Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 810. (Read 850896 times)

Atalanta has yet again extended their own winning numbers, it's been a long time since they lost in all of the competitions, I see that they're trying to find themselves back Into the top four of the league standing gradually. Good it was able to end all squared for them. I predicted from the scratch that these game would be great to see both sides sharing points.

Did you see that goal scored by Rapheal Leoa? I feel like he is  the right Man for the job for the main time. I didn't see most of his paring and partnership you feel me?
Ball possession has nothing to with the game. If PSG moves for Leoa, he should make the switch immediately.

Everything seem to be going wrong for Napoli, they are trying their hardest to regain their momentum but it is proving to be difficult for them, they don’t know what the problem is but i still think it is the effect of the coach that is pulling them back. The former coach that resigned actually had a lot of effect on them, they have been struggling since he left the club and as a team their performance have declined drastically.

The players are doing all they can to step but it’s not just working, Victor Osimehn is also doing all he can to elevate the club but all his goals doesn’t seem to be counting.

It looks like the AC Milan versus Atalanta match will end in a draw, the 1-1 score has the potential to last until the end of the match. Atalanta was lucky to get a penalty in the 42nd minute, and Teun Koopmeiners managed to do his job well. Dominating possession of the ball is not always effective for winning, Stefano Pioli must change his squad strategy to play more aggressively and create more space for creativity. If Stefano Pioli changes his strategy in the second half, there is a chance that AC Milan can get full points.

Atalanta played a low block strategy and relied on counter attacks, Rafael Leao and Cristian Pulisic had to create lots of opportunities to facilitate the flow of the ball to Giroud which could be converted into goals. It would be a shame if the score remained equal until the end of the match, and AC Milan failed to take advantage of the home game. The second half was already underway, until the 60th minute no additional goals had been scored by either team.

Yeah Juventus are lucky today and avoid the draw. Imagine if Juventus did not score in the last minutes this mean Juventus still continued the bad trend. At first I did not see Juventus had a reason to win because since they came out of the title race then Juventus only focused on the top 4. In contrast to Inter Milan who remain focused on their targets and win the title. By the way, we have one live match today between AC Milan vs Atalanta both teams have their own targets.

Milan's dominance in possession of the ball in this match was very pronounced especially with Atalanta who carried out a defensive scheme making Milan more active in playing the ball but on the other hand in this match we must be aware that there are still a lot of shortcomings that Milan have including in terms of opportunities.

In this first half even though Milan dominated the attacks carried out, Atalanta actually looked better in terms of opportunities even though they only relied on fast counter-attacks and relied on a few touches without playing much ball.

This clearly must be fixed in the second half later because after all this is an important thing if in the end Milan want to win then possession is not enough but it must be accompanied by creating a good attack initiation in order to create an opportunity only for now they still can't do that because honestly Milan's midfield in the first half did not have a good initiator to channel the ball into an opportunity.

Atalanta has so far only relied on counter attacks, and was successful even though they had little possession of the ball, but were quite effective in the first half. In contrast to AC Milan, which played with an attacking strategy but was less effective in dismantling Atalanta's defense. Interesting match in the first half AC Milan scored a quick goal in the 3rd minute while Atalanta scored a goal back in the 45+3 minute.

Let's wait and see in the second half whether something similar will happen, or whether the two coaches will change other strategies. However, it is clear that AC Milan must increase its concentration in the final minutes because Atalanta is very dangerous when building counter attacks, especially at the end of the match, many players lack concentration.

Ac Milan 1-1 Atalanta  (First Half)

AC Milan vs Atalanta match turned out to be very competitive. Both team players are performing very well. Although Milan dominated the match, the match was tied at 1-1 at the end of the first half.

Milan players had 72% of the ball possession in the first half. But they don't attack too much. Milan players managed to make a total of 7 shots in the first half. One of these was on target. On the other hand, Atalanta's players had only 28% of the ball possession, but managed to make 7 shots, three of which were on target. The second half is likely to be more challenging. Milan will definitely not want to lose their home match.

Juventus ended its losing streak thanks to the goal it scored in the last minute or even the last position. Rugani had only one chance in the last attack and that goal was very important for Juventus. If they had lost points in this match, Juventus would have entered a very difficult period. Vlahovic was actually very eager for the third goal, but he couldn't do it. If he had, he would have scored his first hattrick in Juventus.

It was a pleasant, balanced match with both sides fighting well.

We should also see Inter Milan how far they will go in the Champions League after they have already secured their title fight in Italy with 12 weeks to be played they are 9 points ahead and with one game less than the closest follower Juventus.In Champions League they complicated things for themselves as Atletico Madrid was only defending and it was only in 37th minute of the first half that they had a couple of chances,then they defended all the time.Inter should have scored a lot more goals than they scored in that game so most likely they will be playing as aggressively as they did in the first half in this return leg.

We don't need to doubt Inter Milan anymore because they have truly secured the title even though the season is not over yet Juventus have been out of the race since they had a bad run a few weeks ago so somehow Juventus caught up with the 9 points behind while Inter Milan continued to consistently win. The things we can monitor in the Italian League are the competition for tickets to the Champions League and the fight to stay away from relegation, so far we have seen 3 teams that have the potential to be relegated and 3 other teams are still not safe.

Inter Milan continues in their unbeaten record as they win with ease against US Lecce. As usual Lautaro Martinez have continued his usual habit of scoring important winning away goals as he scored twice to see Inter Milan netting four goals without conceding any. Inter Milan are already six points clear from Juventus even with two outstanding matches which if they win will make the league over and dash every hope of Juventus catching up with them. Juventus narrowly won Frosinone yesterday with their winning goal by Daniele Rugani coming at extra time of the ninety minutes. I could take this as a sign that Juventus are not yet back on track, hence they need to do more this season unless they have already accepted the reality that Inter Milan will win the league this season.

Well, that's why I'm very confident that this season Inter are the best team in Serie A and of course, with the results Inter have had so far it's promising for Inter to stay at the top of Serie A and get the Scudetto. Because after all, Inter closest team in the standings is Juventus but it is clear, that Juventus have also been left far behind in the points gap with Inter. So yes, it is very unlikely for Inter to slump after all the good results they have had to date. So, it's not right if anyone still thinks Juventus will pose a threat to Inter because after all, Inter are already in a very safe position to stay at the top of the table until the season ends.

So noticeable is the difference between the two clubs when playing, especially in utilizing every opportunity available, Lecce is not that strong to withstand every attack launched by Inter Milan so Inter Milan can create 4 goals without even 1 goal back that Lecce can create. In the first half, Lecce looked more solid and Inter Milan was only able to create 1 goal. But entering the second half Inter Milan's attacks were more aggressive again which made Lecce overwhelmed to block every attack.

To be honest, I was not surprised by the 4 goals created by Inter Milan, in addition to their weak opponents, they also became the most productive club in creating goals. they have recorded 63 times breaking into the opponent's goal this season, and they only conceded 12 goals which makes them have the title of the strongest club in applying defense.

This result makes them very comfortable at the top of the standings, 9 points is a distance that will be difficult to pursue by their closest competitor Juventus. Now they are closer to the championship ladder and I have confidence they will really be able to win the Scudetto title this season with their very convincing performances like that. Indeed, anything can still happen while the league is still running, because there are 10 more matches they have to play to ensure they will become champions or not.

That is right, I think also in Italy nobody can stop them until the last matchday of the season. And La. Martinez will be the top scorer this season, he now has 22 goals in 23 games and he will score over 30 goals this season and that will be enough to be the best. Inter are now 9 points ahead of Junventus Turin and have played 1 game less, so they could add another 3 points. There are 12 games left in the season and if Inter were to win all their games they would have scored over 100 points in the season.

Maybe it doesn't do justice to Inter Milan to say that everything is easy for them in the Serie A this season. I think we are witnessing one of the strongest Inter Milan teams there have ever been. The only team I can think of that was similarly strong was the one coached by Mourinho that won the Champions League in 2010 I think. I am not sure what other titles they won during that season and this season they have already been beaten by Bologna in the Coppa Italia, but I think there chances in the Champions League are significant.

It happened quite often that a team that lost a final one year was a big candidate to get into the final and take revenge some time after that lost final. Liverpool did something like that and Bayern Munich also did it a while ago when they lost against Chelsea and then one year later won the Champions League and they destroyed all these teams like Barcelona.

But Inter Milan is unstoppable this season. Martinez again with two goals and I think this guy will be gone after the summer transfer window.

Everything is so easy for Inter in the Serie A this season.    Right now they are 4-0 ahead against Lecce as well. Lautaro Martinez is really on fire! He scored two more goals today and he has 22 goals in 23 games in the league now. This must be like the most productive season of him at Inter. They are really lucky to have a very capable striker like him.

There have been rumours about Martinez's possible departure but every time Martinez is simply saying that he is happy to play for Inter and he doesn't think of leaving yet. If I'm not wrong it hasn't been a very long time since he extended his contract too.

Inter were relieved when they scored in the first half, but they also started the second half very quickly and scored two more goals. Lecce completely disintegrated. Inter gets the victory with the high level play of Lautaro Martinez and Davide Frattesi. The point difference is still 9, Inter is going to the championship. No team can stop Inter with this game.

It was very surprising when Napoli seemed to have difficulty stealing points at Cagliari headquarters, where the match should have been won easily by Osimhen and colleagues. We know that Cagliari is a team in the degradation  zone, but Napoli failed to take advantage of the opportunity to get an additional 3 points.

Changes to the manager position have been made again, but they have not been able to improve the team performance, Napoli is stuck in 9th place in the standings with 37 points. It's possible that they will decline further and fall out of the top 10, and management will appoint a new head coach again for the umpteenth time.

Sassuolo, Juventus, Torino, Barcelona and Inter are Napoli next opponents, most likely the Calzona fleet will continue to have nightmares. The defending champions experienced a very significant decline in performance, they failed to meet fans expectations of being able to compete again as title contenders.

Napoli's nightmare continues. Draw 1-1 with Genoa, now today it’s 1-1 again, and these are exactly the games where Napoli should take 3 points. I'm surprised that Napoli drew with Barcelona and lost to Milan only 0-1. If they are not able to confidently beat an outsider, then those results should be considered rather successful. An unpleasant section of the calendar awaits Napoli - first, a trip to Sassuolo (here they definitely need to take 3 points because there will be few opportunities further) and then a series of games with strong opponents.

Juventus victory obtained by beating Frosinone, I fully believe that Juventus victory will not put any pressure on Inter. Also, although Juventus managed to beat Frosinone but still, Juventus will slowly be overtaken by Milan. So yes, basically Juventus are not impressive at all and will not be able to provide any threat to Inter, who are safe and comfortable at the top of the standings. Because after all, the reality is that Juventus at this moment are still in a bad trend as a famous team that only plays in the domestic league, but Juventus did not manage to have a consistent performance.

Therefore, I believe that gradually Milan will succeed in overtaking Juventus and even though for example Juventus can stay in second place, I sure that Juventus will not be able to pose a threat to Inter. Because I believe, at this moment Inter really have good quality in Serie A, so it is certain that Inter will get the scudetto this season.