Serie A is the most interesting arena in the world football at the moment, with so many battles being fought.
There is the race for Scudetto between AC Milan and Juventus. Then there are the teams sprinting towards the crucial third-spot, in their quest to finish as one of the qualifiers for UEFA Champions League. Among the giants are
also the smaller clubs, fighting hard for survival in the top flight, desperately trying to row their boat out of the relegation zone.
But at the heart of all this frenzy, there is another fascinating battle taking place, the battle for the Golden boot. Antonio De Natalie has won the award on the last two occasions, but can the Udinese striker complete a hat-trick
or will we see a new Champion dethroning the former into the abyss of history.
Bettor.com will look at the possible candidates to win this year’s award.
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The Swedish striker has been the star of the campaign for Champions AC Milan, with 20 goals already to his name. Ibrahimovic is leading the goal-scoring charts of the season so far.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan star is arguably at the peak of his career, and has displayed tremendous finishing abilities along with his playmaking skills. Ibra has already scored two hat-tricks, and the unbelievable 35-minute treble
against Palermo was true to the strikers nickname Abracadabra.
The promising performances from the Swede has led many to hail him as a magician, and brand the player as the front runner for even the FIFA Player of the Year accolade. The Rossoneri spearhead may be firing on all cylinders, but
the bright star comes with a dark side.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has always been temperamental towards the game, and his angry rants have made headlines time and again. Beyond the unpredictable personality, the Swede’s greatest enemy may be the history. The goal-scorer has
an account of not performing in big games, and his striking power has shown a trend of fizzling away towards the end of the season.
AC Milan are in a phase where they are in the final stages of UEFA Champions League and Coppa Italia. The 30-year-old is notoriously famous for not performing up to his usual standards towards the ending stages of a season. If
the trend from the previous year’s stay true, then the striker will lose steam, and that will inevitably give space to the followers to catch up with the front-runner.
Just like the game of football is a new story every season in itself, Abracadabra has looked better than ever before, and this season seems to have the name of magician written on it. Whether he will be able to make it or not is
anybody’s guess, but one thing is for sure, the fate of Ibra will be linked closely with the fate of AC Milan. One’s performance will complement the rise of the other and vice versa. They both look bright contenders for the respective Italian laurels, but
the fans should be warned, as the race to the Golden ball may be much closer than the race to the Scudetto, and there might be a twist in the tale.
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