For those familiar with the wizarding sport of Quidditch, you’ll know that teams inconsequentially spend long periods of time throwing the Quaffle through goal hoops for the pittance of 10 points. This is all entirely meaningless because during this time, the seeker is attempting to catch the Golden Snitch, ending the game and giving his side 150 points.
With this as our inspiration, let us introduce The18’s 2017-18 Serie A Fantasy Quidditch. Here’s how it works: you can go ahead and do a draft and build a lineup of players or whatever. You can add 10 points whenever Gonzalo Higuain or whoever scores a goal or when Gianluigi Donnarumma keeps a clean sheet. That's your cross to bear.
But here’s the important part. Whoever wants to join your Serie A Fantasy Quidditch league has to partake in the Golden Snitch round of the draft. Here, you’ll take turns selecting these specific events. For every one of these moments in your arsenal that comes to fruition, award yourself an additional 150 points. These are the milestones to really keep an eye out for in the upcoming Italian season, like when Harry Potter captured his first golden snitch by swallowing it and then spewing it out. You're a right foul git, Harry!
Serie A Fantasy Quidditch | Golden Snitch Round
Francesco Totti comes out of retirement
Antonio Cassano comes out of retirement
A massive scandal rocks Italian football in a World Cup year
Juventus aren’t top of the table at the end of September…
- October…
- November…
- December…
- January…
- February…
- March…
- April…
- May…
AC Milan win Serie A
Leonardo Bonucci scores against Juventus
AC Milan fail to qualify for the Champions League
Vincenzo Montella is sacked
Antonio Conte sacked as Chelsea manager, hired as AC Milan manager
Mino Raiola is sentenced to prison
Napoli win Serie A
Napoli score 100+ goals
Roma win Serie A
Roma get approval to go ahead with their new stadium
Juventus win the Champions League
Gianluigi Buffon retires
Paulo Dybala is named Serie A Footballer of the Year
Inter qualify for the Champions League
Lazio manager Simone Inzaghi moves to the Premier League
Andre Silva wins the Capocannoniere (Golden Boot)
Andrea Belotti wins the Capocannoniere
Atalanta win the Europa League
Venezia FC earn promotion to Serie A
Fabio Quagliarella scores the goal of the season
Domenico Berardi gets a red card
Papu Gomez scores 15+
Benevento Calcio survive
Gonzalo Higuain fails to make Argentina’s World Cup squad
Mauro Icardi makes Argentina’s World Cup squad
Italy win the World Cup
As you can see, some of these picks will still be applicable after the Serie A season has finished (and some have nothing to do with Serie A), but that’s just the way Serie A Fantasy Quidditch works. So make sure to write your selections down, keep them somewhere safe and have fun flying around on that Nimbus 3000 of yours.
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