They ran out of steam the last month or so but what a brilliant team they have been this season. Happy for Spalletti too, finally got a Scudetto.
Italian Serie A 2022/23
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Well done Napoli, refreshing to see another team win it than the usual 3 of Juve/Inter/Milan. Just checked and it's 1st time that other team than those 3 has won Scudetto since Roma back in 2001. 22 years.
Ergh, gutted I missed out. I was at the match on Sunday on holiday. But you could sense a serious was about to ensue in the city.Napoli champions!!!!
Absolutely scenes in Naples
Congrats Napoli
Apparently one person was shot to death and three other people suffered gunshot wounds in the title celebrations.
Which is unfortunately expected and par for the course
Unfortunately so.
Don’t know all the details but I was afraid there’d be such news on their way.Kind of cool that they win it in the season Argentina win the World Cup. Diego shining on them both.
So, is the city still standing or have the Napoli fans completely demolished it by now?
Oh yeah congratulations to Napoli, a well deserved title.
Oh yeah congratulations to Napoli, a well deserved title.
Huge game today. Roma v inter. Battle for top 4 in Italy is intense.
Leao taken out injured at the worst time possible. 4 days before the derby in the CL semifinal… But Milan couldn’t rotate, this game being just as important, a must win for the top 4 race.
Franco Berasi was asked how does this Napoli team compare to the Napoli team of the 80s.
His response “lol, you can’t compare, they had Maradona!”
Come on Milan. Don’t want to see that lot nowhere near UCL.
Same. I think they'll do it though
Unfortunately.
Roma 2 down to Inter so bar a mass winning run they're looking likely to finish 7th.
Think Leverkusen will edge them out over two legs aswell although you never rule out Mourinho teams in later stages of cup competitions.
Are we however slowly entering third year Mourinho meltdown? I did wonder if he was seriously considering the Portugal job but guess the timing wasn't quite right. That would've been a good job to pretty much end his top level career management on anyway.
Think Leverkusen will edge them out over two legs aswell although you never rule out Mourinho teams in later stages of cup competitions.
Are we however slowly entering third year Mourinho meltdown? I did wonder if he was seriously considering the Portugal job but guess the timing wasn't quite right. That would've been a good job to pretty much end his top level career management on anyway.
Both Milano teams doing their jobs. I've got no sympathy for Juve but with them winning as well it'd look a bit better in terms of kicking those fascist, racist scumbags out of CL qualification.
The guy has to be one of the best football owners in history, from serie c to serie a champions while playing attractive football in-between.
I guess it makes up for producing the worst Hannibal film in existence.
This makes me happy. Nothing against Roma personally but too many people were talking about “Mourinho has still got it”
Roma have a lot of injuries to take into consideration and the fans love him from what I’ve seen
They wouldn't even be in a top 4 race if both Milan clubs weren't shitting so much
Milan - A 5 game winless run at the start of the year + multiple winless runs vs bottom tier teams.
Inter - Dropping points against bottom tier teams and going on a 5 game winless run - managing 1 point out of 15
It's actually crazy how they couldn't even take advantage of this.
Aren't they rotating more due to europa? Tammy and Dybala both came on as second half subs today and Wijnaldum and Smalling were unused.
Tammy has been shite this season though. Dybala has to be carefully played due to his fitness issues. I genuinely don't believe he can play 2-3 games a week anymore. Wijnaldum missed most of the season and Smalling has just come back from injury
They wouldn't even be in a top 4 race if both Milan clubs weren't shitting so much
Milan - A 5 game winless run at the start of the year + multiple winless runs vs bottom tier teams.
Inter - Dropping points against bottom tier teams and going on a 5 game winless run - managing 1 point out of 15
It's actually crazy how they couldn't even take advantage of this.
This is also true.
I mean Milan and Inter both have plain better teams than Roma as well. Napoli aside this season was heavily influenced by the WC break and europe, plus juventus penalization/no penalization
It's really no surprise that the team that didn't lose players to world cup blues and intentionally threw european cups away is the one that's set for a top 4 finish(despite being at best the 6th best team in the league)
It's really no surprise that the team that didn't lose players to world cup blues and intentionally threw european cups away is the one that's set for a top 4 finish(despite being at best the 6th best team in the league)
Roma results from the start of the year.
It's ironic that Roma, being a Mourinho team, generally creates more chances than the opponent but just cant score, meanwhile the opponents do score, today Roma had more chances again but just missed everything
They really need someone up front that can score.
Roma still has a chance because now it has no more games against the teams above them while those will still play amongst themselves.
They really need someone up front that can score.
Roma still has a chance because now it has no more games against the teams above them while those will still play amongst themselves.
Cremonese going to feck around and stay up
Vlahovic doing a Lukaku... Got racially abused. Scored a great goal and celebrated it vehemently, earning himself a yellow card.
Big 3 points for Juventus at Atalanta. Looking increasingly like Juve & Lazio will run away with 2nd and 3d... And the 4th spot will be a tight fight between the 2 Milan teams until the very end.
Big 3 points for Juventus at Atalanta. Looking increasingly like Juve & Lazio will run away with 2nd and 3d... And the 4th spot will be a tight fight between the 2 Milan teams until the very end.
we still have to see what FIGC or UEFA will come up to at the end of the season
this remains grotesque from AIA and FIGC
Napoli miss a hell of a lot of penalties
Love it! Thanks for sharing!
So the court explained their decisions on juventus's appeal and based on that it's pretty much guaranteed they *will* get docked points, it's just a matter of how many and in which season
Basically other than Agnelli, Paratici, Arrivabene(all confirmed guilty) and Nedved(sentence overturned) a bunch of other administrators also had their sentences overturned and since the 15 points penalization was in part based on the number of people guilty, it was determined to be too much
If the new trial founds them all guilty again the penalization might be more severe as well
New trial should take place before the end of the season
Basically other than Agnelli, Paratici, Arrivabene(all confirmed guilty) and Nedved(sentence overturned) a bunch of other administrators also had their sentences overturned and since the 15 points penalization was in part based on the number of people guilty, it was determined to be too much
If the new trial founds them all guilty again the penalization might be more severe as well
New trial should take place before the end of the season
I am reading it’s more likely to be a 9 points penalisation. But be it 9/15 or more, the biggest question remains wether it would apply to the current season or the next one?
If it’s this year (even going with 9), then very likely no European football next year for Juventus… Which would entail a big financial crisis for the club.
If it’s this year (even going with 9), then very likely no European football next year for Juventus… Which would entail a big financial crisis for the club.
They can still win the EL.