Serie A (Lega Calcio) Thread

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Serie A - Team of the Week 27


Ospina (Napoli)



Di Lorenzo (Napoli) - Ferrari (Sassuolo) - Osorio (Parma) - Hysaj (Napoli)



Berardi (Sassuolo) - Svanberg (Bologna) - Alberto (Lazio) - Spinazzola (AS Roma)



Vlahovic (Fiorentina) - Ronaldo (Juventus)

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Serie A - Team of the Week 28


Montipo (Benevento)



Improta (Benevento) - Radu (Lazio) - Kjaer (AC Milan) - Djimsiti (Atalanta)



Malinovskyi (Atalanta) - Messias (Crotone) - De Paul (Udinese) - Marusic (Lazio)



Mertens (Napoli) - Scamacca (Genoa)

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Serie A - Team of the Week 29


Silvestri (Hellas Verona)



Di Lorenzo (Napoli) - Glik (Benevento) - Ceccherini (Hellas Verona) - Augello (Sampdoria)



Malinovskiy (Atalanta) - Messias (Crotone) - Barak (Hellas Verona) - Insigne (Napoli)



Muriel (Atalanta) - Osimhen (Napoli)

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Serie A - Team of the Week 30


Consigli (Sassuolo)



Di Lorenzo (Napoli) - Erlic (Spezia) - De Vrij (Inter Milano) - Danilo (Juventus)



Malinovskyi (Atalanta) - Ruiz (Napoli) - De Paul (Udinese) - Rebic (AC Milan)



Vlahovic - Kouame (Fiorentina)

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Serie A - Team of the Week 31


Mirante (AS Roma)



Pereiro (Cagliari) - Colley (Sampdoria) - Palomino (Atalanta) - Ansaldi (FC Torino)



Jankto (Sampdoria) - Verdi (FC Torino) - Svanberg - Barrow (Bologna)



Immobile - Correa (Lazio)

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Serie A - Team of the Week 33


Reina (Lazio)



Di Lorenzo (Napoli) - Romero (Atalanta) - Biraschi (Genoa) - Hysaj (Napoli)



Berardi (Sassuolo) - Malinovskyi (Atalanta) - Perez (AS Roma) - Boga (Sassuolo)



Muriel (Atalanta) - Ounas (Crotone)

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Serie A - Team of the Week 34


Consigli (Sassuolo)



Di Lorenzo - Koulibaly (Napoli) - Magnani (Hellas Verona) - Hernandez (AC Milan)



Hakimi (Inter Milano) - Vignato (Bologna) - Thorsby (Sampdoria) - Ansaldi (FC Torino)



Palacio (Bologna) - Immobile (Lazio)

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Inter clinch first Serie A title in 11 years

Inter Milano have clinched their first Serie A title in 11 years, bringing Juventus' long-running era of dominance to end in the process.

Atalanta were held to a 1-1 draw by Sassuolo at the Mapei Stadium on Sunday which leaves the Milano club with an unassailable 13 point advantage at the top of the table with 4 games left to play.

Antonio Conte's men knew they were on the brink of glory after beating Crotone 2-0 in their last outing, and now the Nerazzurri can officially start celebrating their 19th Scudetto.

Inter's win at Crotone marked their 25th victory of the season, 4 more than any other team, with 7 draws and just 2 defeats also recorded.

Conte's side also boast the best defensive record in the division and the second-best attacking record behind Atalanta, while their +45 goal difference is currently superior to all of their main rivals.

Inter are also unbeaten in 17 league matches, with their last defeat coming away at Sampdoria on 6 January.

Mourinho returns to management at Roma

Jose Mourinho has wasted little time in finding a new job following his sacking at Tottenham, with the Portuguese set to take charge of AS Roma from 2021-2022 on a 3-year contract.

The 58-year-old was relieved of his duties at Tottenham on 19 April, with the former Chelsea and Manchester United manager failing to convince at a third Premier League employer.

His stock remains high, though, particularly in Italy where he has previously enjoyed considerable success with Inter, and a role as successor to Paulo Fonseca at Stadio Olimpico is set to be taken on after committing to a deal through to 2024.

A man that guided Inter to Treble glory in 2010 has won 25 major trophies over the course of his career to date.

Mourinho is one of only 3 managers to have won the Champions League with two different clubs - FC Porto and Inter Milano - and has landed domestic titles in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain.

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Serie A - Team of the Week 35


Cragno (Cagliari)



Karsdorp (AS Roma) - Chiricheş (Sassuolo) - Tomori - Hernandez (AC Milan)



Nandez (Cagliari) - Gagliardini (Inter Milano) - Pellegrini - Mkhitaryan (AS Roma)



Mayoral (AS Roma) - Osimhen (Napoli)

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Ronaldo becomes fastest player to reach 100 Juventus goals

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the fastest player in Juventus history to reach 100 goals with the club.

Ronaldo reached the mark by scoring just before half-time against Sassuolo in Serie A action on Wednesday, giving his side a 2-goal lead heading into the break.

The Portugal star has netted 100 goals in 131 games for Juventus and has become the first Juve player to ever do so in less than 3 seasons.

Prior to Wednesday night, only Omar Sivori and Roberto Baggio had required less than 5 seasons to reach the 100-goal mark.

But Ronaldo achieved the feat near the end of his third season with the club, having joined from Real Madrid ahead of the 2018-2019 campaign.

In addition, Ronaldo became the first player in history to tally more than 100 goals with 3 different clubs and his national team, having done so with Manchester United and Real Madrid as well as Portugal.

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Serie A - Team of the Week 38


Rafael (Spezia)



Cuadrado (Juventus) - Zapata (Genoa) - Colley (Sampdoria) - Young (Inter Milano)



Berardi (Sassuolo) - Rovella (Genoa) - Kessie (AC Milan) - El Shaarawy (AS Roma)



Dybala - Morata (Juventus)

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Serie A - Team of the Season


Consigli (Sassuolo)



Di Lorenzo (Napoli) - Romero (Atalanta) - Godin (Cagliari) - Hernandez (AC Milan)



Berardi (Sassuolo) - De Paul (Udinese) - Mkhitaryan (AS Roma) - Insigne (Napoli)



Lukaku (Inter Milano) - Ronaldo (Juventus)

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4-game suspension for De Roon

Atalanta midfielder Marten de Roon has been given a 4-match ban and a €10,000 fine after the sending off against AC Milan on Sunday.

The Disciplinary Commission has sanctioned the Dutch midfielder for "misconduct towards an opponent", after the 30-year-old's livid reaction when the Rossoneri were awarded the second penalty of the match.

The report claims De Roon "hit the back of the head of an opponent and slightly pushed the referee" in stoppages of the final game of the season.

The Holland international, who has played 35 times in Serie A this term, will thus miss the 4 first games in 2021-2022.

Trio announces Genoa exit

Kevin Strootman, Mattia Perin and Davide Zappacosta thanked Genoa and announced they are leaving the club as their loan spells have come to an end.

They had all moved to the Stadio Marassi on dry loan deals.

Zappacosta and Perin joined Genoa from Chelsea and Juventus in October, while Strootman followed them from Olympique Marseille in January.

They all announced their Genoa exit with Instagram posts.

Juric accepts Torino role

Hellas Verona coach Ivan Juric has accepted the job at FC Torino for the next 3 years, according to Sky Sport Italia and others.

The Granata were seeking a new tactician after securing their Serie A safety with Davide Nicola, who replaced Marco Giampaolo mid-season.

Juric had already been a target for Toro last summer, but opted to remain with Verona.

The Croatian has been very critical of Verona's leadership for the lack of investment and failure to make clear they were struggling just to stay in the top flight.

It seems as if Juric has now agreed a 3-year deal with Torino worth €2 million per season, details confirmed by Sky Sport Italia.

This should make him the highest-paid coach in Toro's history.

The 45-year-old spent his entire coaching career in Italy with Genoa, Palermo, Mantova, Crotone and since 2019 Verona.

He came to Italy as a player for Crotone in 2001 and then represented Genoa from 2006 until his retirement in 2010.

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Conte leaves Inter by mutual consent

Antonio Conte has left Inter Milano by mutual consent, with Simone Inzaghi likely to replace him as head coach of the Serie A champions.

Conte has agreed a deal with the club's owners which will see him paid €7 million for the final year of his contract.

The former Chelsea manager guided Inter to their first Serie A title in 11 years but was embroiled in a dispute with the club's owners after they proposed a downsizing of his squad.

Inter chairman Steven Zhang reportedly asked Conte to cut his wage bill by 15 to 20% and potentially sell players worth up to £70 million this summer.

Zhang arrived at Inter's headquarters to continue discussions with senior staff on Wednesday morning.

Conte was keen to keep up to 8 players he sees as "untouchables" which include Milan Skriniar, Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez.

Lukaku is happy at Inter but Conte's departure, coupled with the club needing to cut costs, has put a question mark over his status at the club.

The club's strategy, according to Sky in Italy, could include the sale of one of the club's star players and a move to focus on developing young talent.

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Inter appoint Simone Inzaghi

Inter Milano have appointed Lazio's Simone Inzaghi as their new manager, with the Italian signing a 2-year deal to replace Antonio Conte.

Inzaghi arrives at the San Siro after 5 years as Lazio coach, during which he led them back into the Champions League group stages for the first time since the 2007-2008 season.

Before being promoted to manage the first team in 2016, the 45-year-old had coached a number of Lazio's youth sides.

As senior manager, Inzaghi qualified Lazio for European competition in each of his 5 full seasons in charge, including a run to the Champions League last 16 in the 2020-2021 campaign.

The former Lazio and Italy striker also led the club to a Coppa Italia title in 2019, as well as 2 Italian SuperCup successes.




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Lazio appoint Sarri



Maurizio Sarri has been appointed as Lazio's head coach, replacing Simone Inzaghi.

The former Chelsea and Juventus coach has put pen-to-paper on a 2-year deal with the Serie A club worth around £2,6 million per season after days of talks.

According to Sky in Italy, Sarri's first request to Lazio for this summer's transfer window is to secure the loan signing of Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who enjoyed his most prolific season under the Italian at Chelsea in the 2018-2019 season.

Sarri had been out of work since being sacked by Juventus in August 2020, despite winning the Serie A title in his sole season in charge, and was still under contract with the Old Lady.

His failure to lead Juventus past Olympique Lyon in the last 16 of the Champions League - the first time they had failed to reach the quarter-finals in 4 years - led to his departure.

Sarri was sacked a day after the defeat to the Ligue 1 side, his job already under pressure after losing to Napoli in the Final of the Coppa Italia earlier in the season.

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Chiellini at Juventus until 2023

Giorgio Chiellini has officially signed a new contract with Juventus that runs to June 2023, taking him through the 2022 World Cup.

The Italy captain was technically a free agent when lifting the EURO 2020 trophy at Wembley Stadium, as his contract had expired on 30 June.

However, his return to Turin was never really in doubt and it was finalised this evening, upon his return from an extended summer vacation with Juve team-mate Leonardo Bonucci and their families.

It is a 2-year deal, as expected, because it'll allow Chiellini to continue his career up to and beyond the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

He turns 37 next month and will be almost 39 by the time the contract expires in June 2023.

It's reported he will earn €2,5 million per season.

Chiellini joined the Bianconeri from Fiorentina in 2005 and was instrumental in winning 9 consecutive Serie A titles.

The centre-back has 535 competitive games with Juve under his belt, scoring 36 goals.

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Serie A - Team of the Week 1


Patricio (AS Roma)



Lazzari (Lazio) - Palomino (Atalanta) - Skriniar (Inter Milano) - Hysaj (Lazio)



Pedro (Cagliari) - Zaccagni (Hellas Verona) - Calhanoglu (Inter Milano) - Elmas (Napoli)



Dybala (Juventus) - Dzeko (Inter Milano)

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Serie A - Team of the Week 2


Vicario (Empoli)



Molina - Becao (Udinese) - Mancini (AS Roma) - Hysaj (Lazio)



Rodriguez - Alberto (Lazio) - Pellegrini (AS Roma) - Anderson (Lazio)



Immobile (Lazio) - Giroud (AC Milan)

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Mandzukic announces retirement

Former Bayern Munchen, Juventus and Atletico Madrid forward Mario Mandzukic has announced his retirement from football at the age of 35, bringing the curtain down on a glittering career.

The striker, a former all-time great Croatia international and a World Cup runner-up at Russia 2018, was most recently with AC Milan across the second half of the 2020-2021 season.

But now, the prolific attacker - who won top flight titles in 4 different countries, plus Champions League glory with Bayern - has confirmed that he has hung up his boots in a message to fans.

Having made his senior debut in his home country with Marsonia across the 2004-2005 campaign, Mandzukic made his name initially with Dinamo Zagreb, across a 3-year spell that saw him score a hat-trick of Croatian league titles.

A move to VfL Wolfsburg followed, which proved the springboard for a subsequent swap to Bayern Munchen, where he further burnished his reputation across a superb Treble-winning season in 2012-2013, including a goal in the club's Champions League Final victory over Borussia Dortmund.

A lone season with Atletico Madrid followed before he headed to Serie A with Juventus, where he won his third different league crown as the Bianconeri walked through Serie A in 4 consecutive seasons.

A brief spell with Qatari side Al-Duhail followed after Maurizio Sarri sidelined him in Turin - where he won his final honour - before he concluded his career with a spell at Milan this year.

At international level, Mandzukic won 89 caps for Croatia and scored 33 goals - most famously netting the winner to send his nation through in the 2018 World Cup semi-finals against England, before getting himself on the scoresheet in ultimate defeat to France in the Final.