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    All to play for in Serie A

    Aug 05, 2022 5 minutes
    Paddy Agnew

    A difficult winter is coming for Italian football fans. At the end of a year that saw the national team on a helter-skelter ride from triumph at Euro 2020 to non-qualification for the Qatar World Cup, Italy will, for the second consecutive time, miss out on the greatest football show on Earth.

    How will this impact on the new Serie A season, due to begin with Sampdoria v Atalanta on Saturday August 13? In a time of worldwide economic recession, the World Cup debacle merely adds another demoralising element.

    One intriguing item in the 2022-23 season, however, sees the return to Serie A of media magnate Silvio Berlusconi and his ever-faithful right-hand man Adriano Galliani, with their newly-promoted Monza team. Together the pair plotted the huge success of the Milan side starring Dutch legends Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard, building the club into arguably the strongest team in world

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