Six talking-points ahead of the new Serie A season
Aug 16 (Reuters) - Six talking-points ahead of the Serie A season which starts on August 18.
Another 記録，記録的な／記録する for Ronaldo?
Cristiano Ronaldo has made a habit of breaking 記録，記録的な／記録するs and might already have another in his sights: Gonzalo Higuain's total of 36 Serie A goals in a 選び出す／独身 season.
Given that Ronaldo 得点する／非難する／２０d 311 goals in 292 La Liga matches for Real Madrid, and that there are 38 matches in a Serie A season, that 的 is within his 範囲, fitness and 傷害 permitting.
On the other 手渡す, Serie A defences have a 評判 for 存在 meaner than in La Liga. It is also likely that coach Massimiliano Allegri, with his sights 堅固に on the 支持する／優勝者s League, will 残り／休憩（する） Ronaldo in some league games - whether the Portuguese likes it or not.
Higuain 直面するs number nine jinx at Milan
Gonzalo Higuain had no hesitation in 受託するing the number nine shirt に引き続いて his 貸付金 move to AC Milan from Juventus even though his 即座の 前任者s have struggled.
Portugal 今後 Andre Silva, who wore it last season, 得点する／非難する／２０d twice in 24 Serie A 外見s after a 40 million euro move from FC Porto.
Alexandre Pato failed to 得点する／非難する／２０ in four 外見s in 2012/13 and nobody was 配分するd the shirt in 2013/14.
Two players wore it in 2014/15 without success - Fernando Torres 得点する／非難する／２０ing once in 10 games and Mattia Destro three times in 15 - while in the に引き続いて sesaon, Luiz Adriano managed four goals in 26 遠出s.
The most impressive performer was Gianluca Lapadula who 得点する／非難する／２０d eight in 27 遠出s in 2016/17 -- only to be 貸付金d to Genoa at the end of the season.
Will Napoli 伸び（る） more than they lose under Ancelotti?
Chain-smoking coach Maurizio Sarri turned Napoli into 中立のs' favourites thanks to their flowing, attractive football.
But, after another second-place finish last season, there was a sense that Sarri - now at Chelsea -- had taken the team as far as he could.
Still, the 恐れるd sell-off of Sarri's team has not taken place and the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti could give new hope to a team that 欠如（する）d 殺し屋 instinct.
Ancelotti certainly knows what it takes to 勝利，勝つ 国内の 肩書を与えるs, having won them in Italy, England, フラン and Germany.
His pragmatic approach is likely to be いっそう少なく entertaining than Sarri's and it remains to be seen if they have 伸び（る）d more than they have lost.
Goalkeeping 戦う／戦いs:
Talismanic goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has left Juventus but if Wojciech Szczesny thought that meant he would automatically get the number one 位置／汚点／見つけ出す, the 政治家 has been given a rude awakening by the club's 調印 of Mattia Perin from Genoa.
It is also a bold move for Perin who is touted as one of Italy's most 約束ing goalkeepers but now 危険s losing out on 正規の／正選手 first-team football.
There is 始める，決める to be a 類似の 戦う／戦い at AC Milan where Pepe Reina, 35, has moved on a 解放する／自由な 移転 from Napoli and will challenge Gianluigi Donnarumma.
There was 最初 普及した 憶測 that Donnarumma, who made his Milan debut at 16, would move どこかよそで but that has not happened, leaving the pair to fight for a place.
Surprise 一括s?
Atalanta, under Gian Piero Gasperini, have qualified for the Europa League for the last two seasons and are likely to be の中で the dark horses again.
Fiorentina, whose 3-0 勝利，勝つ over Napoli 効果的に settled last season's 肩書を与える race, have a remarkably young 味方する while Torino and Sampdoria could also spring the 半端物 surprise.
一方／合間, Parma, kicked out the league and 軍隊d to start again in the fourth tier in 2015 after going 破産者／倒産した, are 支援する in the 最高の，を越す flight are a remarkable three 連続する 昇進／宣伝s.
Can の間の Milan 避ける their 中央の-season 低迷?
The 中央の-season 低迷 has become an unhappy part of the 決まりきった仕事 at の間の Milan recently.
Last season, Luciano Spalletti's team were unbeaten and 最高の，を越す of the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する after 16 matches. But a goalless draw with Juventus on Dec. 9 誘発する d an eight-match winless run and they 急落するd 負かす／撃墜する the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する to finish fourth.
In 2015/16, の間の won their first five league games and led the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する going into the winter break under Roberto Mancini, only to finish fourth after a 地位，任命する-Christmas 低迷. In 2016/17, they finished seventh. (令状ing by Brian Homewood, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
