Serie A 2013-14 Season Thread

Gervinho's miss yesterday

Romford Pele wrote:Gervinho's miss yesterday

you could post that after every game

Inter - Juve is at 5pm


Inter: Handanovic; Campagnaro, Ranocchia, Juan Jesus; Jonathan, Guarin, Cambiasso, Taider, Nagatomo; Alvarez, Palacio

Juventus: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo, Pogba, Asamoah; Tevez, Vucinic

Murray wrote:Inter - Juve is at 5pm


Inter: Handanovic; Campagnaro, Ranocchia, Juan Jesus; Jonathan, Guarin, Cambiasso, Taider, Nagatomo; Alvarez, Palacio

Juventus: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo, Pogba, Asamoah; Tevez, Vucinic

Intense game, Inter did well to earn a draw. Clearly there is a gap of quality against Juve, but the young lads fought bravely. A couple of lapses of concentration apart, one of which proved costly, Inter held Juve at bay. I expected far worse.

Alvarez & Campagnaro had great games. Icardi scored his first Inter goal, happy for the kid. Guarin was shite though, wish we had sold him to spurs when we had the chance...

Great game so far by Consigli.... keeping milan out. A double save 1-on-1 with Balotelli just now!

75 mins: Torino 2-0 Milan

2-2

That was a mental ending

http://hasbalotellimissedapenalty.com/

No

Murray wrote:2-2

That was a mental ending

Milan got a bit lucky in the end there, feel sad for Consigli and his heroic performance.

Napoli topping the table now, but it remains to be seen whether they will be able to last the distance with Juve. Hamsik is looking world class.

Also interesting to see that there is no Nap0-0li thread.... Rafa 1-0 Murray

bluenine wrote:

Murray wrote:2-2

That was a mental ending

Milan got a bit lucky in the end there, feel sad for Consigli and his heroic performance.

Napoli topping the table now, but it remains to be seen whether they will be able to last the distance with Juve. Hamsik is looking world class.

Also interesting to see that there is no Nap0-0li thread.... Rafa 1-0 Murray

Napoli does look like the best team in Seria A atm. It helps that they have the best coach in Serie A.

I know we are playing the worst team in Serie A, but its 0-7 now. Milito getting two on his first game in 6 months. Alvarez playing like a God.

We haven't played like this since the treble.

1-0 Napoli

Milan have been a facking shambles

BALOTELLI HAS MISSED A PENALTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your deadly jynx strikes yet again..

How?

Its a very competitive Serie A this season. Napoli, Roma and Juve look the business, and Fiorentina and Inter look pretty good too so far. Milan will come back once their injury issues are over. Will we finally see a 6 horse race like the 90s?

Personally, I don't think so. I think Juve and Napoli will start pulling away from the rest of the bunch by mid season. The other 4 will probably fight for the final CL spot. But if some of the rest do last the distance in the title fight, it would be awesome.

I think next season, if the top 6 Italian teams continue to strengthen, they will be quite competitive in Europe... specially EL, imagine Milan, Inter and Fiorentina in the EL...

Balotelli didn't miss yesterday, I refuse to believe it.

Romford Pele wrote:Balotelli didn't miss yesterday, I refuse to believe it.

 

Looks like Higuain is off to a flying start in Napoli.

bluenine wrote:I know we are playing the worst team in Serie A, but its 0-7 now. Milito getting two on his first game in 6 months. Alvarez playing like a God.

We haven't played like this since the treble.

Yeah watched a bit of it before I had to go to see Fey. Inter were 0-3 within 30 minutes or so. Looks good. However, I havent seen a Serie A team as bad as Sassuolo. Nontheless it looks it could become really interesting at the top.

Fey wrote:

bluenine wrote:I know we are playing the worst team in Serie A, but its 0-7 now. Milito getting two on his first game in 6 months. Alvarez playing like a God.

We haven't played like this since the treble.

Yeah watched a bit of it before I had to go to see Fey. Inter were 0-3 within 30 minutes or so. Looks good. However, I havent seen a Serie A team as bad as Sassuolo. Nontheless it looks it could become really interesting at the top.

OMG. Did I misread it, or did Fey actually call Serie A interesting....

Hell must be a cold, cold place today

Here we go again, Gattuso has been fired by Palermo.

laxalt   

abundance wrote:laxalt   

Inter should have kept him

How did Bologna blow that?

jesus.

Gervinho scores his first of many

Murray wrote:

abundance wrote:laxalt   

Inter should have kept him

How did Bologna blow that?

Nah, this is a great opportunity for him to develop... we still own him. Bologna have the rights to buy 50% of him for 1.5m, which is great incentive for them to develop him and give him chances. Also, this was part of the deal which got us Taider - who has been great for us so far!

Livaja scored too yesterday. We have a bunch of interesting young strikers in Serie A this season. If 2-3 of Icardi, Belfodil, Livaja, Laxalt, Longo & Botta make it, we should be set for years.

Gervinho scoring twice   

Just been reading one Roma forum - they're saying that Totti has liberated Gervinho. Someone tell me this shit isn't true

What formation are they playing this season?

433

De Sanctis
Maicon Castan Benatia Balzaretti
Pjanic De Rossi Strootman
Florenzi Totti Gervinho

Romford Pele wrote:Just been reading one Roma forum - they're saying that Totti has liberated Gervinho. Someone tell me this shit isn't true

What formation are they playing this season?

They play 4-3-3

Pjanic, De Rossi and Strootman in the midfield, which is looking great so far this season. Balzaretti & Maicon have looked the part as full backs. Benatia has more than adequately replaced Marquinhos in the defense, partnering Castan. De Sanctis is an improvement as a GK. The attack usually has Totti, Ljajic and Gervinho - though others like Florenzi, Borriello, and Marquinho help with the rotation.

I am very surprised how quickly Garcia has managed to integrate the team into his formation - clearly, this shows how the "right formation" can transform the output from a team.

It will be a very intriguing encounter next weekend, Inter vs Roma. Always a good game.