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LAZIO

STRAKOSHA

RADU – ACERBI – DE VRIJ

LULIC – LEIVA- MILINKOVIC-SAVIC -LUIS ALBERTO – CANDREVA

IMMOBILE – KLOSE

A decade has passed and Lazio has managed to be successful. 2 coppa Italia’s and 2 supercoppa Italiana’s. Pretty impressive for a club whose owner has been know to be very cheap. While he has been known to not spend a lot he has been able to keep the club financially stable and win more trophies than other clubs in this decade such as Napoli and Roma which is impressive. Simone Inzaghi continues to impress with his squad and will only grow while Igli Tare has been one of the best Sporting Directors this decade acquiring players such as Ciro Immobile, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Luis Alberto in very good deals. While players such as De Vrij left that shouldn’t have been in the starting 11 against inter back in 2017/18 which may have costed us Champions League, overall it has been a good decade for the Laziali

–Jerry Mancini, The Laziali

ATALANTA

CONSIGLI

ZAPPACOSTA – STENDARDO – MASIELLO – TOLOI

MORALEZ – MIGLIACCIO – ILICIC -BONAVENTURA

GOMEZ – DENIS

Atalanta were late bloomers this decade, beginning with relegation followed by a Serie B title the following year. Fast forward to 2016, Gasperini takes charge and turns this team full of nobodies into one of the best teams in Italy. They recently shocked the world by making it out of the Champions League group after losing their first 3 games. I wrote them off after their first two games but they called me a dick and advanced. Palermo legend, Josip Ilicic has much to do with their success, the Palermo effect in full force.

MILAN

DONNARUMMA

THIAGO SILVA – NESTA- ROMAGNOLI – THEO

SEEDORF – GATTUSO – PIRLO

EL SHAARAWY – IBRAHIMOVIC – ROBINHO

Milan’s decade was filled with ups and downs and mainly downs. After a great start to the decade with a scudetto win in 2010-2011 season, a series of events led to a downward spiral. With the aging of many legends from the historic team of the mid-2000’s, the lack of true replacements, the sale of stars— such as Zlatan Ibrahimović and Thiago Silva —to balance books, and Berlusconi’s own personal financial troubles, Milan found themselves in a tight spot. Year after year of mediocre coaches and players passed through with unfulfilled expectations. Each season the hope and expectation of success became less and less prevalent. After two changes in ownership, 9 coaches since Allegri, and multiple squad overhauls, the banter era seemed to finally becoming to an end. Last season’s 5th place finish just one point shy of a Champions League place seemed like a sure sign that a return to glory may be approaching. However after a rough start to the 2019-2020 season, it remains to be seen what this next decade will have in store for Milan on their return to winning ways.

–Andy B

GENOA

PERIN

CRISCITO – ANTONELLI – IZZO – BURDISSO

KUCKA – VELOSO – HILJEMARK – BERTOLACCI

PANDEV – PALACIO

Genoa has been a mainstay in Serie A, I guess you could say that their consistency has been a positive note. But fluctuating in and out of the relegation zone really worries you as a fan. Best finish was in 6th (2014-15) worst was in 17th in consecutive seasons (2011-2013). I find it worrying that they have never had a striker stay for longer than a couple of seasons. Piatek was a one season wonder that they cashed in on and baited Milan into buying and sucking the life out of what could have been a good striker. bastards. Recently, they began to play ring around the manager, a game Zamparini created and mastered. Genoa are currently trending in the wrong direction.

BRESCIA

MINELLI

DE MAIO – ZAMBELLI – CARACCIOLO

BUDEL – TONALI – MARTINELLI – HETEMAJ

CARACCIOLO – DONNARUMMA – CORVIA

Spending most of their time in Serie B, Brescia have nothing of note in Serie A. Sandro Tonali burst onto the scene in 2017 at only 17 years old being named “the next Pirlo.” He’s already being named a generational talent but we will see what happens… basically where Brescia decide to sell him and if that team decides to kill his career or not, you know, typical hyped up Italian kids, maybe one will finally pan out for once. Other than Tonali, all they really have going for them is signing Balotelli and the racism that follows him like a second shadow. We all see how that works out and how it’s being handled….

JUVENTUS

BUFFON

LICHTSTEINER – BARZAGLI – CHIELLINI – ALEX SANDRO

PIRLO – VIDAL – POGBA – MARCHISIO

TEVEZ – RONALDO

2009-10 and 10-11 seasons were ones to forget for Juventus. After (expectedly) bouncing back from Serie B and making consecutive top 3 finishes in the league there were big expectations going into these 2 seasons however we know how that turned out. Juventus became a revolving door of management and talent in those forgettable seasons, and maybe that was necessary for the great seasons which followed beginning with Conte injecting a sense of purpose into the squad which we still see today 2 managers later. While Juventus has been dominating a depressed domestic league in the past season, I think everyone can now agree their focus is now the Champions League trophy to complement a period of successive scudetti and even coppa Italia trophies. Can the current old guard pass on the vision and discipline of consistent winning?

–Szwedo