The Italian Football Thread

[Santi]

4 in 9 hardly been prolific has he

Well one of those games lasted about 25 mins thanks to a bullshit red card but hey.

Anyway it's 9 goal contributions in 9 games as he has 4 goals and 5 assists, something he was always slated for not having enough of.

[Ach]

It would be amazing for Ronaldo to go to Italy and claim the grand triumvirate of European league wins but it would have been so much more interesting if he went to say AC Milan and brought them back to their former glory and kick started a new era for them. Instead he went to Juve and made one of the world's most boring leagues even more boring. I haven't watched a single game this year so far and I had kind of got back into it the last 2 or 3 years. Seems like there is no point now.

Can see that point of view and i think Ronaldo thought similar but repleace Milan with Juve and Serie A with CL.

Would've been interesting to see how he would do at either Milan club tbh but he has to put his career ahead of the clubs needs. Only way he would have joined them if he had a personal attachment to them which he doesnt.

Shouldve gone to Sporting tbh after all the crap they have been through and most importantly we'd face him in Europe

[alessio]

Piatek (Genoa) 9 goals out of 9 games...We should keep an eye on him

[Santi]

He also scored all 4 in the Coppa Italia game and is rumoured to be going Chelsea in January

[Sims]

Unsustainable form

[Zenith]

Unsustainable form

Purple patch.

Polish Vincent Janssen imo.

[Santi]

Agree but let the dumb Chelsea fans get excited.

Plus I won my bet with him to score today so no complaints here

[Sims]

Piatek is overperforming xG by over 5 goals already lmao

To put it in perspective that’s how much higuain overperformed when he got the Serie A record

[Pudpop]

A better comparison is Papiss Cisse all those years ago

Decent striker, but he was never going to maintain his initial form for Newcastle

[Zenith]

A better comparison is Papiss Cisse all those years ago

Decent striker, but he was never going to maintain his initial form for Newcastle

Cisse had good pace and a bit of magic about him, though.

Janssen and Piatek are limited poachers in the Soldado mold.

Not very quick, not very strong, not very tall, not very technically gifted.

Just a purple patch by being in the right place at the right time under the right set of circumstances, confidence sky high, etc.

[Pudpop]

A better comparison is Papiss Cisse all those years ago

Decent striker, but he was never going to maintain his initial form for Newcastle

Cisse had good pace and a bit of magic about him, though.

Janssen and Piatek are limited poachers in the Soldado mold.

Not very quick, not very strong, not very tall, not very technically gifted.

Just a purple patch by being in the right place at the right time under the right set of circumstances, confidence sky high, etc.

Oh I've never seen Piatek play lol. I'm just talking about his stats. Cisse was scoring goals he shouldn't have during that purple patch. Had there been xG at the time the stats would have been similar

[Angelito]

Icardi with a brace so far.

[Zenith]

[Santi]

juve 1-0 up vs genoa


guess who

[Ach]

1-1 now but more importantly that was the 400th goal for the GOAT in European top leagues