Last season's scudetto winner Bologna finished eighth, and in the Europa League they reached the quarterfinals. Even more surprising was that Vincenzo Italiano left the club in the summer. Under Domenico Tedesco the team is entering a new season. Changes in the squad could not be avoided. Thus, Bologna said goodbye to Santiago Castro, John Lukumi, Giovanni Fabbian, Federico Ravaglia, Remo Freuler, Haralampos Lykogiannis and others. The most significant achievement should be considered the keeping of Jonathan Rowe and Riccardo Orsolini in the squad. The squad was augmented by Emil Holm, Rahim Alhassan, Mikel Amondarain, Roberto Piccoli and Artem Dovbik. Pre-season results were not the most impressive, but the football that Tedesco is installing is already visible. The rossoblu need additional transfers, especially for the centre-back position. Lazio continues to fall into a deep systemic crisis. Maurizio Sarri's end-of-season struggles have ended. It seems that Sarri squeezed the maximum out of the Eagles, and they could not rise higher than ninth place. In his place arrived Gennaro Gattuso — a coach of rather questionable quality. There is no talk of an improvement in the squad. Claudio Lotito and his group are turning the Biancocelesti not into a club contending for European cups, but into a club potentially in the lower half of the table. The club saw the departures of Mario Hila, Tom Bašić, Ivan Provedel, Elseid Hysaj. They signed Danilo Doehy, Bruno Galassi, Christos Mandas, Alfonso Pedraza and Davide Frattesi. It is also worth noting that Romagnoli is on the verge of leaving the club. The first matches of the Coppa Italia took place. Lazio at the Olimpico meekly lost to Mantova 0-2. The Eagles' tifosi should not expect positive moments. Last season at Renato Dall'Ara the Romans won 2-0. The return in Rome finished 1-1. And although both clubs are far from last season's form, one has far more problems. Lazio risks not just a failed season, but also being dragged into a fight for survival. The team is clearly not ready for the league, neither physically nor mentally. Gattuso is among the first candidates for dismissal, but the problem runs much deeper.