Calcio Saga 20/21

we had juric meltdown post napoli verona game and now inzaghi also came out warning lazio that they have 3 days to renew.

we could see some host of changes in coaching also perhaps next season

Robespierre wrote:Fraudanovic

Could you confirm that Handanovic 's lifted the cup ?

Team of the season


Bench: Handanovic, Cuadrado, Kjaer, De Ligt, Theo, Eriksen, Zielinski, Malinovskyi, Muriel, Lozano, Lautaro

No way


Bench: Mkhitaryan, Lukaku, Cuadrado, Kjaer, Eriksen, Zielinski, Lozano, Immobile, Berardi

Would have loved to see Ronaldo miss out on CL Napoli glad they are not in though cos they always get outplayed and dont deserve to be in it, not when u never do well in it.

Glad to see both Milan teams back in.

For reql though when Leao hit the post, i swear to god i got transported back to Barca in 2013 when Niang hit the post. Was fuming.

We really need to do some housekeeping this summer, get Hakan, Leao, Castillejo and the rest of the deadwood out and invest in some quality players

Really don't want Hakan to renew

Donnarumma
Skriniar De Vrij Bastoni
Hakimi Barella Kessie De Paul Theo Hernandez
Lukaku Ronaldo


Bench : Silvestri, Gosens, Bastoni, Cuadrado, De Paul,Chiesa, Malinovski Muriel, Lautaro, Vlahovic


Incredibly easy to choose for the GK.
Donnarumma by far I mean.
It has not been a good year for GKs , except for Donnarumma who had even the best year in career.
After 1st half of season you could have some doubts about Donnarumma - Silvestri, but Silvestri vanished on 2nd half.
Donnarumma is the AC Milan player of the year. Ok , a few of mistakes ( I think about Milan-Udinese ) , but it doesn't change his year.

I admitt that Handanovic was  indeed good in Spring , when Inter got decisive points for Scudetto , then he came back to be again tragic in April/May .. luckily it was late

and what about Sczezsny ? He was disappointing this year.
Gollini ? Same. For a period he has lost even his job in favour of Sportiello
Napoli ? Gattuso has made a mess of things with the alternation Ospina - Meret...

I can realize fully the feeling by Milanisti today , it's my same feeling after Lazio - Inter 2-3

Yes, you as me support a glorious club, we've seen to win many trophies, but 7 years without CL are heavy as boulder , it seems close, then it seems to vanish again, last decisive match, incredible psychological pressure

When you 'll win again trophies you'll think again to that day , but shameless because glory passes necessarily through these moments

Bench: Silvestri, Hakimi, De Ligt, Bastoni, Gosens, Zielinski, De Paul, Muriel, Vlahovic, Chiesa, Malinkosvyi

Donnarumma by a huge margin. Silvestri was the best among the rest. Cuadrado over Hakimi, he had a huge season individually. The rest of the defense is self explanatory even if Theo was disappointing later on I still choose him ahead of Gosens.

Zielinski misses out barely but the seasons of Barella and Kessie, particularly after last night put them ahead. Insigne and Betardi did everything for their teams with close to 20 goals and 10 assists seasons. Chiesa and De Paul miss out here a bit.

Ronaldo and Lukaku can be swapped for Muriel and Vlahovic. 4 top seasons played by them.

Definition of Bottle Job

Verona changes the 2nd GK for the 3rd GK on '63 when they are losing 0-1

63’ | Doppia sostituzione Verona
Pandur e Kalinic
Berardi e Lasagna#NapoliVerona 1-0

#ForzaNapoliSempre

— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) May 23, 2021

I cant believe Verona did it. I wrote that game off and thought Atalanta would come through for us.

Forza Juric

As strange it may seem, i am glad for all 3 strisce (?) to participate in Champions League

Ideally the 4th one is Roma but Atalanta is a good substitute. In fact anybody else than Napoli since i have cruel enjoyment of seeing this fanbase suffer.

I'm quite happy that indeed we did make it to the UCL as its been a long time coming but the utterly unnecessary & hilariously awkward rendition of 'Alé Milan Alé' by Salami-maker unironically ruined the entire premise of it for me.

https://twitter.com/MilanPosts/status/1396711086724952066


Mf why did you have to do that

Sergio Conceicao will coach Napoli

https://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/calcio-mercato/2021/05/24-82001537/sergio_conceiao_sar_il_nuovo_allenatore_del_napoli_

Sounds like it's a done deal

Interesting that the two most offensive big teams from the last decade are going with defensive coaches, both Portuguese

Are Milan going to keep Pioli because they got into CL? Chance had more to do with that than their level of play. Yeah, the squad is not that great, but we know what Pioli is and Sarri is available ( I believe)

adun101 wrote:Sergio Conceicao will coach Napoli

https://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/calcio-mercato/2021/05/24-82001537/sergio_conceiao_sar_il_nuovo_allenatore_del_napoli_

Sounds like it's a done deal

Interesting that the two most offensive big teams from the last decade are going with defensive coaches, both Portuguese

This guy is the biggest prick in football. He has no maturity whatsoever as a coach. Shit football and shit person.

adun101 wrote:Are Milan going to keep Pioli because they got into CL? Chance had more to do with that than their level of play. Yeah, the squad is not that great, but we know what Pioli is and Sarri is available ( I believe)

Pioli is definitely stay, actually management wanted to keep him regardless. club wants to continue with him to work and build on instead of starting from year zero again

so i guess gattuso may then go to fiorentina...? i feel like he will end up there

Welcome Gattuso #ForzaViola #Fiorentina pic.twitter.com/42wWlCqt1y

— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) May 25, 2021

Casciavit wrote:

adun101 wrote:Sergio Conceicao will coach Napoli

https://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/calcio-mercato/2021/05/24-82001537/sergio_conceiao_sar_il_nuovo_allenatore_del_napoli_

Sounds like it's a done deal

Interesting that the two most offensive big teams from the last decade are going with defensive coaches, both Portuguese

This guy is the biggest prick in football. He has no maturity whatsoever as a coach. Shit football and shit person.

Well, it's not gonna happen:

https://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/serie-a/napoli/2021/05/25-82023725/clamoroso_napoli_salta_sergio_conceiao_

I like how they broke the news and then they said it's not going to happen, without anyone else in Italy mentioning anything about it. A saga that took place only in their heads

JespSwe wrote:

adun101 wrote:Are Milan going to keep Pioli because they got into CL? Chance had more to do with that than their level of play. Yeah, the squad is not that great, but we know what Pioli is and Sarri is available ( I believe)

Pioli is definitely stay, actually management wanted to keep him regardless. club wants to continue with him to work and build on instead of starting from year zero again

Then your management is dumb, no wonder Donnarumma didn't want to stay. Unfortunately for him, it looks like he'll go to another dumb club, but that's another story

Seems Conte could leave...

According to Sky, Inter need to raise 80m by selling players

They can make a 100m just by selling Lautaro, don't see why Conte is making a fuss, i'm sure he can be replaced

I don't know about 2nd thing, we've spent summers to get 50 mln just selling our Primavera players, the only sure thing is that , unfortunately, Conte is leaving

not idea on who will be next Inter manager

Robespierre wrote:I don't know about 2nd thing, we've spent summers to get 50 mln just selling our Primavera players, the only sure thing is that , unfortunately, Conte is leaving

not idea on who will be next Inter manager

why? doesn't this relentless little diva want to leave every summer? What's different this summer, of all summers?

What's more, I don't see any good job open for him except..... Juve?

Is it certain that he will leave?

I see Gazzetta reporting it but it was the same last summer.

Hapless_Hans wrote:

Robespierre wrote:I don't know about 2nd thing, we've spent summers to get 50 mln just selling our Primavera players, the only sure thing is that , unfortunately, Conte is leaving

not idea on who will be next Inter manager

why? doesn't this relentless little diva want to leave every summer? What's different this summer, of all summers?

What's more, I don't see any good job open for him except..... Juve?

Inter are delaying payments and talking about selling top players.

Basically Conte's deal is that he wants the best from everyone, including himself, players, and directors. He doesn't want a club with compromises. He had it with Juve before we could spend 100m on players, with Chelsea when they didn't sign his targets, and now with Inter having to downsize the squad.

It is a bit strange that a coach this successful at winning trophies hasn't had a team with a top budget. Wrong times at Juve and Chelsea for this desire. At Inter he has gotten more freedom in the market but now they are talking of not paying, and selling. Surely he would like top PL money, Madrid, Juve, PSG, Bayern, etc.

His volatility works against him for these ultra rich clubs though.