[Italian Serie A] Preview 2006/07

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[Italia] Preview Serie A 2006/07

Author: mariettone
Special Thanks to Pavel74 for translation

Preview Serie A 2006/07
First Italian Seria A championship in history without Juventus, and with 4 penalized teams: Milan(-8); Lazio (-11); Reggina(-15); Fiorentina(-19).
This is our preview:

BEST TEAMS LOOKING FOR THE TITLE
Concerning its excellent players and the 8 points advantage, there is no doubt that FC Internazionale is on pole position for the final win. AC Milan is in 2nd place even if they have 8 point less, they've lost Shevchenko and new players aren't so strong. In the end we saw AC Roma as the 3rd pretender, they had 2 new strong players like Pizarro and Vucinic, Totti and Montella back at 100% of their condition, and lots of young interesting players.
TEAMS LOOKING FOR A PLACE IN EUROPEAN'S CUPS
The 4th team is Palermo, they had really interesting players like Amauri,Simplicio and Bresciano and they called back one of the best italian coaches Francesco Guidolin. Just below Palermo, Torino and Udinese. In this group we cannot mention the penalized teams Lazio and Fiorentina, if they'd start well they could gain a placement for an European's Cup.
OUTSIDERS
Sampdoria, Chievo, Livorno and Atalanta ( they have on their lines Doni and Vieri)
FIGHT FOR RELEGATION
Three teams to be relegated, but two if we consider that the penalized Reggina, 15 points less, should make a miracle. Ascoli,Catania,Cagliari,Empoli,Messina and Siena, should be the teams involved in relegation.

ASCOLI
BOUGHT
P. Zanetti (c, Empoli), Pagliuca, (p, Bologna), Paolucci (a Juventus), Foglio (d, Siena), Bjelanovic (aGenoa), Pecchia (c, Bologna), Fontana (c, Napoli), Lukovic (d, Udinese), Bocchetti (d, Lanciano fp), Vastola (d, Salernitana fp), Corallo (d, Cremonese fp), Boudianski (c Avellino), N'Siabamfumu (d, Rennes), Minieri (d, Avellino), Pecorari (d, Lecce), Pesce, (d, Torres), Guberti (c, Torres), Nastase (d, Bologna), Job (a, Sampdoria), Galloppa (c, Roma), Skela (c, Kaiserslautern), Gotti (c, Udinese)
SOLD
Quagliarella (a, Udinese), Budan (a, Parma), Cordova (c, Livorno), Zotti (p, Roma), Comotto (d, Torino), Foggia (c, Lazio), Domizzi (d, Sampdoria), Paci (d, Ternana), Coppola (p, Milan), Guana (c Palermo), Parola (c, Sampdoria), Carbone (d, Chievo), Cariello (c, Crotone) C. Del Grosso (d, Giulianova), Moro (c, Udinese), Lauro (d, Cesena), Tosto (d, Empoli), Bonetto (c, Lazio), Adani (d, Empoli).
OUR OPINION: It'd be hard to replace midfielder Foggia and coach Giampaolo. Pecchia brings midfield's experience, but the team looks too "light" forward . Judgement 5

ATALANTA
BOUGHT
Talamonti (d, River Plate), Abeijon (c, Cagliari), Vieri (a, Monaco), Doni (c, Maiorca), Conteh (d, Palermo), Carrozzieri (d, Sampdoria), Donati (c, Milan), Innocenti (d, Messina, fp), Magrin (c, Monza, fp), Manfredini (d, Rimini, fp), Stendardo (d, Bellaria, fp), Rinaldi (d, Udinese, fp), Ferreira Pinto (Cesena), Tissone (c, Udinese)
SOLD
Capelli (d, Arezzo), Innocenti (d, AlbinoLeffe), Bergamelli (d, Salernitana), Campisi (c, Pizzighettone), Consigli (p, Sambenedettese), D'Agostino (c, Cagliari), Fabiano (d, Monza), Filippini (a, Salernitana), Marcolini (c, Chievo), Minelli (d, Catania), Osvaldo (a, Lecce), Saudati (a, Empoli), Stucchi (c, Salernitana), Taibi (p, Torino), Terra (d, Arezzo), Lazzari (c, Cesena)
OUR OPINION: Well made trading gives to this team experienced players and some interesting youngster, Abejon,Vieri and Doni, Ferreira Pinto last season's rookie of the year. Judgement 6,5

CAGLIARI
BOUGHT
Bianco (d, Catania), L. Colucci (c, Bologna), Fortin (p, Siena), Penalba (c, Quilmes), D'Agostino (c, Atalanta), Pepe (c, Palermo), Del Grosso (d, Giulianova), Semedo (Feirence), Biondini (c, Reggina)
SOLD
Campagnolo (p, Reggina), Abeijon (c, Atalanta), Gobbi (c, Fiorentina), Bega (d, Genoa), Vignati (d, Cesena), Pani (c, Pistoiese)
OUR OPINION: Same previous season group, Suazo's motivation could be the key. Judgement 6

CATANIA
BOUGHT
Garcia (d, Kazan), Falsini (d, Siena), Rossini (a, Udinese), Corona (a, Catanzaro), Plasmati (a, Andria), Sardo (d, Piacenza), Minelli (d, Albinoleffe), Izco (c, Argentina), Edusei (c, Torino), Millesi (a, Avellino), Morimoto (a, Tokyo Verdy), Nardini (c, Modena), G. Colucci (c., Livorno), Vargas (d, Colon), Stovini (d, Lecce)
SOLD
Mezavilla (c, Cesena), Plasmati (a, Crotone), Paschetta e Lo Monaco (d, Gallipoli), Terra (d, Arezzo), De Zerbi (a, Napoli), Brevi (c, Siena), Patanè (d, Andria), Romano (p, Andria), Russo (a, Padova), Bianco (d, Cagliari), Fanelli (a, Sambenedettese), Sabato (d, Cesena), Danucci (c, Taranto), Gritti (d, Andria)
OUR OPINION: Poor trades. Judgement 5,5

CHIEVO
BOUGHT
Kosowski (c, Southampton), Girardi (a, Benevento), Carbone (d, Ascoli), Cariello (c, Ascoli), Marchese (fine prestito, d, Catania), Garzon (fine prestito, c, Cremonese), Antonelli (c, Messina, fine prestito), Bruno (a, Brescia, fine prestito), Succi (a, Ravenna, fine prestito), De Paula Marcos (a, Martina, fine prestito) Silva Reis (a, Bellaria, fine prestito), Sicignano (p, Lecce), Marcolini (c, Atalanta), Godeas (a, Palermo)
SOLD
Amauri (a, Palermo), Gemiti (fine prestito, c, Modena), Franceschini (c, sc), Chiecci (d, Modena), Fontana (p, Palermo), Mengoni (d, Frosinone), Carbone (d, Frosinone) Landolina (c, Prato) Alfonso (p, Pizzighettone), Silva Reis (a, Cremonese).
OUR OPINION: Looking for another miracle, Semioli, who was expected to play in a stronger team, wuold be the key. Amauri sell weekened attack. Judgement 5,5

EMPOLI
BOUGHT
Matteini (a, Pescara), Coralli (a, Pizzighettone), Pellecchia (c, Pisa), Bonetto (c, Ascoli, fp), Saudati (a, Atalanta), Tosto (d, Ascoli), Adani (d, Ascoli)
SOLD
Lodi (d, Frosinone), Riganò (a, Messina), Coda (d, Udinese), P.Zanetti (c, Ascoli), Maxwell (d, Inter, fp), Bonetto (d, Lazio), Serafini (a, Siena, fp), Tavano (a, Siviglia), Pellecchia (a, Bologna, p)
OUR OPINION This team bets on youngster. Judgement 5,5

FIORENTINA
BOUGHT
Mutu (a, Juventus), Potenza (d, Maiorca), Pazienza (c, Udinese), Gobbi (c, Cagliari), Frey (p, Parma), Liverani (c, Lazio), Fantini (fine prestito, a, Torino), Maggio (fine prestito, d, Treviso), Lupatelli (fine prestito, p, Palermo), Santana (c, Palermo), Blasi (c, prestito Juve), Reginaldo (a, Treviso)
SOLD
Jimenez (c, Lazio), Bojinov (a, Juventus), Roccati (p, fine contratto), Berti (p, scadenza contratto), Brocchi (fine prestito, c, Milan), Fiore (fine prestito, c, Valencia), Pazienza (fine prestito, c, Udinese), Parravicini (c, Palermo), Fantini (Bologna), Di Loreto (d, Torino), Avramov (p, Treviso)
OUR OPINION: Big new players Blasi,Mutu and Liverani, penalization counts... Judgement 7,5

INTER
BOUGHT
Gonzalez (c, Palermo), Ibrahimovic (a, Inter), Crespo (a, Chelsea), Maxwell (d., Empoli, fp), Maicon (d., Monaco), Dacourt (c, Roma), Grosso (d, Palermo), Coco (d, Livorno, fp), Choutos (a, Reggina, fp), Acquafresca (a, Inter, fp), Vieira (c, Juventus), M.Gonzalez (c, Palermo)
SOLD
Pizarro (c, Roma), Favalli (d., Milan), Wome (d., Werder Brema), Veron (c., Estudiantes), C. Zanetti (c, Juventus), Pasquale (d, Livorno, comproprietÃ*), Cesar (c, Corinthians)
OUR OPINION: The best trades ever, Ibrahimovic, Crespo, Vieira and Grosso, 8 points advantage on Milan, this year Inter could not fail. Judgement 8

LAZIO
BOUGHT
Perni (p, Ternana), Baronio (c, Udinese), Gimelli (d, Viterbese), Diakite (d, Pescara), Makinwa (a, Palermo), Ledesma (c, Lecce), Mutarelli (c, svincolato Palermo), Bonetto (d, Empoli), Sereni (p, Treviso, fp), Foggia (c, Ascoli)
SOLD
Dabo (c, Manchester City), Siqueira (c, Udinese), Liverani (c, Fiorentina), Piccolo (d, Juventus, fp), Giallombardo (c, Livorno, fp), Bonanni (c, Sampdoria, fp), Di Canio (a, Cisco Roma)
OUR OPINION: A great Pasquale Foggia one of the most talented youngster. Judgement 7

LIVORNO
BOUGHT
Vidigal (c, Udinese), Danilevicius (a, Avellino, fine prestito), Cordova (c., Ascoli, f.p.), Giallombardo (c, Lazio, fp), Pasquale (d, Inter, in comproprietÃ*) e Manitta (p, Bologna), Vigiani (c, Reggina, fp), Pavan (d., Sampdoria), A. Filippini (c, Treviso), Rezaei (d, Messina), Kuffour (d, Roma)
SOLD
Perna (d, Modena), De Ascentis (svincolato, c, Torino), Palladino (fine prestito, a, Juventus), Coco (d, Inter, fp), Ruotolo (definitivo, c, Sorrento), Vargas (dif., svincolato al Salisburgo), Lazetic (cent., definitivo, al Torino), Acerbis (p all'AlbinoLeffe, fp), Cordova (c, Messina), Ginestra (p, Ternana), G. Colucci (c, Catania)
OUR OPINION: A safe season for Livorno. Judgement 6

MESSINA
BOUGHT
Iuliano (d, Sampdoria), Rea (d, Cesena); Morello (d) e Minetti (c, Torres); Masiello (c, Udinese); De Vezze (c), Iliev (a) e Ghomsi (d, Genoa); Cordova (c, Ascoli); Lavecchia (c, Le Mans); Straus (c, Brescia), Riganò (a, Empoli), Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers). Iuliano (d, Sampdoria)
SOLD
Alvarez (c, Roma), Rezaei (d, Livorno), Antonelli (c., Chievo, fine prestito), Donati (c., Milan, fp), Sculli (a, Genoa), Nocerino (c, Piacenza), Aronica (d, Reggina), D'Agostino (C, Udinese), Cristante (d, Mantova)
OUR OPINION: A poor team, they have to fight to avoid relegation. Judgement 5

MILAN
BOUGHT
Favalli (d., Inter), Brocchi (c, Fiorentina), Gourcuff (c, Rennes), Coppola (p, Ascoli), Foggia (c, Ascoli, fp), Pozzi (a, Empoli, fp), Donati (c, Messina, fp), Borriello (a, Treviso, fp), Bonera (d, Parma), Oliveira (a, Betis Siviglia)
SOLD
Amoroso (a, Corinthians), Dalla Bona (c, Napoli), Stam (d., Ajax), Rui Costa (c., Benfica), Shevchenko (a., Chelsea), Abbiati (p, Torino, prestito), Donati (c, Atalanta, prestito), Vogel (c, Betis Siviglia)
OUR OPINION: 8 points penalization and without Shevchenko, simply less strong than last year. Judgement 6

PALERMO
BOUGHT
Amauri (a, Chievo), Bresciano (c, Parma), Bovo (d, Roma), Raimondi (c, Arezzo), Simplicio (c, Parma), Pisano (d, Sampdoria), Fontana (p, Chievo), Guardalben (fp, p, Parma), Guana (c, Ascoli), Bonanni (fp, c, Lazio), Santoni (fp, p, Brescia), Parravicini (c, Fiorentina), Dellafiore (d, Treviso), Cassani (d, Verona), Munari (c, Verona), Diana (c, Sampdoria), Capuano (d, Bologna)
SOLD
Gonzalez (c, Inter), Codrea, Rinaudo (c,d Siena), Godeas (a, Chievo), Makinwa (a, Lazio), Barone (c, Torino), Raimondi (c, Vicenza), Virga (c, Roma), Accardi (d, Sampdoria), Andujar (fine prestito, p, Huracan), Santana (c., Fiorentina), Grosso (d, Inter), Modesto (d, Reggina), Gasbarroni (c, Juventus), Terlizzi (d, Sampdoria), Bonanni (c, Sampdoria), Guardalben (p, Vicenza), Mutarelli (c, fine contratto Lazio), Pepe (a, Cagliari), Lupatelli (p, Fiorentina, fp)
OUR OPINION: A very good coach, this could be the year for a seat in champion's league. Judgement 7

PARMA
BOUGHT
Budan (a, Ascoli), Ciaramitaro (c, Cesena), Kutuzov (a, Sampdoria), ), Virgili (p, Napoli), Gasbarroni (c, Sampdoria), Bocchetti (d, Piacenza), Muslimovic (a, Udinese), Paci (d, Genoa)
SOLD
Marchionni (c, Juventus), Frey (p., Fiorentina), Simplicio (c, Palermo), Corradi (a, Manchester City), P.Cannavaro (d, Napoli), Pasquale (d, Livorno), Rosina (c, Torino), Ruopolo (a, Triestina), Guardalben (p, Palermo, fp), Bresciano (c, Palermo), Bonera (d, Milan), Galuppo (d, Grosseto)
OUR OPINION: Money problems, all first lines sold, it'd be an hard season. Judgement 5,5

REGGINA
BOUGHT
Morabito (d, Cesena, fine prestito), Leon (c, Teramo, fp), Vicari (c, Avellino, fp), Zeytulaev (a, Crotone, fp), Modesto (c, Palermo)Amerini (c, Modena), Campagnolo (p, Cagliari), Modesto (d, Palermo), Aronica (d, Messina), Bianchi (a, Atalanta), Tognozzi (c, Pescara), Di Dio (d, Ternana)
SOLD
Cozza (c, Siena, fine prestito), Choutos (a, Inter,fp), Vigiani (c, Livorno, fp), Saviano (p, scadenza), Pavarini (p, Siena, svincolato), Paredes (c, Sporting Lisbona), Biondini (c, Cagliari), Cannarsa (d, Frosinone), De Rosa (d, Genoa), Franceschini (d, Torino).
OUR OPINION: 15 points penalization, simply goodbye serie A. Judgement: 4

ROMA
BOUGHT
Pizarro (c, Inter), Cassetti (d, Lecce), Tonetto (d, Sampdoria), Corvia (a, Ternana), Virga (c, Palermo), Faty (c, Strasburgo), Zotti (p, Ascoli, fp), Martinez Vidal (d, Brescia)
SOLD
Cufrè (d, Monaco), Alvarez (c, Messina), Mido (a, Tottenham), Cerci (a, Brescia), Dacourt (c, Inter), Bovo (d, Palermo), Corvia (a, Siena), Galloppa (c, Ascoli), Kuffour (d, Livorno), Nonda (a, Blackburn Rovere), Galasso (c, Frosinone)
OUR OPINION: They finally have what they needed, a creative midfielder (PIzarro) and a scoring forward (Vucinic). Voto 8

SAMPDORIA
BOUGHT
Terlizzi (d, Palermo); D. Franceschini (c., Chievo), Carrozzieri (d., Arezzo), Domizzi (d., Ascoli), Parola (c., Ascoli), Accardi (d., Palermo), Pieri (d, Udinese, compr.), Quagliarella (a, Udinese, compr.), Edusei (c, Catania), Delvecchio (c, Lecce, fp), Zamboni (d, Reggina, fp), Olivera (c, Juve)
SOLD
Gasbarroni (c, Parma), Pavan (d., Bologna), Tonetto (c., Roma), Iuliano (fine contratto), Dalla Bona (c., Milan), Pisano (d, Palermo), Kutuzov (a., Parma), Diana (d, Palermo), Pavan (d., Livorno), Domizzi (d, Napoli), Colombo (a, Brescia)
OUR OPINION: Trouble regarding condition of the forward couple. Judgement 5,5

SIENA
BOUGHT
Rinaudo (d, Palermo), Codrea (c, Palermo), Rossi (d, Juventus), Bertotto e Candela (d, Udinese), Frick (a, Ternana), Pavarini (p, Reggina), E. Brevi (c, Catania), Cozza (c, fp, Reggina), Bonomi (d, fine prestito, Verona), Esposito (c, fp, Torres), Serafini (a, fp, Empoli), Antonini (c, Arezzo), Konko (d, Crotone), Manninger (p, Salisburgo), Pezzana (d, Brescia), Corvia (a, Roma), Zajc (c., Maribor), Siedlarz (c, Gorniz), Masiello e Bartolucci (d, Juventus)
SOLD
Falsini (d, Catania), Tudor e Legrottaglie (d, fp, Juventus), Mirante, Paro, Volpato, Guzman (p, c, a, a, Juventus), Fortin (p, Cagliari), Foglio (d, Ascoli), Bonomi (d, Crotone), Serafini (c, Brescia), Esposito (c, J. Stabia)
OUR OPINION: They have lost all Juventus's loaned players. Judgement 5

TORINO
BOUGHT
Fiore (c, Fiorentina), Comotto (d, Ascoli), Barone (c, Palermo), Abbiati (p, Juventus), Cioffi (d, Mantova), De Ascentis (c, Livorno), I. Franceschini (d, Reggina), Pancaro (d, Fiorentina), Di Loreto (d, Fiorentina), Masashi Oguro (a, Grenoble)
SOLD
Campo (c, Cittadella), Edusei (c, Catania), Fantini (a, Fiorentina), Longo (c, Roma), Nicola (d, Ternana), Ungari (d, Modena), Vanin (c, Perugia), Vryzas (a, Xanthi)
OUR OPINION: Excellent trainer Zaccheroni, as midfielder Fiore. Judgement 6,5

UDINESE
BOUGHT
Siqueira (c, Lazio), Coda (d, Empoli), Montiel (a, Olimpia Asuncion), Lukovic (d, Stella Rossa), Asamoah (a, Modena), Sanchez (a, Cobreloa), Schumacher (a, Ascoli, fp), D'Agostino (c, Messina), Gustavo (d, Treviso, fp), Dossena (Treviso)
SOLD
Bertotto (d, Siena), Pieri (d, Samp, compr.), Handanovic (p. Rimini), Pazienza (c, Fiorentina), Masiello (c, Messina, prestito), Candela (d, Siena), Tissone (c, Atalanta) , Morosini (c, Bologna), Gotti (c, Ascoli)
OUR OPINION: Udinese restarts from Galeone and some young players , Iaquinta and Barreto looking for revenge. Judgement 6,5


Legend.
p=goalkeeper
d=defender
c=midfielder
a=forward
fp= end of the loan