Category: Serie A
Things I’m Thankful For In Serie A – The Calcio Consultant
So if you are a faithful follower of my blog, you’ll know that I’ve had a few instalments here that suggest I’ve been down in the dumps lately. Well, [...]
Pietro Pellegri: The Young Stars of Italian Football
Age: 16
Place of birth: Genoa, Italy
Position: Striker
Current club: Genoa
Serie A experience: 7 games
In March 2015, Genoa president Enrico Pr [...]
Things That Scare Me About Italian Football – The Calcio Consultant
Aside from the paper ghosts hung up in my house, pumpkins, costumes for my kids, decorative spider webs, and of course the excess of candy, you wouldn [...]
The Serie A Situation: Full League Roundup – The Calcio Consultant
The first nine or ten matches of the season are what’s known as the getting to know you phase. It’s at that point where we have a good understanding o [...]
Montella’s Milan Mismanagement – The Calcio Consultant
The reality of AC Milan is, while loads of money has been spent in strengthening the squad, the players were going to need time to get acclimated to o [...]
A Paulo Dybala Debate & Other Takes – The Calcio Consultant
For this instalment of The Calcio Consultant, I am likely going to draw the ire of the Juventus faithful by inconveniencing them with this hot take:
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Rating Every Serie A Team’s Mercato – The Calcio Consultant
The silliness is over, and we can finally just focus on the football. No more who’s going where, just who’s in what team (writes Frank Crivello).
But [...]
Two-Week Takes from Serie A: The Calcio Consultant
Hopefully people will be as hesitant to be as critical of this instalment, just as Serie A officials were hesitant to use VAR (see Roma-Inter, Milan-C [...]
The Calcio Consultant – First Impressions of the 2017/18 Serie A Season
The anticipation is over, and we have game week one in the books for the 2017/18 Serie A season, writes Frank Crivello.
Let’s use this edition of T [...]
Serie A 2017-18 Predictions: Final Edition – The Calcio Consultant
The Calcio Consultant, Frank Crivello, is back with his final instalment of Italian Serie A league predictions for the 2017/18 season. Look out for hi [...]