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[LTU_btc]

Big day in Serie A tomorrow. First, Derby di Roma between Roma and Lazio and soon after it Derby d'Italia between Juventus and Inter. Considering how teams are looking this season, Roma and Inter is favorites, but when things comes to derby, you never can know what will happen, even if one of teams is struggling.

is Berlusconi an owner there? or the press is just relating Monza to him?

Yeah, he is owner and it's official

[buwaytress]

is Berlusconi an owner there? or the press is just relating Monza to him?
yeah, three wins in a row were somehow more than unexpected, but they are back to losing route, where they meet Verona, with even longer losing strike - 7 games, 8 lose in a row will make a history for Verona, in a negative way, they never lost eight matches in a row - statistically I have Monza to win, history has to change

Yeah, he bought them when they were in Serie C 4 seasons ago, promised to take them to Serie A, which has happened, so he's kind of a god hero cult status in some parts (obviously because of his past also a villain so Monza is also Team Evil). Milan, on the other hand, have been improving since he sold them so win win I guess.

Will Napoli have an insane 8 points advantage over second place?

update: 2-1 finally  

The 1:1 score does look statistically attractive, the problem is that it is in a range that is narrower than the score range where one of the teams wins. A draw is an event more rare than the victory of a favorite or an outsider, oddly enough.

Watched only the first half, but as it turned out, was all I needed to watch. Great game for the neutrals, as usual, though I did have Napoli to score another for an exact score, but Lookman and Osimhen are the heart of both team's precision. Couldn't agree more with Trofo they are such a joy to watch (and pretty awesome they did most of the hard work without Osimhen).

Sort of a shame Nigeria doesn't have such a great midfield to allow them to play the way they do in Italy.

[Trofo]

Big day in Serie A tomorrow. First, Derby di Roma between Roma and Lazio and soon after it Derby d'Italia between Juventus and Inter. Considering how teams are looking this season, Roma and Inter is favorites, but when things comes to derby, you never can know what will happen, even if one of teams is struggling.

Roma - Lazio is historically the game with most red cards, now last 6 were somewhat tame from this point of view and I recon it is time that changes. I think I will bet on over booking points, over yellow cards and rover red cards, depending what I find in markets on bookies. I would prefer to bet on booking points since it covers both yellow and red cards but I don't see that one often these days.

If indeed game turns to a bit of riot I am giving advantage to pragmatical Mou over Saribal or whatever it is called these days.

[KTChampions]

Time to bring the topic up.
Serie A pisses me off! Of the five games played, only one (Napoli's victory) has an adequate result. Judging by the fact that I am in the pool in the second half, someone else regularly makes successful predictions such as a Milan draw or Atalanta's loss to Lecce. I would like to know how do you do it? 

[darxiaomi]

We have really complete diferent situation here.

For one side we have Trofo (with 4 exact score) and Mo salah with a lot of points and in the other side we are us, the people very poor in points

I cant understand why im doing so bad in this pool and in LaLiga, what a shamefull performance for me.

[casperBGD]

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I cant understand why im doing so bad in this pool and in LaLiga, what a shamefull performance for me.

just do not give up, eventually it is getting better
Juventus took Verona down, and that is ninth lose in a row for Verona, they are stamping their pack to Serie B already

Romero scored, and Lazio is up, would be nice to see one more goal in Monza net, Lazio is holding tempo with Milan, but Napoli is running to title this year (shame that there is a World Cup to break the season, smelling some down form for Napoli after WC)

[buwaytress]

Time to bring the topic up.
Serie A pisses me off! Of the five games played, only one (Napoli's victory) has an adequate result. Judging by the fact that I am in the pool in the second half, someone else regularly makes successful predictions such as a Milan draw or Atalanta's loss to Lecce. I would like to know how do you do it? 

The worst thing to me is the odds on Napoli to lose aren't even attractive -- it's as if bookies don't trust their form well enough, making them good value for accas all the time, until they lose their first league game of course.

Thought to even start adding them to HT wins on my accas, but of course World Cup is now in the way.

[buwaytress]

Atalanta and Inter BTTS was probably the easiest thing to guess, but I was so sure the home team would have this one. Lost out to Napoli narrowly, fine, that was against a great team but Inter's been so vulnerable away from home.

Couple of you guys getting exact score from this too, 3 Inter goals and only 1 shot on target, thanks to 2 lucky own goals ha!

This is how Napoli will win, all their rivals taking points off each other on the most important games. Do need Milan to win today as they're on my ticket along with Roma and Monza... something I could never imagine myself saying in early season haha.

[buwaytress]

Not to say I don't count my blessings, was a pretty cool weekend for me but I'd have been a lot happier if not for damned Mourinho who got sent off haha, but shame on me for trusting his team today... and you know, they got a penalty in injury time, but missed?

Insurance is of course better than nothing back but anyway, it's going to be a long month before I get back to getting mad at Italian football, as they're literally absent for the next few weeks heh.

[casperBGD]

Not to say I don't count my blessings, was a pretty cool weekend for me but I'd have been a lot happier if not for damned Mourinho who got sent off haha, but shame on me for trusting his team today... and you know, they got a penalty in injury time, but missed?
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did not know that Roma had a penalty in injury time and missed, hell, they are sliding further down with each round
city rival, Lazio, on the other hand, is with Milan only team that can keep up with Napoli, although on a good distance from the top

really hope that WC will not bring Napoli down, they deserved title for show-ups in last few seasons, but did not get any, this should be their season, and without WC almost certainly, but now they can fall off with form afterwards

[buwaytress]

really hope that WC will not bring Napoli down, they deserved title for show-ups in last few seasons, but did not get any, this should be their season, and without WC almost certainly, but now they can fall off with form afterwards

Seems like WC brought Juventus down, in a way, even without Italy participating haha. Just read that the entire board has resigned along with the president, bye bye Nedved VP too. This time, government investigation into financial fraud and hidden payments to players. Investigation itself is not new, but this move suggests something surfaced.

Don't know what to say or comment as too early really... but a mass resignation of key decision-makers implies we're going to see something bad happen to them next season. They didn't take long to rebuild after the last time they got relegated and stripped of honours (that was a different scandal but same roots of evil in football)

[darxiaomi]

Again a scandal with Juventus in Serie A?

I cant believe how much of this its always around in Italy, it was no so much ago when Juventus go to Serie B for corruption.

And also i have to say its noticeable how the justice investigate them being one of the most powerfull teams in the whole Italy.

[KTChampions]

Seems like WC brought Juventus down, in a way, even without Italy participating haha. Just read that the entire board has resigned along with the president, bye bye Nedved VP too. This time, government investigation into financial fraud and hidden payments to players. Investigation itself is not new, but this move suggests something surfaced.

Don't know what to say or comment as too early really... but a mass resignation of key decision-makers implies we're going to see something bad happen to them next season. They didn't take long to rebuild after the last time they got relegated and stripped of honours (that was a different scandal but same roots of evil in football)

So far, there is too little information, but from the outside it seems that these are "internal" showdowns in the Agneli clan, the old generation has weakened and is leaving under the pressure of the young. As for financial fraud and other "gray" accounting, this is not news, since such rumors circulate about most of the top clubs, and we know this with 100% accuracy about some oil clubs.
But of course, they chose an interesting time for this mini revolution 

[Trofo]

Seems like WC brought Juventus down, in a way, even without Italy participating haha. Just read that the entire board has resigned along with the president, bye bye Nedved VP too. This time, government investigation into financial fraud and hidden payments to players. Investigation itself is not new, but this move suggests something surfaced.

Don't know what to say or comment as too early really... but a mass resignation of key decision-makers implies we're going to see something bad happen to them next season. They didn't take long to rebuild after the last time they got relegated and stripped of honours (that was a different scandal but same roots of evil in football)

So far, there is too little information, but from the outside it seems that these are "internal" showdowns in the Agneli clan, the old generation has weakened and is leaving under the pressure of the young. As for financial fraud and other "gray" accounting, this is not news, since such rumors circulate about most of the top clubs, and we know this with 100% accuracy about some oil clubs.
But of course, they chose an interesting time for this mini revolution 

Yeah, according to Sky Italia director, Juve situation could be as bad as in 2006 and that time they were relegated. Something huge is definitely cooking there and it will blow up sooner than later. Now when the ball got rolling, everybody will start poking at Juve pinata and all kinds of shit will fall out

No Italy in World Cup so investigative journalists have plenty of time to tear them apart.

[buwaytress]

But of course, they chose an interesting time for this mini revolution 

They definitely did. I wouldn't even have realised it was happening if not for ESPN headlines feed I get, but the same item of news didn't reach any of my other regular media channels.

Yeah, according to Sky Italia director, Juve situation could be as bad as in 2006 and that time they were relegated. Something huge is definitely cooking there and it will blow up sooner than later. Now when the ball got rolling, everybody will start poking at Juve pinata and all kinds of shit will fall out

No Italy in World Cup so investigative journalists have plenty of time to tear them apart.

I have a close friend who was really down in that period (and it was also the nadir for AC Milan and Liverpool who were enjoying success for the last few years before just dropping). I feel like it could be the start of another down cycle for some "big teams" but I would never have expected it to be Juventus again so soon.

And yeah, no one in Italy will be too consumed by WC, can definitely foresee Old Lady scandal mesmerising the public for another month.

[casperBGD]

what is the best portal/news/twitter account to follow transfer news in Calcio?

heard that Maximiano is close to be loaned to Salernitana, but they also opted for Lazio third keeper, and Lazio want to loan Maximiano, since he was a major transfer fail this summer, and they cannot sell him for similar or close money, while Provedel proved he is worth a keeper spot

is there any good source, except for Fabrizio Romano?

[morvillz7z]

Bump! Let's revive this thread, after all, we have a new round coming up soon!

In contrast to the previous two editions, where someone ran away with first place early, this year we have a close contest, all paid positions seem to be within reach as well.

what is the best portal/news/twitter account to follow transfer news in Calcio?

I have a subscription to Gazzetta.it (G+), it's around €20 per year, they've tons of exclusive material daily, and not limited to Serie A... the downside is that it's only in Italian.

Football Italia is free and covers pretty much everything, from transfers to interviews and developing stories. Both Gazzetta and Football Italia have Twitter accounts.

[LTU_btc]

Indeed, it's time to move this topic up. All 10 games of round will be played on Wednesday and despite that's midweek round, some games will be played very early, like 12:30 local time. Not sure why, maybe Italy is still on New Year holidays. So, better don't miss to leave predictions and make it earlier.
No doubts that Inter - Napoli is key game of this round.

I have a subscription to Gazzetta.it (G+), it's around €20 per year, they've tons of exclusive material daily, and not limited to Serie A... the downside is that it's only in Italian.

Football Italia is free and covers pretty much everything, from transfers to interviews and developing stories. Both Gazzetta and Football Italia have Twitter accounts.

I guess it's same problem with all leagues other than EPL - lack of content about it in English. Thanks for Football-Italia link - to the bookmarks.

[Trofo]

Indeed, it's time to move this topic up. All 10 games of round will be played on Wednesday and despite that's midweek round, some games will be played very early, like 12:30 local time. Not sure why, maybe Italy is still on New Year holidays. So, better don't miss to leave predictions and make it earlier.
No doubts that Inter - Napoli is key  ;Dgame of this round.

Yes, this topic needs some love  
Inter - Napoli should be a derby but I belive Napoli is much closer to win here. When I remember how out of form were Inter forwards in world cup I just don't see Inter making enough chances to even score a goal. Lukaku and Martinez probably need about 20 chances combined to get on score sheet 

[CLS63]

Thank you for reviving the topic again. It has been such a long time that I even forgot about the pool.    There are going to be 10 matches to be played in the Serie A tomorrow. I will absolutely try to watch the Inter - Napoli match. If Inter don't win this match their chance of being the champions this season would end. It would be a good result for Napoli if they get a draw in this away match.