The secret blitw: Serie A 2013/14

ffs taking a two-on-two into the corner when you're two-nil up in injury time

First half Berardi hat trick for Sassuolo vs Milan. Think that's ten in fourteen since he went there on loan.

Got another one three minutes into the second half.

He is a veritable beast on the new FM, and has an admirably spartan wiki page for such a highly rated talent. Still don't really have any understanding of how the co-ownership system in Italy operates

these will prob be of interest

http://blogs.thescore.com/counterattack/2013/12/05/bandini-meet-the-young-players-with-juventus-future-at-their-feet/

http://blogs.thescore.com/counterattack/2013/07/15/bandini-the-weird-and-wonderful-world-of-player-co-ownership-in-italian-football/

Thanks, those have cleared things up a bit. Would be interested to see some sort of mid-long term analysis of how this plays out for the various parties compared to the system in place in the EPL. Seems like there might be money in it for smaller teams when big clubs take a small punt on a talented player that may not make the grade, but at the expense of denying them the big pay-day that smaller EPL clubs pick up when their stars are acquired by the top teams.

Has anyone seen Nainggolan play? Intrigued after reading this on whoscored

Inter have pulled the plug on a proposed swap deal with Juventus involving Fredy Guarin and Mirko Vucinic because of a backlash from fans - but it could yet be resurrected.

such a classic example of numinous immanence in fitba, like no matter who's in charge over the generations inter will always and forever be guided by the spirit of magically inept transfers

Now, according to Sky Sport Italia, Guarin is looking to push the move through and is refusing to leave Juventus’ offices in the hope that Inter will reconsider and allow him to join the Serie A champions.

It is also thought the Colombian has threatened to refuse to train with Inter should the move collaps

Vidal just wiped out by a psychopathic challenge.

Ooh Inter have bought Hernanes.

Pirlo with a sumptuous pass to Lichsteiner. 1-0. PIRLo my God!

Wait, Napoli lost 3-0 to Atalanta. WTF?

Juve so far above the rest of this league. Bayernesque.

Eh, so Vucinic didn't actually leave in the end. So Juve have Tevez, Llorente, Giovinco, Vucinic, and Dani Osvaldo. How unnecessary.

P sure Pirlo didn't miss a single pass during that 45 mins.

Two points from a possible 9 against Bologna, Chievo and Atalanta. Hope Napoli step it up a bit soon, I'm planning on picking up a ticket tomorrow for the game against Milan next weekend, and they haven't exactly been flying recently either.

Napoli are p exciting to watch this season. V little defence especially considering it's a Rafa team. Reina with a howler today, not sure why he was reinstated to the team.

Ho ho, commentators speculating that Osvaldo has been bought solely for the Europa League. The ignominy!!

Taraabt scored eight minutes into his debut for Milan.

Balotelli

Luca Toni has 13 in 21 appearances this season - one fewer than Tevez, one more than Higuain.

A team that pours players frwd (Napoli) vs a team that's deadly on the counter (Roma). I fancy Roma but as ever will be rooting for Rafa.

Ah man I hope Strootman hasn't done his achilles. Just when down in apparent agony with no other player anywhere near him.

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those luca toni stats reflect poorly on serie a, but then he is one of my least favourite players ever

Napoli's transition D is awful, especially on their right side.

Higuin given offside from a throw-in. Seen it all now.

Napoli have been awful so far. Constantly giving the ball away.

Lucky to be 0-0 at half time. Trying to play frwd too quickly. Need to drop Hamsik a little deeper to both work the ball thru midfield better (he's too far apart from Inler atm) and to disrupt Nainggolan some cos he's bossing this so far.

Great header from Callejon. He's been terrific this season.

Napoli have conceded a lot of late equalisers this season, doubtful that they'll see this out.

Napoli hold on for the win.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0406/soc_a_destro_kh_576x324.jpg

http://media.tumblr.com/8a43730d6478a1714074f8545f190be9/tumblr_inline_mkwfg5X0b31qz4rgp.jpg
comes to mind

exactly

Roma are getting smashed 4-1 by Catania so Juve will be champions in about ten minutes.

seems legit

The noise in Naples last night was very impressive, don't think I've ever really been in a city on the night their team won something. Shame about the shenanigans before the match though

What are you in Naples for?

Shootings before a game is a pretty bloody terrifying development, but I've half a memory of guns & football not being a new thing in Italy?

Been living here for a bit. Not got along to as many matches as I would have liked tbh, the ones I have been to see weren't very good performances at all. Was skint before the Juve match so couldn't go, fucking 2-0 win and Napoli's best performance of the season, typical.

From the very few people I've spoken to about it today the atmosphere here with regard to the shootings seems to be "I wish someone could control the animals doing this kind of thing" rather than "WTF someone got shot at the football" as the response would be over here. Also this is probably tempered by the fact that the whole city is just buzzing off the win

Not over here. Over there. Was back home over Easter and I've started confusing myself.

https://vine.co/v/Mg5ggPPlwt1

tony fuckin christmas

Retires today. With a hat-trick. Including this goal.

http://i.imgflip.com/10cct.gif

Hold on, that's not from today. The rest is true though. What a player, I wish I'd seen more of him.

very seldom watch serie a now but is goalscoring over the last few years has been absurd, before he was 30 he was reliable, since then he has been prolific to the sort of rvn/shevchenko level

might not retire now? comments a bit vague

102 points and winning 33 out of 38 games is monstrous.

Torino just missed a 93rd minute penalty after a shocking dive that would have put them in Europe next season.

Parma are in, justice is done.

Massimo Maccarone has scored his seventh and eighth league goals of the season, Toni has nine, Di Natale eight. Combined age of 109.

5 teams in the last 16 of the Europa League. Napoli FTW.

Lololololol what a start for Gattuso. His managerial record is really something, I don't even know how he's ended up here

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2gWeq5abvlM

This warms the heart

Fifteen minutes in to Inter - Juve, Inter were down to 10 men and a goal behind.

20 minutes to go and Inter are 2-1 up. Napoli might actually do this.

Damn them, 3-2 Juve. Two goals in two minutes,

Krzysztof Piatek’s now scored nine goals in seven games in the league (having scored four in one match in the cup), since signing for Genoa. It’s the best start any striker has ever made in Serie A.

Piatek has scored six in four games since joining Milan.

Piatek, the renew of AC Milan⚫️🔴#football #acmilan #acm #MilanAtalanta #MILATA #SerieATIM #SerieA #Italia

pic.twitter.com/5xisLDMUAt

— The Playmakers Culture (@pmkrsculture) February 16, 2019

About as good a bargain as you are going to get for €35m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhQVoTZEmpQ

In other news: Serie C club Pro Piazenca can only field 8 players (including 6 teens and the masseur) lose 20-0. With 16-0 at half-time, Cuneo should be ashamed of themselves for only scoring four in the second half.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/third-tier-italian-club-fields-six-teens-and-a-masseur-thrashed-20-0-20190218-p50yfp.html

fuuck this shitty league

otm. this takes the fucking cake.

We need to talk about Italy nuke Italy.

A short thread on Italy and racism in 2019.

Italian footballer Mario Balotelli was racially abused during a match in Verona this weekend. The abuse is clearly audible in this video: pic.twitter.com/NO0KXjeIw5

— Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) November 4, 2019

^^ thread. Nardelli doesn't even get around to mentioning the racist abuse Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) got this weekend from AS Roma fans. Big surprise coming from them, I know, but he's got it several times before this season. Rampant.

ugh, penalty due to a handball is a rule that can easily be exploited