Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 765. (Read 856067 times)

Indeed. In fact, previously, I had ignored Milan because the club's performance had dropped quite drastically at that time. And makes us think, oh never mind, there is no hope for Milan anymore. However, as time went by, when Juventus started to fall, Milan was in fact able to rise again. Yes, even though AC Milan will not get the Schudetto trophy this season, their position as runners up is quite good. Moreover, when Milan took over Juventus' position, this was quite dramatic in the end.

And this position should still persist. Because in the next match, AC Milan's opponent is Fiorentina while Juventus is vs Lazio. Indeed, Fiorentina is not a small team, in fact they are often troublesome and strong. But on the other hand, Lazio for Juventus will also be quite burdensome.

And what's unique is, the four clubs will compete to the best of their ability, because after all, the four clubs are also fighting for top position. If they lose, then they will be taken over by another club that wins. Unless their fellow rival loses, that's fine, it will end the same way.

Sometimes, even though a team has a good performance, there are things that are missing from their view. It's possible that Milan is currently ahead of Juventus in the standings, but as you said, they have conceded so many goals and that is a serious problem, especially for a big team. Maybe even though Milan often concede goals, they have a reliable squad so this is not a problem because they can always be productive.

But the most fearful thing is if a player experiences a decline in performance and this is caused by many factors. It seems like Milan doesn't want that to happen and they have to avoid this problem as much as possible. Well, defensive players are one of the important keys so that they don't concede too many goals because the defense also has to be strong even though their attack line is always productive. I think Pioli is also preparing a list of players they are ready to recruit at the end of the season.

During the weeks they played the Champions League Competition, they was totally lost as if they have never played football during the group stage of the UEFA Champion's League Competition.
Amongst them, I've seen players from Chelsea who moved down that ends improving. Both Oliver Giroud, Christan Pulisic and lastly Loftus Cheek all have improved from the way they do play when they was with Chelsea. Made the pressure too much was highly on Pioli and he needed to fail to get some valuable lessons.

They shouldn't look at just the defenders. The defensive midfielder role is also important as they would be able to shield up the defenders all through the gane and more.
Juventus will definitely come to mutual agreement with Max Allegri so they could terminate his contact.

Acmilan was not missing an opportunity to secure a spot in the UCL next season. Who knows if a coincidence is happening here. Juventus performed very well when Acmilan was bottling so many games, but this time, Milan did very well in so many matches while Juventus bottled some matches.
It seemed to me that Juventus's loss against Intermilan was totally impacting their performance. The players had mental breakdowns, which also prevented them from giving their best performance. It was unbelievable to see how Juventus climbed very fast and is now dropping so fast as well.


Milan lacks good defenders and midfielders. I can't really trust RLC. It's time for AC Milan to revamp its defenders because they have consistently performed so poorly this season. I'm still wondering what's wrong with Juventus right now.
The club's performance is even more pathetic than before. The fans should force the club to sack Allegri as soon as possible before they miss the chance to participate in UCL. This is a horrible performance from Juventus.

Juventus may be done this season if it gets out of the competition to get a UCL spot. The fact that if i have seen that many times juventus is bottling the games at the end of season. This can be the last chance for allegri to ensure his club goes to the UCL next season.
This is the last time Allegri stays in Juventus and the club will sack him soon.

Changing the head coaches is not always good and Juventus might or might not get sweet results like Roma if they sack Allegri and hire a new head coach. This will be like their big decision and somewhat a bet that a head coach will manage the team better than Allegri. They can do many research before hiring a new coach but it is always risky change in their club.

The bottom line is whether biggest problems in their club now are from their head coach (Allegri) or from their players?

Answering this well, they will find possible best solution to end their crisis.

Thiago Motta is doing well with Bologna two latest seasons especially this season but will he succeed if he takes over the head coach position at Juventus?

No one knows. We saw big failure of young coaches like Nageslman, Andre Villa-Boas in the past when they moved to big clubs.

and yes football is a strange place to see strange things
as soon as you get distracted your opponent is ready to kill you, rightly it's a competition
I would try to hold on to 3rd place, they risk being knocked out of the Champions League if they don't wake up   

It looks like Allegri really needs to be replaced from Juventus. The reason is that currently Juventus' performance looks increasingly uncertain. In fact, as you said, this season Juventus can be much more focused than other clubs in Serie A. Apart from that, Juventus also currently has a number of players who are performing very well. But unfortunately Allegri couldn't take advantage of all that and Juventus currently has no hope of becoming Serie A champions. So the best solution is for Juventus to change its coach, like AS Roma did a few weeks ago. Because, for example, Allegri will continue to coach Juventus next season. Of course this is not the right thing to do.

And from the news that I know, it is said that Thiago Motta is rumored to be the one who will replace Allegri's position at Juventus.

Source: https://www.bola.net/amp/italia/thiago-motta-sosok-sempurna-untuk-mulai-era-baru-di-juventus-92fefd.html

Maybe that is a really good idea. Because currently Thiago Motta has quite good achievements at Bologna. But this is still just a rumor, so whether it will happen or not can't be confirmed yet.

Milan have done a really good job by taking advantage of Juventus' bad form recently. They are at the second position now after this. I find their productivity quite decent this season compared to their nearest opponents like Juventus and Bologna. The main problem is more related to Milan's defending. They have conceded 33 goals in 29 games. 

They can actually solve this problem by transferring better defenders this summer. They spent 100 million+ euros in total for transfers last summer if I'm not wrong. They should focus on their defense line more next time they make transfers. If they conceded much less goals than this now they could have been in the title race.

Yes, Allegri is having a bad day with Juventus, it seems like something went wrong in the dressing room which has an impact on his performance on the pitch. The Old Lady has dropped quite a lot of points recently with only one win in the eight matches she has played, which is a very ironic achievement.

Previously I thought that Juventus this season would be a Scudetto contender and of course that was quite reasonable because they only focused on local competitions, but the reality is far from expectations and is now far behind Inter Milan. Therefore, it is appropriate for Juventus management to take quick action by overhauling the entire team for better targets.

Allegri could not deliver what was expected, especially in the last 2 months. Juventus, who had lost points in almost all of their 2-month matches, was on the field. I expected a better performance from them this year because they had the opportunity to rest more while their opponents were tired by playing European matches. They failed again and I think Allegri should quit team now.

Indeed, it is certain that Juventus will not be able to catch up with Inter Milan, which currently has 76 points, with difference of 15 points from Juventus and this is very big difference.
Juventus only hope is to try and fight hard to win runners-up.
In the future, they must be more consistent with stable performance to prevent Bologna from taking over the 3rd position which is currently occupied by Juventus, although many people are starting to doubt Juventus, but I am sure they can do it by fighting for runners-up.
Nothing is impossible if there is determination and also making amends for several mistakes that have occurred so that Juventus must learn from experience and achieve more wins in the existing matches to finish this season competition.
Seeing Juventus developing well, I have little hope for them to remain in 2nd or 3rd position and try to get UCL ticket next season because this season they lost their ticket because of mistakes they made last season.

Moreover, Bologna is not strong team, although I admit that Bologna is team with pretty good defense.
Bologna chance to overtake Juventus is when they meet but I still believe Juventus will be able to beat them.

I believe you will understand if the team's components include more than just the coach, right?. You must consider other components such as players and management. These factors also hav impacts on the club's performance. It was not right to point fingers at one party when other parties contributed to Juventus' poor performance. Many times the coach has tried to do his best but since the players were not able to fulfill his expectations and what's next? It means more evaluations needs to be done by all of parties involved in the team. It doesn't really matter how many times you blamed the coach but if players keep to perform so poorly and this is the main problem.
I had high expectations for this club, but numerous issues have occurred frequently with Juventus. Have you ever seen how poorly or well the players performed? How good is Juventus's management?

It's really wrong when you blame the coach while disregarding other components who contributed significantly to the club's performance like the players especially . If you watched the match carefully, you are probably aware that the players are also the main issue here.
They are playing the game incompetently. I will blame all the components contributing to Juventus' poor results. The problems that Juventus faced occurred when the club was losing to Intermilan. Following this, the club began to play extremely poorly.
The players' mentality will be questioned. A club with strong mentality will only focus on winning the competition; however, if this club is unable to do so, lowering the target has become the best option. UCL remains the main target for Juventus.
Juventus had been playing well since the beginning of the season.

Is it realistic to consider probability that Juventus will take over the first position from Inter Milan whilst they already lost a second position to AC Milan. Juventus held the second position for some months but now they are 3 points less than AC Milan and have to chase AC Milan to take the second position back.

AC Milan with 14 points less than Inter Milan and Juventus with 17 points less than Inter Milan, they both have no chance to catch Inter Milan. What they need to do is defend their second and third positions whist using rest matches of this season as trials and preparations for their next season.

They can do it with a task to secure their positions at the season ending. Trials and preparations for next season are good only if they won't lose their positions in top four.

14 difference points and with only 9 matches remaining i think it's hard for Milan or even Juventus can taking over first place from Inter Milan moreover Inter Milan is too consistent compared to them and Inter Milan last loses in Serie A was happened on September last year and since that Inter Milan was unstoppable because they almost can beat their opponents for each matches and after eliminate in Champion League Inter Milan will playing at Serie A only so they can be more focus to secured first place and probably gets the Scudetto before this season ended

I know it's too early but i have to says Juventus and Milan should be give up to pursuing Inter Milan because there is no chance for them to compete with Inter Milan for the scudetto but both teams still can fight for runner up place i think this is the most realistic target for Milan and Juventus especially Juventus that currently they are not in the good shape with gets several unsatisfactory results from their recent matches so if Juventus want to taking over runner up place from Milan i think they should be bounce back immediatelly but Juventus still have any chances to gets the trophy from other competition because after international break Juventus will fight against Lazio at semifinal Coppa Italy

Juventus actually did not play badly at the beginning of the season, even at the beginning of the season Juventus was able to continue to compete with Inter Milan, but I don't know what happened just towards the middle of the season they had to continue to lose points and make Juventus out of the scudetto competition as it is today, the number of points that have now been lost will of course be difficult for Juventus to stay in 4th place in the Serie A standings,  Moreover, they now only have 9 more matches remaining including against Lazio, Fiorentina, Roma, Milan and even Bologna who are starting to target their current position.

I personally doubt if Juventus will be able to maintain their position from bologna  in the top 4 if they continue to lose points later, especially their remaining matches will mostly have to face big teams and if they want to stay in the Champions League zone then Juventus should not be able to lose one pound point including when they have to face strong teams like Milan and Roma,  At the moment I think to make changes at Juventus of course determination is not enough, because after all many Juventus problems now require immediate action by the club management.

logically it is impossible and for example the point difference is only 10 points not 17 points, still Juventus will not be able to catch up with that point difference in the remainder of this match.
everyone here must already know and have said the same thing, no matter what Juventus is chasing, Inter will still be the leader at the end of the season when Inter no longer has a match schedule in the UCL, they can definitely focus more on every series A match.
there is no longer an excuse if Juventus is not consistent, it is possible that they will not only lose the runner up position but will also lose the top 3 position because Bologna is right below Juventus with a difference of only 5 points and is quite easy to shift.

But why was Juventus able to play well and consistently at the start of the season while towards the end Juventus experienced a decline? Even though this problem has occurred since the start of the season, it has not affected Juventus' performance and competition with Inter for the top spot. Then, if it's not Allegri's fault, who should be blamed in this case? because the coach is the one who has full responsibility for his team and if the team doesn't meet the target then the coach will most likely be fired. Juventus is an elite team and should be able to perform well like other elite teams, while Juventus itself does not have a busy schedule this season.

I also support Juventus But they are many points behind Inter. I am confused as to how they will become champions after overcoming that point gap. Milan is ahead of them by 3 points, it is not a problem, they can overcome this gap, but how can they overcome Inter's 17 point gap? So I think Inter have a lot of potential to win titles.  It will not be possible for any team to overtake Inter now

Comparison with the points gap between 1st and 2nd or 3rd standings position, Serie A competition still not excited yet and the same last season fighting race where Napoli more dominance and lead the first position with many points left. In this season Inter Milan are close forward for winning Scudetto behind 14 points left and seems over for Milan stopping Inter become the winner.
Inconsistency performance with the rival teams such Milan, Juventus make easily for Inter taking three points on every match, just last match against Napoli Inter had loss three points but still manage the first standings behind 14 points left.
I don't sure with Milan and Juventus keep consistent until 9 matches left and Inter not have to work hard for winning the Scudetto in this season just waiting the failure of AC Milan and Juventus securing three points.

I was seeing Juventus like the team that will win this title this season, because they where very close to Inter in the Italian league competition table before other teams begin to defeated Juventus to reduce their points and strength never to continue with the second position in the tournament. I think, Juventus are experiencing some challenges in their midfield and if their manager fail to work on it , it may stop Juventus not to improve in their remaining matches because they are going to meet strong teams in their remaining matches. If Juventus manager can work hard to correct some things that will make the players to start acting like the way they started the season well to be in a higher position.