duties well. It's natural for Garcia to receive attention in the form of criticism from fans, however, I don't see Garcia under much pressure at the moment. It is true that Garcia does not have sufficient opportunity and time to build a squad according to his wishes. In this aspect, Garcia can be tolerated. Even though he cannot defend the Scudetto at the end of the season, Garcia must be able to bring Napoli to finish in the Champions League zone, because Garcia inherits almost the entire squad left by Luciano Spalletti who won the Scudetto last season.

Serie A has been running for eight matches, of course Garcia has really mastered the situation and conditions in the Napoli squad. So that the adaptation process should work as expected in the next match. Considering that this is his first season at Napoli, it is certainly more difficult to defend the trophy than to win it at the end of the season.

[Leviathan.007]

It depends on how you look at things because before this game Roma has won only two out of their seven games and I think it was anything but expected that they will win this game scoring four goals. Roma lost 4-1 against Genoa a few weeks ago, which isn't quite a strong team either.

But there have already been rumors that Mourinho could soon be sacked if he doesn't win the games now, but with this one I assume he will have some more time, if that is what he wants. In an interview he said that the doors in Saudi Arabia are always open for him. Maybe that is what he really wants in secret and he could keep his promise to stay with Roma and if he gets sacked, he can still say that he wanted to but the club didn't let him.

Apart from the 4-1  defeat against Girona, Roma have been brilliant I'm the previous league matches and I believe this win would build their confidence level more to win more games, well it seems he team is gradually discovering their form and that's why they've been performing better lately and their key player Lukaku would had scored a hat-trick if not for the chances they missed in the game.
 
 Well I came along a news saying Mourinho would welcome the idea of coaching the Saudi Pro team  but I doubt if the news is really true, but if its true, alot of of fans would be happy to see him leave the club for a new managers arrival, well I think Mourinho would  continue to coach Roma probably for another season before he fininally leave to another league.

Mourinho couldn't perform as well as everyone was expecting to see from him so far in Roma, In the last season he didn't have good players for example when Dybala was injured he had no other players to take his place, but Mourinho got many strikers in this season and still couldn't get good results.
That's why Roma is even about to use another coach for the next season. They even contacted Igor Tudor as an alternative option for Mourinho. Tudor's last experience was working at Marseille


  
https://romapress.net/roma-in-contact-with-igor-tudor-ahead-of-next-season/

[nurilham]

Fiorentina looks very good, but Napoli should not have lost at home. Perhaps the reason is that Napoli were unable to recover properly after the match with Real, but let be honest Napoli's decline was expected even before the start of the season.

Indeed. Fiorentina played very well against Napoli. Although they played away, they can played effectively. Fiorentina could score 3 goals although Napoli dominated the match. Meanwhile Napoli only scored 1 goal from penalty kick. It was very unfortunate, Napoli actually made more shot attempts and they won the ball possessions too. It means there is something wrong with Napoli attackers, they played underperformance. Napoli defenders are also very weak, they are too easy to get 3 conceded goals. There is a big decrease/drop in Napoli performance, Rudi Garcia must do something to solve this problem soon.

[indah rezqi]

I think when the board makes the analysis what counts is whether Napoli is without chances and plays bad soccer, but do they really? If I see this more or less correctly, Napoli has problems with using their chances and scoring goals at the moment. It is also true that they are not as dominant and as determined last season. But I am not sure if the board is convinced that changing the coach would also change their situation. This is what they will be thinking about, similar to the problem that Manchester United has. Will changing the coach also improve the team?

There is no guarantee that a change of coach can have an instant impact on improving the club performance. Garcia is not too bad because he is just undergoing his first season at Napoli. The overall composition of Napoli players is almost the same as last season, what Garcia needs now is to speed up his adaptation process in the Napoli squad. Napoli opportunity to defend the Scudetto is still open, I know Inter Milan and AC Milan are much better than Napoli this season.

Considering that Serie A has only been running for eight matches, anything could still happen in the future, Garcia needs to improve the performance of his defensive players so that Osimhen productivity in scoring goals is not in vain. Behind seven points from the top of the standings, it is still realistic to catch up, Milan is unlikely to survive until the end of the season without losing.

[temple]

Fiorentina looks very good, but Napoli should not have lost at home. Perhaps the reason is that Napoli were unable to recover properly after the match with Real, but let be honest Napoli's decline was expected even before the start of the season.

Indeed. Fiorentina played very well against Napoli. Although they played away, they can played effectively. Fiorentina could score 3 goals although Napoli dominated the match. Meanwhile Napoli only scored 1 goal from penalty kick. It was very unfortunate, Napoli actually made more shot attempts and they won the ball possessions too. It means there is something wrong with Napoli attackers, they played underperformance. Napoli defenders are also very weak, they are too easy to get 3 conceded goals. There is a big decrease/drop in Napoli performance, Rudi Garcia must do something to solve this problem soon.

Fiorentina played well against them, yes. But Napoli left out some great chances and Osimhen had two opportunities to give the game a different turn, but he missed it. I thin Fiorentina has done a great job then to make use of the few big opportunities they had and they scored. Those goals were always in the right moments when Napoli was about to increase their pressure. I still would say it is too early to come up with conclusions on whether or not Napoli is about to face a bad season. I think they are still trying to find their best form and you can see when the are building up pressure, it is still the old Napoli from last season. Their problem is that they miss a lot of chances and they can't sustain the pressure for very long because their defense is more prone to mistakes than last season.

[asriloni]

I think when the board makes the analysis what counts is whether Napoli is without chances and plays bad soccer, but do they really? If I see this more or less correctly, Napoli has problems with using their chances and scoring goals at the moment. It is also true that they are not as dominant and as determined last season. But I am not sure if the board is convinced that changing the coach would also change their situation. This is what they will be thinking about, similar to the problem that Manchester United has. Will changing the coach also improve the team?

There is no guarantee that a change of coach can have an instant impact on improving the club performance. Garcia is not too bad because he is just undergoing his first season at Napoli. The overall composition of Napoli players is almost the same as last season, what Garcia needs now is to speed up his adaptation process in the Napoli squad. Napoli opportunity to defend the Scudetto is still open, I know Inter Milan and AC Milan are much better than Napoli this season.

Considering that Serie A has only been running for eight matches, anything could still happen in the future, Garcia needs to improve the performance of his defensive players so that Osimhen productivity in scoring goals is not in vain. Behind seven points from the top of the standings, it is still realistic to catch up, Milan is unlikely to survive until the end of the season without losing.

Changing the coach is still a gambling. Sometimes it can be good or bad for the club. The napoli's performance has been changing a lot since garcia was coming to the club. My impression with garcia napoli if the club became more inconsistent compared with before. I don't know what factor that makes the situation become even worse for napoli. It's still questionable about what reason that makes napoli signed by him as a new coach. I meant garcia sacked by narrs and he was not even competend to handlet the big club. Even though the management has different perspective regarding this but this is worst compared with last season. Napoli played so average and i see no points to use him as a coach.
Napoli might make a blunder by signing him as a coach while the fans demanded another world class coach to handle napoli. It's already happened and napoli can only compete for top 4.

[Sebas.tian]

In the game between Inter Milan and Bologna in this week, a sad thing happened for Inter Milan and they lost two points against Bologna by a 2-2 result they got in this match.
Bologna couldn't perform well and Inter Milan had a much better performance in the game we saw from them, one goal from Bologna was from a penalty kick and this team was motivated enough to have a comeback and score another goal against Inter Milan.
Now Inter Milan got 19 points in the eight games they had.

It was a surprised match for Bologna to equalized the goal 2-2 to reduced the strength of Inter Milan in the second half, because they didn't prepared well like the way they played their last match to defeated their opponent to embraced the victory. I think, Bologna coach is doing a great job in this season because their players are doing well to showcased their talent in the front of the big teams, and to make people feel surprised at the end of the match, like what they did to Napoli that made Napoli president and their coach to get hangry with Victor Osimhen based on the opportunity he missed. I believe Inter Milan will definitely win their next match to improve their points, because they really dominated well despite Bologna struggle to scored the second goal to draw the match in the home of Inter Milan.

[Litzki1990]

I think when the board makes the analysis what counts is whether Napoli is without chances and plays bad soccer, but do they really? If I see this more or less correctly, Napoli has problems with using their chances and scoring goals at the moment. It is also true that they are not as dominant and as determined last season. But I am not sure if the board is convinced that changing the coach would also change their situation. This is what they will be thinking about, similar to the problem that Manchester United has. Will changing the coach also improve the team?

There is no guarantee that a change of coach can have an instant impact on improving the club performance. Garcia is not too bad because he is just undergoing his first season at Napoli. The overall composition of Napoli players is almost the same as last season, what Garcia needs now is to speed up his adaptation process in the Napoli squad. Napoli opportunity to defend the Scudetto is still open, I know Inter Milan and AC Milan are much better than Napoli this season.

Considering that Serie A has only been running for eight matches, anything could still happen in the future, Garcia needs to improve the performance of his defensive players so that Osimhen productivity in scoring goals is not in vain. Behind seven points from the top of the standings, it is still realistic to catch up, Milan is unlikely to survive until the end of the season without losing.

They expect much better than the position Napoli are currently in. Maybe for some reason their performance is not matching the plan which is why they are 7 points behind the first team so far in the season. The manager should not be solely blamed for the team's poor performance. If the players fail to execute the correct plan of the manager on the field it is not the responsibility of the manager. A change of manager every season creates a bad effect on a team's performance. 

If a team under a manager is bad then the manager must be given time, if the manager is given time and support then he can bring the team back to a good position but if the decision is made to change the manager for temporary poor performance then a team's performance will never improve. 

Garcia is quite an experienced manager, I think given Napoli time he can definitely get his team back on track.

[Strongkored]

In the game between Inter Milan and Bologna in this week, a sad thing happened for Inter Milan and they lost two points against Bologna by a 2-2 result they got in this match.
Bologna couldn't perform well and Inter Milan had a much better performance in the game we saw from them, one goal from Bologna was from a penalty kick and this team was motivated enough to have a comeback and score another goal against Inter Milan.
Now Inter Milan got 19 points in the eight games they had.

When Inter Milan was ahead 13 minutes into the first half with two goals, it was quite a shame that they couldn't maintain that lead even though they really controlled the match and their opponents only had very few opportunities but were lucky enough to be able to take advantage of this well.
Could it be that their early lead caught them off guard? so they were just trying to control the ball but the emphasis was becoming less but this could be because Bologna realized the mistake of Inter's two goals so they started to be able to close the gap properly so that Inter were no longer free to enter Bologna's defense area.
This draw saw them drop from first position and temporarily two points behind AC Milan, who after suffering a crushing defeat to Inter Milan managed to win consecutively in the next match.

Garcia is quite an experienced manager, I think given Napoli time he can definitely get his team back on track.

He is experienced, but the strategy he implemented at Napoli is not working well, which is why currently Napoli seems to be experiencing a decline by getting quite bad results in several matches, at least in five matches they only got 8 point so they lost quite a lot of points, which made many doubt that they would be able to defend the title.

[klidex]

In the game between Inter Milan and Bologna in this week, a sad thing happened for Inter Milan and they lost two points against Bologna by a 2-2 result they got in this match.
Bologna couldn't perform well and Inter Milan had a much better performance in the game we saw from them, one goal from Bologna was from a penalty kick and this team was motivated enough to have a comeback and score another goal against Inter Milan.
Now Inter Milan got 19 points in the eight games they had.

It was a surprised match for Bologna to equalized the goal 2-2 to reduced the strength of Inter Milan in the second half, because they didn't prepared well like the way they played their last match to defeated their opponent to embraced the victory. I think, Bologna coach is doing a great job in this season because their players are doing well to showcased their talent in the front of the big teams, and to make people feel surprised at the end of the match, like what they did to Napoli that made Napoli president and their coach to get hangry with Victor Osimhen based on the opportunity he missed. I believe Inter Milan will definitely win their next match to improve their points, because they really dominated well despite Bologna struggle to scored the second goal to draw the match in the home of Inter Milan.

Bologna had to settle for sharing points with Inter Milan, to be able to equalize Bologna fought hard not to accept defeat from Inter Milan and were lucky thats the first goal was created by Riccardo Orsolini in the 19th minute thank to a penalty and the seconds half was followed by Joshua Zirkzee goal in 52 minute.
Bologna is in its best performance at the moments and in the next match Bologna will playing at home against Frosinone with only 1 point difference. Bologna must appear impressive to be able to get points and get to the top 10, after facing Inter with a draw of course Bologna will be more confident in facing Frosinone.

[Jatiluhung]

Right now, Roma is in a good run. They have been able to win the last two matches. They will need to continue performing well and winning matches if they want to get to the top of the table. There have been a lot of talk going around that this is the third season of Jose and he will probably not be able to bring in good results. But I think if the players can actually execute the plan well in the field they have a chance. I also agree that the next match is going to be competitive. Monza  performing pretty well so far. Roma will have to perform really well to win the next match.

Monza this season is much more consistent, even more consistent than Roma. But still, if Roma is in the best condition, Rome will be much stronger. The only problem now is whether Roma will still be able to maintain their current performance or not.

In last season's match, Monza managed to hold Roma to a draw. I think even this time it looks like a draw is still possible. But maybe because Roma will be the hosts, Roma should have better confidence in the upcoming match against Monza.

It definitely does look like a draw is still very possible. the problem is it is hard to predict which team is going to win because both of the teams are in the same kind of form right now. I would personally want to see Roma winning this match. Probably I want to see José Mourinho succeed with Roma and that's why I am a little bit biased.

But if I look at it from a neutral point of view, I will have to say that both teams will perform pretty competitively against each other. From what we have seen so far from both teams, I would say that this has a big chance of ending in a draw.

I understand why you hope that Roma will win the match in the upcoming match against Monza. Because I also have the same hopes about Roma and Jose Mourinho. And actually I also want to see Lukaku shine in Rome. I want to make Chelsea feel guilty for wasting a great player like Lukaku. Maybe this involves my emotions. But I get quite annoyed when I see a club underestimating the players they have.

But I actually think the same as you. That is, from a more neutral point of view, both do appear to have the same level of consistency. Although the Monza is slightly better. But if we talk about maximum performance, Roma should be superior. I hope they can show their performance to the maximum.

But I will consider Roma's position as host. So choosing to bet on Roma might indeed be my choice. Actually, I also have doubts and am more inclined to predict a draw. But I didn't hope that will happen.

[skarais]

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There is no guarantee that a change of coach can have an instant impact on improving the club performance. Garcia is not too bad because he is just undergoing his first season at Napoli. The overall composition of Napoli players is almost the same as last season, what Garcia needs now is to speed up his adaptation process in the Napoli squad. Napoli opportunity to defend the Scudetto is still open, I know Inter Milan and AC Milan are much better than Napoli this season.

Considering that Serie A has only been running for eight matches, anything could still happen in the future, Garcia needs to improve the performance of his defensive players so that Osimhen productivity in scoring goals is not in vain. Behind seven points from the top of the standings, it is still realistic to catch up, Milan is unlikely to survive until the end of the season without losing.

Rudi Garcia has never been the same as Napoli's previous coach, so it's natural that he doesn't have the exact same thing to give Napoli in every game. Rudi Garcia is not bad as a new coach, but in fact he and his team have experienced two defeats and two draws in 8 matches. The defeat to Fiorentina at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona made it clear that Napoli will never be the same as last season, I mean they are a team that has experienced a decline in form under the hands of its new coach.

Napoli's performance this season will be unstable in my opinion, so I don't expect them to provide the best competition for the title. Milan and Inter looked much more convincing from the way they finished the match, and so far Milan has managed to take the main position from Inter with a 2 point advantage.

[KTChampions]

Fiorentina played well against them, yes. But Napoli left out some great chances and Osimhen had two opportunities to give the game a different turn, but he missed it. I thin Fiorentina has done a great job then to make use of the few big opportunities they had and they scored. Those goals were always in the right moments when Napoli was about to increase their pressure. I still would say it is too early to come up with conclusions on whether or not Napoli is about to face a bad season. I think they are still trying to find their best form and you can see when the are building up pressure, it is still the old Napoli from last season. Their problem is that they miss a lot of chances and they can't sustain the pressure for very long because their defense is more prone to mistakes than last season.

In almost every game you can find moments when one of the teams could turn the game around or seriously change its course. We need to look at more general indicators, and here, in my opinion, everything is obvious - Napoli has only 50% of victories and this is definitely not the Napoli that won almost every game last season. As for the prospects for the season, if Fiorentina or Atalanta do not push Napoli out of the top 4, then it will be a normal season, not a failure.

[Hirose UK]

Fiorentina looks very good, but Napoli should not have lost at home. Perhaps the reason is that Napoli were unable to recover properly after the match with Real, but let be honest Napoli's decline was expected even before the start of the season.

Indeed. Fiorentina played very well against Napoli. Although they played away, they can played effectively. Fiorentina could score 3 goals although Napoli dominated the match. Meanwhile Napoli only scored 1 goal from penalty kick. It was very unfortunate, Napoli actually made more shot attempts and they won the ball possessions too. It means there is something wrong with Napoli attackers, they played underperformance. Napoli defenders are also very weak, they are too easy to get 3 conceded goals. There is a big decrease/drop in Napoli performance, Rudi Garcia must do something to solve this problem soon.

Fiorentina played well against them, yes. But Napoli left out some great chances and Osimhen had two opportunities to give the game a different turn, but he missed it. I thin Fiorentina has done a great job then to make use of the few big opportunities they had and they scored. Those goals were always in the right moments when Napoli was about to increase their pressure. I still would say it is too early to come up with conclusions on whether or not Napoli is about to face a bad season. I think they are still trying to find their best form and you can see when the are building up pressure, it is still the old Napoli from last season. Their problem is that they miss a lot of chances and they can't sustain the pressure for very long because their defense is more prone to mistakes than last season.

It is very different from last season performance for Napoli who also finished as Serie A champions and now they are experiencing several obstacles which might make it little difficult to stay ahead of other teams.
Yesterday match left disappointment for all Napoli fans and also Rudi Garcia as coach for the Napoli players who failed to restore the situation and ended up losing 1 - 3 to Fiorentina.
We all know that Fiorentina is not team that is strong enough for Serie A but now they managed to beat Napoli who were champions last season and it was really embarrassing because Napoli lost their home game.

Previously many people hoped that Rudi Garcia as Napoli new coach could make Napoli even stronger and be able to compete strongly for the top teams but now it seems that these expectations are different.
Let just see how they develop this season whether they still deserve to be close to the title or whether they are experiencing decline that leads them to fall.

[rendravolt]

Fiorentina played well against them, yes. But Napoli left out some great chances and Osimhen had two opportunities to give the game a different turn, but he missed it. I thin Fiorentina has done a great job then to make use of the few big opportunities they had and they scored. Those goals were always in the right moments when Napoli was about to increase their pressure. I still would say it is too early to come up with conclusions on whether or not Napoli is about to face a bad season. I think they are still trying to find their best form and you can see when the are building up pressure, it is still the old Napoli from last season. Their problem is that they miss a lot of chances and they can't sustain the pressure for very long because their defense is more prone to mistakes than last season.

In almost every game you can find moments when one of the teams could turn the game around or seriously change its course. We need to look at more general indicators, and here, in my opinion, everything is obvious - Napoli has only 50% of victories and this is definitely not the Napoli that won almost every game last season. As for the prospects for the season, if Fiorentina or Atalanta do not push Napoli out of the top 4, then it will be a normal season, not a failure.

From the start, I actually didn't really see that Napoli's performance would be able to dominate Serie A again and maybe they would just experience a season that wasn't the same as before. The defeat against Fiorentina in front of fans proves that Napoli is not as scary as before and I think that in the future Napoli will still be unstable. The winning streak that Napoli had like last season will no longer exist this season and instead it is likely that the Milan duo will take their place this season.

In my opinion, only Fiorentina is able to eliminate Napoli from the top 4 and for Atalanta I don't think they can remember that sometimes this team often loses important momentum. So, if most people have hopes that Napoli can repeat its success like last season, I hope they can put it aside and occasionally avoid betting on Napoli's victory against a team that is quite strong or comparable.

[borovichok]

From the start, I actually didn't really see that Napoli's performance would be able to dominate Serie A again and maybe they would just experience a season that wasn't the same as before. The defeat against Fiorentina in front of fans proves that Napoli is not as scary as before and I think that in the future Napoli will still be unstable. The winning streak that Napoli had like last season will no longer exist this season and instead it is likely that the Milan duo will take their place this season.

In my opinion, only Fiorentina is able to eliminate Napoli from the top 4 and for Atalanta I don't think they can remember that sometimes this team often loses important momentum. So, if most people have hopes that Napoli can repeat its success like last season, I hope they can put it aside and occasionally avoid betting on Napoli's victory against a team that is quite strong or comparable.

Defending champions of the scudetto is having issues this season, definitely struggling to win league games, the exact same thing hitting them in UCL football. Napoli coach, Rudi Garcia admitted his team's poor defendlines, he hoped to amend these blunders made by the players on the pitch, this caused them to concede goals against their opponents. Fiorentina celebrates their thrilled victory at Maradona stadium when they defeated Napoli 3-1. It tremendous actions coming from both clubs but the best competitive team goes home with three solid points. Napoli are currently 5th on the table, hoping to bounced back to good shape after this international break.