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I haven’t seen this level of vitriol in the Italian media against Inter for decades.

I’m seeing pundits say that the ref should have looked the other way when Ederson clapped him, and, at the same time, saying that Bastoni should have been booked and sent off when he wagged his finger and said “no”. :lol:

Seems like some people are really worried that we might genuinely do something magical this year.
 

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Napoli lack of squad quality is finally coming back to get them. The only reason theyre in the race is because of their light schedule. As for Juve, Motta has done a pretty shitty job. They should really be fighting for the scudetto with the squad on paper. Id take their squad over Napoli or Atalanta.
Yes and no on the Jube thing on paper their squad is rather good and they should be up there but to go from allegri to Motta two completely different coaches and expect immediate results seems dumb especially if you add on top of that they got a lot rather youg new players in summer with limited serie A experience. That being said they are worse then expected but i thought from the get go it would need a master class from Thiago for that team to compete straight away.

I just hope they fire thiago in summer and make another 180 where they sign a coach with opposite mentality to motta and they have to make huge changes again to their squad.
 

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I haven’t seen this level of vitriol in the Italian media against Inter for decades.

I’m seeing pundits say that the ref should have looked the other way when Ederson clapped him, and, at the same time, saying that Bastoni should have been booked and sent off when he wagged his finger and said “no”. :lol:

Seems like some people are really worried that we might genuinely do something magical this year.
As I talk about on this week's award winning episode of INTER JECTIONS, my entire life as a fan of this club has been marred by players getting sent off for clapping sarcastically at referees. Sneijder in the Milan derby during the treble season. Vidic in his first match at Inter against Torino. But now, suddenly, we're supposed to ignore this and pretend it's fine? Just fuck off.
 

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One of the biggest gains is that our lead over Napoli and Atalanta is essentially 4 and 7 points respectively rather than 3 and 6. Napoli cannot match our goal difference and Atalanta lose on head-to-head record so both need that extra point to get ahead of us.
Not how it works anymore. If we end level on points it goes to a playoff, same for relegation.
Napoli has a relatively easier schedule, but at this point you can't make claims because of obvious reasons. They have been shaky lately, and they've shown to have real issues against mid-table/bottom teams. Their most difficult matches out of these remaining ones are next two; against Milan and Bologna, the rest are "easy" on paper.
I wouldn't call their schedule easy. They have a lot of relegation battlers. You would rather play mid table teams at this stage. Relegation battlers might not be as good but they will put everything on the line.
 

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I wouldn't call their schedule easy. They have a lot of relegation battlers. You would rather play mid table teams at this stage. Relegation battlers might not be as good but they will put everything on the line.
I pointed as "easier" compared to their next couple of matches where they face Milan and Bologna. The rest of their opponents aren't high-profiled teams, but by no means an easy game. I already said a while ago that bottom teams tend to spit blood in the second phase of season.

Bologna and Milan are somewhat looking as tougher schedules for them, on paper of course. Just like we have teams like Bologna, Roma and Lazio compared to these other mid to bottom teams.

I think my point was misunderstood, because there is literally no easy game in football.
 

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I think my point was misunderstood, because there is literally no easy game in football.
This is well said. Look at us, we had Monza, literally the worst team in this league, at home. And we went to the half-time trailing them. :D Serie A is a tough league and you need proper effort to each match to win them. I think this is what has changed in the league maybe in the past 20 years. Even the worst teams aren't opponents you just play some Sunday football and few of your stars handle the match. Because there are less real stars anymore, and I think that is because all the teams in general are just coached better and star players alone can't carry their teams to victories alone (meaning there's less appetite for these kind of stars of older times, and more about functioning team players).
 

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With fucking Conte in Juve,
JuBe would be our rival this year instead of Napoli.

Gap between Motta and Conte is too big.
 

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Stefano Pioli è vicinissimo alla panchina della @juventusfc per la prossima stagione

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Inzaghi could open a real cycle lol. Only Napoli to worry about because Milan & Juve are doing their banter eras.
 

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Jokes aside for a second, I think I'm starting to re-evaluate Pioli's spell at Milan after seeing Fonseca's and Conceicao's disasters. A Scudetto and a CL semi-final with that squad is honestly miraculous, even if they came about through some extremely fortunate circumstances.

On the other side, Inzaghi dunking on his bald head 6 times in a row is priceless and I hope to God he joins Juve. Hysterical assignment for the memes alone.
 

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Stefano Pioli è vicinissimo alla panchina della @juventusfc per la prossima stagione

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Inzaghi could open a real cycle lol. Only Napoli to worry about because Milan & Juve are doing their banter eras.
Milan barely left tbh. One gifted scudetto and right back to the shitpile.
 

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Actually Pioli could be threat in Jube. They have a good players, and knows how to use their best qualities.
The positive note is that we will dominate them in the direct matches, following the tradition.
 

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Motta lost the players. They are willing to burn their season if need be to get him sacked. Once that happens you really have no choice but to get another manager.

Yeah apparently cambiaso was subbed on but then got "injured" to sub off again and now he's with Italy national team lol
 

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