We are going to have Napoli - Udinese as the opening game on this weekend. Napoli are clearly a highly favourite here and they already destroyed Udinese away before like 4-0. Udinese still haven't started to pull themselves together in the Serie A. Because of these facts, I don't expect Napoli to make any mistake. This one should end up with a clear victory for Napoli. And if I'm not mistaken, Napoli will be the temporary leader in the standings then too. I just love the current rivalry for the title a lot.
In any case, Napoli is the favorite of the upcoming match, but I want to say that it's not enough to be a favorite, you just have to manage to win. The destruction of Udinese does not mean any fact when there is a championship race and there are teams like Milan and their sworn friends from the same you know which city
There is no doubt in the match against Salernitana, Juventus should be able to win. Salernitana was just lucky to hold on to a draw against Milan a few weeks ago. However, they still failed to hold Inter, Lazio and Napoli. Since Juventus are more consistent in Serie-A lately, Juventus should have won this match by at least 2 goals.
Juventus will return to Serie A with a painful loss from Champions League. They will return their with angry and in addition, they know that they must play well, get three points to get rid of negative psychlogy in their club. Moreover, 3 points will help to to move another step closer to top 4 in Serie A finally.
Not too many matches left and Juventus do have good advantage than Atalanta and Roma. If they play well and collect points well, other clubs will not be able to kick Juventus out of top 4 in the end.
Juventus can only worry about their own cause, because such a team should occupy a much higher place than it is now. Massimiliano Allegri's favorite model of the game is starting to bring its own result, not the fact that the fans of the club would like. I wonder what advantage the club must have to have an advantage at least compared to Mourinho's Roma. If you believe the rumors, there will be a global shake-up at Juventus and if the head coach does not part with his post, a shake-up is fully expected by his staff. How Allegri will react to this situation, we need to think, because to remain without his headquarters, well, well.
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