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After a disastrous midweek for Serie A sides in the Champions League playoff round, attention turns to domestic matters this weekend.

Here are five reasons to tune into the action.

Milan must bounce back

Milan were one of three Italian teams to suffer a horrific midweek by crashing out of the Champions League, theirs coming after a meek showing against Feyenoord at home ending in an elimination that, over the course of both legs, was the fairest outcome.

As coach Sergio Conceição looks for the win that he really needs to avoid following the same descent as his predecessor, he takes the Rossoneri to Torino, who have been a tough team to beat in 2025.

Toro have also won each of their last two home league clashes with Milan, who cannot afford to fall to a third in succession for the first time since the 1970s as crisis threatens to envelop them again.

An angry meeting was held at Milanello on Wednesday in the wake of their European exit, with Theo Hernández reportedly persona non grata again after his costly sending off and Conceição coming in for heavy criticism for his 'Fantastic Four' tactics.

A response is required.

... the same goes for Juventus

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Like Milan, Juventus also embarrassingly exited the Champions League at the playoff phase to Dutch opposition, losing 3-1 to PSV after extra-time in Eindhoven, with ex-Inter hero Ivan Perišić even rubbing salt in the wounds with one of the goals.

As with Conceição, Thiago Motta is also very much feeling the heat as a result of making some unwanted history as a result of the Bianconeri's elimination.

It was the first time ever that Juventus have been knocked out of the Champions League after winning the first leg of a knockout tie and is also just the third time in the competition that Italy will have just one representative in the last 16 - with Inter flying the flag alone.

Frustration is now really mounting ahead of the Bianconeri's trip to Sardinia this weekend where only three points will do to keep them in the top four and stave off the potential disaster of failing to qualify for Europe's premier club competition again next season.

Can Inter keep in-form ex quiet?

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Things didn't quite work out for Inter academy product Andrea Pinamonti as he would have wanted at San Siro.

The Genoa star started his career at the Nerazzurri but in three full senior seasons spent there, managed just one goal and has had to depart to find his feet.

He is back at the Grifoni for a second loan spell and at 25, finally looks to be fulfilling the early expectations, having won more Player of the Match awards (six) than any other player in Serie A this season.

Pinamonti has also found the net in each of his last two outings and is looking to make it three-in-a-row for the third time in his career against his old outfit - and potentially land a lethal Scudetto blow to them in doing so.

Student v Master

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Napoli's trip to Como pits an interesting tactical battle in the dugout.

It will see the experience of Antonio Conte come up against rookie boss Cesc Fàbregas, two men who are very familiar with each other, which adds an extra layer of intrigue to this meeting.

The Spaniard played under Conte for two seasons at Chelsea and enjoyed a very fruitful spell, playing 86 times, while his 10 goals were more than any other Blues midfielder managed.

But he will have his work cut out in getting one over on his former mentor. Como have played 23 Serie A fixtures against Napoli and won just once - all the way back in November 1952.

Roma stars with points to prove

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As the only Serie A side to successfully fly the flag for the country in European competition this week, Roma go into their meeting with Monza on Monday on the back of overcoming a tough Europa League tie against Porto high on confidence.

That will be even more true of Matias Soulé who is finally showing signs of the quality which prompted the Giallorossi to pay so much for him last summer and after his stunning free-kick against Parma last week, he is now the youngest player in Europe's top five leagues to score multiple direct free-kicks in the last two seasons.

While he is starting to justify the faith of his coach and the club, there is much more concern around captain Lorenzo Pellegrini, who again found himself on the receiving end of some public Claudio Ranieri criticism on Thursday and advice for what he must do to improve.

"I want him to get back on track. I want to see him fighting for every ball," Ranieri insisted. "He runs a lot but I want to see get him right back up after he is hit. I want more from him. He needs to give me that."

Time to deliver.

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