2015-16 Italian Serie A Discussion

Post #401 » by **magik9113** » Mon Nov 9, 2015 11:26 pm

Italy call ups for friendlies vs Belgium and Romania:

Gk: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Daniele Padelli (Torino), Mattia Perin (Genoa), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint Germain);

D: Francesco Acerbi (Sassuolo), Luca Antonelli (Milan), Davide Astori (Fiorentina), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Matteo Darmian (Manchester United), Mattia De Sciglio (Milan), Lorenzo De Silvestri (Sampdoria);

M: Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan), Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Alessio Cerci (Milan), Stephan El Shaarawy (AS Monaco), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Emanuele Giaccherini (Bologna), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Milan), Marco Parolo (Lazio), Roberto Soriano (Sampdoria);

F: Manolo Gabbiadini (Napoli), Eder (Sampdoria), Stefano Okaka (Anderlecht), Graziano Pellé (Southampton), Simone Zaza (Juventus)

One can only assume Conte is taking the opportunity to try out some things if you look at the forwards he called and left out, notably Insigne/Berardi. Damn shame Verratti is out injured again; Conte hasn't had much of an opportunity to establish a midfield due to him, De Rossi, and Marchisio never rarely being healthy at the same time.
I'm still not entirely sold on Parolo for the NT and even less convinced by Soriano but other than that the midfield is solid. I think we have seen the last of Pirlo too.

It took him a while but Conte successfully established a core throughout the qualifying campaign and I'm feeling much better about the squad's chances at Euro

ZUDAMAGIC · Post #402 » by **ZUDAMAGIC** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 9:23 pm

Balotelli injuries smh really wanted him to get called up. When is the final roster named?

Post #403 » by **magik9113** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 10:54 pm

mid May I believe

Doormatt · Post #404 » by **Doormatt** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 1:19 am

Calling up Okaka is a joke.

Doormatt · Post #405 » by **Doormatt** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:32 am

Today's game was one of the dumbest things I've ever watched. Everyone in a position of authority should be ashamed that the game wasn't called off, it was **** water polo not soccer. Also **** Rocchi, absolutely **** ref, Mirante should have been sent off for saving a shot 30 yards outside of the penalty box but somehow only gets a yellow??? Idiot.

J-Mezzy · Post #406 » by **J-Mezzy** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:50 pm

Inter back on top. Get'em Massimo!

DD12 · Post #407 » by **DD12** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 3:22 am

J-Mezzy wrote:Inter back on top. Get'em Massimo!

Melo and Telles were their best players all game. Too bad Melo is old. If he was 28 or so, he would make another transfer to Real Madrid, Barcelona type of teams.

DD12 · Post #408 » by **DD12** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:20 pm

Doormatt wrote:Today's game was one of the dumbest things I've ever watched. Everyone in a position of authority should be ashamed that the game wasn't called off, it was **** water polo not soccer. Also **** Rocchi, absolutely **** ref, Mirante should have been sent off for saving a shot 30 yards outside of the penalty box but somehow only gets a yellow??? Idiot.

So two bs penalties and one red card wasn't enough?

Doormatt · Post #409 » by **Doormatt** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 12:20 am

DD12 wrote:
Doormatt wrote:Today's game was one of the dumbest things I've ever watched. Everyone in a position of authority should be ashamed that the game wasn't called off, it was **** water polo not soccer. Also **** Rocchi, absolutely **** ref, Mirante should have been sent off for saving a shot 30 yards outside of the penalty box but somehow only gets a yellow??? Idiot.

So two bs penalties and one red card wasn't enough?

Irrelevant to whether or not the game should have been played or whether Rocchi is a **** ref. Hint: it shouldn't have been and he is.

Post #410 » by **magik9113** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 12:57 am

excited for Inter-Napoli next week

Post #411 » by **magik9113** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 6:24 pm

this weekend Roma lose to Atalanta 2-0; Milan beat Samp 4-1 in Montella's first match in charge; Juve beat Palermo 3-0, goals from Mandzukic, Sturaro, Zaza.

Sassuolo down to Fiorentina 1-0 right now, this result would keep Juve in 5th place.
Napoli-Inter later today...hoping for a draw. I don't think Napoli will lose

Post #412 » by **magik9113** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:01 pm

Sassuolo are really good considering they have no stars[when Berardi is suspended].

Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik; Callejon, Higuain, Insigne

Napoli bench: Gabriel, Rafael, Strinic, Henrique, Valdifiori, Maggio, Luperto, David Lopez, Chiriches, Dezi, El Kaddouri, Chalobah

Inter: Handanovic; D'Ambrosio, Miranda, Murillo, Nagatomo; Guarin, Medel, Brozovic; Perisic, Icardi, Ljajic

Inter bench: Carrizo, Dodo, Ranocchia, Telles, Juan Jesus, Montoya, Gnoukouri, Melo, Palacio, Jovetic, Biabiany, Manaj

Foye · Post #413 » by **Foye** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:28 pm

If this Inter team wins Serie A the league is officially dead.
They can't even string together two passes in a row in opposing half at Napoli

Doormatt · Post #414 » by **Doormatt** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:45 pm

Foye wrote:If this Inter team wins Serie A the league is officially dead.
They can't even string together two passes in a row in opposing half at Napoli

lol okay guy. i guess if you ignore the fact that italy has been doing better in europe every year and is very close to taking another CL spot, and that tons of teams are in the process of building new stadiums, then yeah the league is totally dead.

inter are able to be successful because they are the only top italian team that doesn't have to play in europe every week. they also spent a ton of money over the summer to improve their quality drastically, so its not like this is the same team from the past few years.

Doormatt · Post #415 » by **Doormatt** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:50 pm

**** that tackle looked really bad in real time

Foye · Post #416 » by **Foye** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:51 pm

Doormatt wrote:
Foye wrote:If this Inter team wins Serie A the league is officially dead.
They can't even string together two passes in a row in opposing half at Napoli

lol okay guy. i guess if you ignore the fact that italy has been doing better in europe every year and is very close to taking another CL spot, and that tons of teams are in the process of building new stadiums, then yeah the league is totally dead.

inter are able to be successful because they are the only top italian team that doesn't have to play in europe every week. they also spent a ton of money over the summer to improve their quality drastically, so its not like this is the same team from the past few years.

I was just referring to Massimo who said Inter are going to win the Serie A this year. It is an absolute piss poor performance they have against Napoli right now.

Doormatt · Post #417 » by **Doormatt** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:51 pm

Foye wrote:
Doormatt wrote:
Foye wrote:If this Inter team wins Serie A the league is officially dead.
They can't even string together two passes in a row in opposing half at Napoli

lol okay guy. i guess if you ignore the fact that italy has been doing better in europe every year and is very close to taking another CL spot, and that tons of teams are in the process of building new stadiums, then yeah the league is totally dead.

inter are able to be successful because they are the only top italian team that doesn't have to play in europe every week. they also spent a ton of money over the summer to improve their quality drastically, so its not like this is the same team from the past few years.

I was just referring to Massimo who said Inter are going to win the Serie A this year. It is an absolute piss poor performance they have against Napoli right now.

but almost everything that comes out of his mouth is asinine, why would you listen to anything he says lol. its also just 1 half of one game, you can't judge a teams quality based on that.

Foye · Post #418 » by **Foye** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:17 pm

Doormatt wrote:
Foye wrote:
Doormatt wrote:
lol okay guy. i guess if you ignore the fact that italy has been doing better in europe every year and is very close to taking another CL spot, and that tons of teams are in the process of building new stadiums, then yeah the league is totally dead.

inter are able to be successful because they are the only top italian team that doesn't have to play in europe every week. they also spent a ton of money over the summer to improve their quality drastically, so its not like this is the same team from the past few years.

I was just referring to Massimo who said Inter are going to win the Serie A this year. It is an absolute piss poor performance they have against Napoli right now.

but almost everything that comes out of his mouth is asinine, why would you listen to anything he says lol. its also just 1 half of one game, you can't judge a teams quality based on that.

I didn't say Inter is a bad team. They have a good defense as every Mancini team. But this destructive football they are playing will never lead to winning a championship.

DD12 · Post #419 » by **DD12** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:19 pm

AS roma gets all the calls and penalties all the time. In addition to that, their opponents are receiving red cards almost every week.

For inter, it is exactly vice versa. Nagatomo's red especially second yellow was a joke.

Foye;

Inter would beat any team except Bayern in your Buli. Of course this is boring for you since there are not 72 goals in 60 minutes and 48483930 chances with horrible defenses like buli. I understand. This one is called football. The other one is an entertainment show.

Foye · Post #420 » by **Foye** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:29 pm

DD12 wrote:For inter, it is exactly vice versa. Nagatomo's red especially second yellow was a joke.

Not gonna reply to the other crap but...it was a joke? Ok. :lol:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhP6NGBRcE[/youtube]

This is possibly the clearest yellow card I have seen in months. :roll: