This work is an analysis of the first tier football league in Italy (Serie A). The basis for this analysis is to have a prediction of the teams that would have a top 5 league table placement at the end of the season. This prediction will be achieved via the THE ITALIAN SERIE A CONTENDERS RATING SCALE. The aforesaid link entails the contenders.
These said, it was projected in the prequel work to this that the 5 teams that are more likely to have a top 5 league table placement at the end of the 2012/13 Serie A season are Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan, AS Roma, and Udinese.
*Related works -
THE ITALIAN SERIE A CONTENDERS RATING SCALE
THE 2012/2013 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE CONTENDERS
THE 2012/2013 FRENCH LIGUE 1 CONTENDERS
JUVENTUS
Juventus, also referred
to as the old ladies is the most successful club in the top flight football
league in Italy.
Juve clinched the 2011/12
Serie A by recording a 5 star performance, courtesy an unprecedented 43 matches
unbeaten run comprising 36 matches in the Serie A and 7 in the coppa Italia
which was abruptly ended by Napoli in the finals of the coppa Italia, a match
that ended 2 goals to nil, in favour of Napoli.
Though high flying, the
Serie A title holders have also had their very ugly times. According to cnn.com
“the Turin giants were stripped off the titles won in 2005 and 2006 and
relegated to Serie B because of their involvement, along with several other top
clubs, in match fixing.”
But that sad experience
has now been speedily forgotten with the 2012/13 triumph being their 28th
league title (excluding the 2 stripped titles) and most importantly, their
first since the match fixing scandal that got the Seria A giants embarrassingly
relegated to Serie B. This relegation got Juventus playing in Serie B as
against Serie A for the first time in the history of the club.
With the 2011/12
triumph, no doubt Juve have got their once upon a time relinquished dominance
of the Serie A rejuvenated.
So far in the 2012/13
season Juventus have enjoyed an unbeaten run in the 8 games played so far. This
run added to last season’s entails Juve has had an unbeaten run in 47 league
matches.
In 8 matches played,
Juventus have won 7 matches and drawn 1 which entails 22 points in total.
*Facts
i. Juventus has won the Italian Serie A
28 times.
ii. In the last 5 seasons (2007/08 - 2011/12),
Juventus has had a top 5 finish 3 times.
2012/2013
JUVENTUS TRANSFER LIST
IN (CLUB PURCHASED OR “LOANED”
FROM):
Lucio (Inter); Alberto Masi (Pro Vercelli); Leonardo Spinazzola (Siena);
Emanuele Giaccherini (Cesena); Sebastian Giovinco (Parma); Raffaele Alcibiade (Nocerina)
Nicola Leali (Brescia); Christian Pasquato (Torino “Returning
from loan”);
Stefano Beltrame (Novara); Manuel Giandonato (Lecce “Returning
from loan”)
Michele Pazienza (Udinese “Returning
from loan”); Manolo Gabbiadini
(Atalanta);
Christian Pasquato (Udinese); Kwadwo Asamoah (Udinese); Mauricio Isla (Udinese);
Richmond Boakye (Genoa); Paul Pogba (Manchester United); Rubinho (Palermo “Palermo”)
Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal “Loan”)
OUT (CLUB
SOLD OR “LOANED” TO)
Alessandro Del Piero (Sydney
FC); Felipe Melo (Galatasaray “Loan”);
Martínez (Cluj “Loan”)
Nicola Leali (Lanciano “Loan”); Ciro Immobile (Genoa); Alberto Libertazzi (Novara)
Nazareno Belfasti (Modena “Loan”);; Michele Pazienza (Bologna);
Timothy Nocchi (Juve Stabia “Loan”);
M. Estigarribia (Newell's Old
Boys “End of loan”);
Eljero Elia (Werder Bremen); Marco Motta
(Bologna “Loan”);
Milos Krasic (Fenerbahçe); Fausto Rossi (Brescia “Loan”);
Manuel Giandonato (Vicenza “Loan”); Alberto Masi (Pro Vercelli
“Loan”);
Richmond Boakye (Sassulo “Loan”)
Entry and Exit Transfer Pick:
Lúcio
Lúcio is a Brazil
international that has a rich pedigree of the beautiful game. His CV includes
Internacional which was his first club and one in his native country, German
Bundesliga clubs, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich. His most recent club was
Inter Milan. While at Inter Milan, Lucio spent 3 years, from the 2009- 2012
seasons and had the 2010 being his most triumphant season as he was very
instrumental to Inter Milan winning all 3 competitions they took part in as
thus, Serie A, Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League.
Also, his days at
Bayern Munich were very successful as among other tournaments he triumphed
over, were the German Bundesliga in the 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2007–08 seasons.
Though 34 years old,
Lúcio’s experience and winning mentality has got his entry into Juventus a move
rightly undertaken and expectedly, he is to have a very effective contribution
to the team.
Alessandro
Del PieroDel Piero spent the bulk of his playing years in the black and white stripes of Juventus. Having made just 14 appearances for Padova over two seasons (1991/1992 and 1992/1993), Del Piero joined Juventus in 1993 and went on to make a phenomenally impactful 19 seasons with the Turin giants that got him indeed an indispensable player for the club.
According to
wikipeda.com, he played in Juventus F.C. for 19 years (11 years as captain) and
holds the club records for goals (290) and appearances (705).
In the 19 years spent
with Juventus, Del Piero among many titles won are 6 Italian Serie A and
1 Serie B titles.
With these feats
achieved, it is no questioning the fact that the exit of the well cherished Juventus
veteran will be greatly felt by the club.
AC MILAN
AC Milan is a Milan
based club. I refer to the club as being a twin of Inter Milan, which is another
Milan based club.
AC Milan last won the
Italian Serie A title in the 2010/11 season and in total, have won the Italian
Serie A title 18 times.
In the 2011/12 Serie A
season, Milan was placed second on the final match day. But the current
campaign does look cloudy with regards to AC Milan having a top flight finish,
let alone making the 2012/13 season their 19th Serie A triumph.
The earlier assertion
is due to the fact that AC Milan have got themselves being a depleted and below
par football club-side following the exit of top goal scorer, Zlantan
Ibrahimovich, Mark van
Bommel, Thiago Silva and club veteran, Alessandro Nesta.
With AC Milan after 8 matches being jaded, as noted in their
lackluster performances in the current campaign that has got the club having 7
points in 8 matches played so far and 15 points behind league leaders Juventus,
AC Milan having a top 5 finish at the end of the season is one that could be
perceived as being a miracle.
However, with the current campaign being young, and 32
matches left to play, ruling AC Milan out of a top notch finish is one that
could indeed be a big blow to anyone who does so.
*Facts
i. AC Milan has won the Italian Serie A
title 18 times.
ii. In the last 5 seasons (2007/08 -
2011/12), AC Milan has had a top 5 finish 5 times.
2012/2013
AC MILAN TRANSFER LIST…
IN (CLUB PURCHASED OR
“LOANED” FROM):
Nigel De Jong (Man City); Kevin Constant (Genoa “Loan”); Bojan Krkic (Roma “Loan”);
Gianmarco Zigoni (Avellino “Returning
from loan”); Giampaolo
Pazzini (Inter Milan);
Mattia Valoti (Albinoleffe); Cristian Zapata (Villarreal “Loan”); M'Baye Niang (Caen)
OUT (CLUB
SOLD OR “LOANED” TO)
Antonio Cassano (Inter Milan); Zlatan Ibrahimovich (PSG); Gennaro Ivan
Gattuso (FC Sion);
Matteo Darmian (Palermo); Francesco Acerbi (Genoa); Simone Romagnoli (Pescara);
Alessandro Nesta (Montreal Impact); Mark van Bommel (NEC); Clarence Seedorf (Botafogo);
Gianmario Comi (Reggina “Loan”); Simone Calvano (Verona “Loan”);
Alberto Paloschi (Chievo “Loan”); Marco Fossati (Ascoli “Loan”); Thiago Silva (PSG);
Gianmarco Zigoni (Pro Vercelli “Loan”); Marcus Paixao Diniz (Lecce “Loan”);
Taye Taiwo (Dynamon Kiev “Loan”); Michelangelo Albertazzi (Verona “Loan”);
Antonio Donnarumma (Genoa)
Entry and Exit Transfer Pick:
Nigel De Jong
Nigel de Jong is a midfielder from the Netherlands. Before joining AC Milan, he spent 4 years
at current premier league champions, Manchester City and was among the
victorious Manchester City team that won the FA Cup in 2011 and the English
Premier League in the 2011/12 season. He joined Manchester City in the 2008/09
season from German club, Hamburg.
De Jong has his football roots in Ajax, a club he spent four years with.
In his first season at the club, precisely in 2002, he won the Amsterdam Talent
of the year.
With Nigel De Jong’s acquisition, it is expected that he will have a
remarkable impact in the club. This expectation is no doubt a carryover of his
effect in Manchester City. To this end, according to Wikipedia.com, “By
the end of the season (2009) he had become a firm fans' favourite as well as
being one of new manager Roberto Mancini's first picks as defensive midfielder
as the team narrowly missed out on a Champions League berth.
In four years at Manchester
City, he had a total of 104 premier league games, including a game played in
the 2012/13 prior to joining AC Milan.
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Ibrahimović is a
Swedish footballer that brilliantly paid his dues while in the red and black
stripes of AC Milan. This is evident in his superb goal scoring feat in the 2
seasons he spent with the club.
According to
Wikipedia.com, in a total of 61 Serie A matches played over 2 seasons, he
scored 42 goals for the 18 time Serie A champions. Ibrahimović was the 2009 and
2012 Serie A top scorer. In 2009, he was an Inter Milan player.
The exit of the 2008,
2009 and 2011 Serie A footballer of the year is no doubt a heavy blow to AC
Milan that will take a while for the club to recover from, as his attack
prowess is one of a kind in which having a replacement will not come easy.
No wonder AC Milan have
so far in 8 matches, scored a disappointing 9 goals and conceded 10, thus
having a deficit goals difference of 1.
One thing is evident, AC
Milan are missing the brilliance of Ibrahimović.
INTER
MILAN
Internazionale, as Inter Milan is also called is a club I refer to as a
twin of AC Milan. Interestingly, going by the number of Serie A titles won,
they are indeed twins as both teams have won the Italian Serie
A 18 times. The last time Inter Milan won the league was the 2009/2010 season
and prior to that they had a 4 straight years triumph in the Serie A, precisely
from the 2005/06 to the 2009/10 seasons. It is pertinent to note that the
2005/06 triumph of Inter Milan was as a result of the Italian football scandal
which led to first place team, Juventus getting relegated to Serie B and second
placed AC Milan, hit with points deduction.
So far in the 2012/13 season,
Inter Milan are having a rejuvenated performance in comparison with the 2011/12
season when they finished in 6th place.
In 8 matches played in
the 2012/13 season, Inter Milan is placed in fourth place, 4 points behind
league leaders, Juventus.
Due to this encouraging
start to the season, there is no questioning the fact that Inter Milan
finishing well above the 6th position it had last season is
imminent.
*Facts
i. Inter Milan has won the Italian Serie
A title 18 times.
ii. In the last 5 seasons (2007/08 - 2011/12),
Inter Milan has had a top 5 finish 4 times.
2012/2013
INTER MILAN TRANSFER LIST…
IN (CLUB PURCHASED OR
“LOANED” FROM):
Antonio Cassano (Milan); Rodrigo Palacio (Genoa); Simone Benedetti (Torino);
Enrico Alfonso (Chievo); Felice Natalino (Genoa); Matías Silvestre (Palermo “Loan”);
Samir Handanoviç (Udinese)
OUT (CLUB
SOLD OR “LOANED” TO)
Julio César (QPR); Alen Stevanovic (Torino);
Matteo Solini (Chievo); Maicon
(Man City)
Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria “Returning
from Loan”); Marco Faraoni
(Udinese)
Mauro Matías Zárate (Lazio “End of
loan”); Simone Benedetti
(Spezia “Loan”)
Lucio (Juventus); Diego Forlan Corazo (Internacional); Giampaolo Pazzini (Milan)
Entry and Exit Transfer Pick:
Antonio Cassano
The signing of Cassano
from rivals AC Milan has so far been a signing in the right direction for
Inter. In 8 matches played for Inter Milan, Cassano has scored 5 goals as
against the 7 goals he scored over 2 seasons in 33 matches while playing for AC
Milan. In the 2010/11 season, Cassano scored 4 matches in 17 games, while in
the 2010/11 season, he scored 3 goals in 16 matches.
Prior to playing for AC
Milan, Cassano played for Sampdoria and Real Madrid. Others are Roma and Bari.
According to Wikipedia.com, Bari was the first club Cassano played for.
These said, among other
players, the signing of Antonio Cassano by Inter Milan has got the Milan based
club on course to have a much better season than the last, as evident in the encouraging
performance by Inter Milan.
Júlio César
Soares Espíndola
Júlio César is a
Brazilian international goalkeeper that is one of the best in the world. He spent 7 years at Inter Milan. Having
displaced then number one goalkeeper, Francesco Toldo, César established
himself as a keeper number one goal keeper of the club.
While at Inter Milan
César won the Italian Serie A at a remarkable 5 straight times. This was from
the 2005/2006 to the 2009/2010 seasons, including the 2009 treble winning
season of the UEFA Champions League and Coppa Italia.
According to Wikipedia,
“in 2009, IFFHS named him as the third best goalkeeper in the world, behind
only Iker Casillas and Gianluigi Buffon.
He has also been awarded the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year in 2009 and in
2010”.
With these feats
acheieved, there is no questioning the fact that the goalkeeping heroics of Júlio
César will be missed by Inter.
AS ROMA
AS Roma has won the
Italian Serie A 3 times, the last time being the 2000/2001 season.
Roma have so far since
the birth of the Italian top flight league in 1898, recorded a remarkable level
of consistency except the 1950/51 season when they got relegated. But asides
this time, Roma has since gaining promotion back to the top flight, maintained
a significant presence in the Italian Serie A.
Though the 3 Serie A
titles won by AS Roma is nothing compared to the 28 by Juventus or 18 by the
twin Milan clubs (Inter Milan and AC Milan), AS Roma having an encouraging
ending to the 2012/13 Serie A season should not be written off.
In the last 5 years, AS
Roma has had a top 5 finish 2 times in which they finished in second place in
the 2007/08 and 2009/10 seasons.
Notably as
evident in the Contenders Rating Table as seen in the link; THE ITALIAN SERIE A CONTENDERS RATING
SCALE, AS
Roma are placed in third place with 8 marks, just behind league leaders,
Juventus.
With AS Roma currently lying
in an encouraging 5th position with 14 points from 8 matches and 32
games left for all 20 teams to slug it out with regards to winning the 2012/13
Serie A season and having a comfortable finish to avert relegation and qualify
for the European competitions, namely UEFA EUROPA Cup and UEFA Champions
League, Roma will no doubt exert the required tenacity for a remarkable season
finish.
*Facts
i. AS Roma has won the Italian Serie A
three times.
ii. In the last 5 seasons (2007/08 -
2011/12), AS Roma has had a top 5 finish twice times.
2012/2013
AS ROMA TRANSFER LIST
IN (CLUB PURCHASED OR
“LOANED” FROM):
Michael Bradley (Chievo); Andrea Bertolacci (Lecce “Returning
from loan”);
Marquinho (Fluminenese); Iván Rodrigo Piris (Cerro Porteño “Loan”); Dodô (Corinthians);
Mauro Goicoechea (Danubio “Loan”);
Alessandro Florenzi (Crotone);
Leandro Castán (Corinthians); Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Genoa); Mattia Destro
(Genoa “Loan”);
Federico Balzaretti (Palermo); Marquinhos (Corinthians “Loan”)
OUT (CLUB
SOLD OR “LOANED” TO)
F. Gago (Valencia);
Gianluca Caprari (Pescara); Federico Viviani (Padova “Loan”);
Fabio Borini (Liverpool); Adrian Stoian (Chievo); Andrea Bertolacci (Genoa);
Giammario Piscitella (Genoa); Valerio
Verre (Genoa); Aleandro Rosi (Parma)
Alessandro Crescenzi (Pescara “Loan”); David Pizarro (Fiorentina); Cicinho (Sport);
José Ángel (Sociedad “Loan”); Matteo Brighi (Torino “Loan”); Ivan Provedel (Chievo)
Matteo Brighi (Torino “Loan”); Chuka Stefano Okaka (Parma); Bojan Krkic (Milan “Loan”)
Manuel Giandonato (Vicenza “Loan”); Marco Borriello (Genoa)
Entry and Exit Transfer Pick
Michael Bradley
Bradley is an American international who plays as a central midfielder. According to Wikipedia.com, among the many clubs Bradley has played for are Metrostars which was his first club as a professional footballer and a club in his native country. Since leaving the US, he has played for SC Heerenveen, his first club out of the US.
Also, he has played for Borussia Mönchengladbach, then Aston Villa which was a loan move in the January transfer window. In his 3 years with Borussia Mönchengladbach between the 2008/2009 and 2010/2011 seasons prior to his loan to Aston Villa, he had a significant role in which he made 28, 29 and 19 appearances in the 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11 seasons with 5, 3 and 2 goals respectively.
However, his immediate past club prior to signing for AS Roma is Chievo Verona. In the 2011/12 season, Bradly made 31 appearances out of a possible 38 for Chievo and had a goal to his credit.
No doubt, with the acquisition of Bradly, he will be very instrumental to AS Roma having the required bite to having a more successful campaign than the last
Fernando
Gago
Gago is an Argentine international footballer that started his club career with native club Boca Juniors.
Having spent three seasons with Boca from the 2004/05 to the 2006/07 seasons, his impact at the club attracted Spanish giant Real Madrid which led to the most successful club in Europe signing him in 2006, alongside his compatriot Gonzalo Higuaín.
However, according to Wikipedia.com; “on 31
August 2011, Fernando Gago moved on loan to Serie A side Roma with a view to a
permanent move, until the end of the 2011-12 season, after over a 100
appearances for Real Madrid in La Liga during his 4 and a half years stay at
the club.”
The above quote reveals one thing; Gago was very
impactful in his years at Real Madrid and his season loan move to Roma was not
left out as he made 29 appearances, scoring one goal.
UDINESE
According to
Wikipedia.com, Udinese Calcio
was founded in 1896 which makes it the second oldest club in Italy, after
Genoa.
Of all the Contenders
in view, Udinese is the only club that is yet to win a Serie A title. Udinese
in the last two seasons had a top 5 finish two times. These 2 times, were the
2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons. In the 2011/12 season, they finished 3rd
behind AC Milan and in the preceding season, they had a fourth place finish.
But will they have a
second place finish in the 2012/13 season, time will tell.
*Facts
i. Udinese has never won the Italian
Serie A title.
ii. In the last 5 seasons (2007/08 -
2011/12) Udinese has had a top 5 finish 2 times.
2012/2013
UDINESE TRANSFER
LIST…
IN (CLUB PURCHASED OR
“LOANED” FROM):
Allan Marques Loureiro (Vasco da Gama); Maicosuel (Botafogo);
Andrea Lazzari (Fiorentina “Loan”); Daniele Padelli (Sampdoria);
Muriel (Lecce “Returning from loan”); Zlamal (Bari); Mathias Ranégie (Malmo)
Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Lecce “Returning
from Loan”);
Gabriel Silva (Novara “Returning
from loan”) Marco Faraoni
(Inter);
Antonio
Candreva (Lazio “Returning from loan”); Darwin Machís
(Mineros);
OUT (CLUB
SOLD OR “LOANED” TO)
K.
Asamoah (Juventus); Dioni
(Leganes “Loan”); C. Obodo (Free); C. Calvo (Almeria);
J.
Fanchone (Watford “Loan”); Neuton (Watford “Loan”); J. Ekstrand
(Watford “Loan”)
F.
Forestieri (Watford “Loan”);
R. Romo (Mineros de Guayana “Loan”)
J.
I. Surraco (Modena) Á. Geijo (Watford “Loan”) S. Beleck (Watford “Loan”)
A.
Abdi (Watford “Loan”) J. Cuadrado
(Fiorentina “Loan”)
D. Mori (Empoli “Loan”)
L.
Caruso (Argentinos Juniors);
S. Handanovic (Inter Milan); D. Padelli (Sampdoria);
C.
Pasquato (Bologna “Loan”); M. Isla (Juventus); M. Pazienza (Juventus);
D.
Ferronetti (Free);
A. Floro Flores (Granada CF “Loan”);T. Doubai (Sochaux);
G.
Torje (Granada CF “Loan”); G. Fernandes (Saint-Etienne)
Entry and Exit Transfer Pick:
Allan Marques Loureiro
According to Wikipedia.com, Allan was born on January 8,
1991 and he currently plays as a right back and midfielder for Italian club
Udinese. Allan was promoted to the professional Vasco da Gama in 2009 by coach Dorival
Júnior.
Wikipedia.com went further; “after helping the
club return to the hill to the elite of the Brasileirão and champion of the
series B, Allan was injured and thus could not play the Campeonato Carioca or
the Brazil Cup 2010. After recovering from the injury, Allan returned to the
juniors to get match fitness again. He returned to professionals in the last
round of the Brasileirão before the break of the World Cup and Cup of Time,
friendly tournament that Vasco played in the parade for the World Cup and took
the championship with the participation of Allan scoring a goal in the game
Vasco 3x2 Coritiba.”
With his brilliance on
the beautiful game, based on the words of Wikipedia.com, it is expected that Allan,
though still very young at 21 years old will have a remarkable impact on
Udinese’s quest at having a remarkable season.
Kwadwo Asamoah
According to
wikipeida.com; Asamoah was scouted playing for a local based club which belongs
to Kamara and was recommended by the scout Mr. Charles Mensah Gapson to Alhaji
Sly Tetteh, CEO of Liberty Professionals. He joined Swiss club Bellinzona and
was loaned to Italian side Torino in the winter of 2007-08.”
Based on the
information in the preceding paragraph, it could be concluded that Asamoah’s
loan was indeed the turnaround to the pacy rise in his football career.
With these words said about Asamoah, no wonder his days at Udinese were numbered, which led to Juventus poaching him.
No doubt, his exit from Udinese will be greatly felt due to the phenomenal impact he had with the club during his sojourn.
2012/13
ITALIAN SERIE A FINAL LEAGUE TABLE PLACEMENT
Having analyzed the
2012/13 Italian Serie A Contenders, my projection with regards to the placement
of these teams is shown in the table below.
From the table above, it is anticipated that at the end of
the season, Juventus will retain the Serie A title, thus winning the 2012/13 season.
On the other hand, Inter
Milan, AS Roma, AC Milan and Udinese are expected to end the season in 2nd,
3rd, 4th and 5th place respectively.
However, it is pertinent to point out that due to the high
level of inconsistency of performance over the years by Italian clubs season
in, season out, of these contenders at least 3 teams will make the cut. This
entails that there could be a replacement of any of these 5 teams and if such
is to happen, my guess will be either or both Udinese and AC Milan will be
replaced by Napoli and perhaps Lazio.
But remember the season is still very young and with 8
matches played, most especially AC Milan should not be ruled out of having a
top 5 finish.
This is my take on final league table placement, so what is
yours?
*Related works -
THE ITALIAN SERIE A CONTENDERS RATING SCALE
THE 2012/2013 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE CONTENDERS
THE 2012/2013 FRENCH LIGUE 1 CONTENDERS
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