5 best midfielders in the Serie A 2020-21 season
The 2020-21 Serie A pulled the curtains on a pulsating campaign with a dramatic final round of games.
Inter Milan celebrated their first Scudetto in 11 years, while Juventus snuck into the top four at the expense of Napoli, who drew against Hellas Verona. AC Milan returned to the Champions League after eight years following a late victory over already-qualified Atalanta.
At the other end of the Serie A table, Crotone, Benevento and Parma were relegated, while Cristiano Ronaldo, rested for the final game, won his first Serie A Golden Boot award.
There were a lot of other fine individual performances during the season. On that note, let's take a look at the five best midfielders in the 2020-21 Serie A.
#5 Lorenzo Pellegrini (AS Roma)
In a season of more downs than ups for AS Roma, one big positive was the performances of Lorenzo Pellegrini. He continued from where he left off in the last season, netting a career-best seven Serie A goals and six assists.
He was deployed in various roles in a three-man Roma midfield but excelled particularly as an attacking midfielder. Pellegrini set up the likes of Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan and also stepped up to score a few goals himself.
#4 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio)
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is one of the most underrated midfielders in the Serie A. He has been producing the goods for Lazio for a few years now, and the 2020-21 campaign was no different as well.
With eight goals and nine assists in the 2020-21 Serie A, the Serbian wizard stood out for the Biancocelesti once again. He provided a creative spark to pull his team out of tight corners while also sharing the goalscoring burden with the club's top scorer Ciro Immobile.