Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

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Juventus got robbed this evening with 2 missing penalties and a missing red card while Inter have robbed in the last 4 games.

it is clear who will win in the end.

To be honest, I didn't watch the Genoa vs Juventus match but if I heard your statement it was really sad for Juventus. They are in good form so any win should be theirs. But unfortunately the match ended in a draw which made Juventus fail to gain Inter's position at the top of the standings.

I don't know for sure what Juventus experienced but at least they didn't lose in this match and despite the polemic in Serie A, we shouldn't be surprised by something strange because Italy is always known for having several important people behind it.

I don't think this draw is an exaggeration, it is a normal thing that happens in football although it is a bit of a shame for Juventus who failed to get full points, I saw some footage of this match and indeed the Genoa team's defense worked very well so it was very difficult for Juventus to penetrate it.
However, I hope that Juventus will not be affected by this result so that it can continue its positive trend in the next match.

And this week is the right time for Inter Milan to slightly widen the points gap in the Serie A standings.

[Awaklara]

And this week is the right time for Inter Milan to slightly widen the points gap in the Serie A standings.

Inter will face Lazio, just hope the situation is not like Juventus' result against Genoa. If Inter can gain an advantage from this match, maybe it will slightly increase the points gap with Juventus.
Inter knows that Lazio is not a weak team, they do not underestimate their opponents if they want to win. I haven't seen the Odds offer for this match, if it's profitable to bet on Inter winning, maybe I'll bet. or bet on both teams to score.

[OcTradism]

Inter will face Lazio, just hope the situation is not like Juventus' result against Genoa. If Inter can gain an advantage from this match, maybe it will slightly increase the points gap with Juventus.
Inter knows that Lazio is not a weak team, they do not underestimate their opponents if they want to win. I haven't seen the Odds offer for this match, if it's profitable to bet on Inter winning, maybe I'll bet. or bet on both teams to score.

Lazio are not as strong as they were in the past but they are still a big club and have their ambitious target like top four. This match is important for both Inter Milan and Lazio, the first club are racing for Scudetto and the second club, as said, are racing for top four or at least a position that allows them to join Europa League or Conference League in 2024 - 2025 season.

They understand each other well and Inter Milan, even know that they are stronger, will start this match with so much carefulness. They know ability of Lazio and also don't want to drop points in this match that if happens, will affect their position in a race with Juventus for Scudetto.

A piece of good news in Roma and a good step forward from this team is about extending the contract of their young talent, Edoardo Bove.
This 21-year-old player had a good performance this season and he scored a goal for Roma during the time when he was playing for this team.
Edoardo Bove extended his contract with Roma until 2028.

It is a good news for them. Bove is talented and he is their home-grown player. The player has good growth in recent seasons and potentially can be built up as a new legendary player for AS Roma like Francesco Totti, Daniele De Rossi.

Bove has a lot of energy when he is playing and I see he is more like De Rossi than Totti. He is more like a box to box midfielder than a play maker like Totti.

[Leviathan.007]

The challenging thing for Inzaghi in this season is about their player Cuadrado.
Inter Milan will need to hire a right-back during the winter because their player Cuadrado is injured and he needs to have surgery soon which means he won't be able to play for a long time and this can be challenging for Inter Milan and their coach Inzaghi to find a replacement for Cuadrado.
Cuadrado joined Inter Milan for from from Juventus and now Inter Milan should spend money to hire another right back for the rest of this season.

[klidex]

Juventus opened the week by an away game against Genoa however it wasn't a positive opening for Juventus at the same time.    They couldn't use their influence much here interestingly. Genoa were able to play at the same level with them. I mean their xG wasn't much different than Juventus and the number of goal attempts was also the same.

Juventus are one of the best defense teams this season and I thought they would keep their advantage when they got ahead first here as well. However Genoa's effort deserved to be appreciated really. This is a really good opportunity for Inter to open the gap with Juventus more in the standings but first they had better manage to beat Lazio away.

Genoa at home have always troubled Juventus whenever they have met in the last five fixtures now tonight was no different from what the other games resulted.
The defenders have done them part making sure they don't concede more than the only goal scored by Genoa. Maybe the attackers did well to score but didn't get a good outcome. Learnt they should have been awarded penalties which they didn't.

Predictions tommorow would still be for Inter Milan to share those points with Lazio even of they lost to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League group stages. At the end of the season, Juventus failure to sign a player who's attacking minded would make them lose out on winning the Scudetto Competition this season.

I don't think it's because Genoa is playing at home and causing trouble for Juventus, but Juventus' attackers are not strong enough to break through Genoa's defense, even though statistically, Genoa is not a strong club. Juventus should be able to take advantage of its opportunities to win, but unfortunately Juventus couldn't do more many and were only able to take the lead in the first half without adding additional goals to seal the win until Genoa finally equalized in the second half.

Juventus defense looks strong this season, but Juventus attack line and front line are not as strong as Inter Milan. They can create lots of goals to seal victory, especially as Juventus productivity is very different from Inter Milan's. I doubt whether Juventus can beat Inter Milan in the race Scudetto this season, if they want to make changes, Juventus must improve their front line and create sharpness like their rival Inter Milan. If they continue like this, I worried that they will be defeated by a mediocre team or a team that can create more than 1 chances, in this case it is very visible if Juventus seems to have difficulty creating more than 1 goal, they mostly win by a narrow score.

In my opinion, seeing Juventus draw with Genoa will definitely make Inter Milan think this is a golden opportunity for Inter Milan to widen the gap with Juventus. After successfully beating Napoli away from home with a landslide score, I think Inter Milan will definitely be able to beat Lazio in the next match.

[asriloni]

The draw achieved by Juventus was an opportunity for Inter Milan to increase the points gap. However, Lazio could be the team that can thwart this ambition. Lazio performance has not been very good this season. Even though they only in 10th position, that doesn't mean they can't beat Inter.

Winning with narrow score was good but it will not be a good thing forever. That means juventus has lost an ability to score as many goals as possible. The possible choice for allegri to sack the current attackings line then replace them with the new players
The attacking lines of juventus was so poorly. Juventus was losing the game if the referee was not awarding it a penalty. Based on this game if juventus is inferior compared to the genoa.
I meant look at how genoa was scoring its goal through openplay. The different was very big. This is why im always doubting any match of juventus. The club is performing so badly.

In another match, AC Milan will meet AC Monza, Milan must win to reduce the gap with Juventus. So there is a chance to still be able to compete for the Scudetto.

That's only happening when acmilan will able to dominate the game. Acmilan needs to be careful to avoid the same result like juventus. It shall not underestimate its opponent right now
Even though monza was not strong enough but was enough to destroy acmilan.

[rendravolt]

Juventus got robbed this evening with 2 missing penalties and a missing red card while Inter have robbed in the last 4 games.

it is clear who will win in the end.

To be honest, I didn't watch the Genoa vs Juventus match but if I heard your statement it was really sad for Juventus. They are in good form so any win should be theirs. But unfortunately the match ended in a draw which made Juventus fail to gain Inter's position at the top of the standings.

I don't know for sure what Juventus experienced but at least they didn't lose in this match and despite the polemic in Serie A, we shouldn't be surprised by something strange because Italy is always known for having several important people behind it.

I don't think this draw is an exaggeration, it is a normal thing that happens in football although it is a bit of a shame for Juventus who failed to get full points, I saw some footage of this match and indeed the Genoa team's defense worked very well so it was very difficult for Juventus to penetrate it.
However, I hope that Juventus will not be affected by this result so that it can continue its positive trend in the next match.

And this week is the right time for Inter Milan to slightly widen the points gap in the Serie A standings.

Indeed, Genoa's defense did well, but what is being discussed here are fouls which should have resulted in 2x penalties for Juventus and that is why in this match Juventus felt like they were robbed. Maybe you also don't understand how the competition in Serie A works and so far many people still doubt its transparency because of the power of important people in it.

Well, that's what happened and as I said before at least Juventus didn't lose and still got 1 point from the draw, that's also quite important for Inter to continue to stick in the standings. Next time I hope Juventus will be luckier and can continue to be confident.

[hd49728]

The challenging thing for Inzaghi in this season is about their player Cuadrado.
Inter Milan will need to hire a right-back during the winter because their player Cuadrado is injured and he needs to have surgery soon which means he won't be able to play for a long time and this can be challenging for Inter Milan and their coach Inzaghi to find a replacement for Cuadrado.
Cuadrado joined Inter Milan for from from Juventus and now Inter Milan should spend money to hire another right back for the rest of this season.

Cuadrado is an old player and Juventus had reasons to let Cuadrado moves to Inter Milan. Without this serious injury, Inter Milan must know that they can not use the player as their main player for too long. They already experienced it with Edin Dzeko who is playing as alternatives for Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martinez. Even in the last season, when they went to a final match in Champions League, Dzeko plays his role as an alternative player only.

This injury is bad for the player Cuadrado and Inter Milan because at his age, it will take longer time for recovery and he even might not return to his best form after the injury.

[TastyChillySauce00]

The probability of a draw is bigger than a team winning, yet Juventus still has an opportunity to score and grab 3 points in this match.
Juventus needs these points to keep up with Inter and avoid seeing them getting a gap up to four points this round. Genoa too need to get points, even one point is a good result for them since they are facing a top team like Juventus.
Only few minutes of the game and the result is still 1 - 1.

It is very unfortunate to see the final result of the match between Genoa and Juventus. It could be said that the match was quite even between the two. It cannot be denied that Genoa's performance today is quite impressive, especially being able to hold Juventus to a draw and also hold Juventus to a dominating draw. Genoa could really keep up with Juventus until the end. Personally, I was quite surprised by the result because I thought Juventus would win because their opponents are usually not that difficult to beat

People are too underestimate genoa till they forgot that if genoa was also good enough in preventing the big club to get the full points. Genoa was performing so well while juventus may be having poor performance like this in upcoming game. Im not calling juventus bad but the stats was showing is the truth. Genoa was as strong as juventus. It can be seen from who genoa was able getting equal stats compared to the juventus. This is very bad result for all of bettors. People are not feeling so good with the current result.
Juventus has been performing so badly in this game. It was not able building a proper attack against genoa. Juventus needs to strengthen its attacking line again. I must blame juventus shows a shitty gameplay against girona.
The club has no direction when it was attacking. A club like juventus shall be dominating the competition. It's very bad for juventus to play so poorly.
Poor juventus. good luck next time.

[DanWalker]

The challenging thing for Inzaghi in this season is about their player Cuadrado.
Inter Milan will need to hire a right-back during the winter because their player Cuadrado is injured and he needs to have surgery soon which means he won't be able to play for a long time and this can be challenging for Inter Milan and their coach Inzaghi to find a replacement for Cuadrado.
Cuadrado joined Inter Milan for from from Juventus and now Inter Milan should spend money to hire another right back for the rest of this season.

Cuadrado is an old player and Juventus had reasons to let Cuadrado moves to Inter Milan. Without this serious injury, Inter Milan must know that they can not use the player as their main player for too long. They already experienced it with Edin Dzeko who is playing as alternatives for Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martinez. Even in the last season, when they went to a final match in Champions League, Dzeko plays his role as an alternative player only.

This injury is bad for the player Cuadrado and Inter Milan because at his age, it will take longer time for recovery and he even might not return to his best form after the injury.

It is definitely going to be hard for him to actually return to the form that he was in. And I absolutely agree that they are not going to be able to use him as a main player. Because he is going to get injured much more frequently if they do that. So I hope they understand what they are going to do. The approach with him should be making him a substitute player for someone who will frequently think best after playing a full match. If using regularly, it will be a better idea to not play him a full match and probably play him for 45- 60 minutes.

[Oluwa-btc]

The challenging thing for Inzaghi in this season is about their player Cuadrado.
Inter Milan will need to hire a right-back during the winter because their player Cuadrado is injured and he needs to have surgery soon which means he won't be able to play for a long time and this can be challenging for Inter Milan and their coach Inzaghi to find a replacement for Cuadrado.
Cuadrado joined Inter Milan for from from Juventus and now Inter Milan should spend money to hire another right back for the rest of this season.

The board has come to agreement over signing a player to fill up the role for Juan Cuadrado. He's such a great player who adds both to them defense and attackers at the same time. They want same energy. If they're to win the league then they must do everything possible to do that. Tomorrow, I don't see them winning the game against Lazio, they will share the points this might be due to the absence of Juan Cuadrado and fatigue of them squad.

Napoli should win today at home, why lose for the third time in the Seria A? They would not want that. Losing Empoli, Juventus and now Cagliari? That's not happening. I don't know if Victor Oshime will be on the list of players that will score he did well to score in thr Champions League clash against Braga to help his side round up the knockouts.

Props to Juventus, at least the draw is more important than lose. Securing a place in the league standing is what's mandatory.

[marcous]

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It is very unfortunate to see the final result of the match between Genoa and Juventus. It could be said that the match was quite even between the two. It cannot be denied that Genoa's performance today is quite impressive, especially being able to hold Juventus to a draw and also hold Juventus to a dominating draw. Genoa could really keep up with Juventus until the end. Personally, I was quite surprised by the result because I thought Juventus would win because their opponents are usually not that difficult to beat

People are too underestimate genoa till they forgot that if genoa was also good enough in preventing the big club to get the full points. Genoa was performing so well while juventus may be having poor performance like this in upcoming game. Im not calling juventus bad but the stats was showing is the truth. Genoa was as strong as juventus. It can be seen from who genoa was able getting equal stats compared to the juventus. This is very bad result for all of bettors. People are not feeling so good with the current result.
Juventus has been performing so badly in this game. It was not able building a proper attack against genoa. Juventus needs to strengthen its attacking line again. I must blame juventus shows a shitty gameplay against girona.
The club has no direction when it was attacking. A club like juventus shall be dominating the competition. It's very bad for juventus to play so poorly.
Poor juventus. good luck next time.

Juventus wasted the opportunity to temporarily lead the standings from Inter Milan, and it's a shame they have to be willing to share points with Genoa. Alleggri has to postpone his current dream of overtaking Inter, and if Inter wins over Lazio it will create a 4 point gap at the top of the standings.

The course of the match was beyond everyone predictions, they didn't expect Genoa to be able to become a stumbling block and stop the Bianconeri progress. Additionally, if Juventus lose too many points then it will be very difficult to put pressure on Inter in the future, and I think Alleggri really needs to add to his squad in the january transfer window, so that they can have appropriate squad depth. making it easier for them to win the Scudetto this season.

If Juventus has difficulty securing points, then Inter will lead the standings alone, because we know that Milan, Roma and Napoli are still having difficulty improving and stabilizing their performance. This will make it easier for Inter to secure the Scudetto, and Juventus must be able to take advantage of the small match schedule to better prepare for the upcoming matches.

[Zanab247]

Compared to the quality of the squad, I think Juventus has a less qualified squad. That's why Inter has more chances, but they will also play important matches in the UCL. Additionally, players may have international country matches and if they get injured in those matches, this could affect Inter greatly. It promises to be a great season this year. It is a very enjoyable season to watch.

It is not wrong to look at the quality of the squad in each team for this season, but because Juventus does not have a tighter match schedule like Inter Milan has this season. Of course, Juventus also has the opportunity to win a trophy this season in the Italian League because Juventus can maintain the fitness of its own players for every match in Serie A this season. So that is what has enabled Juventus to continue to approach Inter Milan at the top of the standings to date.

The quality of the players will make you to predict for such team to win their game, I believe you saw what happened to Juventus last game that made them to draw their game with small team 1:1, show that they don't have the quality players like Inter Milan in this season. Juventus can only try to come close to 2nd or 3rd position in this season but it will be difficult for Juventus to lift the trophy because there are many teams that are ahead of them in the Italy serie A table.

Now that Juventus draw their game and,it has reduced their points and there is a hope that Inter Milan will win their next game to achieve more points to gap Juventus that is trying to over take the first position from them but they ended up draw yesterday.

[Jody.Drummer]

The challenging thing for Inzaghi in this season is about their player Cuadrado.
Inter Milan will need to hire a right-back during the winter because their player Cuadrado is injured and he needs to have surgery soon which means he won't be able to play for a long time and this can be challenging for Inter Milan and their coach Inzaghi to find a replacement for Cuadrado.
Cuadrado joined Inter Milan for from from Juventus and now Inter Milan should spend money to hire another right back for the rest of this season.

He still has some names on the bench that can replace injured players, but the problem is whether he will be able to replace them very well or not, of course it is a risk that must be considered as well. But if the coach will give more confidence then it can be done, with a note that he must be able to accept all the worst possibilities. So far they are the most solid club, so it can be said that the main squad formed in defense does have a very good performance and the chemistry between them has been created very well. And when that happens, if one of their players has to be absent, then they have to recreate the chemistry with the replacement player.

[makishart]

The challenging thing for Inzaghi in this season is about their player Cuadrado.
Inter Milan will need to hire a right-back during the winter because their player Cuadrado is injured and he needs to have surgery soon which means he won't be able to play for a long time and this can be challenging for Inter Milan and their coach Inzaghi to find a replacement for Cuadrado.
Cuadrado joined Inter Milan for from from Juventus and now Inter Milan should spend money to hire another right back for the rest of this season.

Is it a serious problem for intermilan? it's not even a serious problem. Intermilan is still having damian which is as good as cuadrado and how can intermilan need to recruit a new player? it doesn't even make sense. Simeone has been fully preparing for this situation. Interimlan is still having damian on its site as a back up for cuadrado which was injured. he was also a very good RB at this moment too. Never try to underestimate him. There's no need to find a replacement for cuadrado.
Intermila is still having some players who can also play as RB as well It was not a serious problem for intermilan. Intermilan needs only to focus on how to build the club to be even better than before.

Intermilan has so many great players on its secondary squad. Missing cuadrado was nothing. I remind you that intermilan played very well last season without cuadradi.
Why shall we feel worry about that? Damian will be showing his amazing performance.

[bitLeap]

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Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis can only try his best but he doesn't suit in the required position to upgrade his club, he has appointed and sack managers in past months, he's yet to confined in any of these managers. However the present one, Walter Mazzarri seems promising and he's been given a chance to prove himself. Luciano Spalleti is the cause of the inconsistent and dissapointing results encounter by Napoli this season, we have different teams that don't always make it to significant positions every season, they just fight to maintain significant spots on the table, I would rather call it survival.

However, the situation does not seem to be any better than last season. Napoli stumbled in 6th position and made no changes. If it is true that Walter Mazzarri provides something different, is it certain that at the end of the season we can return to the top of the standings like Spalletti did? So, that's a real challenge, not just empty talk but we'll see where Napoli will end this season, which some people think coach Mazzarri is better than Spalletti. We evaluate the last 4 matches, 2 of which were heavy defeats and that was in Serie A, namely by Juventus and Inter. Aren't we talking about the fact that I think this season Napoli will have a hard time reclaiming the top of the standings if Mazzarri doesn't prove himself to be better than Spalletti.

[Doell]

The challenging thing for Inzaghi in this season is about their player Cuadrado.
Inter Milan will need to hire a right-back during the winter because their player Cuadrado is injured and he needs to have surgery soon which means he won't be able to play for a long time and this can be challenging for Inter Milan and their coach Inzaghi to find a replacement for Cuadrado.
Cuadrado joined Inter Milan for from from Juventus and now Inter Milan should spend money to hire another right back for the rest of this season.

Is it a serious problem for intermilan? it's not even a serious problem. Intermilan is still having damian which is as good as cuadrado and how can intermilan need to recruit a new player? it doesn't even make sense. Simeone has been fully preparing for this situation. Interimlan is still having damian on its site as a back up for cuadrado which was injured. he was also a very good RB at this moment too. Never try to underestimate him. There's no need to find a replacement for cuadrado.
Intermila is still having some players who can also play as RB as well It was not a serious problem for intermilan. Intermilan needs only to focus on how to build the club to be even better than before.

Intermilan has so many great players on its secondary squad. Missing cuadrado was nothing. I remind you that intermilan played very well last season without cuadradi.
Why shall we feel worry about that? Damian will be showing his amazing performance.

Actually, it's not a serious problem for Inter Milan because this player is also not very good. But the current situation of the Inter Milan squad doesn't look really good, the reason is, Denzel Dumfries also injured and Inter surely lacks second tier players in that position if Cuadrado unavailable too. Even though Inter still have Damian, but this player is a mainstay player for Simeone Inzaghi, and he needs other players to strengthen the depth of his squad.

If Inter can recruit a new players in the transfer window next month, then will be a better for Simeone Inzaghi because him has other alternative players. But if not, then I'm afraid Simeone Inzaghi will get trouble in the second half of this season. Especially, if Damian are also get injured, then the situation will be more difficult for Simeone.

[QueenVera]

Is it a serious problem for intermilan? it's not even a serious problem. Intermilan is still having damian which is as good as cuadrado and how can intermilan need to recruit a new player? it doesn't even make sense. Simeone has been fully preparing for this situation. Interimlan is still having damian on its site as a back up for cuadrado which was injured. he was also a very good RB at this moment too. Never try to underestimate him. There's no need to find a replacement for cuadrado.
Intermila is still having some players who can also play as RB as well It was not a serious problem for intermilan. Intermilan needs only to focus on how to build the club to be even better than before.

Intermilan has so many great players on its secondary squad. Missing cuadrado was nothing. I remind you that intermilan played very well last season without cuadradi.
Why shall we feel worry about that? Damian will be showing his amazing performance.

Well I don't know how serious the injury is but since it's one that requires him to undergo a surgery, that means Inter would have to look for a temporary replacement for him, well like you said they still got Damian but if he was as good as Cuadrado then I don't think Intermilan would had got him but also in as much as Damian is still available, I think they'll still need a substitute player to stand for him in case of fatigue or a necessary substitution in that position.

 Well the coach have the final say and solution to this issue, it's left for him to decide if he'll get an additional player to replace Cuadrado or not, and the good thing is that the transfer window is by the corner therefore they'll have to take advantage of it and make the necessary changes or additions to their squad, just incase need be.

[Strongkored]

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Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis can only try his best but he doesn't suit in the required position to upgrade his club, he has appointed and sack managers in past months, he's yet to confined in any of these managers. However the present one, Walter Mazzarri seems promising and he's been given a chance to prove himself. Luciano Spalleti is the cause of the inconsistent and dissapointing results encounter by Napoli this season, we have different teams that don't always make it to significant positions every season, they just fight to maintain significant spots on the table, I would rather call it survival.

However, the situation does not seem to be any better than last season. Napoli stumbled in 6th position and made no changes. If it is true that Walter Mazzarri provides something different, is it certain that at the end of the season we can return to the top of the standings like Spalletti did? So, that's a real challenge, not just empty talk but we'll see where Napoli will end this season, which some people think coach Mazzarri is better than Spalletti. We evaluate the last 4 matches, 2 of which were heavy defeats and that was in Serie A, namely by Juventus and Inter. Aren't we talking about the fact that I think this season Napoli will have a hard time reclaiming the top of the standings if Mazzarri doesn't prove himself to be better than Spalletti.

I think Napoli's new coach is only targeted at making this team appear more stable and not lose easily because they lost to Empoli which is a pretty real picture of decline.
Napoli's position is quite far from being the Serie A champions and they are already 14 points behind Inter Milan in points so it will be difficult for Napoli to defend the title and we can say that they have failed to defend the title.
Is Napoli's current new coach better than Luciano Spalleti? I don't think that's something that can be compared, even if Mazzari stays at Napoli for several seasons and succeeds in bringing this team back to being champions, it still can't be compared because Spalletti will probably get a new title with the team Italian national as coach of the team.

[Z_MBFM]

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Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis can only try his best but he doesn't suit in the required position to upgrade his club, he has appointed and sack managers in past months, he's yet to confined in any of these managers. However the present one, Walter Mazzarri seems promising and he's been given a chance to prove himself. Luciano Spalleti is the cause of the inconsistent and dissapointing results encounter by Napoli this season, we have different teams that don't always make it to significant positions every season, they just fight to maintain significant spots on the table, I would rather call it survival.

However, the situation does not seem to be any better than last season. Napoli stumbled in 6th position and made no changes. If it is true that Walter Mazzarri provides something different, is it certain that at the end of the season we can return to the top of the standings like Spalletti did? So, that's a real challenge, not just empty talk but we'll see where Napoli will end this season, which some people think coach Mazzarri is better than Spalletti. We evaluate the last 4 matches, 2 of which were heavy defeats and that was in Serie A, namely by Juventus and Inter. Aren't we talking about the fact that I think this season Napoli will have a hard time reclaiming the top of the standings if Mazzarri doesn't prove himself to be better than Spalletti.

I think Napoli's new coach is only targeted at making this team appear more stable and not lose easily because they lost to Empoli which is a pretty real picture of decline.
Napoli's position is quite far from being the Serie A champions and they are already 14 points behind Inter Milan in points so it will be difficult for Napoli to defend the title and we can say that they have failed to defend the title.
Is Napoli's current new coach better than Luciano Spalleti? I don't think that's something that can be compared, even if Mazzari stays at Napoli for several seasons and succeeds in bringing this team back to being champions, it still can't be compared because Spalletti will probably get a new title with the team Italian national as coach of the team.

Napoli have fallen behind by many points, they were seen at the top position in the points table before but now they are many points behind Inter who are at the top position, so it does not seem possible for Napoli to come back to the top position in this series to overcome such a gap. Inter and Juventus are performing well enough that they are likely to be champions of this year's Italian league. the points gap between Inter and Juventus is not too big so Juventus can overtake Inter at any time. Juventus is a very good team and they have a good reputation in the game of football