Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[MAAManda]

They embarrassed themselves, losing to a club from the SPL even though they actually dominated the match (statistically), playing attacking but only making 2 shots on goal from 14 attempted shots. Meanwhile, on the other side, Al-Ittihad with 8 attempted shots, had 4 shots on goal, this shows that Inter players are not good at taking advantage of their opportunities. Regardless of whether they play seriously or not, losing to a team that is actually at a different level is something embarrassing.

I didn't take it too seriously because this defeat happened in a friendly game. On paper, Inter Milan were clearly favored over Al-Ittihad because the two teams were at very different levels, but Inter actually lost to the team without being able to reply with a single goal. Inter did not play seriously in this game because they knew that the official match would start soon, preparation and squad completeness needed to be prioritized rather than chasing victory in a game that was not competing for anything. Although Inter lost by more than two goals to Al-Ittihad, it will not make Inter's level drop, if this game is repeated in the official game, maybe Inter will make Al-Ittihad go home with a big defeat.

You didn't take it seriously because you didn't bet on this match, my POV isn't a general POV regarding football, but also a bettor's POV, honestly, I was angry with them, I gave a handicap to Al-Ittihad, but they even lost, as if the one who had to give the handicap was Al-Ittihad and not Inter Milan. I saw this as a chance to make some easy money, but they left me disappointed, can't wait for the league to open so there are no more rubbish friendlies.

[Jatiluhung]

You didn't take it seriously because you didn't bet on this match, my POV isn't a general POV regarding football, but also a bettor's POV, honestly, I was angry with them, I gave a handicap to Al-Ittihad, but they even lost, as if the one who had to give the handicap was Al-Ittihad and not Inter Milan. I saw this as a chance to make some easy money, but they left me disappointed, can't wait for the league to open so there are no more rubbish friendlies.

But even though the league will open soon, we all know that every match at the start of the season is just as risky as pre-season matches. So I always bet small at the start of the season. Because last season I experienced consecutive defeats due to having too much faith in Napoli. But so far Inter Milan has not disappointed me except for this pre-season match. I understand your disappointment because I also bet on that match. But as a fan of Italian football, to be honest, I still saw Inter Milan playing well in that match even though they lost. So, when Serie A starts, I'm pretty sure I will always bet on Inter Milan. And I am sure that Inter Milan will repeat its glory just like last season.

[Catenaccio]

It is very clear that a player like Federico Chiesa is still really needed at Juventus. This player is always ready to be placed anywhere on the attack line. He can be a striker or winger. And actually I hope Thiago Motta includes this player in his plans for Juventus' main squad. But in reality, this player is on the list of players who will be sold if a team wants to recruit him. And actually it wasn't the player who wanted to leave Juventus, but the coach who didn't include Federico Chiesa in his plans for the next season.

Some seasons ago, Federico Chiesa is an important player in Juventus but after getting several injuries, his body was affected and his contribution for Juventus dropped a lot. If we look at the last two seasons, Chiesa did not have considerable contributions for Juventus and the poor performances for Italy this summer in Euro 2024 can be very last reasons for Juventus to think of separation with Chiesa.

I don't know what Thiago Motta was thinking at that time but now it seems clear that this player will stay and I am sure that in the end Federico Chiesa will be part of the plans made by Thiago Motta.

Only if the coach can not find better player than Chiesea, then keeping Chiesa is a best choice for Thiago Motta. Because Chiesa potentially can help Juventus to have speed, creativeness and good attack power even he is no longer at his best level.

[Uruhara]

There were some rumors about Federico Chiesa and this player was about to leave we saw the news about Federico Chiesa leaving Juventus because Motta doesn't want to have this payer anymore in Juventus,
But it seems everything is compilated and now Federico Chiesa doesn't want to leave the team and he wants to stay there in Juventus. He recently posted something about Juventus and himself wearing the shirt of his team. Federico Chiesa's agent was recently in London and we were expecting to see Federico Chiesa playing for Chelsea and Tottenham in the next season. But considering the post he published he wants to stay for a longer time.

Chiesa's post about Juventus is a classic emotional move, but the situation stinks of bad strategy. If Motta doesn't see him fitting into the system, Chiesa's looking at a long season on the bench, and that's career suicide for a player of his caliber

Loyalty is great, but this is professional sports, not a family reunion. Chiesa needs to play, and if that means moving to a club where his skills are valued - Chelsea, Tottenham, wherever - then that's the move

Juventus fans might love him, but watching a talent like Chiesa rot on the bench is an insult to the game itself. He's got too much potential to waste

For the career of the player, Federico Chiesa, he really shouldn't be able to stay at a club that might not even give him much playing time next season. Because I heard that Motta did not include Federico Chiesa in his plans. And that's not good news for this player. So I don't think Juventus' move to sell this player is a bad step. Not only for the sake of the club but also for the future or career of the player himself. Currently, many clubs have been linked with interest in this player, but I have not heard of any club seriously approaching him. Even Federico Chiesa was offered to AC Milan. And yeah, it seems like AC Milan isn't that interested. And there is the latest news that someone is suggesting Man United recruit Federico Chiesa. But even that is just a rumor. So I feel that Federico Chiesa will have difficulty finding a new club even though Juventus is trying to let him go.

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You didn't take it seriously because you didn't bet on this match, my POV isn't a general POV regarding football, but also a bettor's POV, honestly, I was angry with them, I gave a handicap to Al-Ittihad, but they even lost, as if the one who had to give the handicap was Al-Ittihad and not Inter Milan. I saw this as a chance to make some easy money, but they left me disappointed, can't wait for the league to open so there are no more rubbish friendlies.

I was in your shoes a few days ago in this preseason match having a defeat that was upsetting and disappointing. But still we have to be patient and understand that nothing can be predicted in a friendly match. Maybe I would also bet on the same option as you because teams from the SPL rarely win in friendly matches but it was very surprising after reading your reply that Inter conceded 2 goals without a fight.
It's really sad to see a match like this even though it's not a serious match but I feel the disappointment you feel but this is an experience to bet on other options that are a little less risky.

Maybe betting on the number of scores over or under is a less risky option.

[rendravolt]

Okay guys, as has been revealed if we will be able to see De Gea back on the field and of course this will be his new adventure with Fiorentina.

I think De Gea is starting to get bored because he spent his days for the past year without ever feeling the match and since leaving Manchester United he has had a hard time getting the team he wants. We know that before leaving Manchester United he received the golden glove award.

Fiorentina's offer must be very powerful to be able to sign him and of course the salary issue has been discussed well between the two parties. I just hope De Gea can perform well again and keep Fiorentina's goal from conceding. His experience will be very much needed and I hope Fiorentina can be a comfortable home for him.

[Altryist]

There were some rumors about Federico Chiesa and this player was about to leave we saw the news about Federico Chiesa leaving Juventus because Motta doesn't want to have this payer anymore in Juventus,
But it seems everything is compilated and now Federico Chiesa doesn't want to leave the team and he wants to stay there in Juventus. He recently posted something about Juventus and himself wearing the shirt of his team. Federico Chiesa's agent was recently in London and we were expecting to see Federico Chiesa playing for Chelsea and Tottenham in the next season. But considering the post he published he wants to stay for a longer time.

So far I see a lot of speculation that Chiesa can continue his career in the Premier League in Chelsea or Tottenham, or La Liga in Barcelona, ​​there are also speculations that he can continue playing in Milan, not that it can be true, but that it is rumors. But I have not seen anywhere that Chiesa could stay in Juventus.

Inter must understand their current condition because after all with the status of defending champions they will definitely do their best so that the performance next season must be even better because apart from the demands that must be like that, they must also have prestige so that the trophy that has been obtained cannot be released just like that.

Of course this will not be as easy as before because with their status in the next season (defending champions) there is a burden that they must carry even though this is not implied but the burden to defend the Scudetto is of course very clear even though it cannot be denied that there seems to be a kind of curse for champions who until now have not been back to back from several seasons that have occurred but that will not shake Inter's intentions now because they will definitely work hard to realize it.

Inter have everything to defend their title, from what I see, perhaps their most likely rival for the Scudetto could be Milan, they have worked very well in the transfer market and look very good in friendly matches. It is important that Fonseca correctly calculates the team's up to optimal form not much earlier than the end of the season, but I think he has enough experience not to allow this.

[Gallar]

Okay guys, as has been revealed if we will be able to see De Gea back on the field and of course this will be his new adventure with Fiorentina.

I think De Gea is starting to get bored because he spent his days for the past year without ever feeling the match and since leaving Manchester United he has had a hard time getting the team he wants. We know that before leaving Manchester United he received the golden glove award.

Fiorentina's offer must be very powerful to be able to sign him and of course the salary issue has been discussed well between the two parties. I just hope De Gea can perform well again and keep Fiorentina's goal from conceding. His experience will be very much needed and I hope Fiorentina can be a comfortable home for him.

After his contract with Manchester United last season expired, De Gea was completely unemployed this season. Maybe De Gea did that on purpose to rest. Because if it is said that De Gea does not yet have a club that is interested in him, of course this is very wrong. The reason is, after De Gea left Manchester United, many teams wanted his services, such as the Saudi Arabian League team. But maybe De Gea wants to rest and decides not to take a contract from this team. But now Fiorentina seems to have succeeded in convincing De Gea to return to playing again. Even though he is quite old, I am sure his performance as a goalkeeper is still good. So at Fiorentina De Gea will definitely be the main goalkeeper. The reason is that the current Fiorentina goalkeeper will definitely be replaced by De Gea. Apart from that, according to the news circulating, De Gea is reported to have flown to Italy today, possibly to undergo a medical test. Maybe in the next few days De Gea will most likely sign a contract and officially join Fiorentina. And yes, I hope De Gea can be comfortable joining Fiorentina. But I think De Gea will definitely feel at home at Fiorentina, because he will definitely be a senior figure for other Fiorentina players.

[Lidger]

While other people are focused on discussing AC Milan, which has competed in pre-season against strong European teams such as Man City, Real Madrid and Barcelona. And AC Milan did get positive results. Which makes everyone appreciate AC Milan. But I think we also need to look at Inter Milan, who just experienced their first defeat in a pre-season match. And what was surprising was that Inter Milan lost to one of the clubs from the Saudi Pro League, namely Al-ittihad, with a score of 0-2. And what surprised me about this match was that one of Al-ittihad's new players who was brought in from Aston Villa actually scored 2 goals in that match. Inter Milan did not play seriously in this match because they continued to rotate players between the first and second tier. But Al-ittihad also did the same thing except for Benzema who played the full game.

A very natural defeat experienced by Inter when not using the main squad and just imagine what if Inter used the main players and competed seriously, Ittihad would definitely concede a lot of goals. There was nothing interesting in the match except for the bettors who won betting against the favorite team because Inter was previously the favorite team in the match but I forgot how many odds.
Winning or losing in a pre season match is not something to be ashamed of or to lower the team's reputation. Meanwhile, Inter currently still has the same coach as last season and will never worry about their performance in the real match.
Simone Inzaghi knows what he has to do and this kind of match is very natural because the coach chose to field a second-string squad to maintain the physical condition of the main players.

Inter Milan is one of the top teams in the Italian league but unfortunately lost by a big margin to Saudi League side Al Nasser. Inter Milan were the favorites in this match but the manager included players who usually don't get a chance in the starting XI and the manager just wanted to check how they could perform in the main stage. In friendly matches actually win or loss does not make any impact for any team so these matches are never taken seriously by the big teams. However, on the one hand, Inter Milan is losing, on the other hand, AC Milan is winning against the big teams, so there is a hint that maybe AC Milan will have a tough competition with Inter Milan in the next season.

[giammangiato]

There were some rumors about Federico Chiesa and this player was about to leave we saw the news about Federico Chiesa leaving Juventus because Motta doesn't want to have this payer anymore in Juventus,
But it seems everything is compilated and now Federico Chiesa doesn't want to leave the team and he wants to stay there in Juventus. He recently posted something about Juventus and himself wearing the shirt of his team. Federico Chiesa's agent was recently in London and we were expecting to see Federico Chiesa playing for Chelsea and Tottenham in the next season. But considering the post he published he wants to stay for a longer time.

What a huge stupid thing Thiago Motta did, I totally disagree with this stupid choice. A player like Federico Chiesa who is young and can grow a lot becomes a super precious resource for any team, I don't understand and this makes me angry. If we remove young and good player we become a graveyard.

[Docnaster]

Okay guys, as has been revealed if we will be able to see De Gea back on the field and of course this will be his new adventure with Fiorentina.

I think De Gea is starting to get bored because he spent his days for the past year without ever feeling the match and since leaving Manchester United he has had a hard time getting the team he wants. We know that before leaving Manchester United he received the golden glove award.

Fiorentina's offer must be very powerful to be able to sign him and of course the salary issue has been discussed well between the two parties. I just hope De Gea can perform well again and keep Fiorentina's goal from conceding. His experience will be very much needed and I hope Fiorentina can be a comfortable home for him.

Great news for lovers of quality football and even greater news for fans of the goalkeeping prowess of David De Gea. Before the report that David De Gea might possibly join Fiorentina this summer broke out, I was thinking the Spanish goalie was not gonna play professional football again after he failed to join another club one year after he left Manchester United. Though David De Gea haven't been playing professional football in the last one year, I have no doubt that he was still going to be good signing for Fiorentina. De Gea isn't just an experienced goalkeeper but one of the best we've seen in the English Premier League in last two decades and I hope he continues to perform greatly with his new club Fiorentina.

[bastisisca]

While other people are focused on discussing AC Milan, which has competed in pre-season against strong European teams such as Man City, Real Madrid and Barcelona. And AC Milan did get positive results. Which makes everyone appreciate AC Milan. But I think we also need to look at Inter Milan, who just experienced their first defeat in a pre-season match. And what was surprising was that Inter Milan lost to one of the clubs from the Saudi Pro League, namely Al-ittihad, with a score of 0-2. And what surprised me about this match was that one of Al-ittihad's new players who was brought in from Aston Villa actually scored 2 goals in that match. Inter Milan did not play seriously in this match because they continued to rotate players between the first and second tier. But Al-ittihad also did the same thing except for Benzema who played the full game.

This doesn't particularly worry me, they are still friendly matches where experiments are done and they don't matter that much.
Obviously if you don't take advantage of these opportunities to try strange things or different formations, you've missed an opportunity because during matches where you have to score points, you can't joke.

[Zaguru12]

Chiesa's post about Juventus is a classic emotional move, but the situation stinks of bad strategy. If Motta doesn't see him fitting into the system, Chiesa's looking at a long season on the bench, and that's career suicide for a player of his caliber

Loyalty is great, but this is professional sports, not a family reunion. Chiesa needs to play, and if that means moving to a club where his skills are valued - Chelsea, Tottenham, wherever - then that's the move

Juventus fans might love him, but watching a talent like Chiesa rot on the bench is an insult to the game itself. He's got too much potential to waste

The situation is seriously not how I would love it to work out, first of all, i remember this same player been the hot topic of discussion seasons ago and many clubs wanted him and notably English clubs too like Arsenal but is injury crisis actually ruined many things for him. Right now he is wanted out by the club, because he doesn’t fit into the managers plans, it is not bad to be outta of the managers favour but the club should look for a way to offload him and other out of favoured players not to throw them under the bus like they are doing now.

Chiesa seems calm because he has a contract with the club and he wants to see out that contract which is not bad but for him not been liked by the manager might be a very big obstacle for him, my advice is his agent should just look for another club for him maybe a loan move if a permanent one is looking hard so that he can play

[hyudien]

Okay guys, as has been revealed if we will be able to see De Gea back on the field and of course this will be his new adventure with Fiorentina.

I think De Gea is starting to get bored because he spent his days for the past year without ever feeling the match and since leaving Manchester United he has had a hard time getting the team he wants. We know that before leaving Manchester United he received the golden glove award.

Fiorentina's offer must be very powerful to be able to sign him and of course the salary issue has been discussed well between the two parties. I just hope De Gea can perform well again and keep Fiorentina's goal from conceding. His experience will be very much needed and I hope Fiorentina can be a comfortable home for him.

It's been too long since De Gea rested and didn't have a team after he was kicked out of the Manchester United squad last season. Now hopefully a new journey and new experiences can be obtained in Serie A with Fiorentina. I myself will not be so quick to say that he will be in his best game, because with a long rest of course it will affect his game a little, so he needs time to adapt, especially this will also be a new adventure for him. One of the reasons why De Gea doesn't have a team is because he still wants to be in Europe and also defend big teams, of course that's something difficult because the competition is with younger players. I hope I can see his brilliant performance and he can be the main choice to play. He is one of the goalkeepers who has very good abilities, even though it's quite strange when Manchester United kicked him out like that.

[Ruttoshi]

Okay guys, as has been revealed if we will be able to see De Gea back on the field and of course this will be his new adventure with Fiorentina.

I think De Gea is starting to get bored because he spent his days for the past year without ever feeling the match and since leaving Manchester United he has had a hard time getting the team he wants. We know that before leaving Manchester United he received the golden glove award.

Fiorentina's offer must be very powerful to be able to sign him and of course the salary issue has been discussed well between the two parties. I just hope De Gea can perform well again and keep Fiorentina's goal from conceding. His experience will be very much needed and I hope Fiorentina can be a comfortable home for him.

It's been too long since De Gea rested and didn't have a team after he was kicked out of the Manchester United squad last season. Now hopefully a new journey and new experiences can be obtained in Serie A with Fiorentina. I myself will not be so quick to say that he will be in his best game, because with a long rest of course it will affect his game a little, so he needs time to adapt, especially this will also be a new adventure for him. One of the reasons why De Gea doesn't have a team is because he still wants to be in Europe and also defend big teams, of course that's something difficult because the competition is with younger players. I hope I can see his brilliant performance and he can be the main choice to play. He is one of the goalkeepers who has very good abilities, even though it's quite strange when Manchester United kicked him out like that.

De Gea was a good goalie way back but as time passes by his performance declined and United also had some defensive errors which they failed to tackle and thought that De Gea was their problem which was why the kicked him out. That was not true because even after De Gea left, Onana conceived a lot of goals due to poor defense.

De Gea will use this opportunity to put himself back in form while in Florentina so that he can make a difference there and stay for long so that he does not end up not having a club for the second time. He is a good and will give his best.

[Rampagoe004]

I'm sure Inter Milan can show the same performance as last season when they got ez win for the scudetto. Juventus and Milan have new coaches. They need time to build chemistry with their players.
I think it can't be done in a short time, and most probably they need more than a season to have good chemistry.

I agree with you. I think Inter Milan will dominate Serie A for the next one or two seasons. This season I still don't see which team will give Inter Milan a tough challenge. AC Milan and Juventus have to rebuild their chemistry and adapt because they have new coaches. There is a chance that the new coach can adapt quickly and increase the chance of winning the scudetto. But it will be very difficult. Atalanta and AS Roma played well last season but I don't think they are worthy of being title contenders with Juventus and AC Milan.

[Palakka]

While other people are focused on discussing AC Milan, which has competed in pre-season against strong European teams such as Man City, Real Madrid and Barcelona. And AC Milan did get positive results. Which makes everyone appreciate AC Milan. But I think we also need to look at Inter Milan, who just experienced their first defeat in a pre-season match. And what was surprising was that Inter Milan lost to one of the clubs from the Saudi Pro League, namely Al-ittihad, with a score of 0-2. And what surprised me about this match was that one of Al-ittihad's new players who was brought in from Aston Villa actually scored 2 goals in that match. Inter Milan did not play seriously in this match because they continued to rotate players between the first and second tier. But Al-ittihad also did the same thing except for Benzema who played the full game.

This doesn't particularly worry me, they are still friendly matches where experiments are done and they don't matter that much.
Obviously if you don't take advantage of these opportunities to try strange things or different formations, you've missed an opportunity because during matches where you have to score points, you can't joke.

The defeat against Al Ittihad is not surprising for us if we see that the squad that Inzaghi fielded in that match was not at full strength, in fact this defeat has will become a reference for Inzaghi to improve every weakness his squad has, like as he said to the media after the match was over, So the defeat against Al Ittihad should not make us doubt what they can do next season in Serie A,  In my opinion, this defeat should no make Intermilan lose their status as one of the favorite teams to be able to win the Scudetto again next season, especially now Intermilan they are still trying to improve the quality of the squad they have, so by looking at the weaknesses of the squad in that the match, of course Inzaghi knows which positions currently need to improvement ahead of next season's league.

[hahay]

I'm sure Inter Milan can show the same performance as last season when they got ez win for the scudetto. Juventus and Milan have new coaches. They need time to build chemistry with their players.
I think it can't be done in a short time, and most probably they need more than a season to have good chemistry.

I agree with you. I think Inter Milan will dominate Serie A for the next one or two seasons. This season I still don't see which team will give Inter Milan a tough challenge. AC Milan and Juventus have to rebuild their chemistry and adapt because they have new coaches. There is a chance that the new coach can adapt quickly and increase the chance of winning the scudetto. But it will be very difficult. Atalanta and AS Roma played well last season but I don't think they are worthy of being title contenders with Juventus and AC Milan.

In fact, even though Milan managed to have good results in pre-season matches, but it is still not a guarantee that Milan will be able to consistently compete for the Scudetto next season. After all, Juventus was previously predicted to have a good performance because they had a coach who was quite impressive last season with Bologna, but in reality this is still not a definite result for winning the Scudetto.

But at least, because they have good transfers from coaches and players, then Milan and Juventus will of course still have a good chance. Indeed, it will take time to create good chemistry in the team, but because they are experienced players and coaches then at least it will not be difficult for them to create a team with good quality performance too. Interesting of course, because I personally hope that Serie A will have other teams that can win trophies and it won't always be about Inter.

[Nheer]

There were some rumors about Federico Chiesa and this player was about to leave we saw the news about Federico Chiesa leaving Juventus because Motta doesn't want to have this payer anymore in Juventus,
But it seems everything is compilated and now Federico Chiesa doesn't want to leave the team and he wants to stay there in Juventus. He recently posted something about Juventus and himself wearing the shirt of his team. Federico Chiesa's agent was recently in London and we were expecting to see Federico Chiesa playing for Chelsea and Tottenham in the next season. But considering the post he published he wants to stay for a longer time.

It happens alot when a new manager is being appointed, some players have to face similar situations of not being part of the coach’s plans just as it happened to Juan Mata when he was at Chelsea, Mourinho was appointed and declared that Mata was not a player he wants to work with even though Mata was Chelsea’s best player in the previous season. Same thing happened to Gallagher, he has been sold now because Maresca said he is not part of his plans.

It doesn’t matter how good you are every coach has their different philosophy and the kind of players that suit their playing styles differs, if Motta says he is not part of his plans then he should look for another team to prevent being left out on the bench. He is a good player so finding a team wouldn’t be much of a problem at all. If he is willing tk stay on the bench then it is fine it’s his decision to make after all but staying on the bench will make his value depreciate and also his performance.

[RockBell]

We have the likes of AC Milan who came second in the standings last season, they can also give a tough time to Inter Milan and not just Juventus given them a tough time always. At the end of the last season, we saw clubs like Atalanta that finished in the top four of the table and also teams like Bologna who finished after them and book a spot in the champions league. If they can perform as much better as they did in the last season, they would make the competition more interesting and open to winning at anytime. Chiesa is a valuable player to Juventus and if he stays, it’ll add to their quality performance next season but even though he doesn’t, Juventus can still farewell without him and be a league contender and also do well in the champions league next season.

They came second on the table and even the margin between inter Milan and AC Milan is much it is now looking as if they are just privilege to have won the second position, because damn that number is huge and that of ac Milan and Juventus is just like four points. The only person they will be able to give tough time will not be more that Juventus that point alone should have drawn a line that they are not on the same level. Only if they improve that way they will be able to defeat inter Milan. There are more serious clubs in serie A that needs to play in more leagues. Bologna Finish 5th position was a very good attempt because their are other clubs that finished beneath them so since the competition is open to everyone to win, since they have gotten more experience this past season, it won't be easy if any club should lose a player now. Be things are looking as if this season is going to be different. Especially those clubs that made to top five will want to do everything possible to keep their position in the league.