⚽ Sportsbet.io ⚽ Italian Serie A ⚽ Football Pool Discussion Thread 2023/2024

[morvillz7z]

Napoli - Atalanta was a great game but I again watched just first half since i had both to score and that passed quickly. Napoli was in solid form and I thought they will manage to get a draw tonight despite missing Insigne and Ruiz.

I have to admit i had the game as a draw initially, but the absence of Koulibaly in the defense, who has been incredibly solid for them all season and is out for at least a month, made me change my pick. Juan Jesus looked shaky at times, he has only made a few starts this season, and he was somewhat responsible for Atalanta's third goal, as he backed off Ilicic for too long. Nonetheless, a very good game as you said, Atalanta is picking up steam...

<....> It instantly remind me this ghost goal from Bundesliga:
https://youtu.be/vQZmRqxnH6M

Lol

Now that's a proper ghost goal haha, think i've seen that one before. Does anyone remember what year the Bundesliga started using/implemented the goal line technology? '13/'14?

[buwaytress]

Seems like I missed quite a bit of drama in Serie A (not to mention commenting in the wrong thread about my mistaken prediction for Milan boo!).

@morvillz: Really, has it only been less than 10 years? I seem to remember in my mind goal-line tech was in place in English football several years after 2004 when Chelski's Mourinho wouldn't stop talking about Luis Garcia's supposed ghost goal. Oh those were the lovely days when we kept delaying Chelsea's march to UCL haha.

[LTU_btc]

@morvillz: Really, has it only been less than 10 years? I seem to remember in my mind goal-line tech was in place in English football several years after 2004 when Chelski's Mourinho wouldn't stop talking about Luis Garcia's supposed ghost goal. Oh those were the lovely days when we kept delaying Chelsea's march to UCL haha.

I think that goal line technology was introduced much later. Remember that famous disallowed Lampard goal against Germany in 2010 World Cup. In EURO 2012 there was similar disallowed goal in Ukraine - England game. So, in EPL they started to use this technology only after these scandals.
I have strange feeling watching these old videos. My first thought is why ref isn't going to watch VAR and only later I realize that we have VAR just for few years so far .

[buwaytress]

@morvillz: Really, has it only been less than 10 years? I seem to remember in my mind goal-line tech was in place in English football several years after 2004 when Chelski's Mourinho wouldn't stop talking about Luis Garcia's supposed ghost goal. Oh those were the lovely days when we kept delaying Chelsea's march to UCL haha.

I think that goal line technology was introduced much later. Remember that famous disallowed Lampard goal against Germany in 2010 World Cup. In EURO 2012 there was similar disallowed goal in Ukraine - England game. So, in EPL they started to use this technology only after these scandals.
I have strange feeling watching these old videos. My first thought is why ref isn't going to watch VAR and only later I realize that we have VAR just for few years so far .

You're right I just looked it up, Hawk-eye only introduced in 2013 in EPL. In my mind, for some reason, I thought it was soon after all those ghost goals of early 2010s but yeah now that you mention it, it took some big, big bad calls at international level for this tech to be implemented.

It's one of the few digital techs I've really had no issues with. Doesn't interfere with the game, actually helps resolves decisions faster and more accurately, and is totally in the spirit of the game.

Of course, tech is not perfect, remember last season Covid restart? Can't remember which game now but a goal so clearly crossed the line and hawkeye didn't see it when everybody and video did haha.

[Harkorede]

I'm finally in the prize spots range again, and it seems I'll end with the yellow cap for the round, a round which all my picks were made without any prior research I just went with my guts and followed the team recent form as being shown in the SuperBRU prediction page. I don't know how often that'd work, but It would be worth trying for me again 😊

[Trofo]

I'm finally in the prize spots range again, and it seems I'll end with the yellow cap for the round, a round which all my picks were made without any prior research I just went with my guts and followed the team recent form as being shown in the SuperBRU prediction page. I don't know how often that'd work, but It would be worth trying for me again 😊

Good work, keep to what is working for you. I change my strategies depending on the leagues and my knowledge about each of them. I pick all the games in Premier League and Champions League by gut, while I look for stats on clashes between bottom teams in La Liga and Serie A when I have time. Works ok for me in the long run, only problem I have is terrible luck with correct scores. Seems to me I usually get a more than average close scores but loose big on correct ones. Don't know how to correct that, telling myself it is just luck

[buwaytress]

I'm finally in the prize spots range again, and it seems I'll end with the yellow cap for the round, a round which all my picks were made without any prior research I just went with my guts and followed the team recent form as being shown in the SuperBRU prediction page. I don't know how often that'd work, but It would be worth trying for me again 😊

Good work, keep to what is working for you. I change my strategies depending on the leagues and my knowledge about each of them. I pick all the games in Premier League and Champions League by gut, while I look for stats on clashes between bottom teams in La Liga and Serie A when I have time. Works ok for me in the long run, only problem I have is terrible luck with correct scores. Seems to me I usually get a more than average close scores but loose big on correct ones. Don't know how to correct that, telling myself it is just luck

Nice job man! Agree with Trofo, mix and stick with a strategy that works. Premier League I don't refer to much at all as I follow every match day, and am fairly confident of my picks (except when it's midtable or bottom of league clashes, then I do tend to stick with form).

I'm not super familiar with this league but yeah, I generally put my picks on form, and that's worked a total treat in Serie A so far (though of course for the draws like today's Venezia effort impossible to predict).

Regards to scoring, that's also a form thing for me (although I have been wrong to keep predicting Chelsea running out of steam they just find ways to score so many each game) -- same goes for all top 4 teams in Serie A, knocking goals in for fun, so I don't like putting 1 or 2 on the heavy offence. That's total luck though I have to agree (who can say for example last week Venezia scores 3 when in 15 games before that only could score 12???).

[casperBGD]

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I'm not super familiar with this league but yeah, I generally put my picks on form, and that's worked a total treat in Serie A so far (though of course for the draws like today's Venezia effort impossible to predict).

you are doing great if you are not familiar with the league
I was familiar with Serie A last decade, but since Juventus was in Serie B, I stopped following it and did not quite return and probably would not

my favorite team is close to be relegated, and that could be the end point, especially now when I tend to spend more time on Jupiler and Ere divisie, due to Sorare game, and Turkey is also in now, which makes it more complicated

[leea-1334]

you are doing great if you are not familiar with the league
I was familiar with Serie A last decade, but since Juventus was in Serie B, I stopped following it and did not quite return and probably would not

my favorite team is close to be relegated, and that could be the end point, especially now when I tend to spend more time on Jupiler and Ere divisie, due to Sorare game, and Turkey is also in now, which makes it more complicated

I guess that makes more of us not familiar with the league,,, I only followed English as that was the only one I could understand,,, it is nice to watch international football but if the players even do not speak what you understand it can be difficult to follow.

I guess it is the same reason why La Liga football is followed in South America, but respect for Italian football who can still make it big everywhere in the wolrd.

Which one is your favorite team? Will you continue following if they get relegated?

[buwaytress]

you are doing great if you are not familiar with the league
I was familiar with Serie A last decade, but since Juventus was in Serie B, I stopped following it and did not quite return and probably would not

my favorite team is close to be relegated, and that could be the end point, especially now when I tend to spend more time on Jupiler and Ere divisie, due to Sorare game, and Turkey is also in now, which makes it more complicated

Yeah, I'm trying not to get ahead of myself but with about 40% of the season gone, this "strategy" definitely seems to work not just in the league I'm familiar with but in all the leagues I'm participating in... Serie A, La Liga and EPL. Of course, one can only say with some certainty at the end of the season, but when I look back on past performance using my personal betting strategy, I've been far, far, far away from the pack at the top.

The Serie A I grew up with was knowing AC Milan, and that's thanks to their rivalry with Liverpool in the early 2000s. Both giants fell away in the decade after that. Funny about football cycles, huh.

[buwaytress]

Not such a great night for me but so who else didn't expect Roma to win and win big? Don't even mind losing my prediction on this, too bad I'd skipped a bet on Roma, I saw the goal Tammy Abraham scored and yeah, nothing special you can say but that's what Chelsea's missing out now (and they had one shot on goal the whole day at Molineux). And yes, they have a lot of missing players but when you still have Pulisic, Ziyech, Mount, and plenty of offensives on bench, you wonder where their killing touch is.

And as if to top it off, Fiorentina only escaped with a point, so Roma's situation doesn't look so bad right now.

Then we get tonight, some so-so results, and Napoli leading Milan... I'm turning in to sleep, hope to wake up with a surprise home win.

Man, this league is fun.

[casperBGD]

Udinese is postponed tonight

should be an easy round, there is no derby, even the pool match is between Roma and Sampdoria, which tells you everything
Napoli and Milan had a tough few matches, and from what seemed as their race, now Inter is on top with few wins in a row, looking forward to see Dzeko as title holder

[morvillz7z]

Udinese is postponed tonight

I don't think it's been postponed, Udine is likely to be given a 3-0 win. We can actually see their starting 11 on Twitter even though there won't be a match. I mean, it's been about a year after the Juve-Napoli controversy, and i just don't understand why is it so hard for Serie A to simply postpone the match like they would do almost everywhere else...mind boggling!

source: google-translated from: https://www.tuttonapoli.net/le-altre-di-a/udinese-salernitana-la-lega-serie-a-non-rinvia-friulani-e-arbitri-dovranno-presentarsi-490475

Lega Serie A will not postpone  Udinese-Salernitana : the match, scheduled at 18.30, will not be played anyway since the Campania region has been banned by the ASL, but the decision taken from via Rossellini - for what we learn in this moment - is not to proceed with the postponement of the match. At this point, Udinese will have to appear on the pitch, as well as the referee team, to wait for the canonical 45 minutes before ascertaining that the match has not been played. At that point, the ball will pass to the Sports Judge: in the strict term of regulation, the grenade should be awarded 3-0 at the table but, considering the precedents, it is very likely that in the first instance he will leave the verdict at least sub judice for further investigations.

edit; "Awaiting Arrival Of Away Team"

[leea-1334]

I was reading about this Udinese Salertina and I just read also that the newly promoted club is going to be kicked out of Serie A in one week time because the same owner cannot have 2 clubs in the top division. So can someone tell me how is it possible Lazio owner did not prepare for this while his team was for many years in Serie B?

Italian league as morvillz7z describes is truly mind boggling!

[DU18]

Udinese is postponed tonight

I don't think it's been postponed, Udine is likely to be given a 3-0 win. We can actually see their starting 11 on Twitter even though there won't be a match. I mean, it's been about a year after the Juve-Napoli controversy, and i just don't understand why is it so hard for Serie A to simply postpone the match like they would do almost everywhere else...mind boggling!

source: google-translated from: https://www.tuttonapoli.net/le-altre-di-a/udinese-salernitana-la-lega-serie-a-non-rinvia-friulani-e-arbitri-dovranno-presentarsi-490475

Lega Serie A will not postpone  Udinese-Salernitana : the match, scheduled at 18.30, will not be played anyway since the Campania region has been banned by the ASL, but the decision taken from via Rossellini - for what we learn in this moment - is not to proceed with the postponement of the match. At this point, Udinese will have to appear on the pitch, as well as the referee team, to wait for the canonical 45 minutes before ascertaining that the match has not been played. At that point, the ball will pass to the Sports Judge: in the strict term of regulation, the grenade should be awarded 3-0 at the table but, considering the precedents, it is very likely that in the first instance he will leave the verdict at least sub judice for further investigations.

edit; "Awaiting Arrival Of Away Team"

There are no postponed matches like in serie A league, even salertina who was supposed to play the match against udinese yesterday was declared WO loser by management Serie A, salertina who currently has several players infected with covid has received quarantine orders by the italian health authorities and of course they can't come to the field and Serie A management also stated that they lost  WO from udinese, because the number of Salertina players affected by covid is not enough to be a condition for implementing the covid health protocol in the Italian league.

[rdbase]

I was reading about this Udinese Salertina and I just read also that the newly promoted club is going to be kicked out of Serie A in one week time because the same owner cannot have 2 clubs in the top division. So can someone tell me how is it possible Lazio owner did not prepare for this while his team was for many years in Serie B?

Italian league as morvillz7z describes is truly mind boggling!

Corruption can happen in any other league as things can happen behind closed doors without the organizing body knowing of their occurrences.
I heard of some teams having the same owners on a sports chat yesterday while watching the utter embarrassing match of Atalanta (this one match decimated many parlays on there I might add) but did not take much heed to what was being said.
Being strucked out of a major league like this is something that won't be easily forgotten.

[buwaytress]

Jesus holy moly. There are some games playing right now, I just got an alert. A bit awkward and I did want to watch Lazio as they're on my ticket but still need to work. Next week will be tough too, but get your picks in people, if you haven't already. I see loads of old picks from games moved over to this week so some old picks might need to change.

[Harkorede]

Jesus holy moly. There are some games playing right now, I just got an alert. A bit awkward and I did want to watch Lazio as they're on my ticket but still need to work. Next week will be tough too, but get your picks in people, if you haven't already. I see loads of old picks from games moved over to this week so some old picks might need to change.

I already put in my picks for the remainder of this year as at last week, I'll only review and change them If I have a different opinion as the commence.

Sassuolo are 2 goals down again, and will have to come back from behind this week as they've done for 2 weeks, If they are to get any thing from this fixture.

[leea-1334]

Italian league as morvillz7z describes is truly mind boggling!

Corruption can happen in any other league as things can happen behind closed doors without the organizing body knowing of their occurrences.
I heard of some teams having the same owners on a sports chat yesterday while watching the utter embarrassing match of Atalanta (this one match decimated many parlays on there I might add) but did not take much heed to what was being said.
Being strucked out of a major league like this is something that won't be easily forgotten.

Atalanta and Napoli are in trouble in this league I think. Yes they play very good attractive football. I actually saw some clips from Champions League though and the Italians look like they do not know what they are doing against the really big clubs. Of course I hope Inter does some damage to Liverpool but they were even just so lucky to progress.

Sassuolo are 2 goals down again, and will have to come back from behind this week as they've done for 2 weeks, If they are to get any thing from this fixture.

I was just trying to follow people and bookmaker odds,,, but something tells me we should be opting less and less for Sassuolo in this season moving forward. The important thing in this pool seems to be about picking out the draws

[casperBGD]

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I was just trying to follow people and bookmaker odds,,, but something tells me we should be opting less and less for Sassuolo in this season moving forward. The important thing in this pool seems to be about picking out the draws

Sassuolo is a shit team for me
I did not take them seriously last season, and they were near the top, and now when I am trying to put them better, they play like shit

Napoli surprised me, obviously they cannot keep with schedule, to many games for them in small time-window, and they are going down, step by step