Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[pewboy]

AC Milan is leading with one goal right now and I don't think both Milan's teams will lose in this round like the teams from Rome.
Roma and Lazio both lost by a goal and Inter Milan resisted against Juventus, flipped the result and lost at the end by 3 goals to 4.
Only Napoli didn't trick their fans and people betting for them I guess.
Milan defended their only goal well, securing victory. While their performance wasn't particularly exciting, the important thing was the three points, and they earned them. Roma, on the other hand, lost three points at home to Torino. That point was worth its weight in gold. You should never underestimate your opponents. Results like this could potentially knock you out of the Champions League at the end of the year.

There are results and matches that matter and in another context it would certainly have gone differently. In fact, if they had been direct clashes where the loser goes out, we would certainly have witnessed another draw. I was surprised by Roma, I didn't think they would be able to lose.

[lizarder]

Hope Gasp aware with his club's main problem and stop to put Dybala as a false nine. I will be the first to call him as a dumb coach if he repeats the same thing in europe. His club looked so toothless, and no creativity from upfront. Just send Dybala and Soule back to their best position, and stop to experimenting by putting them upfront.

I'm with you very disappointed with their performance. Waited for two weeks just to see them showed horrendous performance. What a waste of time!

This should have been done sooner because trying to put Dybala and Soule in positions they don't excel in limits their ability to reach their full potential. Many coaches might use this approach, but I don't see a good chance of Roma continuing to force them. Roma should have avoided defeat against Torino, as they didn't pose much of a threat, but few opportunities for Roma players to score.

The advantage in the match statistics did not make Roma able to get three points and it was completely problematic in the final finishing level and if you pay attention, Roma should have been able to score more than two goals in the match but the opportunities were not able to be utilized well by the players.

[babo]

@lillominato89
So, what's this crazy Inter up to? Are you still convinced Chivu is a good coach?
Come on, a cold statement from you, so to speak.
It's been almost a day now so you should have gotten over the disappointment of the defeat against Juventus, one of the most unlucky teams of this season.

[Lillominato89]

@lillominato89
So, what's this crazy Inter up to? Are you still convinced Chivu is a good coach?
Come on, a cold statement from you, so to speak.
It's been almost a day now so you should have gotten over the disappointment of the defeat against Juventus, one of the most unlucky teams of this season.

I watched the match, Inter played much better than Juventus, but they were good and also lucky, and a few refereeing errors affected the final result.
Chivu is still immature, but he was betrayed more by his senior teammates than by his ideas. We definitely won't win the Scudetto this year, but there's not much we can do about it. The transfer market was completely disappointing.
Anyway, congratulations to Juventus.

[Webetcoins]

I watched the match, Inter played much better than Juventus, but they were good and also lucky, and a few refereeing errors affected the final result.
Chivu is still immature, but he was betrayed more by his senior teammates than by his ideas. We definitely won't win the Scudetto this year, but there's not much we can do about it. The transfer market was completely disappointing.
Anyway, congratulations to Juventus.

It is great for Juventus, and really sad for Inter. Inter really deserved to win, Juventus deserved to win too, both teams played amazing games, if either of them played like this against anyone else, they would have gotten a very easy win. Instead they had to face each other.

I seriously think that what Inter has right now on standings and points do not really show how great they are, and that is why I honestly believe that we are going to end up seeing them be a lot better soon enough. They will once again rank higher, maybe not win the title or anything but we will see them do great, we just need to give them some more time and I am sure that they are going to start getting the good results that they deserve.

[Frankolala]

This season the favorite teams to win the league are Napoli and Juventus but most especially Napoli are more preferable to win the league again. They have been unbeaten in the first 3 matches. Just like you said, they may not be invisible at the end of the season, but one thing is certain, they will win more of there games considering the strength of the team.

Yes, maybe Napoli will win, after the stinging defeat against Juventus i am really disappointed
We have problems in the team, not in scoring goals but in defense at this point
We conceded 4 goals. For a team like Inter, this is unacceptable. Now and in the future

Two consecutive losses is not a good result for Inter who is the favorite club to win the league. I hope that Chivu wouldn't continue like this but look for a way on how to strengthen the team especially, the defense because from the way Juventus scored four goals, it shows that Inter defense is weak.

[Pandu Geddon]

Two consecutive losses is not a good result for Inter who is the favorite club to win the league. I hope that Chivu wouldn't continue like this but look for a way on how to strengthen the team especially, the defense because from the way Juventus scored four goals, it shows that Inter defense is weak.

I agree that the problem experienced by Inter in that match was related to their defense; perhaps it is more accurate to say that their defensive strategy failed to anticipate when their attacks faltered, and the midfield was unable to intercept the ball.
The transition from attack to defense is crucial when facing a team that is also strong in quick counterattacks. Inter has a lot of work to do with the tight match schedule starting from now. They may conduct special training to address this issue.

[Renampun]

I’m not still convinced with AC Milan performance so far this season, despite their win yesterday I’m still worried that they won’t have a great season. They got a scrappy win yesterday, thanks to a wonder goal from the veteran Luka Modric to get all 3 point for Milan. It was Modric first Italian league goal and it was a great one.

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But AC Milan's performance so far has been quite good, even though it's still not optimal, but they are still in the early stages of the season and there are still many things they can patch up to improve their performance, so their chances of being able to improve even more in the upcoming matches are still quite good, it's just that they can't rely entirely on Modric to be able to compete at the top, they need to come up with a more collective strategy so that other players can at least contribute more.

[TelolettOm]

I watched the match, Inter played much better than Juventus, but they were good and also lucky, and a few refereeing errors affected the final result.
Chivu is still immature, but he was betrayed more by his senior teammates than by his ideas. We definitely won't win the Scudetto this year, but there's not much we can do about it. The transfer market was completely disappointing.
Anyway, congratulations to Juventus.

Chivu changed their game strategy after Inter took a 2-3 lead in the 76th minute after Marcus Thuram's goal. They switched midfielders to defenders, Dumfries to Darmian, Chivu also replaced Çalhanoğlu (who had scored 2 goals in this match) with Sucic. However, soon after, Juventus scored, a minute later, resulting in a draw. The match became more interesting and tight. However, this was not really luck, because Juventus was indeed superior because Adzic, who came on in the 73rd minute, still had a lot of energy, climbed forward and entered the Inter defense line quite tightly, utilizing a beautiful pass from David. And the goal was due to their efforts, not just luck. Yes, there may have been a luck factor, but it was not the determining factor.

Vasilije Adzic smashing Juventus' late winner against Inter Milan

[MAAManda]

3 matchdays have passed in Serie A, Napoli & Juventus are the teams with perfect points so far. Napoli leads the standings cause +1 GD they have. Meanwhile, the bottom three are currently occupied by Verona, Parma, and Lecce. So far, there's been nothing exciting in Serie A & the title race also seems to be limited to Napoli & Juventus. It's interesting to keep an eye on these two teams in Serie A.

[Jatiluhung]

I watched the match, Inter played much better than Juventus, but they were good and also lucky, and a few refereeing errors affected the final result.
Chivu is still immature, but he was betrayed more by his senior teammates than by his ideas. We definitely won't win the Scudetto this year, but there's not much we can do about it. The transfer market was completely disappointing.
Anyway, congratulations to Juventus.

Chivu just needs more experience managing a big team. And I'm sure he'll become an even better coach over time. Inter Milan still seem to be playing quite well under Chivu. The problem is, Juventus has a better coach and squad this time around.

But the match was quite intense and exciting in my opinion. I really enjoyed it. And maybe if Inter Milan had had a bit more luck, they could have won. Unfortunately, Inter Milan didn't seem to have enough luck in that match. I also don't think Inter Milan is ready to compete for the title this season. But if they want to compete for a Champions League spot, it's still very possible.

[SilverCryptoBullet]

Two consecutive losses is not a good result for Inter who is the favorite club to win the league. I hope that Chivu wouldn't continue like this but look for a way on how to strengthen the team especially, the defense because from the way Juventus scored four goals, it shows that Inter defense is weak.

It's actually bad but the season is still early and Inter Milan as well as Chivu have a lot of time and many matches for improvement and comeback. The team are not weak but they need to perform better and reduce conceded goals, and I believe Inter Milan will come back soon. Chivu so far shows some good signals of becoming a good head coach even he is very young and lack of experience in this job.

I agree that the problem experienced by Inter in that match was related to their defense; perhaps it is more accurate to say that their defensive strategy failed to anticipate when their attacks faltered, and the midfield was unable to intercept the ball.
The transition from attack to defense is crucial when facing a team that is also strong in quick counterattacks. Inter has a lot of work to do with the tight match schedule starting from now. They may conduct special training to address this issue.

Inter Milan played well but they failed to protect one goal advantage when the match has only 15 last minutes and it's like lack of experience of Chivu's management. It's big lesson for Chivu and his coming matches with Inter Milan as his position will become more dangerous if Inter Milan continue to play bad or even play well but lose more points in next matches. I see Chivu tried to send some defenders in but perhaps he did not order his players too well on what they should do in order to secure the goal advantage.

[bastisisca]

I watched the match, Inter played much better than Juventus, but they were good and also lucky, and a few refereeing errors affected the final result.
Chivu is still immature, but he was betrayed more by his senior teammates than by his ideas. We definitely won't win the Scudetto this year, but there's not much we can do about it. The transfer market was completely disappointing.
Anyway, congratulations to Juventus.

I can only commend myself to Juventus too
precisely we were unlucky, amen

Two consecutive losses is not a good result for Inter who is the favorite club to win the league. I hope that Chivu wouldn't continue like this but look for a way on how to strengthen the team especially, the defense because from the way Juventus scored four goals, it shows that Inter defense is weak.

It happens, we will do better next game, we can do nothing but commit to do better and not ruin this season
It's not like we have many other alternatives, eh?
I hope Chivu understands where to put solutions to the problems

[DaNNy001]

3 matchdays have passed in Serie A, Napoli & Juventus are the teams with perfect points so far. Napoli leads the standings cause +1 GD they have. Meanwhile, the bottom three are currently occupied by Verona, Parma, and Lecce. So far, there's been nothing exciting in Serie A & the title race also seems to be limited to Napoli & Juventus. It's interesting to keep an eye on these two teams in Serie A.

Napoli and Juventus are currently at the top of the board and they are doing very well, it's hard to really tell which of these team would end up winning the title this season...although something tells me that Juventus has a chance of winning but I don't think Napoli would make it easy for them...I think we must all acknowledge cremonese, after so many matches they are still occupying the forth position

[GiftedMAN]

Napoli and Juventus are currently at the top of the board and they are doing very well, it's hard to really tell which of these team would end up winning the title this season...although something tells me that Juventus has a chance of winning but I don't think Napoli would make it easy for them...I think we must all acknowledge cremonese, after so many matches they are still occupying the forth position

One team that has improved this season which still surprises me is Juventus they are playing like a team with the determination of winning the league this season which I think can be possible if they give gap to Napoli who is their current rivals right now in the league table, Napoli has a very strong attacking force with Lukaku not back they are still winning game ls it's going to be difficult for Juventus to overtake them unless they drop from. The title is looking like it will be between both teams since Inter Milan has not woken up yesterday but I will still pick Napoli to be ahead of Juventus in the league due to their squad.

[MAAManda]

Napoli and Juventus are currently at the top of the board and they are doing very well, it's hard to really tell which of these team would end up winning the title this season...although something tells me that Juventus has a chance of winning but I don't think Napoli would make it easy for them.

Well, there's been a lot of debate about who will be crowned Serie A champion this season. After all, it's still too early to predict the Serie A champion. From what I've found online, Napoli has the lowest odds for the Serie A title, indicating that Napoli is the strongest candidate so far.

I think we must all acknowledge cremonese, after so many matches they are still occupying the forth position

That team was on my radar, having done well in Serie A after their promotion. We also have our national team goalkeeper there, whom we're proud of & I hope he can shine with Cremonese.

[Lillominato89]

I watched the match, Inter played much better than Juventus, but they were good and also lucky, and a few refereeing errors affected the final result.
Chivu is still immature, but he was betrayed more by his senior teammates than by his ideas. We definitely won't win the Scudetto this year, but there's not much we can do about it. The transfer market was completely disappointing.
Anyway, congratulations to Juventus.

It is great for Juventus, and really sad for Inter. Inter really deserved to win, Juventus deserved to win too, both teams played amazing games, if either of them played like this against anyone else, they would have gotten a very easy win. Instead they had to face each other.

I seriously think that what Inter has right now on standings and points do not really show how great they are, and that is why I honestly believe that we are going to end up seeing them be a lot better soon enough. They will once again rank higher, maybe not win the title or anything but we will see them do great, we just need to give them some more time and I am sure that they are going to start getting the good results that they deserve.

Juventus wanted to win more and deserved the victory; they didn't steal anything from Inter.
It's frustrating because Inter were well organised on the pitch and were playing better than Juventus.
But as I said before, Chivu was let down by his players rather than his ideas, because the attitude on the pitch was right, but when every shot Juventus took turned into a goal, there was little the manager could do about it.

[Chilwell]

Verona vs Cremonese

Hellas Verona confirmed lineup (3-5-2): Lorenzo Montipo (GK), Unai Nunez, Victor Nelsson, Martin Frese, Rafik Belghali, Suat Serdar, Roberto Gagliardini, Antoine Bernede, Domagoj Bradaric, Giovane Nascimento, Gift Orban.

Cremonese confirmed lineup (3-5-2): Emil Audero (GK), Filippo Terracciano, Federico Baschirotto, Matteo Bianchetti, Alessio Zerbin, Michele Collocolo, Warren Bondo, Jari Vandeputte, Giuseppe Pezzella, Federico Bonazzoli, Antonio Sanabria.

Hellas Verona are set to host Cremonese at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi for their third match of the season. Hellas Verona have been finding it difficult to win a match because they only have one win and a lost, they conceded four goals in their last match which is so bad for them. These teams are having equal record against each other, so I really can't say anything about them, as for Cremonese, they have higher chance of winning despite they are playing an away game. Let's see what will happen at the end of the game.

[stompix]

But AC Milan's performance so far has been quite good, even though it's still not optimal,

It's kind of hard to talk about "performance" when you get beaten by Cremonese, score a victory against Lecce, then play whatever that game with Bologna was, let's be honest here, it's better they are not in the CL nor in the UEFA this season, save a lot of embarrassment.

@lillominato89
So, what's this crazy Inter up to? Are you still convinced Chivu is a good coach?
Come on, a cold statement from you, so to speak.
It's been almost a day now so you should have gotten over the disappointment of the defeat against Juventus, one of the most unlucky teams of this season.

As much as I think Chivu was a mistake for Inter, the game itself was well beyond what a trainer could still keep under control tactically. Inter did play a good game, they played worse games last year in the Champions League and somehow managed to weasel their way in the finals. After all, it's still Juventus, not Frosinone

[Akbarkoe]

3 matchdays have passed in Serie A, Napoli & Juventus are the teams with perfect points so far. Napoli leads the standings cause +1 GD they have. Meanwhile, the bottom three are currently occupied by Verona, Parma, and Lecce. So far, there's been nothing exciting in Serie A & the title race also seems to be limited to Napoli & Juventus. It's interesting to keep an eye on these two teams in Serie A.

I think the surprise comes from Cremonese, as a team that has just been promoted back to the highest caste of the Italian league, known as Serie A. They have started the season very well and are one of the teams that are unbeaten in their last two matches. And right now, Cremonese is facing Verona at Marcantonio Bentegodi Stadium. Playing at home should give Verona an advantage to get their first win early in the season, but like I said before, even though Cremonese is a promoted team, they're strong enough to keep winning. The match has only been going on for about 10 minutes with the score still 0-0.

Meanwhile, Napoli and Juventus are competing fiercely for the top spot in the standings. So far, both teams have performed quite consistently, but when the Champions League matches start, it will be difficult for them to maintain their consistency because their focus will be disrupted.