Football Empire

   Bidone d'Oro is a trophy awarded for the worst player in the last Serie A season.

.... and the nominees are: Adriano (Roma), Mancini (Inter), Marco Materazzi (Inter), Ronaldinho (Milan), Amauri (Juventus), Felipe Melo (Juventus), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus) Diego (Juventus), Antonio Cassano (Sampdoria), Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina).

   Looks like Felipe Melo will rise again above others and will go home with the magnificent trophy. Although Melo will obviously be hoping one of his three Juve team-mates on the list can prevent him from scooping the award for a second year running, Brazilian forward Adriano has actually already won it twice and could be the first player to complete an unwanted hat-tick.