As Napoli and Juventus continue their two horse race towards the Scudetto, Ramez Nathan selects his best XI from Week 24.

Gianluigi Buffon [Juventus]

The 40-year-old veteran was lucky the shot of Gil Bastião Dias rattled his bar, yet one brilliant save from Super Gigi as he outstretched his foot denying La Viola from leveling up the game was enough to award his side the win.

Nicolas Nkoulou [Torino]

As Napoli and Juventus continue their two horse race towards the Scudetto, Ramez Nathan selects his best XI from Week 24.

Gianluigi Buffon [Juventus]

The 40-year-old veteran was lucky the shot of Gil Bastião Dias rattled his bar, yet one brilliant save from Super Gigi as he outstretched his foot denying La Viola from leveling up the game was enough to award his side the win.

Nicolas Nkoulou [Torino]

Scored a header to open the scoreline in a tight fixture, gave a solid display centre of the home defence, making a couple of important tackles and interceptions to keep a clean sheet and save Walter Mazzarri's record of three home wins without conceding a single goal. 

Giorgio Chiellini [Juventus]

He might have highlighted the weekend with the controversial handball in the VAR no penalty decision, but it would be an underappreciation to disregard the vigilance of the 33-year-old, as he completed eight clearances to deny a top form Fiorentina from equalizing and gave a shrewd assist to Gonzalo Higuain to score Juventus' second.   

Mario Rui [Napoli]

Arguably the Portuguese's best performance since joining the Partenopei, as he reigned over the left flank with his slaloming runs and managed to shock the Biancocelesti with his deflected shot to end all their hopes of making a comeback.

Yann Karamoh [Inter]

After months of watching Antonio Candreva play the same old tricks week in and week out, this French teenager finally got a chance to show his bags of talent, running his socks with his delightful dancing feet as he dazzled the audience with a flawless goal, single handedly giving Luciano Spalletti his first win in two months.

Jorginho [Napoli]

The Neapolitans' midfield commander, had one epic display at the San Paolo stadium on Saturday, pulling the strings from the heart of midfield and perfectly linking his pinpoint balls to the attacking trio. His through ball in Jose Callejon's goal is comfortably regarded as assist of the week.

Lucas Torreira [Sampdoria]

He is not the player that would record a huge number of goals or assists every year, but every game Torreira is proving to be the next big thing if one of Europe's more powerful clubs chooses to bite. A brilliant maestro that tackled every Verona chance and created enough great chances for his side.

Federico Bernardeschi [Juventus]

All eyes were on him at the Artemio Franchi stadium and with Fiorentina clearly putting a better performance that night, Fede found an opportunity to hit back on all the booing he got and grabbed it with both hands, curling a beautiful shot to turn the tables on his ex-teammates. 

Cengiz Ünder [Roma]

After a fierce first half where Roma were level with bottom of the league Benevento, Ünder managed to give Roma the lead when he assisted Edin Dzeko with a pinpoint cross, before unleashing two beautiful strikes with his left boot to score a brace and secure victory for La Magica.

Andrea Belotti [Torino]

In his first start under Mazzarri, the former Capocannoniere had more than meets the eye giving his new coach a treat by scoring a masterpiece goal, shattering every defender in his long solo run all the way to beat  Albano Bizzarri.


Patrick Cutrone [Milan]

He didn't deliver any jaw-dropping goals, as his brace were a result of poor Alex Meret saves, yet the youngster is slowly becoming the cornerstone Milan were hoping Andrea Silva or Nikola Kalinić could have been, a perfect hitman, right place at the right time.

Special mentions: Lucas Biglia [Milan], Jose Callejon [Napoli], Diego Laxalt [Genoa] Gianluca Caprari [Sampdoria], Fabio Quagliarella [Sampdoria], Rolando Mandragora [Crotone].

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