Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 177. (Read 865696 times)

I didn't expect Juventus to draw with a 16th place club, despite the fact that they had several injured players. Lecce had ten shots against Juventus, six were on target. Even if Juventus was using second-tier players against Lecce, they should have won the game, without their strong defense, Juventus would have conceded more than one goal. Juventus dominated the game only in terms of ball possession, and the points were shared. They could have defended very well since they had only won one of their previous three games.

I underestimated Dušan Vlahović as Juventus striker this season since he didn't have much experience to convert some chances into goals. However, after his absence, Juventus' attacking position looked quite bad. Juventus' next rival is Bologna, and we have seen how Bologna is regaining their best form from last season to defeat their league opponents. The management has to buy additional players during the January transfer window because depending on players who have been injured after 14 games will not help them secure a Champions League position before the season ends.

At this point in time all that is expected of the AS Roma coach is to make sure that the team avoids losing points in every match they play in, but considering the status of the team they lost to, I think the coach can be excused on this one because Atalanta happens to be a very strong side that are on a streak of winnings both at home and away in the serie A this season.

 But I believe Claudio Ranieri would navigate AS Roma out of this ugly situation they are in to a better position before the end of this season because he is a high profile coach and has all it takes to move the club to safer position.

That is the consequence of what Roma management has done, making several coaching changes has not made Roma return to the right track quickly. The defeat to Atalanta last night indicated that management must give Ranieri more time, he is not a wizard who can immediately influence the squad he is building.
For now I am skeptical that the target of the top 4 can be achieved, at least for now the task that is not difficult for Ranieri is to keep Roma away from the relegation zone.

AS Roma was really tested in Serie A with consistently bad results. Atalanta did have a great chance to win at Roma home from the start and it was all proven, in the first half the match could still be controlled but in the second half Atalanta pressed more. Roma game lost its vision and mission in the hands of the new coach. Occupying 15th position is a big blow if it can't be fixed then we are sad to see the Roma club on the verge of relegation.

What you said is quite real where Roma was completely unable to score goals so Roma had to lose at home to Atalanta. In the first half, there were no goals scored in their match, but that was still not enough for Roma to remain at a goalless draw because Atalanta was able to break through Roma's goal in the second half through Marten de Roon in the 69th minute and another through Nicolo Zaniolo in the 89th minute so that Roma had to accept defeat with a score of 0-2 in their own home game.

Honestly, I personally don't think that Roma will have a bad performance this season. Because in the previous season Roma's performance was very promising and they were able to finish in 6th position in Serie A. So with this, before this season started I expected that performance would be even better this season. Remembering as we know, this season Roma brought in a lot of quite great players, such as Dobvyk who was the top scorer in Laliga in the previous season. But this apparently did not produce good results for Roma, in fact this season Roma's performance was much worse than the previous season. So I personally don't understand why Roma is having such a bad performance right now. Because in last night's match when Roma faced Atalanta, I saw that Roma had a lot of gaps in their defense line and their attack line could also be said to be less sharp.

Therefore, in this match it was very difficult for Roma to beat Atalanta even though in this match Roma was playing at home. So if, for example, Roma does not immediately improve its bad performance, it is true that this will be a very bad thing for Roma. Because as we know, currently Roma is in 15th position and only has a difference of 2 points with Como who is in 18th place in Serie A. So with this, I think Roma has the potential to be relegated this season if for example Roma doesn't immediately improve its performance quickly. Because if, for example, Roma suffers 2 more defeats, I think this will make Roma fall into the relegation zone. So I am very curious, what will happen to Rome. But I hope that Roma can immediately improve their bad performance.

In the end, Roma had to accept defeat from Atalanta. because after all Atalanta does have better performance and quality this season than AS Roma. So AS Roma's defeat was not that surprising.  And it has been predicted by many people. It's just that many people are starting to hope that AS Roma can recover thanks to their new coach, Ranieri. I personally am one of those people who wants to see the revival of AS Roma. So that the competition in Serie A becomes even more interesting. Because I want to see all the top teams play to their maximum.

But yes, even Ranieri will have quite a hard time improving a team that has not had a very good performance from the start. Ranieri needs more time for this. But I am optimistic that even though it may be slow, AS Roma will improve again.

Atalanta are not always stable, but against such a weak Roma they should have got points. At some point I thought that Roma could count on a draw, but in the second half Atalanta started to play even more actively, attacked more and Roma concentrated completely on defense and this was their mistake, because Atalanta managed to score twice at the end of the match. Roma are only 2 points away from the relegation zone.

Even though it is a home match, we do not see a good performance from Roma. To be honest, I did not expect a good performance from Roma. I had bet on Atalanta to win this match. And Atalanta was able to win the match quite easily. As usual, we saw Roma's poor performance in this match as well.

Roma has faced defeat in four consecutive matches. We saw Atalanta's domination in Roma's home match. Roma's players could not make any strong attack in the entire match. Roma's players were able to make probably 5 shots in the entire match. Roma lost the match 2-0.

Jose Mourinho must be forgotten, it's been a while since last season and now Roma must focus on their new coach.
Since the beginning of Ranieri's arrival, Roma's schedule has been very difficult, they have to face strong teams in sequence and this team is not ready for that and I think Roma needs time to get back to the process of building this team with their new coach.

I think the defeat against Atalanta is still understandable because Atalanta is very strong and also consistent now so that it makes Roma have difficulties and I watched this match, in the first half the Roma team tried to match Atlanta but in the second half the Roma team lost their concentration so that Atalanta could score 2 goals to ensure their victory.

I seem to be thinking almost the same thing as you. But professional football players have a medical team who always ensures their condition before a match takes place. And cases of heart attacks are very rare. But for ordinary people, perhaps excessive worry can come after experiencing it. But I also salute those professional football players who sometimes appear confident about their health again after experiencing this. Maybe because they trust the medical team who always checks their condition regularly and ensures the health of each player. And of course there will also be psychological treatment for mental recovery or something like that.

Ranieri's arrival also seems to still not provide a significant change in terms of performance because there is not even any change in terms of scheme or club performance where Roma is still like a club in pain like the era of the previous coach.

They are confused in attack and they are also confused when doing defensive schemes that make Roma seem really unable to rise for this lali until halfway through the season.
5 matches with 4 defeats experienced of course this should be a concern because in the end it is not about who the coach is behind them but the condition of the players and mental improvement is also important and at the moment Roma still cannot increase the confidence of the players especially after the series of bad results they have from the beginning of the season until now.

This is a bad season for Roma where 14 Serie A matches are passed with 11 minor results when 7 losses and 4 draws.

Playing at home has a positive impact on their motivation to play, but football is of course not determined on paper because performance and conditions on the field will be the main factor in achieving victory, although Roma will play at home in the match later but if they continue to be in bad condition then obviously it cannot be a reference for us to favorite them,  So far Atalanta are in very good form and have very good consistency in every game they play, so Roma may find it difficult to get 3 points in the match even if they play at home, I think the match will be tight and Retegui will can be a big threat to the Roma defense later.

Roma shot themselves on the foot by disrespecting Mourinho when he told the management that he needed additional players to strengthen the team and improve their performance, when he noticed that the quality of the team is dropped but they turned their deaf hears on him and fired him saying that he is incompetent. Ever since that time till date, Roma performance has declined drastically to the point that no coach that they have hired can solve the problem. If they get relegated, they caused it for themselves because Mourinho is making progress where he is currently.

The loses from Atalanta makes Roma condition very hard this because their position dropped at 15th place currently and Roma even only have 2 gap points above the teams from relegation zone which i think this is one of the worse position for Roma in the last several season and i think Ranieri should be solved this situation because Roma position is in danger but i think it is ironic because at the beginning of season Roma was targetting top 4 or Champion league spots and Roma even are willing to spend more than 100 million to bought the players to fulfill their target but in fact currently Roma have to changing the managers several times and they have to fight to avoiding relegation zone

Is there a sign to know if you may get heart attack? I don't think so.

I'm sure any players have been medically check up per few months, but some players like to force themselves to play even they're not fit, they choose to take pain relief medicine.

High adrenaline also make you not aware if you're sick, but for sure such unfortunate case really affect the player's mental. Like Ansu Fati who choose to not play all out after ACL injury.

That is indeed good news but in the past when these player collapses happened, I was never sure how these players would overcome this shock and return to the playing field very soon. When Christian Eriksen collapsed at the European Championship in 2021 I think because of a heart attack, how does a player find trust in their body again? I think this needs so much psychological care and training because otherwise I would be thinking about my heart all the time if I was playing at the limit, breathing hard, the heart is pumping and then you need to fully concentrate on the game. It almost seems to be impossible. It' such a huge mental burden.

There was an announcement about the 11 best players in Serie A. I heard it is currently the 12th edition of the annual Gran Gala del Calcio. There are 24 Nominations that will be included in the best team in Serie A this year.

Goalkeepers: Michele Di Gregorio (Juventus, Monza), Yann Sommer (Inter), Mike Maignan (Milan)

Defenders: Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta, Torino), Denzel Dumfries (Inter), Bremer (Juventus), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli, Torino), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal, Bologna), Theo Hernandez (Milan), Federico Dimarco (Inter)

Midfielders: Teun Koopmeieners (Juventus, Atalanta), Nicolo Barella (Inter), Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter), Adrien Rabiot (Marseille, Juventus), Paulo Dybala (Roma)

Forwards: Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Marcus Thuram (Inter), Rafael Leao (Milan), Albert Gudmundsson (Fiorentina, Genoa), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), Joshua Zirkzee (Manchester United, Bologna)

Do you agree with this nomination?

Source: https://football-italia.net/who-could-feature-2024-serie-a-team-of-year/

AS Roma has the advantage on paper by playing at home, I felt from the start that this advantage could provide an easy opportunity for AS Roma to put pressure or even be able to share points by ending the match in draw.
And indeed anyone admits Mateo Retegui as player who plays an important role in Atalanta success in Serie-A by being sharp and dangerous goal scorer, and in the end Atalanta really back to perform well even though it was an away game, this victory made Atalanta continue to chase Napoli.

Juventus has been like this in the Italy Serie A league for a while, and I am not surprised they were not able to beat Lecce, who are struggling to win their matches in the Serie A league and are in the 16th position in the Serie A league table with 3 wins out of the 14 matches they had played this season. Even though Juventus had problems with finishing against Lecce, they would have defended their 1-goal lead against Lecce, but they were careless in their defense line, and Lecce leveled the score with Juventus in injury time, which led to a draw. If Juventus continues like this, they will not still qualify for the UEFA Champions League competition next season.