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SEASON PREVIEW
2024-25
EPL SEASON REVIEW
“INTER
ARE CLEAR
FAVOURITES
TO DEFEND
THEIR TITLE”
SERIE A SEASON PREVIEW
2024-25
LAST SEASON
Inter Milan
Atalanta
AC Milan
Juventus
Roma
Parma
Monza
Venezia
Martinez Osimhen Vlahovic Çalhanoğlu Dybala Thuram Guðmundsson Zapata
KEY PLAYER
ATALANTA
FINISH: 4th place
RECORD: 21-6-11
MOST GOALS: Scamacca (12)
FINAL TABLE PREDICTIONS
Lazio Bologna Napoli Fiorentina Torino
Genoa
Hellas Verona Lecce Udinese Empoli
Como Cagliari
GOAL SCORING PREDICTIONS
The Europa League winners have kept most of the squad which achieved a historic victory over Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin last term. Tactical mastermind Gian Piero Gasperini also led La Dea to fourth place and the Champions League in a phenomenally successful season, which will be a tough act to follow, but the 66-year-old coach is used to performing heroics.
The Bergamo based outsiders take on
the big boys again with the additions of mercurial Italy international Nicolo Zaniolo, English centre-back Ben Godfrey, and Genoa striker Mateo Retegui.
Europa League hat-trick hero Ademola Lookman remains, while Retegui was signed after 2023-24 top scorer Gianluca Scamacca sustained a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury in pre-season.
Ademola Lookman
INTER STORMED TO THE SERIE A TITLE LAST SEASON AS THEIR GOALSCORING POWER PROVED TOO MUCH FOR THEIR RIVALS, BUT THE RACE LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE MUCH CLOSER IN 2024-25. STEPHEN KASIEWICZ GIVES THE LOWDOWN ON EACH TEAM’S PROSPECTS.
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