Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Hvdv]

Empoli manager Paolo Zanetti has been sacked after the huge loss against Roma. I think this was the right call for the team. Because so far they haven't collected any points and they have conceded 12 goals while scoring 0. This is just the worst kind of a start you can make honestly. They should be able to do better to stay away from the relegation zone again.

Aside from that Inter are the only team without point loss so far. They are really striking in the Serie A this season. However they struggled too much against Real Sociedad in the Champions League last night. They should consider themselves lucky for scoring the equalizer in the last minutes.

Roma has changed in a good way in this season they had more power this time.
The Roma we saw against Empoli was really amazing and unlike the last season, they had a much better performance and better forwards. In the last season, Dybala was the only option for Muriniho and obviously, he couldn't find any alternative players for Dybala, but this time gets hired Lukaku and Azmoun who can help them in the next Serie A games and make this team a scary openment for other teams.  

Roma made a big splash against Empoli. They beat them 7-0 and got one of the biggest scores in Serie A. Of course, this could be the most different match score of the year. Roma became a more effective team now that they had players who could help Dybala. It shows that they will be better this year than last year.

[topbitcoin]

I will actually say that both the defence and the attack of Milan have been a problem for them. Because first of all, they lost the match against Inter by five goals to one. And after that they had a draw against Newcastle United in the Champions League group stage match. I thought they would do better in this match because Newcastle United is not in the best of form right now.

The reason why I say that they have a problem with their attack is because they should have scored in this match. So yes, even though the defence has not been good at all recently, we cannot say that they have a good attack right now as well.

Regards

duke

There must be a difference that Milan must show in the next match even though last week we saw a frustrating derby because Inter seemed to play alone and Milan were really taught how to play football but the Champions League match was still quite good even though they only got 1 point.
The next week for Serie A is where Milan will host Verona in week 5. Verona is not a big club but at the start of this season their movement was quite different compared to last season, this must be anticipated by Milan because Verona could bite because the start of the season with 2 wins 1 draw and 1 loss is quite good for a club of Verona's class but if Milan cannot conquer Verona then they can be shaken in terms of mentality so that in week 5 they inevitably have to bring 3 points as the final result.

[QueenVera]

several times when Roma competed, we always felt a little skeptical in the previous match because they always performed very badly, but yesterday match made us all believe again to believe that Roma deserves to quickly recover from the bad luck in the past and this is the right time for Mourinho to continue to help Roma players continue to try to improve strong teamwork because in the next match they will be against Torino which is a challenge for Roma to prove that this team has made improvements that are worthy of being shown to the whole world and on the one hand Roma must prepare to compete in the European league competition the preliminary round must be really prepared with a very strong performance.

There last match have made me believe that Mourinho wasn't really comfortable with their poor start and was really helping to make things better, because they've improved and from the score line of their previous match you'll notice that,  and i believe they'll maintain this new form and even perform better in the Europa match today against sherrif, they'll be playing away from home but are still considered the preferred winners of the game

 I think this is the first time both teams are playing against eachother I f I'm not mistaken, but  I won't write Sheriff  cause they're playing at home and are currently 2nd in their league,  but that doesn't mean Roma won't dominate the game and I expect them to win with a very good scoreline 4 or so  with a brace Paulo Dybala because he's been one of the most interesting player in the team currently however I expect a goal also from Lukaku too.

[masulum]

One big win cannot be said to be an illustration that AS Roma is experiencing good development, it is not an easy thing to be able to score 7 goals in one match but each match will provide different challenges and difficulties, and the most important thing is how AS Roma can be consistent and that this has been their problem for a long time, where they can win but also lose even to teams that are not considered capable of doing it against them.
Today they will face Sheriff, in several seasons Roma has been quite good in European competitions, and maybe they will repeat these good statistics this season and go further in this competition, Lukaku will really be expected to score goals especially as he has experience playing in more prestigious tournaments.

Yep, the winning over Empoli is difficult to say that Roma has succeeded in improving its performance. It would be true if Roma won matches against big teams like Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli and others, that's not just in the first half of the season, but in all matches this season. If Roma wins over a bottom team, that is normal, because based on the quality of the players and coaches, the bottom team has lost to Roma. Serie A has only been running for 4 matches, Roma still have many matches to go through to be able to prove their improvement.

[Die_empty]

 There last match have made me believe that Mourinho wasn't really comfortable with their poor start and was really helping to make things better, because they've improved and from the score line of their previous match you'll notice that,  and i believe they'll maintain this new form and even perform better in the Europa match today against sherrif, they'll be playing away from home but are still considered the preferred winners of the game

There was a lot of improvement in the conduct of the team in their last game against Empoli. The beauty of the game was that Roma scored seven goals with a clean sheet. This is an indication that Jose Mourinho is a building a well grounded team. It can be assumed that the introduction of Romelu Lukaku and the recovery of Paulo Dybala impacted on the club positively.  The kept bombarding Empoli with constant and coordinated runs.
 

I think this is the first time both teams are playing against eachother I f I'm not mistaken, but  I won't write Sheriff  cause they're playing at home and are currently 2nd in their league,  but that doesn't mean Roma won't dominate the game and I expect them to win with a very good scoreline 4 or so  with a brace Paulo Dybala because he's been one of the most interesting player in the team currently however I expect a goal also from Lukaku too.

The Moldovan National Division league is lowly rated in Europe. The league just has eight teams and currently, FC Sheriff is in second position after winning four matches from five games. It is not right to underrate any club but I doubt the ability of the Maldovan-based club to win Roma. If the Italian side has the same quality as we saw in the last games against Empoli, they will easily get the three points.

[Republikcoin.com]

One big win cannot be said to be an illustration that AS Roma is experiencing good development, it is not an easy thing to be able to score 7 goals in one match but each match will provide different challenges and difficulties, and the most important thing is how AS Roma can be consistent and that this has been their problem for a long time, where they can win but also lose even to teams that are not considered capable of doing it against them.
Today they will face Sheriff, in several seasons Roma has been quite good in European competitions, and maybe they will repeat these good statistics this season and go further in this competition, Lukaku will really be expected to score goals especially as he has experience playing in more prestigious tournaments.

AS Roma bringing in Romelu Lukaku this season, he's the top nine and replacing injured Tammy Abraham in league games, the new attacker who prove himself on the pitch, already netted just a goal, there's more the supporters expects from him. AS Roma did start Seria A in poor condition but they amend everything and restore back their strength when they humiliated Empoli 7 nil at the stadio Olimpico. José Mourinho  have complex plans for his club, he's keen on achieving significant titles this season, perhaps we are still expecting good performance from Giallorossi.

This is José Mourinho's 3rd season with Roma, and José Mourinho is quite an experienced coach so I think no one doubts that José Mourinho can make Roma much better this season, since José Mourinho's arrival to Roma there have been many positive changes that have occurred. , and so is this season.
Even though Roma experienced a poor performance at the start of the season, I think last weekend's big win was a turning point for them this season.
And Lukaku's presence with Roma cannot be concluded yet, he is still new to the team and needs more to adapt.

[Iranus]

One big win cannot be said to be an illustration that AS Roma is experiencing good development, it is not an easy thing to be able to score 7 goals in one match but each match will provide different challenges and difficulties, and the most important thing is how AS Roma can be consistent and that this has been their problem for a long time, where they can win but also lose even to teams that are not considered capable of doing it against them.
Today they will face Sheriff, in several seasons Roma has been quite good in European competitions, and maybe they will repeat these good statistics this season and go further in this competition, Lukaku will really be expected to score goals especially as he has experience playing in more prestigious tournaments.

AS Roma bringing in Romelu Lukaku this season, he's the top nine and replacing injured Tammy Abraham in league games, the new attacker who prove himself on the pitch, already netted just a goal, there's more the supporters expects from him. AS Roma did start Seria A in poor condition but they amend everything and restore back their strength when they humiliated Empoli 7 nil at the stadio Olimpico. José Mourinho  have complex plans for his club, he's keen on achieving significant titles this season, perhaps we are still expecting good performance from Giallorossi.

This is José Mourinho's 3rd season with Roma, and José Mourinho is quite an experienced coach so I think no one doubts that José Mourinho can make Roma much better this season, since José Mourinho's arrival to Roma there have been many positive changes that have occurred. , and so is this season.
Even though Roma experienced a poor performance at the start of the season, I think last weekend's big win was a turning point for them this season.
And Lukaku's presence with Roma cannot be concluded yet, he is still new to the team and needs more to adapt.

Hopefully, with the help of Mourinho, Roma will perform better. And after Mourinho took charge of the team, Roma have improved a lot. But the problem is that Roma management is not rich enough. This is why Roma cannot provide enough funds to strengthen the squad or buy talented players. However, Mourinho continued to try to stabilize the team's performance.

Lukaku has been added to the squad this season. Lukaku is a good quality striker. Maybe he is not a regular scorer. But he can help the team if needed. I think Roma's performance will improve even more if Lukaku adapts to the team.

[BlackBoss_]

One big win cannot be said to be an illustration that AS Roma is experiencing good development, it is not an easy thing to be able to score 7 goals in one match but each match will provide different challenges and difficulties, and the most important thing is how AS Roma can be consistent and that this has been their problem for a long time, where they can win but also lose even to teams that are not considered capable of doing it against them.

The big win is against the philosophy of Mourinho. He does not want big wins but as many wins as possible in a season. Many years ago, Mourinho said something like if you win a match with big result like 10-0, it's nothing more than 3 points. If you win 10 matches with a minimal result like 1-0, you destroy the league.

I knew he is happy with Roma after having first three points in Serie A but he will force his players back to work and get other wins. With him, as quoted, minimal win is enough but his team have to win as many matches as possible.

Today they will face Sheriff, in several seasons Roma has been quite good in European competitions, and maybe they will repeat these good statistics this season and go further in this competition, Lukaku will really be expected to score goals especially as he has experience playing in more prestigious tournaments.

Lukaku started to find himself in a new club and I think he is ready to start a match with Sheriff for Roma. Sheriff is a weak opponent compares to Roma and it's chance for Roma to continue their win and get rid of more pressure.

It would be true if Roma won matches against big teams like Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli and others, that's not just in the first half of the season, but in all matches this season. If Roma wins over a bottom team, that is normal, because based on the quality of the players and coaches, the bottom team has lost to Roma. Serie A has only been running for 4 matches, Roma still have many matches to go through to be able to prove their improvement.

First they must win against weak and average clubs in Serie A and if they can do it well, they will collect many points. They don't have to win all big clashes with those big clubs even it can be a metric to assess Roma quality in Serie A. To get good ranking in a league, you must find balance between collecting points from weak team and strong team. Facing against strong teams, avoid losing points is important.

[babo]

He's just an overpaid lucky man who can't do anything
he only has the name that he uses to get paid and to convince some chicken who still thinks he is good
the Lukaku deal too, just luck. Juventus didn't want to conclude by also taking money, other teams avoided him because the fans were against it so they were able to sign him (I remember it's a loan)
So better luck than that, really.

Haha that was a frontal thing but I agree with what you said in this case.
Lukaku is not wanted anywhere and his future is in limbo when no one wants his services.
Now Roma came as a savior despite being opposed by most fans because it was considered not suitable but Roma still forced it. Actually this is an opportunity for Lukaku because if at the end of this season he at Roma does not have a good performance then it is increasingly difficult for Lukaku to be trusted by big clubs again and he also cannot force luck like this season every year.

I speak using data, look at the three years before Mourinho, Roma did very well in any case

what did Mourinho do more? Just attracting or buying strong players, well winning like that is quite easy.

I repeat for me he is not a bad coach, he is simply not that good for how much he charges, in short he is overrated

[JeffBrad12]

Empoli manager Paolo Zanetti has been sacked after the huge loss against Roma. I think this was the right call for the team. Because so far they haven't collected any points and they have conceded 12 goals while scoring 0. This is just the worst kind of a start you can make honestly. They should be able to do better to stay away from the relegation zone again.

Aside from that Inter are the only team without point loss so far. They are really striking in the Serie A this season. However they struggled too much against Real Sociedad in the Champions League last night. They should consider themselves lucky for scoring the equalizer in the last minutes.

Roma has changed in a good way in this season they had more power this time.
The Roma we saw against Empoli was really amazing and unlike the last season, they had a much better performance and better forwards. In the last season, Dybala was the only option for Muriniho and obviously, he couldn't find any alternative players for Dybala, but this time gets hired Lukaku and Azmoun who can help them in the next Serie A games and make this team a scary openment for other teams.  

Don't be overproud with roma my friend. It's just the match against empoli. Roma will be facing another match in europa league but it's a weak team like empoli. There's nothing to be praised caused by roma is still at the bottom.
Winning against empoli was not showing if roma is really going back to the what it used to be. Roma will be having harder fixtures soon. We can only hope that jose mourinho will able to handle it or roma will be on the disaster.
The won against empoli can at least boost its mentality but i don't even know what will happen once roma will face stronger team than empoli in serie a.
Roma's performance is far compared with last season. Im not hving faith to the mourinho till he will able if roma will be equally strong to the soem clubs like juventus or even duo milan which are staying at the top.

[Weawant]

Roma made a big splash against Empoli. They beat them 7-0 and got one of the biggest scores in Serie A. Of course, this could be the most different match score of the year. Roma became a more effective team now that they had players who could help Dybala. It shows that they will be better this year than last year.

Roma stands at 12th position on the league table with jus 4 points having played 5 games already, won 2 lost two and drew one, it's not a too good performance to be reconciled with but the game against empoli was a good one as the win was a land slide, although empoli is not too good a team to be able to defeat Roma but the loss they suffered was unexpected.

Roma will be facing Torino on Sunday, it is an opportunity for dybala and others to put up an outstanding play which will be capable of putting their team ahead, although going by the records Torino have played 5 games won 3 lost 1 and drew 1. As compared to Roma they seem to have a good record little above Roma as it regards the statistics above.

We shouldn't be expecting a humiliating defeat from Roma this time around as Torino will be prepared as they are aware of the recent win Roma got over empoloi. It's going to be not too easy a game for Roma, I would say if they are able to score up to three goals it could be considered a good one and I am also anticipating a goal too from Torino.

[borovichok]

I speak using data, look at the three years before Mourinho, Roma did very well in any case

what did Mourinho do more? Just attracting or buying strong players, well winning like that is quite easy.

I repeat for me he is not a bad coach, he is simply not that good for how much he charges, in short he is overrated

You're right though, AS Roma were fierce in competitive race for the scudetto but they never won it, also were prudent in the UCL football but coming through crucial phases and been eliminated were the regular turning point of the club. José Mourinho presence in the club brought in some crucial development, making them winning a trophy and some bring in the presence of outstanding players in the club. Mourinho knows what to expect and he has targets to hits every season, this present campaign can be a strategically examined success for them if they continue their streak winning.

[RaltcoinsB]

I speak using data, look at the three years before Mourinho, Roma did very well in any case

what did Mourinho do more? Just attracting or buying strong players, well winning like that is quite easy.

I repeat for me he is not a bad coach, he is simply not that good for how much he charges, in short he is overrated

You're right though, AS Roma were fierce in competitive race for the scudetto but they never won it, also were prudent in the UCL football but coming through crucial phases and been eliminated were the regular turning point of the club. José Mourinho presence in the club brought in some crucial development, making them winning a trophy and some bring in the presence of outstanding players in the club. Mourinho knows what to expect and he has targets to hits every season, this present campaign can be a strategically examined success for them if they continue their streak winning.

We can say that the probability of Roma winning the Scudetto is low, but if it wasn't for Mourinho, the club would be worse off, I think that's for sure. Mourinho has now taken the team to the best level and continues to do so. They have a cup they won and a final they played in Europe. I hope we will watch a better Rome in the coming years.

[rendravolt]

Empoli manager Paolo Zanetti has been sacked after the huge loss against Roma. I think this was the right call for the team. Because so far they haven't collected any points and they have conceded 12 goals while scoring 0. This is just the worst kind of a start you can make honestly. They should be able to do better to stay away from the relegation zone again.

~snip~

It was quite surprising but nevertheless a team has to act when too many defeats are received. Empoli is basically a bottom team that very rarely enters the relegation zone and I think as long as they can stay in Serie A every season that is more than enough than having to go down to Serie B. But the consecutive defeats at the start of this season seem unforgivable and Empoli made the right decision to fire coach Paolo Zanetti. I hope they can find a very capable coach again to be able to maintain Empoli's stability in Serie A if they don't want to be relegated this season.

Actually, Empoli's defeat against Roma yesterday was a bit worrying because Empoli conceded 7 goals and Empoli couldn't score a single goal against Roma. Maybe with his decision to fire Paolo Zanetti it was the right decision for Empoli to renew their performance. But Empoli will have to adapt again when they have a new coach and it will not be easy, it will take time for Empoli teammates to adjust and improve their team's performance so that they can recover from their current downturn. I really support his decision at this time because this action need to be taken so that it does not continue to decline the quality of the team.

It seems that even though Empoli have found a new coach this week, their challenges are not over yet because this week they will host the top of the standings, namely Inter. There is no way for Empoli to survive this match and I think they will lose again against Inter. Even though they try as hard as they can, the results are predictable and I think they have to be more patient in waiting for an opponent who is worthy enough. Empoli's situation is very chaotic and maybe they will stay in the red zone again this week.

[shinratensei_]

One big win cannot be said to be an illustration that AS Roma is experiencing good development, it is not an easy thing to be able to score 7 goals in one match but each match will provide different challenges and difficulties, and the most important thing is how AS Roma can be consistent and that this has been their problem for a long time, where they can win but also lose even to teams that are not considered capable of doing it against them.
Today they will face Sheriff, in several seasons Roma has been quite good in European competitions, and maybe they will repeat these good statistics this season and go further in this competition, Lukaku will really be expected to score goals especially as he has experience playing in more prestigious tournaments.

AS Roma bringing in Romelu Lukaku this season, he's the top nine and replacing injured Tammy Abraham in league games, the new attacker who prove himself on the pitch, already netted just a goal, there's more the supporters expects from him. AS Roma did start Seria A in poor condition but they amend everything and restore back their strength when they humiliated Empoli 7 nil at the stadio Olimpico. José Mourinho  have complex plans for his club, he's keen on achieving significant titles this season, perhaps we are still expecting good performance from Giallorossi.

Lukaku was not playing so well, even though he was scoring against empoli. I see if he is still disjointed in following the tempo from as roma. I can understand that caused by lukaku was always playing for intermilan but he is now playing for intermilan's competitor.
It's still better for him to get a place in the serie a rather than staying at the u21 team of chelsea. Jose mourinho can at least start to dig into his potential like when he was playing under mourinho in manchester united.
Perhaps mourinho will try to push him so hard in revealing his potential, but im sure lukaku can do that to help as roma to perform even better.

[Smack That Ace]

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There must be a difference that Milan must show in the next match even though last week we saw a frustrating derby because Inter seemed to play alone and Milan were really taught how to play football but the Champions League match was still quite good even though they only got 1 point.
The next week for Serie A is where Milan will host Verona in week 5. Verona is not a big club but at the start of this season their movement was quite different compared to last season, this must be anticipated by Milan because Verona could bite because the start of the season with 2 wins 1 draw and 1 loss is quite good for a club of Verona's class but if Milan cannot conquer Verona then they can be shaken in terms of mentality so that in week 5 they inevitably have to bring 3 points as the final result.

The current performance of Verona, especially in the last two matches have been pretty bad. They did start well, but overall I think we can say that the performance from them has been inconsistent. So I think Milan will have a chance to win that match. But it is definitely not going to be easy, especially when they are not very consistent themselves. They have lost the match against Inter very badly. They were able to get one point from the last match which was a Champions League match. So the confidence is definitely not the best right now for them. So they will definitely have to perform really well to be able to win the match against Verona. They will have to win this match if they want to stay at the top of the table.

regards

duke

[bangjoe]

I speak using data, look at the three years before Mourinho, Roma did very well in any case

what did Mourinho do more? Just attracting or buying strong players, well winning like that is quite easy.

I repeat for me he is not a bad coach, he is simply not that good for how much he charges, in short he is overrated

You're right though, AS Roma were fierce in competitive race for the scudetto but they never won it, also were prudent in the UCL football but coming through crucial phases and been eliminated were the regular turning point of the club. José Mourinho presence in the club brought in some crucial development, making them winning a trophy and some bring in the presence of outstanding players in the club. Mourinho knows what to expect and he has targets to hits every season, this present campaign can be a strategically examined success for them if they continue their streak winning.

We can say that the probability of Roma winning the Scudetto is low, but if it wasn't for Mourinho, the club would be worse off, I think that's for sure. Mourinho has now taken the team to the best level and continues to do so. They have a cup they won and a final they played in Europe. I hope we will watch a better Rome in the coming years.

We don't know what exactly happened to AS Roma which experienced a decline like this, until it was ranked 12th in the beginning of this season.
In the coherent history, Mourinho has a good history of some Musm back and they get a fairly brilliant achievement in my opinion, about the ups and downs of performance from AS Roma itself, in my opinion it is a natural thing and all teams must have experienced their downward nait.

Everyone has the same expectation about AS Roma, but maybe the decline that occurs requires time to return to its best performance, a lot of blunders at the beginning of the season and strategies in the game are very far from the effectiveness of last season's strategy.

[Mustang Shelby]

I speak using data, look at the three years before Mourinho, Roma did very well in any case

what did Mourinho do more? Just attracting or buying strong players, well winning like that is quite easy.

I repeat for me he is not a bad coach, he is simply not that good for how much he charges, in short he is overrated

You're right though, AS Roma were fierce in competitive race for the scudetto but they never won it, also were prudent in the UCL football but coming through crucial phases and been eliminated were the regular turning point of the club. José Mourinho presence in the club brought in some crucial development, making them winning a trophy and some bring in the presence of outstanding players in the club. Mourinho knows what to expect and he has targets to hits every season, this present campaign can be a strategically examined success for them if they continue their streak winning.

We can say that the probability of Roma winning the Scudetto is low, but if it wasn't for Mourinho, the club would be worse off, I think that's for sure. Mourinho has now taken the team to the best level and continues to do so. They have a cup they won and a final they played in Europe. I hope we will watch a better Rome in the coming years.

We don't know what exactly happened to AS Roma which experienced a decline like this, until it was ranked 12th in the beginning of this season.
In the coherent history, Mourinho has a good history of some Musm back and they get a fairly brilliant achievement in my opinion, about the ups and downs of performance from AS Roma itself, in my opinion it is a natural thing and all teams must have experienced their downward nait.

Everyone has the same expectation about AS Roma, but maybe the decline that occurs requires time to return to its best performance, a lot of blunders at the beginning of the season and strategies in the game are very far from the effectiveness of last season's strategy.

Of course, they had a worse start than last year, but when it comes to Roma and Mourinho, I think they can overcome everything. Roma is a strong team and I have full faith that they will play better matches to advance to an important position in Serie A. He could not start the season as he wanted in Napoli, but we should not talk about the continuation of the season right now.

[marcous]

We don't know what exactly happened to AS Roma which experienced a decline like this, until it was ranked 12th in the beginning of this season.
In the coherent history, Mourinho has a good history of some Musm back and they get a fairly brilliant achievement in my opinion, about the ups and downs of performance from AS Roma itself, in my opinion it is a natural thing and all teams must have experienced their downward nait.

Everyone has the same expectation about AS Roma, but maybe the decline that occurs requires time to return to its best performance, a lot of blunders at the beginning of the season and strategies in the game are very far from the effectiveness of last season's strategy.

Several key AS Roma players suffered injuries at the start of the season, I think this was one of the factors in the decline in the performance of Mourinho squad. I agree with your opinion that ups and downs in performance are normal, especially since Roma is not active enough in the transfer market in hunting for players. Lukaku's presence can at least help the Giallorossi improve their performance, if they can finish in the UCL zone I think that's good enough.

I think inadequate financial factors mean that Roma cannot have much say in Serie A, in contrast to Inter, Juventus, Milan, which last summer were quite active in hunting for players. So the results that Roma are currently achieving are very commensurate with their expenditure, I think if Pep Guardiola were in Mourinho current position the situation would not be much different.

[fzkto]

Empoli manager Paolo Zanetti has been sacked after the huge loss against Roma. I think this was the right call for the team. Because so far they haven't collected any points and they have conceded 12 goals while scoring 0. This is just the worst kind of a start you can make honestly. They should be able to do better to stay away from the relegation zone again.

Aside from that Inter are the only team without point loss so far. They are really striking in the Serie A this season. However they struggled too much against Real Sociedad in the Champions League last night. They should consider themselves lucky for scoring the equalizer in the last minutes.

Italian participation in this round of Champions League wasn't successful anyway, maybe only for Napoli which won their game, also in the last minutes of the game.
Inter got a draw vs Real Sociedad, Milan got a draw also but vs Newcastle making things more interesting inside the groups.
By the way even Lazio was able to bring a draw from an away game by the header of the goalkeeper.

It's interesting that the Italian teams had about the same result at the start of this Champions League season. Napoli probably just had an easy opponent. By the way, it is interesting that last European Cups season Italian clubs played in the finals and all lost.