[ITA] Serie A 2013/2014 (29 Viewers)

Alen

Ѕenior Аdmin
Apr 2, 2007
54,028
Would you rather fight on all titles and end up empty handed or know where to focus most of your energy and come out with silverware?
Benitez rested Hamsik yesterday, which shows well that both competitions are taken just as seriously. The CL is where the money is, so all three Italian clubs will give their best there, at the expense of losing points domestically.
With serie A having such a poor coverage worldwide, CL is the big screen where the players get to show their qualities. No Napoli player will save himself against Dortmund and Arsenal, in order to do well and beat Chievo or Livorno. Yes, logic suggests that such way of thinking might cost them the scudetto eventually, but neither ADL nor do the players care for that. The money is in CL.
 

Xperd

Allegrophobic Infidel
Jun 1, 2012
35,184
Lets put it this way,the earlier Napoli go out in the CL,the better their chances get in possibly winning the scudetto.

Dortmund got hammered two years ago as well in the CL.As if that damaged their confidence when they went on to win the league later that season.
 

GarfielD

Senior Member
May 21, 2009
13,428
Youre kidding me right?

Their arguably best three players, wilshere, ozil and cazzo likr to occupy the same spaces. Midfield is hella week other than the offensive slot.
Yeah indeed, Napoli pwned Chievo, Atalanta and Bologna, they are one of the best teams in the world now. :shifty: Lets see how they do vs Dortmund, Milan and Arsenal in the coming weeks.

And btw Arsenal is so underrated here.
 

Xperd

Allegrophobic Infidel
Jun 1, 2012
35,184
Arsenal's entire back 4 is solid.Both Monreal and Sagna are very solid fullbacks.Koscielny who for me is a near WC Cb and Metesacker has been very good for them too_Overall they have a very good defense.

As for the midfield,they have Ramsey and he is looking great all of a sudden ,scoring goals for fun.Then there's Wilshere,Arteta and Flamini.From a defensive point of view they're light in that department but overall their midfield is better than Napoli for me.

Man for man they beat Napoli in every department except for CF and GK.And maybe one of the CM slots but its debatable.
 

Klin

نحن الروبوتات
May 27, 2009
61,692
Arsenal's entire back 4 is solid.Both Monreal and Sagna are very solid fullbacks.Koscielny who for me is a near WC Cb and Metesacker has been very good for them too_Overall they have a very good defense.

As for the midfield,they have Ramsey and he is looking great all of a sudden ,scoring goals for fun.Then there's Wilshere,Arteta and Flamini.From a defensive point of view they're light in that department but overall their midfield is better than Napoli for me.
Finally. :tup:
 

piotrr

Мodеrator
Sep 13, 2011
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Arsenal's entire back 4 is solid.Both Monreal and Sagna are very solid fullbacks.Koscielny who for me is a near WC Cb and Metesacker has been very good for them too_Overall they have a very good defense.
Koscielny is a decent player but everytime i see him play he manages to cause a penalty/score an own goal/make a deflection 'Bonucci from previous season' style.
 

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