Serie A 2018/19 - 3^ Giornata [31/08 - 02/09]

[Eco]

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31
AC Milan vs AS Roma

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Bologna vs Inter Milan
Parma vs Juventus

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Fiorentina vs Udinese
Atalanta vs Cagliari
Chievo vs Empoli
Lazio vs Frosinone
Sampdoria vs Napoli
Sassuolo vs Genoa
Torino vs SPAL

[...Dan]

Icardi out with a muscle problem. Keita takes his place. Gagliardini and Nainggolan also come in.

[Dave]

Patrick Cutrone

[Eco]

Welcome Ninja to Inter Milan!

Scores his first goal in his first game, and Inter are up 1-0 on Bologna. 

[Eco]

And that's 2. Candreva scores on a great play from Inter. 

[Eco]

3-0 Inter. Ivan scores to make it 3-0

[Eco]

Juve scores in 3 minutes to take the lead against Parma. 

[Eco]

Gervinho scores for Parma! Game is currently tied 1-1

[Eco]

Parma have a great chance to go ahead, but missed the open net....Remains 1-1

[Eco]

2-1 Juve now. 15 minutes to go

[Eco]

Fiorentina 0-0 with Udinese at half-time. Pretty boring game thus far. 

[Dalmore]

I agree. unfortunately the rest of the games start in 70 minutes so there is nothing else to watch at the moment. 

[Dalmore]

At last! Fiorentina opens the score with a fantastic volley shot by Benassi.

[Eco]

Thank goodness that is over. 

Fiorentina win 1-0. 

Not sure who'll I watch next. Thankfully ESPN+ Shows all the games, so I'll either watch Torino vs SPAL or Sampdoria. 

[Eco]

Holy hell shot.

Sampdoria leads 1-0 against Napoli

[Stan]

2-0 Sampdoria! 

Torino vs Spal might get abandoned due to heavy rain. The pitch looks flooded.

[Stan]

Sassuolo leading Genoa 4-1 at half-time.

Atalanta concede against Cagliari.

[Stan]

3-0 Samp. Napoli very poor.

[Stan]

Quagliarella's goal for Sampdoria tonight

 

[Dalmore]

Atalanta - Cagliari 0-1 from the half time.

Italians prove that they are still champions in match fixing.

[SirBalon]

12 hours ago, Stan said:

3-0 Samp. Napoli very poor.

In reality Napoli have been very poor in all of their games so far.  It's only because other teams they've played beforehand have for some reason collapsed.  Ancelotti is being found out...  He can't coach this type of club and this could be very damaging for him.  What's for sure is that Aurelio de Laurentiis big headedness with Maurizio Sarri is gonna come back to bite him in the arse.

The way Napoli are playing games is a total shambles and almost amateur-like.

[SirBalon]

The Italian press isn’t known to bow down to anyone and Cristiano Ronaldo is already getting reviews shrouded in mediocrity after three Serie ‘A’ games. Corriere dello Sport offer a front page today giving the Juventus star a mark of 5.5

[Dave]

Napoli dropping points already has somewhat curbed my enthusiasm for the Italian league this season.

[SirBalon]

22 hours ago, The Palace Fan said:

Napoli dropping points already has somewhat curbed my enthusiasm for the Italian league this season.

Unless something miraculous happens, Napoli under Ancelotti won't be challenging for anything this season. It goes to show what a coach is actually worth in the grand scheme of things.  Too many people think it's all about the players!

Unless a challenge comes from another quarter, I can't see anything else other than a total Juventus walkover this year.  And that's that Cristiano Ronaldo still hasn't even started ticking yet.  Let's see what Inter can do because they're the only ones with a semblance to show some metal other than the superior team of Napoli which is being badly coached.

[Dave]

8 hours ago, SirBalon said:

Unless something miraculous happens, Napoli under Ancelotti won't be challenging for anything this season. It goes to show what a coach is actually worth in the grand scheme of things.  Too many people think it's all about the players!

I agree. I don't think its coincidental that since six of the best recognised managers in the world began to manage in England, Premier League players performed a lot better in the last World Cup in contrast to Rio 2014.