Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[MAAManda]

even with cristiano ronaldo juventus was already showing signs of not bringing good results, last season after that defeat against porto in the champions league they started to play badly, they need to restructure the team

Juventus did not have a stable team in the previous season, they relied heavily on Ronaldo. . Now I don't think they can be stable without Ronaldo. They need some talented players in their squad. They need experienced defenders and strikers. I’m not expecting anything good from them this season.

Ronaldo takes the Juventus team on his back. If not for him, they wouldn't even have finished second in Serie A last year.
Now, without Ronaldo, they really have to organize themselves and be more consistent, otherwise they will have a difficult season.

Juventus actually has a very great squad, starting from big names such as Pulo Dybala, Federico Chiesa, Alvaro Morata, Alex Sandro, Wojciech Szczęsny and others.

It's just that Ronaldo appeared dominant when he played at Juventus, so it seems that they can't compete without Ronaldo, yes, we all know that Ronaldo was the top scorer of Serie A last season.

2 matches that have been played by Juventus, there are many more matches, we can't see the results from just 2 matches.

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[Wawa2013]

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To be honest, it was not very surprising for me as Cagliari were a really easy opponent for them. I know that Zlatan Ibrahimovic was still injured and it was not known how good Giroud would play in this match. I must admit that I didn't expect him to score more than one goal. The supporters must be really delighted with his performance. They are able to score 4 goals even without Zlatan and that's really good news. This proves that they are not depending on one player.

Cagliari was the easy opponent. And their defense is not very good. However, the players of AC Milan have shown remarkable performance. Apart from Ibra, they have scored 4 goals. Milan has become stronger since Giroud joined the team. I think if Giroud and Ibra can play the whole season together then AC Milan has a very good chance of winning the title this season.

At the age of 34 of course Giroud is still very good at playing and besides that, the real proof will be in the UCL match later and I am looking forward to it because I wonder if Giroud will still be as productive as when he played in Serie A. But yes, after all, Cagliari are not a strong team because even in his first match against Spezia the result was 2-2. These results prove that Cagliari is not a strong opponent so a big 4-1 win is actually not the best result I think, because if Cagliari is a weak team at least Milan is able to win big with a clean sheet, but this is not.

In two matches in Serie A AC Milan managed to beat Sampdoria and Cagliari, both are not big teams, so it's too early to think AC Milan has
played well. AC Milan in the third week will face Lazio, which I think Lazio is a strong team. If AC Milan manages to beat Lazio, it can provide
a bit of evidence that AC Milan should be counted as one of the candidates for Serie A champions I want to see Giroud play alongside Ibrahimovic,
I can imagine that if the two of them can be deployed together,  AC Milan's front line will be more productive and scary for the opposing team.

[jakdanyel]

We are going to start to the new match week with the Milan - Lazio match. These teams both got 2 wins in 2 matches so far. Both of them had easy opponents to be honest. It is time for a real challenge for both sides. As of Zlatan's coming back from an injury, Milan will be much stronger on attacking. However, Lazio are also very powerful now. Immobile is in a great form. In this duel, I think that both teams will score goals and maybe the match could end in a draw.

[BALIK]

Cagliari was the easy opponent. And their defense is not very good. However, the players of AC Milan have shown remarkable performance. Apart from Ibra, they have scored 4 goals. Milan has become stronger since Giroud joined the team. I think if Giroud and Ibra can play the whole season together then AC Milan has a very good chance of winning the title this season.

At the age of 34 of course Giroud is still very good at playing and besides that, the real proof will be in the UCL match later and I am looking forward to it because I wonder if Giroud will still be as productive as when he played in Serie A. But yes, after all, Cagliari are not a strong team because even in his first match against Spezia the result was 2-2. These results prove that Cagliari is not a strong opponent so a big 4-1 win is actually not the best result I think, because if Cagliari is a weak team at least Milan is able to win big with a clean sheet, but this is not.

You are right. Giroud is older, and Ibar is 39 years old. There aren’t too many young players in AC Milan’s squad. The biggest problem is that older players suffer more from injury problems. If Giroud and Ibra are less injured then I have high hopes for the AC Milan team. They will perform very well this time.

[acquafredda]

Really interesting Cristiano Ronaldo's first interview as a Manchester United player, the Portuguese star spoke to the club's official website about his relationship with the Red Devils and his decision to leave Juventus. It seems that Sir Alex Ferguson, his English godfather, has played a decisive role in the matter.
Very striking are the words about the decision to leave Turin since CR7 has defined it as the best decision he has ever taken.
Ungrateful boy.

[kro55]

Really interesting Cristiano Ronaldo's first interview as a Manchester United player, the Portuguese star spoke to the club's official website about his relationship with the Red Devils and his decision to leave Juventus. It seems that Sir Alex Ferguson, his English godfather, has played a decisive role in the matter.
Very striking are the words about the decision to leave Turin since CR7 has defined it as the best decision he has ever taken.
Ungrateful boy.

I also think it was a very good decision to leave Juventus and join Manchester United. Juventus are not a very strong team without Ronaldo. They will not win the Champions League. Manchester United, on the other hand, have tried their best to build a strong squad this season. They have become stronger with Ronaldo in the team. Now they are able to compete hard for the Premier League title and the Champions League title.

[AakZaki]

Serie A, after two matches, are very interesting and the biggest surprise is from AS Roma and Jose Mourinho. They manage to win all matches and take 6 points. Their attacking system operates very well in their first matches in this season, in Serie A and UEFA Conference Cup.

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Two smooth matches and ended in victory for Mourinho. I think it's a pretty good debut for him. I don't think for the first game he will win while the second game I think they have to win. The season is still long, I think we will still witness the strength and level of stability of the league's participants. Coaches and players who can stabilize the team I think it would be better to end the league. Maybe I will wait for their proof against Juve, Inter, Milan or Napoli. If they can win that's great.

[asus09]

Really interesting Cristiano Ronaldo's first interview as a Manchester United player, the Portuguese star spoke to the club's official website about his relationship with the Red Devils and his decision to leave Juventus. It seems that Sir Alex Ferguson, his English godfather, has played a decisive role in the matter.
Very striking are the words about the decision to leave Turin since CR7 has defined it as the best decision he has ever taken.
Ungrateful boy.

I also think it was a very good decision to leave Juventus and join Manchester United. Juventus are not a very strong team without Ronaldo. They will not win the Champions League. Manchester United, on the other hand, have tried their best to build a strong squad this season. They have become stronger with Ronaldo in the team. Now they are able to compete hard for the Premier League title and the Champions League title.

Not really yet without Cristiano Ronaldo failed in champion league, looks last several season they always failed on knock out champion league round although with Cristiano Ronaldo, never success to semi final or final when Juventus with Ronaldo, maybe without Ronaldo they can talk more again in champion league how ever Allegri ever success give final position for Juventus before defeat by Barcelona.

[snipie]

Very striking are the words about the decision to leave Turin since CR7 has defined it as the best decision he has ever taken.
Ungrateful boy.

CR7 wants title, he wants to be the best player, the best scorer, the champion who leaded his team to win Scudetto, CL... After Real Madrid, he was stuck with nothing so seeing him jumping off the boat wasn't surprising for me and expected it to happen since he moved his cars out of Italy few months ago. The only thing that made him angry and obliged to remains with Juve is the fact that no one wants to hire him until City failed to convince Spurs then ManU stepped and caught him to avoid seeing its star playing with their classic rival.

[hd49728]

Not really yet without Cristiano Ronaldo failed in champion league, looks last several season they always failed on knock out champion league round although with Cristiano Ronaldo, never success to semi final or final when Juventus with Ronaldo, maybe without Ronaldo they can talk more again in champion league how ever Allegri ever success give final position for Juventus before defeat by Barcelona.

Juventus were lack of something in last two seasons in Champions League. They are not weak but they failed because of one home-away goal, something like that. Ronaldo to be fair, did not have good contributions for Juventus in Champions League. He scored very little goals in Champions League after leaving Real Madrid.

CR7 wants title, he wants to be the best player, the best scorer, the champion who leaded his team to win Scudetto, CL... After Real Madrid, he was stuck with nothing so seeing him jumping off the boat wasn't surprising for me and expected it to happen since he moved his cars out of Italy few months ago. The only thing that made him angry and obliged to remains with Juve is the fact that no one wants to hire him until City failed to convince Spurs then ManU stepped and caught him to avoid seeing its star playing with their classic rival.

He is obsessed with titles and the most ambitious goal for him is Champions League and Ballon d'Or. I can not understand why Ronaldo decided to return to Old Trafford and Manchester United. Because the club is not strong to compete Premier League or Champions League. With Ronaldo, they can win Premier League but Champions League is harder and nearly impossible.

I think Manchester City is better choice for him to win Champions League because they have better squad and coach. Pep has more experience in Champions League than Ole. I believe this return was affected by Sir Alex.

[doomloop]

Ronaldo takes the Juventus team on his back. If not for him, they wouldn't even have finished second in Serie A last year.
Now, without Ronaldo, they really have to organize themselves and be more consistent, otherwise they will have a difficult season.

I have to say that the reality is the fact that when you have a player like Ronaldo, then you do let him carry your team because it is such an amazing thing, it is obvious that people end up being a bit more reliant on their best players because they can be and it provides results as well. Now that Ronaldo is gone, it is just a bad thing, it could also be a good thing if they can use this very well. How could it be a good thing?

Well, they could now remove all the responsibilities that Ronaldo had, and they would be able to distribute that to the whole team and they could work hard all together instead of just hoping that one player could win them the game. This will take some time of course, maybe this year will suck, but I know that if they could become 11 man team all playing like a machine, then they could become a very well team that wins a lot once again.

[Kusman]

Not really yet without Cristiano Ronaldo failed in champion league, looks last several season they always failed on knock out champion league round although with Cristiano Ronaldo, never success to semi final or final when Juventus with Ronaldo, maybe without Ronaldo they can talk more again in champion league how ever Allegri ever success give final position for Juventus before defeat by Barcelona.

Juventus were lack of something in last two seasons in Champions League. They are not weak but they failed because of one home-away goal, something like that. Ronaldo to be fair, did not have good contributions for Juventus in Champions League. He scored very little goals in Champions League after leaving Real Madrid.

CR7 wants title, he wants to be the best player, the best scorer, the champion who leaded his team to win Scudetto, CL... After Real Madrid, he was stuck with nothing so seeing him jumping off the boat wasn't surprising for me and expected it to happen since he moved his cars out of Italy few months ago. The only thing that made him angry and obliged to remains with Juve is the fact that no one wants to hire him until City failed to convince Spurs then ManU stepped and caught him to avoid seeing its star playing with their classic rival.

He is obsessed with titles and the most ambitious goal for him is Champions League and Ballon d'Or. I can not understand why Ronaldo decided to return to Old Trafford and Manchester United. Because the club is not strong to compete Premier League or Champions League. With Ronaldo, they can win Premier League but Champions League is harder and nearly impossible.

I think Manchester City is better choice for him to win Champions League because they have better squad and coach. Pep has more experience in Champions League than Ole. I believe this return was affected by Sir Alex.

I think that Ronaldo already know that he would be able to win the Champions League title at Manchester City much easier than being at Manchester United. Manchester City have a much better game plan and discipline compared to Manchester United. Maybe Ronaldo would have some difficulty in fitting Guardiola's system but he would manage after some time.

However, City changed their mind and pulled out of the deal. Then, Manchester United made the offer needed and signed him. If he didn't want to go there, things would be worse for him at Juventus.

[masulum]

In two matches in Serie A AC Milan managed to beat Sampdoria and Cagliari, both are not big teams, so it's too early to think AC Milan has
played well. AC Milan in the third week will face Lazio, which I think Lazio is a strong team. If AC Milan manages to beat Lazio, it can provide
a bit of evidence that AC Milan should be counted as one of the candidates for Serie A champions I want to see Giroud play alongside Ibrahimovic,
I can imagine that if the two of them can be deployed together,  AC Milan's front line will be more productive and scary for the opposing team.

Yep, we can remember what happened with AC Milan last season, they dominated the game at the beginning of the season, however, in the second half, they seemed to lose their game. However, it is undeniable that Giroud still gives hope for AC Milan this season, at least to keep Milan's position in the top 3. Milan this season got 11 players, both transfers and loans, the question is, how effective is the transfer of Milan this season with 1 new squad of players.

[ShowOff]

I think Manchester City is better choice for him to win Champions League because they have better squad and coach. Pep has more experience in Champions League than Ole. I believe this return was affected by Sir Alex.

Ronaldo may not have turned down Manchester City, but City are no longer interested in Ronaldo and that's what canceled his transfer to Manchester City. I don't think his decision to join his old team was wrong, he was welcomed by the fans and the people in the team. He will help Manchester United to get any title including the champions league title. Sir Alex missed him so much and that's what made Ronaldo back there.

After Ronaldo moved from Juventus to Manchester United I saw Juventus look very fragile and difficult to win match. So far they have only managed to collect 1 point from 2 Serie-A match and they are very unstable. Ranked 12th in the standings, Juventus are clearly under a lot of pressure.

[Spack17]

In two matches in Serie A AC Milan managed to beat Sampdoria and Cagliari, both are not big teams, so it's too early to think AC Milan has
played well. AC Milan in the third week will face Lazio, which I think Lazio is a strong team. If AC Milan manages to beat Lazio, it can provide
a bit of evidence that AC Milan should be counted as one of the candidates for Serie A champions I want to see Giroud play alongside Ibrahimovic,
I can imagine that if the two of them can be deployed together,  AC Milan's front line will be more productive and scary for the opposing team.

Yep, we can remember what happened with AC Milan last season, they dominated the game at the beginning of the season, however, in the second half, they seemed to lose their game. However, it is undeniable that Giroud still gives hope for AC Milan this season, at least to keep Milan's position in the top 3. Milan this season got 11 players, both transfers and loans, the question is, how effective is the transfer of Milan this season with 1 new squad of players.

Olivier Giroud is a decent player to be honest, a decent forward despite his old age (34). However, Luis Suarez is also old now but he is still a goal machine. So, the age doesn't determine the performance of a player all the time. Giroud scored 11 goals in 31 matches at Chelsea last season. But he didn't play in the starting eleven in all of them also. And at Milan, he started with 2 goals in 2 matches already. Maybe he will have a very productive year at least in this season and help the team a lot.

[condoras]

In two matches in Serie A AC Milan managed to beat Sampdoria and Cagliari, both are not big teams, so it's too early to think AC Milan has
played well. AC Milan in the third week will face Lazio, which I think Lazio is a strong team. If AC Milan manages to beat Lazio, it can provide
a bit of evidence that AC Milan should be counted as one of the candidates for Serie A champions I want to see Giroud play alongside Ibrahimovic,
I can imagine that if the two of them can be deployed together,  AC Milan's front line will be more productive and scary for the opposing team.

Yep, we can remember what happened with AC Milan last season, they dominated the game at the beginning of the season, however, in the second half, they seemed to lose their game. However, it is undeniable that Giroud still gives hope for AC Milan this season, at least to keep Milan's position in the top 3. Milan this season got 11 players, both transfers and loans, the question is, how effective is the transfer of Milan this season with 1 new squad of players.

Olivier Giroud is a decent player to be honest, a decent forward despite his old age (34). However, Luis Suarez is also old now but he is still a goal machine. So, the age doesn't determine the performance of a player all the time. Giroud scored 11 goals in 31 matches at Chelsea last season. But he didn't play in the starting eleven in all of them also. And at Milan, he started with 2 goals in 2 matches already. Maybe he will have a very productive year at least in this season and help the team a lot.

Indeed Olivier Giroud is a good player and he can help any team but EPL isn't Serie A and I don't know if he can hold on to such a "hard" league. Chelsea protects him in a way and never starts any game as you said, in Milan though he is in the starting lineup but for how long? He will manage to be in such form and who will replace him when he will be tired from the day-by-day matches? Age is a big factor.

[dustboy]

Serie A, after two matches, are very interesting and the biggest surprise is from AS Roma and Jose Mourinho. They manage to win all matches and take 6 points. Their attacking system operates very well in their first matches in this season, in Serie A and UEFA Conference Cup.

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Two smooth matches and ended in victory for Mourinho. I think it's a pretty good debut for him. I don't think for the first game he will win while the second game I think they have to win. The season is still long, I think we will still witness the strength and level of stability of the league's participants. Coaches and players who can stabilize the team I think it would be better to end the league. Maybe I will wait for their proof against Juve, Inter, Milan or Napoli. If they can win that's great.

Long way to go and Mou need to prove that he is still deserved the title "The Special One". His coaching career was not good for years after failed to give the best for several different clubs. Now he is in another new club with a good start and if he can keep up the good work with Roma (at least to be top 4 at the end of the season), it will boost his popularity back to what he used to have in the past.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Serie A, after two matches, are very interesting and the biggest surprise is from AS Roma and Jose Mourinho. They manage to win all matches and take 6 points. Their attacking system operates very well in their first matches in this season, in Serie A and UEFA Conference Cup.

~snip~

Two smooth matches and ended in victory for Mourinho. I think it's a pretty good debut for him. I don't think for the first game he will win while the second game I think they have to win. The season is still long, I think we will still witness the strength and level of stability of the league's participants. Coaches and players who can stabilize the team I think it would be better to end the league. Maybe I will wait for their proof against Juve, Inter, Milan or Napoli. If they can win that's great.

Long way to go and Mou need to prove that he is still deserved the title "The Special One". His coaching career was not good for years after failed to give the best for several different clubs. Now he is in another new club with a good start and if he can keep up the good work with Roma (at least to be top 4 at the end of the season), it will boost his popularity back to what he used to have in the past.

I would really like to see Jose Mourinho going back to old times by being successful at Roma. Because his performance with Tottenham was really poor. He was at the centre of all the criticism and people were really right about it also. Because his system wasn't working with that team, it was obvious. However, we may see a much powerful Roma in this season considering the games so far.

[Raflesia]

I think Manchester City is better choice for him to win Champions League because they have better squad and coach. Pep has more experience in Champions League than Ole. I believe this return was affected by Sir Alex.

Ronaldo may not have turned down Manchester City, but City are no longer interested in Ronaldo and that's what canceled his transfer to Manchester City. I don't think his decision to join his old team was wrong, he was welcomed by the fans and the people in the team. He will help Manchester United to get any title including the champions league title. Sir Alex missed him so much and that's what made Ronaldo back there.

After Ronaldo moved from Juventus to Manchester United I saw Juventus look very fragile and difficult to win match. So far they have only managed to collect 1 point from 2 Serie-A match and they are very unstable. Ranked 12th in the standings, Juventus are clearly under a lot of pressure.

I know Ronaldo is not uninterested in Mancity to win the title with him but Ronaldo chose Man United because the old team missed him, so this is the right choice even if it is still far from the trophy, but this possibility can happen.

This means that this has a big influence after Ronaldo left, Juventus is like a lot of pressure that can't win in 2 games, I know this is just the beginning but who knows Allegri can change it over time this season.

[Strongkored]

This means that this has a big influence after Ronaldo left, Juventus is like a lot of pressure that can't win in 2 games, I know this is just the beginning but who knows Allegri can change it over time this season.

I read in my local online media, that Ronaldo's departure from Juve gave many disappointments to other players, Ronaldo is not only a star but also a role model for his teammates, and his contribution is very big in all the teams where he plays, if the issues inside Juventus can't be fixed soon, maybe they won't be able to do much in the league or CL.