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Preview: Juve host Verona, Napoli face Lecce, and Roma travel to Bologna (Ep. 20)
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Introduction to Serie A Show
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Welcome to the Seria show!
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Hello again everybody and welcome to another preview episode of the Serie A show presented by Match Edge. If you want to get the absolute best in football betting tips with 90% accuracy across Europe's big leagues, you can go to the Serie A show
Review of Last Match Day Predictions
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The predictions we gave last week from last match day, particularly the Juve Fiorentina won, were wrong. So we will try to make up for it this week.
Juve vs Verona Match Preview
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We have Juve Verona, Lecce Napoli, and then Bologna Roma that we will be previewing today. So let's start guys with Juve Verona.
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Match Edge says to go with Juve winning and then go with the over one and a half goals at 1.17. So Chloe, this should be a walk in the park for Juve, no? It should be.
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Yeah. Famous last words. Yeah, they just, as we said in the last show, they're not quite there or not really there at all yet under Sari. But at home to Verona, you know,
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You really can't see anything other than a UVA win, even if the performance is not quite there yet. So I think that is definitely one that's worth backing. Yeah, I think so too. Nima, are you worried because they had a bit of a let off in the Champions League midweek. They were up by two goals.
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and obviously conceded too, but they had a chance with a fantastic chance for Ronaldo at the end to sort of steal it at the end there. But are you worried they may have a bit of a hangover, so to speak? For me, this presents really a good opportunity for them to sort of take the foot off the gas a little, rotate the team. Is that how you're viewing it? Sort of a chance for them to maybe recalibrate a little bit? No, I'm viewing this as Sarri going in there and wanting to completely
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asphalt like asphaltati. They need a clear, strong, good 90-minute performance where they win by four or five goals because the Sarri project has not started at all the way that Sarri wanted to, that Jube wanted to, and Sarri doesn't rotate, he doesn't do that.
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very clear that he's not going to unless there's an injury and I think that's important because we feel that these 11 players are the ones that will give him that are the ones that are closest to playing in the way that he wants them to play so I don't see him rotating at all I see him
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I think they'll go out there. I feel bad for Hellas because I think that they will get completely destroyed by Uwe. Now, is there anything midweek in the Champions League that concerned either of you in regards
De Ligt's Defensive Challenges
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to Uwe? Was there something that you saw that you thought, oh, they're not quite as long as we thought? Now, Chloe, you mentioned that a second ago here, but was there anything else you saw that you may be concerned about for me? I still think we need to see more from Delict, no?
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Let's not kill ourselves. He's been a complete disaster since he's so far this season. He's a liability right now. He's a security risk. That doesn't mean that I think he's a poor player or that he won't succeed in the future. But right now, as things stand today, the kid is not gelling in well. He's at least a meter off in everything he does in positioning and in timing. And it's going to take time.
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So this game against Verona is a game where he can actually, it's also a chance for him to get into it.
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I was very surprised. I thought Juve up until scoring that 2-0 or after 2-0 and Higuain not passing Ronaldo, but up until then I felt Juve were in complete control. They played better football, they were in charge, but then it just fell apart as they got tired. And that is something that Juve isn't used to and haven't ever done before. And this is Juve.
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the famous words by Boni Perti, it's winning is the only thing that counts, and they have to start winning, because they'll find themselves in a world of pressure if they don't.
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All right so let's go to the next one which is Napoli traveling away down south to Leche.
Napoli vs Lecce Match Insights
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Match Edge says to take a Napoli win at 1.4, take the over one and a half goals at 1.2, and take the over two and a half goals at 1.61. So
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Napoli coming off sensational, absolutely sensational performance midweek against Liverpool in the Champions League. Nima, this is another one. Should be pretty easy for Ancelotti's side, don't you think? I mean, let's say, particularly in attack, really haven't shown much so far this season. We all predicted that they would be struggling for survival, but again, you would assume that Napoli would
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handily beat them.
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Yeah, you would. But, you know, Napoli, let's remember that Lecce beat Torino away last week and they're playing at home. So, you know, this is a game that is a little bit of a, I'm watching this very closely because I want to see if Napoli, if not Ancelotti's Napoli are the real deal. This is a game that they won't mess up. They will win handily. But I do, I'm a little bit worried because I feel that they kind of
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they put everything in the Champions League. That's how I saw it. Chloe, what about you? Yeah, I agree with Neema that obviously a big Champions League performance like that can sometimes
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It always reminds me of that saying, after the Lord Mayor's show, where you have a big, big performance and then the match afterwards, you know, you're playing somebody much smaller and then you can slip up. But I can't see, I think the gulf will be too big, to be honest. Ancelotti is very, very experienced, as we know. He knows how to handle matches like this. It's obviously, even for Napoli, it's a long trip south.
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But I don't think any of those things will matter ultimately. I think they will win and I think it will more than likely be comfortable.
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Yeah, I think so, too. Listen, Lecce at the back, they have names. Lucaro Satini, who I thought this guy was playing in the fourth tier. He's starting. They have Taksidis, the former Roma legend in the midfield. Just as you mentioned, Chloe, just a huge, huge, huge, huge golfing quality. So I don't forget. Don't forget. Don't forget Lapagol. Oh, yeah. Well, well, and Chloe, they also have Babakar in attack.
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Yeah. Well, he is genuinely a legend. So let's not let's not get this wrong. Listen, I feel like he's one of those guys who's actually decent. And I think he has much more quality than maybe people give him credit for. He's just never been given a chance to be a first choice anywhere. No, I think, you know, he went to Sasualo and I thought, oh, this is it. He's going to be great. And, you know, he's still on the bench. And I just think, oh, it's such a shame for him. But, you know,
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when he's very effective from the bench that i think that's the problem i think that's his problem that he's so effective from the bench that coaches almost don't want to start him because he can his
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sort of dynamism and I for go can kind of almost get watered down through the 90 minutes but as an impact sub is really good so I think that kind of hurts him a bit but so maybe the drop down a little bit more to Lecce will help him but yeah he's certainly it could be a danger for Napoli.
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If he played Inter every week, he'd won the Ballon d'Or. I'm so used to him always being world class against Inter. He's unlucky he doesn't play Inter every week because he'd win the Ballon d'Or without a doubt. He'd be the world FIFA player of the year every year.
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I saw him score an absolute blinder, a brilliant goal against Inter at Le Frank in 2014, I think. A beautiful, curling effort. Yeah, it's unbelievable. It is unbelievable.
Napoli's Champions League Highlights
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Hey, real quick, I know this is obviously a city I previewed, but can we just talk about Napoli's performance against Liverpool? Sure. Chloe, I was so, so impressed.
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I've been giving him a lot of stick. Ever since he moved, he wanted to leave in the summer. A hand up on this one, Mario Rui. Wow. Great performance. Kept Salah. Yeah, he was great. I thought Carrion, even though I'm not going to discuss that penalty, I don't think there was much in it, but I don't want to upset people.
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I thought it was a penalty I'm sorry I've seen it 3000 times and I don't understand what where the outrage comes from it's a clumsy challenge I've seen it on the replay he's chat and I'm sorry yeah I'm sorry I just I don't get it what is the problem he's he's clearly touching there's content sure surely he he made a bit of a meal other no yeah he did sure but it's but there's still a contact
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I mean, as long as there's contact, it's a penalty. Like, the fact that he flies and rolls and all that, that's fair enough, but there's contact. Okay, nonetheless, I knew... See, I shouldn't have even brought it up, but in all seriousness, the attacking quality, I knew Chucky Lozano would be a huge asset for them. I am just so impressed by the way Ancelotti had them set up. I thought they were sensational. Absolutely sensational.
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Yeah, I expected them, you know, the struggles they've been having in defence, I thought they were going to get blown apart by Liverpool. And, you know, that I even I said that before the match and I wrote about it and, you know, hold my hands up, I was completely wrong. And they they really turned it around and proved that they could put in a good performance against such a good attacking side. Nima, what did you make of it other than the penalty? No, it's a classic Ancelotti in the Champions League performance, I think.
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He's brilliant in that. He knows how to take on these big games and as Italians say, he knows how to take them on. He knows exactly when there's a big game coming up in Europe. He knows exactly from the preparations to during the match afterwards. He just gets it right time and time again.
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It's his strength. The problem has always been the consistency in the league for him. But no, I was so impressed. I was not surprised. We know that Napoli can destroy anyone at the São Paulo. They are a different team at home.
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And no, I think it will be really interesting now if Napoli, because Salzburg are looking with Holland, the Norwegian youngster there. It's going to be an interesting group to follow, but I fully expect Liverpool and Napoli to go through and I expect Napoli
Roma vs Bologna High Scoring Expectations
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to win the group.
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So the last match that we are going to preview is Roma visiting Bologna and match Edge. Now they don't have the result on this one, but they do say to take the over one and a half goals at 1.2.
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Yeah, I think that's a good bet. When all my plays, there's going to be goals. I think you're right. So they're coming off a Europa League win against Istanbul Bashak Sheher. They scored four. Was it the prettiest of performances, particularly that first half? No. Really turned it on in the second half. Do I think
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They're still sort of trying to understand what Fonseca wants, yes. But the thing I'm starting to get really impressed with is, and this was one, I raised my hands, I was absolutely wrong about it, Lorenzo Pellegrini. Wow. Yeah. Extremely, extremely talented. I thought when he first came back, summer of 2017, he was very, very poor under Eusebio Difenechesco, playing in that Metzala role.
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He does not have the defensive characteristics or qualities to sort of track back and, you know, take care of business on that under the pitch. But you allow him the freedom to play behind the striker. I think he's absolutely sensational. Agreed. But then on the opposite side, you have this you have this belonging team, which Nima, you talked about very profoundly.
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They're so behind Mihailovic and this terrible, terrible disease that he's battling right now. And it's not even necessarily the motivation on their end. They genuinely look like a reborn side, just player for player, particularly an attack. We've talked about Orsolini. They look so much better than last season. It's not even funny. I think it's going to be another big score for Roma.
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If they've scored two lots of four goals, then in back-to-back games, they're clearly on a roll in that respect. I know Bologna are quite solid defensively, but they conceded three against Brescia last week, as we touched on. So yeah, there's definitely potential for goals in it. And I don't think Bologna, by any means, will give up without a fight. But yeah, I think Roma will win.
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And I think the prediction of goals is definitely accurate. No, I think definitely, but this is, as we know, Roma are guaranteed goals and so do Bologna. And I think this is one of those high scoring games. I think Roma will etch out the winner, but I don't think by much.
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And no, I think Bologna are in the top seven, top eight to stay. I really impressed by them. Yeah, I think they look so balanced. I mean, they look like a team that knows everyone knows what they're doing. And it's looking good. He's got a lot of tools in his toolbox to play whatever he wants to play in any way he wants to play. And I think that if Roma don't watch out,
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especially defensively, if the midfield and the central defence can finally start to work together and understand what it is Fonseca wants, then I think they can neutralise Bologna. But if they don't, Bologna can win, with no doubt about that.
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I absolutely think Bologna could win. And listen, I mentioned, I believe it was last week on our preview show, the goal of the X. Now, Gregoire Defrel did not score against Roma. Now, if there was ever an opportunity for Mattia Destro to come back and hit his former club, it is now.
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And we're not even going to talk about a goal of a former player. We're going to talk about a goalkeeper, Skorupski, who used to be at Roma, really came on to prominence when he put on a fantastic performance against Manchester City in the Champions League in England, away from Rome. Did very, very well. I believe it was 1-1. He always, always, whether it's at Empoli or Bologna,
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always, always puts on these god-like performances against Roma. I mean to the point where you wonder how in the world is in this guy at Madrid or Barcelona, it's frightening how well he does against Roma. That's the level that he turns up to when he is playing his former side is alarming. So
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Roma will have to look out for that. Nima, but in our, I believe it was the season preview show, when we were talking about Bologna, you mentioned Orcelini. How good is he? Because I feel like he's one of those guys that he's talked about as, you know, promising, you know, promising youngster, but he's more than that now because he's actually a decisive one of the, you could argue the best player on their team.
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Yeah, no, I 100% agree with that. I'm having a crush on him now because last season he came through, he came up and he had a good season and he was pretty poor for Italy in the under 21 European Championships. But since then, this season, he's really taking the next step. This kid is, this is the real deal.
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And he's, I think we're talking the next Kiazaa, if you will, he's got very, he's got a lot of training that reminds me of Federico Kiazaa and that's good, great news for Italy. Italy's got, as I keep saying this, but the Italian national team, it's in one, two years, we could have
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the situation Italy had 10 years ago in terms of world beaters in every single position. This is a really exciting time for Italy, for Italian national team football, and he's definitely one of them. I absolutely... He's a joy to watch. He really doesn't have any weaknesses. He's good at one-on-ones, he's fast, his crosses are good, he's got good finishing, he reads the game well. His development is going to be one that is so interesting to follow.
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I completely agree. Now we're not previewing these ones, but real quick, Chloe, Fiorentina, they go away to Atalanta.
Fiorentina vs Atalanta Strategy
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I can't find the words to describe what that was from Atalanta in the Champions League. I just, I won't talk about it, but are you confident on 343?
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That was, well 343, that was the formation or the number of goals they possibly could have conceded because they looked... That was about as bad as you could ask for in the Champions League. That was dreadful. But Chloe, do you think Fiorentina can make, can sort of take advantage of that drubbing that Atalanta got midweek?
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I think Montela will be cautious about that. I think that he won't let his players sort of dwell on the fact they had a terrible result because teams can often, after a real drubbing like that, they can bounce back and sort of take their anger out on the next opponent.
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So I think Fiorentina will need to be wary of that. However, all the signs were so good against Juve that I'm really hoping that this is the match where they can kick on. And to do that against an opponent like Atalanta would send a real statement about what this team can do. And Montella needs that win under his belt because he hasn't won yet.
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So yeah, it's definitely a very tough match. There have been lots of goals in the matches between Fiorentino and Atalanta like last season, for example. So they should be exciting and I hope Fiorentino can win.
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Okay, so cautious optimism.
Inter vs Milan Derby Concerns
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And then Nima, we obviously have the Derby. Again, we're not previewing that one, but just a quick sense of how you feel about this one. Because as I said in our show earlier this week, it almost feels like despite Milan having two victories, only one loss, just the feeling for each of the clubs coming into this one, it just feels so different, even though if you're just looking at the table, there's only a three-point difference.
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I think the worst thing that could have happened for Milan if you want to follow the classic logic was for Inter to give that absolute shocking performance against
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against La Villa Prague because every single player at Inter afterwards was furious. Every single one of them were angry. You could see it on the pitch. They were disgruntled. They were unhappy. Conte was not happy. The report saying that he spent the night at the club's training round going through the match through the entire night and didn't sleep.
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going through everything that went wrong, analyzing what needs to be done, because that's not what he wanted to do. That's not how he wants his team to play. And then also you have these ridiculous reports that Lukaku and Brozovic were fighting. I mean, this is something that happens at every club. It happened at Juventus after the 2-2 draw against Atletico Madrid. Some players, what am I saying, Quadrado was involved in a
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in a discussion as well. I mean these players want to win and when they come in there and they don't and they give bad performances and they're frustrated these things happen so it's not big drama. But having said that, Gianpaolo you know again we don't know how well they've had a week to rest, they won against Hellas, they haven't conceded a lot and they don't concede a lot.
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So, you know, can they build on that and surprise us all? We've seen bigger shocks. So, for me, this is a very open derby. I think this could go either way.
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Well, you sound less confident than you did earlier in the week. Yeah, I did, because Inter were awful. Inter were awful against Laviya Prag and these things are, these things can, Inter are a very special place. These things can, you know, set on their mentality. And we don't really know what's the mentality of this group. Is it this new Inter? Is it a strong group? Is it the same as before? This is where, you know, we don't have any answers. We have nothing to go by. It's a completely new group.
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You know, I really don't know. I really don't know. But, and also Milan, this is the ideal moment for Milan to just come out, come there and just, you know, crap all over. Yeah, crap all over into his party.
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and put Inter in a really difficult position. So, because the pressure, you know, it's always a Darby pressure for sure, but Inter our favorite coming into
Conclusion and Betting Tips Recap
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this. There's no doubt about that. All right. Well, that's what we have for you in terms of preview for this next match day. We will obviously be back on Monday with our reaction to all the results, the performances, all that good stuff. So again, if you would like to get betting tips from Match Edge, you can go to The Stadia Show
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