There are many critics who love bickering about the downward spiral of Italian football – but at least they have the equivalent of a glamorous Oscar night! Finally, Zlatan Ibrahimovic silenced his entire phone-book of haters last night and won the title of Serie A’s ‘Best Player in 2011′ while Edison Cavani‘s Udinese were announced ‘Best Club’. Allegri won ‘Best Coach’ while Thiago Silva picked up the ‘Best Defender’ Award and naturally, he celebrated by dancing to ‘Ai Seu Te Pego‘ on stage! Meanwhile, Stephen El Shaarawy, who arrived from Calcio Padova was voted the ‘Best Player in Serie B’.
It was pretty much an ‘AC Milan night’, which shouldn’t be a surprise since they are reigning Serie A champions. The awards are voted for by Serie A players, so this has nothing to do with the Italian Football Federation.
Serie A Team Of The Year 2011 :
Antonio Di Natale, Edinson Cavani, Kevin Prince Boateng, Thiago Motta/Claudio Marchisio (joint winners), Marek Hamsik, Pablo Armero, Andrea Ranocchia/Alessandro Nesta (joint winners), Thiago Silva & Christian Maggio.
In Dubai, Maradona has been spending a lot of time yelling on the sidelines as match officials watch laughing. Al Wasl don’t seem to be paying much attention to their coach these days (they won their last 2 games, and lost all three before that). Maradona looks like he could be skydiving!
If this glorious Middle Eastern project doesn’t work out, then perhaps the Argentinean should start looking for another job. Anzhi looks like they’d welcome him with a Helicopter as a present. And that’s just for starters.
