[ITA] Serie A 2008/2009 (33 Viewers)

[Alen]

Yeah I know they are in crisis but I still think they are going to buy someone.I think they will spend 50% (otherwise fans will kill them probably) of it on someone and the rest will go to cover some part od debts/wages.Media exaggerate like always since they mentioned like 5 top players who are supposed to come.But they lost a lot with Kaka leaving them.If they don't buy anyone in January who knows if they will reach Champions League.And even if they do buy someone,player might need some time to settle.

Yes, 50% is the minimum they will invest. But if they get 80m for Kaka, then 40m for new players isn't that much, is it?
They certainly won't be able to buy Essien, Adebayor, Clichy and Benzema.

In January they probably won't buy anyone. Galliani also said that (not that we can trust him 100%).
Galliani made a good point. In January it's almost impossible to buy a world class player. First of all, teams don't sell unless we're talking about crazy money and second, transfers of great players take a lot of time and Milan have 10 days to do all that. If they buy someone it will have to be a second hand player, as Galliani said, and that's why they won't buy even if they sell Kaka.

 

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[Dostoevsky]

Yes, 50% is the minimum they will invest. But if they get 80m for Kaka, then 40m for new players isn't that much, is it?
They certainly won't be able to buy Essien, Adebayor, Clichy and Benzema.

In January they probably won't buy anyone. Galliani also said that (not that we can trust him 100%).
Galliani made a good point. In January it's almost impossible to buy a world class player. First of all, teams don't sell unless we're talking about crazy money and second, transfers of great players take a lot of time and Milan have 10 days to do all that. If they buy someone it will have to be a second hand player, as Galliani said, and that's why they won't buy even if they sell Kaka.

No,not really.If they were not in financial problems 70-80mln euros to spend would be something else.But this way it really isn't...they can get max 2 players.And out of those you mentioned only Adebayor and Clichy could be bought(maybe,they would probably need to add some cash too).

That is a good point and it's fairly true.They can't re-call Gourcuff now right?Selling Kaka was a terrible move then.They aren't in that big crisis right now so how couldn't they wait till summer and keep him?Manchester is planning to build a team for the next season so I don't think they would mind bidding at the end of the season?Even with Kaka I think they don't have any chances to get Champions League spot.

 

[Badass J Elkann]

stick the money in the church fund, that will make kaka happy

 

[Oggy]

I really don't get Man City owners, they want to buy Kaka and that's great for them, but on the other hand they are also buying Bellamy I really don't understand what team they want to build.

 

[Dostoevsky]

I really don't get Man City owners, they want to buy Kaka and that's great for them, but on the other hand they are also buying Bellamy I really don't understand what team they want to build.

They are probably trying to buy anyone now to help them reach CL spot.

They will be after totally different players at the end of the season I guess.

 

[The Curr]

Moratti openly criticises Mourinho
Monday 19 January, 2009
Inter President Massimo Moratti has laid the responsibility for the Nerazzurri’s shock defeat to Atalanta squarely on Jose Mourinho’s shoulders.

Inter were beaten 3-1 in Bergamo on Sunday afternoon and are now just three points ahead of second placed Juventus.

“I don’t think it is possible to see a worse Inter than the one we saw yesterday,” said Moratti. “Mourinho makes the choices that he wants and we support him.

“He decided everything, even on the winter preparation,” he added before turning to the week’s hot topic - the future of Kaka.

“What would I do if someone were to offer me £107m for [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic? I beg you not to ask me such questions. We will not be operating in the January transfer window.”

Inter will look to get their season back on track when Roma arrive in Milan on Wednesday for the quarter-final of the Coppa Italia.

 

[Azzurri7]

I expected that. Matter of time it was.

 

[Snoop]

Just like I thought when they signed Mourinho, I knew this circus will be more entertaining

 

[Alen]

Team and player stats at half season.
Before that, here's a comparison between our results this and the last year at half season.

We had a 10-7-2 (36:16) record at half season.
This season we have 12-4-3 (32:14)

We were 3rd, with 12 pts behind the leaders Inter last year, while this year we're 2nd, only 3 pts behind them.

This year we won more pts than last season at this same time. We conceded less, but we also scored less. Inter on the other hand are doing much worse this time.
But we mustn't forget that serie A is stronger than last year, much more competetive, that we played 6 CL matches this year and we didn't have the luxury to rest our players for 7 days between matches, and i believe we can all agree that there is (big) improvement in Juventus.

Now the stats....

Serie A, Team and Players stats

Players :

Topscorers:
1. Di Vaio (Bologna) 14(3 from pk)
2. Gilardino (Fiorentina) 12
3. Ibrahimovic (Inter) 12
4. Milito (Genoa) 12 (4)
5. Amauri (Juventus) 11


Topscoring midfielders:
1. Hamsik (Napoli) 7(2)
2. Kaka (Milan) 7(2)
3. Ronaldinho (Milan) 7(2)
4. Doni (Atalanta) 5
5. Bresciano (Palermo) 4
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8. Nedved (Juventus) 3


Assists:
1. Fini (Cagliari) 8
2. Juric (Genoa) 8
3. Cossu (Cagliari) 7
4. Zarate (Lazio) 7
5. Lavezzi (Napoli) 6
6. Tedesco (Catania) 6
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7. Del Piero (Juventus) 5


Successfull passes:
1. Liverani (Palermo) 1006
2. D'Agostino (Udinese) 997
3. Seedorf (Milan) 942
4. De Rossi (Roma) 937
5. Gargano (Napoli) 881
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25. Sissoko (Juventus) 576


Successfull crosses:
1. Fini (Cagliari) 47
2. Santana (Fiorentina) 35
3. Gargano (Napoli) 35
4. Cassano (Sampdoria) 31
5. D'Agostino (Udinese) 31
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6. Marchionni (Juventus) 30
9. Del Piero (Juventus) 28


Clearings:
1. Coda (Udinese) 183
2. Chiellini (Juventus) 175
3. Ferrarri (Genoa) 172
4. Yepes (Chievo) 171
5. Portanova (Siena) 168


Shots on target:
1. Ibrahimovic (Inter) 35
2. Zarate (Lazio) 35
3. Milito (Genoa) 29
4. Cassano (Sampdoria) 28
5. Miccoli (Palermo) 26
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6. Amauri (Juventus) 25
8. Del Piero (Juventus) 23

Won tackles:
1. D'Agostino (Udinese) 66
2. Ledesma (Lazio) 56
3. Blasi (Napoli) 55
4. Yepes (Chievo) 54
5. Cambiasso (Inter) 52
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10. Sissoko (Juventus) 49


Intercepted passes:
1. Conti (Cagliari) 72
2. Cicinho (Roma) 64
3. Brighi (Roma) 62
4. De Rossi (Roma) 61
5. Melo (Fiorentina) 60
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21. Sissoko (Juventus) 49


Corners won:
1. Cassano (Sampdoria) 44
2. Lavezzi (Napoli) 30
3. Miccoli (Palermo) 28
4. Zarate (Lazio) 27
5. Maicon (Inter) 26
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9. Del Piero (Juventus) 20


Blocked shots:
1. Terlizzi (Catania) 25
2. Cordoba (Inter) 19
3. Terzi (Bologna) 18
4. Silvestre (Catania) 16
5. Domizzi (Udinese) 16
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33. Chiellini (Juventus) 8


Goalkeeper Saves:
1. Antonioli (Bologna) 94
2. Bizarri (Catania) 92
3. Marchetti (Cagliari) 76
4. Abbiatti (Milan) 74
5. Handanovic (Udinese) 72
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20. Manninger (Juventus) 34
24. Buffon (Juventus) 8

Fouls won:
1. Cassano (Sampdoria) 77
2. Lavezzi (Napoli) 73
3. Floccari (Atalanta) 69
4. Doni (Atalanta) 67
5. Pelissier (Chievo) 61
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6. Amauri (Juventus) 61

Offsides:

1. Gilardino (Fiorentina) 46
2. Ibrahimovic (Inter) 42
3. Pelissier (Chievo) 40
4. Tiribocchi (Lecce) 40
5. Milito (Genoa) 39
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22. Del Piero (Juventus) 16



TEAM STATS:

Goals scored:
1. Inter 33
2. Juventus 32
3. Milan 31

Goals conceded:
1. Juventus 14
2. Inter 15
3. Fiorentina 17


Successful passes:
1. Milan 7 420
2. Roma 7 005
3. Inter 6 550
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13. Juventus 5 368

Won Tackles:
1. Napoli 379
2. Juventus 357
3. Genoa 352


Fouls suffered:
1. Sampdoria 403
2. Reggina 381
3. Atalanta 370
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11. Juventus 333


Fouls commited:
1. Catania 413
2. Genoa 410
3. Lecce 382
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9. Juventus 362

Yellow cards:
1. Chievo 58
2. Lecce 58
3. Catania 51
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20. Juventus 34


Red Cards:
1. Roma 5
2. Napoli 5
3. Torino 5
4. Chievo 5
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20 Juventus 1


Total shots:
1. Fiorentina 342
2. Roma 339
3. Inter 300
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8. Juventus 267

Shots on target:
1. Roma 115
2. Lazio 112
3. Milan 110
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9. Juventus 90

Allowed shots on their own goal:
1. Juventus 56
2. Atalanta 67
3. Lazio 72
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7. Inter 79
15. Milan 94


Corners won:
1. Inter 125
2. Sampdoria 120
3. Siena 118
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6. Juventus 109


Corners conceded:
1. Catania 136
2. Bologna 131
3. Lecce 119
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19. Juventus 77

Offsides:
1. Fiorentina 87
2. Chievo 84
3. Lecce 82
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18. Juventus 56

 

[Enoran]

The allowed shots on their own goal is particularly pleasing, Juve first with 56.
This meant that our defense are closing and locking opponents out efficiently ...

 

[JCK]

Alen, did you realize that if we don't count the Inter - Juve match, we end up with the exact same points as Inter, exact number of wins, draws and losses. Also the exact number of goals scored but we will be two goals better in goals conceded?

 

[Alen]

Alen, did you realize that if we don't count the Inter - Juve match, we end up with the exact same points as Inter, exact number of wins, draws and losses. Also the exact number of goals scored but we will be two goals better in goals conceded?

Lol, i only knew about the pts. I didn't realize that everything else is the same or so close.
Unbelievable!

 

[Mark]

In case of a tie at the end of the season between Juve and inter. Who wins? Is the 1st tiebreaker game vs opponent, goal difference, playoff...

 

[Snoop]

Alen, did you realize that if we don't count the Inter - Juve match, we end up with the exact same points as Inter, exact number of wins, draws and losses. Also the exact number of goals scored but we will be two goals better in goals conceded?

or in other words, if we had beaten them then, we would be in their position now and vice verse

 

[Dostoevsky]

It's sad that Sissoko has the most successfull passes in our team and he's on 25th place.

 

[Lawnchair Bes]

In case of a tie at the end of the season between Juve and inter. Who wins? Is the 1st tiebreaker game vs opponent, goal difference, playoff...

playoffs are done with

 

[JCK]

or in other words, if we had beaten them then, we would be in their position now and vice verse

And if the game ended in a draw we would have also taken the lead.

 

[Red]

It's sad that Sissoko has the most successfull passes in our team and he's on 25th place.

Why?

We are not set up to play possession football.

 

[Dostoevsky]

Why?

We are not set up to play possession football.

I mean Sissoko,who is considered as a bad passer to have the most successfull passes in our team.

 

[Red]

Misleading stat.

Of all those passes, he has probably made two key passes.

And all our other central midfielders have had periods of injury this season.