Team Focus: Atalanta
by Jacopo Piotto
at Tuesday, Apr 17 2012 16:03
Atalanta's season started with a bang; promoted from Serie B, they knew that safety was their only goal. However, on the 9th of August the club was given a 6-point penalty, compromising all of their plans for the season to come. The potential safety mark was virtually upped from 40 to 46 points and ...
Team Focus: AC Milan Going the Distance - Long Balls per Game
by Jacopo Piotto
at Friday, Mar 23 2012 16:55
An interesting statistic from the current season's passing distribution shows that AC Milan are the team with most long passes per game in Italy, and rank second in the top-five European leagues, just behind Bayern Munich. That is quite surprising, as Milan's recent history has been built on prolong...
League Focus: Serie A Squad Rotation
by Jacopo Piotto
at Thursday, Mar 1 2012 11:45
After the reformatting of UEFA-competitions in the 90s saw more teams playing in the European Cups and increased the number of games in those tournaments, top-leagues' teams changed the way they managed their squads. As most of the leagues now have 20 clubs, 44 matches per season is the lightest pos...
League Focus: Serie A's Midfield Evolution
by Jacopo Piotto
at Thursday, Feb 16 2012 10:59
Italian football is facing a crisis that started at the end of the 90s. After reaching 9 Champions League finals in 10 years as of the 1988/89 season, the big clubs haven't dominated as they had before. Tactics have always been the key for Italian teams to win all over Europe. However, thanks to mor...