⚽ Lega Serie A 🇮🇹 (Italian League) Prediction Thread 2024/2025⚽

[HajiBagi]

Amazing comeback story for David de Gea and I'm glad Fiorentina gave him a chance to prove that he is still a great goalkeeper. Nevertheless , he saved 2 penalties on the same game against Ac.Milan and basically De Gea gave Fiorentina 3 massive points that will keep them in the fight for top 5 in Serie A.  I also think that no matter how you look on the situation , David De Gea will always be a greater goalkeeper than Onana so United really lost a diamond last year.

The performance of DE Gea in Fiorentina will make Manchester United fans understand that Erik ten Hag is not a good coach and he is the reason why Manchester United become like a team that didn't have a good background before since the season DE Gea left the team I have been saying that Erik ten Hag don't know a good goalkeeper, no any Manchester united fan will say that DE gea is not a good goalkeeper because throughout the season he spends in Manchester united the team always remain in good position before the league should end.

Did Manchester United have a good president or good members? If we look at Manchester United it looks like a team that doesn't have a good leaders, I'm not a Manchester United fan but what the team is doing is very annoying, a team that hasn't had a good board members since the day I hear that Manchester united give Erik ten Hag a new contract despite not having a good season with the team I start feeling that all Manchester united leaders don't know anything and very soon that team will go to relegation position and they will lose fans.

[AprilioMP]

Crazy that Napoli is at the top again after two years. I would never have said it, I wouldn't have bet a single euro on it to be honest and sincere.
This makes me understand that sometimes, simply changing coaches really works.
At least in Napoli's case, signing Antonio Conte really worked.

They are only the 2023/2024 season who have difficulty being in the top 4 of Serie A after winning Serie A the previous season. This season they are back in 1st place in the standings with 16 points. For me Napoli still has a chance to be in that position even though they could drop from that position later depending on the circumstances.

Other teams like Inter Milan and Juventus, Lazio and even Ac Milan are still teams that will make Napoli have to work hard to maintain their position in their current position during this season.

[tygeade]

Manchester United will really regret why they disrespected the Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea that made him left the team last season, because Manchester United coach Erik Ten Hag thinks or believe that David De Gea was one of the reasons Manchester United were not doing well that made him choose the formal Inter-milan goalkeeper Onana over David De Gea if they are not regretting now definitely they will in a later run, they really lost a diamond.

David De Gea two panalties save against AC Milan prove that he is one of the best goalkeeper in the world.

David De Gea has been winning Manchester United best player of month award almost all the time as a goalkeeper due to his good saves in the club. I remember some matches that Manchester United should have lost but due to David De Gea saves in those matches they were unable to loss surprisely to me I don't still know why Manchester United allows David De Gea to leave the team, am really happy that David De Gea made those saves expecially the panalties he saved that gave Fiorentina all 3 point in there match against AC Milan which ended 2-1 against AC Milan on Sunday.

First of all, Onana looked not that bad when he was at Inter, so he wasn't a bad decision. But, I also believe De Gea would have been terrible at United, not because he is terrible himself, but because everyone at United is terrible, and De Gea would be one of them, wouldn't really change much and would be equally bad like others. He got rid of them and this is how he became good again, he deserved to be at some great club last season too, but he wanted a ton of money (reportedly over 5 million a year) which was more than what teams were ready to pay, this time he just accepted the best club he could find, and he is doing very good.

So if we switch Onana with De Gea right now, I bet De Gea will do worse and Onana will do better, because the thing that makes these players bad is the team.

[bastisisca]

The performance of DE Gea in Fiorentina will make Manchester United fans understand that Erik ten Hag is not a good coach and he is the reason why Manchester United become like a team that didn't have a good background before since the season DE Gea left the team I have been saying that Erik ten Hag don't know a good goalkeeper, no any Manchester united fan will say that DE gea is not a good goalkeeper because throughout the season he spends in Manchester united the team always remain in good position before the league should end.

Did Manchester United have a good president or good members? If we look at Manchester United it looks like a team that doesn't have a good leaders, I'm not a Manchester United fan but what the team is doing is very annoying, a team that hasn't had a good board members since the day I hear that Manchester united give Erik ten Hag a new contract despite not having a good season with the team I start feeling that all Manchester united leaders don't know anything and very soon that team will go to relegation position and they will lose fans.

You are absolutely right dear HajiBagi,i fulll agree with every single word you say
I'm also not a Manchester United fan so it doesnt even cross my mind
However as you say, the leadership are really poor at the moment

when you cant understand which direction to take, it means you are not a leader!

[giammangiato]

If he worked hard and played for his team, then nothing would hurt him.  Although there are many players who do not work hard but with time they make themselves worthy of being a part of the team.It is sad if a player plays for a long time in a team and is drop after some time.  But now he should be able to play strong in whatever team he ends up playing.

Exactly, this makes me a little sad but ultimately you are not entirely wrong
what you say is right, we need to reward those who work hard and not give rewards to everyone
especially to those who havent done anything and maybe havent trained

This is why i greatly admired Romero Lukaku who this summer has no certain path and trained alone

[hahay]

If he worked hard and played for his team, then nothing would hurt him.  Although there are many players who do not work hard but with time they make themselves worthy of being a part of the team.It is sad if a player plays for a long time in a team and is drop after some time.  But now he should be able to play strong in whatever team he ends up playing.

Exactly, this makes me a little sad but ultimately you are not entirely wrong
what you say is right, we need to reward those who work hard and not give rewards to everyone
especially to those who havent done anything and maybe havent trained

This is why i greatly admired Romero Lukaku who this summer has no certain path and trained alone

Not fully guaranteeing about those who work hard for no one to hurt him because anyway, I think quite a lot of players who have had a big contribution and work hard to make the team better but in the end the player is just thrown away. No need to go far, Lukaku's entry at Napoli is also through a way that is not entirely good, because Conte's strong desire to bring Lukaku, which made Napoli have to throw away Osimhen and also Conte quickly did not include Osimhen in his squad to play this season.

In fact, Osimhen is a very good young player with a big contribution to bringing Napolu to get the Scudetto at that time. But in the end, Osimhen was still hurt and also, there are still many players who also experience such things in different teams and leagues out there. So,  it doesn't matter if the player works well and contributes well but anyway, if the coach and or club don't want him anymore, then the player will easily be sold or loaned to another team, and it is no longer something strange because it has happened many times.

[el kaka22]

Motta not wanting Pogba makes sense, they have a working system and Pogba is a controversial figure as we know, and him joining the team would cause some troubles, and wouldn't make sense. I believe we are going to see Pogba will end up with some other team and not going to change much for him and Pogba will find another team. It won't be hard for him to find another team neither, definitely going to be easy for him to find a team as well, he is a great player and wouldn't be a problem at all.

The best thing to do would be just making sure to keep it going and this is why it means a lot better for him to leave now so he can go to a team that wants him instead, will benefit a lot to get playing time at his age.

[giammangiato]

Player	Goal
Mateo Retegui	7
Marcus Thuram	7
Christian Pulisic	5
Dusan Vlahovic	5
Patrick Cutrone	4
Ché Adams	3
Valentin Castellanos	3
Santiago Castro	3
Boulaye Dia	3
Artem Dovbyk	3
Albert Gudmundsson	3
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	3
Lorenzo Lucca	3
Romelu Lukaku	3
Dennis Man	3
Daniel Mosquera	3
Casper Tengstedt	3
Florian Thauvin	3
Duvan Zapata	3

The scorers ranking is not bad, its finally coming alive - its still very short
now we will also have a week break

[giorgione]

Motta not wanting Pogba makes sense, they have a working system and Pogba is a controversial figure as we know, and him joining the team would cause some troubles, and wouldn't make sense. I believe we are going to see Pogba will end up with some other team and not going to change much for him and Pogba will find another team. It won't be hard for him to find another team neither, definitely going to be easy for him to find a team as well, he is a great player and wouldn't be a problem at all.

The best thing to do would be just making sure to keep it going and this is why it means a lot better for him to leave now so he can go to a team that wants him instead, will benefit a lot to get playing time at his age.

yes, in fact, Motta is going with the club so as not to have anything to do with the player in the future, it's a shame that the doping case ruined his career but that's how you pay for mistakes when you make them and the club isn't willing to take him back backwards

[bastisisca]

Motta not wanting Pogba makes sense, they have a working system and Pogba is a controversial figure as we know, and him joining the team would cause some troubles, and wouldn't make sense. I believe we are going to see Pogba will end up with some other team and not going to change much for him and Pogba will find another team. It won't be hard for him to find another team neither, definitely going to be easy for him to find a team as well, he is a great player and wouldn't be a problem at all.

The best thing to do would be just making sure to keep it going and this is why it means a lot better for him to leave now so he can go to a team that wants him instead, will benefit a lot to get playing time at his age.

speaking of returns, have you heart that Genoa have contacted or have been contacted by Balotelli who wants to return to Italy? old flashback
what do you think of this player? i honestly never liked him both as a player and as a person
and i dont understand why Genoa has to spend so much money on a poor player like him

[joniboini]

what do you think of this player? i honestly never liked him both as a player and as a person
and i dont understand why Genoa has to spend so much money on a poor player like him

Based on the news that I've read, isn't he available as a free agent? Do you know how much is his salary? I don't think I've found an article that talks in detail about his new contract. In fact, one article suggests that Genoa faces difficulty with its financial condition and is likely to go bankrupt if it fails to find a new owner[1]. Even if he goes to Genoa I don't think he'll get that much money, unless the board makes a stupid decision. CMIIW.

[1] https://onefootball.com/en/news/genoa-owners-777-partners-go-bankrupt-but-hope-for-future-remains-40145260

[Hirose UK]

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Pogba is actually pretty great player but he has pretty tough attitude and is so selfish, his return was widely reported to be good news but seeing what happened I was quite surprised where there was desire to go to MLS and could join Inter Miami and this is decision that makes many people wonder why he chose to leave Juventus.
If I personally would much prefer Pogba to be able to stay in Europe because it can still make him get pretty good career and win some championship titles, to go to Saudi itself I am not so sure because Pogba lifestyle itself might be difficult to adapt there.
From several sources that I read also stated that the news of Pogba return also seemed not to be welcomed well by Thiago Motta.

I would say that he wasn't really seen as an excellent player by Thiago Motta, in fact he would like to get rid of him in some way, but in any case the strong midfielders are there and therefore Juventus fans shouldn't despair, the replacements are there and they are currently very strong and young people from bogba

But it should be possible to see how in the past Pogba made big contribution to every success of Juventus, the various titles they won and now he is like someone who is useless to the team who even seems to be ignored by Thiago Motta.
Actually relying on Pogba ability can still be very helpful even though in the last few season he has not played so well but with his quite hard playing style he can help Juventus to be slightly superior to their opponents, but everything is the decision of Thiago Motta as coach and Pogba himself as player to determine how his career will continue.
It just that I agree that for now there are several players with younger age in the Juventus squad who can play well and look quite strong, but it is not certain whether they can perform stably or not considering that Juventus last season also seemed to show improvement at the beginning and middle of the season but experienced decline at the end of the season.

[tusandii]

Player	Goal
Mateo Retegui	7
Marcus Thuram	7
Christian Pulisic	5
Dusan Vlahovic	5
Patrick Cutrone	4
Ché Adams	3
Valentin Castellanos	3
Santiago Castro	3
Boulaye Dia	3
Artem Dovbyk	3
Albert Gudmundsson	3
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	3
Lorenzo Lucca	3
Romelu Lukaku	3
Dennis Man	3
Daniel Mosquera	3
Casper Tengstedt	3
Florian Thauvin	3
Duvan Zapata	3

The scorers ranking is not bad, its finally coming alive - its still very short
now we will also have a week break

I don't see Lautaro Martinez in the list of players you mentioned even though last season he was the top scorer in the Italian League but it seems like his performance has declined a little this season he has only created 2 goals from the 6 matches he has played so far it's no wonder Inter Milan's performance doesn't look as strong as last season maybe this is one of the reasons one of their mainstay players has not worked optimally and Inter Milan's goal productivity is also not as strong as before if it continues like this the club will have difficulty defending the Serie A title maybe someone will overtake Inter this season whether it's Juventus or Napoli.

[bastisisca]

what do you think of this player? i honestly never liked him both as a player and as a person
and i dont understand why Genoa has to spend so much money on a poor player like him

Based on the news that I've read, isn't he available as a free agent? Do you know how much is his salary? I don't think I've found an article that talks in detail about his new contract. In fact, one article suggests that Genoa faces difficulty with its financial condition and is likely to go bankrupt if it fails to find a new owner[1]. Even if he goes to Genoa I don't think he'll get that much money, unless the board makes a stupid decision. CMIIW.

[1] https://onefootball.com/en/news/genoa-owners-777-partners-go-bankrupt-but-hope-for-future-remains-40145260

I thought i understand that Juventus did not renew the contract.

https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/juve-ora-si-tratta-la-risoluzione-del-contratto-di-pogba-futuro-da-de-zerbi-o-in-mls-2021074

However, doing a quick Google search shows that the contract expires in 2026. I dont know how much sense it makes to take Pogba and how much Juventus can sell him.

[giammangiato]

I don't see Lautaro Martinez in the list of players you mentioned even though last season he was the top scorer in the Italian League but it seems like his performance has declined a little this season he has only created 2 goals from the 6 matches he has played so far it's no wonder Inter Milan's performance doesn't look as strong as last season maybe this is one of the reasons one of their mainstay players has not worked optimally and Inter Milan's goal productivity is also not as strong as before if it continues like this the club will have difficulty defending the Serie A title maybe someone will overtake Inter this season whether it's Juventus or Napoli.

I don't even see him and i am sorry about this, but from what i understand he has physical health problems, he's basically not in shape.
When a player who has given so much disappears for physical reasons i am always disappointed. Last year he really made a massacre many many goals

[joniboini]

I thought i understand that Juventus did not renew the contract.
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However, doing a quick Google search shows that the contract expires in 2026. I dont know how much sense it makes to take Pogba and how much Juventus can sell him.

I'm not sure I understand this correctly. Is Juventus and Pogba's contract situation related to Genoa's and Baloteli's transfer rumor? Or are you referring to Pogba when you mentioned a poor player in your post that I've replied to? Anyway, I think Juve can wait until 2025 and see if Pogba can perform better than expected before they decide to keep him or not. As for Genoa, I think they should focus on finding new owners before they can hire new players comfortably. CMIIW.

[blue Snow]

I don't see Lautaro Martinez in the list of players you mentioned even though last season he was the top scorer in the Italian League but it seems like his performance has declined a little this season he has only created 2 goals from the 6 matches he has played so far it's no wonder Inter Milan's performance doesn't look as strong as last season maybe this is one of the reasons one of their mainstay players has not worked optimally and Inter Milan's goal productivity is also not as strong as before if it continues like this the club will have difficulty defending the Serie A title maybe someone will overtake Inter this season whether it's Juventus or Napoli.

Lautaro Martinez is seem like unstable to compete with player on series A. I don't surprise with it maybe because too many matches for him to face on the same time that make physical and mental fatigue for him. He still young, he need more adaption to compete with his senior on series A. But, if he learns the experience how success argetina player to compete with another country on serial A, I think he'll be easy carry it out any match on the same time. Besides that, too many expect with him, the fans always hope Martinez create a goal on every match, so that situation make him depressed where can affect his confidence and performance on the field.

[tusandii]

I don't see Lautaro Martinez in the list of players you mentioned even though last season he was the top scorer in the Italian League but it seems like his performance has declined a little this season he has only created 2 goals from the 6 matches he has played so far it's no wonder Inter Milan's performance doesn't look as strong as last season maybe this is one of the reasons one of their mainstay players has not worked optimally and Inter Milan's goal productivity is also not as strong as before if it continues like this the club will have difficulty defending the Serie A title maybe someone will overtake Inter this season whether it's Juventus or Napoli.

Lautaro Martinez is seem like unstable to compete with player on series A. I don't surprise with it maybe because too many matches for him to face on the same time that make physical and mental fatigue for him. He still young, he need more adaption to compete with his senior on series A. But, if he learns the experience how success argetina player to compete with another country on serial A, I think he'll be easy carry it out any match on the same time. Besides that, too many expect with him, the fans always hope Martinez create a goal on every match, so that situation make him depressed where can affect his confidence and performance on the field.

In my opinion this season and last season the type of matches he played were also the same, he also played in the Champions League and played with his country but he also played well for his club and scored goals in every match but for some reason this season he doesn't seem to be in good form even though if fatigue is a big problem it doesn't and he hasn't played many games so far even though in the future there are still many matches that he has to face. If his performance doesn't improve, I think Inter Milan's front line will get worse and they will have difficulty winning.

[ILuckyGuyI]

speaking of returns, have you heart that Genoa have contacted or have been contacted by Balotelli who wants to return to Italy? old flashback
what do you think of this player? i honestly never liked him both as a player and as a person
and i dont understand why Genoa has to spend so much money on a poor player like him

I also don't see any meaning in bringing him back to Italy. I don't think he can show any impressive performance to us. He has mostly had disciplinary issues in his career. I mean he had the talent for scoring but he didn't use it in the best way. He could have had a much better career. Now he has ended up like this. He could have still played for top clubs even though he is 34 now.

I thought he would retire or sign for a Saudi club maybe. But this made me surprised. I wonder how much he wants from Genoa. They shouldn't waste their budget just for his name. 

[Hirose UK]

In this week match after the International break there is one quite interesting match here between Juventus vs Lazio and they are two team that are now ranked 3rd and 4th with each having the same points of 13, but the difference is that Juventus has appeared in several matches without defeat and Lazio least 2 defeats.
Match statistics state that Juventus is superior by playing at home and this is what makes them the favorites, in every match they also seem to always play well and it is very possible to be able to win the match against Lazio later.
Odds for Juventus itself now is @2.02 and Lazio has @4.10 this is pretty good odds but I wonder why the bookies give fairly large number for Lazio to reach @4.10 because they are also not bad team.