Italian Soccer Serie A blog congratulates the winners of the 2019 Gran Gala del Calcio held on Monday 2 December 2019 in Milan, Italy. The Gran Galà del Calcio AIC is organized by the Italian Footballers’ Association (AIC) to award players, managers and referees who has been considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie A season. The winners of the prizes are chosen by the league’s footballers.
The coveted award of the Best Player is for Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo for his superb performance helping Juventus to win their eighth straight Scudetti with his 21 Serie A goals.
It is good to see Atalanta recognized as the best team for achieving for the first time the Champions League qualification. The joy is also complete seeing Atalanta Coach Gian Piero Gasperini named as Best Coach for his great results in the 2018-2019 Season. Atalanta also had two players in the best XI: Josip Ilicic and Duvan Zapata.
Gran Gala del Calcio 2019 winners
Best Player: Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Best Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta)
Best Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
Best Goal: Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria vs Napoli)
Best Team: Atalanta
Best Team XI: Samir Handanovic (Inter); Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), Joao Cancelo (Juventus*); Miralem Pjanic (Juventus), Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), Nicolo Barella (Cagliari*); Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Duvan Zapata (Atalanta)
Serie B Best Young Player: Sandro Tonali (Brescia)
Best Women’s Goal: Thaisa (AC Milan vs Juventus)
Best Women’s Player: Manuela Giugliano (AC Milan*)
Best Women’s Team XI: Laura Giuliani (Milan); Alia Guagni (Fiorentina), Sara Gama (Juventus), Cecilia Salvai (Juventus), Elisa Bartoli (Roma); Aurora Galli (Juventus), Manuela Giugliano (AC Milan*), Valentina Cernoia (Juventus); Valentina Giacinti (AC Milan), Ilaria Mauro (Fiorentina), Barbara Bonansea (Juventus)
The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the Match Officials for the Coppa Italia Fourth Round to be played from Tuesday 3 to Thursday 5 December 2019.
The 2019 – 2020 Coppa Italia Fourth Round will be played from Tuesday 3 to Thursday 5 December 2019. At 15:00 CET Cremonese will play vs. Empoli. At 18:00 CET at the Luigi Ferraris stadium Genoa will play against Ascoli, while at 21:00 CET Fiorentina will face Cittadella at the Franchi stadium. All the matches will be broadcast live on Raisport HD.
The 8 seeded teams: Atalanta, Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Milan, Napoli, Roma and Torino in Coppa Italia 2019/2020 draw, will enter in Round of 16 on January 15th.
By Anna Italia
