It will be a matter of time, any team that loses balance will suffer losses because their position must be shifted by other teams, including Napoli who are now 8 points ahead of AC Milan, 10 points from Jiventus and 11 points from Inter Milan and Lazio. We'll see that at least once the World Cup and League get back underway. We'll see which team makes themselves better during this World Cup break.
And you also have to see how many players from each team you mentioned were already in and playing for the world cup, because from that you can know exactly which team will still be good after the world cup. The fatigue of the core players and star players owned by each team became an obstacle in showing the best performance the team had ever shown before the world cup rolled around. 
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There is no doubt that Napoli is playing well at the moment. In my opinion, they will not make the same mistake this season as they did last year. At least I hope that they don't make the same mistake again. Because now they have a really reasonable chance of actually winning the title. They also have a significant advantage which they should use to their benefit. There will be a lot of work that needs to be done by other teams in order to even come close to Napoli. The situation seems to be safe at the moment, but will this last for a long time to come?
in this break I don't know how it will be handled by the teams
for sure the big teams that have many players at the World Cup will be worried and their players will come back tired
I think the small/medium teams will reserve us some surprises
for sure the big teams that have many players at the World Cup will be worried and their players will come back tired
I think the small/medium teams will reserve us some surprises
But, the fact that Italy is not participating in the World Cup, I believe it will reduce that impact a lot. It is true that the big clubs have players playing in the World Cup, even so the best Italian players remain in the clubs.
In turn, big clubs like Juventus will certainly go to the market to buy players, as they are in need.
in this break I don't know how it will be handled by the teams
for sure the big teams that have many players at the World Cup will be worried and their players will come back tired
I think the small/medium teams will reserve us some surprises
for sure the big teams that have many players at the World Cup will be worried and their players will come back tired
I think the small/medium teams will reserve us some surprises
There is no reason to think that Juventus and Napoli are only playing for the title. It is true that Juventus have performed very well in the last few matches. They have been able to solve all the problems within the party. But there is no way to underestimate the AC Milan team. Milan is now second in the table. So I would say if Napoli loses the truck and drop points in several matches, then Milan and Juventus will try to win the title. Milan's performance this season is quite good. There is no way to neglect this team.
I think that Inter and Lazio should not be discounted either. They are only one point behind Juventus and if, by some miracle, Napoli lose their lead, they too will be in the race for the title. However, while Napoli has such a huge margin of safety, this is just theoretical reasoning. It will be funny if, after the break, Napoli starts to increase the gap and not give chances to competitors, as many expect.
I don't think it's a surprising result anymore, because last season also Jose Mourinho couldn't do much when the team's performance continued to decline. This season the results like the previous season repeated again, Roma were good at the start but as time went on Roma remained difficult to survive at least in the top five of the Serie A standings.
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Therefore, the change of coach for Roma so far has in fact not resulted in major changes because the previous coach Paulo Fonseca if I'm not mistaken, Paulo Fonseca also couldn't make Roma strong in the top five, just like what happened during Jose Mourinho's coaching.
Roma's hopes for Jose Mourinho are indeed great but unfortunately, Jose Mourinho really seems to have lost his specialty to make a strong team in the local league.
At least with Jose Mourinho, Roma becomes stronger in cup format and the trophy in EUFA Conference League last season is a good confirmation for what Jose Mourinho can do with Roma. He made history for the club because that is a first title in Europe for Roma, the first ever in their history.Roma's hopes for Jose Mourinho are indeed great but unfortunately, Jose Mourinho really seems to have lost his specialty to make a strong team in the local league.
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Although indeed, Jose Mourinho was able to give Roma a title for the Europa Conference League title and also, winning this title became a good history because Jose Mourinho and Roma became the first team to win the Europa Conference League title.
But I think that achievement is not the main goal, because the main goal is that Roma is expected to come back strong in the title race in Serie A, and Jose Mourinho still hasn't found the right way to return Roma as a strong team in Serie A.
Jose Mourinho is a coach and he can not play on behalf of players. Looking at their players please, they don't have too many changes in their squad and only Dybala is a most significant player they got from the past summer transfer. Dybala is important player for Mourinho in his mission to help Roma completes this season in top four.But I think that achievement is not the main goal, because the main goal is that Roma is expected to come back strong in the title race in Serie A, and Jose Mourinho still hasn't found the right way to return Roma as a strong team in Serie A.
This season, their attacking is worse than the past one when Tammy Abraham suddenly has very poor performance so far. The striker wasted too many opportunities and it is very different than the past season. So Roma and Mourinho will need both Dybala, Zaniolo and Tammy with better performances after World Cup.
I don't know what happened to Jose Mourinho's team, AS Roma, which actually declined when other teams showed good changes. I was one of the people who was impressed with AS Roma's performance at the start of the season, but it didn't take long for my impression to distrust them. 1 win in their last 5 matches is not a good result, but a very bad result in my opinion because they failed to get many points to boost their position in the standings. From their last few matches, I haven't seen anything special that will later differentiate them from other teams. Jose Mourinho had to rack his brains and find a suitable strategy for AS Roma, because from what I saw their strategy was running monotonously, you could even say his squad couldn't implement the strategy that was instructed.
I don't think it's a surprising result anymore, because last season also Jose Mourinho couldn't do much when the team's performance continued to decline. This season the results like the previous season repeated again, Roma were good at the start but as time went on Roma remained difficult to survive at least in the top five of the Serie A standings. Therefore, the change of coach for Roma so far has in fact not resulted in major changes because the previous coach Paulo Fonseca if I'm not mistaken, Paulo Fonseca also couldn't make Roma strong in the top five, just like what happened during Jose Mourinho's coaching.
Roma's hopes for Jose Mourinho are indeed great but unfortunately, Jose Mourinho really seems to have lost his specialty to make a strong team in the local league.
Although indeed, Jose Mourinho was able to give Roma a title for the Europa Conference League title and also, winning this title became a good history because Jose Mourinho and Roma became the first team to win the Europa Conference League title.
But I think that achievement is not the main goal, because the main goal is that Roma is expected to come back strong in the title race in Serie A, and Jose Mourinho still hasn't found the right way to return Roma as a strong team in Serie A.
I don't like the idea of not focusing on titles for Juventus. Because it is the biggest motivation that can push them to play better. They can adopt this mentality this season as well even if it seems really difficult. Because they are already doing an amazing job in the league recently. They need a motivation source to keep up this good form as much as possible.
The gap was too big even if juventus has so many motivation to push the team to perform even better and that will not make any difference if napoli will always be winning the upcoming match. Focusing to defend the top 4 will be far better rather than try to think to get the trophy for this season caused by it's impossible for juventus to do that. Juventus needs to be even more consistent in the upcoming match. That will make it even better. Finishing in top 3 would be a really good success for them by the way. Despite a bad start it would still be a good achievement for them. Besides the Europa League title should also be a target for them. Allegri needs to be successful to remain in the team next season as well.
That's why juventus didn't have a very big plan to achieve the trophy. Being able to participate in the champion league for the next season will be good enough for juventus. It can also slowly improving the team as building the team will always have need lots of time to be consumed. 
I think Napoli should try to do better in the upcoming important matters after the World Cup. I think the matches against Juventus, Milan, and Inter are going to be very important for them. I believe looking at those matches we will be able to determine if they are actually going to play better after the World Cup or if are they going to choke again at an important time. I think this time they will actually be able to play well. They should learn enough from their previous seasons and now they should understand how to keep calm in these situations. In the end, I just cannot think that there will be throwing away that huge advantage that they have. They should be confident just knowing that they have a huge advantage coming after the break.
After World Cup over, Napoli have many crucial matches and I think to know with consistency depending match result against Inter Milan and Juventus. Should be careful for Napoli against Juventus after Allegri tactician team won 6 matches in a row and not easy for beating Juventus after returning to top performance in this season. Napoli have bad experience last season with underperformance actually on second half season, ever get chance managed standing position but finally Milan and Inter make Napoli dropped and have finished on 3rd standing position, I think this season could be amazing for Napoli with unbeaten record and try consistency in the winning race.
There is no doubt that Napoli is playing well at the moment. In my opinion, they will not make the same mistake this season as they did last year. At least I hope that they don't make the same mistake again. Because now they have a really reasonable chance of actually winning the title. They also have a significant advantage which they should use to their benefit. There will be a lot of work that needs to be done by other teams in order to even come close to Napoli. The situation seems to be safe at the moment, but will this last for a long time to come?
Napoli should focus on not losing any of their crucial players in this transfer window indeed. Osimhen comes first of course. He is the key player in offense for the team with his goals. Real Madrid have been seriously interested in him for a long period of time. Maybe they might make an enquiry for him soon as well. But I expect Napoli to respond to them in a negative way. Napoli's focus should be winning the Serie A title and doing their best in the Champions League on one hand.
This is like the best season they are having in the recent years. If they achieve their main goals this season then they would be ready to lose some of their important players as well. They can make a lot more money and build even a stronger team for a more stable future.
But in my opinion Napoli will still sell Osimhen if the price is high over 100 million Euros, indeed Osimhen is key for Napoli, if that guy doesn't play for Napoli again then I'm so doubt they will be able to get the title. Aside from Real Madrid there is also Manchester United who are still interested, rumors about Osimhen are likely to continue until the end of this year. Let's hope Napoli don't forget their target, in Serie A. This is like the best season they are having in the recent years. If they achieve their main goals this season then they would be ready to lose some of their important players as well. They can make a lot more money and build even a stronger team for a more stable future.
I don't like the idea of not focusing on titles for Juventus. Because it is the biggest motivation that can push them to play better. They can adopt this mentality this season as well even if it seems really difficult. Because they are already doing an amazing job in the league recently. They need a motivation source to keep up this good form as much as possible.
Finishing in top 3 would be a really good success for them by the way. Despite a bad start it would still be a good achievement for them. Besides the Europa League title should also be a target for them. Allegri needs to be successful to remain in the team next season as well.
I would say that Juventus definitely will finish in the top three, that really does look like a big possibility at this point and with the players who are injured returning back it will be even better for them for sure, they will have even better results.Finishing in top 3 would be a really good success for them by the way. Despite a bad start it would still be a good achievement for them. Besides the Europa League title should also be a target for them. Allegri needs to be successful to remain in the team next season as well.
There aren't that many players from the championship era that is left in the club right now, a few are there but most of them are newer players of the past 2-3 years and that means they haven't seen that domination period, and lived through the period where they lost most of the time. That is why I do not think that they really have that championship gene as of now, but they could end up having a great second half of the season for sure.
Napoli should focus on not losing any of their crucial players in this transfer window indeed. Osimhen comes first of course. He is the key player in offense for the team with his goals. Real Madrid have been seriously interested in him for a long period of time. Maybe they might make an enquiry for him soon as well. But I expect Napoli to respond to them in a negative way. Napoli's focus should be winning the Serie A title and doing their best in the Champions League on one hand.
This is like the best season they are having in the recent years. If they achieve their main goals this season then they would be ready to lose some of their important players as well. They can make a lot more money and build even a stronger team for a more stable future.
This is like the best season they are having in the recent years. If they achieve their main goals this season then they would be ready to lose some of their important players as well. They can make a lot more money and build even a stronger team for a more stable future.
Big advantage in my opinion. Not only they will be fresh but also they will have more time to prepare and improve whatever they need to improve during this break even if I think they are solid in all areas. I don't think Napoli will cease any of those players until next summer and if they will win Serie A , I think they will sell none of them until they have the UCL run after winning Serie A. However, I'm sure a lot of important and respectable clubs are already watching they "brains" of Napoli from the pitch. 
Sure, it is a big advantage. During the league break, Napoli players can have enough time to prepare anything for the next matches. The coach can order the players to have more time for training. This is something that the players won't get if they join the world cup matches.If the Napoli management and the coach are very serious to win Serie A title or UCL title, they surely won't sell any of their key players. They must refuse any offer in January although there is an interesting offer of big money from top clubs. I am sure there will be many offers from top clubs in the next transfer window, especially for Victor Osimhen. It is a big challenge for Napoli to ensure all players to stay until the end of the season.
If they do decide to let go of Victor Osimhen, I think it is going to be detrimental for them. They have a good thing going for them right now. And I think if they let go of the player who is scoring the most amount of goals for them, it is indeed going to be very bad for the club. He is a big reason why Napoli has a good advantage in the first place. There will be a lot of offers that are going to be “finger-licking good.” But they better not fall for those.
I think the best thing is going to be keeping the place that they already have and bringing in a few players that they feel like they will need going forward in the season.
There is no reason to think that Juventus and Napoli are only playing for the title. It is true that Juventus have performed very well in the last few matches. They have been able to solve all the problems within the party. But there is no way to underestimate the AC Milan team. Milan is now second in the table. So I would say if Napoli loses the truck and drop points in several matches, then Milan and Juventus will try to win the title. Milan's performance this season is quite good. There is no way to neglect this team.
In this case what you say is true, but with Milan's current condition they are actually quite cornered in my opinion especially with their financial condition which makes this a little difficult.Milan's current condition in the standings is still very good but on the other hand we know that they currently have a lot of gaps that make them a little insecure and even after the break is over I'm actually still quite pessimistic about how they will face this season.
You're right that Milan is a bit of a mess right now. At the same time they are in a somewhat weaker position financially now. However, I did not see any weakness in Milan's attack. But their defense is a bit weak. And for that, they can back off. The Milan coach will definitely need to strengthen his defense after the World Cup break.
We are not sure how the teams will perform after the long World Cup break, or if the teams will be able to play with their main squads. The performances of Juventus and Napoli are also likely to deteriorate. But if you want to win the title, you have to keep the performance stable after the World Cup. And it will be unfortunate for the team if any key player is not with the squad due to injury.
Juventus have been improving lately but I doubt that they will do much better than finishing in the top 4 of the table. 10 points is a distance that will be very difficult to catch if competitors can still maintain their current performance. I don't expect Juventus to be champions this season considering their game is still very far from good, they still really need an evaluation of every game they run.
Indeed, nothing is impossible, Napoli could fall again, but they also have to remember that Napoli's motivation is now so great after its failure last season. Juventus also depend on Luciano Spalleti's squad if they want to win the title this season. It's a shame they had to slip several times at the start of the season so now they have quite a point difference from the top of the standings.
Juventus's performance before this break was amazing, and they were at the top of the game with having five wins out of five matches and all matches won by clean sheets is also the biggest achievements which can give good signal to opponents that things could be completely different after the break, and they have to be at their best if they want to stay at the top of league table even right now difference is ten points but still with the nature of Serie A we can expect something interesting which is surely beauty of the soccer in UEFA.Indeed, nothing is impossible, Napoli could fall again, but they also have to remember that Napoli's motivation is now so great after its failure last season. Juventus also depend on Luciano Spalleti's squad if they want to win the title this season. It's a shame they had to slip several times at the start of the season so now they have quite a point difference from the top of the standings.
Napoli needs to compete in this season with their momentum and if they slip then surely they could be out of the race for the top two contenders most we have issues near the end of the season which mostly create problems for them, and they lost the race due to having no existing things around this league.
In this case what you say is true, but with Milan's current condition they are actually quite cornered in my opinion especially with their financial condition which makes this a little difficult.
Milan's current condition in the standings is still very good but on the other hand we know that they currently have a lot of gaps that make them a little insecure and even after the break is over I'm actually still quite pessimistic about how they will face this season.
Napoli's consistent performance and Juventus recent form is surely matter of concern for the current champions and second position holder in league table because now if they want to stay at this rank or increase their chance for the defence of their title then surely they need to invest in coming winter transfer window and bring few quality players which are essential for them without them, they can do down because Juventus is already at his best with Lazio and Inter are also doing good work, and they also can give challenge to top teams and try to catch their chance for the Champions League spot.Milan's current condition in the standings is still very good but on the other hand we know that they currently have a lot of gaps that make them a little insecure and even after the break is over I'm actually still quite pessimistic about how they will face this season.
Hopefully management will do some positive work for the improvement of the quality because this is surely important task for them if they want to have chance for the top spot which is surely not possible without good players which surely need good funds as well.
I think instead of making this more investment, it's not even impossible, they will reduce their players, especially now that Madrid's interest in Leao is still there and to maintain their finances, they don't rule out the possibility that they will sell their expensive players.
I don't know what happened to Jose Mourinho's team, AS Roma, which actually declined when other teams showed good changes. I was one of the people who was impressed with AS Roma's performance at the start of the season, but it didn't take long for my impression to distrust them. 1 win in their last 5 matches is not a good result, but a very bad result in my opinion because they failed to get many points to boost their position in the standings. From their last few matches, I haven't seen anything special that will later differentiate them from other teams. Jose Mourinho had to rack his brains and find a suitable strategy for AS Roma, because from what I saw their strategy was running monotonously, you could even say his squad couldn't implement the strategy that was instructed.
There is no reason to think that Juventus and Napoli are only playing for the title. It is true that Juventus have performed very well in the last few matches. They have been able to solve all the problems within the party. But there is no way to underestimate the AC Milan team. Milan is now second in the table. So I would say if Napoli loses the truck and drop points in several matches, then Milan and Juventus will try to win the title. Milan's performance this season is quite good. There is no way to neglect this team.
I think that Inter and Lazio should not be discounted either. They are only one point behind Juventus and if, by some miracle, Napoli lose their lead, they too will be in the race for the title. However, while Napoli has such a huge margin of safety, this is just theoretical reasoning. It will be funny if, after the break, Napoli starts to increase the gap and not give chances to competitors, as many expect.
I think Napoli should try to do better in the upcoming important matters after the World Cup. I think the matches against Juventus, Milan, and Inter are going to be very important for them. I believe looking at those matches we will be able to determine if they are actually going to play better after the World Cup or if are they going to choke again at an important time. I think this time they will actually be able to play well. They should learn enough from their previous seasons and now they should understand how to keep calm in these situations. In the end, I just cannot think that there will be throwing away that huge advantage that they have. They should be confident just knowing that they have a huge advantage coming after the break.
After World Cup over, Napoli have many crucial matches and I think to know with consistency depending match result against Inter Milan and Juventus. Should be careful for Napoli against Juventus after Allegri tactician team won 6 matches in a row and not easy for beating Juventus after returning to top performance in this season. Napoli have bad experience last season with underperformance actually on second half season, ever get chance managed standing position but finally Milan and Inter make Napoli dropped and have finished on 3rd standing position, I think this season could be amazing for Napoli with unbeaten record and try consistency in the winning race.
I don't like the idea of not focusing on titles for Juventus. Because it is the biggest motivation that can push them to play better. They can adopt this mentality this season as well even if it seems really difficult. Because they are already doing an amazing job in the league recently. They need a motivation source to keep up this good form as much as possible.
Finishing in top 3 would be a really good success for them by the way. Despite a bad start it would still be a good achievement for them. Besides the Europa League title should also be a target for them. Allegri needs to be successful to remain in the team next season as well.
Juventus have been improving lately but I doubt that they will do much better than finishing in the top 4 of the table. 10 points is a distance that will be very difficult to catch if competitors can still maintain their current performance. I don't expect Juventus to be champions this season considering their game is still very far from good, they still really need an evaluation of every game they run.Finishing in top 3 would be a really good success for them by the way. Despite a bad start it would still be a good achievement for them. Besides the Europa League title should also be a target for them. Allegri needs to be successful to remain in the team next season as well.
Indeed, nothing is impossible, Napoli could fall again, but they also have to remember that Napoli's motivation is now so great after its failure last season. Juventus also depend on Luciano Spalleti's squad if they want to win the title this season. It's a shame they had to slip several times at the start of the season so now they have quite a point difference from the top of the standings.
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