Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[joker_josue]

It seems that Napoli wants to hire Sergio Conceição as a coach:
https://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/calcio-mercato/2021/05/24-82001537/sergio_conceiao_sar_il_nuovo_allenatore_del_napoli_

What do you think?

[kassex]

To my regret, Napoli failed to advance to the Champions League next season. Napoli was more preferable to me than Milan. Yesterday's game against Atalanta disappointed me. I don't think Milan will achieve any success in the Champions League. Gattuso resigned.

[DIA7]

Some still see Cristiano’s season with Juventus as an average season, while others describe it as a bad one.
Cristiano played 44 games this season, during which he contributed 40 goals between making 4 assists and scoring 36. Everyone praises Lukaku’s big season and what he has done with Inter.
There is still a difference and quality at the offensive line, but according to statistics, Cristiano scored more than the Belgian with 6 goals and snatched Including the award for player to score most goals in the league this season.
He is 36 years old but is still that perfect striker, many followers never appreciate this point, of this age and he is still competing for the top scorer and first savior of his team.
I will be very sad the day I hear the news that he stopped playing the ball and retired. That miraculous player will continue to be a miracle player who has not arrived will score despite his age and environment.

[joker_josue]

He is 36 years old but is still that perfect striker, many followers never appreciate this point, of this age and he is still competing for the top scorer and first savior of his team.

I fully agree! I think the fans, journalists and commentators, were very unfair to Cristiano.
Juventus do not draw more games because they had Cristiano scoring important goals. That's why he was the best scorer.

But I understand why they had this attitude. It was very difficult to say bad about Pilro, even though he did a bad job.

[Raflesia]

Damn, I just saw that Napoli did not beat Verona. I was looking at their score and after they went 1-0 up, I thought that was it.

Huge blow to their further development and what a gift to Juventus, with all the problems they are facing CL qualification will help tremendously. Without it they would have to sell Ronaldo for sure.

Few mistakes and couldn't defend after a 1-0 hit in the 60th minute.

Juventus have to start again well at the start of the season and CL is one of the good tickets after the failure this season, but indeed I don't want Ronaldo to leave and hear rumors that Ronaldo is already preparing to leave and his personal car has been transport to it cargo car is this a sign that Ronaldo will leave from Juventus.

[Joca97]

To my regret, Napoli failed to advance to the Champions League next season. Napoli was more preferable to me than Milan. Yesterday's game against Atalanta disappointed me. I don't think Milan will achieve any success in the Champions League. Gattuso resigned.

Napoli has a better team but dosent win big games not a team to big win games. While milan has a team that bearly holded this top 4 positions.
Too bad about gatusso he gaved it his all for Napoli but couldnt do enough to bring champions league to them.

[acquafredda]

Being a former Juventus supporter I have to admit that the bianconeri surprised me one more time! I was sure that in the end they were able to conquer one of the last available slots for CL. Now it's time to regain trust both from the supporters and from an institutional level, given the SuperLeague fiasco.
Ronaldo confirms himself as one of the best striker still playing.

[Iranus]

Damn, I just saw that Napoli did not beat Verona. I was looking at their score and after they went 1-0 up, I thought that was it.

Huge blow to their further development and what a gift to Juventus, with all the problems they are facing CL qualification will help tremendously. Without it they would have to sell Ronaldo for sure.

Few mistakes and couldn't defend after a 1-0 hit in the 60th minute.

Juventus have to start again well at the start of the season and CL is one of the good tickets after the failure this season, but indeed I don't want Ronaldo to leave and hear rumors that Ronaldo is already preparing to leave and his personal car has been transport to it cargo car is this a sign that Ronaldo will leave from Juventus.

There was no continuity between Juventus' performances this season. Moreover, they did not perform well. They are more dependent on Ronaldo. They need to reduce this dependence and all players need to have a good play mentality from their own position. And the team needs some change within. The defense needs to be strengthened.

[joker_josue]

There was no continuity between Juventus' performances this season. Moreover, they did not perform well. They are more dependent on Ronaldo. They need to reduce this dependence and all players need to have a good play mentality from their own position. And the team needs some change within. The defense needs to be strengthened.

They just stopped behaving as a team this time. It was noticed in some games, that there were groups within the team, and the players only played among that group. This divides the spa, even if it is in a subtle way. This brings bad results. Fortunately, in the last games of the season, they managed to balance this situation and managed to join UCL.

Now I think they have to start solving the problem in the dressing room, and bring all the players together as a real team. This should be the first thing to do.

[dezoel]

Honestly I wasn't expecting Napoli to get a draw this game, I was 100% ready for Juventus to be in europa league next season and I was considering how much money I could make from betting on Juventus to beat their opponents in europea because they are so much better and we all know they would probably win until like quarter finals without any loss.

Plus verona wasn't really the type of team that could decide who will be in champions league, that didn't look like a possibility but we can't say that verona was the reason, it was mostly Napoli that played horrible and that is why they had a draw, it was Napoli dropping to level of Verona and not Verona going up to levels of Napoli in that game for sure. We at least have the last situation, Inter was known as champions weeks weeks before, Milan became second, Atalanta continues their dominance compared to their history and Juventus had a bad season for sure. Let's see if this can flow towards next season as well.

[AndySt]

There was no continuity between Juventus' performances this season. Moreover, they did not perform well. They are more dependent on Ronaldo. They need to reduce this dependence and all players need to have a good play mentality from their own position. And the team needs some change within. The defense needs to be strengthened.

They just stopped behaving as a team this time. It was noticed in some games, that there were groups within the team, and the players only played among that group. This divides the spa, even if it is in a subtle way. This brings bad results. Fortunately, in the last games of the season, they managed to balance this situation and managed to join UCL.
Now I think they have to start solving the problem in the dressing room, and bring all the players together as a real team. This should be the first thing to do.

It's not just about team unity. I think if you buy a player for 117 million euros, pay 31 million euros on a contract and not really depend on him, then it's a little bit strange and wasteful. On the contrary, I believe that the main problem of Juventus is that the team does not use Ronaldo well as a player and his opportunities, and this is the main reason for the failures of Juventus in the championship and in the Champions League. With all due respect to the Juventus squad, the Real Madrid squad was much better suited for Ronaldo in terms of players, the whole team played for him and therefore there were such great results for both the club and the player. It has already become a byword to watch Ronaldo sink closer to the center of the field during the match in search of a pass. Therefore, if Juventus wants to depend less on Ronaldo, then it is better for the club to part with the player and bet on others.

[muratsink]

Napoli miss big chance to play on champion league after last match only draw with Hellas Verona and they have finished on fifth place, I think very bad result for Napoli because last match failed to get three points and give chance for Juventus to get place on fourth position and they could be place on champion league next season.

[Juggy777]

There was no continuity between Juventus' performances this season. Moreover, they did not perform well. They are more dependent on Ronaldo. They need to reduce this dependence and all players need to have a good play mentality from their own position. And the team needs some change within. The defense needs to be strengthened.

They just stopped behaving as a team this time. It was noticed in some games, that there were groups within the team, and the players only played among that group. This divides the spa, even if it is in a subtle way. This brings bad results. Fortunately, in the last games of the season, they managed to balance this situation and managed to join UCL.
Now I think they have to start solving the problem in the dressing room, and bring all the players together as a real team. This should be the first thing to do.

It's not just about team unity. I think if you buy a player for 117 million euros, pay 31 million euros on a contract and not really depend on him, then it's a little bit strange and wasteful. On the contrary, I believe that the main problem of Juventus is that the team does not use Ronaldo well as a player and his opportunities, and this is the main reason for the failures of Juventus in the championship and in the Champions League. With all due respect to the Juventus squad, the Real Madrid squad was much better suited for Ronaldo in terms of players, the whole team played for him and therefore there were such great results for both the club and the player. It has already become a byword to watch Ronaldo sink closer to the center of the field during the match in search of a pass. Therefore, if Juventus wants to depend less on Ronaldo, then it is better for the club to part with the player and bet on others.

@AndySt it has been speculated since a long while now that Ronaldo is isolated in the dressing room, and his teammates are tired of the way he gets preferential treatment.

Furthermore I feel it’s a key reason why Juventus are failing to click, and the best way would be is to sell Ronaldo and unite the dressing room.

[masulum]

Furthermore I feel it’s a key reason why Juventus are failing to click, and the best way would be is to sell Ronaldo and unite the dressing room.

In recent days, the speculation regarding Ronaldo's departed from Juve has become quite clear. Starting after Juventus won the Coppa Italia, after the match, Ronaldo was reported go to Portugal, while in the previous rumors (I did not save the source link), I read that Ronaldo's mother wanted him to return to Portugal. In the last Juventus match we also didn't see Ronaldo being played, it looks like Ronaldo will indeed return to the Portuguese League.

[Luzin]

Napoli miss big chance to play on champion league after last match only draw with Hellas Verona and they have finished on fifth place, I think very bad result for Napoli because last match failed to get three points and give chance for Juventus to get place on fourth position and they could be place on champion league next season.

Juventus seems quite lucky with this result. They have a chance to keep Ronaldo and play at UCL next season.
Another news I heard that Napoli is ready to replace Gattuso with Sergio Conceicao from Portugal.
I think this season has actually not been too bad for Napoli, I think if these rumors are true,  Management is not satisfied with this season's result.

[Smartvirus]

Juventus seems quite lucky with this result. They have a chance to keep Ronaldo and play at UCL next season.

Juventus was very lucky. You can imagine what an embarrassment it would have been for them not only losing out on the Seria A trophy but also not getting to qualify for the next season UCL. Even with the quality of players available tonthem on that team.  Though they might have won there last fixtures by Bologna 1-4 Juventus but then, where the profit really lies was in the Napoli 1-1 Verona draw, all thanks to Verona. At least now though, Ronaldo might be the Mr. UCL with his records from Real Madrid, he had and now needs a lot of hands to bring the UCL glory to the Seria A Jeep. Lets just hope Ronaldo doesn't get to transfer to any other club soon so, they get to try again.

[akar87]

There was no continuity between Juventus' performances this season. Moreover, they did not perform well. They are more dependent on Ronaldo. They need to reduce this dependence and all players need to have a good play mentality from their own position. And the team needs some change within. The defense needs to be strengthened.

This season the Juve team is really under-performing, where the Juve players have tried their best, how else can I do it, I'm sure Juve will be better in the future than this season, and they will do very well in the next season.

They just stopped behaving as a team this time. It was noticed in some games, that there were groups within the team, and the players only played among that group. This divides the spa, even if it is in a subtle way. This brings bad results. Fortunately, in the last games of the season, they managed to balance this situation and managed to join UCL.

Now I think they have to start solving the problem in the dressing room, and bring all the players together as a real team. This should be the first thing to do.

[leea-1334]

He is 36 years old but is still that perfect striker, many followers never appreciate this point, of this age and he is still competing for the top scorer and first savior of his team.

I fully agree! I think the fans, journalists and commentators, were very unfair to Cristiano.
Juventus do not draw more games because they had Cristiano scoring important goals. That's why he was the best scorer.

Yes,,, I am not such a big fan of Ronaldo because he used to playact a lot but we cannot ignore what he has achieved as a player,,, not just in his national colors but in three major leagues.

Nobody else did it and nobody else dared. Why people hate this is impossible to understand.

[akar87]

Furthermore I feel it’s a key reason why Juventus are failing to click, and the best way would be is to sell Ronaldo and unite the dressing room.

I think the failure of Juventus is not caused by Ronaldo, but this season they are just unlucky too, next season they will be much better than this season. You don't have to throw out Ronaldo, next season will be very good for Juve, I really believe in the Juve team. .

In recent days, the speculation regarding Ronaldo's departed from Juve has become quite clear. Starting after Juventus won the Coppa Italia, after the match, Ronaldo was reported go to Portugal, while in the previous rumors (I did not save the source link), I read that Ronaldo's mother wanted him to return to Portugal. In the last Juventus match we also didn't see Ronaldo being played, it looks like Ronaldo will indeed return to the Portuguese League.

[Altryist]

Juventus was very lucky. You can imagine what an embarrassment it would have been for them not only losing out on the Seria A trophy but also not getting to qualify for the next season UCL. Even with the quality of players available tonthem on that team.  Though they might have won there last fixtures by Bologna 1-4 Juventus but then, where the profit really lies was in the Napoli 1-1 Verona draw, all thanks to Verona. At least now though, Ronaldo might be the Mr. UCL with his records from Real Madrid, he had and now needs a lot of hands to bring the UCL glory to the Seria A Jeep. Lets just hope Ronaldo doesn't get to transfer to any other club soon so, they get to try again.

I think that Ronaldo is still the TOP player, and a lot of clubs want to see him in their squad. It is quite possible that next season we will see Ronaldo in some other club. Juventus was really very lucky with the Champions League. Although with such a game, they have nothing to do in this tournament, and even leaving the group tournament will be a good result. You need to change something, and you need to start with the coach.