MILAN (AP) – Last season, 3 groups finished in five issues of Serie A champion Juventus. This crusade could be even closer.
Lately, Serie A has been one of the most predictable leagues in Europe, with Juventus winning nine direct names, many of them by a wide margin. But Inter Milan, Atalanta and Lazio had a mathematical chance of winning the name with three remaining innings this season: the trophy fate was never really in doubt.
In addition, AC Milan and Napoli showed promising symptoms of resurgence in the moment of the season, and it appears that they may also be threats to Juventus’ bet for a tenth consecutive title, which allowed the record to be bigger.
Here’s a look at the top aspiring names for the upcoming Serie A season, which begins this weekend:
Juventus
This may be the hardest name defense to date for the Bianconeri, who start the season with another coach for the third year in a row.
Andrea Pirlo has replaced the fired Maurizio Sarri, which will force Juventus to get used to betting on another system.
Pirlo, 41, a wonderful appointment to one of the toughest positions in Italian football. The former Italian midfielder won his first training task last month when he was named a starter for Juventus U-23, which plays in Serie C. He took the rate of a bachelor game before being promoted to upgrade Sarri.
Juventus still have Cristiano Ronaldo, who finished last season with 31 goals, 10 more than in his first Season in Serie A, and five to the league’s most sensible goalscorer, Lazio striker Ciro Immobile.
Ronaldo will again be the main source of goals for Juventus, but many of his chances of name, and his Champions League hopes, will feature the striker’s hiring before the move window closes on 5 October, with Luis Suarez and Edin Dzeko reportedly with the club’s main goals. .
INTER MILAN
The guy who used the era of unprecedented juve domination may be the guy to end it.
Antonio Conte has led Juventus to the 3 most sensible titles of his nine consecutive Serie A titles, but now heads to his season at the helm of Inter Milan’s main rivals.
Inter finished last season with only one Juventus point in what was the bianconeri’s smallest margin of victory this decade, however, Juve had a seven-point lead when they won the title.
This is what has been closest to Inter to winning the league since its name in 2010, with the Champions League and the Italian Cup.
Inter also reached the Europa League final last season, losing to Sevilla 3–2.
Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martínez have formed an impressive partnership, nicknamed ‘LuLa’ through the Italian media, and their goal chances are likely to be enhanced by Achraf Hakimi’s signing of Real Madrid.
There is also the advanced end-of-season form of Alexis Sanchez, who scored seven goals and scored 3 himself after the league restart in June.
Lazio
Lazio finished fourth and for the Champions League for the first time in 12 years.
However, the capital has pushed Juventus even further had it not been for the coronavirus pandemic.
The team dragged Juventus to just one point before the Serie A arrest due to the outbreak of the virus. Lazio had a club record of 21 losses before closing, but lost six of the next 12 games.
However, striker Ciro Immobile controlled to finish as the most sensible goalscorer, tying Gonzalo Higuaín’s Italian league record of 36.
Lazio temporarily acted to link Immobile to a new five-year contract and also signed Kosovo striker Vedat Muriqi to expand his front line.
Much will be about how the capital faces the double challenge of Serie A and the Champions League.
Atalanta
A team that did not have any problems competing on both fronts of Atalanta.
Bergamo’s small team finished third in Serie A for the time being consecutive season and nearly reached the champions’ semi-finals in their first season of the tournament before two goals defeated by Paris Saint-Germain.
Atalanta is also one of the best entertainment groups in Serie A and once again dominated the league’s rankings with a record of 98 goals, at least 17 more than any other team. His 78 problems last season were the club’s record.
Atalanta was one of the groups after the resumption and would have been closer to Juventus had there been no notable performances before December.
“It’s the first part of the season we can regret,” coach Gian Piero Gasperini admitted.
A. C. MILAN
With Atalanta, AC Milan has been fit since the return of Serie A.
Milan’s improvement in effects allowed the Rossoneri to win nine of their 12 games after the resumption, tying the other three.
The race, which included victories over Juventus, Lazio and Roma, led coach Stefano Pioli to secure a new two-year contract, while Milan had been in negotiations to upgrade him to Ralf Rangnic.
It also means that, despite everything, there is a sense of coherence and optimism as the new season approaches.
Pioli fired Marco Giampaolo in October.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has also signed a new agreement. It is unlikely that it is a coincidence that the club’s inauguration began when he joined the club in January and has lost only two of his matches since.
The 38-year-old Swede will now assist the Rossoneri in the fight for the return of the name and will be assisted by the signing of Brescia midfielder Sandro Tonali.
Tonali, 20, is one of Italy’s top promises and has been dubbed ‘the new Pirlo’.
Naples
Napoli are another team that has replaced the coaches during the season, while Gennaro Gattuso replaced the laid-back Carlo Ancelotti in December.
At the time, the club was in disarray amid a player riot over a forced educational camp ordered through the club’s president, Aurelio De Laurentiis.
But by instilled the same ferocity for which he excelled as a serious midfielder for Milan and Italy, Gattuso achieved a quick change that helped Napoli win his first trophy in six years with a penalty shootout win over Juventus in the Italian Cup final.
Having Gattuso from the start ensures Napoli is in contention for at least the Champions League spots.
___
More AP Football: https://apnews. com/Soccer and https://twitter. com/AP_Sports