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

[dwminer1]

In today's first match Empoli drew 0-0 with Spezia. In the next matches I do not expect any surprises and I bet on the favorites: Inter will defeat Verona at their stadium, and Juventus will win in the away match against Cagliari.

[Harkorede]

In today's first match Empoli drew 0-0 with Spezia. In the next matches I do not expect any surprises and I bet on the favorites: Inter will defeat Verona at their stadium, and Juventus will win in the away match against Cagliari.

It was an easy win for Inter Milan, they were able to get an early and that eased the rest of game for them, but Juventus on the other are haing to take the hard route, they conceded just after 10 minutes but were able to equalise just before the break, they should be able to get the job done in the 2nd half.

[buwaytress]

One of the rare days you watch an early game and you actually enjoy it (or my standards aren't so demanding on Sunday afternoon maybe?) but Immobile hattrick was not bad to watch, too bad Lazio can't play like this every game. Of course, if they'd just scored one goal fewer, I'd have an exact to kick off Sunday.

Can't have it all, huh, guys?

[darxiaomi]

One of the most strange Serie A season i see, a rain of goals in all the matchs, no strongs teams in the whole season.

The big teams? a shit, they can stand in the first place.

Strange results like 6-2 , 4-1, 5-3 . Man this was SERIE A of the 0-0 what its this?. Yes better if we have more goals, but this now its a lot.

[Trofo]

Strange results like 6-2 , 4-1, 5-3 . Man this was SERIE A of the 0-0 what its this?. Yes better if we have more goals, but this now its a lot.

You had to complain didn't you? We had nice interesting games going on and then you jinx it and Torino - Milan ends as 0:0. Seems like I am the only one who did not trust Milan in our pool which also comes handy.

Well at least I can be happy that I am watching Barca and not that. Second half is full of fireworks.

[leea-1334]

Strange results like 6-2 , 4-1, 5-3 . Man this was SERIE A of the 0-0 what its this?. Yes better if we have more goals, but this now its a lot.

You had to complain didn't you? We had nice interesting games going on and then you jinx it and Torino - Milan ends as 0:0. Seems like I am the only one who did not trust Milan in our pool which also comes handy.

Well at least I can be happy that I am watching Barca and not that. Second half is full of fireworks.

You are lucky you guys who can see all those. I watched 15 minute summary show of all the goals and my mind is blown,,, literally like I am so heavy in the head just watching all of that. Really, Italian football has changed a lot (except for when we praise it and we get nil nil results).

Like last rounds when we had 0-1 and 1-0 all over the place killing BTTS

[darxiaomi]

Strange results like 6-2 , 4-1, 5-3 . Man this was SERIE A of the 0-0 what its this?. Yes better if we have more goals, but this now its a lot.

You had to complain didn't you? We had nice interesting games going on and then you jinx it and Torino - Milan ends as 0:0. Seems like I am the only one who did not trust Milan in our pool which also comes handy.

Well at least I can be happy that I am watching Barca and not that. Second half is full of fireworks.

Hahaha yes man. Second 0-0 in a row for Ac Milan. They are defending the "Catenaccio" hahaha.

Im not seeing so much the Serie A. But allways check the result, its crazy how Mourinho cant find the way to make Roma a better team and big again.

[Trofo]

its crazy how Mourinho cant find the way to make Roma a better team and big again.

I lost all respect I once had for Mourinho, I'll go even that far to say he is only good to coach small teams. He has that philosophy when everybody is defending and dying on the pitch and that is easiest to sell at smaller clubs. Even Inter as one of his greatest successes can be put under small club since they were nowhere near favorites for title that season. I still can't believe he made Eto'o play right back. That sort of mentality does not go hand in hand with top clubs.

[casperBGD]

its crazy how Mourinho cant find the way to make Roma a better team and big again.

I lost all respect I once had for Mourinho, I'll go even that far to say he is only good to coach small teams. He has that philosophy when everybody is defending and dying on the pitch and that is easiest to sell at smaller clubs. Even Inter as one of his greatest successes can be put under small club since they were nowhere near favorites for title that season. I still can't believe he made Eto'o play right back. That sort of mentality does not go hand in hand with top clubs.

I never had respect for him, did not like that kind of play, it is not football at what it should be
looking at Inter that season, and their main goal-scorer Milito, it is kind a fascinating that he found him to be the best when needed and winning all three main trophies that season, but it was a counter-attack play, that was hard to watch, and should not be respected

[Harkorede]

its crazy how Mourinho cant find the way to make Roma a better team and big again.

I lost all respect I once had for Mourinho, I'll go even that far to say he is only good to coach small teams. He has that philosophy when everybody is defending and dying on the pitch and that is easiest to sell at smaller clubs. Even Inter as one of his greatest successes can be put under small club since they were nowhere near favorites for title that season. I still can't believe he made Eto'o play right back. That sort of mentality does not go hand in hand with top clubs.

I never had respect for him, did not like that kind of play, it is not football at what it should be
looking at Inter that season, and their main goal-scorer Milito, it is kind a fascinating that he found him to be the best when needed and winning all three main trophies that season, but it was a counter-attack play, that was hard to watch, and should not be respected

I've always had an opinion that Mourinho tactics had always somewhat depend on luck rather than him be a tactical genious his ideology of football is archaic, playing dirty and word games, but when things aren't going well he's always pointing fingers individually to players and takes all the praise when the team is able to achieve something. It's one thing to play counter-attacking football because your opponent is possesion-obssessed and something else entirely if you have a team that you can distinctivly dominate for 90 minutes regardless of how inferior they are on paper.

[Trofo]

New challenge is up, this week we have 2 nice derby games. Napoli - Roma from Serie A where I expect a lot of goals and hopefully Napoli getting back to title race and putting one over Mou. From La liga even better game Sevilla - Real, this is the one where Real basically secures the title but I am thinking they will loose the points this time around.

[leea-1334]

its crazy how Mourinho cant find the way to make Roma a better team and big again.

I lost all respect I once had for Mourinho, I'll go even that far to say he is only good to coach small teams. He has that philosophy when everybody is defending and dying on the pitch and that is easiest to sell at smaller clubs. Even Inter as one of his greatest successes can be put under small club since they were nowhere near favorites for title that season. I still can't believe he made Eto'o play right back. That sort of mentality does not go hand in hand with top clubs.

I could not totally agree more and I was just saying in the big Serie A thread actually that this is the guy who prizes trophies in the current season more than the future of the next season, which is why I have a big feeling he will prioritize the 2nd leg rather than this weekend game. I thought he was a changed man when he first took over and the way he just transformed Tammy Abraham into a main striker rather than a backup one but then he reverted back to his old ways and they are scraping through. I do not miss him at my club, see even Conte can turn us into such a beautiful team again (when he has time to prepare).

[buwaytress]

Welcome to "Who will let us down this time" week!

In England, Spurs and Arsenal the capital teams are the ones playing with the hearts of their fans but it seems even in Italy, we have the jokers playing around as well: looking at you Juventus, Lazio (also a capital team) -- Sassuolo and Sampdoria losing don't really count, I guess?

So is it just me or do I not see any games in Italy today? They take Easter seriously, huh?

[Trofo]

So is it just me or do I not see any games in Italy today? They take Easter seriously, huh?

Well, I sort of expected more leagues to just take a breather today and then continue tomorrow when it is also national holiday and nobody is working. Don't get me wrong, I am glad they don't, this way I have something to watch while suffering extended family but it is sort of brutal to the players. They are treated worse than clerks in Supermarkets, at least in Croatia they get a day off on major holidays

[casperBGD]

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So is it just me or do I not see any games in Italy today? They take Easter seriously, huh?

they played on Saturday, but Belgium, for example, does not play at all this weekend
it could be that they are working on holidays, but this is an entertainment industry, and most entertainment services are working on holidays, because people that need entertainment do not work

nevertheless, Lazio got point against Torino, and Sergej MS scored assistance to Immobile, which was fine for my fantasy football team

[buwaytress]

Well, I sort of expected more leagues to just take a breather today and then continue tomorrow when it is also national holiday and nobody is working. Don't get me wrong, I am glad they don't, this way I have something to watch while suffering extended family but it is sort of brutal to the players. They are treated worse than clerks in Supermarkets, at least in Croatia they get a day off on major holidays

It's definitely brutal in England, I think the only western league that forces players to play on Christmas/Boxing Day. It's not even about religion it's well -- if you can't rest on Christmas, when the hell can you eh?

But yeah, terrible treatment honestly, but I suspect it is more a TV and fan demand (fans should start demanding footballers rest but they want them to play?).

~snip

So is it just me or do I not see any games in Italy today? They take Easter seriously, huh?

they played on Saturday, but Belgium, for example, does not play at all this weekend
it could be that they are working on holidays, but this is an entertainment industry, and most entertainment services are working on holidays, because people that need entertainment do not work

nevertheless, Lazio got point against Torino, and Sergej MS scored assistance to Immobile, which was fine for my fantasy football team

My thoughts exactly haha entertainment industry. Except they have gruelling schedule ALL year EVERY year until they break.

I still wonder if a proper football season in a calendar year can fix this European problem (as in, season starts and ends in the same year, so year end is proper holiday like the rest of the world).

[leea-1334]

I always thought that Italians were extra religious with Catholic holidays. Even the gangsters in Sicily supposedly don't do bad things on Easter, like the Moroccan gangsters who also don't get active during this current Ramadan month  

Anyway, holiday over today so they do not give them Monday holidays for Sunday off it seems,,, Napoli and Atalanta should be plenty of multi picks today!

[casperBGD]

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Anyway, holiday over today so they do not give them Monday holidays for Sunday off it seems,,, Napoli and Atalanta should be plenty of multi picks today!

yeah, two matches tonight, and the one between Napoli and Roma should be a good one, will show how much is Napoli determined to fight for a title
Atalanta will probably use this match today to get down bookies, with some unexpected result

strange Monday, with Barca playing as well, it should be a entertaining match with Cadiz, but I do not expect many goals

[leea-1334]

yeah, two matches tonight, and the one between Napoli and Roma should be a good one, will show how much is Napoli determined to fight for a title
Atalanta will probably use this match today to get down bookies, with some unexpected result

strange Monday, with Barca playing as well, it should be a entertaining match with Cadiz, but I do not expect many goals

Napoli probably thought they won it already but in the end, the only winner is BTTS aka Trofo Atalanta are just so horrible now, this is Verona and they are at home, do they not want to play in Champions League next season? No one in our pool got that right.

Anyway I fell lower and lower in this pool now Number 9. I remember slaman29 has been all the time below me until this week finally. 

[darxiaomi]

Seems like Gianpiero Gasperini spring its going to a end if they dont wake up. I think if this pass its hurting because he make buys in the market window and put young guys to keep the project alive, b ut the results doesnt come.

But in the other hands for a team like Atalanta still a good performance.