[ITA] Serie A 2015/2016 (57 Viewers)

[frzl]

napoli lost their psychological edge (if there was anything left) the moment zaza scored against them.
of course they haven´t given up, yet but it´s complete nonsense to suggest they still have any kind of psychological advantage.
we are 3 points ahead, have the easier schedule and have been bulldozing the league for months now. furthermore, there won´t be any more cl or coppa games for us until the league ends.
not to mention that we are out for blood. i think the torino game proved that. our players were tired as fuck but won a tough game convincingly.

however, i agree that the race isn´t over, yet. football is a high variance game and injuries or influencable refs could always fuck us.
i hope we will hear some good news regarding injuries today. from what i´ve read there is no reason to belive that any players despite caceres and the suspended ones will miss the empoli game?!
furthermore, let´s hope that pereyra, asamaoh, sturaro and especially mandzukic make good use of those two weeks and regain some form.

 

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[LiquidPLP]

napoli lost their psychological edge (if there was anything left) the moment zaza scored against them.
of course they haven´t given up, yet but it´s complete nonsense to suggest they still have any kind of psychological advantage.
we are 3 points ahead, have the easier schedule and have been bulldozing the league for months now. furthermore, there won´t be any more cl or coppa games for us until the league ends.
not to mention that we are out for blood. i think the torino game proved that. our players were tired as fuck but won a tough game convincingly.

however, i agree that the race isn´t over, yet. football is a high variance game and injuries or influencable refs could always fuck us.
i hope we will hear some good news regarding injuries today. from what i´ve read there is no reason to belive that any players despite caceres and the suspended ones will miss the empoli game?!
furthermore, let´s hope that pereyra, asamaoh, sturaro and especially mandzukic make good use of those two weeks and regain some form.

We also are in a better situation because our bench really makes the difference, which is not the case for Napoli. If we had Napoli's bench we wouldn't be top 3 most probably by now. Man those injuries really fucked us this season but we coped with those really well.

One injury/booking to Hamsik or Higuain and they're in trouble. I have to say they do better than I expected but now only some kind of disaster could take the title away from us.

 

[piotrr]

Napoli fan attempting to sue referee after Juventus defeat

ffs

One foolhardy Napoli fan has begun legal proceedings against referee Nicola Rizzoli after the official decided not to send off Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci during Sunday's fiery encounter against cross-city rivals Torino.

The Derby della Mole is always a lively affair and the most recent instalment proved no different, Juve eventually winning 4-1 to re-establish their three-point lead over Napoli at the top of the Serie A table.

However, watching from afar, Napoli fan Luigi Giordano was outraged at the lack of disciplinary action taken by referee Rizzoli during the match, despite the sending off of Sami Khedira for dissent in the latter stages.

A lawyer by trade, Giordano was rendered aghast by several refereeing decisions, decisions he felt directly benefited Juve's title hopes at Napoli's expense.

As well as Torino having a goal chalked off, Giordano also took umbrage at Rizzoli failing to red card Bonucci despite the Juve centre-back appearing to butt heads with the referee at one point during the game.

According to Gazzetta World, it was this incident that tipped him over the edge and he immediately filed an official complaint with the relative authorities.

"I have done my duty as a lawyer and Napoli fan," Giordano wrote on his Facebook page. "I now place my trust in the Turin magistrates."

 

[Ocelot]

 

[s4tch]

lawyers

 

[piotrr]

this league will never stop to amaze me

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

 

[Alex-444]

this league will never stop to amaze me

 

[baggio]

of course they haven´t given up, yet but it´s complete nonsense to suggest they still have any kind of psychological advantage.
we are 3 points ahead, have the easier schedule and have been bulldozing the league for months now. furthermore, there won´t be any more cl or coppa games for us until the league ends.
not to mention that we are out for blood. i think the torino game proved that. our players were tired as fuck but won a tough game.

A psychological edge over their upcoming opponents. Not Juve. A team tends to develop that when they're on a good run. Keep in mind, the chase for the Scudetto also keeps them more concentrated than perhaps they would be if they were chasing 3rd or 4th.

One injury/booking to Hamsik or Higuain and they're in trouble. I have to say they do better than I expected but now only some kind of disaster could take the title away from us.

It won't take a disaster. A 3 point deficit can be overcome by something more trivial.

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this league will never stop to amaze me

Top.

 

[Hust]

this league will never stop to amaze me

 

[Dostoevsky]

that's epic

 

[LiquidPLP]

this league will never stop to amaze me

This is awesome

 

[Hydde]

An interesting take by Montella on training:

“The birth of my ideas? I was still a player. I trained hard even if I didn’t play much. When I played a game from the start, I had muscular pain everywhere the day after. I asked myself why given that I trained well. From there I recorded, read and ended up with a range of knowledge and I still haven’t left it.


“What is intensity? How do you measure it? Who said that to have more intensity you need to run more or faster? Everything is relative. We monitor the dates of all the matches, and over the years I’ve noted that to play well you need to run less than the opponent.


“I think that they’re stronger abroad because they train less. They don’t risk over-training, they have more matches and less training, taking advantage of a less nervous task than ours. The others are therefore stronger because they train in a different way, not because they play in a different way.”

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Gervinho: getting good results (with Spalletti) would have been like betraying Rudi Garcia

What a Roma thing to say

 

[Martin]

Gervinho: getting good results (with Spalletti) would have been like betraying Rudi Garcia

What a Roma thing to say

I love this rationale. Hope they keep it up!

 

[Azzurri7]

Napoli fan attempting to sue referee after Juventus defeat

ffs

One foolhardy Napoli fan has begun legal proceedings against referee Nicola Rizzoli after the official decided not to send off Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci during Sunday's fiery encounter against cross-city rivals Torino.

The Derby della Mole is always a lively affair and the most recent instalment proved no different, Juve eventually winning 4-1 to re-establish their three-point lead over Napoli at the top of the Serie A table.

However, watching from afar, Napoli fan Luigi Giordano was outraged at the lack of disciplinary action taken by referee Rizzoli during the match, despite the sending off of Sami Khedira for dissent in the latter stages.

A lawyer by trade, Giordano was rendered aghast by several refereeing decisions, decisions he felt directly benefited Juve's title hopes at Napoli's expense.

As well as Torino having a goal chalked off, Giordano also took umbrage at Rizzoli failing to red card Bonucci despite the Juve centre-back appearing to butt heads with the referee at one point during the game.

According to Gazzetta World, it was this incident that tipped him over the edge and he immediately filed an official complaint with the relative authorities.

"I have done my duty as a lawyer and Napoli fan," Giordano wrote on his Facebook page. "I now place my trust in the Turin magistrates."

This guy must be double agent , Juve fan obviously trolling Naples city.

 

[Fr3sh]

Nipples are talking to Caceres and Tonelli as their defensive reinforcements. It's pretty good from them tbh.

LoooL only of they sell us Higuain.

 

[zizinho]

LoooL only of they sell us Higuain.

Caceres is a freebie

 

[Fr3sh]

Caceres is a freebie

Yeah he'll tell 'em, he'll sign if they sell Higgy to juve.

 

[Osman]

An interesting take by Montella on training:

“The birth of my ideas? I was still a player. I trained hard even if I didn’t play much. When I played a game from the start, I had muscular pain everywhere the day after. I asked myself why given that I trained well. From there I recorded, read and ended up with a range of knowledge and I still haven’t left it.


“What is intensity? How do you measure it? Who said that to have more intensity you need to run more or faster? Everything is relative. We monitor the dates of all the matches, and over the years I’ve noted that to play well you need to run less than the opponent.


“I think that they’re stronger abroad because they train less. They don’t risk over-training, they have more matches and less training, taking advantage of a less nervous task than ours. The others are therefore stronger because they train in a different way, not because they play in a different way.”

There's a point to this, Guardiola and some other top coach I forgot name of both said they dont make the players run in training, its waste of time. That they maintain their energy levels for the game. Train more with ball/gameplay movement instead of running drills. It seems like Italy's training methods involves alot of running mostly, which is a parodox considering they tend to be slower and not as fit as most overseas top teams.