Serie A Chronicles

Mina Rzouki, Patrick Kendrick and Nicky Bandini say "arrivederci" with the hope that the stars align in the future and this is just a ciao for now...

Patrick Kendrick on Italy's insipid performance against Switzerland in the Euro 2024 Round of 16, and a tournament which started badly and ended much worse.

Mina Rzouki recaps Fiorentina's late loss to Olympiacos in the UEFA Conference League Final; La Viola's second consecutive loss in the final of Europe's newest competition.

The agony and the ecstasy of the Serie A relegation battle which went down to the wire and saw another last-gasp survival miracle by survival specialist Davide Nicola at Empoli, and the distraught Eusebio Di Francesco as his Frosinone team slid down to Serie B. And our assessments of every Serie A team this season.

Nicky sings the praises of national hero Claudio Ranieri, a manager who is universally loved in the football world, as his management career comes to an end. While Patrick makes the case for Marco Baroni winning coach of the year for his great work in keeping Verona in Serie A against the odds.

Patrick Kendrick walks through Naples as he discusses Atalanta’s magnificent achievement, demolishing Bayer Leverkusen to win the Europa League Final. The genius of Gian Piero Gasperini and La Dea's scouting and development of players over a long period. And does Gasp have ambitions away from Bergamo?

The team comes out swinging with differing views on Max Allegri’s sacking at Juventus. Inter’s ownership… what’s going on? Will there be a clear-out of important players? Europa League Final preview. How much of a chance do we give Atalanta of beating the undefeated Bayer Leverkusen?

Patrick Kendrick on a Coppa Italia triumph for Juventus and Max Allegri over Atalanta in a season which had looked anything but a silverware-winning one for the bianconeri.

Bologna has made it to the Champions League for the first time after a brilliant season. Atalanta and Charles De Ketelaere were wonderful against a terrible Roma which was lucky to lose by only 1 goal a few days after the giallorossi's Europa League exit and La Dea reaching the final.