Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 805. (Read 851145 times)

It was some careless defending that made Napoli conceive that late equalizer. Angolan winger Zito Luvumbo was been marked by two Napoli defenders who were not well-coordinated which made him grab that late goal. Napoli still has the opportunity to get a Champions League slot if they can improve under coach Francesco Calzona. The club should do more in the defense and the midfield is becoming less creative which has led to a reduction of goal-scoring opportunities. The club will be more focused on the Champions League because it is more important based on prestige and financial benefits.

For Napoli it will already be a great feat to reach sixth position this season, considering that they still have 13 matches to play but still have to face Juventus, Inter, Atalanta, Roma, Fiorentina and Bologna, so to achieve what you think, Napoli should first everything to win against these teams who are in better positions than Napoli and not lose against Sassuolo, Torino, Monza, Frosinone, Udinese, Lecce, Empoli

De Laurentiis demands that every coach can always bring Napoli to victory in every match they play, a reason why he lost Spalletti, Rudi Garacia, Walter Mazzarri. It is possible that Francesco Calzona will also be fired before the season ends, it seems that the Napoli president cannot tolerate defeat at all.

There is no longer any talk of defending the trophy, Osimhen star aura is slowly fading, Napoli is sinking and turning into an average club after winning the Scudetto last season. The European zone seems increasingly difficult to achieve, if they fail to get full points again in the postponed match against Sassuolo, then Torino and Monza will kick them out of the top 10 of the standings.

Napoli next five matches in Serie A, Calzona fleet will face Sassuolo, Juventus, Torino, Inter and Atalanta. I think Napoli will lose points again when facing other big clubs, that is the most difficult period towards the end of the season. Meanwhile, in the Champions League, Napoli chances of winning at home to Barcelona are very low, Calzona cannot bring Napoli back up as De Laurentiis hopes.

Among the 2 teams AS Roma is the least likely to qualify or to be ranked in the top 4 of the standings. That's because they have the lowest points of the other 2 teams. But that does not mean the opportunity is lost from them, they still have a chance with a note that they must be able to maintain their appearance and also further improve it. Now point by point becomes very crucial and it will be very decisive for their position at the end of the standings. De Rossi so far I rate him quite well, although there has been no significant change that he can show. Yes, everything needs a process and I hope he can show a better process in the future.

Yeah, agreed, another thing I have to say it was a great performance from Dybala. 
He got his hat trick and his hat trick was the reason why Roma was able to get three points from this match. 

By the way, not all good they have made some mistakes too, Roma also missed a lot of easy chances.
Towards the start of the match in the 8th minute I believe Roma missed a golden opportunity when they hit the bar.


Whatever, at the end of the day, they got three points and that's what matters.
Actually, they will have to train better to defend corners. They are not doing well to deny aerial threats.

Of course, the defending has to be better from Roma if they want to improve their standing on the table. Still very much possible for Roma to finish in the top four.

After Juventus performed poorly in several matches, the competition for the Serie A title is no longer interesting because Juventus is far behind Inter Milan who are at the top of the standings. Currently what is interesting to follow as you said is the battle for the top four between Bologna, Atalanta and AS Roma.

These three teams still have the same chance, Bologna and Atalanta next week, one of them will have to lose points because the two teams will face each other. Meanwhile, As Roma will face a weak team, namely Monza, so you can be sure that Roma will have the opportunity to overtake Atalanta, even if Atalanta manages to beat Bologna, the difference in points between the three teams will be one. I personally hope AS Roma can penetrate the UCL this season.

At least, Fiorentina managed to avenge the defeat in their first meeting this season because after all, in the head to head record also at least Lazio had good dominance against Fiorentina . Also,at least Lazio still managed to scorefirst in this match, so basically Lazio still has a chance not to lose by Fiorentina. But ya, because maybe Lazio also still needs to make better preparations for the match in the Champion League then ya, maybe that factor makes Lazio unable to maintain the 1-0 score they got in the first half . Because anyway, after Lazio took the lead with a score of 1-0, the fact is that Fiorentina can dominate the match very well, until finally Fiorentina managed to turn things around and managed to beat Lazio after five meetings in Serie A always failed.

Honestly, I would say that Napoli will actually have difficulty even getting close to ranking 4. Just look at the difference in points that Napoli has, which is currently ranked 9th, which only has 37 points and compare it with Bologna who is ranked 4th, which has 48 points. And we can calculate that the difference in points between these two teams is 11 points. And I don't think it's easy for Napoli. So their current focus may only be on improving their performance and not thinking too much about their ranking in the standings. The most important thing is that they can remain in the top 10. And maybe next season they can try even better.

The new coach that Napoli has this season has not been able to match Spalletti's achievements, who succeeded in bringing big changes to Napoli's performance. And yes, this is quite normal. Because all coaches definitely need time to really understand a team.

Of course yeah, they can achieve one of those three positions that you said above, only if they can try their possible best to win their rest matches. We shouldn't also forget that those clubs ahead of Napoli, apart from Lazio and Fiorentina, it will be hard for Napoli to take over from Roma and Bolonga. We can see that since De Rossi took over from Mourinho, the club has been coming up with good performance by winning matches, which make it difficult for Napoli.

Napoli can finally be on the 7th position, because it will be easy for them to be ahead of Lazio and Fiorentina. However, Napoli's performance this season has been very poor compare to what I expected from them as the defending champions, which make me to still be in doubt if Napoli will be able to play and win more games than the ones that they will lose and draw in total. The new coach this season is not that competent for the job.

Lazio really looks very fragile this season in Serie A. And this has been happening since the start of this season. Even in the first leg of the UCL round of 16, I didn't expect Lazio to beat Bayern. Even Bayern didn't have a shot on target in that match. And this is actually due to the good defense that Lazio managed to build.

I'm also confused about how Maurizio Sarri's squad managed to beat Bayern in the first leg of the UCL round of 16. But I'm also not surprised to see Lazio lose to Fiorentina. Because as you said, Fiorentina's defense is actually still better than Lazio's defense. But for UCL I still can't underestimate Lazio. Because last season we saw a surprise with the number of teams from Serie A who managed to qualify from the round of 16. And history could repeat itself.

These three teams still have the opportunity to get 1 remaining ticket to the Champions League next season after the other 3 tickets are confirmed to belong to the big teams in Serie A. Bologna is the team that has the biggest opportunity because they are currently in fourth place in the standings. But they suffered defeat against Cagliari in January. This means they can still underperform for several matches. AS Roma will have to fight hard if they want to get a ticket to the Champions League. I think As Roma have a little chance here. I predict they will return to playing in the European league next season. AS Roma will compete with Atalanta for the European league and Atalanta will compete with Bologna for the champions league. I see that is the exact situation that is happening for now.

Bologna and Atalanta have amazing momentum right now or otherwise I would have said that Roma is on a great way to make it into the top 4, but they have to wait for Atalanta and Bologna to make mistakes. It is actually quite rare that teams in the positions 4 and 5 are so incredibly consistent, but well, hats off to both of them and especially Bologna.

De Rossi has certainly had a positive effect thus far. It is definitely an effect that they were hoping for as they are now good enough to at least keep the chance alive that they can make it into the top 4. I think some weeks ago they would have been happy if someone said they would qualify for the Europa League, but now they can look at the top 4 again, which is quite an achievement.

The top of the standings are boring now. I didn't think that Juventus Turin would suddenly suck that hard. It's a nightmare for Juventus but also for the whole league. Inter Milan is on a different level this season.

even though Lazio was the first to score a goal in this match. But we have to admit that Fiorentina did play much better than Lazio. Fiorentina even managed to create many good opportunities. And unfortunately they don't use it well. Meanwhile, Lazio had quite a difficult time building attacks in this match. Because I think the defense built by Fiorentina looks much better than the defense built by Lazio. So Lazio's defeat was not that surprising. However, this result could also be a sign that Lazio might also lose in the second leg of the UCL last 16 when they visit Bayern's headquarters.

Fiorentina vs Lazio.  Fiorentina team scored 2 goals in today's match. Lazio team scored 1 goal. In the match between the two teams that happened today, I supported Lazio team but Lazio team did not play well. Both teams were almost at the same position in the points table. Fiorentina team is in 7th position and Lazio team is in 7th position.  In the 8th position. If Lazio team could have scored 2 goals in the season match, it would have been a draw but Lazio team could not do that.

Atalanta have one more game in hand and can return to the top 4 if they win. Roma also has a chance, but let's look at their position relative to Bolgni, they are behind them by 4 points, but that's not that much, and considering how Roma has looked in recent matches, I think they can do it. At least for now, it’s unexpected to see Bologna in fourth place, and I still like Atalanta more. As for Roma, let's see how long the team will get enough positive from the change of coach.

I definitely agree with what you say, both about Fiorentina but above all about Lazio.
Let`s say that this team is not very consistent, it has some bursts of quality that quickly fade away. Which is obviously a shame, he could do better if he were consistent. If they want win something.

Well, this could still happen with the remaining matches this season. But the problem is that if Napoli remains as it is now then I think Napoli will even have difficulty rising above its current ranking.

You also know that Cagliari is not a strong enemy. In fact, currently Cagliari is ranked 19th, which means Cagliari is one of the teams that is struggling to get out of the relegation zone. And this also explains that Cagliari is quite weak in Serie A. In fact, I doubt they can last much longer in Serie A. They have just been promoted but will probably be immediately relegated. And it was really disappointing to see Napoli held to a draw by Cagliari.

For me, Napoli being able to stay in its current ranking is already good enough. Because in fact, if Napoli is careless then they could also fall out of the top 10 this season.

Napoli has chances of climbing up if they win consistently till the end of season, seeing there maybe not less than 12matches left to play. Osimhen was on point for them in their last match as they won and if Bologna and the teams withing the top from 5th - 8th position losses or draws further, we might see a rearrangment of the table with Napoli either finishing 4, 5th or 6th possibly. 

That's true, but regarding the opportunity to enter the top 4 of the standings, these three teams still have the same chance.
There are 12 games left this season so with only a small point difference anything is still possible.
Bologna, Atalanta and As Roma have equal strength so the question is which team can maintain its consistency until the end of the season to ensure a ticket to the Champions League next season.

Yes, after De Rossi took over the AS Roma coaching chair from Mourinho, the results were indeed better. The reason is, after De Rossi served as coach at AS Roma, AS Roma always won the majority of the matches he played. Even though AS Roma played against big teams like AC Milan and Inter Milan, they still lost. However, this is normal, because De Rossi certainly hasn't come up with mature tactics or strategies for AS Roma. The reason is, currently De Rossi is definitely in the process of looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the AS Roma player. However, even though it is still in the process stage, I think the prospects already look very good. So, if for example De Rossi knows the strengths and weaknesses of AS Roma players, I'm sure AS Roma will definitely be able to compete with the big teams in Serie A.

Then regarding Dybala, he is a player who has had a very consistent performance at AS Roma. The reason is that this season, Dybala has bagged 11 goals and 6 assists from his 18 matches with AS Roma (in Serie A). Even Dybala has surpassed Lukaku. The reason is that this season Lukaku has only bagged 9 goals and 2 assists from his 23 matches with AS Roma (in Serie A). So it is clear that Lukaku's goal productivity in Serie A is less than Dybala's. But even so, AS Roma still has a long way to go before they can climb to at least 4th place if they want to get a ticket to the Champions League (UEFA). And to be able to achieve this ranking, AS Roma must be able to get rid of Atalanta and Bologna first. Maybe this is not an easy task for AS Roma. However, if AS Roma continues to show its best performance and always wins every match. Atalanta and Bologna will most likely be followed by AS Roma.

And for the next schedule, AS Roma will face Monza. The upcoming match should not make it difficult for AS Roma players to get the full 3 points.