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Team Focus: Atalanta

by Jacopo Piotto at Tuesday, Apr 17 2012 16:03
Team Focus: Atalanta 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 ...
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Team Focus: AC Milan Going the Distance - Long Balls per Game

by Jacopo Piotto at Friday, Mar 23 2012 16:55
Team Focus: AC Milan Going the Distance - Long Balls per Game 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...
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League Focus: Serie A Squad Rotation

by Jacopo Piotto at Thursday, Mar 1 2012 11:45
League Focus: Serie A Squad Rotation 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...
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League Focus: Serie A's Midfield Evolution

by Jacopo Piotto at Thursday, Feb 16 2012 10:59
League Focus: Serie A's Midfield Evolution 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...
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