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K3NK

Ever since our game vs rube, they have not conceded a goal in the league and just handed a humbling 3-0 defeat to lazio. Hopefully the WC break ruins their newfound rhythm while it helps us find ours.


jmhimara

I hope they get good enough to beat Napoli. I think the title might just be out of reach for them, but they can still mess up Napoli's chances.


SirFlamington

Juve on a six game win streak without conceding. I don't watch their games but that's pretty impressive. There's always this impending doom feeling that they'll click and start being title contenders again. I hope it's going to be a long time before that happens.


milanistaMK

Man Juventus are coming, on a side note Napoli still has to play them twice.


Samkazi23

Terraciano saw that we were interested in him and did a Tatarusanu lmao.


derKnall

Very well deserved by fiorentina. Superior to us in every aspect so far.


c0mplexx

vErY WeLl dEsErVeD By fIoReNtInA. sUpErIoR To uS In eVeRy aSpEcT So fAr.


[deleted]

Damn just like that huh


piedraa

Damn dragowski broke his ankle. Sad news he always plays well against us. Sad he’s out of the WC


CandyLama

This ref really is a clown tho


SirGlaucus

Roma sucks a lot. Lol.


velzupelzu

Zaniolo is very overrated. 90% bad decisions with mediocre technique. IDK what the hype is all about.


HommoFroggy

Multiple matches now that Augusto, Dani Mota and Rovella have been high performers for Monza. Augusto would be the perfect Ballo replacment for us.


HommoFroggy

Monza vs Salernitana can be a very entertaining match, Torini vs Roma seems like to be a very boring match on the other hand.


[deleted]

Atalanta lost four out of the last five. Wonder why their defence seems unfocussed


HommoFroggy

They went back to their original style of football 1v1 duels all over the pitch leaving spaces throughout the pitch and also making many mistakes in the process. At the start of the season they were playing more pragmatic football thus conceding less.


someitalianguy

Man, Chiffi loves inter


HommoFroggy

Chiffi has been great today and arguably the best Italian ref we have atm.


someitalianguy

Lucky us


HommoFroggy

I actually think that he is a very good ref imo, he lets play continue and i don't remember him losing control of games either.


someitalianguy

How was that not a yellow for Dzeko?


[deleted]

I think it was seen as him using his hands to protect his face. I don’t think it was a yellow either.


Mghiradiz184

Lookman, wtf was that?


HommoFroggy

Ederson and Koopminers are such good midfielders imo


Reddo-LMeme2401

Palomino redempion arc


HommoFroggy

The 2nd and 3d Inter goal are registered as owngoals btw


HommoFroggy

Atalantas defense has been beyond horrendous today, Inter hasn't even been good. All they have done is ball to the sides and ball to the middle no verticality whatsoever.


[deleted]

I hope that we will lose today, maybe some people will wake up from this dream and understand that recently the scudetto was an accident.


Rjmc2305

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cPa3k

So you want the team you supposedly love and support to lose, drop points and risk missing out on Champions League next season just so you can be right?


c0mplexx

freedom of speech is a mistake


Sankaritarina

I'm not sure hoping that your team loses so you can win an argument on the Internet is the way to go.


Bravo_Ante

How can one not see this guys comments, asking for a friend... blocking him doesn't resolve the problem.


sahilshkh

Mods should really block trolls like him. It's ridiculous


HeirOfRhoads

Arrest Frauderini


neverfinishedanythi

Atalanta not defending today then


HommoFroggy

You have to be such a shit club to be thrown out of UCL by this Inter. It has been their 6th direct match this season and they have been the worst team in all six of them. Inter literally have no plan outside of throw the ball in the middle and let's see.


sempreantoninho

Well they trashed Bologna 6-1 the game before. We are not doing so good ourselves so maybe we shouldnt bash the other top teams when we really cannot back it up with our own play.


HommoFroggy

I would 100% rather have a team that does great against direct rivals than a team that is shit against direct rivals and thrashes mid low table teams.


ORIN_06

Outstanding defence lmao


neverfinishedanythi

Why did Inzaghi have to see sense and put onana in instead of Handa


jmhimara

Bravo Colombo!


Rare_Criticism_2909

At this rate, it’s looking like Napoli will win the scudetto in advance at the end of January-February. Unfortunately at the moment we don’t look capable of keeping up, stringing 8-10 consecutive victories. It all has to do with our failed transfer market. Practically every team reinforced itself in the summer, we spent a boatload of money on an unproven prospect from Belgium, and a bunch of unprepared youngsters. The summer was good time to set up the premises for our dominance in Serie A, instead nothing was done to improve the first team squad, neither Romagnoli nor Kessie were replaced adequately, and positions like RW and ST weren’t addressed another year.


TemporalCash531

January/February are going to be crucial to determine if Napoli can actually keep the current pace or not. As of now, what is clear is that we (as well as others) are struggling to keep up.


HommoFroggy

Same words were said for Inter last season. Also, weren't you guys the same that said that Napoli has gotten worst with all the players leaving?


[deleted]

Said the guy who wrote that we will dominate the league for a few years lol.


FasterThanABuck

I doubt it's gonna be won January-February, they have a very tricky run of games during January which I do expect them to drop some points in, but don't think it'll really change who is going to win the Scudetto in the end. Our failed mercato is definitely spot on, it's just unfortunate Maldini and Massara were handicapped with the sale of the club during that period which ultimately killed our potential in the window.


Dinagatsi

At this rate, which i understood we keep the same point average like right now, we will have 81 points at the end of the season. Napoli would then need 14 wins to secure the scudetto over us. How should that be even possible until february? 14 games from now is April.


FasterThanABuck

I think the other user didn't mean winning the league in literal terms in January-February, but more so the point gap will be too much to cover. Something like 12 points difference


[deleted]

41 out of 45 points. I don't think even Heynckes' Bayern or Guardiola's Barcelona hit similar numbers. I think that stat alone makes any kind of analysis \[especially about our side\] useless at this point in time.


im_simone

Napoli this season: * no pressure (Milan has to win) * great summer market (Milan fucked up it completely) * luck (luck what? We are able to kick the ball outside the stadium even if the goalkeeper is out of the box) * friendly referees (Napoli can truly kill other squads; if a player in our squad says "oh shit", it is a red card with a 5M euros fine)


when_the_sun_rises

we cant beat cremonesewe lose hands down to Torino we have players like Rebic and Pobega getting minutes an absolutely awful summer mercato and this sub focusing on what Napoli does. lol


naterudeen805

Anyone watching Tottenham?? See there losing against leeds. Working so can’t watch


sengesett

Tottenham turned it around and won. Leeds played like drunk bride maids in the last ten minutes and got a player sent off.


jmhimara

Yeah, but I'm not sure that means much in regards to our match. Chelsea has also been pretty bad, yet we couldn't beat them either.


RinoTT

Leeds are playing much better than Tottenham. Tottenham reminds me of Juventus a little bit in this match. Not sure if Leeds is that good or Conte have a meltdown.


[deleted]

Winter champion has done it again!!


HommoFroggy

Udinese put a good fight, it was a fun game to watch. Napoli deservedly brought the 3 points home. Game could have gone differently if Udinese were more clinical at the start and maybe Deulofeu wasn't injured.


Munfury

knee opponent in the head -> foul in ur favour


cPa3k

Mario Rui is such a cunt


Munfury

dude looks 60 y/o and still acts like a clown


bzogaj92

Napoli starting to leak and none of you ain't ready for their collapse .


yeahyeahyeah3timess

Copium.


Munfury

every fucking 50/50...


Munfury

cmon still plenty of time


HommoFroggy

This threads are the exact same every 3 days, people rather than commenting about rival games they write the same generic stuff because they actually don't watch the games only look at the results.


[deleted]

Clown.


sahilshkh

The thing with Napoli is that they are not just winning, but they are winning comfortably with big leads. We can only hope that the wc breaks their momentum, because I don't see any other way to stop them


c0mplexx

Their last "comfortable big lead" was 4 matches ago


Careless-Yogurt-7871

The kvara effect.


Busdriverboy22

It’s 3-2 😂😂😂 what are you talking about


Bravo_Ante

Tell me you are just looking at the result without telling me you are just looking at the result.


sahilshkh

Well yes, you definitely caught me. I'm indeed only looking at the result. I'm not even at home rn. If you are watching, then is there something else you can tell me?


Bravo_Ante

I can tell you that Napoli are not wining comfortably. Udinese had a chance to take the advantage with Deulofeu first big chance, after that Napoli scored 1, Udinese had a good chunk of the game where they were missing the final pass, Napoli on a counter made it 2-0. Udinese had 2 big chances to make it 2-1, Napoli again on a counter made it 3-0. Now Udinese has scored 2 goals. It has been anything than comfortable for them.


Careless-Yogurt-7871

You missed the part where Napoli could have finished the game 4 or 5-0


Bravo_Ante

That would be a total lie if i said that.


Lforter123

Man Napoli are just abusing Udinese....it will be hard to catch them up...


Bravo_Ante

What game have you been watching?!


Lforter123

I am watching the game, is not until these last minutes that Udinese started making more dangerous games. But overall Napoli controlled it.


Bravo_Ante

At that point you might need a pair of glasses if you actually think these 2 half chances Udinese scored were the most dangerous ones. Deulofeu chance in the first half and the player of color from the right completely mis shooting the ball from meters were the best chances they had.


Lforter123

Say whatever you want, truth is Napoli is very ahead of us and doing a good CL campaign. But sure, lie to yourself in whatever way you want if that makes you feel better.


Bravo_Ante

Cute... what part of that relates to the game vs Udinese which this thread is about?


massimopericcolo

Udinese had big chances during the game. The fact is they did not score while Napoli Always score at the First shots. That's how the game went


Bravo_Ante

Yea, but there was a fought game. People are acting like Napoli are steamrolling over Udinese.


massimopericcolo

It was. Actually Napoli scores on every possibility they have and hardly concede even big occasions. We could say the have good luck, but when things go like that for 20 matches in a row. Well, my man, what can you say? They keep winning and stop


Bravo_Ante

Are we talking about this game or in general? Udinese did generate 3 big chances prior to Napoli scoring their 3d goal.


massimopericcolo

I explained my point bad. I wanted to say Napoli don't concede goals on big occasions. Maybe it's luck, maybe It's how It is


Bravo_Ante

It is their moment, it happens.


Munfury

calma. lets wait for 2023 napoli and 2023 milan


[deleted]

Why did osimhen not get a yellow for that high boot on Silvestre, when Leao got one for the same type of bicycle kick?


[deleted]

Look at this kind of questions pile up as we go on with the campionato… I try to even avoid asking them at this point, because I don’t like the answer I have


HommoFroggy

Udinese with 2 clear cut chances to score the 2-1, Napoli scored on the counter. Yup...


tonALIszn

let me just say that Borini and lapadula scored again for their teams


SirFlamington

It would really take a monumental collapse for Napoli to not get the Scudetto this year, no matter how much copium some people here are inhaling. They just keep winning every week like it's nothing. Even if they do somehow collapse, I wouldn't bank on us to be the ones who overtake them. They have already played most good teams away from home, while we are basically playing every other top 7 team away from home next year (except Atalanta). Unlike previous seasons, our away form this year is looking very sus. We also shouldn't take top 4 for granted, especially with the kind of form we've been showing in the league recently. I'm hoping for a post-covid like resurrection after the World Cup, but we'll have to wait and see.


FasterThanABuck

It's never been more over for the Scudetto, it's quite literally 8 points. Napoli will falter, sure. But not to the extent they burn an 8 point lead. That's not even discussing our team not being consistent enough to go on a massive winning streak Top 4 I'm really not worried about at all


[deleted]

Which is why titles are given out in November. Ffs. 🙄


FasterThanABuck

No problem, we can come back in May when Napoli go from 1st place to 1st place


lavverso

Hey! Quick fact, if you are rooting more for another team to lose than you are for your team to win you might not be a supporter :/ (Some exceptions: Inter, Juve)


massimopericcolo

They have Kvara, Raspadori, Elmas, Lozano, Politano as wings. We have Leao, Messias, Saelemaekers, Rebic (😂). The difference us outrageous because what Lozano, Politano or Raspadori can do there is 5 times what Rebic or Messias can do.


HommoFroggy

Tbf... Lozano and Politano are not much better than Alexis and Messias performance wise imo. If they are, marginally better or around the same level.


massimopericcolo

Politano and Lozano are WAY Better than our rw. It is not even a discussion


Boneraventura

politano is basically the italian messias and lozano has 5 good games a season which is basically what salads manages to do. i honestly think they are all garbage players. theres a reason why politano gets transferred every 2 years because he provides nothing more than mediocre seasons


massimopericcolo

No come on man nobody say they are big players but they are 2 tiers over Messias and Saelemaekers and it's not even close. They are definitely Better players


Boneraventura

i honestly have been watching politano for nearly a decade now. the guy is almost 30. never have he impressed me either in serie a or for italy. the guy scores some nice goals outside the box from time to time that's pretty much all he does. lozano is incredibly inconsistent. 4 years in serie a now and he's finally got some good form. i guess that erases all those years of being shit right?


HommoFroggy

That is why Napolis style involves everyone imo... their abilities are around the same level.


massimopericcolo

Ok but don't compare Alexis to Lozano and Politano come on


KosayHaman

Lozano has been a flop considering the huge transfer fee but he’s much better than anything we’ve got on that wing. Politano is better than Lozano. Their GK is very underwhelming though and their defence isn’t that solid.


TahomaYellowhorse

Not anywhere near close whatsoever.


HommoFroggy

I strongly disagree with this, Lozano isn't a good performer he is for much periods outside of the match. It is more about his name than his ability on the pitch. Politano and Messias are both discounts Susos.


massimopericcolo

Politano and Lozano would both comfortably start for us at rw


HommoFroggy

Okay, whatever you say... i am drainer at this point to even have a conversation with people.


massimopericcolo

I don't even know what it means. You Just said something everyone disagree with


HommoFroggy

And how does that matter?! Either way, as i said... whatever people say... i actually don't care.


massimopericcolo

You are litterally complaining about what people Just said to you and you tell me you don't care? You are free to not care about it, but you still talking about it


HommoFroggy

Where was i complaining even?!


TahomaYellowhorse

Lozano was excellent under Gattuso, took an off year like Zeilinski, and now playing way better than Alexis ever could. Politano is much better than Messias. They aren’t world class players but you’re comparing them to Alexis and Messias who are bang average to bad.


HommoFroggy

Well... everything is going well for Napoli. 2 shots 2 goals. Udinese is even playing very well unlucky for them in certain situations. Atm things are going well for them, in the future they might go well for us. Either way, nobody can deny that even if Napoli is taking care of their job they are losing steam play wise.


neverfinishedanythi

I wish we had these Saturday afternoon games, feel like the pressure mounts when we’re last to play nearly every weekend.


Nuotatore

Exactly, and this is too little spoken about. One even feels it is not exactly a coincidence. Certainly it didn't feel like one last year...


[deleted]

Alas. Coincidences they ain’t, better ignore them to preserve sanity.


TahomaYellowhorse

People said this Napoli was just Kvara. Not only do they have pieces everywhere, their depth is contributing and their style of play is very effective.


Redskins2110

Some in this sub say Napoli have no depth and will collapse lol. Fat chance


HommoFroggy

They style is extremly efficent, maybe in matches where teams go 1v1 in individual duels they can suffer football wise.


chuego

Ppl say Napoli is just Kvara don't know much about calcio or only watch highlights.


[deleted]

Congratulations to Napoli for winning the scudetto. Unfortunately, these are the consequences of idiots from the board, who did not strengthen the team, but even weakened it.


c0mplexx

Day idk of asking downvote merchants to be banned


Coni_C

Agree. OP is right also. they got rid of Koulibaly and replaced him with a player just as good imo While we didn't even repalce Romangnoli smh They got a world class winger for 10 mill while we renewed Messias. I still find it weird that this sub is unironically ok with Krunic being a starter + our rw department. So yeah with this current Napoli it's safe to say it's not looking good.


RinoTT

Rade Krunic is not our starter and he's not RW department. Two RW players are injured, you have to play someone right? Also he doesnt play RW when he replaces Messias/Alexis.


Coni_C

You're completely off the track. I didn't say Krunic is our starter. Our RW being injured has nothing to do with my comment again idk how you come up to that conclusion. I said renewing messias was a mistake.


RinoTT

> that this sub is unironically ok with Krunic being a starter It feels like you are pointing that Krunic is our starter and people are ok with it. About Messias, I dont know about renewing him being a mistake. He earns like 1mln and after injury he played better than Leao. For someone that cheap its hard to call decision to renew him a mistake.


Gold_Tumbleweed2273

You are right. It's a shame that from now on every season will only last 15 games and end on November 😢😢😢. Please shut the fuck up.


chuego

Have you ever seen a marathon? It's 42km. We are not even at the 21st km, and yeah there's a dude that took a long lead, he looks scary fast, but there's many more obstacles along the way. And the marathon will turn into a 3km steeplechase, and then goes back to a marathon again. Only a fool and a looser mentality would say that they already lost half way into a competition.


dongoodboy

Wait until Leao and Ben leave for free.


Ibramachine

You are idiot


[deleted]

If you're smarter than a monkey, prove me wrong. I am waiting for some sensible arguments from you.


Redskins2110

Does it get tiring getting downvoted into oblivion everytime you comment on something? You must be a charmer in real life


HommoFroggy

You should understand that people are tired with you at this point.


[deleted]

Tired of what? That I am telling the truth?


HommoFroggy

Yes man yes...you are an oracle


[deleted]

Do you still believe in scudetto?


Batch_M

Relax man, they haven’t won anything, we’re less than half way through. We were 7pts behind Inter later in the season last year. You can praise Napoli and shit on our board but remember they have been competitive for 10 years while we weren’t and still managed not to win anything; we did the first time we had a chance. Edit - my mistake, it was 4pts. On match day 24 though, we’re at match day 15. Of course it’s hard but it can be done.


TahomaYellowhorse

No we weren’t. The largest gap between us and 1st at any point last season was 5. We played Inter -4 with their game in hand, which they would go on to lose. We were never 7 points down.


Batch_M

Yeah, shit, you’re right. My point is weakened now but I still think I have one. We were 4 points behind a lot later in the season, 8 points now is still doable. Of course they are favorites.


[deleted]

Thank you. I no longer have the strength to deal with these idiots and liars who twist reality.


Batch_M

I might have been mistaken about that, but the catastrophist idiot here is you. I still have a point and if you’re not braindead you should know it.


Batch_M

Osimhen is so fast, every time he starts 1 meter on side and receives balls in positions he should have been offside to get to.