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Summer 2014 friendlies

4.3K views 79 replies 24 participants last post by  Johan  
#1 ·
I wasn't eager to start the thread but the very negative results of the Italian clubs in the friendlies suggest the subject could be worth a debate.
 
#2 ·
I don't think we need useless summer friendlies to remind us that Italian football is falling behind the rest of Europe. Unless you were in a coma the last 5 years or so.


..but hey let's hope the "Italian tradition" kicks in soon and we get back on top again.
 
#3 ·
I don't think we need useless summer friendlies to remind us that Italian football is falling behind the rest of Europe. Unless you were in a coma the last 5 years or so.
Do not be touchy just because you have realized Roma won't win the scudetto with a 20+ points margin.
Europe is pretty big and we have fallen behind 3 leagues, maybe 4, in the last 5 years or so.
An interesting question could be: why did Roma buy Emanuelson, who proved to be shit for Milan?
 
#4 ·
Do not be touchy just because you have realized Roma won't win the scudetto with a 20+ points margin.
When did I say or imply that?

Roma will probably be shit in Europe but the fact says they were the 2nd best team in Italy while the first team got knocked out in the group stage in an easy group. Tell you all you need to know about the quality of Calcio these days.
 
#6 ·
When did I say or imply that?

Roma will probably be shit in Europe but the fact says they were the 2nd best team in Europe while the first team got knocked out in the group stage in an easy group. Tell you all you need to know about the quality of Calcio these days.
:yawn:

yeah, they were indeed destroyed by Galatasaray and Benfica. :lazy:
Reading your posts kills the pleasure to troll the juventini because you really believe Juventus were poor in the past season, while I don't think so.
 
#10 ·
Ridiculous goals in this game except the pk.


Roma badly needs to sign an attacker.
 
#16 ·
Are you thinking of making a new account with that name?
 
#23 ·
I do not think we will. Totti will most likely start some games but be on the bench in others. Offensively our 2 most important players will be Pjanic and Gervinho. We rely a lot on Gervinho because of his pace, if he could finish he would score 20 goals.
 
#27 ·
milan play city later today. tune in if you want to see a real team ( city ) demolish a squad of losers.
 
#36 ·
Italian clubs in July should stay in Italy and prepare the season in the training camps, with friendly games against soft opponents in order to prove things, rather than moving to the USA/Canada and being embarassed by teams which are first of all fitter and more organized, such as the English ones, whose league starts before. If Ithe coaches can't choose what is best for their team then they are just puppets. Milan tonight are a joke.
 
#38 ·
inzaghi's an amateur. not that it matters tbh. mourinho would fail with these fools.
 
#51 ·
Cesena look like the typical team which will fall back to serie B like a stone. So many mediocre players! Plenty of typical serie B players and rejects of various serie A mid low table clubs. The young goalie Leali, on loan from Juventus, is the one exception.
 
#52 ·
I had the same thought, so many players I recognize which I didnt think would ever come back to Serie A again.