One of the most interesting and exciting games in the next round is absolutely Lazio - Juventus. As we all know, Juventus are very inconsistent this season. They made a change in their manager position by bringing Massimiliano Allegri here. And this has made the fans really excited too. But his job is not easy seemingly. The Serie A is very important for this team. Even though they are awesome in the Champions League, this isn't enough for this club. It should be able to compete for the Serie A title every season too. For this season, it seems near impossible though. They won their last game against Fiorentina and took a deep breath. But there is another hard game waiting for them away against Lazio. And Lazio are really one of the best home teams in the league now. Still, both teams will score I think but Juventus won't be able to beat Lazio here.
Right, Lazio is by far the best team at home, from a total of 6 home matches only one draw and the rest are wins and not only that, there are Napoli and also Milan with the same record so far for their home matches. With such a record and also head to head that I think Juventus will certainly find it difficult to win here according to the predictions on paper. But in football anything can happen and a draw is very possible here, although I still really expect Juventus to come back consistently positive results. 
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I assumed that when Ronaldo left the team, the club received very good finances, which would be enough for him to strengthen the team.
They received crap! Man U paid Ronaldo around €15 million. The transfer took place 3 days before the deadline. Everyone already knew that Ronaldo wanted to leave. Information like that brings a club in an unfavorable position because the competition knows they are forced to sell below the market value. The second part of the problem is that once he got sold to Man U, the other clubs know that Juventus is in need of a new few forward. That again puts the club in a bad spot because the asking prices increase when you really want to buy something.
But perhaps Alegre simply decided not to make hasty decisions and is now working on these issues.
Allegri! There was very little time to make a decision. They had to settle with Kean unfortunately. 
Still can't prediction which one will be win between Napoli Vs Inter Milan, national FIFA matchday two weeks later and almost Napoli and Inter Milan player participated for their country will back to the club without injury,
I will be more sentimental about this, the last time Napoli won the league title was in 1987 and 1990, but Napoli had worked so hard to win ever again but Juventus had been their obstacle. I remembered 2 seasons not long ago when Napoli was hot and played good in the Seria A league, but Juventus was their obstacle in the two seasons. Only 12 matches played yet, and with 20 clubs in the league, 38 matches will be played, remaining 26 matches to be played in this season, that is quite still more than the game played, the club to win might have been coming out clearly but no one knows the club that will still win, Napoli and AC Milan just have more probability of winning.
But if the two clubs are the ones left to win, I will sentimentally go for Napoli.
You probably meant that they have to take advantage of the winter transfer market. It will already be late to wait until summer, and that's the end of this season.
One possible addition that was mentioned in the past is Rudiger from Chelsea. His contract is expiring at the end of the season and he already featured in Serie A for Roma. He knows his way around. Chiellini has unfortunately gotten old and injury prone. Rugani is useless for a team of this caliber. They are basically relying on the duo Bonucci and de Ligt alone. That simply can't work.
Apart from all the defensive problems the team has faced this season, keep in mind that the team still doesn't have a good forward in the attacking line. Experiments with Chiesa in attack, and the uncertain play of Morata and Dybala is not what Juventus needs. I assumed that when Ronaldo left the team, the club received very good finances, which would be enough for him to strengthen the team. But perhaps Alegre simply decided not to make hasty decisions and is now working on these issues. In any case, Juventus definitely needs a reinforcement by new players in the winter transfer market.One possible addition that was mentioned in the past is Rudiger from Chelsea. His contract is expiring at the end of the season and he already featured in Serie A for Roma. He knows his way around. Chiellini has unfortunately gotten old and injury prone. Rugani is useless for a team of this caliber. They are basically relying on the duo Bonucci and de Ligt alone. That simply can't work.
Barella, Dzeko and Bastoni are reported to be injured, all three likely to miss Inter's clash with Napoli. This is certainly a big loss for Inter still waiting for the results of the treatment. Luckily, Inter still have some reserve players in the position left by the three players. This is good opportunity for Vidal, Sensi, Gagliardini and Vecino to be able to play.
Rumors from AC Milan, Romagnolli wants to stay at Milan and he will try to negotiate about his contract without Raiola. Anda he might be ready to cut his salaries for Milan.
Rumors from AC Milan, Romagnolli wants to stay at Milan and he will try to negotiate about his contract without Raiola. Anda he might be ready to cut his salaries for Milan.
Note sure about injuries.
It can be only a move to make them skip the international games and let them rest before the big game.
It is a common thing to do. Let's see how many of them will skip the game.
I say 0.
One of the most interesting and exciting games in the next round is absolutely Lazio - Juventus. As we all know, Juventus are very inconsistent this season. They made a change in their manager position by bringing Massimiliano Allegri here. And this has made the fans really excited too. But his job is not easy seemingly. The Serie A is very important for this team. Even though they are awesome in the Champions League, this isn't enough for this club. It should be able to compete for the Serie A title every season too. For this season, it seems near impossible though. They won their last game against Fiorentina and took a deep breath. But there is another hard game waiting for them away against Lazio. And Lazio are really one of the best home teams in the league now. Still, both teams will score I think but Juventus won't be able to beat Lazio here.
Barella, Dzeko and Bastoni are reported to be injured, all three likely to miss Inter's clash with Napoli. This is certainly a big loss for Inter still waiting for the results of the treatment. Luckily, Inter still have some reserve players in the position left by the three players. This is good opportunity for Vidal, Sensi, Gagliardini and Vecino to be able to play.
via his official website inzaghi said that Barella has a muscle problem and they are trying to see his progress and Dzeko and Bastoni had some problems during the match.and if this is true they will lose three pillars which are quite important and this is a loss because they now have to prepare to face the leader of the standings and the goal of narrowing the distance of points will be very difficult here.
AC Milan have some good chance with the result of this match because if Inter have some good result then surely they are going to be on top with Napoli slipping to second. But this International break is also had some impact, let's watch what happen in these bore matches.
Barella, Dzeko and Bastoni are reported to be injured, all three likely to miss Inter's clash with Napoli. This is certainly a big loss for Inter still waiting for the results of the treatment. Luckily, Inter still have some reserve players in the position left by the three players. This is good opportunity for Vidal, Sensi, Gagliardini and Vecino to be able to play.
Inter Milan still feel at a loss because of several injured players and that is their main player in attack while there is only a week left for recovery but will this be able to recover before against Napoli and the Champions League that will be faced later?Although there are some substitutes for Vidal, Sensi, Gagliardini and Vecino but for me it is still lacking if Barella and Dzeko are not there, because I hope this will recover soon and next week is a very important game in the Italian league and UCL.
Milan no longer has to target for a win or a draw in the UCL match because it will only endanger players for injury. There is nothing else that should be prioritized for Milan other than Serie A, because this season Milan is very likely to get the Serie A title. Considering the current title contenders are both in an unstable condition and maybe only Napoli will be the toughest competitor when this, but even so I still have high hopes for Milan even though I'm not a fan of them.
Milan are realistic in Champions League because they see a very minor chance to go next. Moreover, even if they go next, they will not have too good chance to win next rounds.Rather than wasting their resource for Champions League with vague hope, they should concentrate resource for Serie A where they are in the top standings and are fighting with Napoli, Inter Milan for Scudetto. Win the Scudetto this season and return stronger in Champions League next year. It's a good plan.
Barella, Dzeko and Bastoni are reported to be injured, all three likely to miss Inter's clash with Napoli. This is certainly a big loss for Inter still waiting for the results of the treatment. Luckily, Inter still have some reserve players in the position left by the three players. This is good opportunity for Vidal, Sensi, Gagliardini and Vecino to be able to play.
via his official website inzaghi said that Barella has a muscle problem and they are trying to see his progress and Dzeko and Bastoni had some problems during the match.and if this is true they will lose three pillars which are quite important and this is a loss because they now have to prepare to face the leader of the standings and the goal of narrowing the distance of points will be very difficult here.
Barella, Dzeko and Bastoni are reported to be injured, all three likely to miss Inter's clash with Napoli. This is certainly a big loss for Inter still waiting for the results of the treatment. Luckily, Inter still have some reserve players in the position left by the three players. This is good opportunity for Vidal, Sensi, Gagliardini and Vecino to be able to play.
Rumors from AC Milan, Romagnolli wants to stay at Milan and he will try to negotiate about his contract without Raiola. Anda he might be ready to cut his salaries for Milan.
Rumors from AC Milan, Romagnolli wants to stay at Milan and he will try to negotiate about his contract without Raiola. Anda he might be ready to cut his salaries for Milan.
You probably meant that they have to take advantage of the winter transfer market. It will already be late to wait until summer, and that's the end of this season.
One possible addition that was mentioned in the past is Rudiger from Chelsea. His contract is expiring at the end of the season and he already featured in Serie A for Roma. He knows his way around. Chiellini has unfortunately gotten old and injury prone. Rugani is useless for a team of this caliber. They are basically relying on the duo Bonucci and de Ligt alone. That simply can't work.
Apart from all the defensive problems the team has faced this season, keep in mind that the team still doesn't have a good forward in the attacking line. Experiments with Chiesa in attack, and the uncertain play of Morata and Dybala is not what Juventus needs. I assumed that when Ronaldo left the team, the club received very good finances, which would be enough for him to strengthen the team. But perhaps Alegre simply decided not to make hasty decisions and is now working on these issues. In any case, Juventus definitely needs a reinforcement by new players in the winter transfer market. One possible addition that was mentioned in the past is Rudiger from Chelsea. His contract is expiring at the end of the season and he already featured in Serie A for Roma. He knows his way around. Chiellini has unfortunately gotten old and injury prone. Rugani is useless for a team of this caliber. They are basically relying on the duo Bonucci and de Ligt alone. That simply can't work.
Juventus can do much better from their current form which will bring them to some better position for this year's end, even now they are not strong enough for having any chance of win.
Juventus is basically a new team since the end of the first Era of Allegri.
The team now has only 3-4 over 30years old players, Cuadrado Bonucci and Chiellini.
The majority of players have between 22-27 years, they need time and more quality to perform better.
The bigger problem is the midfield.
They conceded 16 opposing goals but conceded 15 goals against their own. Of course this is not a pretty good thing with club juventus which was once the king's club in Serie A.
but on the other hand they also have to be able to secure their players, especially Federico Chiesa who is currently in demand by many clubs
Apart from the midfield, juventus also has a pretty bad defense so far, just imagine they have conceded 15 goals from 12 matches in the league and 2 goals in the champions league,
Those defensive problems are also connected to the weak midfield. Mistakes made with passing the ball around, lost balls 30 meters from your own goal, and things like that. With a stronger and more compact midfield, few balls would go through for the defenders to deal with. in my opinion, if juventus still wants to get back on a positive track and be able to compete in the big four Serie A standings this season, they must really be able to take advantage of the summer transfer market to improve their squad and one of the things Juventus must focus on is their defense which looks quite fragile.
You probably meant that they have to take advantage of the winter transfer market. It will already be late to wait until summer, and that's the end of this season.One possible addition that was mentioned in the past is Rudiger from Chelsea. His contract is expiring at the end of the season and he already featured in Serie A for Roma. He knows his way around. Chiellini has unfortunately gotten old and injury prone. Rugani is useless for a team of this caliber. They are basically relying on the duo Bonucci and de Ligt alone. That simply can't work.
Lazio will always be a team that can defeat Juventus and any match between them will be defined by small details. This season both teams have weaknesses but this game is a derby. As you said, I will also give some extra credit to Lazio since they will play in front of their fans, and Juventus struggling to keep zero at their end.
Still, Juve is Juve and will definitely enter the game as "favorites". So hopefully, this will be a very entertaining game even if it's a risky game to bet on.
This is not a derby match. Do I miss something?Still, Juve is Juve and will definitely enter the game as "favorites". So hopefully, this will be a very entertaining game even if it's a risky game to bet on.
Lazio are one of biggest teams in Serie A and have good records against top clubs. However, most of times Juventus are stronger than Lazio and they are stronger to many clubs in Serie A. This season, Juventus are in a rebuilding season after the departure of Ronaldo. Their strength is unstable and they are more vulnerable to be beaten and lost points. Lazio can take advantage of this time to win against Juventus.
In other seasons, I don't think Lazio have too good opportunity to beat Juventus.
Yes, it is not a derby game indeed. It is just one of the big rivalries in the Serie A. Lazio are much better than Juventus lately and they are even better in their home games. They have beaten two big teams home in the league in this season as far as I know. And Juventus can be the next target. Juventus are having a bad period of time as they are in the recovery phase. Maybe they are good in the CL but I can't say the same thing for this league. I think each team will score and Lazio will draw with Juventus at worst.
Lazio will always be a team that can defeat Juventus and any match between them will be defined by small details. This season both teams have weaknesses but this game is a derby. As you said, I will also give some extra credit to Lazio since they will play in front of their fans, and Juventus struggling to keep zero at their end.
Still, Juve is Juve and will definitely enter the game as "favorites". So hopefully, this will be a very entertaining game even if it's a risky game to bet on.
This is not a derby match. Do I miss something?Still, Juve is Juve and will definitely enter the game as "favorites". So hopefully, this will be a very entertaining game even if it's a risky game to bet on.
Lazio are one of biggest teams in Serie A and have good records against top clubs. However, most of times Juventus are stronger than Lazio and they are stronger to many clubs in Serie A. This season, Juventus are in a rebuilding season after the departure of Ronaldo. Their strength is unstable and they are more vulnerable to be beaten and lost points. Lazio can take advantage of this time to win against Juventus.
In other seasons, I don't think Lazio have too good opportunity to beat Juventus.
Juventus' next opponent is going to be Lazio and the match is in Stadio Olimpico. After some weeks, Juventus finally managed to win the last time. But their inconsistency is very alarming now. And Lazio is one of the very tough opponents to defeat in the Serie A. Because they defeated Inter (3-1) and Roma (3-2) both here. And the next potential victim is Juventus if they don't improve their performance. I'd like to see Juventus making us surprised but I'm still favoring Lazio not to lose this match in their own stadium. And Juventus couldn't even beat Lazio away in their last two meetings too.
Lazio will always be a team that can defeat Juventus and any match between them will be defined by small details. This season both teams have weaknesses but this game is a derby. As you said, I will also give some extra credit to Lazio since they will play in front of their fans, and Juventus struggling to keep zero at their end.
Still, Juve is Juve and will definitely enter the game as "favorites". So hopefully, this will be a very entertaining game even if it's a risky game to bet on.
Well, this is a common occurrence which will certainly make it difficult for the team to be consistent. But about Milan, with so much pressure at the moment with a tough schedule, but Milan can still give good results even though they only get one point, but that is good enough for Milan at the moment. I hope Milan will continue like this and get the title again after a long period of difficult times.
Only in UCL they haven't performed well, haven't won in 4 matches while in the league they are quite good, it's difficult to be able to perform equally well in all competitions, only a few clubs can do that and that is supported by a good selection of players. Bad results in UCL should make Milan more focus on league.The last 2 matches in the group phase they had to play Athletico and Liverpool and in this match a draw should be the best because it is very difficult to win a match against 2 very big clubs.
On the other hand, instead of dividing the focus of the players, I think it would be wise for them to prioritize Serie A at the moment because their potential and performance is good enough to win the title this season.
but on the other hand maybe they now want to prove that a club from serie a can also survive in the ucl but now there is no hope for that.
on the other hand this is a pretty good opportunity for them to bring the title at Sansiro because indeed their opportunity is still open for now.
Besides that, currently their competitors are not too many and perhaps the most dangerous at this time are Inter and Napoli, which are quite tight in the standings.
as long as they maintain their performance I think the chance will be even greater.
Juventus' next opponent is going to be Lazio and the match is in Stadio Olimpico. After some weeks, Juventus finally managed to win the last time. But their inconsistency is very alarming now. And Lazio is one of the very tough opponents to defeat in the Serie A. Because they defeated Inter (3-1) and Roma (3-2) both here. And the next potential victim is Juventus if they don't improve their performance. I'd like to see Juventus making us surprised but I'm still favoring Lazio not to lose this match in their own stadium. And Juventus couldn't even beat Lazio away in their last two meetings too.
Apart from the midfield, juventus also has a pretty bad defense so far, just imagine they have conceded 15 goals from 12 matches in the league and 2 goals in the champions league, in my opinion, if juventus still wants to get back on a positive track and be able to compete in the big four Serie A standings this season, they must really be able to take advantage of the summer transfer market to improve their squad and one of the things Juventus must focus on is their defense which looks quite fragile.
15 conceded, 16 goals, only 5 wins from 12 matches is a bad achievement for Juventus. there should be an improvement in Juve's performance to get to the top 4 of the Serie A standings.
you are right, the main focus that must be addressed is their defense. they must be stronger in defense because they see Juve's forwards are also quite productive.
the next match is against Lazio, and it could be quite a difficult match for Juve if they don't improve immediately.
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