Luciano Spalletti's stunning Napoli side dominates ANSA's Serie A team of the season after a superlative year in which they ended the southern city's 33-year wait for the league title and finished 16 points ahead of their nearest rivals, surprise package Lazio.
Inter, who won the Italian Cup and have reached the Champions
League final, have two representatives while Lazio, AC Milan,
Juventus and AS Roma have one each.
Ivan Provedel (Lazio): the best goalkeeper in Serie A with 21
clean sheets in 38 games.
Giovanni Di Lorenza (Napoli): the magnificent captain of the
scudetto-winning team, the right-back was regularly among the
best on the field and also lent a hand coming forward with three
goals and four assists.
Kim Min-jae (Napoli): had the tough job of replacing Koulibaly,
and the South Korea centre-back was more than up to the
challenge, with his strong physical presence, agility and
ability to anticipate the opposition's moves.
Chris Smalling (Roma): a sumptuous campaign by the centre-back.
Roma's defence leaks goals whenever he is absent.
Federico Dimarco (Inter): the versatile wingback took a year to
establish himself at Inter after a season with Verona, but he
beat off competition from Robin Gosens to bag a starting slot
and produced a sensational season with four assists and four
goals.
Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli): the Slovakian's hard work and
sacrifices were what kept Spalletti's midfield ticking.
Sandro Tonali (Milan): Milan's defence of the title they won in
the 2021-22 season was effectively over by Christmas, but the
classy midfielder's level of performance never faltered despite
the shortcomings of the rest of his team. The only player from
last year's team of the season to keep his place.
Adrien Rabiot (Juventus): played a big part in enabling Juve to
make European Conference League qualification despite a 10-point
penalty with personality, class and a touch of aggression. The
Frenchman scored eight goals, served up four assists and
collected nine yellow cards.
Lautaro Martinez (Inter): despite some up and downs, the World
Cup winner was devastating in front of goal when it most
counted. He has 28 goals in all competitions this season,
including braces against Fiorentina, Cremonese, Lazio and
Verona.
Victor Osimhen (Napoli): Serie A's top scorer with 26 goals, the
protective-facemask-wearing Nigerian is the symbol of the title
triumph.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia: bought for 15 million euros a year ago,
the 22-year-old Georgian winger who has been compared to George
Best is now worth almost 100 million. He scored 12 goals,
including two penalties, and laid on 10 assists as he proved
himself to be one of the most exciting players in international
football.
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