And this.....
Serie A standings:
Inter
...............Juventus
Milan
Napoli
Genoa
Fiorentina
................Lazio
Palermo
Catania
Roma
Atalanta
Udinese
Cagliari
Sampdoria
Siena
Lecce
Bologna
Torino
Reggina
Chievo
Without counting us and Lazio (we didn't play them yet).....
Against the top teams we have 2-1-3 (11:9)
Against the mid-table teams we have 4-2-0 (8:2)
Against the relegation battlers we have 6-0-0 (12:2)
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Someone will say that we have the heart and the core players to beat the small and mid-table teams, but we lack quality because heart alone is not enough to beat the best teams.
It could be true but i still disagree with that. I stand by what i said in my previous post. It all has to do with the timing of these matches. We played half of the matches against the big teams at the start of the season, when due to the changes forced by injuries, we couldn't find the balance and the players were still learning how to play together. Afterall, look at our record against the mid-table teams. The only 2 matches we didn't win came at the same time, at the start of the season.
With the players back from injury, and hopefully without new injuries, things should change. Our record against the last 12 teams is great and we should repeat it, or close to it, and all that we need to change, and we will, i'm sure, is the record against the top teams. With Camo, Buffon, Zanetti and all the others back, there is a great chance we'll do better in the second part of the season and win our 30th scudetto.