Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 1226. (Read 861301 times)

Testing Napoli's new coach's managerial abilities with these two clubs will not be enough to determine the type of coach he is and whether he is a good fit for the team. They must give him plenty of time, say until the end of the season, before deciding whether to keep him or extend his contract. So, if he performs poorly against Juventus and Inter Milan but performs satisfactorily in  the remaining matches, will he be a bad manager for the team? That, I suppose, will not be the case. Mazzarri should be a good coach or perform better because he knows what is at stake if he does not manage the team well.

I am trying to understand why you think that it is an advantage for Juventus Turin to not play in the European tournaments. I said this before and some people think like you, but I think that a top team like Manchester City would suffer more from not playing the Champions League. These competitions raise the awareness and the focus within any team. The only thing you can be referring to is injuries, but other than that I believe the level of play is almost always higher for teams that also play in the Champions League. See the comeback Inter Milan now had in the Champions League against Benfica, do you think it will help them or hurt them?

obviously not having to play in the cup also leaves the players fresher and therefore they can give their best in home games
I expected this, but not playing cups is so sad
I have to watch other peoples games and not my favorite team
very sad

To be fair the Real Madrid game was a normal result, it's obvious that they would lose to them, Real is probably either the greatest team in the world right now, or at least in the top three, they are literally huge. They bought Jude Bellingham for 100+ million euro this summer, when was the last time Napoli spent 100 million on transfers, not just a single player, I mean like as a whole. Lets be realistic and see that no matter how much you try, you can't beat teams with that deep pockets, hell Real spent more on their stadium than Napoli spent on the whole club.

This means that if Napoli ends up winning against Inter, they are going to prove that their decision was right, but also we still know that if they didn't fire last years manager, they would have been better.

There are so many differences between spalletti and garcia. You may never able to get another spalletti again. Garcia is not having same vision as spalletti. Spalletti being chosen to be a new coach for italy and yeah he brings italy to the euro.
Napoli was not able to playing as good as last season when spalletti was still there. I think that napoli is finished without spalletti. Rudi garcia will not able to give what the club wanted from him. Napoli has been linked to the some coaches that potentially to be a new coach for the club.
Im thinking that napoli shall try to get a new coach asap to make sure it will able to have better performance than this time. Napoli was losing against real madrid again. It proves that rudi was not learning from the previous match.
Some names like conte has been linked to the napoli but he rejects it.

I understand that Napoli is not performing as well as the should as the title defender. But I think we have to keep in mind that they are still the title defenders. And they are going to try to defend their title. That's why I don't think any team should actually take them lightly. Every team should take them as the champion of the league and play against them accordingly. Otherwise, a lot of teams are going to find out that they are not as easy as it seems. But anyway, I agree that in this season they are not performing as well as they should. And that is definitely something Napoli will have to improve on.

In the previous match in Serie A, the fact that Napoli who had changed coaches managed to win away for the match against Atalanta. I think that's a good thing of course, because basically Atalanta is also not a weak team at all. So yes, playing at home against Inter in the next match in Serie A, I think it could be that Napoli will still manage to be able to play well. But yes, at least if we consider about the results they get or they have so far this season for home and away matches. Then I think it is clear, that Inter still have good results for away matches but unfortunately, Napoli do not have good results for home matches so far this season. But maybe, Walter Mazzarri can improve Napoli's performance for home matches to be even better in this match.

Week 14 will be a difficult week for Inter Milan after they also went through something difficult last week because they had to deal with Juventus. Yes week 14 they will travel to Napoli headquarters. Although Napoli are not as good as last season, but still does not mean they can be defeated easily this season, especially they will play a home match.
Inter Milan must be careful, because if they lose this match, then they will be very able to be shifted by Juventus, who this week will face an easier club, namely dealing with Monza.

Since winning the Serie A title and Spalletti leaving for Garcia, the team's condition has started to look unstable and I even doubt that Napoli will be able to compete at the top again instead of wanting to defend the Scudetto. Now that coaching has returned to Mazzari, there is a glimmer of hope placed on him, but it seems very difficult for him to restore glory to the Partenopei. But I won't judge him because he still needs time to polish the team, but Mazzari must be able to bring Napoli to at least finish in the top four and I think that's good enough.

I agree with your view, though it might still be tough as Inter Milan is doing well too. Above all, I wouldn't worry much, Inter Milan is not that strong match for Juventus, at least with my rating and analysis and I made that with many factors. At a mere 2 points lower than Inter Milan, I can bet it with anybody that before this year runs out, the table would change while Juventus would be leading the table. You've said it all, the ground of Juventus is more solid than that of Inter Milan, though they have the same feat in their recent matches. If you view closely how the two teams are playing, it's obvious that Juventus will be the pick of an insightful person over Inter.

It was a tough game for the two sides the last time they met on Sunday and the 1 point said each by them could be confusing, but still, you know the one that has the possession, we can't take that for granted. One thing I see in Inter Milan is that their mid-field is not strong enough, and the same goes for their defence. The two angles are trying but with the right firepower from a determined opponent, I believe they would be conceding so many goals. However, they are trying their best with the attacking power, and doing better with this will help them further. But the firing power of Juventus is becoming weak amidst a better defence, this combination is not so perfect yet they can still manoeuvre their way to win more matches and displace Inter Milan if care is not taken.

The change of coach has not shown promising quality of play for Napoli and even though in his first match Mazzarri managed to win the match. There are many things that need to be fixed by the coach and the players also have to adapt to the new style of play implemented by Mazzarri. Napoli will have a difficult season in my opinion because a change of coach can have a big effect on the team and in fact I am starting to doubt that they will be able to finish the season in the top five at the end of the season.

Defending the Scudetto will be much more difficult and if Mazzarri does not make big changes in the next few games then Napoli's condition will be much worse. Watching Napoli's match in the Champions League against Real Madrid and I think Rudi Garcia's abilities are a little better than Mazzarri because last night's defeat was really embarrassing for Napoli.

Actually I don't really believe in the new coach Mazzarri but I'm trying to wait to see how great this coach will be in bringing Napoli to the best position in the points table and at least I want to see in the next 5 matches whether Mazzarri is able to bring Napoli to win consistently or will only the same as Rudi Garcia and it were just a guess I think Mazzarri would only be the same as Garcia.
In the upcoming match, Napoli will have to go through the most difficult times and it will not be easy to beat these two big clubs, Juventus and Inter Milan, while these two club have more experience in Serie A than in the past, but we don't know whether Mazzarri can provide the right strategy or not will only get defeat but what certain is that I guess against Inter they will lose.

Juventus could seize all the opportunities available, including winning the Scudetto again and I think the main achievement they have to do is be able to maintain their consistency. It is not easy to be at the top with such tight competition and therefore they cannot be careless in the slightest when other teams are still busy with other European competitions.

Being able to get a place in the Champions League next season is one of Juventus' priorities and they have to do it right. Now it's just a matter of how they can survive with all the current problems because we know they are not okay with the other problems of their players like Pogba or Fagioli. Their finances will always be eroded if they encounter more problems and that is not good enough if they want to gain strength in the transfer market.

So far Napoli isn't doing bad under the leadership of mazzarri, I had taught earlier that they would have issues trying to get along with his style and for awhile they would need sometime to get used to his coaching tactics but it seems they are getting along already and their performance so far is fair.

Mazzarri needs to further prove him self playing against inter Milan a d Juventus to show how well he is capable to lead the team in the spirit of the defending champions of the league title, I think he will have a tougher time with inter Milan than he would with Juventus, although both teams are at the top of the table but inter Milan seems to have a good defensive mechanism which he will need to penetrate if he must win them.

Absence from European Competitions wasn't thee teams fault, they did them.best to make sure they qualified. Point addition and deduction messed them up at the last few games of the season. It was block buster. Juventus never expected it happening.

Allegri head coach of Juventus have said that they'll not be chasing for the Seria A tittle this season, that only intention is to qualify them for the Champions League Football next season. That I'm not sure though, because they'll have motives hidden to win tue tittle.
But considering that they have a good defense but not a coordinated attack that can score goals and wins them matches, they don't have the capacity of winning the league otherwise they make improve signatures.

With the experience Inter have actually I think this is still not a big problem because in any case when looking at the situation that is happening now and the previous few seasons we know Inter can balance the situation well and they can still focus on both the problem is sometimes Inter's illness always comes suddenly especially in the middle of the season towards the end of the season their performance is always destroyed and it happens not just 1 season but in the last few seasons for domestic competitions like that.
We know Inter can always be the best contenders for Serie A but when their illness cannot be cured and Inzaghi still cannot get the right formula for it then indeed it will still be very difficult for them because this season the concern is still from that for me the rest I don't worry anything for Inter.

Napoli won on coach Walter Mazzarri's return day. There were many doubts for Coach Mazzarri when he accepted to return to lead Napoli for the second time, but he decided to return. The Napoli that Rudi Garcia left behind is a shabby team lacking fighting power. Garcia turned defending champion Napoli into an outsider in the Serie A race with a meager 10 points. But Napoli still has the responsibility of protecting at least a position in the Top 4, in addition to going deep in the Champions League.
Mazzarri led Napoli very successfully for 4 years. He is considered a representative of old-fashioned football, in contrast to the modern attacking thinking that coach Luciano Spalletti applied to turn Napoli into Serie A champions last season.

@harapan I don’t think Inter fan’s are worried about this because they would like to win all trophies possible and champions league experience is important too. Furthermore Juventus isn’t always guaranteed to win hence no Inter fan should be worried rather they should just keep on backing Inter player’s to play their best and then hope for the best results.

yes but they are also losing a lot of money in rights and this will sooner or later be reflected in next season
therefore they must try to capitalize on this unfortunate condition as much as possible and take maximum advantage
the minimum is to go to the champions league

It doesn't worry me, maybe because I'm not an Inter fan but I'm certain that if you ask Inter fans which they would chose between not playing in the champions league and having a lot of time to rest while Juventus plays in the champions and the league or they (Inter) plays in both competitions, I'm sure they'll chose to pkwy in both competitions.
These are the things that determine a big club. A big club plays in 3 competitions all season long while smaller clubs only plays in one, making the challenge and pressure bigger for the bigger club.
Inter don't seem like a club that would let Juventus use that as an advantage over them. The serie A title race would be between these two giants; Juventus and Inter. I'm placing my bet on Inter though because they seem like a more serious team. They play better and are more compact than Juve. Hopefully both teams keeps up this momentum till the end of the season so either team don't run away with the league like Napoli did last time.