Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 566. (Read 824626 times)

It could be said that Juventus are officially out of the title competition with Inter this season and the 2-2 draw against Atalanta left them even further behind. Playing at home sometimes doesn't provide a guarantee for the home team to win and here Juventus is having quite a hard time facing Atalanta. Indeed, Atalanta is not a team that is easy to beat, especially now that they are trying to target 4th place from Bologna.

On the other hand, Fiorentina's match against Roma was no less exciting because the two teams could only share one point after playing to a 2-2 draw. For Roma, Fiorentina is not an opponent to be taken lightly, especially this time De Rossi's squad has to play an away match which makes it quite difficult to steal full points. At the same time, this result means that Roma are still unbeaten since De Rossi took control and of course this is a good record.

The two matches above showed the same score with a draw with no change in the standings for Roma and Atalanta, while Juventus had to drop to 3rd place after Milan managed to secure a win against Empoli and occupy 2nd place in the standings.

That right, Roma were lucky to avoid defeat after a late goal from Llorente helped them equalize at 2-2. Roma efforts to approach the top four in the standings were stumbled by Fiorentina, now they are 3 points adrift of Bologna who are ranked fourth in the standings. There are 10 more matches ahead, Roma has a big chance to finish in the Champions League zone.

Since De Rossi became head coach, Roma have only suffered 1 defeat against Inter, I think they have improved a lot and can almost achieve their goal of breaking into the top four. In the Europa League, Roma appeared impressive by beating Brighton 4-0, their chances of qualifying from the round of 16 are very big. Many doubted the quality of De Rossi previous strategy, but slowly he was able to show his quality.

With the remaining number of matches, I think De Rossi will be able to bring Roma to overtake Bologna. However, De Rossi must be able to maintain the level of play of his fleet, because competition is getting tougher as the season ends. All teams will try their best to get the best results, Roma must no longer waste the opportunities available.

In the end, the match between Fiorentina and AS Roma achieved a 2:2 draw, in fact AS Roma played more dominantly in that match and was able to put a lot of pressure on the home team as well as Fiorentina who did not want to experience defeat. After AS Roma being one goal behind in the first half played more aggressively and were able to equalize but not long after Fiorentina was able to increase the total goals to 2 goals but Roma was able to create an epic comeback towards the last minute so the match ended in a 2:2 draw and both teams had to be satisfied with the result of sharing the points. AS Roma also improved close to the top four.

AC Milan really feel the preparation from Empoli  in the match, because the plan of their opponent is to win the match or draw the match with AC Milan in their home but one of the AC Milan talented striker gain access to their goalpost at 20 minutes to scored a winning goal. Empoli displayed well in this match not to allow AC Milan strikers to achieved more than one goal from them, despite they are at home to play them but they just allowed them to achieve only one goal from the match to embraced the three points. Juventus performance was not good  because they have many opportunities to score goals from that match to defeat Atlanta 4-2 but they miss used the opportunity that made Atalanta to used their opportunity well to equalized the goals to shared the points with Juventus.

Lazio vs Udinese

As a host Lazio is not in the good shape because in Serie A Lazio suffering 2 losing streak from Fiorentina and Milan and in Champion League Lazio was eliminate by Bayern Munich because they lost with huge scores 3-0 in the second leg of round of 16 and i think it's hard to repeat last season achievement when they finish as runner up even most likely Lazio will not playing at European Competitions and actually Lazio facing easy opponent Udinese and we all know Udinese performance was very poor and they also as the team with the most draw in Serie A with 15 draws and these results too makes Udinese lost plenty of points which make Udinese position on league standings is very not safe

Based on head to head statistics both teams has been met at Udinese home ground this January and at that time Lazio can win with narrow scores and about squad conditions between these teams Lazio and Udinese has facing unfavourable conditions because they lost some players who got suspension and Lazio lost at least 3 players such as Adam Marusic, Matteo Guendouzi and Luca Pellegrini and for Udinese they will lost Festy Ebosele and Walace so basically the recent conditions from them is looks similar and not so different and about the outcomes of this match Lazio is favourited to win this match because from squad quality and meetings records Lazio is much better than Udinese and Lazio win has good odds @1.85

The truth is that everything that has happened to Juve seems very regrettable to me, I am a fan of Juve, in fact I wanted them to take first place in Serie A, but in fact after they lost the game against Iner , I saw that they began to crumble, and they don't have that lift of spirit as they should be, it's a shame, because we all know how good this team is despite the fact that they have gone through very strong moments because they know how to get ahead, they have to show that they can be better, and they have to know that and send a good message that the inactivity of competitions has not brought them down, that the ban they gave them will not bring them down, at least they have to be in the top 4 teams in Serie A, I want to see Juve again in the UCKL, now more than ever they have to keep that spirit up, they have to know that the things that are coming are very strong, this is no longer the Europa League, if they enter the UCL they don't have to If they come out in the first round, it would be really sad if they fell back into the same old cycle.

Allegri snaps at Juventus critics: ‘Remember the objective’




Source:https://football-italia.net/allegri-juventus-critics-remember-objective/

It seems to me that what he said is coherent, the objective is to enter the UCL again, and they are achieving it, I know that the fans demand more from them , I mean, it is Italy, it is normal, it is one of the capitals of football in the world, so these types of things are what we should see with different eyes. Maybe the scudetto can be achieved later , but for now what matters most is that we qualify for a new competition, now without bans at all.

Pundit blasts Juventus for their performance against Atalanta




Source: https://www.juvefc.com/pundit-blasts-juventus-for-their-performance-against-atalanta/

It is very easy to criticize, but sometimes I am with Allegri, the Objective is to go focused on the UCL, after so much time without going to one of these championships , something is now required to be done.

It probably comes from quality of their defensive players as with Mourinho, they still got many conceded goals, more than usual with Jose Mourinho at other clubs in his coach career.

De Rossi prioritizes attacking for AS Roma since his debut there but when the season comes to ending in Serie A and knock out matches in Europa League, having a strong defense will help Roma to achieve more things. This young coach must spend most of his time to solve this weakness of Roma squad.

Fiorentina created many opportunities in this match and they could win against Roma but finally the match ended as a draw and Roma with their efforts, got an very late equalizer from Llorente at very last seconds of extra time.

The defender is one of two players who made mistake in the second goal of Fiorentina so this equalizer is meaningful for him. He no longer has to regret about that mistake.

Roma played better in the second half of the match and managed to finish the match with a 2-2 draw. Especially the goal scored by Llorente in extra time brought life to Rome. This match was an important match for Roma's claim to the top spot and Fiorentina away was a difficult away game for every team. I think Rome can be considered lucky not to lose.

Milan managed to win by a single goal against an in-form opponent.Milan will be looking to finish 2nd in the league from now on. Empoli have started to breathe a little more in the relegation zone after picking up points in recent weeks.They should have at least picked up a point in this game but they failed to do so.
Juventus and Atalanta didn't meet.For Juventus, after the loss of points in the last weeks, they are far behind in the championship race and the season is almost over for them.For Atalanta, this match is more important because they are in 6th place in the league and they are also aiming for the top 4.The point difference with their rivals is now 4 and they have a chance to close it.

The doubts about De Rosi replacing Mou to coach the Roma squad are slowly starting to disappear and it's a situation that is actually very good because after all with his current leadership style and with the performance he shows every week even if it's not completely perfect but De Rosi is doing his job very well.

The match for this week even though it's only 1 point they can get but I think it's worth it because their opponent is Fiorentina who actually cannot be underestimated. I am quite happy with the performance shown by De Rosi and Roma now because indeed I am one of the people who are not too sure that De Rosi is able to make a difference in Rome after Mou left but in the end De Rosi's performance now slaps my previous assumptions and in fact he coaches very well even if you see the conditions now I think De Rosi is much better than Mou in the previous era.

Juventus could equalise it but draw is a very bad result from this club. Acmilan has surpassed juventus and it's only matter of time till other club to do the same like acmilan soon. Juventus is getting even weaker than before and it surprised me a lot. I never ever though that if juventus will play like shit.
It gets draw against atalanta and how many people are losing their money caused by this match. Allegri may be sacked at the end of season if juventus keeps to show inconsistent performance like this. it will make old lady unable to get into the UCL next season.
Roma is getting even closer to the bologna and juventus. Juventus may be potentially out from the UCL race caused by it will be replaced by bologna and roma while acmilan and intermilan are topping the current standing.
Intermilan has been winning the trophy since there is no club who can perform as good as intermilan. This is also making the situation far worst for roma. Things are getting even harder for the club now.

I don't know eh they want to understand that Alegri can't help Juventus in this situation and he is definitely the biggest problem in this team and the reason for them having bad performance and losing many points.
During this season Juventus was not racing in the Chmapniso league like other teams like Inter Milan and AC Milan and this could help Juventus to have a much better performance in the Serie A because they have much better and more time to rest and recover after each game and it was a good advantage for Juventus but Alegri easily lost this chance.
No matter how experienced he is, but I think Juventus need a new coach. Just look at how Inzaghi is performing in Inter Milan and then you can understand why they need a better coach instead of Alegri,
After the draw they got against Atalanta, they lost the second place in the table to AC Milan while they had a poor performance in this match.

De Rossi adapted quickly to managing the Roma squad, even though he had very little experience as a manager. Mourinho has slowly been forgotten, De Rossi has succeeded in managing the club to be more stable in Serie A and the European League. The draw versus Fiorentina hampered Roma efforts to approach the top four in the standings. Roma was lucky to equalize in the 90+5 minute, Fiorentina almost beat Roma.

A great relief for Roma, as Llorente was able to score with a powerful shot on the last minutes of the extra time to deprive Fiorentina all three points. De Rossi does not want to accept defeat the second time since his arrival. This shows that he is a good coach and have the zeal to move the club to a great height in future if he is given the opportunity to continue as the head coach of Roma next season.

Fiorentina was disappointed on the late equalizer by Romam who displayed their quality performance in the second half. Fiorentina thought that they have already won the match and are on the 7th position, pulling Napoli down, but unfortunate for them the match was a draw fiving them just one point, leaving them on the 8th position on the table. They were actually fighting to see how they can qualify for Europa Cup next season.

Who forgot about José Mourinho? He will forever be remembered because he lifted the club to this very phase in Seria A. José Mourinho presence with AS Roma was worth it, he brought them to limelight after all these years and achieving major titles with the club. Perhapes his time was up when the team started to decline in performance and it separately sends a losing message to the fans. A winning is important for every elite team in league, there's no greater chance than watching the performance of a struggling club transforming to be more better than the previous phase. AS Roma in 5th position on the league table and they're bringing everything to deliver in matches.

Daniele De Rossi filed for important winnings and at the end of the day, he will achieved his targets, the only difference will be time. The new coach filling in the shoes of José Mourinho have been delivering good jobs for the team. Perhaps he still have to improve because there's more to fixed in the club's due to the relenting efforts focused from the players. Though it's not an easy job to watch how these clubs will continue to win games and also having lose ends when it comes to accumulating important points on the table.

I already know the game will end in draw but I never expect a score line like 2-2. My thought was 1-1. Although the game ended in draw but it's better that way than for Juventus to lose the game fully.

Indeed.
However, Roma almost lost this match. But in the end, Diego Llorente, through his phenomenal kick, was able to equalize the score at 2 - 2.
I'm sure Fiorentina was quite surprised by the goal at the end of the minute. Meanwhile, they had fought very hard, in fact they had enough control of the ball and put quite significant pressure on Roma. but in the end, de Rossi and the squad were able to make the situation quite unpredictable in the last minutes. Big thanks to Llorente, you really made this match end unexpectedly. Yes, at least, Roma didn't lose this time. He really saved Roma at this time.


Source: Fiorentina vs Roma - draw 2-2

Another good result for De Rossi.

Since he joined he got all wins, 1 loss and 1 tie.


They already forgot Mou.

Llorente became a hero for Roma this week because with his goal at 90+5, Roma managed to get 1 point in today's match.
Roma played well when more daring to display open offensive schemes and play the ball longer but this match was a little less enjoyable because both clubs had poor finishing that made opportunities wasted.

I think Roma will lose this match because looking at the remaining time and their difficulties that cannot get good momentum like signaling that they will lose points but fortunately Llorente became a good super sub in today's match.
1 point for a tough match I think it's still very good for Roma this week even though they should be able to get 3 points if the opportunities they have are well completed.

The win against Bologna was not cheap at all for Inter Milan, they were playing away and his match helped this team to be even in the better situation and far from the first place in the table. Now Inter Milan got 75 points while the closest team got only 59 points and is this amazing for Inter Milan. They had a good enough performance to say the season is over for them and it's better for Inter Milan to think about the Chmpanios League matches instead of other Serie A games because here in the Serie A table, they have an awesome situation.
Now if Inzaghi gives some more rest to their players, they can again have perfect performances in the Chmpanios League like we saw from them during the last season when they were in the final Match playing against Manchester City.