Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Mame89]

When you play against a side that hasn't tasted Serie A action for 21 years, you can't say Juventus tried. It's like they were expected to thrash them more than the two goals that was recorded and although they had one of their goal chopped off, I won't call their performance stellar, unlike the way Atalanta walloped Lecce. If you had seen the game you'd know notice Juventus struggling to get their acts right. Severally, Cesc Fabregas' side had the opportunity to punish Juvefor their mistakes but they too couldn't be relied on.
 Juventus got their first three points of the season and at least this can ward off critics away from Thiago Motta being that he didn't lose his first game because I'm sure many were feeling that judging by their performance in pre season, maybe they will lose or draw because that has been the pattern majority of the big boys followed.

It is only natural that Cesc Fabregas' team suffered a crushing defeat in their first match, because they are a newly promoted team and many of their new players have not been able to blend in well, especially as you said, their players cannot be relied on when facing a team like Juventus. Cesc Fabregas will certainly continue to work hard so that the next match can be much better at least he must be able to bring his team to stay in Serie A.

For Juventus, being able to achieve a convincing 3-0 victory over a promoted club like Como in their first match in Serie A this season is certainly a positive thing considering that other big teams did not get a win. So this is a good start for Juventus to be able to compete for the Serie A trophy, and Thiago Motta in this match has also started to show his fangs, with young players taking important roles. Juventus will be an interesting team to watch in Serie A this season.

[Rustam Meraj]

It is only natural that Cesc Fabregas' team suffered a crushing defeat in their first match, because they are a newly promoted team and many of their new players have not been able to blend in well, especially as you said, their players cannot be relied on when facing a team like Juventus. Cesc Fabregas will certainly continue to work hard so that the next match can be much better at least he must be able to bring his team to stay in Serie A.

For Juventus, being able to achieve a convincing 3-0 victory over a promoted club like Como in their first match in Serie A this season is certainly a positive thing considering that other big teams did not get a win. So this is a good start for Juventus to be able to compete for the Serie A trophy, and Thiago Motta in this match has also started to show his fangs, with young players taking important roles. Juventus will be an interesting team to watch in Serie A this season.

I also think Cesc Fabregas team loss was not surprising because they are new to league and still getting used to playing together. But it is great to see Fabregas working hard to improve and stay in league. Meanwhile Juventus big win is  great start to their season especially since other top teams did not win. Their coach Thiago Motta is doing good job and young players are stepping up. This means Juventus has a good chance of winning the league title. I'm excited to see how they do this season and think they have a good chance.

[OcTradism]

When Gasperini has decide to bought Mateo Retegui from Genoa seems this is very good decision because apparently this player can be played as the replacement of Gianluca Scamacca and just like we know on pre season tour Gianluca Scamacca got the injured and he have to rested at least 6 month which this situation pushing Gasperini to find other striker and when he was choose Mateo Retegui i was doubt this player can performing well with Atalanta

But clearly i was wrong about that because when the match against Lecce Mateo Retegui can make a brace and i think 25 million as transfer fees to gets him is really worthy because probably Mateo Retegui can scores more goals with Atalanta

Both Retegui and Scamacca did not play well for Italy in Euro 2024 and they are at same level which is not world-class. The decision to bring Retegui to Atalanta is good one and helpful for Atalanta to temporarily replace Scamacca and waiting time for his recovery and return in many more months. They can not expect too much from Retegui who almost reaches his limits and can not develop his career more.

Atalanta and Gasperini after the last successful season will aim at some more ambitious targets in this season but in Italy, there is a hottest example of Napoli. After winning Scudetto, they failed to defend it in the last season and in a first match of this season, they continued to show another poor performance.

[Luzin]

Watching how Napoli started off the season and losing the match to a three goals to nothing will immediately bring out the perception that they will not still end this season in a better position.

I didn't even expect this result. Napoli was very in control of the game but they couldn't score. Just look at Napoli's statistics, I laughed. Conte still hopes to bring in 4 new players to compete with other teams this season. Napoli's second match will be against Bologna, Bologna is not a weak team, of course Conte also has to work hard because he does not have the players he wants.

[Tony116]

In fact, in the first week there were only four teams that were able to collect 3 points and the rest were dominated by many teams that achieved 1 point. I think Serie A this time is quite competitive where each team regardless of how strong or weak their opponent is, they will not just give up accepting the existing results and instead they try to fight it by minimizing the results of defeat.
I am very happy with what happened and another fact where the strong teams that were regulars at the top last season such as Milan, Inter, and Bologna are in the middle of the standings makes me sure that all three will start this season quite late. But it is still early and everything can still change quickly.
Anyway, Atalanta leads the standings with a goal difference advantage and I think it is very difficult to shift them if next week they still have a goal party like they did when facing Lecce.

The first week of Series A league was boring to me because some teams that I expected to play well did not play well, most especially teams like Napoli and Roma, this season is going to be tough for these teams because seeing their first game shows that they need some serious players in their squad, Napoli can not defeat Hellas Verona and Roma can not defeat Cagliari, I’m so ashamed of this two teams, Napoli own is worse because they look like a team that will go to a relegation zone this season.
Napoli needs to get another striker immediately because the team needs a striker, their first game showed that they need a striker and since Victor Osimhen wants to leave I think they should get another striker immediately if not this season is not going to be easy for them, and as for Roma they need to be serious because it looks like Dybala absence is about to affect them in the midfield position, so they need to serious in their next game.

I would disagree with @HajiBagi. Winning or losing doesn’t matter that much. We have seen many unpredictable things in this first week of play. Both big clubs from Milan, AC Milan and Inter Milan have drawn which was a shock to me. And they both have drawn with the same scoreline which is also a funny coincidence.

Napoli was also destroyed by Verona. This was a big upset to me. This match was also the first match under the management of Antonio Conte. I knew Napoli would have a tough time in this match, but that 3-0 defeat was pretty unexpected to me. The Lazio vs Venezia match was also pretty enjoyable as well.

Juventus also did pretty well in the first match of this season under the management of Thiago Motta. He did very well in his first Serie A match as the manager of the team, although the opposition was pretty weak. A little disappointed from De Rossi and his team AS Roma as they weren’t able to grab the 3 points at the start of the season. The match was pretty boring too I must say.

[TastyChillySauce00]

The poor result in the first match certainly made Conte very upset. In fact, fans and a number of betting exchanges favored Conte to achieve his first victory. Yes, even though this is just the start of the league, there is still a chance for Conte to improve his strategy. Osimhen may be on his way out because he is no longer in Conte's plans, it seems that Lukaku will be the new mainstay for Napoli's attack line.

Napoli lost 3 nil to Verona in the opening matchday in Italy. This is really a dissapointing result for the Parthenopeans and not improving. However they will do better in their next game, they just have to stick around for better results. Napoli headcoach, Antonio Conte is new to the team and there's basically more sectors and planning to put in place.

Victor Osimhen should be having terrible moment because he's not available to deliver his team. There's definitely huge progress for the club but it will definitely take lengthy period of time with the new coach incharge.

Napoli was utter shite in the game against Verona. And it seems Napoli players have struggled to adapt to a new setup every few months. Napoli played from 4 defender, then 5 defender system under Mazzari. Then again, it switched back to 4 defender system under Calzona. Now, it's back to 5 defender system under Conte. It's probably making them confused.
Also, Napoli's defense is worsening. I can't believe how I've seen worse defenders (Juan Jesus, Rrahmani, and Di Lorenzo) play together at the back. And think Juan Jesus is also the worst defender in Serie A too.

[rendravolt]

Como's first defeat this season against Juventus, seems to have given a pretty hard slap and gives another picture that the squad they have is not yet fully able to compete in Serie A. This has now been responded to well by coach Cesc Fabregas who will bring in 3 new players before the summer ends.

As has been revealed, there is a former senior Barcelona player, Sergi Roberto, who is already full of experience and his position in the back line is very good to improve Como's defense. Then there is a Real Madrid academy player, Nico Paz, who wants to increase his playing minutes in Italy considering that it will be very difficult for him to compete in the main team if he is still at Real Madrid. Then there is one more player from Manchester City, Maximo Perrone and honestly I have never heard of this player.

What is clear is that this will further increase the options for coach Cesc Fabregas to face Serie A this season and of course to get their first points in the standings.

[Barikui1]

The poor result in the first match certainly made Conte very upset. In fact, fans and a number of betting exchanges favored Conte to achieve his first victory. Yes, even though this is just the start of the league, there is still a chance for Conte to improve his strategy. Osimhen may be on his way out because he is no longer in Conte's plans, it seems that Lukaku will be the new mainstay for Napoli's attack line.

Napoli lost 3 nil to Verona in the opening matchday in Italy. This is really a dissapointing result for the Parthenopeans and not improving. However they will do better in their next game, they just have to stick around for better results. Napoli headcoach, Antonio Conte is new to the team and there's basically more sectors and planning to put in place.

Victor Osimhen should be having terrible moment because he's not available to deliver his team. There's definitely huge progress for the club but it will definitely take lengthy period of time with the new coach incharge.

Napoli was utter shite in the game against Verona. And it seems Napoli players have struggled to adapt to a new setup every few months. Napoli played from 4 defender, then 5 defender system under Mazzari. Then again, it switched back to 4 defender system under Calzona. Now, it's back to 5 defender system under Conte. It's probably making them confused.
Also, Napoli's defense is worsening. I can't believe how I've seen worse defenders (Juan Jesus, Rrahmani, and Di Lorenzo) play together at the back. And think Juan Jesus is also the worst defender in Serie A too.

Well I actually don't think the defender's in this Napoli team is that horrible, it's just boils down to adapting to the playing pattern of Antonio conte, which they are really finding it difficult to graps, ok let's look at the kind of performance that Napoli put in against Verona, do you think this Napoli team is that average to perform so poorly like that?
Though they are actually missing the presence of their star attacker in victor osimhen but his presence wouldn't change and solve all the problems in this Napoli team, so I believe that they will surely improve as the season goes by if they can continue to work in the right direction.

Lastly, I think that Napoli should try as much as possible to conclude all their transfer dealings so that their should be no distractions, because the uncertainty around the transfer of victor osimhen and other's is actually affecting the team negatively, I think that it should be addressed very fast, so that their would be no distractions again

[Farma]

Watching how Napoli started off the season and losing the match to a three goals to nothing will immediately bring out the perception that they will not still end this season in a better position.

I didn't even expect this result. Napoli was very in control of the game but they couldn't score. Just look at Napoli's statistics, I laughed. Conte still hopes to bring in 4 new players to compete with other teams this season. Napoli's second match will be against Bologna, Bologna is not a weak team, of course Conte also has to work hard because he does not have the players he wants.

Napoli still lacks the players that Conte wants even though in the first match they dominated the match but they failed to maximize the ball into goals and I think he needs a striker and Conte asked for Lukaku's finish as soon as possible, it was clear how they couldn't maximize so many opportunities so in the second half they conceded 3 goals from the opponent, this is a difficult start for Conte and his players, there are many things that Conte must pay attention to to restore Napoli's glory and I hope it will work under Conte if full support comes from Napoli's management.

In the second match they will play against Bologna at home I think this must be maximized to get their first 3 points this season, because Bologna is not a strong team like last season they have started to weaken and this is an important match for Conte and his players to realize the dream that is still open to be in the top four of Serie A, considering that Bologna also drew with Udinese in the first week and I think it will be easy for Napoli at home when hosting Bologna.

[BALIK]

In the second match they will play against Bologna at home I think this must be maximized to get their first 3 points this season, because Bologna is not a strong team like last season they have started to weaken and this is an important match for Conte and his players to realize the dream that is still open to be in the top four of Serie A, considering that Bologna also drew with Udinese in the first week and I think it will be easy for Napoli at home when hosting Bologna.

It was unthinkable that a Napoli team would lose so badly against Hellas Verona. Napoli is dominating the match. Napoli players have 67% ball possession. But at the end of 90 minutes, Napoli lost the match by a big margin of 3-0. Napoli players could not score a single goal in this match despite many attacks. I missed osimhen badly in this match.

Napoli had 67% of the ball possession and had a total of 14 shots. On the other hand, Hellas Verona managed to score four goals with only 9 shots. From this it can be understood that both Napoli's defense and forward lineup are quite weak.

Napoli will play against Bologna in the next match. Firstly, Bologna is not a strong opponent, and secondly, this match is Napoli's home match. So it is hoped that Napoli will not make the same mistake in the second match. In the second match, the team is likely to be able to score full points.

[Sexylizzy2813]

I believe the Lukeman case is as a result of them losing to Madrid, I feel he wasn't happy with that loss and if you check all these Italian clubs always have this one season wonder, that's they perform better in the first season and after that they become awful in the next season, I think that's another reason why Lukeman should leave but still he made a wise choice by leaving the side. The player needs a better club like PSG that are coming for him and I know he'll excel in the French league.
Atalanta need to continue with this form since all other big clubs are losing that strength of getting the job done, Inter Milan especially, they suppose to show why they are the champions of Italian league last season but they played a draw but that shouldn't be why we have to say they're going to perform badly, we just have to wait and even look at how the Atalanta side will play out their 4-5 games before we can say they're good to go.

I don't think the club discussed Lookman's want to leave the club before the Super Cup final against Real Madrid. Atalanta played an incredible game against Real Madrid, drawing in the first half but failing to handle the pressure and conceding two goals in the second half, Atalanta's performance wasn't as good at the beginning of last season as they had at the end of last season, they seemed like they had a difficult time starting the season, Atalanta's beginning this season was different from last season's, and they won the Europa League last season, I have no idea why Lookman decided to leave, perhaps he wants to play for another big team rather than staying this season.

I expected Inter Milan to win their game against Genoa because they won the league last season. I agree with you that we need to wait for them to play their next four to five games to see how they will play, but it looks poor for Inter Milan as they won the league Champions last season; they could have started the season with three points, but they ended up sharing it.

I'm not really saying it was because of the game they lost to Madrid, is like he isn't too happy about the situation after losing that game and they weren't bad in the first half but after that they couldn't replicate what they did in the first half and they should have kept that composure because the Madrid side wasn't as deadly as they used to be. They lost because they lost focus in the game.
For Lukeman to leave it might be that he feels is time to go and I think is best for him with the likes of Man City, Arsenal and PSG eying to get him is a step up for him, after all he has done perfectly well since leaving Everton, with these clubs hoping to get him then he should leave because with Atalanta is will be very difficult to get another trophy, not that I'm saying they can't compete to get trophies but it won't be like last season and the player (Lukeman) needs more than what he got last season.

[barisbilgili]

Napoli still lacks the players that Conte wants even though in the first match they dominated the match but they failed to maximize the ball into goals and I think he needs a striker and Conte asked for Lukaku's finish as soon as possible, it was clear how they couldn't maximize so many opportunities so in the second half they conceded 3 goals from the opponent, this is a difficult start for Conte and his players, there are many things that Conte must pay attention to to restore Napoli's glory and I hope it will work under Conte if full support comes from Napoli's management.

In the second match they will play against Bologna at home I think this must be maximized to get their first 3 points this season, because Bologna is not a strong team like last season they have started to weaken and this is an important match for Conte and his players to realize the dream that is still open to be in the top four of Serie A, considering that Bologna also drew with Udinese in the first week and I think it will be easy for Napoli at home when hosting Bologna.

Napoli's front line is indeed a problem now, it is clear that in their first match, Napoli's front line did not perform optimally and they could not even score a single goal even though they had many opportunities.
A 3-goal defeat in the first match will certainly make Napoli's team even more difficult, mentally and in terms of confidence, this team will be quite depressed and that is a difficult task for Conte.

And regarding Lukaku, I think regardless of whether the transfer will be realized or not, at least Napoli's management must also immediately resolve the problem with Osimhen because even if Lukaku does not come, Napoli can still use Osimhen to improve their front line.

[legendbtc]

It was unthinkable that a Napoli team would lose so badly against Hellas Verona. Napoli is dominating the match. Napoli players have 67% ball possession. But at the end of 90 minutes, Napoli lost the match by a big margin of 3-0. Napoli players could not score a single goal in this match despite many attacks. I missed osimhen badly in this match.

Napoli had 67% of the ball possession and had a total of 14 shots. On the other hand, Hellas Verona managed to score four goals with only 9 shots. From this it can be understood that both Napoli's defense and forward lineup are quite weak.

Napoli will play against Bologna in the next match. Firstly, Bologna is not a strong opponent, and secondly, this match is Napoli's home match. So it is hoped that Napoli will not make the same mistake in the second match. In the second match, the team is likely to be able to score full points.

Antonio Conte is certainly feeling a lot of pressure after Napoli's humiliating 0-3 defeat to Hellas Verona in the first round. I want to point out a very big reason for this defeat: Napoli in the second half no longer had Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the heart of the team, who had to leave the field at the end of the first half due to injury. Conte looked helpless as his attack (Simeone, Cheddira, Politano, or Raspadori) disappeared before Verona's scientific defense. Meanwhile, somewhere, the "beast" Victor Osimhen may be watching the match with sarcasm. Conte has Osimhen but cannot use him, and he also cannot have Romelu Lukaku as desired. Plus Napoli's three-man defense struggled, with Juan Jesus, Amir Rahmani, and captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo failing to create the necessary cohesion. They defended like an amateur team and conceded three goals in a very stupid way.

We can't blame everything on Coach Conte, Napoli's summer transfer was complicated. I hope the fans are patient because the team still doesn't know each other well in training and matches because of too little time working together. We'll see how the future plays out. But Conte is facing similar struggles as he ended his time at Juventus, Chelsea, Inter and Tottenham.

[Majestic-milf]

When you play against a side that hasn't tasted Serie A action for 21 years, you can't say Juventus tried. It's like they were expected to thrash them more than the two goals that was recorded and although they had one of their goal chopped off, I won't call their performance stellar, unlike the way Atalanta walloped Lecce. If you had seen the game you'd know notice Juventus struggling to get their acts right. Severally, Cesc Fabregas' side had the opportunity to punish Juvefor their mistakes but they too couldn't be relied on.

The most important thing is to win and get all three points and not the number of goals scored. The players even went on to celebrate the win by walking to the fans to appreciate their support so you should know how much this win means to them.

The way Juventus played now is a bit different, you might be right about their performance not being stellar but they are not so bad, they might struggle against tougher opponents but the result is all that matters right now. Just because a team newly got promoted to higher division would mean they would concede a lot of goals to other teams.

You're right. A win is a win, not minding the number of goals scored. I mean, if it were an easy task to beat small teams, why couldn't the likes of Inter, AC Milan and even Napoli do it? I get it. Funny, it was only Thiago Motta that was able to perform better than he did at pre season. He impressed fans one the first day, let's hope this becomes a regular thing. Juventus have gone through a lot since last season and the season before and I think they deserve better this time around.

[Ruttoshi]

The poor result in the first match certainly made Conte very upset. In fact, fans and a number of betting exchanges favored Conte to achieve his first victory. Yes, even though this is just the start of the league, there is still a chance for Conte to improve his strategy. Osimhen may be on his way out because he is no longer in Conte's plans, it seems that Lukaku will be the new mainstay for Napoli's attack line.

Napoli lost 3 nil to Verona in the opening matchday in Italy. This is really a dissapointing result for the Parthenopeans and not improving. However they will do better in their next game, they just have to stick around for better results. Napoli headcoach, Antonio Conte is new to the team and there's basically more sectors and planning to put in place.

Victor Osimhen should be having terrible moment because he's not available to deliver his team. There's definitely huge progress for the club but it will definitely take lengthy period of time with the new coach incharge.

Napoli was utter shite in the game against Verona. And it seems Napoli players have struggled to adapt to a new setup every few months. Napoli played from 4 defender, then 5 defender system under Mazzari. Then again, it switched back to 4 defender system under Calzona. Now, it's back to 5 defender system under Conte. It's probably making them confused.
Also, Napoli's defense is worsening. I can't believe how I've seen worse defenders (Juan Jesus, Rrahmani, and Di Lorenzo) play together at the back. And think Juan Jesus is also the worst defender in Serie A too.

It is difficult for the players to understand which strategy to use, especially now that Conte has taken over. I feel the players have not understand his own game pattern and they are finding it difficult if not how will they fail woefully. From my observations is like the club is still in the shape as the former coach left it because I didn't see any changes.

Instead of Napoli to focus on building a strong team and Conte putting all effort to get a good player to replace Osimhen, they are busy with the media on Osimhen and his transfer news.

[Sg4j1n3ll0]

Napoli was utter shite in the game against Verona.

I honestly did not expect Napoli to lose by three goals, truly scandalous from this point of view. It makes me understand that they are in a really bad situation: clearly it is the first match so the considerations I am making are time consuming but it is truly a humiliating result.

[Velvet78]

Como's first defeat this season against Juventus, seems to have given a pretty hard slap and gives another picture that the squad they have is not yet fully able to compete in Serie A. This has now been responded to well by coach Cesc Fabregas who will bring in 3 new players before the summer ends.

As has been revealed, there is a former senior Barcelona player, Sergi Roberto, who is already full of experience and his position in the back line is very good to improve Como's defense. Then there is a Real Madrid academy player, Nico Paz, who wants to increase his playing minutes in Italy considering that it will be very difficult for him to compete in the main team if he is still at Real Madrid. Then there is one more player from Manchester City, Maximo Perrone and honestly I have never heard of this player.

What is clear is that this will further increase the options for coach Cesc Fabregas to face Serie A this season and of course to get their first points in the standings.

Yeah that was such a huge defeat.    Como couldn't do anything in the whole game honestly. But considering they played an away game against Juventus at the beginning already, it is normal. They are new around here and hopefully they can get better in time. Because I believe they really have a promising squad to do better. It is quite possible to finish the season at middle positions in the standings.

When it comes to those imminent signings, all of them are wise ones. Sergi Roberto is a decent player. Paz and Perrone would also do some good work. But I assume those youngsters would be loaned to them instead.

[klidex]

a great strong performance from juventus who have proven to be the team to beat this year let's say that the first match was a test to actually see the conditions of juventus but I must say that thiago motta played some good football and above all given space for the young people who repaid him in a big way!

Yes, Juventus seems to have improved, but this is just the beginning of season, last season too Juventus performed impressively from the beginning of the season until the middle, they remained at the top of the standings with many wins, but from the middle of the season until the end of the season, Juventus began to experience a decline in performance and experienced many defeats until finally they fell behind Inter Milan in the hunt for the championship title, I hope Thiago Motta can make Juventus survive until the end and can rotate well so that the players do not get tired, I don't want to see Juventus like last season again.

[Roseline492]

Well I actually don't think the defender's in this Napoli team is that horrible, it's just boils down to adapting to the playing pattern of Antonio conte, which they are really finding it difficult to graps, ok let's look at the kind of performance that Napoli put in against Verona, do you think this Napoli team is that average to perform so poorly like that?

A lot has gone wrong on the Napoli team because even there performance is even more weaker than there last season and there coach is not just the cause but also the players, however the moment I started believing that Napoli may not even perform like the previous season was on there match against Modena on the Coppa Italia round of 32 because even if they may not be that perfect but I expected Napoli to win them with at least two goals but I was surprised that Napoli could not beat them and they ended the 90 minutes 0:0 if not that they were lucky to win them during the penalty shootout, however there performance that weakened me was there match against Hellas Verona they played very poor and conceiving 3 goals without even scoring any goal.

[indah rezqi]

Napoli was utter shite in the game against Verona.

I honestly did not expect Napoli to lose by three goals, truly scandalous from this point of view. It makes me understand that they are in a really bad situation: clearly it is the first match so the considerations I am making are time consuming but it is truly a humiliating result.

There is no denying that Napoli started the campaign badly, Verona went beyond expectations and made many bettors lose. With the match ending 3-0 for Verona victory, Napoli has become like a loser, the most painful thing is losing Kvaratskhelia at the end of the first half. Personally, I assume Napoli steps to rise in the future will be increasingly difficult, with the club internal situation still disturbed by the Osimhen transfer saga. It can be said that Conte has not fully prepared the team, so it is not surprising that Napoli suffered a big defeat.

Overall, the results of the match against Verona were indeed very embarrassing, because Napoli is the only elite Serie A club to lose in the first week. Conte openly apologized to Napoli fans, and promised to try to secure full points in the next match, he took full responsibility for the bad results. Actually, Conte himself tried to reduce the fans expectations that were too high since his arrival, after seeing the club transfer plans hampered, he could not promise much. However, every fan certainly hopes that their favorite club can finish in a better place than last season, and if possible, Conte can lead Napoli to finish in the European competition zone at the end of the season.

Antonio Conte can make few promises as Napoli reign begins with bad defeat : https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/article/2024/aug/19/serie-a-antonio-conte-napoli-inter-milan