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Quote from: TelolettOm on December 18, 2024, 06:14:27 PM

And on the other hand, AS Roma also managed to win against Sampdoria 4-1, yes, they finally managed to advance to the next round. But they do have to fight AC Milan, yes it's not bad enough because so far Milan's performance is also quite just so-so.

Source: Roma picked up a confidence-boosting 4-1 victory at home against Sampdoria

Roma are gradually back with Ranieri and I see their performances are improving even results are up and down. Last weekend, they lost to Como like an accident but played well in that match. The next holidays will be good break for Ranieri to make his plan for last five months of this season, and I think Roma will be able to show better performances and get better results in coming matches with Ranieri.

With so many bad matches and results in Serie A so far, very big point differences against top four, Roma can forget about top four but fighting for a position to join Europa League next season, is possible with them. Firstly they need to improve, get points and climb to top 10, then next target will be top six of Serie A.

This big win before Christmas means a lot for Roma, they can celebrate it before Xmas and move toward a brighter future in 2025.

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Quote from: Weawant on December 18, 2024, 06:09:26 PM

Quote from: Leviathan.007 on December 18, 2024, 05:48:47 PM

Inter Milan has amazing forwards and they have good teams which can be dangerous for any team if they want to stand against Inter Milan because they can score goals easily. Lazio made some mistakes and they had a bad performance in the match and this gave Inter Milan a good opportunity to win this match but they won the game with a 6-0 result and this can show the perfect performance of Inter Milan because knew how to use the chances they got in this match. Now the gap between Inter Milan and Atalanta in the first place of the table is three points and they can have more hope.

There's this confidence inter Milan's forward has got that actually makes me live them and that to my understanding helps them at some point because they get to instill some fome of fear I to other teams especially the much weaker ones even before a fixture and so when they get One, there's that consciousness that these people are a tough team and much care should be applied playing against them so they will be able to get some points from them even if it's not the complete three points, then Milan capitalize on that and end up winning those team by tomorrow in the champions League, beyond the group stage, they may actually need to do more to get a chance to lift the trophy this season.

It must be admitted that Inter Milan's performance is better than last season, they went through a slow process and this team was built with comprehensive strength in all lines, I will not only highlight Inter Milan's front line which is very productive in scoring goals but indeed Inter Milan's team game is well organized in all lines.

Now Inter Milan is slowly starting to show its strength and they will be like last season to be able to win the Scudetto even though this season the competition for the title is much fiercer than last season but Inter Milan has a great chance for that.

For the Champions League stage I think it will still be difficult because the competition is much fiercer so it cannot be predicted early on for Inter Milan's chances.

And also I think a big win over LAzio does not need to be used as a reference for the long term even though the win deserves to be appreciated but we only need to see the strength of the Inter Milan team as a whole and how they can maintain the consistency of their performance, I think that is much more important to win the title.

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Quote from: Leviathan.007 on December 18, 2024, 05:48:47 PM

Inter Milan has amazing forwards and they have good teams which can be dangerous for any team if they want to stand against Inter Milan because they can score goals easily.

Indeed, this is no doubt. especially in this match against Lazio, they are really strong and very accurate in their front line. even Lazio has a bigger ball possession than Inter, but they are unable to hold back Inter's attack. Just imagine, 7 shots on target to be 6 goals. That's incredible, as accurate and sharp as that attack. Thuram also increasingly reduces the number of goals scored by Serie A's top scorer, Retegui with a total of 11 and 12 goals.

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Big win this evening for Atalanta once again.
They scored again 6 goals but the opponent was from this relegation.

At least, the result is optimal and they can optimize all the chances to win big and enter the quarter-finals of the Copa Italia.

And on the other hand, AS Roma also managed to win against Sampdoria 4-1, yes, they finally managed to advance to the next round. But they do have to fight AC Milan, yes it's not bad enough because so far Milan's performance is also quite just so-so.

Source: Roma picked up a confidence-boosting 4-1 victory at home against Sampdoria

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Quote from: Leviathan.007 on December 18, 2024, 05:48:47 PM

Inter Milan has amazing forwards and they have good teams which can be dangerous for any team if they want to stand against Inter Milan because they can score goals easily. Lazio made some mistakes and they had a bad performance in the match and this gave Inter Milan a good opportunity to win this match but they won the game with a 6-0 result and this can show the perfect performance of Inter Milan because knew how to use the chances they got in this match. Now the gap between Inter Milan and Atalanta in the first place of the table is three points and they can have more hope.

There's this confidence inter Milan's forward has got that actually makes me live them and that to my understanding helps them at some point because they get to instill some fome of fear I to other teams especially the much weaker ones even before a fixture and so when they get One, there's that consciousness that these people are a tough team and much care should be applied playing against them so they will be able to get some points from them even if it's not the complete three points, then Milan capitalize on that and end up winning those team by tomorrow in the champions League, beyond the group stage, they may actually need to do more to get a chance to lift the trophy this season.

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Big win this evening for Atalanta once again.
They scored again 6 goals but the opponent was from this relegation.

In the end they proven once again they are a real competitor this year.

Next week they could win the 1st cup of the season.

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Quote from: Pandu Geddon on December 18, 2024, 09:20:59 AM

Quote from: Dickiy on December 18, 2024, 09:15:29 AM

Lazio played badly, the defense was not as solid as usual, besides their goalkeeper also did not show good performance. Lazio looked very frustrated in the second half. On the other hand, Inter appeared mighty, all lines played very well they did not give the slightest gap to the Lazio attackers. In the next match Inter will host Como I think 3 full points can be obtained again

Lazio players' mistake was their inability to anticipate Inter players' attacks when they lost the ball. Of course when Lazio attacked there would be an open position and they were unable to anticipate it well.
The result is very clear, Inter played very effectively. 6 goals for 6 players, they were very fair in taking advantage of the opportunities. Good game.

Inter Milan has amazing forwards and they have good teams which can be dangerous for any team if they want to stand against Inter Milan because they can score goals easily. Lazio made some mistakes and they had a bad performance in the match and this gave Inter Milan a good opportunity to win this match but they won the game with a 6-0 result and this can show the perfect performance of Inter Milan because knew how to use the chances they got in this match. Now the gap between Inter Milan and Atalanta in the first place of the table is three points and they can have more hope.

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Quote from: Obari on December 18, 2024, 03:57:55 PM

Seria A does look easy when one spot the competitive title race but complicated when elite teams project their ambitious goals for the scudetto. What's disturbing the atmospheric pressure of AS Roma this season? Watching their games and one could easily noticed they've been absolutely behind when it comes to winning games, this is absolutely not deserving for this particular club. AS Roma have lacked the desire patience to drive the club to the top and this is absolutely not good for the team. The board sacked Daniele De Rossi and expects the new coach, Claudio Ranieri to set things in place. It's definitely going to take longterm because he's not acquainted with the team's pattern and having full obligation to mapped his sector.

Roma management is really impatient and can't give time to stay with Daniele De Rossi and chose to part ways before the first half of the season ended. Now under the guidance of the new coach Roma is expected to improve their performance by winning and it could take time for them to do so.

I don't really follow every match played by Roma this season, but I know that their team is filled with quality players and also has a very quality striker like Dovbyk. Today match is taking place between Roma vs Sampdoria where the temporary score is 4-1. Roma played well in this match they were able to score a quick goal and I hope they can maintain their playing style to perform better in the Serie A match.

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Quote from: bastisisca on December 18, 2024, 11:24:10 AM

* Hellas Verona - AC Milan => AC Milan
* Genoa - Napoli => Napoli
* Lecce - Lazio => Lazio
* Atalanta BC - Empoli => Atalanta BC
* Monza - Juventus => Juventus
* Fiorentina - Udinese => Fiorentina
* Inter Milan - Como => Inter Milan

Week really full of easy games, i am going for the big shot

I understand that you don’t believe that Roma will be able to beat Parma? Grin

But in reality the odds for this game are not that bad for betting:

1.54 - 4.30 - 6.20

It seems to me that Roma have temporarily fallen lower than they deserve and there should be a return to the mean. Plus, after the game with Parma, Roma have three difficult games in a row, i.e. if they do not take points in the game with Parma, then the prospect of leaving Serie A will become very real. I do not believe in such a scenario.

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Quote from: junder on December 18, 2024, 01:07:25 PM

As a big club, Roma has become an ordinary club this season, the dismissal of D Rossi at the beginning of the season was the trigger. In my opinion, the management is managing the club badly. And what Roma is expected to do in Ranieri's hands right now is to be able to keep them away from the relegation zone because it is unethical for a big club like Roma to drop to Serie B. Is that possible? If you see them being defeated by Como yesterday, I think Ranieri's improvements have not been successful, in the January transfer market it seems that Roma must bring in new faces to support the coach's tactics.

Seria A does look easy when one spot the competitive title race but complicated when elite teams project their ambitious goals for the scudetto. What's disturbing the atmospheric pressure of AS Roma this season? Watching their games and one could easily noticed they've been absolutely behind when it comes to winning games, this is absolutely not deserving for this particular club. AS Roma have lacked the desire patience to drive the club to the top and this is absolutely not good for the team. The board sacked Daniele De Rossi and expects the new coach, Claudio Ranieri to set things in place. It's definitely going to take longterm because he's not acquainted with the team's pattern and having full obligation to mapped his sector.

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Quote from: bastisisca on December 18, 2024, 11:24:10 AM

* Hellas Verona - AC Milan => AC Milan
* Genoa - Napoli => Napoli
* Lecce - Lazio => Lazio
* Atalanta BC - Empoli => Atalanta BC
* Monza - Juventus => Juventus
* Fiorentina - Udinese => Fiorentina
* Inter Milan - Como => Inter Milan

Week really full of easy games, i am going for the big shot

The matches that seem really easy would be a big hit if all the favorites win. Even if there is a surprise result or a draw looks good, it is not a good bet for me.
Milan and Juventus are not teams that win all the time, they lose and draw, I can say that Milan is still better than Juventus, they beat Real Madrid with a good score in the Champions League.
They will play Genoa next week, it is a must-win match for Milan. They are in 8th place in the league with 23 points, 5 points behind even Juventus.

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Quote from: giammangiato on December 18, 2024, 11:35:12 AM

Quote from: hahay on December 17, 2024, 02:18:28 PM

Although AS Roma are currently in 12th position with 16 points but anyway, in fact AS Roma only has a two-point gap with Cagliari who are in the relegation zone. Thus, it is certainly a very difficult and difficult task for Ranieri to overcome AS Roma's problems this season. Thus, I think sacking Mourinho is a decision that might be bad too. Although indeed, when AS Roma appointed De Rossi also that De Rossi also managed to make AS Roma rise but unfortunately, the great trust that AS Roma gave De Rossi was not the right choice either, because with the dismissal and change of coach that occurred made AS Roma currently completely chaotic and threatened to fall into the relegation zone.

I never thought Roma's season could go so badly, just as i would never have bet on a wonderful season for Fiorentina and Atalanta.
Football is beautiful because we can never predict how it will go. I just hope that Ranieri manages to limit the damage, he have nothing else to do at the moment.

As a big club, Roma has become an ordinary club this season, the dismissal of D Rossi at the beginning of the season was the trigger. In my opinion, the management is managing the club badly. And what Roma is expected to do in Ranieri's hands right now is to be able to keep them away from the relegation zone because it is unethical for a big club like Roma to drop to Serie B. Is that possible? If you see them being defeated by Como yesterday, I think Ranieri's improvements have not been successful, in the January transfer market it seems that Roma must bring in new faces to support the coach's tactics.

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Quote from: coinlocket$ on December 15, 2024, 05:16:40 PM

For Milan and Juventus after this week it should be over for the race for the final victory.
They are around 10 points behind and there is no sign of improvement in the teams performances.

I do not know what to say about Juventus. They are probably the only ones who actually have the capability to not lose a single match and still be so far away from the competition of winning the league. I mean it is obviously still recoverable. But the way Thiago Motta's squad is playing right now, it doesn't seem like they are going to recover. Just look at the last five matches of Juventus. They have not lost a single match but they have also been able to win only a single match. That is just terrible for the team that is trying to go for the league title.

Milan, for them I think it is kind of hopeless. Because they are already 14 points away. It is already going to be very tough for them to recover from this situation to finish in the top four positions, let alone finish as the champion.

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Quote from: Pandu Geddon on December 18, 2024, 09:20:59 AM

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Lazio played badly, the defense was not as solid as usual, besides their goalkeeper also did not show good performance. Lazio looked very frustrated in the second half. On the other hand, Inter appeared mighty, all lines played very well they did not give the slightest gap to the Lazio attackers. In the next match Inter will host Como I think 3 full points can be obtained again

Lazio players' mistake was their inability to anticipate Inter players' attacks when they lost the ball. Of course when Lazio attacked there would be an open position and they were unable to anticipate it well.
The result is very clear, Inter played very effectively. 6 goals for 6 players, they were very fair in taking advantage of the opportunities. Good game.

Lazio and Inter Milan are almost evenly matched and their match has been interesting and enjoyable as there has been plenty of effort between evenly matched teams. Lazio lost the match due to their poor performance and lack of goals and it is their own fault because if they had scored like Inter Milan, this match would have been a win. If they did nothing, they were defeated.Lazio neither had chances nor did they create chances because if they had a way they would have scored a goal but they couldn't score a single one and Inter Milan scored 6 goals And won this match. Lazio player didn't work hard even though they had a good record and they lose the match. Lazio have really scored a lot of goals which is a huge defeat for Lazio.

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Quote from: Pandu Geddon on December 18, 2024, 11:56:04 AM

Lazio did not create many chances, only a few shots on target to Inter's goal. I think that was also the influence of Inter's defensive discipline. In terms of ball possession, Lazio was not inferior to Inter. It's just that their ability to plan attacks could be anticipated by inter-players. And several times they also made mistakes in passing. Inter played amazingly, but unfortunately, they still have to work hard to catch up on the points difference with Atalanta and Napoli. Inter's chances are quite big to be able to reach the top of the standings.

Lazio team was performing very well since the beginning of this season. The team continued its good performance consistently. So we all thought that the Inter Milan vs Lazio match would be the most competitive match of this week. But Lazio performed very badly in this match. Inter Milan dominated from the beginning of the match. Inter Milan players were able to score two goals in the first half and four goals in the second half. If Inter Milan is able to continue such a performance, then perhaps in the next few weeks we will see Inter Milan team at the top of the table.

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Quote from: IvugeoEvolutionCoin on December 18, 2024, 11:01:47 AM

Yesterday Lazio vs Inter team match in Italian League Inter team won by 6 goals. Inter team performed amazingly from the beginning to the end of the game. I did not expect that Lazio team players would perform so badly. Lazio team could not score any goal from the beginning to the end of the game. If we look at the point table of Inter team, it is not far behind Lazio team, I did not expect that they would perform so badly in this match.

Lazio and Inter were basically tied on 31 points before this match, and so with Inter's win, Inter got the three points and now Inter have 34 points. Also, at least Lazio also played with a fight because after all, at least it wasn't easy for Inter to score. Because after all, the first goal was just created in the 41st minute with a penalty kick successfully executed by Calhanoglu. But indeed, the goal really made Inter play better and also, at the same time, made Lazio play a little worse in the second half. Thus, Lazio were unable to withstand every attack Inter had, until finally Inter managed to make four goals in the second half and ended the match with a score of 0-6.

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Quote from: Zlantann on December 18, 2024, 12:39:26 AM

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Later for this season if they are really in the relegation zone then it will be AS Roma worst result for the last few seasons and of course there will be lot of bad talk and even lose the fans trust in them.
As I said before that Ranieri must be able to focus on keeping AS Roma away from the relegation zone because if things like this continue maybe he will also be fired, the team management should be able to learn from what happened to Chelsea from the Premier League who often changed coaches and they were destroyed even though now they have shown quite significant improvements.

Claudio Ranieri is an experienced coach and I bet with him Roma will avoid relegation. The club has been suffering from so many problems since last season and the constant change of coach contributed to it. But I think a new coach might come in by January. The reason for the coming back of the former Leicester coach from retirement is to lead the club to a transition period where a new coach will take over. And he would be given an executive position in the club. According to the club, he would become an adviser to the owners of Roma.

I totally agree with you on this, Claudio Ranieri is a maestro when it comes to Italian football, he has successfully managed so many elite clubs in Italy including the likes of Inter Milan and Juventus, and he also has a vast knowledge of the series A and am quite sure that he would manage to avoid relegation with AS Roma.

Since his arrival at the club, things have taken a new shape at the club, it hasn't been easy but Roma have been recording some tremendous progress which will aid the club avoid being relegated at the end of the season which I believe was the reason he was contracted.

Roma haven't had a wonderful season of recent and have spent a great deal of time trying to get on the right tract and have had to hire and fire a lot of coaches but after the arrival of the veteran coach, I think they are a bit better than they were a couple of months ago.

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Quote from: Pandu Geddon on December 18, 2024, 11:56:04 AM

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Lazio played badly, the defense was not as solid as usual, besides their goalkeeper also did not show good performance. Lazio looked very frustrated in the second half. On the other hand, Inter appeared mighty, all lines played very well they did not give the slightest gap to the Lazio attackers. In the next match Inter will host Como I think 3 full points can be obtained again

Lazio players' mistake was their inability to anticipate Inter players' attacks when they lost the ball. Of course when Lazio attacked there would be an open position and they were unable to anticipate it well.
The result is very clear, Inter played very effectively. 6 goals for 6 players, they were very fair in taking advantage of the opportunities. Good game.

Despite playing at lazio home, Inter managed to show the mentality and performance of last season championship team in the match, although in the last few matches Lazio was able to show an impressive game, but they could not do much in the match to stem the dominance shown by the Internazionale squad, lazio showed their poor concentration and coordination in that match, besides the defence, provedel poor performance was also the cause of lazio defeat, because some of the goals scored were due to poor anticipation from him as a goalkeeper, I think in that match all lazio players played very badly, including their attacking line which was unable to create opportunities.

Lazio did not create many chances, only a few shots on target to Inter's goal. I think that was also the influence of Inter's defensive discipline. In terms of ball possession, Lazio was not inferior to Inter. It's just that their ability to plan attacks could be anticipated by inter-players. And several times they also made mistakes in passing. Inter played amazingly, but unfortunately, they still have to work hard to catch up on the points difference with Atalanta and Napoli. Inter's chances are quite big to be able to reach the top of the standings.

Inter is a much better quality team than their opponent. When they disrupt their opponent's concentration, they can create many goal opportunities. Lazio made many mistakes and Inter gained the upper hand with their play. Inter did not give their opponent any chance by playing good defense against Lazio's attacks. Even if Lazio had scored, Inter could have responded immediately because Inter is much better than their opponent in terms of play.

The important thing for Inter is to continue these performances and be where they want to be in the league. They have a strong squad and have a lot of potential. If they can realize this potential, they will be a team that is very difficult to beat in a match.

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Lazio played badly, the defense was not as solid as usual, besides their goalkeeper also did not show good performance. Lazio looked very frustrated in the second half. On the other hand, Inter appeared mighty, all lines played very well they did not give the slightest gap to the Lazio attackers. In the next match Inter will host Como I think 3 full points can be obtained again

Lazio players' mistake was their inability to anticipate Inter players' attacks when they lost the ball. Of course when Lazio attacked there would be an open position and they were unable to anticipate it well.
The result is very clear, Inter played very effectively. 6 goals for 6 players, they were very fair in taking advantage of the opportunities. Good game.

Despite playing at lazio home, Inter managed to show the mentality and performance of last season championship team in the match, although in the last few matches Lazio was able to show an impressive game, but they could not do much in the match to stem the dominance shown by the Internazionale squad, lazio showed their poor concentration and coordination in that match, besides the defence, provedel poor performance was also the cause of lazio defeat, because some of the goals scored were due to poor anticipation from him as a goalkeeper, I think in that match all lazio players played very badly, including their attacking line which was unable to create opportunities.

Lazio did not create many chances, only a few shots on target to Inter's goal. I think that was also the influence of Inter's defensive discipline. In terms of ball possession, Lazio was not inferior to Inter. It's just that their ability to plan attacks could be anticipated by inter-players. And several times they also made mistakes in passing. Inter played amazingly, but unfortunately, they still have to work hard to catch up on the points difference with Atalanta and Napoli. Inter's chances are quite big to be able to reach the top of the standings.

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Quote from: hahay on December 17, 2024, 02:18:28 PM

Although AS Roma are currently in 12th position with 16 points but anyway, in fact AS Roma only has a two-point gap with Cagliari who are in the relegation zone. Thus, it is certainly a very difficult and difficult task for Ranieri to overcome AS Roma's problems this season. Thus, I think sacking Mourinho is a decision that might be bad too. Although indeed, when AS Roma appointed De Rossi also that De Rossi also managed to make AS Roma rise but unfortunately, the great trust that AS Roma gave De Rossi was not the right choice either, because with the dismissal and change of coach that occurred made AS Roma currently completely chaotic and threatened to fall into the relegation zone.

I never thought Roma's season could go so badly, just as i would never have bet on a wonderful season for Fiorentina and Atalanta.
Football is beautiful because we can never predict how it will go. I just hope that Ranieri manages to limit the damage, he have nothing else to do at the moment.

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Quote from: Pandu Geddon on December 18, 2024, 09:20:59 AM

Quote from: Dickiy on December 18, 2024, 09:15:29 AM

Lazio played badly, the defense was not as solid as usual, besides their goalkeeper also did not show good performance. Lazio looked very frustrated in the second half. On the other hand, Inter appeared mighty, all lines played very well they did not give the slightest gap to the Lazio attackers. In the next match Inter will host Como I think 3 full points can be obtained again

Lazio players' mistake was their inability to anticipate Inter players' attacks when they lost the ball. Of course when Lazio attacked there would be an open position and they were unable to anticipate it well.
The result is very clear, Inter played very effectively. 6 goals for 6 players, they were very fair in taking advantage of the opportunities. Good game.

Despite playing at lazio home, Inter managed to show the mentality and performance of last season championship team in the match, although in the last few matches Lazio was able to show an impressive game, but they could not do much in the match to stem the dominance shown by the Internazionale squad, lazio showed their poor concentration and coordination in that match, besides the defence, provedel poor performance was also the cause of lazio defeat, because some of the goals scored were due to poor anticipation from him as a goalkeeper, I think in that match all lazio players played very badly, including their attacking line which was unable to create opportunities.

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