What? Cesena on top of Serie A?

By Mirko Corli, writing from Torino

Yes, you’re right. Cesena, one the of the newcomers of this season’s Serie A is on top of the league alongside defending champions Inter.

Actually, that is no surprise if you think about Serie A. The key to impress, the key to win, the key to stay on top, as I told you here before on AFR, is balance, stability, and the ability to keep your shape no matter the time, the game, or the moment in the season.

Inter and Cesena are two teams with all these qualities and two teams used to win: Inter in Italy’s top league and also in Europe, Cesena in the lower leagues (three years ago they were in Lega Pro, the same as League 1 in English football). These teams are used to fight for the big prize, no matter the dimension of the prize, and so it’s simpler for them to put this strenght onto the pitch. The surprising thing here is that Cesena were able to portray this attitude on the pitch against giants Roma and AC Milan and to secure an important win against their direct rivals for avoiding relegation (Lecce, last Sunday).

(Source: matchcentre)