Serie A Superthread

Pioli will steady the ship but can't see him doing much. Sad to see Milan in such bad shape. Ranieri the new manager of Samp is interesting , you just don't know with him it could go either way.

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Can't believe Atalanta blew a 3-0 lead over Lazio to draw the game.

Didn't see the match myself but both penalties looked soft from the clips I've seen, didn't look like much contact, if any, for the first and the second one ìt looks like the defender is trying to pass the ball and Immobile puts his leg across him without making any attempt to actually touch the ball. I could be wrong because I've only seen poor quality videos so far but that's what it looked like to me.

Nainggolan with a screamer against SPAL.

Great start for Pioli. 2-2 draw at home to Lecce; can they sack him already as it's only wasting others time watching them play with the same failings from the same players.
The highlight of the game for me was taking out the bins.

Stalemate between Brescia and Fiorentina this evening. Tonali and Pulgar looked good.

Some surprises today. Juve held to a draw at Lecce. Ronaldo wasn't there, and with their finishing they missed him.

Inter can go top with a home win over Parma but they're 2-1 down in the first half. Karamoh with an assist and great goal against his parent club.

Lukaku makes it 2-2 just before the hour mark.

It ends 2-2. Wasted opportunity for Inter.

ERG89 wrote: »

Jack Rodwell, supposedly signing with Roma until the end of the season. I know they have injury issues but what an embarrassing signing; have they no academy players at all???
This club were in a CL semi final 18 months ago & now resort to picking up rubbish on the cheap.

As much as I love Italian football it's a sign of how much the standard has dropped, Rodwell will do nothing for you on a Wednesday night in the champions league, however still plenty good enough cover against pretty much every team in the mid to bottom half of the table at the moment

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Roma have about 9 first team squad players out with injuries, they'd sign me on a 6 month free right now.

It dose not excuse the lack of talent the likes of cagliari or spal are bringing to the table at the moment

I mean Milan are not even close to being considered AC Milan at the moment,, I love the Italian game and not trying to sell it short but. Standard is low at the moment

Atalanta 1-0 down at home to Udinese. Kjaer tries to be too clever and gives it away to Okaka who scores. Pity Kjaer never took a chance like that when he played against Ireland.

1-1 now as Ilicic scores. Initially judged offside but after a very long review the goal is allowed.

Oh dear. How to shoot yourself in the foot. Udinese's Opoku gives away a pen and gets a second yellow in the process. Chance for Atalanta to turn this around.

And Muriel scores for 2-1. Tough for Udinese to get back into this now.

3-1 Atalanta just before half-time. Ilicic gets another. Looks like game over already.

4-1 Atalanta just after the break. Muriel with the finish. This could be a Southampton/Leicester type scenario, though you don't tend to see that in Italian football.

5-1 now. Only 51 minutes gone. Pasalic gets in on the act. Musso had made a vital save from Gomez before that. This could get very ugly for Udinese depending on how badly Atalanta want to punish them. Ilicic won't stop as he's on for a hat-trick.

Another pen for Atalanta. Chance for 6-1. Muriel to take it.

Muriel scores it to get his hat-trick. Still 15 minutes to go.

7-1 now. The 17-year-old sub Traore beats Musso. Think the keeper will be disappointed with that. Still 7 minutes of normal time.

It ends 7-1. Udinese will be lucky that was the extent of it as it could have been more. Sending off was a massive moment. Atalanta up to third, 3 points off Juve.

From looking at the highlights Milan appeared to be fortunate they only lost by a goal. Sad to see what's happening to them. There was a rumour in the summer that linked them to Christophe Galtier and Luis Campos. Those two transformed Lille from a team heading for the drop to one in the Champions League, and if they could get them next summer I think they should go for it. As a United fan I want Campos as sporting director at Old Trafford.

Disappointing draw for Napoli as this was a great chance to make ground on Juve and Inter.

Immobile looked quality in Lazio's win over Fiorentina. I feel if they had started him against Celtic on Thursday the result would have been a different story.

Inter go top for the night. Brescia lie in 18th, I hope they really did get a sweetheart deal on Balotelli's wages as it's all they might get relying on him. Tonali 110% won't be there next year anyway.

Napoli host Atalanta tomorrow night at 6. Not a lot else jumps out too much other than maybe Lazio vs Torino. Milan play SPAL Thursday if you hate yourself enough to watch that, might be the scariest thing on Halloween night.

Father Hernandez wrote: »

https://twitter.com/PremierSportsTV/status/1189293450719617024

Lukaku has 7 goals in 10 games

Glad to see him do well, great goal.

I saw stats this morning that said Inter only had 2 shots on target! Maybe Lautaro's goal didn't count due to deflection (I didn't see it), but even still that's a pretty worrying stat considering the opposition.

2-2

Atalanta equaliser seconds beforehand Napoli were denied what looked like a clear penalty.

Ended 2-2, Napoli as you can imagine weren't too pleased.