Still looks quite fat.

I watched the first 75 minutes, up until Kucka got the first red. Apparently it was a straight red too and not a second yellow.

I thought Romagnoli had a pretty bad game. Maybe it's just that I've caught him at bad times, but it seems like performances like this are part and parcel for him. He had more bad days than good ones last season from what I could tell.

Hamsik on the other hand was glowing tonight. Really underrated player. I think Napoli's lack of a proper stiker is going to hurt them in the end but they're still quite the team machine.

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I thought Romagnoli had a pretty bad game. Maybe it's just that I've caught him at bad times, but it seems like performances like this are part and parcel for him. He had more bad days than good ones last season from what I could tell.

Bad game is a compliment for him, he was outrageous. The handball right at the end was pretty funny though.

Berardi scored for Sassuolo tonight, his 7th for the season across all comps which makes him the top scorer in the top 5 leagues in Europe so far. He has looked really strong in the opening games along with Politano on the opposite flank. He just became the youngest Italian player to reach 40 Serie A goals in over two decades too. Not bad for someone who's currently playing on the wing.

Andrea Belotti scored a hattrick (and missed a penalty) for Torino against Bologna too. I didn't get a good look at him last season but he's an interesting player, only 22 years old. Very intelligent in his movement.

Hamsik underrated? Seems pretty well respected. Excellent player, love watching him.

Let me get this straight, ever since Khedira banged Adriana Lima he has been playing like Messi? never underestimate the power of pussy!

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Berardi scored for Sassuolo tonight, his 7th for the season across all comps which makes him the top scorer in the top 5 leagues in Europe so far. He has looked really strong in the opening games along with Politano on the opposite flank. He just became the youngest Italian player to reach 40 Serie A goals in over two decades too. Not bad for someone who's currently playing on the wing.

Italy's new manager Ventura has slotted in seamlessly with Conte's dumb decisions towards the end, Berardi still is uncapped for his country while 30 year old Pellé who's plying his trade in China just got another callup. Shame Berardi doesn't have another nationality, they really would deserve a Diego Costa situation with him

I haven't watched Maksimovic close enough to really have an opinion, but I'm surprised no one's made a move for Francesco Acerbi. He's the best cb I've seen outside the top clubs in Serie A. Maybe it's his medical history that makes clubs hesitate?

Palermo have already sacked their manager. Apparently Davide Ballardini has been forced to resign.

Although, Zamparini sacked nine (9! (:lol) managers last season, including Ballardini once before rehiring him, so this is part and parcel for them so far.

He is a ridiculous owner.

What sane manager would take that job?

Someone who doesn't like planning for the future.

Someone who wants to make a quick buck.

I'm curious to see how Gianluigi Donnarumma's career will pan out. He seems to be the next great Italian goalkeeper.

I was skeptical of him last season as I didn't see anything out of the norm but if you think about it looking at a 16 year old kid in goal and "seeing nothing out of the norm" is already pretty fucking outrageous. I've seen Milan play a few times since and he's grown every time I've seen him, no doubt left in my mind that he's a special talent, if he can stay injury free and Milan get back to a decent level that's their goalie position sorted for the next 20+ years.

unless Milan get serious about the game again, Donnarumma will be gone within 2 years... he's a big talent and already proven to be a big game player and i can't think he would stay on a mediocre Milan team for THAT long.. if he puts up consistently decent performances, given how young he is, i think he will be able to write his ticket almost anywhere.. needs to just keep his head about him and not go all Wojech...

Higuain with 2 goals in the first 10 minutes against Sassuolo. This could get ugly.

What a player he is though.

Shame he can't do it in big games.

Guy has got some fucking finish on him

Totti scores in his 23rd consecutive Serie A season.

He came on in the second half when Roma were 1-2 down, assisted Dzeko brilliantly to 2-2 and then slotted in 3-2 himself from the penalty spot with the last kick of the match. Legend.

That assist:

That assist was almost as great as having these new Twitter and Vine functions.

Those two Higuain goals ffs, looking at his form in the last 18 or so months I'd have him even over a fit Agüero. I'd sure love me some of that obese bottling up front for us

Keeper didn't even move.

First one was just as impressive, he loves those low drilled shots into the far corner. If he stays fit I think he might even break his record from last season, he's currently scoring at a rate of a goal per roughly half an hour and Juventus look like they'll steamroll quite a few teams this season

Yeah, I think he's going to have an insane output in the next few years if he can stay off the injuries. Whatever Juventus paid for him will look like a genius transfer deal with the benefit of hindsight.

I put some money on Juve earlier this summer to win Champions League. I really think they could. With additions like Pjanic and Higuain I reckon they're at least as good as Bayern.

Bacca with a Henry-like finish to earn Milan another three points:

Arkadiusz Milik came off the bench and scored twice with two exquisite finishes. This is only the second time I see this guy play and so far he has been impressive. I don't know what to make of him but I hope we won't end up regretting that we weren't interested in signing him.

Juve vs Inter is a tasty match up. Has been quite low on quality thus far though. Very much like a PL game in terms of pace, pressure, etc. Not quite what Serie A used to be.

Milik has been highly impressive so far this season. Thought 30m was a ridiculous fee for him as I wasn't impressed with him before at all, looked like a poor finisher despite getting on the ende of a lot of chances, reminds me of a young Lewandowski in that sense. Ajax really got a hell of deal though, bought him for 2m just a season ago from Leverkusen

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Arkadiusz Milik came off the bench and scored twice with two exquisite finishes. This is only the second time I see this guy play and so far he has been impressive. I don't know what to make of him but I hope we won't end up regretting that we weren't interested in signing him.

Thought he was really poor with his finishing in euros despite some good build up play but so far for Napoli he's been fantastic. Fee looks to be a bargain if he continues like this.

We should have nabbed Icardi in the summer.

We should have got Milik. With Bergkamp at Ajax i am sure we would have known just how good he is. Unless Bergkamp thought he was not good enough for Arsenal, i was very surprised we did not seem to be in for him.