Daily Archives: August 22, 2023

Italy: Serie A, 2023-24 season


“The map page has a location-map of 2023-24 Serie A, along with 3 charts. The location-map features each club’s home kit [2023-24]. The map also shows the 20 Regions of Italy. And the map also shows the 11 largest cities in Italy (2020 metropolitan-area figures) {Metropolitan cities of Italy}. The cities’ population figures can be seen at the top of the location-map. Also, the map shows the locations of both the 3 promoted clubs and the 3 relegated clubs from 2022…Promoted to Serie A for 2023-24: Cagliari, Frosinone, Genoa; relegated to Serie B for 2023-24: Spezia, Cremonese, Sampdoria. …”
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W – 2023–24 Serie A

Mason Greenwood and Manchester United: The U-turn – what happened and why


“In February 2022, less than a month into Richard Arnold’s tenure as Manchester United chief executive, he addressed an all-staff meeting from the club’s Old Trafford stadium. The executive showed a video celebrating United’s on-pitch goals and success from years gone by before urging staff to stand on the ‘shoulders of the giants of this club and continue their legacy’. …”
The Athletic
Guardian: Manchester United’s lack of moral leadership on Greenwood is depressing

Christian Pulisic begins life in Serie A with a goal and a renewed sense of purpose


“As AC Milan’s bus wound through Bologna, passing the porticos and red and orange buildings, the colour of the fat and tomato of the ragu that make this city world famous, Christian Pulisic prepared for his upcoming debut in Serie A. When the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara’s iconic brick tower came into view, the American could have been forgiven for thinking it was one of the fortresses that make the region of Emilia Romagna feel like one of those far off lands in Game of Thrones. …”
The Athletic