Quote from: Jatiluhung on August 07, 2024, 09:24:09 PM

Quote from: Furious 7 on August 07, 2024, 09:16:08 PM

Preseason are difficult to use as a benchmark for success but on the other hand it's also an early comparison when we're in the new season because it's like a situation where there will be more positive belief if a club does well in a friendly but on the other hand it can also be a worry and backfire when a club does badly in pre-season considering it's an early benchmark to judge how ready they are for the new season.

Although it cannot be denied that sometimes pre-season matches are just experiments and warm-ups for some clubs in concocting schemes and player line-ups but still when a club plays well or badly it has an impact on our assessment of them for the new season.

That's right, friend. In the end, even winning in pre-season matches is sometimes important to build the confidence of the players in the squad. And also to bring our trust in the new coach to a club. Even though all of this cannot be a definite benchmark, there is hope that a team that is good in pre-season will be able to play well in the actual season. For a strong team like Real Madrid, maybe they save their best strategy for the actual match. So it is not surprising that they do not attach importance to the results of pre-season matches. but for a team that has a new coach, I think they are testing the squad seriously in pre-season because it will be their debut there. And even bad results in pre-season can make people start to distrust them. So they are more serious about getting good results.

That will also be the case in Serie A because it is certain that the season that will start in a few days will be quite interesting even though it will still be dominated by a few big clubs.

I'm actually expecting something more this season especially for Milan where they are now definitely going to be a scudetto contender for Inter with Motta as their attacker. In addition i also hope more for some dark horse clubs such as Roma, Atalanta and Bologna who last season played quite well in order to become a stumbling block in the competition in the top standings later.
Although it cannot be denied that it is possible that Bologna will be a little inconvenient because of the new transition where Motta, who is now in Milan, will definitely make Bologna's performance a little different from the new coach and Atalanta, who is approaching the new season, is experiencing problems because of the injured Scamacca and Koopmeiners who still wants to go to Juventus but hopefully Gasperini can make Atalanta performance not decline.