September to January
September
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Your ******** me right? Juve win 5/5 and lead from the mighty Palermo after 5 games. Big spending Milan teams are behind Sassuolo with Napoli making a bit more sense of the top 4.
Champions League
1 game and its wins for all 3 Chairmen teams. Juventus lost to Leverkusen.
Europa League
Wins for Lazio and Torino but Fiorentina lost there first top spot decider with Everton but no worrys about getting to the last 32 with Maccabi Haifa & Ludogorets in the way.
October
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The Milan sides get back to track to close up on Juve who drew twice but are still the last unbeaten side. Sampdoria make a cracking start in the top 4, For those keeping track Super Mario has 2 goals and 2 assists from his 8 games as Danny Welbeck has been the top performer early on. Napoli would be ahead of all but Juve had they not collapsed against Chievo. The two Rome teams are 12th and 13th! Non of the bottom 5 are Chairman controlled so well done on that!
Champions League
Juve were in real trouble as they drew with Celtic in Turin but a win against Lyon keep them in touch with the top 2. Inter draw in Porto before Chelsea beat them in the San Siro but still lead the race for 2nd spot. Tottenham also won a London vs Milan game beating A.C 2-0 before Milan got back into a 3 way tie at the top with Spurs and Monchengladbach. Napoli made it 0/3 for Italians v English with man Utd this tim beating them before a draw in Russia with Zenit keeps them in 2nd. Just
Europa League
Fiorentina were on route to a safe top 2 finish until Maccabi Haifa got a stoppage time equalizer to keep in touch but Everton having won all there games, Away from there domestic troubles Lazio win all 3 games and have 3 clean sheets to go with it. Torino are in a 3 way tie with Benfica and Kobehaven.
November
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Juve's diasters lead to Milan taking control at the top with Ronaldo setting the pace. Can we finally conqure the old lady? Even better is that one point behind them is managerless Torino & Napoli. Atalanta & Sassuolo's regular spot in the bottom half is for now being overturned. Udinese are the only side close to the current bottom 3.
Torino & Roma are the first teams to loose managers so the chairman will need to decide there fate in January!
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Champions League
With 1 game to go Juventus can finish anywhere from 1st to 3rd but have a game against Celtic who are already out of Europe and bottom. Inter are in control of there destiny. There at home to Porto and only defeat will see Inter into the Europa League anything else and there last 16 bound. Less good news from the other side of Milan We may be 2nd and 2 points clear of Monchengladbach but we just shot ourselves in the foot where we could have gone top of the group and secure a last 16 place but we lost to give the Russians there first points of the group stage and leave us needing to beat Tottenham in match 6 to secure a last 16 place. Different story for Napoli who look Europe League bound. There currently 3rd and need to beat Man Utd and hope fenerbache can get a result against current 2nd place Zenit
Europa League
Fiorentina secure a last 32 spot by beating Everton, Lazio lost to Monaco but both secured qualification with that result and the final side in the groups Torino need a 2-2 draw or better to overcome Kobenhavn and makes sure all 7 Italian teams are in Europe in the new year.
December
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The Milan teams go into the new year 2 points apart but most importantly ahead of Juventus. Amazingly Atalanta are tied with Juve for 3rd place with Napoli and Torino joined by another miracle from Sassuolo taking advantage of there sponsorship deal to be in the European spots at Christmas despite loosing there star player in the summer. Fiorentina and disowned Palermo are the main threats for the final Europa league spot but its a long way back for Sampdoria, Lazio and Roma who are letting there fans down badly compared to rebuilding jobs at Udinese, Lazio and small side SPAL who are more familure with the bottom half. With no chairman team within 10 points of the drop we can look forward to a second half of the season with a bit less fear than usual.
Lazio are the 3rd team to change manager.
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Champions League
A.C & Inter get wins that secure 1st and 2nd place in there groups with Juve beating Celtic to secure a lst 16 spot as well. Sadly thats the only 3 teams making it through as Napoli fell short of mission impossible but shoudl still be gutted to be put out by Zenit.
Last 16
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Dortmund tied with Real Madrid for top spot so it looks like we had the 2nd toughest draw we could have got but i wont complain as our chances are better than Inter or Juventus
Europa League
With 2 sides already through we were just waiting for Torino to beat a Danish team to have all our teams in the knockout phase, It was not to be as they lost 3-0, For shame!
Last 32
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Fiorentia get Arsenal, sorry to hear that. Group winner lazio get Besiktas and drop outs Napoli get Sporting lisbon