Serie A Superthread

Mr.Nice Guy

Ronaldo has a chance to score this evening and pull Juve even further clear of Napoli. Game is live on Eir Sport 2 from 7:30pm.

Napoli XI: Meret; Malcuit, Maksimovic, Koulibaly, Hysaj; Callejon, Allan, Fabian Ruiz, Zielinski; Insigne, Milik.

Juventus XI: Szczesny; Cancelo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Alex Sandro; Emre Can, Pjanic, Matuidi; Bernardeschi, Mandzukic, Ronaldo.

Juventus are unbeaten this season. Will they lose that record tonight? I'm not sure about that. I'll go Juventus to edge it.

Mr.Nice Guy

Napoli keeper Meret sent off for fouling Ronaldo.

wonski

Napoli just ruined their game with one silly pass.

Gk sent off. Milik off for Ospina.

Game over I think.

Mr.Nice Guy

And Pjanic scores the resulting free-kick. Game over already perhaps.

snowblind

surprise, juve can score FK goals when Pjanic NOT Ronaldo does it

wonski

And Pjanic goal from free kick.

Zieliński post soon after, but doubt they will get more chances like this.

Will keep watching until Juventus scores again.

It is football after all.

Mr.Nice Guy

2-0 from Can's header via a deflection. I think that's that.

wonski

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

2-0 from Can's header via a deflection. I think that's that.

Yep. All over. Such a shame as it could have been really good game.

wonski

Now red for Pjanic.What a tool...

snowblind

here we go, game on! callejon 1-2

wonski

snowblind wrote: »

here we go, game on! callejon 1-2

Glad I stayed on, Zieliński on fire.

stesaurus

Turned off at half-time, I'm back watching now. Massive credit to Napoli here

wonski

stesaurus wrote: »

Turned off at half-time, I'm back watching now. Massive credit to Napoli here

20 exciting minutes to come. 10 vs 10 so more space to play.

wonski

Penalty to Napoli

Insigne post.

Headshot

That peno miss was justice tbh

ERG89

F**k sake

wonski

Headshot wrote: »

That peno miss was justice tbh

Very soft penalty, but technically correct.

But I agree with you. Sort of penalty I don't like.

stesaurus

So poor from Insigne. Well that's another title for Juventus

Mr.Nice Guy

Eusebio Di Francesco has been sacked as Roma manager after their elimination to Porto last night.

Claudio Ranieri set to replace him.

ERG89

https://twitter.com/footballitalia/status/1103803165026205696?s=19

Think he did a few good deals but ultimately he failed when the players he signed struggled replace the ones he sold (that he didn't sign).
Alisson & Salah in particular are 2 he messed up replacing. Schick, Nzonzi, Pastore, Defrel & others just never worked out.

Bridge93

Those more in the know, are these green shoots starting to finally appear at Milan or another false dawn?

ERG89

Bridge93 wrote:

Those more in the know, are these green shoots starting to finally appear at Milan or another false dawn?

5 league wins on the bounce ahead of the Milan derby next weekend.
Performances have been particularly poor in the last 2 games vs Sassuolo & Chievo mind.

wonski

Now three players with 19 goals. Ronaldo, Quagliarella and Piatek.

Piatek still the only one with zero assists. Very selfish

Jelle1880

Some goal by Lazio against Fiorentina.

Mr.Nice Guy

Another peach of a goal from Quagliarella today in Sampdoria's 5-3 win over Sassuolo.

Poor result for Ranieri and Roma as Spal beat them 2-1. Was a great chance to put pressure on Milan and Inter ahead of their game tomorrow.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Juve looking like getting their first defeat of season to Genoa, down 2-0. Great counterattack with Pandev scoring, on eir2

ERG89

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Juve looking like getting their first defeat of season to Genoa, down 2-0. Great counterattack with Pandev scoring, on eir2

The irony of Sturaro scoring a goal for Genoa after they supposedly agreed to pay €17m for him. :rolleyes:
Amazed they couldn't stay unbeaten since all of the big sides with the exception of Milan(only since January) are playing worse than last season.

Mr.Nice Guy

Eir are showing the Milan derby tonight (kick-off 7.30pm). Team news:

Milan XI: Donnarumma; Calabria, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Rodriguez; Kessie, Bakayoko, Paqueta; Suso, Piatek, Calhanoglu.

Inter XI: Handanovic; D’Ambrosio, De Vrij, Skriniar, Asamoah; Gagliardini, Brozovic, Vecino; Politano, Lautaro Martinez, Perisic.

Milan on 51 points, Inter on 50 points. Fancy Milan to win because Piatek.

Headshot

oh what a start to the game

This could be good!!!!!

Mr.Nice Guy

What a start for Inter. Vecino makes it 1-0.