Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 636. (Read 851016 times)

The scudetto is a fight for elite teams this season. Napoli are ranked 8th position on the Seria A table this season, really one of the worst stats coming from an elite team this season. Napoli will continue to record poor results in matches, you want to know why? The former coach, Luciano Spalleti left the club in no solid hands that will produce good results, instead he exits the club and they're fighting essentially to accumulate three points against mediocre opponents.

Chance for Premier League to beat Bundesliga and get a second position is like chance for Bayern Munich to win against Leverkusen in Bundesliga weeks ago and finally we saw Leverkusen already officially become a new champion of Bundesliga.

At highest levels like Champions League, a match then a battle can change a lot by very minor differences. Getting five spots for Champions League will help clubs in a league have very good opportunity to play there and also improve their finance.

This is big opportunity that is wanted by many clubs so I don't underestimate importance of the fifth spot for Serie A, Bundesliga or Premier League. This new term of UEFA will force clubs in big leagues, have to be more seriously with every of their matches in European tournaments. Because if they get bad results, it will affect their league ranking and their club's chance to join European tournaments in future seasons.

That's right, Alberto Dossena's position will definitely be very pressured from the coach's side and from his teammates at Cagliari. Cagliari should have managed to win this match, only in the last minute Alberto Dossena made a very fatal mistake. There is a possibility that Alberto Dossena will end his contract and leave Cagliari so that he doesn't feel pressured anymore. In the next match, Cagliari will meet Genoa, whose position is superior to Cagliari. It seems that for Cagliari this match will be a little more difficult than I imagined.

Talking about Juventus, they were a complete failure and they had a good opportunity in this season but they lost it. I think Juventus could even win the Serie A title if they had a better coach than Allegri but they didn't have one. They lose many points and the 2-2 result is one of these games they easily lose the point.
Now the main target for Juventus should be taking the Champions League ticket for the next season. Sure they need to get Allegri fired from this team, maybe Conte can be a good option for them since he had a perfect performance when he was working on Juventus before.

I actually commended Cagliari even tho they weren't equally performing as much as Juventus were performing, they were actually doing so well that i would say for an average team like them they were doing well already and it's quite a fair one for them and they would most likely be able to get more off the league of they are able to maintain good form and very importantly be consistently improving.

Juventus has just inconsistency as their major probably this season because for them getting a draw against Cagliari i see itas a loos because that's such a team that they should on a normal day be able to beat without any form of stress because they are no equals on any level, they are not equal in strength or even depth yet Juventus allowed them to have a draw of which they would have been able to prevent. If Cagliari continues in this form it's very possible that by next season they will be able to achieve even more before the end of the season even if is finishing top four.

Sharing point is now something Juventus have to settle for and for me it's actually not a nice thing to see because i actually saw the first half of the game and after that i felt Juventus was going to win because the Early minutes of the first half was such that Juventus was able to show some dominance and possession of the ball before their opponent later got hold of the ball a few times.

Failing to beat a struggling team Empoli was another disappointing outing for the defending champions. They had more than 90 minutes to level the goal but they failed to secure a point. Their hope of featuring in the UEFA Champions League next season has been dampened. Alberto Cerri's goal was the difference between the two teams and Nicolo Cambiaghi would have gotten the second goal for Empoli. The host needed this win to enable them to stay clear of relegation and they are not four points above it now.

I can't just explain what is going on with Napoli, they seem to be disorganized in the attack. Victor Osimhen is not getting good balls instead most of the players prefer to go for goals and it's not helping the team. They created few chances and will have to win more games if they want at least to be in a European competition. They have dropped to eighth position, which is six points below the rejuvenated Roma.

Juventus recent performances and results has been very poor this season which I think many people never predicted at the start of the season because of how impressive they were. I was watching their game against Cagliari last night but had to switch chanel when the host team went 2 goals up in the first half because that wasn't what I expected. Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri was looking like a man who doesn't know what to do to improve his team's performance in the game but when I checked the final scoreline of the game, I was surprised to see that the Old Ladies of Turin were able to get a draw from the game.
With the result, the battle for who finishes in the top four of the Italian Serie A is now open for third placed Juventus, fourth place Bologna and fifth placed Roma and if Juventus continues with their poor results, they might finish the season out of the top four zone

The latest defeat suffered by Napoli has made things even worse, where the defending Serie A champions are now finding it increasingly difficult to finish in the European zone. Losing to Empoli is difficult to take for granted, because Napoli should have been able to secure full points easily. Empoli have a much worse performance than Napoli, and they are not far from the degradation zone.

Napoli fate towards the end of the season is getting worse, their next match against Roma looks like they will lose points again. Changing coaches several times did not make Napoli develop for the better, of course there was something wrong at the club. In fact, a number of players in their main squad are legacy players from Spalletti, who last season both won the Scudetto.

With the current conditions, it makes sense why there are many rumors circulating about one of Napoli best players, Osimhen, where the Nigerian player is said to be leaving next season. The price set by Napoli management for the player is very high, but I don't think clubs like PSG or Chelsea mind spending large amounts of money.

Calm and confident, Juventus doesn’t feel an urgent need to pick up more points in the top four. They trust that no other club will be able to take their place this season. Juventus feels there is no cause for worry since they can still make it to the Champions League next year even if a strong competitor like Cagliari plays well in the first half. They feel very sure of themselves even though they aren’t very strong.

Having a lead of five points ahead of Bologna and no considerable pressure from their opponents, Juventus seems to be in no hurry to secure a win. Coach Allegri is known for being a tactical mastermind  and it appears that he has carefully weighed the risks and opportunities on the table, thus concluding that the probability of advancing to the Champions League is quite promising for them, so they didn’t put everything at stake.

To score an own goal is never nice to see, and it also affects a player's morale, and I don't think teammates and coach will put pressure on Alberto Dossena, that would destroy a player morally. For Cagliari to get a point against Juventus is the equivalent of a win, it was not easy for them and due to two trivial mistakes they missed the win, but they will have the chance to make up for it in the next match.

You sound a little funny but that is the fact. Juventus is not fighting to see how they can add more points to their points, because they feel that no club will be able to push them out of the top four position this season. I don't know why they feel very comfortable in their weak performance or is this the best that they can display.

Assuming Cagliari was able to play the way that they ayed in the first half, and they were careful enough not to cause that own goal, Juventus would have lost all three points. Bologna is five points behind Juventus, and Bologna is not putting pressure on winning their games to threaten Juventus of their position. It seems Allegri have done his calculations, and noticed that it will be impossible for Juventus not to be in the Champions League next season, and that is why they are reluctant in winning their matches.

Empoli  1-0 Napoli

Napoli's situation is not good. Each game becomes more distant from getting a place that allows them to play in European competitions, in 5 games Napoli only had 1 victory. It's a very big crisis that Napoli is going through and the strangest thing is that they have the same squad they tested last season when they became champions. It's true that they've changed coaches many times this season, but that shouldn't be as disastrous as it is. when I see the table



I'm wondering how it's possible that a team that won series A with a huge points advantage over its opponents and continues with the same squad of players, just has another coach, is not in the top 4 of the table and is very far from the top team, are more than 20 points behind the leader of the table. next season they will not play in European competitions. So what happened to Napoli to make them decline so much? In my opinion, it was that they didn't choose a good coach to continue the good work done by the coach who won the title. Unfortunately, Napoli's management did not make good choices of coaches. Now they need to keep researching the coaches market so they can make a good choice for next season.

cagliari 2 - 2 juventus

Honestly, I'm wondering what to expect from Juventus next season? every season Juventus has not been able to win Serie A in recent years. But the scariest thing is that while in other teams, when the team is not doing well, there are soon rumors about the coach being fired and games later the rumor is confirmed. But in the case of Juventus, even though they have no chance of winning Serie A, even though they are always playing poorly, there is still no rumor about the Juventus coach being fired. This means that next season we will see the same thing as in other seasons: Junventus with no chance of winning the title

Asides the Copa Italia this season, there's no other outside contest Juventus will be a part of. They're aimed at securing the Serie A trophy even if Inter won't make it easy for them. The battle will be intense too and so many game wins are expected from both teams.
 
 Their last win is certain in the Copa Italia contest and they'd advance to the finals, although, they'll be rivaled with Roma who are also fierce to bag the trophy. So I'd say that this season, Juventus two trophy chances are just slim and with extra effort, the odds are either they take both or take one or take none. Thankfully , they were able to win and advance to the next stage of the Copa Italia. We anticipate how their next fixture for the contest would turn out. Let's see how the next months would unfold till the season is wrapped up.

 Well the party is over already and now Juventus have had some poor results which wasn’t expected though but they’re a football team and football is a game. I think the fans should take it easy as they don’t expect to have great results match in and out as this same Allegri have also won for them the Scudetto and they should know that the league is quite competitive and other teams also want to shine. Spaletti is said to be one of the huge favorites to replace Allegri and I think that’s not a great option right now though except he’s mentally ready.

 For the Italian teams at the moment, they'll be focusing their strength on the domestic Serie A league and they ought to be doing excellently well in it. Especially Juventus, they've even had a greater chance of being far ahead in the standings than the likes of Inter Milan because for others, after the league games, they'd still have to play the continental tournament and this will definitely affect players' physical capabilities too.

The new rules really benefit the teams in the top five of the standings and what can be seen at the moment is that AS Roma has entered the Champions League zone. This is of course very good for them because they don't have to fight to get to the top four positions anymore, although it is still possible for the top five positions to be overtaken again by teams in the top six. But for AS Roma, I think they will continue to stay in the top five until the end of this season.

From the performance of Juventus, yes I doubt if they can overtake AC Milan to take the second place in the league table and from their performance it's even difficult to pick them as the team that can finish ahead of Bologna in the league, Juventus is finding it difficult to win matches how can they get pass a team that is 5 points ahead of them, they really need to be careful not to lose out in the top4 position because foem the current position of Bologna and Roma, it is still possible for Juventus to go back to the 5th position and Bologna and Roma take over the 3rd and 4th position because Juventus is 5points ahead of Bologna and they have played games than Bologna so if they drop more points Bologna will find it easy to take the 3rd position while Juventus falls back to the 4th position and seeing the current form of Roma, they look like a team that can't lose matches till the end of the season and if that happens they may have the chances of reclaiming the 4th position from Juventus and they will be left with the option of going to the Europa league. Juventus should not fight to overtake AC Milan they should fight to improve their performance and to secure their position in the league because it is not over yet.

Recently, Bologna is experiencing a decline in performance, they have not even been able to win the last 2 matches. Meanwhile, on the other hand, Roma, I'm sure is in pretty good mental condition and motivation. They've been pretty consistent so far. It's just that, sometimes, they don't really dominate in the match. Well, this will be quite a match, apart from Roma who still have 1 match in hand, the distance between Roma and Bologna is quite small. Jaid, there is indeed an opportunity for Roma to take over. And maybe this is a big opportunity for them.

Once again, embarrassing results came from Napoli. In these 5 matches, they were only able to win once. the rest, it's just draws and even some losses. It's quite sad to see their declining performance. They were not only unable to defend the Schudetto title, but were not even able to enter the European League qualifying zone. What a sad season for the owner of last season's Serie A title after being abandoned by Spalletti.

Juventus inability to get full three points in their last two games won’t stop them from qualifying for the champions league competition next season. They’ve really done well this season and that’s what is paving way for them to compliment for their lack of getting all full three points. They should just rely on that only, they should try their best and win all of their matches left to played this season.


Going from winning the Serie A title to finishing below fourth position on the table is not a good one for a team like Napoli. This season have been a very poor one for them i must say and the sacking of their coach and bringing a new one didn’t bring any positive change to the performance of the team. If they finish on 7th position, they won’t even get to play in the Europa League, the league below UCL, but play in the league below Europa League. This is not a good way to end the season if they knew.

But still, basically even if one league gets more slots to play in the Champions League, but the fact remains that there is no guarantee that Serie A teamswill manage to win the Champions League trophy. Unless, for example, Premier League teams get more slots toplay in the Champions League,then I think Premier League teams can really pose a threat in the Champions League. Indeed, at themoment the Premier League teams have been knocked out of the Champions League as well as the Europa League,but in my mind the Premier League teams stillhave the betterquality in the tough competition of the Champions League.Butyes, let's wait and see if that decision will be the final one, because it will be interesting to prove the chances that the 5 Serie A teams have in the Champions League next season.

2 penalties and 1 own goal graced the match this time and actually it was a lucky thing for Juventus because in the crucial minutes they managed to get an equalizer even though it happened from an own goal.

VAR seems to be the enemy for Juvnetus because for this match 2 VARs where penalties and offside goals make them feel quite frustrated should be but indeed on the other hand for this match is also still proof that in the end Juventus still can not make their performance on the field improve.
In this match their possession of the ball is not in doubt but on the other hand in terms of the quality of attack and anticipation when they get a quick counterattack it is quite bad.
In addition, their finishing still has problems that make Juventus very difficult in today's match even though their opponent is Cagliari, which in fact is a club whose quality is still below them.
Although their position in the top 3 is still safe but still things like this should be avoided because Juventus should be able to win in today's match.

Cagliari could even win, but could not maintain the winning score for only a few minutes. Juventus performance no longer raises any surprise, and I’m surprised how, with such a game, they still manage to stay in third place. But here it is also worth noting that Bologna in the last two matches cannot score against rather weak opponents, and thanks to this, Juventus retains its place. So, Serie A is a weak championship if Juventus calmly maintains its place in the top 4 with such a game.