Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[barisbilgili]

Fabregas reminds me of Xabi Alonso. These two are brilliant at managing mediocre players into becoming mainstays of the team. Como targets for this season seem very high, and their current prospects are enough to show that they are indeed worth watching in Serie A.
I was impressed when I watched their match against Lazio. Lazio really couldn't do anything. They were played like a relegation team against a top team.

I will not criticize Lazio's performance, but Como's performance was very impressive, they were able to control the match quite significantly so that Lazio could not do anything and it cannot be denied that Fabregas played an important role in making strategies that made Como like they are now and after seeing their performance I am sure what Como did last season will continue and can even be better.

[IceLincoln]

Why exactly is AC Milan lost to this team is what I really do not understand.  It is really no a good one for AC Milan at this time but it just like a case of one of the times that football happens to a team and even a big team loose and there are times where a smaller team could loose or can win, we'll I do not really know about  the aspect you made mention of the criminality so I cannot comment on that but I just see this as football.

In Serie A matches things like this are commonplace some hot  the teams that are considered strong are defeated when playing at home well, this is what happened to AC Milan in the last match even though they dominate from all sides but Cremonese managed to win by scoring 2 goals with 4 shots while AC Milan fired 24 shots seems a bit funny but this is the fact. There is nothing to be surprised about and the League has just started I mean there will be more surprises.

AC Milan lacks the desired attack force and a clinical finisher, Santiago Gimenez isn’t doing a proper job yet, Noah Okafor has left for the Premier league and their hopeful potential signing Victor Boniface has failed medicals, their attacking problem woes continues. Milan has good wingers but they still lack in squad depth and the center forward position now will be a great time for the Pulisic and Raphael Leao to step up and show up.
This Victor Boniface situation is really gonna affect them if they can’t sign him, I’m thinking it’s because they already have Leao who is an injury prone player and adding Victor Boniface to the squad might not be what’s best for them considering they lack strikers.

[Black Mbaye]

Fabregas reminds me of Xabi Alonso. These two are brilliant at managing mediocre players into becoming mainstays of the team. Como targets for this season seem very high, and their current prospects are enough to show that they are indeed worth watching in Serie A.
I was impressed when I watched their match against Lazio. Lazio really couldn't do anything. They were played like a relegation team against a top team.

He seems to me to be a good coach and also a good man, humble, who works very hard, who tries to make his team feel good
It also seems technically valid to me, it is no coincidence that Como, among the various investments, managed to remain in the middle of the rankings
let's see what happens this season

Judging by Como's performance against Lazio, they'll be one of the mid-table teams in the Italian league this year that the big teams will be most wary of. They played a completely dominant game against Lazio. It's fair to say that Lazio isn't a bad team in Italy. However, Fabregas and Como played much better than Lazio and deserved the win. If they continue this style of play, they could finish the league in a good position to qualify for a European competition next year.

[Velvet78]

Do you guys watch Atalanta's game against newly promoted Pisa? Crazy how they get draw against a mediocre club. Finally Juric's shitshow has begun. They went from Gasperini to the Juric, which was a massive downgrade. They played badly in the first half, but a bit better in the second half after some subs happened.

However, unable to get three points from Pisa is really really bad. They should have won it, but their finishing were so terrible to watch. I'm thinking they may be losing when they fight big clubs.

Why am I not surprised to see this result?    Still the first game of the season though. But I wasn't still expecting a good start for Juric. He was horrible during his short time at Roma as well.

By the way the man of the match was Pisa's GK for sure. The guy made 5 saves and prevented another goal. Atalanta had 1.92 xG for the whole game but that winning goal didn't came no matter how hard they tried.

[Danica22]

Few things to highlight:
1. The match held in Gewiss Stadium (Atalanta's home).
2. Atalanta played with their best lineup.
3. They didn't receive any red card.

This is a very bad result for Atalanta, this was supposed to be a sure win for them. Pisa wasn't good at all, Atalanta isn't able to maximize the chances they created.

I don't know Pisa very well. This is the first time I am watched team Pisa's match live. Although Atalanta's overall performance was good, their result was not good. It's a bad result in a home match, sharing points with a team like Pisa. But Atalanta's players were able to create a lot of scoring opportunities. Atalanta managed to have 21 shots with 66% ball possession. But even then the team couldn't score more than one goal. I would say Atalanta was unlucky. Often we see big teams fail to get full points against underdog teams. I would like to consider this an accident.

[$weetne$$]

I will not criticize Lazio's performance, but Como's performance was very impressive, they were able to control the match quite significantly so that Lazio could not do anything and it cannot be denied that Fabregas played an important role in making strategies that made Como like they are now and after seeing their performance I am sure what Como did last season will continue and can even be better.

Leaving out Lazio from the criticism looks incomplete, criticism does.not have to be negative, it could be in a direction point out some improvement and mention  they maintain it, they actually had a fair play only that more was expected of them and one thing I got to notice about como is that they are growing to become a team that can beat your expectations yet gives you that impression that they are not in for that so you may likely want to undermine them only to later see that they are capable of more than that which they actually do look like.

[Altryist]

AC Milan lacks the desired attack force and a clinical finisher, Santiago Gimenez isn’t doing a proper job yet, Noah Okafor has left for the Premier league and their hopeful potential signing Victor Boniface has failed medicals, their attacking problem woes continues. Milan has good wingers but they still lack in squad depth and the center forward position now will be a great time for the Pulisic and Raphael Leao to step up and show up.
This Victor Boniface situation is really gonna affect them if they can’t sign him, I’m thinking it’s because they already have Leao who is an injury prone player and adding Victor Boniface to the squad might not be what’s best for them considering they lack strikers.

Leao is a good forward but he spent this match on the bench due to injury, and Pulisic did not show the game that was expected of him. Alegre has a good team, but the attack clearly needs to be strengthened, although this first match can be considered some kind of failure, because Milan played a good match and made 24 shots on the Cremonese goal, with such statistics they should have won. In the next round they go to Lecce, also not an easy team with a good defense, so Milan's attack will have to try hard again.

[Phoenix Anka]

I will not criticize Lazio's performance, but Como's performance was very impressive, they were able to control the match quite significantly so that Lazio could not do anything and it cannot be denied that Fabregas played an important role in making strategies that made Como like they are now and after seeing their performance I am sure what Como did last season will continue and can even be better.

Leaving out Lazio from the criticism looks incomplete, criticism does.not have to be negative, it could be in a direction point out some improvement and mention  they maintain it, they actually had a fair play only that more was expected of them and one thing I got to notice about como is that they are growing to become a team that can beat your expectations yet gives you that impression that they are not in for that so you may likely want to undermine them only to later see that they are capable of more than that which they actually do look like.

I've never heard any bold statements about Como, but they played so well against Lazio that they could be one of the most important teams this year. Perhaps they'll be one of the teams that will make a big splash this year. Como is like a son to Cesc Fabregas, and he's striving to bring him to the top. He's a very idealistic manager and a great player in his past. I expect him to be a good manager like Xabi.

[Arenga pinnata]

He seems to me to be a good coach and also a good man, humble, who works very hard, who tries to make his team feel good
It also seems technically valid to me, it is no coincidence that Como, among the various investments, managed to remain in the middle of the rankings
let's see what happens this season

Fabregas is indeed an excellent coach. I truly admire his loyalty to Como. He has rejected several offers from other clubs just to stay at Como. Last season, Como relied on a predominantly older squad, but the results were still impressive. Now, Como has a slightly younger squad, and the results have truly exceeded my expectations. Even statistically, I thought Lazio was a weak team, while Como appeared to be a very strong team.



It's clearly a good start to the season for Como. But it's the opposite for Lazio.

[DaNNy001]

Why exactly is AC Milan lost to this team is what I really do not understand.  It is really no a good one for AC Milan at this time but it just like a case of one of the times that football happens to a team and even a big team loose and there are times where a smaller team could loose or can win, we'll I do not really know about  the aspect you made mention of the criminality so I cannot comment on that but I just see this as football.

In Serie A matches things like this are commonplace some hot  the teams that are considered strong are defeated when playing at home well, this is what happened to AC Milan in the last match even though they dominate from all sides but Cremonese managed to win by scoring 2 goals with 4 shots while AC Milan fired 24 shots seems a bit funny but this is the fact. There is nothing to be surprised about and the League has just started I mean there will be more surprises.

AC Milan lacks the desired attack force and a clinical finisher, Santiago Gimenez isn’t doing a proper job yet, Noah Okafor has left for the Premier league and their hopeful potential signing Victor Boniface has failed medicals, their attacking problem woes continues. Milan has good wingers but they still lack in squad depth and the center forward position now will be a great time for the Pulisic and Raphael Leao to step up and show up.
This Victor Boniface situation is really gonna affect them if they can’t sign him, I’m thinking it’s because they already have Leao who is an injury prone player and adding Victor Boniface to the squad might not be what’s best for them considering they lack strikers.

Ac Milan made me very angry during the weekend when they actually lost that game against cremonese because looking at the odds that the bookies gave to them no one would have taught they would fumble the way they actually did and it was all played on my betslip for them to win which is something i dont do on a normal but seeing that the team they are playing just got promoted i was feeling maybe probably they would have a chance at winning but its now clear they need back up in that team and victor Boniface is actually a good suggestion.

[W Jr.]

He seems to me to be a good coach and also a good man, humble, who works very hard, who tries to make his team feel good
It also seems technically valid to me, it is no coincidence that Como, among the various investments, managed to remain in the middle of the rankings
let's see what happens this season

Fabregas is indeed an excellent coach. I truly admire his loyalty to Como. He has rejected several offers from other clubs just to stay at Como. Last season, Como relied on a predominantly older squad, but the results were still impressive. Now, Como has a slightly younger squad, and the results have truly exceeded my expectations. Even statistically, I thought Lazio was a weak team, while Como appeared to be a very strong team.



It's clearly a good start to the season for Como. But it's the opposite for Lazio.

It's been a great start for Como, but how they continue is also important. They comfortably beat a tough opponent in the first match. I hope they can show a similar performance in the remaining matches. The league needs change now. We're all delighted to see a new, great team. I hope Como's impressive performance continues until the end of the season. Regarding Fabregas, he proved to us last year that he was a good manager, and he's striving to be even better this year. In my opinion, the Italian league is one of the most competitive leagues in the world. Como, you can succeed here, and that's the result of great determination.

[Arenga pinnata]

Fabregas is indeed an excellent coach. I truly admire his loyalty to Como. He has rejected several offers from other clubs just to stay at Como. Last season, Como relied on a predominantly older squad, but the results were still impressive. Now, Como has a slightly younger squad, and the results have truly exceeded my expectations. Even statistically, I thought Lazio was a weak team, while Como appeared to be a very strong team.



It's clearly a good start to the season for Como. But it's the opposite for Lazio.

It's been a great start for Como, but how they continue is also important. They comfortably beat a tough opponent in the first match. I hope they can show a similar performance in the remaining matches. The league needs change now. We're all delighted to see a new, great team. I hope Como's impressive performance continues until the end of the season. Regarding Fabregas, he proved to us last year that he was a good manager, and he's striving to be even better this year. In my opinion, the Italian league is one of the most competitive leagues in the world. Como, you can succeed here, and that's the result of great determination.

Como must prove that their first-leg victory against Lazio wasn't just luck or coincidence. The way to prove it is by playing just as well in the second leg against a formidable Bologna side. If Como can maintain the same level of play as they did against Lazio, then beating Bologna shouldn't be a major problem. But if Como fails and even loses in the second leg, then they'll be just like any other average team. They sometimes play well in one game and then poorly in the next. Inconsistency is always a problem for any average team. But for a strong team, consistency can always be maintained. Still, seeing Lazio lose without scoring a goal is truly un-Lazio-like.

[Nightwalker(NW)]

The Napoli team is always trying to improve and now the team is suffering from a lil bit of worry as they are in search of a new player in the replacement of Romelu Lukaku. Romelu Lukaku is a good player and motivated to serve the team. But his injury is the reason to replace him with the new good one. So, Napoli has to recruit some new players in this regard they have almost two or three options but definitely the decision will be based on the team's requirements and according to their budget. The team Napoli is interested in is Rasmus Hojlund and Tolu Arokodare . But i think the more favours are to get the Tolu Arokodare as this player is capable and maybe prove a good selection for the Napoli team. So, let's see who will be selected by the team.

I saw the news too concerning Rasmus Hojlund moving to Napoli very soon but this was made possible about his former Manchester United teammate MacTominay called out to him to join him at Napoli. From the news, it looks like the deal will pull through. Hojlund did not really perform at Manchester United that is why the club is letting go of him and I hope he finds his scoring boots if his signed by Napoli.

[SmartCharpa]

Do you guys watch Atalanta's game against newly promoted Pisa? Crazy how they get draw against a mediocre club. Finally Juric's shitshow has begun. They went from Gasperini to the Juric, which was a massive downgrade. They played badly in the first half, but a bit better in the second half after some subs happened.

However, unable to get three points from Pisa is really really bad. They should have won it, but their finishing were so terrible to watch. I'm thinking they may be losing when they fight big clubs.

It is obvious that Atalanta will struggle this season after selling their key players and failing to find good replacements. Mateo Retegui, who was always their top scorer each season, moved to Al Qadisiyah, a Saudi club; and if I'm not mistaken, they have yet to find another good striker like him. On the other hand, Lookman who has always made their offense look dangerous to their opponents, refused to play for them this season because they had agreed that he was free to leave.

To be honest, I gave up on Atalanta winning the match because they played so badly in the first half. The team's chances of making it among the top four this season will be very difficult due to the absence of previous season's players and a new manager, Ivan Jurić, who previously managed Southampton to got relegated from the Premier League.

[giammangiato]

Do you guys watch Atalanta's game against newly promoted Pisa? Crazy how they get draw against a mediocre club. Finally Juric's shitshow has begun. They went from Gasperini to the Juric, which was a massive downgrade. They played badly in the first half, but a bit better in the second half after some subs happened.

However, unable to get three points from Pisa is really really bad. They should have won it, but their finishing were so terrible to watch. I'm thinking they may be losing when they fight big clubs.

I wasn't able to watch Atalanta's game; I only saw a few segments. They had chances but didn't capitalize on them. Despite playing against a team that was less impressive on paper, they couldn't finish with a win.
I wouldn't call it a good match for Atalanta; rather, it was a poor start. I hope they start turning things around right away; with this style of play, they won't go far.

[shinratensei_]

Watched Como totally dominated Lazio was amazing. They won it by scored two goals, but could be 4 goals at minimum if some goals attemps were not blocked and hit the bar. The theory about a strong club build by splashing a bunch of money is right.
Just after they spend massive amount of money, their gameplay have improved drastically. Nico Paz has been their centre, and he records amazing stats in this game.

I'm sure Como is a dark horse for the top 4 with this kind of performance.

[Fiatless]

AC Milan are indeed in poor form overall, so against any opponent, they will certainly find it quite difficult to win and even more difficult to equalize when they take the lead. And I also hope that in some of the other matches, AC Milan can display a different style of play from their first match so that AC Milan can return to a better position than last season. As for Cremonese, they haven't been a team that has performed consistently throughout the season, although their first match result at Milan's home ground was quite surprising.

From the match against AC Milan, one can deduce that Cremonese is an underdog that should be watched out for. They were sharp in the attack and took advantage of the few opportunities that were created. I don't think Milan performed poorly in that match. They were just unlucky not to score after creating up to twenty-six chances. The next game with Lecce will be another test for Massimiliano Allegri's side.  

[Slow death]

Do you guys watch Atalanta's game against newly promoted Pisa? Crazy how they get draw against a mediocre club. Finally Juric's shitshow has begun. They went from Gasperini to the Juric, which was a massive downgrade. They played badly in the first half, but a bit better in the second half after some subs happened.

However, unable to get three points from Pisa is really really bad. They should have won it, but their finishing were so terrible to watch. I'm thinking they may be losing when they fight big clubs.

I didn't watch the game because I was watching another game, but then I watched the highlights and I confess that I wasn't surprised, because after they sold their striker it was expected that their attack would weaken a lot, just look at things like these:



It was a very good position and the Atalanta player could easily have scored a goal, but he simply failed. They had more opportunities before that, so Atalanta lost points in that game because they don't have good attackers. Ademola Lookman didn't play. At least at that moment, he could help the team, but the disagreement between him and the management seems to be far from reaching any consensus.

Official: Ademola Lookman out of Atalanta's first match

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/official-ademola-lookman-atalantas-first-161500529.html

This situation is very complicated. A club needs to have leaders who are reasonable in times of crisis, who know how to negotiate and give in when necessary.

[Princess Leah]

Do you guys watch Atalanta's game against newly promoted Pisa? Crazy how they get draw against a mediocre club. Finally Juric's shitshow has begun. They went from Gasperini to the Juric, which was a massive downgrade. They played badly in the first half, but a bit better in the second half after some subs happened.

However, unable to get three points from Pisa is really really bad. They should have won it, but their finishing were so terrible to watch. I'm thinking they may be losing when they fight big clubs.

It is obvious that Atalanta will struggle this season after selling their key players and failing to find good replacements. Mateo Retegui, who was always their top scorer each season, moved to Al Qadisiyah, a Saudi club; and if I'm not mistaken, they have yet to find another good striker like him. On the other hand, Lookman who has always made their offense look dangerous to their opponents, refused to play for them this season because they had agreed that he was free to leave.

To be honest, I gave up on Atalanta winning the match because they played so badly in the first half. The team's chances of making it among the top four this season will be very difficult due to the absence of previous season's players and a new manager, Ivan Jurić, who previously managed Southampton to got relegated from the Premier League.

Situation like these is bound to happen when a team change their coach sometimes the players find it difficult to work with the new coach and it affects the entire teams performance, that's exactly what's happening to Atalanta, they might suffer for a while before the players adapt the new coaches pattern.

 Allowing Gasperini to leave is a big mistake and it would really affect them this season, Ivan Juric is not a trustworthy coach he hasn't had a great experience in coaching, I don't really know they signed him but I don't think it's a good choice, I won't be surprise if they fail to win their next match.

[GiftedMAN]

From the match against AC Milan, one can deduce that Cremonese is an underdog that should be watched out for. They were sharp in the attack and took advantage of the few opportunities that were created. I don't think Milan performed poorly in that match. They were just unlucky not to score after creating up to twenty-six chances. The next game with Lecce will be another test for Massimiliano Allegri's side.  

The game also exposed the weakness in the side of AC Milan attack as they couldn't score goals despite creating so many scoring opportunities, Cremonese as the underdog was more efficient  in their ability to score from the number of good chances they created, they had the lesser opportunities but they utilize those few moments to get 2 goals and defended it to win the game. AC Milan has to fix their attack if they must get a better result against Lecce, they have another strong undergo to play and they can't afford to lose the game.