Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 597. (Read 849554 times)

I actually saw that draw coming because it's not easy to defeat a team like Roma by that number of goals and not get fatigued after it. They were even lucky to secure a point because in the game, Udinese seemed desperate to salvage something of the game for the team and this is understandable that they came all out with guns blazing since they are relegation bound and they would be hoping to at least win or draw their remaining games to at least escape the drop zone.
Atalanta has been a force to reckon with in the Serie A but for some time have been off and on. I'd say they regained their winning streak after embarrassing Liverpool and if you observed they have been on a joyride ever since that encounter. I didn't see Empoli to be much of a problem to a team gunning for a slot at the champions league and I'd be careful if I were Bologna since any slip can cause them their coveted spot by either Roma or Atalanta but I won't worry my head over Roma since the clubs seems a bit like they are struggling at the moment.

Even though Atalanta is currently 2 points behind Roma who are in 5th place, Atalanta actually has a chance to reclaim 5th place. Because currently Atalanta has only played 33 matches. Meanwhile, Roma has played 34 matches. But the decision will probably take place when Atalanta will face Roma directly in Week 36.

And yes, both of them have almost the same quality at the moment. And both of them are also struggling in the European League. Namely in the Europa League semi-finals. It would be very interesting if in the end it turned out that Atalanta and Roma advanced to the Final in the Europa League.

The second match will be played at Atalanta's home ground and Atalanta is a bit behind that, now Atalanta is only 2 points behind and indeed this match will be decisive for both of them in the fight for 5th position.

If we look at Atalanta's overall performance now it has improved drastically compared to the start of the season and these two teams, Atalanta and Roma are also both focused on the semifinals of the Europa League and indeed their competition in the Serie A standings will be more interesting because both teams have quality. which is almost the same and also has the same focus.

Napoli, since their coach Spalletti left, has not been good this season, which is why it is important for Napoli to find the best coach next season because they have faced many failures this season, playing inconsistently and it seems that this season alone they have often changed coaches but have had no impact. whatever this season so that it doesn't put Napoli in a good position and is even only in the top 10 of the standings and also doesn't help them finish in the top four.

It seems that there is no chance for them to finish in the European zone and a lot needs to be completely overhauled to make major changes, therefore they have to let go of the failures they experienced this season with grace, and at the same time it will probably be bitter history after that. got the Scudetto in the season then slumped again this season, I'm sure some of Napoli's current important players will definitely leave this team because of course they have to find a new team that is really good next season, Napoli doesn't seem to be able to be saved again if It doesn't make a complete change and it certainly won't change for the better.

Roma and Atalanta will have a direct match to decide their fifth position and it will be a very important match for both.

Roma will have very severe matches ahead with their opponents are Leverkusen, Juve, Leverkusen, Atalanta. They can win or lose to Leverkusen and will continue or be out of Europa League but in Serie A, if they have bad results in two matches with Juventus and Atalanta, they will lose a ticket to Champions League.

De Rossi will have some very stressful matches ahead that will decide his first season with Roma as a successful one or a failure.

Juventus are so close to be left behind by Bologna in the standings as well. After a terrible finishing against Milan I was expecting for that to happen actually but Bologna wasted the chance. Of course top 5 teams are going to qualify for the Champions League anyway but this still doesn't change the fact that Juventus haven't had a good season. 

Napoli also got away more from top 7 by getting a 2-2 draw against Roma. The gap is 5 points and Fiorentina are also between. I don't feel like Napoli will manage to qualify for a tournament from now on. Their recent form is horrible and there is no hope with this poor level performance.

After Juventus played out a goalless draw against AC Milan in Saturday, I was expecting fourth placed Bologna and fifth placed Roma to actually capitalize on the result to close their points difference behind Juventus but none of them were able to get a win against their opponents yesterday. For Roma, I think their own result against last season winners of the league Napoli was a bit fair considering the fact that Napoli is a very strong squad but for a team like Bologna that was playing at home, I expected them to easily get all three points against Udinese but they failed to do that. I think it's becoming clearer than Juventus are very likely to finish the season in the top four of the Italian Serie A but what I don't think is achievable at the moment is for Roma to finish the season in the top four. Bologna's result would've had more effects on them if Roma had won at Napoli but since that didn't happen, Bologna I think can still hang on to remain in the top four

With Atalanta condition towards the end of the season, I am optimistic that they can overtake Roma in 5th place in the standings. Atalanta needs 3 full points in the 34th match, so Roma must go down by 1 point.

On the other hand I also like Roma performance in the hands of De Rossi, where during the time he was appointed as coach there were many changes, especially in terms of attack effectiveness, this is also a strong reason that Roma meeting in the Europa League against Leverkusen was fate. Both were coached by figures who had a positive impact on attracting attention to see the two teams competing in strategy on the field. Everyone hopes that Atalanta will be the only team that can break Levekusen dominance, because until now in the hands of Xabi Alonso this club has never lost once. If Atalanta is successful the impact in the future will be quite big, especially for De Rossi who can beat Xabi Alonso tactics.

Even though they had locked the Scudetto the previous week, Inter were still trying to continue to secure full points, at least to increase the number of points they had. Their next 4 matches are also fairly easy, it feels like Inzaghi team doesn't want to lose momentum to continue maintaining their positive record, where so far Inter have only experienced one defeat.

Regarding Roma chances of finishing in the top four of the standings, Roma is currently having difficulty trying to achieve this, the draw against Napoli has hindered their future progress. Bologna is still quite consistent, they have a 4 point difference from Roma, and it is very likely that Bologna will succeed in securing a ticket to the Champions League next season. But on their way to closing the season, Bologna steps were more difficult than Roma.

On the other hand, Napoli fate this season has been quite unlucky, where they have never been able to consistently improve their performance. Napoli must try not to fall out of the top 10 in the standings, and currently their chances of finishing in the European zone seem very slim. This season there is nothing to say about Napoli, they have to find a suitable coach next season to become a Scudetto challenging team again.

Slowly but surely now Atlanta is starting to try to compete for a better position in the league, the victory over Monza certainly gives hope for Atlanta to be able to compete again for a place in the Champions League zone next season, a 2-0 victory over Monza and a draw obtained by Roma and also Bologna in other matches certainly still provide opportunities for Atlanta even though this season only has 4 games left,  To finish the season in the Champions League of course Atlanta have to win every game they have because after all they have easier games left than Roma and Bologna at the moment, I think this season Atlanta is a little late to be consistent because they have wasted a lot of points in the middle of the season.

Atlanta currently has a more busy schedule than Rome and Bologna, so I think Atlanta should still be able to focus on getting Champions League tickets next season, Coppa Italia and also Europa League this season, two competitions for trophies are still going on and Atlanta should be able to maintain the performance and stamina of their players well to be able to get both trophies,  I think this season has been the best season for Atlanta because surprise by reaching the Coppa Italia final and also the semi-finals of the Europa League.

That is quite bad for Sassuolo because from season to season they are getting worse and the peak is this season where it is only a matter of time before they are finally confirmed to be relegated along with Salernitana and another team is still uncertain because several teams have a small difference in points. If Sassuolo can immediately improve their team, maybe they will only be in Serie B for one season, but returning to Serie A is not easy for any team.
Fiorentina's four goals against Sassuolo in just 12 minutes so it was like a disaster for Sassuolo even though they could score goals but couldn't prevent Sassuolo from a crushing defeat, judging from the statistics this was a one-sided match where Fiorentina had complete control of the match, and Sassoulo is so far the second team with the most goals conceded after Salernitana.

I also think that Bologna underestimated Udinese too much in the first half so they made a lot of mistakes and the Bologna players received a red card when they were 1 goal behind, fortunately Bologna still managed to equalize even though they had lost 1 point and indeed the overall strength Bologna is much stronger than Udinese but they made many mistakes of their own so they were unable to win at home against a weaker team.
However, for Bologna, Roma also got a draw in the other match, so the point gap between the two has not changed and Bologna is still safe enough to still be able to finish in the top 4.

It was a big mistake to Bologna in that match, because they have what it takes to win that match but they look at Udinese as a weak team that doesn't have strength to withstand them in their home, but it was a surprised for Udinese player to first Bologna players to scored a goal in the first half. Bologna  player got a red card from the match that made the match became tough for Bologna to equalize in the second half, but their manager made some changes that gave more strength for Bologna to gain access to Udinese goalpost to scored the equalized goal at 78 minutes to draw the match 1-1. Atalanta use home advantage to defeated empoli 2-0 to achieved three points from them, and Roma failed to achieve victory from Napoli, because the two teams stood on their ground to make the match draw and the match ended up draw 2-2 for the two teams to share points.

Atalanta are still very consistent with the good results they have achieved and this time they are still continuing their positive trend after beating Monza with a score of 2 goals without reply. It seems that Atalanta has never given up at all in the competition for a place in European competition and even though they experienced setbacks some time ago, now they are much better.

Meanwhile, Monza continues to experience a negative trend and still hasn't won a single win in its last 5 matches. I thought at first they could be relied on enough to fill a place in European competitions but it seems I was wrong and again they remain a weak team that sometimes lacks stability in competition. But if this defeat continues, the most worrying thing is that they could fall into the relegation zone. Even though this opportunity is very small, it is still very worrying for Monza.

The battle for fourth place in the standings will remain fierce until the end of the season, but in my opinion Bologna is the club with the most potential to finish in the Champions League zone at the end of the season. Roma is currently 4 points adrift of Bologna, indeed the point difference could be reduced again if Bologna loses the remaining matches, but on condition that Roma itself must be able to consistently achieve full points. In fact, Bologna future opponents are Torino, Napoli, Juventus and finally Genoa, and on paper Bologna performance is slightly better than these 4 clubs, so Roma's chances of breaking into the top four of the standings are quite low.

With Atalanta recovering and trying to be consistent, Roma should be more alert to the threats they pose in the future. In De Rossi efforts to bring his squad to a clean sweep of all the remaining matches in the future, Atalanta is one of the opponents that must be faced, and has the potential to make Roma drop in ranking. Atalanta has surprising strength, which they showed when they eliminated Liverpool in the Europa League. De Rossi must be able to stabilize the team so that it does not lose balance in the European League and in Serie A, or you can also choose to prioritize one of them after weighing the opportunities they have for themselves.

another heavy defeat for Sassuolo, now their history in the serie A seems to be over for at least next year.

At this point with three/four matches remaining it seems very unlikely that they will remain in Serie A.
Salernitana has already been relegated, Sassuolo will probably be relegated and the last to be relegated could be Udinese.

Bologna and Roma was lost points today because they were unable to beat their opponents and playing draw but i think a bit dissapoint to see Bologna match result because they have failed to beat Udinese which on the paper Bologna is the favourite but this is interesting because with 4 matches remaining is still possible for Roma to taking over 4th place from Bologna as long as Roma can win all of the remaining matches but Roma upcoming schedules seems very hard because next weekend Roma will facing Juventus even before this match Roma have to fight against Leverkusen at Europa League

For other match finally Atalanta gradually can find their consistency because they were unbeated in the last 3 matches in Serie A and the latest is Atalanta can able to overcomes Empoli with final scores 2-0 and this result too makes them to open their chances to finish at Europa League zone because Atalanta only have 2 points below to Roma which the team from 5th place and Atalanta too still have 1 postponed match and assume they can win from that match then Atalanta will have 60 points

The benchmark for Juventus has been set when they were excluded from all UEFA competitions and were forced to show their best... But they didn't...

I thought that they would try everything to recover from the bad news and maybe win Serie A, or at least set a sign to show that they are back. But my feeling is that they failed.

Actually they need the extra ordinary performance for them to be able to be sure of ending the season with the trophy of which they can actually achieve as they at this point have no other league to get them distracted from the serie A this season so it's not surprising they are putting all their best and are getting the kind of results they are getting already from the league this season, they had kept this record even before they had only the serie A to face


Milan for me will most definitely get to win the trophy, as we saw in the champions league when they were still in the league, rhey has their best performance and actually really did tried but weren't having luck on their side at the moment and so lost the chance at the champions league but then they have next season to try again. Roma seem to be struggling at this point of the league where we were expecting that they will be doing much better than they had been doing in the beginning of the league, they had a poor start actually but along the line they improved a whole lot that got people believing they will do much better but currently i doubt their abilities.

If bologna is very keen to their form a d position, I'm optimistic in the fact that Roma may not be able to get ahead of them in the league this season because they have been able to show much resilience and strength in the league and will be able to defend their position in the few weeks Remaining for the end of the season but Roma has still got next season to still contend again and hope for a chance.

They are indeed intact, no worries about that. But I think that for a very long time they will take a position like Bayern Munich does in Germany. Normally, it would be expected that Juventus Turin will at least deliver a fight, but now the situation is that they don't at all deliver a fight.