I'm not the league's biggest watcher but its fascinating to me that during a time period in which most big leagues have become dominated by 1-2 sides, Serie A is currently going in the opposite direction. Nine weeks into the season, none of Juve, Milan, or Inter (collectively owners of the last 20 league titles and 28 of the last 30) are in the top four and it feels like 5-6 teams could legitimately win the title while at least 8 could make a CL place run. That's just fun.
Perennial also-ran Napoli is really worth watching. They lost two club legends this summer in Koulibaly and Insigne, plus Fabian Ruiz, and were widely written off entering this year. Yet right now they're playing amazing stuff. That thumping of Liverpool wasn't an aberration. Kvicha Kvaratskhelia is looking like one of the best signings of the summer by any club in football. CB Min-Jae Kim is also drawing rave reviews. Even Tanguy N'Dombele is looking lively. Napoli have only won Serie A twice, both times in the 80s when Maradona was king there, and it would be a great story if they could do it again.
Other good stories include Udinese (who just cranked Roma and Inter by a combined score of 7-1 in September), a potential Jose Mourinho revenge tour (with his Roma side currently in sixth place but only four points off the top), and Sarri's Lazio (who somehow have the best goal difference in the league).
We didn't have a Serie A thread but we should.
Perennial also-ran Napoli is really worth watching. They lost two club legends this summer in Koulibaly and Insigne, plus Fabian Ruiz, and were widely written off entering this year. Yet right now they're playing amazing stuff. That thumping of Liverpool wasn't an aberration. Kvicha Kvaratskhelia is looking like one of the best signings of the summer by any club in football. CB Min-Jae Kim is also drawing rave reviews. Even Tanguy N'Dombele is looking lively. Napoli have only won Serie A twice, both times in the 80s when Maradona was king there, and it would be a great story if they could do it again.
Other good stories include Udinese (who just cranked Roma and Inter by a combined score of 7-1 in September), a potential Jose Mourinho revenge tour (with his Roma side currently in sixth place but only four points off the top), and Sarri's Lazio (who somehow have the best goal difference in the league).
We didn't have a Serie A thread but we should.
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