Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Smartvirus]

Update on Ibra injury.
It is not a small injury it seems to be a heavy one, it will skip for sure the next 4 games. At least.

This is the price to pay when you are getting older than other players.

Ibra is a kind of player that doesn't give in to injuries. He's a man of the pitch and I'm very sure his going to have a speedy recovery and find his way back to making AC Milan forward and the team better again. The team has been doing well in his absence but, his influence on the pitch is missed.
On Ibra being aged, he seems to be doing quite well than most younstars. Still attempting some acrobatics and getting the goals coming.

It is a pity that Real Madrid missed him when he wanted to return to Europe. Real Madrid would not hurt such a forward now.

I'm not quite sure Real Madrid would have been a team for him, sometimes, the elite teams don't seem to work well for most of these aged and experienced players. They need teams that look up to them for a lead.

[OcTradism]

Ibra just score, Milan is now leading Serie A and Ibrahimovic is leading the Serie A top scorerer.

Not bad for a 38 years old boy  .

His headshot is unbelievable from the point too far from the goal of Napoli. In the moment, Ibra made Koulibaly looks like an idiot defender. The second goal shows how Ibra experience after 2 decades helps him to move wisely and choose a good position to score an easy goal. It is not easy if he did not move wisely to behind defenders of Napoli.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAz87JZOpEE

[babo]

wow guys .. ibra show on this last day of play
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Milan are really lucky to have him, even though he is old he is playing very well and I think he is better than when he was young. Against Napoli he made a brace, he was very productive he made 10 goals in 8 games. Too bad in the 79th minute against Napoli he was pulled off because he injured his left thigh.

Sure, he is old.. but is a warrior; having people like him who don't give up is very useful, because he somehow manages to pull the team.
The locker room, I tell you from experience, counts a lot in team games. Unpleasant and unsociable people destroy the locker room.

[ufaiz50]

Now that de Ligt is back at Juventus, they are really a lot less vulnerable. A player like him can make the difference at Juventus, with Ronaldo in the front.
Juventus remains title favorite number 1. Even Zlatan is stealing the show now in Italy with Milan.

[$crypto$]

wow guys .. ibra show on this last day of play
~snip~

Milan are really lucky to have him, even though he is old he is playing very well and I think he is better than when he was young. Against Napoli he made a brace, he was very productive he made 10 goals in 8 games. Too bad in the 79th minute against Napoli he was pulled off because he injured his left thigh.

Sure, he is old.. but is a warrior; having people like him who don't give up is very useful, because he somehow manages to pull the team.
The locker room, I tell you from experience, counts a lot in team games. Unpleasant and unsociable people destroy the locker room.

I saw before at PSG and LA Galaxy that they were not very productive in their performances like now, it's just that they were made a backup so they no longer played and moved to AC Milan.
The older the sharper that Ibrahimovic who continues to score goals for his team is now the top scorer beating Ronaldo, will this bring the Milan team to become champions of Serie A? to beat old mistress Juventus.

[asus09]

What a comeback from Inter from losing to scoring 4 goals in the last 30 minutes...

They seem weaker than last year, it seems easier to score versus them at least for the moment... Wanna see what happens if they lose this week Champion's league match vs Real.



 It will probably not end like this but is beautiful to see Ibra and CR7 at the top of scores. (with 2 fewer games played)

Source: http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a/statistiche/Gol

Serie A is a leauge that fits for old players and Ibrahimovic with his finishing techniques does not have much difficult to adapt and play but score too many goals and stays at top of top scorers is not easy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capocannoniere
Some very old players who won Capocannoniere are Luca Toni, Daniele Di Natale, Christiano Lucarrelli, Dario Hubner, Fabio Quagliarella. The oldest winner is Luca Toni at his age of 38. Ibra if he wins the Capocannoniere in Serie A 2020 - 2021 will be the oldest winner.

Age is not an obstacle for Zlatan Ibrahimovic to show his prowess in scoring goals for AC Milan, until week 9 AC Milan appear unbeaten and only won one draw when against AS Roma, behind that Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the top scorer for AC Milan with a collection of 8 goals so far, even Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been able to score beautiful goals both through hard kicks and even headers, it should be appreciated how Zlatan Ibrahimovic is currently at the age of 39 years he is able to become a mainstay attacker for AC Milan by answering with nicks every week.

[Altryist]

wow guys .. ibra show on this last day of play
without him milan not works in my humble opinion

as a person he seems a bit very aggressive to me, but he certainly knows how to pull the team
besides physically he is powerful and not bad in technique

This is what I was talking about, Ibrahimovic is a real leader! He leads the team, no matter how old he is, because he is strong physically and has a very strong character. I think without Ibrahimovic Milan could not be at the top of the standings now.

[acquafredda]

Without Ibrahimovic we will get to know if Milan is mature enough to win the title this year. At least three weeks without him will show the true value of rossoneri as they will be playing against Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Parma and Genoa. They do not seem like tough games but my wild guess is that the odds will be generally higher without the Swedish champion. Take that into account before betting 

[asus09]

Without Ibrahimovic we will get to know if Milan is mature enough to win the title this year. At least three weeks without him will show the true value of rossoneri as they will be playing against Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Parma and Genoa. They do not seem like tough games but my wild guess is that the odds will be generally higher without the Swedish champion. Take that into account before betting 

I know when Ibrahimovic positive covid 19 and left three match for AC Milan but Rosoneri could get winning and I think yes AC Milan solid team and not depend with Ibra, but Ibra have give many gol for AC Milan in this season and become top scorer Serie A with eight goal, maybe without Zltan Milan look impossible become on the top table now.

[Iranus]

Without Ibrahimovic we will get to know if Milan is mature enough to win the title this year. At least three weeks without him will show the true value of rossoneri as they will be playing against Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Parma and Genoa. They do not seem like tough games but my wild guess is that the odds will be generally higher without the Swedish champion. Take that into account before betting 

I think Milan can win those matches without Ibrahimobich. Milan have a good squad. Almost every players in their squad are playing well. Daniel Maldini is a good enough striker. I hope Milan will be able to win the matches without Ibra. And I'll bet on Milan.

[RealMalatesta]

That scoring table looks to be wrong. Right now Ibra has 10 goals and CR has 8 goals, and CR played 5 games versus Ibra playing only 6 so it is 1 more game with 2 more goals which CR can score but may not score neither we do not know. However CR7 is still ahead goals per minute, he is at 1.89 right now versus Ibra at 1.7 which still makes both of them ahead of everyone else by a big mile.

I have to accept I didn't see a 40 year old Ibra to come to Milan and make a difference, specially after playing in USA for so long I assumed he was just milking the last ounce of money he could from teams before he retires and he was a washed player. Looking at this season I could say that I was very very wrong and dude is still one of the best pure scorers in the game today even at his age.

[marioantonini]

Update on Ibra injury.
It is not a small injury it seems to be a heavy one, it will skip for sure the next 4 games. At least.

This is the price to pay when you are getting older than other players.

Of course it is very unfortunate for Ibrahimovic's injury, he is very good for AC Milan this season. My hope is that Milan will continue to maintain the consistency of their unbeaten streak during Ibra's absence. Eight perfect matches to see AC Milan bounce back in Serie A.

If Ibrahimovic's injury lasts for 4 weeks, Milan will lose him for 4 Serie A matches. Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Parma and Genoa.

unfortunately ibra's injury is more serious than expected. He is certainly the most important player for Milan, but I don't think that without him the milan will start to lose all the games.

however, if Milane aims to win the title, on the January market he must buy a replacement for ibra, for injuries or disqualifications

[Zackgeno96]

Update on Ibra injury.
It is not a small injury it seems to be a heavy one, it will skip for sure the next 4 games. At least.

This is the price to pay when you are getting older than other players.

Of course it is very unfortunate for Ibrahimovic's injury, he is very good for AC Milan this season. My hope is that Milan will continue to maintain the consistency of their unbeaten streak during Ibra's absence. Eight perfect matches to see AC Milan bounce back in Serie A.

If Ibrahimovic's injury lasts for 4 weeks, Milan will lose him for 4 Serie A matches. Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Parma and Genoa.

unfortunately ibra's injury is more serious than expected. He is certainly the most important player for Milan, but I don't think that without him the milan will start to lose all the games.

however, if Milane aims to win the title, on the January market he must buy a replacement for ibra, for injuries or disqualifications

He is also elderly nowadays. Of course it has a lot of experience, but if it really takes place physically then it is more vulnerable.
I'll be a tree of a guy. AC Milan is of course at the top of the Serie A. It is mainly because of him, I think.

[AakZaki]

I heard the Ballon d'Or award this season doesn't exist. But I heard that the Globe Soccer Awards are still not over and the voting is still going on. I heard news that Ronaldo is far superior in the voting results for now he is superior to Messi. We know that the Globe Soccer Awards may not be as famous as the Ballon d'Or, but Ronaldo managed to get six Globe Soccer Award trophies during that time. This year I see there are eight nominations for best male player, if you are interested then you can vote on : https://www.globesoccer.com/awards/categories-and-candidates/

[acquafredda]

I will write it again.
This is the best opportunity for Milan players to show their true value, with or without the Swedish champion. If they keep on playing well, making as many points as possible, when Ibra will come back we will have all the signs that AC Milan is a great candidate to win Scudetto.
They can not rely solely on Zlatan, you all know that.

[babo]

I will write it again.
This is the best opportunity for Milan players to show their true value, with or without the Swedish champion. If they keep on playing well, making as many points as possible, when Ibra will come back we will have all the signs that AC Milan is a great candidate to win Scudetto.
They can not rely solely on Zlatan, you all know that.

From the first place it is easy to make these experiments, lucky the Milan coach.
I like guys like Ibra, who talk little and do facts. Even if he's a bit rude, we can forgive him for that given the goals (and the fun) he does

of course in my opinion, i like the fun of footbal

[asus09]

I will write it again.
This is the best opportunity for Milan players to show their true value, with or without the Swedish champion. If they keep on playing well, making as many points as possible, when Ibra will come back we will have all the signs that AC Milan is a great candidate to win Scudetto.
They can not rely solely on Zlatan, you all know that.

I think very early to talk with champion scudetto for AC Milan, just pass eight match in this season how come could you said with AC Milan is candidate to be champion? Look what happen with Napoli last year when they have been success on the first position table but last two match Juventus get back their position and become the champion, I think AC Milan not get difficulty with faced big club like Juventus in this season, when first time get loss will continue again to get loss and have happen on Europe League after Lille defeat AC Milan 0-3 in San Siro. Know AC Milan have focus how to get recovery when ibrahimovic injury have other player could replace for him position on the field or not.

[coinlocket$]

The next turn will be played in 3 days

Saturday 28th November
Sassuolo 14:00 Inter Milan
Benevento 17:00 Juventus
Atalanta 19:45 Verona

Sunday 29th November
Lazio 11:30 Udinese
AC Milan 14:00 Fiorentina
Bologna 14:00 Crotone
Cagliari 17:00 Spezia
Napoli 19:45 Roma

Monday 30th November
Torino 17:30 Sampdoria
Genoa 19:45 Parma

Source: https://www.skysports.com/serie-a-fixtures

The big game is Napoli Roma but the most interesting game can be Sassuolo Inter, trust me anything can happen here.

[acquafredda]

I can not believe no one mentioned Diego Armando Maradona here on this thread! May the greatest of the great of all times finally show God who is best with the ball. 
SSC Napoli's stadium is going to be named after Diego. Napoli supporters flooded the social networks with their request.
https://apnews.com/article/serie-a-soccer-coronavirus-pandemic-db0b08573e8bb15c7fba07ba547179d2
So sad there could not be any amazing coreography for the next game Napoli Roma.

AD10S

[daarul50]

I will write it again.
This is the best opportunity for Milan players to show their true value, with or without the Swedish champion. If they keep on playing well, making as many points as possible, when Ibra will come back we will have all the signs that AC Milan is a great candidate to win Scudetto.
They can not rely solely on Zlatan, you all know that.

From the first place it is easy to make these experiments, lucky the Milan coach.
I like guys like Ibra, who talk little and do facts. Even if he's a bit rude, we can forgive him for that given the goals (and the fun) he does

of course in my opinion, i like the fun of footbal

Are you sure that ibra less talk ?
Lol i think he is quite often talking here and there to the press .. But i see his talks always classy and ultra anti-mainstream one , you know what i mean? Not a big mouth but more to an ultra rare talks that sometimes a little bit contradicted to what he's saying.
We will see if ac milan without ibra could survive or not, he's been vital for ac milan recently despite the age.
As juventus players are all coming back , ac milan must be careful from now , or the 1st place will be taken over.