";s:4:"text";s:7117:" And that is good news for anybody watching MLS.How strong is Juventus’ footing amongst the elite of Serie A?The nine-time defending scudetto winners are not just favorites to win at -143 odds compared to Inter Milan’s +200, they are -10000 to land in the top four.Juve, Inter, and Napoli are off the books when it comes to finishing in the top six, while there is a massive gap between the top seven and the rest of the field: Once seventh-best Roma’s +3000 odds to win the league are listed, Fiorentina adds a zero to eighth at +30000.Promoted sides Crotone, Benevento, and Spezia are minus odds to go down, the gap between top-tier and Serie B money quite evident.Serie A’s schedule was released Wednesday, showing the world when some of the oldest and most heated rivalries in football will be staged in the 2020-21 season, which looks plenty congested after a late start of Sept. 20.There were signs that the Turin giants were slowing down but neither Inter Milan nor Atalanta could replace Juventus atop the Serie A table last season.The move(s) would give Everton an array of versatile midfielders, with Doucoure bringing 17 goals and 12 assists in 129 Premier League with Watford.We have clues on how Ancelotti likes to use two of those players, Allan and James, having managed them at Napoli and Real/Bayern, respectively.Rodriguez’s best Real season came under Ancelotti, and the Colombian was used as a winger in 16 matches and a midfielder, attacking or more central, on another 13.Allan is a defensively-sound player with some attacking upside while Doucoure can play up-and-down the center of the park.The club also has Andre Gomes, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Fabian Delph, and Tom Davies among its midfield options and will eventually have promising but injury-struck Jean-Philippe Gbamin back in the fold.Does Ancelotti view James as a winger and have a plan to stick with a 4-4-2, or might he look to a 4-3-3 with Gomes or Doucoure next to Allan underneath James?It could take some time for the new pieces to meld with the existing Toffees given the season’s start is less than 2 weeks away, but imagine an attack-minded 4-3-3 like this:Ancelotti also loves himself a nice 4-4-2, which could work with Rodriguez wide right, Gomes or Doucoure dropped to the bench, and a new option at left mid (maybe a mix of young Anthony Gordon, who recently signed a new deal, and Gylfi Sigurdsson):Pickford is amongst the only question marks after another rough year for the ex-Sunderland man. The jury is still out on that as they stumbled in the MLS Cup playoffs this season and didn’t make them last season.Be it in LA or Miami, it appears Cavani is heading to MLS for the 2020 season. Ibrahimovic, who had scored 52 goals in 56 games in MLS, was also part of the losing squad and was left fuming at the end of the match. Up next Zlatan Ibrahimovic First 50 Goals for LA Galaxy 2019-2018 - Duration: 10:53. Wright-Phillips takes the lead back for LAFC (1:01) 39d
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