Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 547. (Read 848648 times)

Serie A is indeed luckier this season than the English league which only has 4 slots to send teams to the champions league next season, after the new format of the champions league is implemented, of course the bundesliga and also serie A have 5 slots to their teams played  in the champions league, for now even the conditions of serie A and bundesliga are not different at all because it is likely to be able to send 6 teams,  But I think a great opportunity to send 6 teams is more inclined to the Bundesliga later because Leverkusen is more favored to win the Europa League than Atlanta from Serie A, so far maybe Atlanta is also very aware of this so they will indeed try to focus more on qualifying for the Champions League next season via the top 5 in the league rather than the Europa League champion which is indeed difficult.

Currently Intermilan, AC Milan, Bologna and Juventus have confirmed and have one Champions League ticket next season, only one more ticket left and contested by Atlanta, Roma and also Lazio at this time,  Roma and Lazio still have a chance to be able to take the last slot from Atlanta if they can win their remaining two games of the season and of course hope Atlanta at least lose the remaining two games,  So far it is a great chance owned Atalanta to can become the last team to qualify for the Champions League next season than other teams, because  they need manage 1 win and 1 draw in their remaining three matches.

The players are super strong and very good, but I feel that the problem is coming from the coach, and he lacks a new coaching pattern in which he can use to overcome the present situation on ground. These are the players that were doing great initially competing with Inter.

Maybe most of the coaches in Seria A have known his game strategy, and they have taken advantage of that to play a pattern that will outsmart his, making the players not to be able to win their opponents because the opponents know their next moves, or Juventus kind of game.

The truth is that Juve left me speechless, I didn't think they were going to suffer so much, in fact Bologna managed to put themselves 3rd in the table, equaling Juve in points, I think this is very bad for Juve, yes, think about it That Allegri got what he wanted, because that was his goal, however, will it be good to leave it? Or that a new coach leaves and comes? I don't know, let's remember that Allegri managed to be with them when they were in a big ban for a few seasons, now he managed to get him out of that area and they have them in UCL, so in view of this will it be fair to take him out? Will it be fair to judge Allegri? I think he deserves an opportunity, if they have given Xavi a few opportunities at Barcelona, why not give it to Allegri at Juve?

I think, maybe changing coaches will make changes for Juventus, whether changes for the worse or maybe also for the better. Because after all, it seems that Allegri also does not have a good ability to improve the performance and quality of Juventus. Because anyway, based on the squad that Juventus has, at least Juventus also still has a good squad because it has players who have good potential too. But anyway, in reality Allegri still failed to make Juventus have good dominance in Serie A this season, even though this season Juventus managed to finish in the Champion League zone. But still, if in the next season Juventus maybe will still fail to improve performance and quality, then of course Juventus will get bad results again next season, because the schedule will be even busier too.

Serie A is indeed a much stronger league compare to 5-6 seasons ago where you see the regular faces competing for the title and also coming for the champions league, I'll give that credit to the Bologna side, they did a very nice job to be on that position. From the beginning of the season I never saw them finishing 4th but look at the table now even Juventus might not finish where they are because their form ever since they couldn't meet up with Inter their has never been something to write about, what about Napoli, Roma, Lazio or Fiorentina, they all failed as the bigger boys.
59 years is a very long time and if by next campaign they start playing UCL I think the coach should have to do some upgrade in the team to be better competitors and also for the league title. And it would be very hard for other Serie A clubs to beat them (Bologna), the changes I'm seeing in football shows that other smaller teams are ready to make a difference in their various leagues.

However, Juventus cannot rotate players only for the Copa final against Atalanta, because in the last 5 matches Juventus drew and had to give up 3rd place to Bologna.
At least, even though they didn't win Serie A, they still maintained third place in order to maintain Juventus' good name this season.
Even so, this could possibly be Allegeri's way of getting the Copa trophy and maintaining his good name, by presenting the Copa trophy, although it cannot be confirmed because the opponent he will face is Atalanta who are in good form.
Yes, I agree, to improve next season, Juventus must replace Allegeri because Juvnetus' downturn this season lies in Allegeri.

The fairy tale in Serie A is not over yet, after Bologna succeeded in securing a ticket to the UCL, there will be another fairy tale if Atalanta manages to win the Europa League trophy. As is known, Serie A will send five representatives to the UCL next season after the new format was implemented and managed to become the leader in the number of coefficient points. If Atalanta finishes fifth and wins the Europa League, Atalanta will go to the UCL via a special route and the team that finished sixth will be replaced. If this scenario occurs, Serie A will send six representatives to the UCL next season.

I totally agree with your view. It is shocking that team like Juventus with its great history and success in Serie A can not even win five games in row. While they might not be as strong as teams like Manchester City and Real Madrid they are still a big deal in Italian football and should be doing better. It is worrying that club is not doing enough to fix this problem and it is fair to wonder if this is still same Juventus that used to be so dominant. Lack of action and silence from club is not good and it is time for them to take charge and make real changes to get back to their former greatness.

Bologna is indeed more worthy than Juventus at the moment. It is true that nothing has changed in the remaining matches at the end of this season, Juventus have drawn five times in a row, which does not convince that they are doing well, I think Allegri must be replaced next season and there is a lot that needs to be overhauled in their main squad so that they can appear in the UCL next season with thorough preparation so that they don't fail in the domestic league to win the title next season because this season they have failed and Inter Milan are the champions of the Italian league this season. This.

I don't know if Allegeri is focusing on rotating his players so they can play in the Coppa Italia final against Atalanta, at least they didn't lose the moment of becoming champions in the Coppa Italia this season even though they failed to get the title in the domestic league at least they managed to get a trophy in the Coppa Italia which will take place Soon they will face Atalanta in the final as a strong team. Atalanta is also not a team that can be underestimated. Juventus must be able to show their best performance in the Coppa Italia final because of course many supporters are disappointed with the results of their recent matches.

Juventus definitely need to strengthen their attacking line, otherwise nothing will change for them. I see that the Juventus management doubts whether it is worth keeping Alegre as coach, and if they decide to fire him, it will also be a mistake that will lead to even worse consequences, by the way, we all remember well what happened after Alegre’s dismissal. But this season he did not receive the necessary funding and that is why their results are so weak. Without active work on the transfer market, nothing will change, and Alegre is a good coach.

I really regret the fate of Juventus this season. I don't know what happened to this team, even though at the start of the season Juventus appeared very consistent and always won every match. However, since the middle of the season until now, Juventus' performance has continued to decline very significantly. Even if you look at Juventus' last 5 matches in Serie A, the result is that not a single match was won, all matches ended in a draw. Even in the last match against Salernitana, Juventus was also unable to win the match. Even though Salernitana is the team that is in the bottom position of Serie A (ranked 20th) and its performance is also quite bad this season. But strangely, Juventus had to be held to a draw by a team like Salernitana.

And with Juventus' poor record in recent weeks, Allegri's team had to drop to 4th place in the Serie A standings. Then the 3rd position previously occupied by Juventus is now occupied by Bologna. Apart from that, if for example Juventus does not improve the performance of its players, then the possibility of Juventus dropping to 5th place in Serie A is very large. The reason is that in 5th place there is Atalanta which is only 4 points behind Juventus.

And next week Juventus is scheduled to face Bologna. This match could provide an opportunity for Juventus to move back up to 3rd place in Serie A. However, of course Bologna is not a weak opponent, because this season Bologna has managed to become the black sheep in Serie A. Therefore, I think Juventus will have difficulty winning the match against Bologna next week.

Yes it is as you said, just imagine that a club of that calibre that dominated the Serie A for decades or at least for a very long time would not win five games in a row. Now I don't want to put them into the same category of Manchester City and Real Madrid, but if you consider what their role was within Serie A, then it could make sense to draw that comparison. If one of the aforementioned teams would not win five games in a row, I think there would hell break loose. It's weird how nothing is really happening and they haven't really been putting a lot into changing the club and moving it forward. This is not Juventus anymore...

At least in Serie A this season there is a real difference where one of the teams that is quite good managed to get the chance to return to the champions league and Bologna really deserves it with all their hard work so far. Don't forget how coach Thiago Motta turned this team into one to be reckoned with and I think we will still be surprised by other achievements next season.

Fasting for 59 years in Europe's biggest competition is not easy and Bologna proves that it is still there as long as they are willing to try and the most important thing for them is being able to finish in third place in the standings, which is another special achievement that they can be proud of to their fans. Juventus also has to admit that Bologna is one step ahead of them at the moment.

I do agree that it will be a tough one, we are going to see a lot of risk being put on that game and because of that I am sure that both teams will fight until the very last moment. It is of course not going to be easy and a lot of cards may come out.

This is why I am going to bet on cards, very few places allows you to bet on that, but over/under on cards this game could be very valid way to keep on betting, because both teams will want to win so they will be rough and the result could be a tight game. We could also go with both sides to score, because I believe that they are both going to try to win, which would make them play open games and that will result with nothing that easy, it may result with something that allows both offense to score.

Team	Point
Inter	92
Milan	74
Bologna	67
Juve	67
Atalanta	63
Roma	60
Lazio	59
Napoli	51
Fiorentina	50
Torino	50
Genoa	46
Monza	45
Lecce	37
Verona	34
Cagliari	33
Frosinone	32
Empoli	32
Udinese	30
Sassuolo	29
Salernitana	16

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Indeed, Juventus is currently different, they often end matches with less than optimal results, in fact, in the last 10 matches Juventus only had one win and the rest ended in a draw. This is not a good thing of course, it seems that perhaps Massimiliano Allegri was lacking in preparing everything, including the strategy they were supposed to play. It cannot be hidden that currently Juventus is experiencing poor performance, in contrast to Atalanta which is currently experiencing an increase.

If Juventus continues like this with their poor performance, there is a possibility that Atalanta can overtake them in fourth place, also considering that Juventus is having a pretty bad season and Atalanta is currently in good form, this makes it possible that Atalanta can still overtake Juventus. Maybe it's because Massimiliano Allegri hasn't been good at managing Juventus this season, so Juventus' recent performance has been unsatisfactory, even bad.

There's definitely improvement in the Bologna team, although they're not at perfect spots on the league table but they still are a promising team who seem to have a greater advantage over their opponent. Bologna are also improved in their performances and they've done their best to stay put in performing greatly till the last of the season.

 Thankfully the game against Roma favored Bologna as they did their best to stand out.  Bologna did well to secure the 3points to themselves away from home and the outcome therefore proves how set they are to keep good points especially in the last games left for the season. This gave them an extra zeal ahead of their clash against Napoli.
 
 Bologna will be playing away from home and so added to their last two league games victory, the host advantage definitely working for Napoli won't be much threat to Bologna. For the fact that their opponent aren't much of a huge difference in both of their performances level this season. Between both teams, I'd say that there's thesame probability of ability and capacity to be victorious. The team just have to do their best to prove their worth. The fixtures left may seem challenging but they still have the ability to stand out rightly.

At the beginning of season Bologna only have realistic target that they only want to avoiding relegation zone so their current manager Thiago Motta says he was never expect Bologna can able reach to top 4 so that's why although Bologna performance this season is quite impressive but he didn't targetting Champion League spot but seems Thiago Motta will made a history because most likely Bologna can secured one place at Champion League spots and if i am not mistakes during their history Bologna never playing at this competition before because for European Competitions Bologna only playing at Intertoto Cup on 2002 and at that time they can advances to the final match but unfortunately they have been beated by Fulham and Bologna failed to gets the trophy

Bologna has same points with Juventus but Bologna can able to occupy 3rd place and it could be fantastic if Bologna can able to managed their pertormance until end of this season and finish on that place but the contract of their manager Thiago Motta will be ended this June and i think Bologna owner and Motta should be negotiate to talk about contract extension because in my opinion Motta is really deserved to gets that and i am not sure Bologna can able to performing well in Champion League next season if Motta leave this team

We are very disappointed with Juventus current situation, I never expected this to happen to them this season, since they only participate in the league, so why are they struggling to win their games? Juventus was good from the beginning of the season, I even made a statement that Inter Milan will have a hard time winning the league this season because of their rival. I didn't know that Inter would comfortably win the league with a huge point difference. Juventus fell back from the top of the league to the second place, I was hoping to see some improvements in their games and move back to the 3rd position, but later I saw Juventus drop back to the 3rd position.

Juventus are currently in 4th position, Bologna overtake them for the 3rd, after having a victory against Napoli. Juventus struggled to draw against Salernitana, the team who cannot escape the relegation even if they win the game. Juventus only has 3 players that are absent due to injuries, I don't think that should be the reason why their performance is getting worse day by day. You're right, if they don't want to face the challenges next season, they should fire Allegri since this cannot get them anywhere in any competition next season.

Considering how long it takes Bologna to qualify for champions League is actually a huge achievement for them on this season being able to break the barrier that was pushing them back and is also the same feelings Girona have on this season because for several seasons now they have not been able to even come close to what they have achieved on this season by qualifying to the champions League next season so perhaps there greatest joy now is there champions league next season and they are not much concern about the first position again because they never believe they would go this far after all there previous struggles though it may likely be very difficult for them on the champions League because of the clubs they will meeting so is actually obvious that they may not really last long on the champions league.