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)
Here is the list of suspensions by the Sporting Judge Gerardo Mastrandrea assisted by Stefania Ginesio and the A.I.A Representative Eugenio Tenneriello on Tuesday 3 December 2019 after the Serie A Round 14 completed on Monday 1 December 2019. The following players will miss the Serie A Week 15.
Brescia: fined 8 thousand euros because their supporters threw three objects to the pitch (two lighters and a bengal) two of them addressed to players of the opposing team.
By Anna Italia
