Fiorentina Coach Stefano Pioli sees Inter as Juventus’ most likely Scudetto rivals but “this year everyone has improved”.
The 52-year-old is a former Nerazzurri Coach, and he gave his views on the new season to Corriere dello Sport.
“I think [Juventus’ Cristiano] Ronaldo is superior to [Lionel] Messi, he’s had more goals than matches,” Pioli said.
“[Milan’s Gonzalo] Higuain remains one of the best, but this year everyone has improved. All the big clubs, but also Torino, Atalanta, Sampdoria and us.
Fiorentina Coach Stefano Pioli sees Inter as Juventus’ most likely Scudetto rivals but “this year everyone has improved”.
The 52-year-old is a former Nerazzurri Coach, and he gave his views on the new season to Corriere dello Sport.
“I think [Juventus’ Cristiano] Ronaldo is superior to [Lionel] Messi, he’s had more goals than matches,” Pioli said.
“[Milan’s Gonzalo] Higuain remains one of the best, but this year everyone has improved. All the big clubs, but also Torino, Atalanta, Sampdoria and us.
“Napoli let a football maestro go in [Maurizio] Sarri, but they took one of the best Coaches in the world [Carlo Ancelotti].
“Not to mention they had a good transfer campaign with [Simone] Verdi and Fabian Ruiz. Against Lazio it just took two passages of play.
“Roma have focused on potential by selling Alisson and [Radja] Nainggolan, but I’m sure they’ll be stronger in the long-run.
“[Sporting director] Monchi is someone who can recognise potential, and they’ve done what we’ve done, though we did it in our own way.
“As for Lazio, they have a very strong trident given they didn’t sell [Sergej] Milinkovic-Savic. They lost [Stefan] De Vrij, but an expert like [Francesco] Acerbi came in.
“The anti-Juve? Inter.”