5 Reasons To Watch Serie A This Season
4. Renowned Managers
Italy is revered around the globe for its ability to produce tactically adept coaches. As displayed in last year’s Champions League, the Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri, and Roma coach, Eusebio Di Francesco, are both able to mastermind spectacular performances with teams that have a fraction of the budget of most European powerhouses.
The league will suffer due to the loss of one of its finest tacticians, Maurizio Sarri, who has swapped Naples for West London. However, the man brought in to replace him, Carlo Ancelotti, has one of the finest CVs in football. Having managed top clubs in Spain, France, England and Germany, and having nearly won everything possible whilst there, his pedigree as arguably the greatest coach of his generation is undoubtable.
Excellent coaches aren’t limited to the top clubs however, Gian Piero Gasperini has won himself many plaudits in Italy through his impressive reign at Atalanta. By finishing 4th and 7th in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons respectively, he has started to gain the attention of the media outside of his homeland for his ability to compete at the top table without the financial resources of his rivals. It’s going to be interesting to see if he can continue to overachieve this season given all the investment made by other teams.