PaulC Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 22 minutes ago, Zatman said: Atalanta have been the best team in Italy since it restarted. Juventus were also ripped off by a terrible VAR call while the best team in England got knocked out by conceding 4 to a defensive team Same amount of Premier League teams as Serie A in the quarters Juve shouldn't have to rely on a VAR decision against a French team that finished 7th in their league. its a decent league but I dont see a resurgence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, PaulC said: Juve shouldn't have to rely on a VAR decision against a French team that finished 7th in their league. its a decent league but I dont see a resurgence. Well the French league never finished and the VAR meant that Lyon had an away goal to defend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Wonder if Ronaldo will look to leave Juve now that Pirlo is coming in so that Ronaldo is no longer the pretty boy at the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 He's off to challenge himself again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 On 09/08/2020 at 01:21, theboyangel said: I’m not sure AV - it seems to be new MLS where players can extend their careers a few extra years for good money. look at the likes of the ageing Ibrahimovic, Ronaldo and even Ashley Young amongst many are still highly influential in the league, whilst (maybe not Ronaldo) not many could last a season in the Premier League now. don’t get me wrong, I used to love Serie A when they had the best imports from across Europe and some cracking homegrown talent. Easily getting back to what was, it's not there yet, but mark my words, Serie A is on it's way back. Look at Inter's squad right now, insane on paper, sure some of those players are tail-end of their career or have gone through some bad form, no doubt about that. However each at their best and coached well, and that squad could win the CL, I believe it's been built to contend for that soon enough. Name me a PL team with the squad quality and depth that Inter currently has outside European placing, even the top four? Juventus, anpther CL contender. Easily as strong as any other European club for quality throughout the squad. Then outside of those two there's a number of clubs with squads that can and will compete in Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 On 10/08/2020 at 01:14, PaulC said: Why would you think that? The best team has just been knocked out of the champions league by a French team. Ok Atalanta are in the quarters but have a tough match there. I think the league is in decline It has been in decline big-time. I think it's going to have a resurgence in the coming next few years. Upsets happen, Juventus nearly overturned the deficit. The French league isn't as bad some make out and Lyon has some okay players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 11 hours ago, A'Villan said: It has been in decline big-time. I think it's going to have a resurgence in the coming next few years. Upsets happen, Juventus nearly overturned the deficit. The French league isn't as bad some make out and Lyon has some okay players. No the French league isn't that bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 For some reason the presidents/high ranking people of the 20 Serie A clubs decided to meet in person ahead of the new season rather than having zoom meeting or similar and now it turns out that Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis is sick with Covid-19. Apparently he showed symptoms but blamed it on bad oysters he had while on holiday so he went anyway. So now it's full panic stations among the club owners, especially since a fair few among them are elderly people. De Laurentiis is 71... Not just footballers who are morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Took Dejan Kulusevski 13 minutes to score for his new club Juventus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) A Norwegian team called Bodø Glimt have played some very good football this season in a very fluid 433. They are topping the table with 18 matches played and 16 wins, to draws. They got some players that are worthy of scouting. Especially a winger called Hauge. They are meeting AC Milan this week. Should be a good indication or how good they are, or how bad the Norwegian league is. Or even the state of AC Milan. Edited September 21, 2020 by KenjiOgiwara 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Quote Roma handed 3-0 defeat to Verona due to admin error over Diawara AS Roma have seen their opening-day 0-0 draw with Verona turned into a 3-0 defeat due to an administration error, following a decision the Italian sporting justice. Amadou Diawara, who was replaced in the 89th minute of the match by Gonzalo Villar, had been included in the beginning-of-season 25-man squad list as an under-22 player. However, the former Napoli midfielder turned 23 on July 17. "The sporting justice has read the information relative to the Verona vs. Roma match and having considered that Roma fielded a player who wasn't included in the '25-man squad list' present on Sept. 14 at 12.14 p.m. CET, despite being 'over 22' is in violation of point eight of the Italian FA's official N83/A statement from Nov. 20, 2014, which was later modified on Jun. 21, 2018, has decided to implement the sanction in accordance with point nine of said statement and therefore penalises Roma with the sporting punishment of a 3-0 defeat for the match," a statement from the sporting justice read. Sources have told ESPN, Roma will appeal the decision on the grounds they still had places available and were not trying to create space to include more players on the list. Furthermore, despite having been born in Guinea, Diawara moved to Italy to play for Lega Pro side San Marino at the age of 17 in 2004 and therefore is classed as a homegrown player. There is precedent in Serie A when, in August 2016, Sassuolo saw their 2-1 victory over Pescara reversed to a 3-0 defeat due to a similar admin error. On that occasion, Sassuolo fielded new arrival Antonio Ragusa for the final 20 minutes of the match, but they had already submitted their 25-man squad before the signing was made official. Roma finished last season in fifth place and face reigning champions Juventus at home in their second match of the Serie A campaign. https://www.espn.com/soccer/as-roma/story/4187334/roma-handed-3-0-defeat-to-verona-due-to-admin-error-over-diawara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 We were linked with Diawara I think? Was that the summer of Sherwood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 42 minutes ago, Xela said: We were linked with Diawara I think? Was that the summer of Sherwood? I think it was the season after Sherwood. Was a random link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Milan looking good this season I feel. It's a squad on the up and with Ibra/Hernandez/Donnarumma I can see them tipping the CL spots. Atalanta have lost a few players, Lazio - will Immobile do as well again, Roma slipping down the order.. I can see them making top 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 https://www.sporf.com/bologna-drop-the-worst-best-transfer-announcement-video-ever/ Hands down the worst signing unveiling ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Only 4 goals for Atalanta in their opening game of the season away to Torino. They are slippin' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 another 4 for Atalanta so far, on the way to another goal crazy season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Gotta love Atalanta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Atalanta academy strikes again selling 18 y.o winger Amad Traoré to Manure for €30m. Deal will be finalized in January due to WP conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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