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Serie A Round 9 Fantacalcio Player Trends: Stock Up

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Round 9 of the 2019/20 Serie A season is upon us after what was an exhilarating, goal-packed round 8 last weekend off the international break.

Lazio and Atalanta played to a six-goal thriller in which the former overturned a three-goal deficit to pick up a point at home. Sassuolo and Inter saw seven fly into the net while Parma ambushed a free-falling Genoa side 5-1 which resulted in Aurelio Andreazzoli’s sacking and Thiago Motta’s hiring.

If last weekend was any indication of where this season is trending, then surely more drama lurks around the corner this matchday.

Here are five selections for you to consider bolstering your fantacalcio roster with. Continue reading →

Serie A Round 1 Fantacalcio Player Trends: Stock Up

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Round 1 of the 2019/20 Serie A season was action packed, with plenty of fireworks and goals to go around. Between Fiorentina and Napoli’s 7-goal thriller on Saturday to Roma and Genoa proving to all outsiders why the Italian top flight isn’t as defensive as many believe, calcio fanatics could not have asked for much more on the opening weekend. And, if you are signed up and belong to our Fantasy Serie A platform, chances are you reaped the benefits of an offensive outburst which saw 33 goals throughout 10 matches – the most among Europe’s top five leagues last week.

After Round 1 of play on the peninsula, here are FIVE players trending upward you should consider adding to your squad ahead of the weekend. Continue reading →

Four Takeaways from Fiorentina’s Scoreless Draw with Napoli

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By no means was it a simple task, nor the ideal route to a result Stefano Pioli drew up, but Fiorentina managed to snag a hard-earned point at the Franchi from Saturday’s encounter with Napoli.

The Partenopei were perhaps the better side on the evening, winning the possession battle (60% to 40%) and showing a bit more going forward that led many to believe they’d leave Florence victorious. But the lack of an end product and clinical touch to finish off counter attacks were ultimately the difference between a road victory and having to settle for the point.

Here are four takeaways from Fiorentina vs Napoli. Continue reading →

What to Watch for: Fiorentina vs Napoli

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Off the back of a 1-1 draw with relegation-threatened Udinese, Stefano Pioli’s Fiorentina look to return to winning ways as they play host to second-place Napoli at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Saturday.

Unlike the Partenopei who sit cozy in second with an 11-point advantage over Inter, the Viola are currently playing catch-up in the heated race for 4th and have their work cut out, trailing the likes of Lazio, Milan, Atalanta, Roma and Sampdoria.

Napoli managed to trim the deficit between them and Juventus back down to single digits last weekend with a 3-0 win over Sampdoria, and hope to narrow the gap even more at the Franchi – confines proving not so friendly for Fiorentina.

Here are five things to watch for in Fiorentina vs Napoli. Continue reading →

Intrepid Barcelona fight back at Sevilla in Game of the Week

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Our La Liga Game of the Week saw Sevilla and Barcelona play out an entertaining 2-2 draw at La Bombonera as the visitors valiant fightback saw them come from two goals behind to retain their unbeaten streak in this season’s campaign.

Having lost two games on the bounce in a season that has seen them undergo intermittent periods of bad form, the hosts came into this tie with an attitude suggestive that they believed they had a point to prove.

With Correa having missed an early opportunity to put his side ahead, he made amends by setting up Franco Vasquez to open the scoring, the latter scuffing home the Argentine’s ball from six yards out. Continue reading →

El Sevilla pasa al ataque

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El nuevo Sevilla tiene caras nuevas… y algunas que son viejas conocidas, pero lo que está claro es que el equipo ha sufrido algunos cambios con incorporaciones destacadas. En ataque es donde se han producido las principales novedades.

Luis Muriel es la gran esperanza sevillista para hacer goles. El fichaje más caro de la historia del club ha venido para, como mínimo, llevar al equipo a la Champions League. Su velocidad y olfato goleador le avalan para mantener tanto su racha como la inercia del club en los últimos años. Continue reading →

Un Sevilla muy americano

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El Sevilla afronta una nueva era. Tras la marcha de Sampaoli y de Monchi, se enfrenta a nuevos retos. El primero será certificar el pase a la Champions League; y para ello el nuevo entrenador y los nuevos fichajes tendrán mucho que decir. Las nuevas incorporaciones proceden del continente americano, concretamente hay 10; de los cuales 4 son extracomunitarios.

Argentina – 7
A pesar de haber salido Kranevitter y Vietto, el Sevilla cuenta con 7 argentinos en su plantilla. Nico Pareja, Gabriel Mercado, Walter Montoya, Franco Vázquez y Correa ya integraron el vestuario de la campaña anterior, pero este año se le han unido dos argentinos más.

Banega ha regresado a Nervión tras una época ligeramente gris, pero quiere volver a triunfar en Sevilla. Pizarro es la otra cara nueva que, tras grandes éxitos en México, ha logrado dar un salto importante en su carrera.

Brasil – 2
Ganso y Mariano son los futbolistas brasileños que integran la plantilla sevillista. El primero tiene toque y clase, aunque no consiguió hacerse con un puesto de titular durante la época de Sampaoli; mientras que el segundo es un lateral diestro ofensivo que se ganó la total confianza del antiguo míster.

Colombia – 1
Muriel es el único jugador colombiano. Se trata del refuerzo estrella de este año y del fichaje más caro en la historia del Sevilla: 20 millones de euros. Tiene 26 años, es internacional con su selección y ha cosechado diversos éxitos en clubes italianos.

Ganso, Montoya, Mariano y Muriel son los 4 extracomunitarios del club. Cabe recordar que la Liga solo permite inscribir a 3, por lo que el Sevilla está intentando agilizar que uno de ellos – Mariano – consiga esta documentación al llevar ya tres años en España. De lo contrario, tendría que darle salida a alguno de ellos: y los dos primeros de esta lista son los que más papeletas tienen.

Curiosamente, el entrenador – Berizzo – también es latinoamericano. El míster es argentino y se suma a la larga lista de americanos en Sevilla, algo que contrasta con los solo 4 españoles que hay en la plantilla.