Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 1910. (Read 849936 times)

Do you think Napoli deliberately let Milan win to make them complacent? I think that's a ridiculous way of thinking. Of course it is impossible for Napoli to do that and give up with a landslide score at home. In fact, the result of the defeat made the opponent more motivated and made the team's mentality collapse.

The victory won by Milan was beyond the predictions of many people, even Pioli himself was previously very pessimistic about this match. But this victory is certainly an important capital for the Rossoneri to face Napoli again in the Champions League. Although not seeded, Milan will be increasingly respected.

This victory is also very grateful for all Milanisti because they were able to survive in the top four. If you look at the results of Milan's previous matches, it is very unlikely that they will stay in the top four, but the additional three important points have made Pioli breathe a little easier.

For tonight game we have an interesting one.We have Sassuolo vs Torino which are two teams in complete opposite direction if we check their recent results,Sassuolo comes from 4 consecutive wins including the best of them against Roma 4-3 while Torino is suffering big time in their last 4 games which they have conceded 11 from the total of 33 goals during this whole season and this looks to me like a big red flag.That is why I think it is very interesting and rewarding to bet on Sassuolo to win this game at 2.40 odd and do not take that much of attention looking at the standings as they don't tell us the full picture.

I honestly still can't believe Napoli were beaten so badly. Milan put in a really impressive performance although Napoli kept more of the ball to themselves throughout the match. But I never thought Milan would secure a 4-0 victory.

Everyone can have a bad game. We will see real derby between those two in CL and how will Napoli adapt to Milan. After this Milan win I think chances in CL are 50/50.

I think so too. A whole lot of people are linking Napoli loss to the absence of Osimhen. I disagree with that notion. I think if Osimhen was fit to play and actually played, Napoli might have still lost the game but probably would have scored a goal or two of their own.
The Napoli defense was terrible and made costly mistakes which ultimately cost them the game while AC Milan was at their best and played really well. I doubt Osimhen could have made that much of a difference to help his side win the game as Milan was simply better in that game.

Is it true that Napoli's defeat was due to Osimhen's absence? I don't think so because of this defeat because of their weak defense and only being able to control the ball without being able to put pressure on Milan's goal to score. Milan only controlled about 35% of the ball but being able to make 8 shots on goal and half of them being goals proved that Milan played more effectively while Napoli did not show their previous performances that were very good. But this defeat did not affect them, it only reduced the point difference to 16 from the previous 19. Napoli benefited because in the middle of the next 2 weeks facing Milan in the UCL match they will only play against Lecce and Verona where Napoli will get 6 points from these 2 matches easy enough unless Napoli are having trouble maintaining appearances in two tournaments in the next 2 weeks.

Not only Napoli's defense, but their attacking performance also was not good either. Milan's attack was not very strong. Even then they scored 4 goals against Napoli's defense. On the other hand, the Napoli players could not score a single goal despite attacking the entire match. I don't know why Napoli's performance has suddenly deteriorated so much. But Napoli needs to fix their weaknesses very quickly. Because now their target is Champions League. With such a poor performance, it is not possible to win the Champions League match. And the important thing is that Napoli team will play against AC Milan in the next match of Champions League.

Honestly it's very obvious that Napoli defenders were not good enough and very sloppy, I watched how Rafael Leão of Milan dribbled past those defenders with ease and scored two brilliant goals, this is one of the worst Napoli performance this season, Spalletti needed to make necessary amendment to his defence line because the two club will play in UCL quarter finals in the next 10 days, meanwhile I think the presence of Osimen in the match would have make a difference, his ability to score goal might have changed the game, I hope he will be back before their UCL match, Napoli needed just 5 wins out of the remaining 10 matches to win Scudetto with 16 points above Lazio who is placed second on the table.

Their whole team played like they didn't have enough energy for the match and were not ready for it. They gave AC Milan players space to show their dribbles, shots very easily and in a good day, AC Milan converted most of given chances to goals.

Anyone think that Napoli planned for this defeat to make AC Milan less careful in Champions League quarter final next 10 days?

With this big win, AC Milan gain two effects for Champions League match. First, they surely become more confident about themselves that they are strong enough to beat Napoli. Second, I don't know but probably AC Milan will become less careful for preparation in Champions League. If it is what they will do, they will be caught by Napoli and Spaletti. However I can not step in shoes of Napoli to know their plans and why they played like this.

This big win of AC Milan indirectly put Inter Milan to a risk of falling beyond top four. As of now, they have same points as AS Roma and behind them, Atalanta and Juventus are closely enough.

I think that even though if osimhen will be played in the matcha against ac milan and the result may still be the same. I meant let's take a look at how bad the defensive line of milan at that moment. If you are aware of how napoli's defenders were making some blunders and it gives ac milan golden chance to make the goals. If napoli performs so well against ac milan and it will still be able to win against ac milan even though played without osimhen.

Spalletti already admitted that if osimhen's absent was not the main problem that was making napoli lose against ac milan. I have the same thought like him too. Napoli's defenders are giving so many free space.
Just like the first goal that already made by ac milan. Napoli's defenders were not using all of these the efforts to prevent the ball.

There must be some adjustment to the defenders of napoli. The performance from napoli is declining. As far as i can see that if napoli was using same squad and formation like the previous meetings but it's only missing osimhen due to the injury

because Osimhen is still injured which also makes Napoli not sharp in their attack in this match. so that Napoli could not reply to any goals in that match. but yeah you are right. This defeat will not have much effect on Napoli's ranking, which is comfortable at the top. but for Milan this victory is indeed very important for them to stay in the top 4 circles. and currently Milan has risen to 3rd place.

Napoli has 16 points gap with Lazio so obviously this loses won't be affect for their position on standings league but indeed this lose isn't acceptable because usually they always be performing well for almost each matches and before the match AC Milan is not the favourite especially their recent performance were not stable compared to Napoli however if i am not mistaken this is Napoli's first defeat with a big score this season and Spaletti should be evaluate this lost for upcoming matches

On the other hand today we will see the match between Sassuolo vs Torino and i was tempting to bet for Sassuolo win for this match it because their performance were so impressive they even passed 9 matches with only lose once and gets 6 wins and they also has successfully to beat big teams such as AC Milan and Roma before and Sassuolo win has odds @2.45

Ac Milan were in a bad form and they bounced back against the first, the best in the league right now, Napoli, it was important for them but i still stand with my prediction for Ac milan to not qualify for the CL next season, and As Roma could take their spot, their win against Napoli could trick people but they might fail against easier teams.

One of the defeats experienced by Napoli was caused by several core players not being played. so the team's performance seems unusual. one of the most important players for Napoli, namely Osimhen, could not play in the match due to a minor injury and then took time off. but the defeat with a score of 4-0 really surprised us all. but with this result will provide high motivation for the Milan players to play better in the Champions League.

AC Milan victory from Napoli change with current Serie A standing and success move up to 3rd position awhile make Inter have dropped to 4th standings. The 7th standings team Juventus have show consistency performance and right now behind 6 points remaining from Inter Milan last Champion League spot standing, seems still not close opportunities for Juventus return to the top fourth standing in this season after 15 points deduction.

Another team in top fourth race on is AS Roma, have the same points with Inter and remaining 1 point left from Milan seems Jose Mourinho tactician have chance for return to Champion League next season if can consistent on 10 matches left, but not easy because AS Roma have matches left face with Milan, Inter and Atalanta are team on the race with top fourth standings.

I also think that Napoli gave Milan a chance because we know it's not easy to beat Napoli at home but that's the fact
In other match Roma are getting closer they managed to get 3 points and collect the same points with Inter
what is clear 4 teams will overtake each other because it has close points Milan , Inter , Roma and Atalanta.

It's good for Juventus to keep their record one more season at least. However, if ignoring the record, this defeat of Napoli and also a win for AC Milan is bad for Juventus. They lose a good chance to reduce gap with AC Milan. In addition, AS Roma won against Sampdoria too and Juventus now have 6 points less than Inter Milan and AS Roma at fourth and fifth positions. Both clubs have 50 points totally while Juventus have only 44 points totally.

This defeat is not harmful for Napoli chance to win Scudetto but it happened only 10 days before their first match with AC Milan in Champions League quarter final. I don't consider it is a good preparation for Napoli. This big win will help AC Milan to gain more confidence that they can beat Napoli and have their first season in Champions League semi-final after many years. Grande AC Milan likely are coming back in Champions League.

It is bad for Napoli as we don't know will they have Osimhen for a next match in Champions League. Without Osimhen, Kravatskhelia is less dangerous and Simeone simply failed to replace Osimhen.

In addition, Napoli defense players had a very bad match. After getting two conceded goals, they opened their goal for AC Milan players. This defeat remind me about a big defeat of Manchester United at Anfield weeks ago in Premier League.

Regarding the current performance of both teams and their previous results, I find it unexpected and the most surprising part is the number of goals scored by Milan. They owned the game and Napoli altogether.
Napoli players were out of the game like it doesn't worth anything for them which should not happen even if they almost guaranteed the scudetto.
Next game between them in UCL will give us a clearer idea about which team is better.

I didn't watch the game, but I don't think the Champions League match will be similar to tonight's match. AC Milan needed the points, and they sought and earned them. Napoli doesn't need the points, and their positive streak without defeat at their stadium was broken with the loss against Lazio. Therefore, the incentive to win or avoid defeat is weak. However, they remain the top candidate to pass to the semi-finals and finals of the Champions League.

I wouldn’t say AC Milan’s victory was borne out of luck alone. They had played really well and fully deserve the 4 goals they scored that ultimately gave them the victory. Simply put, Milan dominated the game and outperformed Napoli. I too didn’t anticipate an AC Milan win and definitely didn’t see Napoli conceding 4 goals.

Osimhen is but one player and football is a team effort. No matter how good and instrumental he may be while playing, there is only so much he could do on his own.
With the loss suffered by Napoli, they should restrategize in order to perform much better when they meet again in the champions league quarter finals.