Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 3372. (Read 824201 times)

I know what you mean and thanks for the compliment, it is much appreciated. I didn't single out anyone from midfield/defense on purpose to show that they work as a unit know finally, that is truly the only reason why I didn't name names besides Çalhanoğlu, because he is the obvious one that is visibly jumping out of the system.

I agree with all the points and conclusions you made, except I would say that Paqueta should work maybe a bit less - meaning he should not shoot that often and focus a bit more on passing the ball to open player. I saw too many wild shots from him at the edge of the box, that could've been great assists in last few matches, versus Spal especially. He is too eager to score, he is probably under pressure 'cos Rebic, Zlatan and now recently Leao are scoring and he isn't.

I'm always impressed when seeing someone who not only gives opinion, but also adds deep explanation behind it. No matter what club we are supporting, we always appreciate a good match.

Beside Zlatan and Rebic, we should give credit to Bennacer as well. He really gives an improvement in Milan's midfield area and makes the Kessie's work bit easier. Theo is awesome too, no one predicted him could be as amazing as today in Milan when he was a flop in Madrid. Well, if Kjaer and Paqueta could work bit much harder, then Milan would be perfect.

You as a fan of Atalanta are certainly very happy to see Atalanta's game now even won several times with a large Serie A team, yes I admit that this is the best performance for Atalanta who continues to break down opponents easily but whether this week will be able to overthrow Juventus? although yesterday lost to Ac Milan I'm sure Juventus will not repeat this defeat for the second time.

Atalanta is my favourite story of the season. Exciting players, way of playing and very energetic. Age isn't a problem for Illicic as he is getting better and better. Zapata deserves more praise also. They are so underrated. People always talk about Juventus, Intermilan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lukaku,etc. They tend to forget these brilliant players from Atalanta. Forza!

I watched the entire game and there are no issues related to lineups at all. As Pmalek says, everyone played where they were supposed to play and everyone who was supposed to play "played".

It was a blackout by Juve, this is simply a fact, but Milan's win can't be diminished cos of that as that was not the only reason. I see lots of you guys write about Juve issues, but I'm not gonna do that because I'm watching Milan in last 5-6 games exclusively and see the improvements. I would say improvements in their game as much as improvement in their approach to the game.

They are playing with more energy, they are fighting more because they know that energy is their best weapon. To translate that, there is awareness that they don't have that much quality overall.

Attack is only real area where they do have quality if Zlatan and Rebic are playing. Rebic has been involved in all 4 goals Milan scored in the match. You have Zlatan who requires attention and Rebic that also requires attention. Both are quite strong physically and they use that well. Zlatan always has 2 players around him and that gives Rebic a lot of space. He uses it well, again strenght and energy in his game are his biggest allies.

Rebic is Milan's biggest win this season if you ask me and I'm happy for both Milan and Rebic.

Midfield is working like a work horse together , only player that has a bit more freedom is Çalhanoğlu and that is good.

Milan took the win from Juve because of the energy and mental approach in the end, not just Juve blackout.

Now at the end of the post I will tell you that I'm a Juve fan, believe it or not

Atalanta won again and next game they will play vs Juventus  .

Luckily for Juve, Atalanta is way back on the leaderboard after the COVID Break the seems on another planet...

Quite great for Milan because they have scored Lazio and Juventus with a very large score, is it possible that there has now been an increase at the end of the season compared to the start of the season which kept losing lots for Milan?
Lazio like it is now very slumped even though the difference is only 4 points but still must be able to maintain it so as not to be displaced by Inter Milan or Atalanta who are now more powerful in his matches.

4 points difference will be better than 7 points before facing each other for Lazio of course. Seeing the remaining games, I could say it is the end unless a big surprises happens in the next games..

Indeed Lazio lost another opportunity last night after Ac Milan beat Junvetus in a thriller of football but to be honest it was one of the best games I've seen this year with a lot of goals and scoring chances, with a Zaltan on 40 years old still scoring goals and doing assists and with a Ronaldo hungry for goals and winning trophies. Lets not forget that Juventus / Lazio will still have their head to head game later this month.

Lazio lost a huge opportunity to get back on the championship game.
It wasn't possible that they are going to lose over Lecce but yet they did.
Milan shows a solid performance after the restart of the league and it will be very sad to see them not qualifying to a European cup.

I did not think that Ac Milan could turn things around and be an extraordinary victory for him, even though Juventus had led two goals in the early minutes was unexpected, bad luck befalling Lazio who continue to suffer defeat so that Lecce can beat him.
Now the big team is able to be conquered with the team below which is truly extraordinary, I hope Inter Milan can catch up to Lazio with a slight difference in points, 4 points can be achieved Inter Milan as long as it is consistent in its game.

Your entire post makes very little sense.
Chiellini has been injured and has not recovered yet. He was part of the team because other options are unavailable (De Ligt, Demiral). Alex Sandro was also injured in the last 7-10 days. This was the first time he played after his injury and he was awful. Was responsible for the 4:2 goal after passing the ball to the opponent players.

Cuadrado has been playing right back the entire season, not just this game. The reasons don't matter, that's just how it is.
Who should have played in attack according to you? Higuain is the only proper striker the team has and he was injured as well. Dybala was suspended, Costa is a winger, Ronaldo plays on the left side in attack...

This is "irrelevant". They were already gone with the head.
The game was dominated till the 2-0 till the referee invented a penalty from Milan.

Since there Juventus lost their head and lost the game, it can't happen at Juventus.

This was really a silly style of play from Sandro.
https://www.goalstube.online/2436

I don't know, is this a coincidence or is AC Milan's better in the second half. One thing that makes me happy is, AC Milan finally won the match after the last win over Juventus in 2016. Regarding Lazio, I did not expect much when they lost to Lecce. 7 matches left, with 7 points already very difficult. Moreover, Inter starting to show their best performance it was very possible to shift the position of Lazio.

Haha, Juventus knocked me out with that very surprising result. They easily lost their 2 leading goals in very short period. What they lost reminds me on what happened with AC Milan in the Champions League final match with Liverpool. Is this a coincidence when AC Milan appeared in another drama match but this time they play as winners?

Unfortunately, it does not change anything in the Scudetto race. Lazio is weak and did not take advantage of the 3 points lost from Juventus. Juventus will win a Scudetto, I have not yet changed my mind.

I don't know what's happening with Juventus today. How can lead 2 goals, they conceded 4 goals.  
Anyway, I see something wrong with Juventus' lineups. They have Chiellini and Alex Sandro, why don't these players be starting lineups? Also, it is a bit strange to see Cuadrado as the right-back on that match. He should be better to put as the right-winger or a forward midfield, right? in my view, Sarri has made a mistake by setting the wrong lineups. In addition, he shouldn't choose Higuain as the striker against Milan because they already know well Higuain during the previous season (2018–19) as the loan player to Milan. 

What a terrible display from Juventus, throwing up a 2 goal lead in 40 minutes. I can't remember the last time I've seen Juventus concede 4 goals, let alone all happening within a short period.

I think Sarri was never the man for Juventus, even though I don't think he's a terrible coach but I still very much believe Juventus is probably too big a club for him to handle.

This game is similar to a certain Manchester derby in 2017/2018 season. City was winning 2-0 in the first half only to bottle it to United in the remaining half.


It is not that painful as Juve is still top of the League table.

Today result was very shocked as I was on 0 - 2 for Juventus but meed a cup of tea so as I back from kitchen then what I am looking AC Milan leading by 3 - 2 and at the end they won this match very easily by 4 - 2 look like Sarri's count down is already started and they are just waiting for end of this season as now they are already in commanding position for title.