Volume 1 Chapter 209 Look at the general trend after five rounds
After Mikoli rewrote the score to 3:0, the game was also over, Fiorentina won easily in this "sisterly battle", the main scorer Chen Yu scored another goal in this game, scoring 71 goals in five games to rank first in the scorer list, and Mikoli, who joined Fiorentina at the last moment, scored twice in this game and launched an impact on the starting lineup.
After the fifth round of the league, in order to make way for the national team competition, Serie A came to an end temporarily, and the league was suspended for a week, so it can be said that the first three weeks of five rounds of matches are the first stage of this year's Serie A.
After five rounds, who wins the championship, who is relegated, who competes for European seats, and who plays soy sauce is already clear.
The old lady Juventus scored 10 goals in the first five rounds and only conceded l goals, accumulating 13 points to top the table, which is naturally one of the favorites to win the championship.
Juventus have benefited greatly in the transfer market this summer, with the transfer of Cannavaro Emerson-Ibrahimovic plus the original Nedved and Trezeguet forming the new Juventus central axis, and the backline consisting of Thuram, Cannavaro, Zambrotta and Zebina conceding only one goal in seven games in the league and Champions League is another masterpiece of Capello's defensive supremacy and the biggest chip for Juve to win the title this year. The combination of quality players and Capello's solidity has allowed Juventus to quickly return to the ranks of the strongest teams in Serie A after a brief slump last year.
If Juve have any weaknesses, it may be the lack of quality of their substitutes. Trezeguet's injury today could sideline him for four months, Piero in the forward line is basically no longer able to rely on, and Salayeta is not a top striker, and Ibrahimovic alone may not be able to take on the big job. Looking at Di Vaio's excellent form at Valen and Mikoli at the Purple Lily, Juve may have to pay the price for selling Di Vaio and Mikoli, the two super substitutes in the attack. The replacement for the central defenders, Lerotali, has been basically defined as a parallel import, and if Thuram or Cannavaro are injured, it is unknown whether the new center-back combination will be able to stabilize the overall situation. Juve's schedule in the first five rounds of the league should be said to be the most favorable of the best, and as the league progresses, Juve's results against other strong teams are worth paying attention to. Qualification from the Champions League group should not be a problem, but a week of back-to-back doubles will be a serious test of Juve's bench quality.
AC Milan scored 10 goals in the first five rounds and conceded 10 points, three points behind Juventus, behind Messina and Fiorentina, but the defending champions are still the second favorite to win the title.
After dropping five points at home to promoted Marivorno and Messina at the start of the season, Milan showed the confidence of last year's champions, breaking out in Sheva within a week, scoring five goals and two assists in seven days! Bringing a third straight win in the league and Champions League, Licrazio away from home in the league was a shot in the arm for Milan and put the team back on the winning track.
Six goals have been conceded in the first five rounds of the league, which is a bit far from the indicator that Ancero has only conceded goals this year. With the exception of the two goals conceded against Messina, Milan's goals were all set-pieces, mainly due to the lack of defensive concentration and poor positioning of the defenders. With Stam recovering from injury and Coloccini coming into contact with the team, Milan's defence is expected to improve.
The most discussed issue was the incomplete arrangement of Anchero's rotation. In this round against Reggina, Carlo Ancelotdi still rotated on the left flank, with Kaladze and Rui Costa replacing Pancaro and Seedorf. Brockie was also put on the pitch before the end to calm his uneasiness about sitting on the bench. In this game, although Rui Costa showed a strong desire to attack, he only showed long-range shots, and did not show superior strength in passing, which is indeed a gap with Kaka's performance.
Koloccini, who has just returned to the team, has also basically squeezed out Costacuta's place in the squad. Milan's rotation system is still going on steadily. Compared to Juventus, Milan's advantage in bench depth should be gradually revealed. In addition to the stability of the backline, Milan's forwards, including Tomasson and Crespo, have yet to score, and Milan's forward line cannot rely on Sheva alone, but must find a second consistent firepower. In addition, as long as they can maintain the good momentum of unbeaten against strong teams in the past two years, while reducing the inconsistent performances against weak teams, Milan still have a good chance of defending their title this year.
In terms of the odds offered by European bookmaker Ladbrokes to win the title, the third favorite in Serie A is not Inter Milan or Roma, but Fiorentina.
At the start of the season, Fiorentina were hailed as quasi-giants and could compete with Roma for a Champions League spot.
The allocation of Champions League places in Serie A has always been three FL, Juventus and Milan plus another goal, although Fiorentina has funds, strength, and heritage, but after all, they have fallen into the lower league for two years, and now they have just entered Serie A, and they are promoted horses, and they see him as competing for Champions League places with the down-and-out Roma is already a high line, no one can imagine that he will move the cheese of the Milan duo, but after five rounds, Fiorentina scored 10 goals, conceded U goals, accumulated ll points, three wins and two draws to remain undefeated, It is now only third behind Juventus and Messina.
However, although Messina is ranked higher than Fiorentina, and the opponents he defeated include heavyweight teams such as Roma and Milan, but their strength is limited, the bench lineup is shallow, and they have no background and funds, it is almost impossible to win the championship, and it is already a good result for them to get a place in the League Cup.
And Fiorentina at the moment is still relying on Chen Yu alone to drag the whole team forward, their real strength has not yet been brought into play, once they grind into shape, the strength that broke out will definitely be stronger, and now there are 3 factors restricting Fiorentina to further improve, one is that the head coach is a rookie in Serie A, no experience in coaching the top league, the other is that the midfield is chaotic, there is no core, Maresca and Nakata Hidetoshi have their own advantages and disadvantages, and there are almost irreconcilable contradictions; The last one is that President de la Valle is too high-profile and takes the lead in starting a war with the Holy Alliance, which Inter Milan and Roma can't do, so a bird, De La Valle and his Fiorentina will also become the target of the Holy League, many media are optimistic about Fiorentina becoming the Kaiserslautern of Serie A, but their future road will also be very difficult.
Inter Milan, one of the top three, can only finish fourth in the odds to win the title.
In the first five rounds, the Nerazzurri scored 10 goals and conceded 10 goals, with one win and four draws, accumulating 7 points, and the ranking has reached eighth place.
Although behind in points, Mancini still brought a new atmosphere to Inter. In particular, the excellent form of Adriano and Martins in the front line has kept Inter's hopes of winning the title as always. Mancini's biggest change to Inter may be the breaking of Inter's habit of falling behind last year. This season, Inter Milan has repeatedly overtaken or even won from behind, showing unprecedented tenacity.
This has something to do with Mancini and some of the team's "fringe" stars rushing to prove their worth, such as Veron and Cambiaso's frustration at Chelsea and Real Madrid last year, and Davies' good performances at Barcelona but not getting the contract he wanted. All three shone against Roma, and against a new manager-like Roma, they basically dominated Inter's midfield attack. Real Madrid's midfielders may not have fallen to the three-win three-loss field in La Liga if Cambiaso's performance had not been achieved.
Fiorentina's biggest problem is in the midfield, while Inter's biggest problem is their backline. The rush to sell Cannavaro to Juventus in the summer was basically a foolish decision to make one off the other, with Materazirdo's Barundisso's centre-back combination being the weakest of the top three, resulting in Inter conceding an average of two goals per game in the first five rounds. Captain Leroy Sanedi's form has declined, the left wing-back position has been untouched, Ze Maria's ability is limited, and Inter's backline shows no signs of improvement. Mancini's extensive rotation in midfield showed his courage on the one hand, but on the other hand it also showed that he was not completely satisfied with the main players. It seems that Mancini is transforming Inter into another Lazio team - playing all the way in attack and defense, scoring more goals and conceding more goals, the spectacle is good, the league results are in the upper reaches, but the possibility of winning the title is really unlikely. Perhaps the best fit for Inter is the Coppa Italia, and if Mancini focuses on the cup and takes advantage of the fact that Milan and Juventus can't play on both fronts, he could even win a long-lost trophy for Inter. But with the current staffing, winning the league is a bit demanding on Mancini, and being able to keep the Champions League place is a good result.
Judging from the first five rounds of games, there are many teams that can compete for the Champions Cup, in addition to Roma, Udinese, Lecce, Messina, Palermo, Lazio, Cagliari seem to be in the second group, but with its strength and heritage, it is Lazio and Udinese who can really compete for Champions League places with Roma, and if the other three teams do not have a miracle, at best, they will get the League Cup seats.
After five rounds of Serie A, there are four teams in the top seven from last year's Serie B. Fiorentina, Messina, Palermo and Cagliari hold Inter Milan and Roma down in a way that would have been unimaginable before the season kicks off. It's not surprising that a dark horse is upset, it's rare that so many "poor teams" are flying together.
However, similar "peasant uprisings" in history have all been suppressed, and Chievo in the 200I season was so hot that in the end only won a place in the League Cup.
In addition to Fiorentina, who had the depths, strength and money to be seen as a quasi-giants before the season, Messina, Cagliari and Palermo all had limited bench strength, and it was good that they were able to disrupt the game and make the dead Serie A unpredictable.
In recent years, Serie A promotion horses have maintained a pattern, dropping one team in even-numbered years, dropping two teams in odd-numbered years, and so on. In UU, the four promoted horses only folded to Torino, and in 0l, Napoli and Vicenza went down among the four promoted teams, and only Venice was relegated among the four teams in the year, but in 03 Como and Reggina "shared" two second division places. In 04, Siena, Sampdoria, Lecce, and Ancona were upgraded together, and only Ancona was unlucky. In the new season of expansion, Livorno and Atalanta, who are at the bottom after 5 rounds, have an "unlucky" trend.
In addition to the two promoted teams, among the relegation teams, Parma, who are in economic crisis, and Brescia, who have left Baggio, are winless and precarious, and if they cannot turn the situation around, they are likely to compete with Livorno and Atalanta for three relegation places.