Topic: Serie A

[Gerry Attrick]

Looks like AC Milan are going to win the league for the first time in ages.

[Andar]

Looks like AC Milan are going to win the league for the first time in ages.

Sassaulo could beat them on the final day. They have dropped off but it is a tricky away. Milan still have an untrustworthy feel to them. Pressure could do a lot to them.

Unlike the PL, in Serie A strange things have happened on the final day to front runners. 2000 and 2002 come to mind.

[oojason]

Looks like AC Milan are going to win the league for the first time in ages.

Glad one of the Top 3 decided they wanted to win this - after all that faffing around drawing and losing they all did a few weeks back


Milan [1] - 0 Atalanta; Rafael Leão 57' - https://streamff.com/v/5bd517

Milan [2] - 0 Atalanta; Theo Hernandez 75' - https://streamff.com/v/5fb921

2-0; full-time.



Cagliari v Inter Milan is the 7.45pm kick off. If Inter don't win... Milan are Champions. Cagliari are fighting to stay in Serie A in 18th position... so will be up for it too

Cagliari XI: Cragno; Bellanova, Ceppitelli, Altare, Lykogiannis; Rog, Grassi, Dalbert; Marin; Joao Pedro, Pavoletti.
Inter XI: Handanovic; Skriniar, De Vrij, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Brozovic, Calhanoglu, Perisic; Dzeko, Lautaro Martinez.

Streams: https://redi1.soccerstreams.net/event/cagliari-inter-live-stream/866507 & http://1stream.top/soccer/MjMzMDkwMzgz

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

That goal from Theo Hernandez was pretty great. Can't imagine to many goals have been scored from a longer run (especially given the zig zagging).

Inter 2-0 up.

Edit: 1-2

[elsewhere]

damn, seriously Milan will be crowned champions in a week. I didn't see that coming, I thought Inter would win it by 8+ pts.  Maybe getting kicked out of CL helped them focus in the league.

[OsirisMVZ]

https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/ribaltone-milan-un-passo-firma-la-cessione-fondo-redbird-AElia8ZB?refresh_ce=1

Redbird deal set to beat the Bahrain bid for AC Milan

[Iska]

I never foresaw the day I’d be delighted to hear another hedge fund is getting its hands on European Royalty, but that’s modern football.  Great news if this comes off.

In other news, Tammy Abraham’s real name is Kevin Abraham?!  Is this well-known?

[Dim Glas]

I never foresaw the day I’d be delighted to hear another hedge fund is getting its hands on European Royalty, but that’s modern football.  Great news if this comes off.

In other news, Tammy Abraham’s real name is Kevin Abraham?!  Is this well-known?

Tammy is far cooler a name to go by.  A quick google shows that it’s a shortened nickname of one of his middle names.

He has a brother called Timmy 

Tammy is having a heck of a season in Italy, 2 more goals so far tonight.

[PeterTheRed ...]

https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/ribaltone-milan-un-passo-firma-la-cessione-fondo-redbird-AElia8ZB?refresh_ce=1

Redbird deal set to beat the Bahrain bid for AC Milan

Certainly much better than such a historic club being overtaken by Bahrain ...

[Elzar]

Milan fans are going wild in the stands

[PeterTheRed ...]

A deserved title for AC Milan. They did it the right way, and things will only get better for them after the takeover ...

[Elzar]

A deserved title for AC Milan. They did it the right way, and things will only get better for them after the takeover ...

What a good season in Italy and Ac to have the calm to keep it going and take the title is good to see. That’s 3 winners in 3 years

[PeterTheRed ...]

What a good season in Italy and Ac to have the calm to keep it going and take the title is good to see. That’s 3 winners in 3 years

The Serie A is seriously re-gaining it's popularity in South-Eastern Europe, with the Premier League being bought by the oil countries most of the time. We have a good number of supporters, along with Real Madrid and Barcelona, but the top Serie A clubs are catching up pretty quickly, and I think they have already over-taken Man Utd ...

[Bullet500]

A deserved title for AC Milan. They did it the right way, and things will only get better for them after the takeover ...

I really don't know what rubbish Ivan Gazidis (AC Milan's CEO) played out at Arsenal....

[Iska]

Well done to Milan, that’s a seriously impressive and unexpected achievement this season, especially closing it out like that.  Delighted for my man Giroud as well, breaking the number 9 curse and everything, always loved that guy.

[Gerry Attrick]

Serie A is supremely cool. Bakayoko came out for the celebrations with a cigar. Most interesting league in Europe this season, just a shame Juventus recovered for the top 4.

Rafael Leao is another beast. I absolutely love him.

[Fromola]

Well done Milan. Possibly the weakest winners in a long time though? They were poor in the CL and it's far from a vintage Milan. Going out of Europe before Christmas probably tipped the balance over Inter who put everything into that Liverpool tie and dropped a lot of points around it. Added to Napoli being Napoli.

For all the fuss of how good Inter were they've blown it this year.

[Samie]

Vintage AC Milan wipes the floor with this current Seria A. That's not something that should be considered.

[Fromola]

Vintage AC Milan wipes the floor with this current Seria A. That's not something that should be considered.

I say vintage Milan but even the Allegri team that won it, as well as the Ancelotti/Capello/Sacchi teams. All of them were competitive in the CL as well.

[67CherryRed]

Salernitana 0-4 down at home in a very winnable game against Udinese with 57 gone. Bottles, cups, flares getting lobbed on. If Cagliari were to score (which would send Salernitana down) I can see a riot here.

[Stockholm Syndrome]

Vintage AC Milan wipes the floor with this current Seria A. That's not something that should be considered.

To be fair I think vintage Milan that we faced in 2005 wins most leagues at a canter, and put up a real challenge in the PL. That team was phanomenally good

[farawayred]

To be fair I think vintage Milan that we faced in 2005 wins most leagues at a canter, and put up a real challenge in the PL. That team was phanomenally good

Arrigo Sacchi's Milan was miles better, I'd argue.

[disgraced cake]

Well done Milan. Possibly the weakest winners in a long time though? They were poor in the CL and it's far from a vintage Milan. Going out of Europe before Christmas probably tipped the balance over Inter who put everything into that Liverpool tie and dropped a lot of points around it. Added to Napoli being Napoli.

For all the fuss of how good Inter were they've blown it this year.

Yep. Think Inter are ultimately the better side. Best of luck to AC when Origi joins them.

[Dave McCoy]

Yeah, I think I chalk this up more to Inter bottling it but credit Milan for being there to take advantage. It's odd in that Serie A was clearly my 2nd favorite league this year but that was because of how fun watching Napoli, Atalanta, Inter and Roma could be. Milan were usually pretty boring and aside from our games against them I can't say I watched all that much more. Hopefully Origi gives them a bit more as far as entertainment.

[Scottymuser]

Tammy is far cooler a name to go by.  A quick google shows that it’s a shortened nickname of one of his middle names.

He has a brother called Timmy 

Tammy is having a heck of a season in Italy, 2 more goals so far tonight.

He has had an ok season, but nothing more than that - has played by *far* the most minuted of anyone with similar number (or more) goals - 3100 mins for 17 goals and 4 assists is nothing special really - of the 27 players who have scored 10 or more goals, 18 of them have a better record this year than him, and of those with a worse record, nobody plays for a top 10 team (Raspadori, at Sassulo, who isn't even their main striker, is at the next best team; then Beto at Udinese and Arnautovic at Bologna).

[oojason]

a decent piece on Milan's Serie A title win...


'Milan’s triumph of the collective finally casts off ‘Istanbul Syndrome’':-

www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/may/23/milan-triumph-of-the-collective-finally-casts-off-istanbul-syndrome-serie-a



'Sassuolo vs Milan (0-3) | The Rossoneri Renaissance! Pioli's Milan Win Scudetto | Serie A Highlights':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/0u8AdsyvEpU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/0u8AdsyvEpU</a>



'Milan celebrate first Scudetto in 11 years!':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/CW3u2ORvwlE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/CW3u2ORvwlE</a>

[Red Cactii]

A deserved title for AC Milan. They did it the right way, and things will only get better for them after the takeover ...

They followed us to an extent in that they went to the top of European Football, dropped back to the pack due to a lack of investment and were out in the European wilderness for while. But by being savvy in the transfer market and not being held to ransom by players such as Calhanoglu and Donnarumma, they've got a squad of primarily young players that are locked in to playing and doing well with Milan. It's probably the weakest that Serie A has been in some time but that's not Milan's fault, they can only beat the other 19 teams they're competing against. Losing Kessie is a big blow but they've shown that they can recruit well and I'm sure they'll make some interesting moves this summer. Hopefully our Divock has a blast playing for them and wins a few more trophies, think he'll do really well in Italy.

[disgraced cake]

a decent piece on Milan's Serie A title win...


'Milan’s triumph of the collective finally casts off ‘Istanbul Syndrome’':-

www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/may/23/milan-triumph-of-the-collective-finally-casts-off-istanbul-syndrome-serie-a



'Sassuolo vs Milan (0-3) | The Rossoneri Renaissance! Pioli's Milan Win Scudetto | Serie A Highlights':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/0u8AdsyvEpU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/0u8AdsyvEpU</a>



'Milan celebrate first Scudetto in 11 years!':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/CW3u2ORvwlE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/CW3u2ORvwlE</a>

I like that quote in the article. 'You don't count goals, you weigh them' - Certainly true of a striker like Giroud and there can't be more many fitting of that quote than Divock Origi. Can see him scoring plenty of big goals for them.

[xbugawugax]

https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/ribaltone-milan-un-passo-firma-la-cessione-fondo-redbird-AElia8ZB?refresh_ce=1

Redbird deal set to beat the Bahrain bid for AC Milan

Is it official though? reckon there will be some brown envelopes going around tilting the bid in bahrain favour. Some of the Seria A bigwigs going to be spotted with their  2nd hand russian super yacht for facilitating such a friendly deal.

[Dave McCoy]

They followed us to an extent in that they went to the top of European Football, dropped back to the pack due to a lack of investment and were out in the European wilderness for while. But by being savvy in the transfer market and not being held to ransom by players such as Calhanoglu and Donnarumma, they've got a squad of primarily young players that are locked in to playing and doing well with Milan. It's probably the weakest that Serie A has been in some time but that's not Milan's fault, they can only beat the other 19 teams they're competing against. Losing Kessie is a big blow but they've shown that they can recruit well and I'm sure they'll make some interesting moves this summer. Hopefully our Divock has a blast playing for them and wins a few more trophies, think he'll do really well in Italy.

It's also like us in that they turned heavily to analytics. Kind of funny in that Gazidis was a bum at Arsenal and now hired a bunch of nerds (some just off of their online work like Ben Torvaney and Tiago Estevao) to bring Milan back to the promised land.

[Hendollama]

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/6mxrVrU724k" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/6mxrVrU724k</a>

[sinnermichael]

Red Bird have agreed a deal to buy AC Milan.

[Drinks Sangria]

Red Bird have agreed a deal to buy AC Milan.

Good. Keep another sportswasher out of the game for the time being and get them ran in the same sensible vein they have since their current owners acquired them from China.

[Kopenhagen]

Red Bird have agreed a deal to buy AC Milan.

Delighted Bahrain never got their mitts on them. Would have been a tragedy for football.

[Ray K]

The newly elected mayor of Verona is... Damiano Tommasi, the former Roma midfielder. He started out of Verona before spending the majority of his career at Roma. He was president of the Italian PFA and has now been elected as centre-left candidate, defeating the right-wing incumbent. Verona has traditionally been a right-wing city too.

[oojason]

Fair play to Venezia FC - some epic trolling of TikTok...


'Sadly, we’re on TikTok now. If you’re like 12, follow us there.' - https://twitter.com/VeneziaFC_EN/status/1542146796981571585

'Absolutely wild that TikTok emailed us to take this down.' - https://twitter.com/VeneziaFC_EN/status/1542878674189488128

'“As soon as possible.” Yeah we’ll get right on that.' - https://twitter.com/VeneziaFC_EN/status/1542881962653884416

[Tokyoite]

Fair play to Venezia FC - some epic trolling of TikTok...


'Sadly, we’re on TikTok now. If you’re like 12, follow us there.' - https://twitter.com/VeneziaFC_EN/status/1542146796981571585

'Absolutely wild that TikTok emailed us to take this down.' - https://twitter.com/VeneziaFC_EN/status/1542878674189488128

'“As soon as possible.” Yeah we’ll get right on that.' - https://twitter.com/VeneziaFC_EN/status/1542881962653884416

This is hilarious lol Need more teams like them!

[elsewhere]

Dybala joins Roma on a free transfer. I'm actually surprised there weren't many buyers for him even though he was free.

[surfer. Fuck you generator.]

Remember reading Dybala's injury issues putting clubs off.

[disgraced cake]

Dybala's influence seemed to have waned over the past few years now at Juve so not surprised he's not carried on there. He was excellent when he first went there and you wouldn't have expected him to be with Roma at 28. That Ronaldo signing done them no favours in the long term.