Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

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Also, Milan drew their game.

If Inter wins the next 2 games with Fiorentina and Juventus the Serie A will be over.

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[BRINIRHA]

Many bet on Juventus and I bet there on Juventus winning even though it was only a narrow win, it doesn't matter in my opinion what is important is that they managed to get the full three points today because a one point difference with Inter Milan will not make Juventus comfortable at the top of the current standings, they have to can maintain that until the end of the season and win the Italian Serie A title this season as expected by all his supporters, Allegri must be able to pressure his team to play optimally in today's match.

They didnt win the game, which is a big surprise. They have won 7 games in a row and the 8 today should have been the easiest, but no, a draw. Maybe they played too defensive from minute 18, they lost one striker with this red card. Vlahovic scored his goal, but in the end Empoli had more chances to win, they shot 16 times at Juventus goal. Inter Milan play vs Florence tomorrow and if they win, they will be first in Serie A again. Juventus didnt get very important points today.

It's a shame that Juventus couldn't make good use of today's match. I don't know how, but Empoli has always surprised big teams since the start of this season. But they are still bad when facing ordinary teams. Meanwhile, Juventus has actually always been able to play effectively. Even though they are not aggressive in attacking, they are always good at defending and can still win the match. But today they were surprisingly held to a draw by Empoli.

Another surprising match today was Milan who were also held to a draw by Bologna. I didn't expect not to win the bet in these two matches. Honestly, I think one of these matches will match my predictions. Only Atalanta did not disappoint me in today's match.

I hope Inter Milan can play well in the match against Fiorentina. Because I'm sure there will be many who bet on Inter Milan.

[tusandii]

The odds are already all against Napoli in this match and this can be evident to their performance this season which has been very poor. I do forget that this was the team that win the Scudetto last season and they are now no anywhere close to the league title and not also currently in the top four of the standings. This match is quite still unpredictable and won’t chose one team ahead of the other to be the winner in this game. It is a game of luck and also a game of strategies, only the team that employ the best method against their opponent will make it in this game.

I agree that it is not easy to predict this match but Lazio as the host can take advantage which means Lazio has a better chance than Napoli. Besides Napoli may play without Osimhen which means their goal activity also decreases and maybe this is the reason for the gambling market to provide more odds for Lazio. Do you pay attention to how Lazio played in the last 5 matches? Lazio won 4 of their last 5 matches and I am sure this will have an impact on the confidence of the players.

Lazio against Napoli will be a big match, both teams can be said to have almost the same chance of winning but seeing how bad Napoli's performance has been in the last few matches + the match will take place at Lazio's home ground, i doubt that Napoli will be able to win against Lazio.

In a next few hours there will be a match between Atalanta and Udinese, the odds of winning for Atalanta are very high, up to 64% ^{(Udinese's performance in the last 5 matches is very bad)} i will not miss this match, i will place a bet and choose Atalanta.

Would you believe me if I said Lazio would beat Napoli?
Of course you have to believe it because it is clear how Napoli is currently in a very bad state due to the curse of the new coach and this is the fault of Napoli's management who always have an instant desire to get the title they want without thinking that all this requires a process and look at this all the impact of changing too often coaches and players and even trainers will find it difficult to adapt because the remaining matches are not too long and currently Napoli's condition is getting worse while Lazio has a winning streak of 5 matches and has only experienced 1 defeat.
We don't need to compare these two clubs too far, just look at how Lazio was in their last match and compare it with Napoli's performance which was really very inconsistent.
I want to guess the score of the match that Lazio will score 2 scores and Napoli 1 score.

[Leviathan.007]

The match between Inter Milan and Juventus is indeed important enough to create a gap in the standings between these two teams, but the match that will be played in the next few weeks in Turin is not the match that will determine which team will win the Scudetto.
There are still quite a lot of matches left this season and anything is still possible to happen, indeed for now Inter Milan and Juventus have good strength and consistency but I believe they will definitely experience setbacks because as usual in Serie A the team is often unable to maintain consistency throughout a full season and I even predict that there will be other teams competing for the Scudetto this season apart from Inter Milan and Juventus, for example AC MIlan.

The Serie A league is still an interesting competition since 3 seasons ago when Juventus couldn't dominate the A series, it has become very interesting. There is always a change of club that can win the Scudetto title and indeed we will never know what will happen because there are still a lot of matches remaining but we can look at the performance and depth of certain clubs to predict which clubs will really qualify for the Scudetto.
In 1 decade, Juventus was able to win 6 Scudetto titles and maybe this season Juventus will return to its glory days to dominate Serie A because the toughest opponents currently are only Inter Milan and Milan, whereas previously Juventus always lost its achievements when it couldn't get players it could rely on.
In this season I still have confidence that only Inter Milan or Juventus will win the Scudetto title even though there are always surprises, but we can see from the point difference between Inter Milan and Milan, currently the difference is 6 points and it is definitely impossible for Inter to make consecutive mistakes and lose in a row, while Milan must achieve consecutive wins if they want to catch up with the point difference.
My only speculation is that Juventus might have a big chance of leading series A.

The next match for Juventus will be tomorrow when Juventus will face Empoli and this game is very important for Juventus because they are currently in first place in the Serie A with 52 points while Inter Milan got 51 and played one game less than Juventus which means if Juventus lose this match they will pay a high price for it.
Also, Juventus had five consecutive wins that's why I think it's safe enough to get on Juventus for this match they have against Empoli.

[Rampagoe004]

Also, Milan drew their game.

If Inter wins the next 2 games with Fiorentina and Juventus the Serie A will be over.

If Inter is able to win the next 2 matches, they will get 57 points and be 4 points ahead of Juventus. Serie A still has a lot of matches left and there are many possibilities for what will happen. I think Juventus still has a chance to win the title at the end of the season even though it is a very small possibility. The competition for the title still belongs to Inter Milan and Juventus. Unless there are only 3 or 4 matches left then Serie A is over and Inter Milan has won the scudetto.

[arimamib]

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The red card could have been a factor that has affected the results the got in this game because the last goal which was scored by their opponent was scored at the later part of the second half after Juventus got a red card which is an obviously clear indication that the red card was a facilitating factor to their ability to securing a goal which turned out the equalizer they got in that game

Now Juventus stands at the top of the table with little to almost no balance because they are just about two points away from their biggest contender at the second position on the table, just like it happened in the bundesliga tonight where Leverkusen ahs also failed to keep the space wide enough between them and their second spot contender ,I'm very optimistic Juventus will try to maintain a good point to staying at the top of the table so that they will have the opportunity to become the winners of the trophy this season as it's the only trophy they are contending for this season.

The numerical disadvantage surely had an impact on Juventus' defensive capabilities that leads to the equalizer. The situation at the top of the table seems precarious for Juventus, with only a narrow lead over their closest contender. Maintaining a top position with a slim point difference can be challenging, Juventus need surely to strive securing the necessary points to stay at the top. With the only trophy contention this season being the one they are currently leading in the table, it adds an extra of importance to maintaining their position for a shot at winning the trophy.

Juventus will need to be focusing on securing victories to create a buffer at the top of the table that makes every match becomes crucial. The team has to able to handle the continous pressure provided by Inter Milan. It will be interesting to see how the competition unfolds and whether Juventus can successfully navigate the challenges to claim the trophy at the end of the season.

[QueenVera]

How long is needed by the fans to understand that if it's not any player who can keep their performance to be consistent anytime? Leao is just facing the downgrade moment on his career and this is a common thing in the football. The same thing was also happening with his friend in acmilan pulisic when he was still playing on chelsea. It was also making the situation even worst caused by leao was one of important player owned by acmilan. I can understnad how frustrated the acmilan fan is but it's not his fault. Leao deserves more chance to solve his problem and i think this will be helping him so much to rebuild his performance again.

He needs support and trust from the fans. He can increase his standard again as a winger or there will be also another good solution for him like leave from acmilan. This will be making the situation even better for him.
I know that fans are always putting very high expectation for him consider he has been named as one of great winger this decade but he is just also a human. So, people shall not blame him anymore. Let him cook in the upcoming game. This will be helping him a lot.

I guess that if some fans were understand regarding his situation in the club. Leaso's contribution is still needed by the club.

Well, there are a number of situations a player faces whilst journeying through his football career, at some point the pressure tends to affect his mental health and stability which in turn poses a threat to his on-pitch performance too and truthfully, it isn't always fair that players be put in such amount of pressure.

 Also as a player, never forget that you're paid to deliver right for the team and yes the fans make the team too and so it's expected that they may drag you at some instances and so you only have to put in your best to obtain the proper favor. The fans are just after good results and no matter how much good you've done in the past, they just won't entertain one single new mistake made.some currently these fans are not patient, they'll rush to the media a backlash a player when they lose form and fail to improve.

[Slow death]

well, it seems that this season things are going very well for inter that even when they don't play they are lucky enough to benefit a lot, I believe that inter's coach and players are celebrating at this moment because of the draw that juventus had in the game against Empoli, but I have already spoken about this many times, and I will repeat myself, the management of Juventus seems to me to still believe strongly that this way of playing for Juventus is a good way of playing, but in my opinion this way of Juventus Playing won't make them win Serie A this season or in the next season, much less will it make Juventus win the European competitions.

I honestly can't understand the way certain club management think. At Juventus, the club's management prefers to see the team playing just to score 1 goal and then stay in defense and not achieve anything relevant than to fire the coach and hire another coach who brings changes and who could be able to make the team win the series. . As the management of Juventus trust in the current coach, I see Juventus in this and another season not achieving anything, at most Juventus with this coach will only fight to finish in one of the top 4 positions, and when they reach the European champions league they will not reach far away

About Milan, they were already an unstable team many years ago, they were lucky enough to win the title a few years ago, but they are a team without big ambitions, when I talk about big ambitions I mean being a team capable of winning European competitions. Milan is fighting to just stay in one of the 4 positions, they are not fighting for the title. So I'm not surprised by this draw. Meanwhile, Inter seems to me to be the best team this season and if Inter wins in the next 2 games they will already be very close to becoming champions, they will just be waiting for Juventus to lose more points and the distance will increase a lot. I see Inter as champions from many days ago and I doubt they are not champions

[TastyChillySauce00]

Many bet on Juventus and I bet there on Juventus winning even though it was only a narrow win, it doesn't matter in my opinion what is important is that they managed to get the full three points today because a one point difference with Inter Milan will not make Juventus comfortable at the top of the current standings, they have to can maintain that until the end of the season and win the Italian Serie A title this season as expected by all his supporters, Allegri must be able to pressure his team to play optimally in today's match.

They didnt win the game, which is a big surprise. They have won 7 games in a row and the 8 today should have been the easiest, but no, a draw. Maybe they played too defensive from minute 18, they lost one striker with this red card. Vlahovic scored his goal, but in the end Empoli had more chances to win, they shot 16 times at Juventus goal. Inter Milan play vs Florence tomorrow and if they win, they will be first in Serie A again. Juventus didnt get very important points today.

It's a shame that Juventus couldn't make good use of today's match. I don't know how, but Empoli has always surprised big teams since the start of this season. But they are still bad when facing ordinary teams. Meanwhile, Juventus has actually always been able to play effectively. Even though they are not aggressive in attacking, they are always good at defending and can still win the match. But today they were surprisingly held to a draw by Empoli.

Another surprising match today was Milan who were also held to a draw by Bologna. I didn't expect not to win the bet in these two matches. Honestly, I think one of these matches will match my predictions. Only Atalanta did not disappoint me in today's match.

I hope Inter Milan can play well in the match against Fiorentina. Because I'm sure there will be many who bet on Inter Milan.

Playing with 10 players were making the defensive line of juventus was quite weak. As you can see that how empoli was able to scoring at the second half. It was also proving that playing with 10 players were making juventus become quite weak in term of its defensive line at this moment. Intermilan can use this momentum.
Im not feeling so happy with the result against empoli. Juventus has been also missing opportunity caused by it was almost securing three points but empoli was not making it happen caused by the club has been scoring at the second half. Im feeling very disappointed with the result achieved by the club.

i thought that juventus can perform better but it's far from good performance. Intermilan is now having chance to create the gap to the juventus. It will be also helping intermilan to pressuring juventus. That's unpredictable result from juventus. Acmilan was also facing another bad result too.
Bologna as a fake acmilan was able to equalizing its performance to get the draw against acmilan. it was also very bad in seeing acmilan must have missed two points caused by the draw against bologna.

I have been guessing that if acmlian is performing bad enough this time. Juventus needs to learn if missing point is gonna be in result the club to have some gaps to the intermilan. this is really bad for the future of club caused by the chance to get the scudetto becomes even less.
Vlahovic was not so useful in this match.

[TelolettOm]

The next match for Juventus will be tomorrow when Juventus will face Empoli and this game is very important for Juventus because they are currently in first place in the Serie A with 52 points while Inter Milan got 51 and played one game less than Juventus which means if Juventus lose this match they will pay a high price for it.
Also, Juventus had five consecutive wins that's why I think it's safe enough to get on Juventus for this match they have against Empoli.

And the fact is that Juventus followed the result of Milan, that's it. Juventus has drawn result against Empoli
 it was 1 - 1

It is a surprising match, too, isn't it?
It's very unfortunate because Juventus started this match with only 10 players from the 18th minute because Milik got a red card. well, this is the result. So, Inter has bigger chance to make farer point difference if they can win the match next.

[Gallar]

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If Inter wins the next 2 games with Fiorentina and Juventus the Serie A will be over.

Inter's next two matches will definitely be decisive in Serie A. The reason is, if Inter is able to wipe out the two matches against Fiorentina and Juventus, then it is certain that Inter will be at the top of the Serie A standings quite well. The reason is that Inter will be increasingly superior from the difference in points with other clubs. So this will definitely be a good opportunity for Inter to be more secure in occupying the top ranking in Serie A. Even though it is still just speculation and predictions, I am sure that Inter will definitely be able to sweep these two matches.

The reason is that Juventus was only able to draw against Empoli. Even though statistically, Juventus should be able to win easily when facing Empoli. But in fact Juventus also looked a little overwhelmed. Maybe it's all because one of the Juventus players, Milik, got a red card. Maybe because of that, the Juventus players were overwhelmed by Empoli and almost lost.

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And these results will certainly provide wider opportunities for Inter to dominate Serie A this season. Because it seems that Juventus currently sometimes doesn't always appear consistent. So in my opinion, if Inter faced Juventus, Inter would definitely be superior.

[CryptoBuds]

The match between Inter Milan and Juventus is indeed important enough to create a gap in the standings between these two teams, but the match that will be played in the next few weeks in Turin is not the match that will determine which team will win the Scudetto.
There are still quite a lot of matches left this season and anything is still possible to happen, indeed for now Inter Milan and Juventus have good strength and consistency but I believe they will definitely experience setbacks because as usual in Serie A the team is often unable to maintain consistency throughout a full season and I even predict that there will be other teams competing for the Scudetto this season apart from Inter Milan and Juventus, for example AC MIlan.

The Serie A league is still an interesting competition since 3 seasons ago when Juventus couldn't dominate the A series, it has become very interesting. There is always a change of club that can win the Scudetto title and indeed we will never know what will happen because there are still a lot of matches remaining but we can look at the performance and depth of certain clubs to predict which clubs will really qualify for the Scudetto.
In 1 decade, Juventus was able to win 6 Scudetto titles and maybe this season Juventus will return to its glory days to dominate Serie A because the toughest opponents currently are only Inter Milan and Milan, whereas previously Juventus always lost its achievements when it couldn't get players it could rely on.
In this season I still have confidence that only Inter Milan or Juventus will win the Scudetto title even though there are always surprises, but we can see from the point difference between Inter Milan and Milan, currently the difference is 6 points and it is definitely impossible for Inter to make consecutive mistakes and lose in a row, while Milan must achieve consecutive wins if they want to catch up with the point difference.
My only speculation is that Juventus might have a big chance of leading series A.

The next match for Juventus will be tomorrow when Juventus will face Empoli and this game is very important for Juventus because they are currently in first place in the Serie A with 52 points while Inter Milan got 51 and played one game less than Juventus which means if Juventus lose this match they will pay a high price for it.
Also, Juventus had five consecutive wins that's why I think it's safe enough to get on Juventus for this match they have against Empoli.

Juventus are top of the points table. Two points ahead of Inter Milan, but Juventus have played two matches more than Inter Milan. If Inter Milan wins the next two matches, they will move ahead of Juventus by 4 points.

Inter Milan will face Fiorentina and Juventus in their next two matches. Both opponents are very strong. And how much Juventus are capable of winning the title this season will be evident from their performance against Inter Milan. If Juventus fail to win against Inter Milan, then I would say that it will probably be impossible for Juventus to win the title this season.

[entertheabyss]

And the fact is that Juventus followed the result of Milan, that's it. Juventus has drawn result against Empoli
 it was 1 - 1

It is a surprising match, too, isn't it?
It's very unfortunate because Juventus started this match with only 10 players from the 18th minute because Milik got a red card. well, this is the result. So, Inter has bigger chance to make farer point difference if they can win the match next.

Empoli was not hard, time are there for them to keep forward, what ruined more chances was the Bianconeri becoming serious and not winning anythjny. The points between Juventus and Inter Milan and open, they're uplubs which doesn't deserves to be the hackmwn.. Juventus was on good scores, feels really good whenever your favorite team recorded winning without having struggles to deal. Massimiliano Allegri doesn't promise the fans but he assured them regarding the new development and changes comit.

[klidex]

The next match for Juventus will be tomorrow when Juventus will face Empoli and this game is very important for Juventus because they are currently in first place in the Serie A with 52 points while Inter Milan got 51 and played one game less than Juventus which means if Juventus lose this match they will pay a high price for it.
Also, Juventus had five consecutive wins that's why I think it's safe enough to get on Juventus for this match they have against Empoli.

And the fact is that Juventus followed the result of Milan, that's it. Juventus has drawn result against Empoli
 it was 1 - 1

It is a surprising match, too, isn't it?
It's very unfortunate because Juventus started this match with only 10 players from the 18th minute because Milik got a red card. well, this is the result. So, Inter has bigger chance to make farer point difference if they can win the match next.

It was a very surprising match. I didn't expect that Juventus would only get a draw against a weak club that was in the relegation zone. Even though Juventus was playing at home, this should be a big advantage and an opportunity for Juventus to continue to widen the gap with Inter Milan, but unfortunately Juventus failed to get the full 3 points and of course this is a very pleasing result for Inter Milan because they have not played 2 matches, which means Inter Milan will take advantage of this momentum and win the match so that the points gap with Juventus becomes wider.

However, Inter's 2 matches were quite tough, namely they had to face Fiorentina, which is currently ranked 5th, which means this club cannot be underestimated, especially since it will be playing at home, Inter Milan will have to fight hard to beat the home team and after that Inter Milan will face Juventus if Inter Milan can win these 2 matches then Inter Milan can take over first place again temporarily.

[Mayor of ogba]

if juventus only get a ticket to the champion league competition next season it's very easy. currently Juventus is ranked 2nd and leaves a big gap in the point difference with 4th and 5th place. but if you want to win the Italian league serie A, yes the opponent inter milan must win or must not.
Allowing for a significant gap or distance in points between Inter Milan. Despite Inter Milan still separating by one more match.

As a Juventus fan I can say with certainty that the least I expect, as a fan, is that next year we can play in the European cups again, therefore the Champions League.
The scudetto would be nice, but I consider it a kind of bonus: it`s not easy with this strong Inter.

As a football fan I say, ok nice that at least two teams are fighting for the title. In short, there are many nuances about it.

Juventus failed to win against Empoli to have the chance to lead the Italy Serie A table with 5 points clear of Inter Milan in second place. There is a chance for Juventus to still win the Italian Serie A trophy this season if they can continue to be consistent. Even though Inter Milan won their two matches, they will be leading Juventus by 4 points in Italy's Serie A table, which is not much for Juventus to close the gap between them and Inter Milan.

[Leviathan.007]

I can't really believe this nightmare that happened to AC Milan against Bologna. They lost points while they hardly needed to collect the full three points and now they are under more pressure after this match because of the race they have at the top of the table.
In the game against Bologna, two AC Milan players, Theo Hernández and Olivier Giroud each one lost one penalty kick and now AC Milan lost the chance to decrease the gap to the top of the Serie A table.

[Strongkored]

Also, Milan drew their game.

If Inter wins the next 2 games with Fiorentina and Juventus the Serie A will be over.

No one expected that Empoli to manage to hold Juventus to a draw and even though they were a weak team, they proved they could provide a surprise, which was the highest motivation for weak teams like Empoli because they also managed to beat Npoli with a very narrow score some time ago which caused Rudi Garcia to leave Napoli because he was fired.
The red card that Juventus received in the first half could have been the cause of the problem in the draw, even though they were able to score a goal in the second half, but usually, Juventus would be very clever at maintaining a 1-0 score, but not this time.
This draw is very encouraging for Inter Milan because, with two matches yet to be played, it means they have the opportunity to make the point difference bigger, making it easier for them to focus on the Champions League, where the competition will be much tighter.

[TastyChillySauce00]

The next match for Juventus will be tomorrow when Juventus will face Empoli and this game is very important for Juventus because they are currently in first place in the Serie A with 52 points while Inter Milan got 51 and played one game less than Juventus which means if Juventus lose this match they will pay a high price for it.
Also, Juventus had five consecutive wins that's why I think it's safe enough to get on Juventus for this match they have against Empoli.

And the fact is that Juventus followed the result of Milan, that's it. Juventus has drawn result against Empoli
 it was 1 - 1

It is a surprising match, too, isn't it?
It's very unfortunate because Juventus started this match with only 10 players from the 18th minute because Milik got a red card. well, this is the result. So, Inter has bigger chance to make farer point difference if they can win the match next.

Empoli was bad but juventus was playing even bad than empoli. Im not talking about the power owned by club but intermilan should be winning against it. This result is only adding another bad result for juventus. it was also really hurting the current standing of juventus caused by intermilan will be also far away from juventus.
Juventus's squad was not playing really well when it was imssing an important player. It was unnecessary foul from juventus's players. Im feeling so happy to see that juventus was doing it right. Empoli has been performing very well in this game.

It was able getting draw against the team that was performing even better than it. I do appreciate all of efforts from all of empoli's players and this is not the result wanted by bettors.
Im thinking that if allegri will be somad caused by his team has been missing very important match with only 1 point. Empoli must be feeling so happy caused by the club was able stealing 1 point from the strong club like juventus.

Old lady needs to make proper preparation till the end of season to make sure the same situation will not be happening again. i do appreciate all of work from empoli's players. They were showing amazing performance.

[Jatiluhung]

Also, Milan drew their game.

If Inter wins the next 2 games with Fiorentina and Juventus the Serie A will be over.

Juventus and Milan failed to win in that match. But getting 1 point is still better than nothing.
And if today Inter Milan can win in the match against Fiorentina then this season will most likely belong to Inter Milan. Because the difference in points might slowly move away if Inter Milan also manages to win the postponed match.

But because there are still around 15 matches left this season, the opportunities for Juventus and Milan are still quite big. In 15 matches big points changes can occur and the standings ranking will also change. Just like last season when suddenly Lazio continued to climb to a better ranking and ended the season very well.

[imamusma]

Also, Milan drew their game.

If Inter wins the next 2 games with Fiorentina and Juventus the Serie A will be over.

No one expected that Empoli to manage to hold Juventus to a draw and even though they were a weak team, they proved they could provide a surprise, which was the highest motivation for weak teams like Empoli because they also managed to beat Npoli with a very narrow score some time ago which caused Rudi Garcia to leave Napoli because he was fired.
The red card that Juventus received in the first half could have been the cause of the problem in the draw, even though they were able to score a goal in the second half, but usually, Juventus would be very clever at maintaining a 1-0 score, but not this time.
This draw is very encouraging for Inter Milan because, with two matches yet to be played, it means they have the opportunity to make the point difference bigger, making it easier for them to focus on the Champions League, where the competition will be much tighter.

Inter Milan was very lucky because Juventus drew with Empoli, having a great opportunity to widen the points gap in the hunt for the Scudetto. It seems that many people lost their bets on the Juventus match, because previously we believed that Juventus had a high chance of beating Empoli, which has the status of a mediocre club, and also because it seemed that the strengths of the two were very different, everything changed after the red card they received at the start of the match. AC Milan failed to take advantage of the available opportunities to close the points gap with Juventus after drawing with Bologna, Pioli squad seems to be still difficulty competing for the Scudetto.

The point gap created in the competition at the top of the standings certainly makes it easier for Inter Milan to stabilize its performance against other competitions, they can rotate players and adapt them to the club they are facing. However, that's only on paper, not everything goes according to plan, Inzaghi still has to be alert so as not to lose points in the two matches they haven't played yet. We know that Fiorentina is not an opponent to be underestimated and neither is Atalanta, even though we are sure they can finish the match by securing full points.