Quite extraodinary, considering the rest of the captains, bar Tessa Wullaert for Como1907(there's 2 Como teams), were italians. The Captains were:
Christy Grimshaw- Milan (Permanent)
Lana Clelland - Sassuolo (Permanent)
Sophia Howard - Como (Just for the game)
They continues a strong tradition with scots in Serie A W, considering some 4-5 scottish nationals played in Serie A W in the 70-80s
Not much new or exciting. Lots of players are really at the edge of their careers.
On Saturday it's time again for Serie A w after a long wait. This season it's pretty hard to predict the outcome. It's been a very busy market. Especially for Juve and Como1907. I think it's not high odds on someone of Roma, Inter and Juve winning it. But Juve is very hard to predict as they have a half a new starting11, very much spanish flavoured. I like the way Juve have played recently, it's technical, but question is if it's too cute and if they are able to get all the piecis together in time? Nevertheless they aquiered Alba Redondo, who is a certified killer in the box. That aquisation alone raises Juve's winning chances a lot for me.
Roma on the other hand has done a more quiet market, but I feel a more safe one. They bought 2 of Lazio's 3 top players, striker Piemonte and winger/fullback Olivero. This is an excellent package purchase as Piemonte is one of the league's top strikers and Oliveiro is the one providing balls for her. Both are also NT starters for the most part. So I think Roma is more a safe bet than Juve, even though they also lost some key players like Dragoni and Viens. Worth mentioning is that Roma got a super inner midfield with Greggi and MVP Gugliano. That inner mid is super important for them.
Third in the top trio we got Inter, who's been very close the last 2 seasons, when they finished 2nd both times. I feel they have mostly kept their team intact, but with one very notable example they lost league's top striker and assister Tesssa Wuallert to Como1907. That's ofc a big omission but I feel other will step in. I feel Inter has gained experience and gelled as a team, this might be their year!
Under the top trio we got the dark hourses which include Como1907, Fiorentina and Milan. Como1907 is the newcomer of the league and has bought lots of notable players like Sofie Svava, Tessa Wullaert, Valentina Giacinti and Riola Xhemaili. Como1907's aim is to win the league, but I doubt it will happen this season. The team is too uneven it's a mix of top footballers and players that are more on level with the bottom teams of the league. Their aim is probably to do something big in 2 years, we'll see. Fiorentina on the other hand is a very capable team, with a very scandinavian profile: They often win against the top teams, but I feel they are always a bit fragile and uneven in the long run. But if they have fixed their fragility they may surprise.. Lastly AC Milan is the team of the youth. They have won Serie A primera many times. Have a decent team, but lacks something. Probably will not challenge for top3, but will take points from the top.
Under them I won't get into details, but Lazio, Napoli, Como, different from Como1907, and Sassuolo are all decent teams, which will occasionaly give headache to higher ranked teams. Parma and Ternana will probably fight for survival.
My prediction;
Winner- Inter
Top scorer- Alba Redondo,
Going down- Ternana
Follow the very talented Italian U20-team on Wendesday 15:00. I feel this might be a golden generation in the making. And to think Dragoni could've been in the team, crazy
Another italian to NWSL, after Cantore, Boattin, Di Guglielmo and Girelli. Probably the best italian and Juve player between 2017-2022 when she was a world class player. Still a player with her moments. When she's at her best she has a drive to get past opponets which is really exciting.
World's tallest woman alive, recorded anyway, in action in the basketball world championship in Berlin, which started today.
Most common foreign nationalites for the english, french, spanish, german and italian top league:
Norwegian players were represented in every top10, likewise was french
source: https://fbref.com/en/
I like 5D in general and particularily
"I opened my heart to the whole universe
And I found it was lovin'
And I saw the great blunder my teachers had made
Scientific delirium madness"
Psychadelic and philosophical lyrics. Honestly could have picked the whole lyrics of the song, but that "scientific delirium madness" makes that bit stand out.
Think Byrds are a bit overlooked as lyricists, quite quirky lyrics. Probably inspired by Dylan, but would say Byrds have a more spiritual and cosmic side. Dylan went there eventually though a bit :)
Sabatino made her debut in Serie A W in 2000(!)and has played in Italy all her career except one season, when she played in Switzerland. She has been the league top scorer twice, 2010-2011 and 2021-2022 and won the league twice, with Brescia both times. She made her debut in the national team 2005 and has played in many euros and one world cup since. An absolut legend of italian football retires.
From your country or any other
TOPPOP: McGuinn, Clark & Hillman - Backstage Pass
Overlooked song IMO. Completely different from The Byrds style, with its cheerfull disco tone. Harmonies are still on point though :)
Tessa didn't move far. Been some interesting signings from Como recently
If the fee is correct it's by far the most expensive purchase by the german club and only second to Lena Oberdorf's transfer to Bayern, for 450 000 €, in Bundesliga history.
The new system is super weird with different path to go to the world cup. Why complicate stuff? I'm honestly furious over how shit this system is. Screw UEFA! Screw Nations League! Screw the paths! Like everything else they does, they try to screw football. Sorry, just had to went a bit
She was touring the world showcasing her height. According to an interview with a swedish newspaper ,in the 50s, she could speak 7 languages and apparently she at least spoke swedish fluent
Jättar – Dellenportalen (in swedish)
Big loss for Inter, especially Tessa Wullaert, who was the top scorer and top assist provider of the league. Czisar on the other hand was the captain of the team and a starter, while Katie Bowen been a bit more in and out. Quite high average age on Inter though in general, perhaps they wanna rejuvenate it. But Wullaert's departure is for sure not what they wanted (source: Soccerdonna)
Dragoni has impressed since she returned from injury. Seems to have an almost exponential development at the moment. Last season she made 1 goal and 1 assist on 21 games, this season she's done 7 goals and 4 assists on 22 games. I think Roma really wants to keep her, should Barca cash in or bring her home, or even loan her out for a 3rd consecutive season?