League Focus: The Most Valuable Scorers in Serie A
by James Horncastle
at четверг, май 9 2013 12:17
With the title race over and the season nearing its end in Serie A, a period of reflection begins. Who have been the real difference makers over the current campaign and how might you measure that? One reductive yet still quite revealing method is to look at points won as a direct result of the goal...
Player Focus: Europe's Hat-Trick Heroes
by Alistair Tweedale
at вторник, апр 9 2013 15:20
A hat-trick is a thing of rare beauty; a feat that a tiny minority of professional footballers achieve at any point in their careers. Fewer still will do so away from home, or in a 12 minute period to win a game against one of Europe's most decorated sides, as German Denis managed at San Siro agains...
Team Focus: Atalanta Still A Royal Pain In Serie A
by Adam Digby
at понедельник, ноя 12 2012 14:19
Stats Analysis: More Serie A Surprises - Aerial Superiority
by Adam Digby
at четверг, фев 9 2012 13:03
Unlike other leagues, Serie A is not commonly associated with great headers of the ball, even among its defenders. While England and English football bring to mind classic number nines and lumbering central defenders, Italy is more readily thought of for bringing culture to the game and beyond the a...
Hot Shots: Serie A's Magnificent Seven
by Adam Digby
at понедельник, дек 19 2011 15:40
Serie A has long been famed for it's defensive abilities and tactical organisation, it's gifts to the world deemed to be tacticians such as Giovanni Trapattoni and Arrigo Sacchi, breeding defenders the likes of which other countries could only look on in envy of. Yet, as a byproduct of coming up aga...