Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 362. (Read 850657 times)

Indeed. We can't judge the performance of the team for the new season based on the performance of pre-season matches. In pre-season matches, most teams never play with their full strength because most players are second tier players. Pre-season matches are just for the time for trying alternative/new tactics and formation. We shouldn't be so surprised if there are some big teams that never get good results in pre-season matches because they probably don't target for the wins. Even if it looks like not a good sign but it is just usual thing in pre-season matches. The benchmark only can be visible from the results of few early matches in the league. Even if it is not 100% reflection of the whole season performance, but the early matches will be very crucial.

So far, I don't see big efforts of AC Milan in the current transfer windows. They only signed 3 players (Álex Jiménez, Álvaro Morata, Strahinja Pavlović). I only consider Morata as the most significant transfer until now. So, it is still debatable if you claim AC Milan sign quality players. If AC Milan has bigger number of players, it is because many loan players have returned.

Please check AC Milan current transfer: https://www.transfermarkt.com/ac-milan/transfers/verein/5

Roma announced that as of June 2024, AS Roma's net profit increased sharply by 25% compared to the previous year.

some factors:
- retail & e-commerce sector
- stadium revenues
- new partnerships
The latest is the 2-year agreement of €25 million with Riyadh Season.

Source: Roma record 25% increase in net profit

We're still waiting for the official news. So far, it's all about the rumor.

I confirm with your opinion especially that stated in the first few lines of your comment, except for strong teams who have gotten their form and strength intact such that they have the confidence enough, they only use the pre season friendly as a means of getting ready for the season. So it's only important for the confidence of the new team or weak teams who are still finding their feet around the league with hopes of getting better to the point where they will be able to get to the top so they make it an important game for them .

I am really looking forward to Fonseca's first debut in Serie A this season because he has been able to show his prowess in managing strategy so that he managed to beat strong opponents in pre-season matches. Of course AC Milan are very favorites this season because their strength is getting better this season, they just need to maintain their pace with enthusiasm to start the season better. The fans seemed very satisfied with the players' performance in pre-season match because they managed to show quite an impressive game.
There is still a lot of time before Serie A starts so there is a lot of work that the coach must do to maintain the fitness of his players, whether from test matches or focusing on training sessions.
There are also some quite interesting things they are doing in the transfer market because AC Milan is able to recruit quality players and the depth of their squad is increasingly showing big changes from last season.

That's right, friend. In the end, even winning in pre-season matches is sometimes important to build the confidence of the players in the squad. And also to bring our trust in the new coach to a club. Even though all of this cannot be a definite benchmark, there is hope that a team that is good in pre-season will be able to play well in the actual season. For a strong team like Real Madrid, maybe they save their best strategy for the actual match. So it is not surprising that they do not attach importance to the results of pre-season matches. but for a team that has a new coach, I think they are testing the squad seriously in pre-season because it will be their debut there. And even bad results in pre-season can make people start to distrust them. So they are more serious about getting good results.

The initial estimate of absence is 6 seasons but it depends on the healing process because it could be longer especially with the many cases that exist for ACL sometimes it takes 8 or 9 months even more to be able to return to play and re-adapt.

Finding players is also not easy for Atalanta now because after all, apart from money problems, they are also chased by time considering that this transfer saga is only a matter of days.
It's a pretty big loss but hopefully it won't interfere too much with Gasperini's plans even though it's clear that his targetman is missing for the next few months but hopefully the confidence and cohesiveness of the Atalanta club will still be there next season with a very busy schedule.

Preseason are difficult to use as a benchmark for success but on the other hand it's also an early comparison when we're in the new season because it's like a situation where there will be more positive belief if a club does well in a friendly but on the other hand it can also be a worry and backfire when a club does badly in pre-season considering it's an early benchmark to judge how ready they are for the new season.

Although it cannot be denied that sometimes pre-season matches are just experiments and warm-ups for some clubs in concocting schemes and player line-ups but still when a club plays well or badly it has an impact on our assessment of them for the new season.

Well, a definite goal will indeed make a club fight harder. And yes, Paulo Fonseca has quite strong ambitions and it seems true that he is a coach who is always confident. That's why he never even wants to lose, even if it's only in pre-season. And I think the mission now in pre-season is to grow the confidence of the players there. And I think that's a good thing. While other teams may not be serious about winning matches in pre-season, Paulo Fonseca keeps AC Milan serious about winning.

In the pre-season match against Barcelona, ​​we could also see that at the start of the match, AC Milan was able to score a goal much earlier, namely in the 10th minute and 15th minute. Although in the end Barcelona was also able to equalize the score at 2-2. because Lewandowski still doesn't seem to have lost his sharpness in the attack line. But in the penalty shootout it turned out that AC Milan could indeed win. Which shows AC Milan is still more confident in this matter.

That is right, they are not going to be all that great, we are going to end up with something that will not be all that simple because they will not have easy time putting new players in every single season as well. They are already a good team, so changing who they have is not an easy task, what works ends up being changed so that's a hard situation.

Look at Real Madrid for example, to say that they are good would be understatement and they won the league and the UCL last season, and they added Mbappe, lets say that Mbappe is fine because he is just some other level player and that's why it is okay, but anyone else they get will be a question mark, even the young stars they have right now gets minutes very hardly because they do not want to ruin anything that works.

Milan are currently making a roadmap to success next season, a number of their pre-season tour results indicate that they are very ready to compete for the Scudetto. However, I predict their chances of winning it are lower than Inter Milan, despite their impressive victories against Barcelona, Madrid, and Man City. At least, the series of wins can increase the players confidence, and indicate that they have adapted quickly and are ready to face the new season. Meanwhile, to assess Milan true strength, their first match against Torino in the next ten days can be used as a reference.

Paulo Fonseca who was appointed as the new manager is fully responsible for Milan performance next season, his experience coaching Roma can at least shorten his time to adapt to the Serie A game culture. Last season Milan was quite far behind Inter Milan, also losing when the two faced each other directly in the derby match. With the overhaul that has been carried out in the transfer window, Milan performance next season should be even better, following the good results they got in the pre-season tour. Hopefully, this will not only be proven in Serie A, but should also be shown in their journey in the Champions League.

Rumors like this always seem to exist in every open transfer window because after all, in the transfer market at the beginning of last season too if I'm not mistaken, that Vlahovic was also rumored to leave. Not only that, because as far as I remember also at that time Juventus had also stated that they were open to negotiations for Vlahovic. But anyway, the reality is that Vlahovic is still at Juventus, and I also hope that Vlahovic will remain at Juventus for a long time.

Now it's happening again and not reluctantly, as the rumors prove about Chiesa being open to negotiations as well. What's more, the interested team is AS Roma, which is basically also Juventus rival. Thus, then of course there will be many people who disagree because after all, Chiesa is a young player who is the first choice of Juventus. In fact, when Chiesa was injured with a long recovery, the fact is that Juventus still really needed Chiesa at that time. So yes, it seems to be something unreal if Chiesa later leaves for AS Roma, and of course it will be very unfortunate and many Juventus fans will also disagree.

Some of the new coaches in Serie A are making really crazy moves right now in overhauling their squad, when we see the big move from Motta at Juventus right now which is throwing away a lot of players, in fact Conte in napoli also continuing to make crazy move by throwing away their mainstay players last season, Previously, Conte forced Napoli to sell Osimhen to bring in Lukaku, but before Osimhen was sold, now Conte also asked Napoli to sell Alex Meret. who is their main goalkeeper last season, Meret managed to appear quite formidable as Napoli last bastion in the last two seasons so it is very surprising that Conte does not want to keep him in the squad next season although currently Napoli only has Contini and Caprile as backup goalkeepers, what Conte is doing is of course unexpected and I think he knows what is best for Napoli next season but so far I haven't heard who will be recruited by Napoli to replace Alex Meret if leave later?

In this season Serie A is going to be very competitive. all the clubs are bringing in new players to make the squad stronger. and I think that is going to make the competition very fierce. In the last season inter literally ran away with things. But i think in this season this is not going to be the case and this season I am very hopeful about a certain club called juventus. In the last season they have performed really badly. and towards the end of the season they were almost unable to win any match at all. but with a new coach I think things are going to change. at least I hope so. I also hope that they will be able to complete for the title.

personally I would like to see a good competition between at least for teams for the title. it is very boring to see a certain club run away with that I tell with 5-10 matches left in the season. I just want that to change, and I think it will.

It seems Conte wants to make more chances in Napoli since he joined in this team and he wants to get the team improved by hiring more players in Napoli and that's why he should say goodbye to some other player he already has in this team.
Alex Meret is the goalkeeper of Napoli but now they decided to put Alex Meret for sale because Conte asked for it and Napoli is trying to hire another player since they will stop working with Alex Meret soon.
 

  

I don't think every others teams are always uses their best squad as you may be thinking. What all teams always do during preseason matches they give chances to other players who are not in the main squad and by doing this, the coaches are just trying to know some players' abilities, maybe if possible, if those new players can be introduced to the main squad. So, as you see, Real Madrid or other strong teams are not using their best squad, which is what others are also doing.One thing I want you to understand is that during preseason, teams always use available players. Not all players are always available in the clubs due to some reasons, like when they play other international competitions and they are not well rested. They always give them time to rest, and that is the reason why some players in Real Madrid are not available on the pitch and even they available I don't think the coach will use the full and same applicable to others clubs.

Preseason is not the best form of teams, but from preseason, we can judge their players. I don't see any reason why a team that will perform well in the main season will performed very poorly throughout their preseason matches. Real Madrid is not performing poorly; they lose some matches and also won some games, and that is how Real Madrid's preseason always looks. As for AC Milan, from their performances I have seen good performances and I may predict that they will surely do well. I can't say that they will win the Serie A league next season, but it is very possible they will be among the top four next season.

I can't say no, because their performance is good in this pre-season match, but I agree that we have to lower our expectations of them. Pre-season matches are unpredictable matches, I mean sometimes they are good in pre-season but not in the competition, and there are also the opposite, they are bad in pre-season but they are good in the competition.
Now it is AC Milan's job to answer all of that, they have to answer that their performance in pre-season is a true picture of their performance in the competition. And the answer we will only get when Serie A starts. We have to be patient first to see their performance in Serie A or other official competitions.

They don't bother about preseason since their is no price for the preseason and they don't even use their main squad during the preseason they like using the players on bench that's another reason to tell you that they don't care at all, it is not necessary for us to show our best performance in a preseason it is not worth it at all. Especially when the main season is about to start we need to store up all the energies we can store up before the main season starts. Their was a lot of changes especially coaches and AC Milan have be an amazing club and with a new coach now let's see the performance they will put up with their new coach, this season is going to be different, there have been a lot of changes this season.  As far it is preseason everyone's performance is supposed to be appreciated, since they are just practicing out after season, and they all did great I won't condemn any club until the main season.

Nooooooooo
why sell Federico Chiesa, who is a very good, promising and young player!  What nonsense Juventus is doing!
I absolutely don't agree, in fact, this thing even makes me a little angry.  We don't sell players like that!
I am really angry for this.

Now things will get even more complicated for Atalanta. They have to be ready with a busy schedule but on the other hand they also have to lose their core players where Scamacca is affected by ACL and has to rest for at least 6 months even almost a season he has to undergo recovery which makes this a difficult job for Gasperini.

Though for this season I expect a lot from them because even though the Atalanta players seem ordinary without any star players but it cannot be denied that they are dark horses for Serie A so I expect more in this season.
But when the loss of Scamacca is clear this will disrupt their performance even though Atalanta players are not only good Scamacca but he is a good striker and targetman so when losing this player for a long time I think this will be the biggest loss and loss for Atalanta in undergoing Serie A and the Champions League.

I said this too, I said the performances are good and I didn't expect it.  But I also said that they are friendly matches and that we will therefore see the real test during the championship.

Obviously we cannot rely on these matches to understand how the team will fare in the championship.  They are batches of experiments.