Is Italian football really back?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- Serie A has five teams in European semi-finals this season, including a Milan derby tonight in the Champions League. So is it on its way back to compete with the Premier League? James Horncastle joins Ian Irving to explain...
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4:22 Milan derby preview
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Considering the financial state of Serie A, their results show how good coaches are in there.
Christ I'm ready to buy a ticket to Milan now after watching this 😊
Tactically, Vito De Palma (an iconic Calcio and soccer commentator), considered that final in 2003 as the perfect soccer match. If you watch it closely, and set aside your expectations of goals, you’ll appreciate the level of that game.
It's been back for a few years now
Comparing Seria A to the Premier League is just a really silly thing to do and has nothing to do with wether it is back or not. Variety in terms of how many teams are wining the title do matter more than anything else.
It'll be back when they sort out their marketing. Its got the most potential in the world of any league, yet at the moment even I, having only taken two marketing classes, can orchestrate a better marketing strategy than their department currently. They need better graphics and logos as well. Soon as their marketing manages to bring in more money and they can improve their stadiums. Its a long way to go but the blueprint is there
Inter and AC Milan have had relatively easy routes to the semis, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Juve are a shambles. Napoli have looked good earlier in the season but weren't great against Milan in the quarters. I still hope an Italian team wins it this year, anyone but City or Madrid.
Inter was in the group of death. Eliminating Barca was no small task.
Barça eliminated themselves
I say this as an inter supporter
@@CC-xq2qi What does that even mean?
I do agree its no reason to get ahead of ourselves but I wouldn't say they had a easy route to the semis. They probably had the hardest route, like what? Italian teams have had a great season both in CL and EL, whether that happens next season or not.
Liverpool had a easy route to the final last season, Manchester City also had a relatively easy route to the final in the 20/21 season so it’s swings and roundabouts for me. Plus if you look at historically inter have had some of the unfavourable group draws in champions league history
Mr. Horncastle is a brilliant orator and writer. Such a brilliant writer.
Depends what back means, are they back in terms of being competitive with the french, German and spanish sides( outside of madrid)? Yes( spain has dropped off which is a factor)
Is Italian football back as genuine longterm competition with the elite like they used to be? Absolutely not.
We need Serie A back they've given us some of the Greatest moments in football and some of Thee Greatest players.
Serie is getting more competitive three winners in the last three years while Man City is on its route to win 5 in 6. The Premier League is getting less competitive every season maybe Newcastle and Arsenal will change that.
I cant wait for today game lets go Milan
we are sooo back lessgoooo
Would be awesome if football fans started switching to Italian football in droves for the competitiveness at the top, just to get some reaction from the administrators of other leagues.
If only Italian football was more interesting to watch.
I would not be shocked if no Serie A teams make it to the semis next year.
Their budget is very less so keeping that in mind they're doing great❤
I don’t think so it’ll take waaay longer
4 winners in 4 years. On pitch is great, they just need to sort out their commercial business. Forza Italia
What other league apart from Serie A has had 4 different title winners in the past 4 years?
None. That makes Serie A the most competitive league in Europe right now.
In a single year? Give it 3 at least.
Italian football will always be special and it’s a fantastic derby but Chelsea beat AC in the group stages home and away pretty comfortably. If either team had been drawn against City or Real they would probably lose.
Yup, a mix of favorable draws and luck, boosted them. Inter only met Portuguese clubs on the way to meeting another Italian club, AC weren't so good but met another Italian team.
If any of these had met Liverpool, Chelsea, Madrid, City, PSG, Bayern or Dortmund in the knockouts, it may have been different
Not really, no
Sadly, not, well, @ least, not yet!!
They beat Spurs, Benfica, and Napoli,
WOW!!!!!!!!
Who did Liverpool beat last season?? Who did Man City beat when they got to the final ??? You can only beat who’s in front of you loool
@@rainingherschel4232 AC Milan 4-0 and Inter 0-2 San Siro game over
Liverpool normally win their group, Napoli caught them cold and were superb , Hence Getting the only team that has a hoo doo on them , otherwise this is AC milan vs Liverpool And only one team would win that
I've enjoyed serie a
Ever since Covid started, Serie A has been the worst level in decades.
No, this year's draw was enormously favourable to the Italian teams. Anything outside of the UCL is not relevant in regards to Italian football being "back". They are very unlikely to see a winner this year, even with 2 in the semis. Napoli were wonderful this season, but you have to question whether the investment there will maintain that level.
Inter had Barcelona and Bayern in their group, Ac Milan had Chelsea an English team in the Group and knocked out another English team in Tottenham.
City have won 5 in 6, in the last three years Inter Milan, Ac Milan and now Napoli have won it is the most competitive no team is getting 90 points in Italy. The top 4 race is wide open, Roma, Milan, Inter, Lazio, Juve and Atalanta all not safe.
@@theredhall-thisisfootball You mentioned that milan had Chelsea in their group, but forgot to mention they literally lost BOTH games in the group to Chelsea lmaooo
-4 different winners of the serie a in the past four years (epl likely only to have 2 in past 4 years with mci having 3 and liverpool 1)
-Italian teams in three different european competitions is exceedingly unlikely to be down just to luck
-Inter faced porto and benfica and while I understand the argument that porto is easy, benfica consistently matched PSG and even topped their group, yet had Inter faced PSG, a lower quality team in reality, people would be saying otherwise
-Milan faced Tottenham and Napoli. They beat Tottenham convincingly and while that in itself isn't an achievement, they did show tactical flexibility and discipline against Napoli. Since the loss against Chelsea, they've only conceded one goal in the UCL, at the 90+3' from a great Oshimen header when the game was basically over.
-Napoli played extremely well up until they were tactically outclassed by a disciplined defensive display from Milan. They outplayed Liverpool at home and matched them away, though Liverpool edged it at the very end. Yet, had Milan played Liverpool instead, a lower quality team in reality, people would be saying otherwise.
Serie A is not fully back just yet, but to undermine their achievements and tactical discipline simply by saying the draw was favorable is going too far the other way.
This is all with the caveat that serie a is severely economically handicapped demonstrated simply by the fact that Serie A champions get €23.4m (topsoccerblog.com/serie-a-prize-money-2022-2023/) while simply being promoted to the EPL guarantees you at least 3 times that £84.8m (www.goal.com/en-us/news/championship-play-off-final-how-much-premier-league-promotion-decider-worth/17nz5miq9ytix1wkm1w5q2kozd)
@@jacksonbyrne5835 You forgot to mention the context of the injury crisis from Milan and their razor thin squad depth. Analysis requires nuance.
Watch the winner of the Milan derby get absolutely demolished in the final by either Madrid or City.
With all due respect absolutely not
Not really to be fair, Remember even a horrible team like Chelsea were able to beat Ac milan not once but twicee twiceeeeeeee
Yeah and then that same Milan team knocked out Napoli who spanked Liverpool and also knocked out Tottenham who beat Chelsea. Funny that.
Short answer, no. The 2 Milano teams are overperforming in Europe, Inter finally got its sshit together, and Napoli found a wizzard hidden in russia. But thats about it. The underlying performance is just terrible.
Italian football is a league. Not a team
LOL, no. They just got easy paths
Hope not, its bloody boring
Look serie A can't have this success every season but at least we aren't arrogant like the premier league fanboys who despite this season being distinctly poor still think that the premier league has been the best division this season.
Because they beat themselves (napoli v Milan) and beating benfica? Whoop de doo