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Quote from: asriloni on June 12, 2023, 03:44:35 AM

Napoli will be far different next season. In my opinion, if the new coach will not be able to make the result gonna be the same like this season. The rumor about min jae will be going to the manchester united is not yet clear at this moment.
I expect if this transfer gonna be a complicated transfer as napoli's president will not even let him go to the manchester united.

Napoli will not be coached by spalletti next season. This is the main key why napoli will not be able to repeat the same performance again like this season. Im not expecting napoli will be able to win scudetto again next season.
Juventus has been leaving from its problem and it will come back stronger next season to win the scudetto agian.

There are so many team will be doing massive improvements in this summer transfer season.

I think that the way for napoli to defend its scudetto will become even harder next season.
Juventus is likely to be the main competitior as it will not get same problem like this time.

Napoli in the hands of another coach will have a different way of playing and that will make it difficult for them to repeat the same things they have done this season. Spalletti is one of the coaches who has integrated into Napoli game this season because he is quite familiar with the character of his players. Spalletti departure from Napoli will make Napoli have to work from the beginning again where they must be able to integrate tactics with their new coach.

Most likely it will be difficult for Napoli to defend the title because without Spalletti they will not be strong enough to stop other teams like Inter Milan or Juventus next season. Several other teams will put pressure on Napoli in defending the title and one of the teams that I think will be quite strong next season is inter milan.

As far as I know, Spalletti is still working for Napli there is not any problem for this coach there, Spalletti had a good performance and he got the achievements he wanted to get.
More than anything Napopli needs to keep the players they have for another season and thy also need to hire an alternative players for stars they have like Osimhen.

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Quote from: asriloni on June 12, 2023, 03:44:35 AM

Napoli will be far different next season. In my opinion, if the new coach will not be able to make the result gonna be the same like this season. The rumor about min jae will be going to the manchester united is not yet clear at this moment.
I expect if this transfer gonna be a complicated transfer as napoli's president will not even let him go to the manchester united.

Napoli will not be coached by spalletti next season. This is the main key why napoli will not be able to repeat the same performance again like this season. Im not expecting napoli will be able to win scudetto again next season.
Juventus has been leaving from its problem and it will come back stronger next season to win the scudetto agian.

There are so many team will be doing massive improvements in this summer transfer season.

I think that the way for napoli to defend its scudetto will become even harder next season.
Juventus is likely to be the main competitior as it will not get same problem like this time.

Napoli in the hands of another coach will have a different way of playing and that will make it difficult for them to repeat the same things they have done this season. Spalletti is one of the coaches who has integrated into Napoli game this season because he is quite familiar with the character of his players. Spalletti departure from Napoli will make Napoli have to work from the beginning again where they must be able to integrate tactics with their new coach.

Most likely it will be difficult for Napoli to defend the title because without Spalletti they will not be strong enough to stop other teams like Inter Milan or Juventus next season. Several other teams will put pressure on Napoli in defending the title and one of the teams that I think will be quite strong next season is inter milan.

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It would be great if Napoli could show football again what they showed in the first 75% of the competition. but they depend on the players, and if they can keep this team together? I think that will be quite a challenge. Napoli's performance and game image has of course not gone unnoticed in the rest of Europe. I don't see either of them going to another team in Italy, I think you have to think of countries like England where the big money is waiting. Juventus will want revenge for the past 3 mediocre seasons without a single title.

The way Napoli has performed this season has impressed everyone. They played great. But we are not sure if they will be able to continue such performance in the next season. It is also unlikely that Napoli's squad will remain unchanged. Several players from Napoli's squad are likely to leave the squad. And so the Napoli coach must try to add experienced players to the team. If the squad is not strong enough, they will not be able to fight for the title next season.

In fact, I feel that Napoli will actually experience a slight decrease in performance in the following season. Because there will be many changes at the Napoli club for the next season. One of them is because Napoli will also not be coached by Luciano Spalletti for the next season. Although at this time Spalleti has not officially left Napoli. But his contract will expire at the end of this June. and Spalleti decided not to renew his contract with Napoli. From the news circulating, it is said that Spalleti will decide to take a break from coaching for at least 1 year. And I think losing a great coach like Spalleti will certainly have a big impact on Napoli. and several Napoli players also seem like some of them will leave the club.

At the moment, what I see from them is only about the change of manager, there is still nothing else about the players.
But even if it's like that, of course the coach is an important person and this will have an effect. Let's hope that their decline is not too drastic but if you see the possibility of them declining I still feel it is a certainty because apart from the problem of Serie A clubs sometimes not being able to maintain conditions and candidates for defending champions, a significant factor of change will also hinder the club.

If Spaletti does leave Napoli, it would probably be a tragedy for the club. With him, Napoli have been able to achieve very good results that could disappear next season. There are so many examples of a top club ending up in the middle of the standings after a coach leaves. For example, this was the case recently with Barcelona, who were only able to recover after a season.

With the kind of performance Napoli team has shown this season, it is expected that this team will perform incredibly well in the next season. Each player of the team plays each match responsibly.

I am sure that after the change of coach Napoli will not play as well as they did under Spaletti. It's not about the players on the team, it's about how they are coached, create tactics, analyse the play of other clubs. All of that can go wrong with the new coach. We don't know yet what transfers will be in the team. It would be a shame if Napoli can't continue to play as well.

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Spalletti is certainly leaving Napoli at the end of this month. I have heard he has said that he doesn't have any energy left to maintain success from now on. This was like his best achievement in his career as well if I'm not wrong. He must have won the biggest championship in his career here. This has been an amazing run for Napoli after a break of 30+ years without a Serie A title.

From now on I will be wondering who Napoli will bring into his place. Apart from that they are about to lose some crucial players such as Osimhen. After all these things I have big doubts about Napoli to maintain the success in the league. But with the right management they can still be a part of top 4 at worst.

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If Spaletti does leave Napoli, it would probably be a tragedy for the club. With him, Napoli have been able to achieve very good results that could disappear next season. There are so many examples of a top club ending up in the middle of the standings after a coach leaves. For example, this was the case recently with Barcelona, who were only able to recover after a season.

It is inconceivable what will be the fate of Napoli after Spalletti left, maybe his fate will be the same as Brighton after Potter moved to Chelsea some time ago. Napoli have achieved success with Spalletti, the coach really played a big part in helping Napoli win the Scudetto after not having won it for a long time due to not being able to compete with Juventus, Milan and Inter.
Chaos will befall the Napoli squad if they can't convince Spalletti to stay, the new coach's ideology makes players have to adapt to the style of play that is applied. The success of a club is not only equipped with an established squad, but the role of the coach is also very important in determining the right strategy.

The Napoli team is far ahead of these two teams, Juventus and Roma. Napoli's performance seems to be the same type of performance that the Juventus team has performed in the past. The Napoli team looks to be stronger next season judging by their current performances. And each player's style of play showed confidence.

I can't say for sure.
Indeed, for this season their performance has been very impressive, but with the transfer conditions that are still unpredictable, where this will go, there are still concerns for Napoli.
Their players have the potential to leave even though the hope is still to stay but it is clear that all of them will not be able to stay now because indeed they also know that this condition will definitely happen.
Hopefully their performance doesn't decline in the end.

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Quote from: kotwica666 on June 12, 2023, 11:43:18 AM

The Napoli team is far ahead of these two teams, Juventus and Roma. Napoli's performance seems to be the same type of performance that the Juventus team has performed in the past. The Napoli team looks to be stronger next season judging by their current performances. And each player's style of play showed confidence.

Napoli really want to repeat their success again in the next season, it's clear because they keep their good players and don't sell them to any team even though they are interested in a high price. However, other big Italian teams such as Roma, Juventus, Milan and Inter have had good preparations to compete with Napoli in the following season, it seems that competition in Serie A will be fierce again.

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This season has finally come to an end with the Champions League finale. I really appreciate Inter's high effort in that game also. They did a really solid defending mostly and this caused Manchester City to have much bigger difficulties than normal. Maybe Inter couldn't win the Champions League title for the 4th time in their history but this was still a solid season for them.

Even though they couldn't win the Serie A title also they won 2 titles anyway - Italian Super Cup and Coppa Italia. Being that much competitive for the Champions League should also be considered as success for Inzaghi. Because Inter aren't a regular when it comes to Champions League finals.

Therefore I believe that Inter should keep Inzaghi at least for one more season. He has one more season to go on the contract already though.

Inter's struggle should be appreciated, even after losing they are still an extraordinary club. The reason is Manchester City, who are always able to score above 2-3 goals, but here Inter is showing that they are playing well. Able to withstand the aggressive City players. Scoring 1 goal means that Inter's defense is really solid. When compared to Madrid, who lost to Manchester City, the results were worse.

As a representative of the Italian club, of course Inter is a lucky club, even though in Serie A only finishing in 3rd position means that next season Inzaghi's troops will return to play in the UCL with much better performance.

For Inter Milan it was a general boost for their confidence and also for their regained recognition in the soccer world. I think they will benefit more from their Champions League season than they suffer from the defeat. Next year they can confidently play against the best teams in Europe and know that they have a chance. They have lost a bit of that confidence over the years and now they have all reason to believe in themselves again and actually aim higher than before.

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Quote from: ILuckyGuyI on June 12, 2023, 11:40:46 AM

This season has finally come to an end with the Champions League finale. I really appreciate Inter's high effort in that game also. They did a really solid defending mostly and this caused Manchester City to have much bigger difficulties than normal. Maybe Inter couldn't win the Champions League title for the 4th time in their history but this was still a solid season for them.

Even though they couldn't win the Serie A title also they won 2 titles anyway - Italian Super Cup and Coppa Italia. Being that much competitive for the Champions League should also be considered as success for Inzaghi. Because Inter aren't a regular when it comes to Champions League finals.

Therefore I believe that Inter should keep Inzaghi at least for one more season. He has one more season to go on the contract already though.

Inter's struggle should be appreciated, even after losing they are still an extraordinary club. The reason is Manchester City, who are always able to score above 2-3 goals, but here Inter is showing that they are playing well. Able to withstand the aggressive City players. Scoring 1 goal means that Inter's defense is really solid. When compared to Madrid, who lost to Manchester City, the results were worse.

As a representative of the Italian club, of course Inter is a lucky club, even though in Serie A only finishing in 3rd position means that next season Inzaghi's troops will return to play in the UCL with much better performance.

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Napoli was great this season but there is no guarantee that they will be great next season as well. There is a potential that they could be good, but there is a potential that they may not be that great at all as well. We should be careful about what's going to happen and if the transfer season starts and we get to see who leaves and who comes in, we can make a better prediction.

All of their players have someone going after them and that means a lot of money could be earned from the sales but that doesn't mean that they will end up doing anything important, it might be great or it might be hard but in the end we are not going to end up with anything good if they sell most of their players so they need to start focusing on who they can get instead.

The 2020/21 season Inter dominated a lot but in the following season Milan won. Likewise, in this case, it was Milan in the 2021/22 season that managed to frustrate Inter and they were very chaotic this season so that Napoli played very well and immediately won the title without any significant resistance.
To be honest for this I even doubt they could be like this. It is possible that some players will leave, on the other hand the coach has also confirmed that they will have great inconsistency if they cannot fix this.

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With the kind of performance Napoli team has shown this season, it is expected that this team will perform incredibly well in the next season. Each player of the team plays each match responsibly.

Apart from having to be even better next season in Serie A, I also hope that Napoli can do even better in the UCL next season because that will allow Napoli to achieve more perfectly. But before next season starts, it's a good idea for Napoli to look for some talented players to strengthen their team next season so that Napoli can continue to compete with the top teams from the start of the season to the end of the season.

This season, Napoli failed in the Champions League and they were thwarted by a team from Serie A too, at first they were believed to be able to get past AC Milan's round, but it turned out that they were the ones who were defeated by AC Milan. Napoli have to improve, and I think they have to improve their mentality even more when they are at a higher level. The reason is that in actual strength they were better at that time, but their mentality was not good enough.

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Well, in the end Verona won the decisive match to be able to play in Serie A next season and yes, Verona was able to maximize gameplay in the first half to win. Because based on statistics also proves that Verona can make the most of making quick goals by scoring 3 goals in the first half. Because after winning in the first half, and then Verona only focused on surviving in the second half.
In fact, Verona's player Davide Faraoni got a red card in the 68th minute. But yes, again and again Spezia still failed to take advantage of the advantage in the number of players and had to accept defeat with a score of 3-1 and with this result, Spezia was finally relegated and will play in Serie B next season.

The story of Verona conquest in the pivotal game resonates with overwhelming victory. Their plan to make the most of the opening half of the game paid off well as they quickly scored three goals capitalising on their propensity for scoring first. Verona overcame adversity which came in the form of Davide Faraoni red card in the 68th minute. They defeated Spezia resolutely 3-1 despite being one man down and preventing them from taking advantage of the numerical advantage. As the final whistle blew Spezia was relegated and would play in Serie B the next year as a result of the outcome. The victory of Verona and the defeat of Spezia serve as the perfect exemplifications of soccer profound uncertainties and continuous drama.

It was a great ending of this League. The last match of the league deciding who is going to stay and who is going to get relegated. Verona came in clutch in the last match of the league. They knew that this was the chance for them to stay in the league and they took the chance very well. They want in with a good plan and most importantly the plan worked. They had one red card but it was towards the later stages of the match.

I thought after the red card maybe Spezia will be able to make a comeback. But that did not happen. They couldn't do anything in the remaining 22 minutes. Because that image I don't ready been done in the first half.

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If Spaletti does leave Napoli, it would probably be a tragedy for the club. With him, Napoli have been able to achieve very good results that could disappear next season. There are so many examples of a top club ending up in the middle of the standings after a coach leaves. For example, this was the case recently with Barcelona, who were only able to recover after a season.

It is inconceivable what will be the fate of Napoli after Spalletti left, maybe his fate will be the same as Brighton after Potter moved to Chelsea some time ago. Napoli have achieved success with Spalletti, the coach really played a big part in helping Napoli win the Scudetto after not having won it for a long time due to not being able to compete with Juventus, Milan and Inter.
Chaos will befall the Napoli squad if they can't convince Spalletti to stay, the new coach's ideology makes players have to adapt to the style of play that is applied. The success of a club is not only equipped with an established squad, but the role of the coach is also very important in determining the right strategy.

It is certain that Napoli will find it very difficult to defend its scudetto or even the top four standings next season if Spalletti leaves his coaching chair. But according to widely heard news that Spalletti has indeed stated that he is taking a break and has recommended his replacement to the President of Napoli, De Laurentis. Of course this news is quite depressing news for fans, because they really want their favorite team to continue to dominate Serie A and also be able to talk a lot in the Champions League next season.

So if De Laurentis is serious about managing his team better then he should have moved quickly to replace a coach who has a good history. Then the President also did not sell his star players like Osimhen and players who have other important roles. I think that if the Partenopei still want to be the best in Serie A, then Antonio Conte is the right choice to lead Napoli.

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Napoli was great this season but there is no guarantee that they will be great next season as well. There is a potential that they could be good, but there is a potential that they may not be that great at all as well. We should be careful about what's going to happen and if the transfer season starts and we get to see who leaves and who comes in, we can make a better prediction.

All of their players have someone going after them and that means a lot of money could be earned from the sales but that doesn't mean that they will end up doing anything important, it might be great or it might be hard but in the end we are not going to end up with anything good if they sell most of their players so they need to start focusing on who they can get instead.

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Quote from: sovie on June 12, 2023, 06:16:04 AM

With the kind of performance Napoli team has shown this season, it is expected that this team will perform incredibly well in the next season. Each player of the team plays each match responsibly.

Apart from having to be even better next season in Serie A, I also hope that Napoli can do even better in the UCL next season because that will allow Napoli to achieve more perfectly. But before next season starts, it's a good idea for Napoli to look for some talented players to strengthen their team next season so that Napoli can continue to compete with the top teams from the start of the season to the end of the season.

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If Spaletti does leave Napoli, it would probably be a tragedy for the club. With him, Napoli have been able to achieve very good results that could disappear next season. There are so many examples of a top club ending up in the middle of the standings after a coach leaves. For example, this was the case recently with Barcelona, who were only able to recover after a season.

It is inconceivable what will be the fate of Napoli after Spalletti left, maybe his fate will be the same as Brighton after Potter moved to Chelsea some time ago. Napoli have achieved success with Spalletti, the coach really played a big part in helping Napoli win the Scudetto after not having won it for a long time due to not being able to compete with Juventus, Milan and Inter.
Chaos will befall the Napoli squad if they can't convince Spalletti to stay, the new coach's ideology makes players have to adapt to the style of play that is applied. The success of a club is not only equipped with an established squad, but the role of the coach is also very important in determining the right strategy.

The Napoli team is far ahead of these two teams, Juventus and Roma. Napoli's performance seems to be the same type of performance that the Juventus team has performed in the past. The Napoli team looks to be stronger next season judging by their current performances. And each player's style of play showed confidence.

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This season has finally come to an end with the Champions League finale. I really appreciate Inter's high effort in that game also. They did a really solid defending mostly and this caused Manchester City to have much bigger difficulties than normal. Maybe Inter couldn't win the Champions League title for the 4th time in their history but this was still a solid season for them.

Even though they couldn't win the Serie A title also they won 2 titles anyway - Italian Super Cup and Coppa Italia. Being that much competitive for the Champions League should also be considered as success for Inzaghi. Because Inter aren't a regular when it comes to Champions League finals.

Therefore I believe that Inter should keep Inzaghi at least for one more season. He has one more season to go on the contract already though.

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Spezia vs Verona. Spezia missed out on qualifying for Serie A with a 3–1 defeat against Verona in this match. Spezia's defenders have shown considerable weakness. They could not stop the attacks of Verona. Verona was able to attack quite severely. And their targets are well served. Verona scored 3 goals and Spezia scored one goal in the first half. Verona could not score any more goals in the second halftime. However, in the 70th minute of the game, Spezia had a penalty opportunity but could not capitalize on that opportunity. Verona's first half was excellent

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Quote from: fzkto on June 12, 2023, 05:24:29 AM

If Spaletti does leave Napoli, it would probably be a tragedy for the club. With him, Napoli have been able to achieve very good results that could disappear next season. There are so many examples of a top club ending up in the middle of the standings after a coach leaves. For example, this was the case recently with Barcelona, who were only able to recover after a season.

It is inconceivable what will be the fate of Napoli after Spalletti left, maybe his fate will be the same as Brighton after Potter moved to Chelsea some time ago. Napoli have achieved success with Spalletti, the coach really played a big part in helping Napoli win the Scudetto after not having won it for a long time due to not being able to compete with Juventus, Milan and Inter.
Chaos will befall the Napoli squad if they can't convince Spalletti to stay, the new coach's ideology makes players have to adapt to the style of play that is applied. The success of a club is not only equipped with an established squad, but the role of the coach is also very important in determining the right strategy.

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Congratulations for Verona because they can able to win dramatically from Spezia that at the beginning of match both teams has been displayed attacking game but Verona can playing more effective and they can scores 3 goals in the first half and seems after conceded 3 goals Spezia were playing more aggressive especially after Faraoni got a red card and it proven from their statistics that they have 69% ball possessions and Spezia has got several opportunities to scores and one of them is from penalty kick but unfortunately their player cannot utilized it to scored goal and with this result although Verona only finish at 18th place but they can secured their position and will continue to playing at Serie A but it was very unfavourable result for Spezia because they have to playing at Serie B for next season

as it means, match salvation, centered by Verona
unfortunately sorry that there are losers who have to go back to Serie B, but that's life
let's hope they take it philosophically and not like the Brescia fans

The advantage that was achieved by Verona in the first half they managed to defend until the game ended, even though they had to play with 10 players. When they lose 1 player, the wise choice is to try to strengthen the defense especially since they are already 3-1 up in that match. Spezia tried to get an additional goal in the second half to reduce the score and make the score level. However, Verona was much better prepared to withstand every attack launched by Spezia, so that none of the attacks launched by Spezia became a goal.

Hellas Verona is a team that has a lot of experience compared to the opponent
he simply used that, La Spezia lacked tactics and strategy and used, in my opinion, too much emphasis, working twice as hard as they should
to then arrive tired and not knowing how to exploit the numerical advantage

it's a bit like the pit stops of formula one, you have to understand the timing and how to dose force (or fuel / tyres)

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Quote from: hahay on June 12, 2023, 08:49:38 AM

Well, in the end Verona won the decisive match to be able to play in Serie A next season and yes, Verona was able to maximize gameplay in the first half to win. Because based on statistics also proves that Verona can make the most of making quick goals by scoring 3 goals in the first half. Because after winning in the first half, and then Verona only focused on surviving in the second half.

In fact, Verona's player Davide Faraoni got a red card in the 68th minute. But yes, again and again Spezia still failed to take advantage of the advantage in the number of players and had to accept defeat with a score of 3-1 and with this result, Spezia was finally relegated and will play in Serie B next season.

The story of Verona conquest in the pivotal game resonates with overwhelming victory. Their plan to make the most of the opening half of the game paid off well as they quickly scored three goals capitalising on their propensity for scoring first. Verona overcame adversity which came in the form of Davide Faraoni red card in the 68th minute. They defeated Spezia resolutely 3-1 despite being one man down and preventing them from taking advantage of the numerical advantage. As the final whistle blew Spezia was relegated and would play in Serie B the next year as a result of the outcome. The victory of Verona and the defeat of Spezia serve as the perfect exemplifications of soccer profound uncertainties and continuous drama.

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