Calcio Saga 20/21

Atalanta with a deserved victory. The team needed this kick in the behind, and hopefully, they learn much from it.

On another note, Inter failed to win against Udinese, meaning we are still, by some miracle, first in the table.

I think this makes it clear that this is going to be a scrappy season with several candidates. Based on the performances so far and the potential of each team, I think the candidates are: Milan, Inter, Juve, Napoli, and Atalanta.

Each of these teams has the squad and the tactics to beat any team, but all of them have the capacity to tie against Genoa.

not mad at those 3 goals but castellejo leao these two..  hope someone from our coaching staff can find tapes made esp. for them

i get that they were picked easily but instead of running back to win ball they complain throwing tantrum on pitch or look uninterested. making mistakes are one thing but looking totally uninterested when something goes against them and sulking is not going to help change game in their favor its happening often with those two when things doesnt go their way. these two can learn from rebic and infact even mandzukic

well deserved win by atalanta. this brings down some of the progress, so for time being hopefully goal is to bring rebic mandzukic upto speed and hopefully hakan and bennacer makes back into the team asap

i m gonna hold my reservation for meite's performance but cmon pioli... playing him as AM??

this ends first half of the season - satisfied but at times lot left to be desired when expected to play good football.

still lot to improve on, RW is still a mystery. hopefully we just finish strong by end of the season on top 4 objective and do well in europa league.

overall i am very surprised to see kessie, benaccer, hakan calabria kjaer theo ibra, leao, brahim, play well when it was very unlikely they would repeat second half feat of last season.

second half of season starts against bologna so its opportunity to start fresh.

Feels like Bennacer has been out for ages ffs. When the hell will he come back.

Hopefully Bologna, Crotone and Spezia can get the team back to gear. I have a feeling we're gonna lose a lot this second half against stronger teams. Scrub killing will probably be enough for us to get top 4.

For me, there were encouraging displays in every match except this one against Atalanta.

Realistically, Milan would still be in this same spot if the balance of luck shifted. In some cases, we were lucky to win, and in others, we were unlucky to draw.

Against the top 6, I think we deserved to win against Napoli, Sassulo, Lazio, and Roma (we tied against Roma). We were lucky to win against Inter. Unlcuky to lose against Juve (the game could have been a draw). And we fully deserved our loss to Atlanta.

That's not a bad record, performance-wise, and I hope we can better it in the second half.

El Gunner wrote:seems like the title race is legit interesting and tight this season. Will try to catch some games and highlights and get into this final half of the season. Are the games and football at least good and exciting?

As someone who watches Serie A, the Premier League, and some La Liga, I think that Serie A has been the most exciting league this year, with some of the best football as well.

Just look at the results of the top 7 teams against each other.

However, that being said, I expect the league to actually tighten up in the second half of the season, as teams start consolidating their spots instead of attempting to climb through the table.

If you are just looking for pure entertainment, then Roma, Napoli, and Atalanta are bound to be entertaining unless it is the odd 0-0 against Genoa or Torino.

rincon wrote:@McLewis did you survive the match?

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Yup, barely.

It shouldn't been that hard, but that's how we roll.

Hey Guys, thought it would be useful to have the top 7 teams record against each other so made this quick excel sheet. All games played except for Juve vs Napoli.

Most points gained are for Atalanta, Milan very impressive with Roma being the worst of the lot. No team with no loss.

InteristAli wrote:Hey Guys, thought it would be useful to have the top 7 teams record against each other so made this quick excel sheet. All games played except for Juve vs Napoli.

Most points gained are for Atalanta, Milan very impressive with Roma being the worst of the lot. No team with no loss.

Great post.

Juve got only half the points which is a terrible performance

But the draws against Crotone and Benevento hurt much more, vs them there is no excuse we must absolutely win. Those are free points everyone else claim.

Bologna out to injure everyone it seems

LMAO Cuadrado with a point blank header on our own goal with an incredible reflex save by Szczesny.

Szczesny laughing afterwards

Sczezsny with miracle saves in every matchday

Bologna are dominating at Juve Stadium

Bologna dominated about 10 minutes. Invisible first half from them, 0 shots on target, and their domination was brief in the second one.

In the end Skorupski is very clearly their motm. Could have been a very large scoreline if our forwards were sharper.

Seems like we might have just found our best midfield trio

Mckennie looks great. Best American player imo

Hyping US American midfielder Weston McKennie after a game vs Bologna

don't think that's where Juve fans envisaged themselves 5 years ago

It’s the state of our midfield

And he’s certainly been one of the better performers throughout the season. Scoring in big matches and also providing a lot of energy and movement

Question for my friends. Why were we so selfish today? Finishing aside, it was too much hero ball

Hapless_Hans wrote:Hyping US American midfielder Weston McKennie after a game vs Bologna

don't think that's where Juve fans envisaged themselves 5 years ago

Best non-Mexican North American player, no one else comes close

Freaking Napoli, losing to Verona.

They are poised to miss the CL spot for another year. Honestly, this is not something I blame Gattuso for. Napoli bottles at in the front far too often considering the quality of their play.

And this is a match where they were ahead from the first minute.

Gattuso has   lost 1/3 of the matches this year in the league with  one of best Serie A rosters, another manager would receive more criticism

Robespierre wrote:Gattuso has   lost 1/3 of the matches this year in the league with  one of best Serie A rosters, another manager would receive more criticism

They were doing the same with Ancelotti though. A very inconsistent team

Best player of this first half ?

For me Donnarumma

Robespierre wrote:Gattuso has   lost 1/3 of the matches this year in the league with  one of best Serie A rosters, another manager would receive more criticism

Gattuso is a good coach. He is just not great, not what Napoli need to take the next step. Carlo and Sarri were a different level.