Don't agree. On the contrary, Serie A is finally climbing up after all Calciopoli affects and new teams, like Napoli, show it clearly.
Sorry, highly disagree. it's just been getting worse and worse every year! Italian teams are getting almost routinely embarrassed in Europe. this year was a all time low. AC and Inter the best two teams where embarrassed by Tottenham and Inter humbled by Schalke!
I'm sorry, there's no excuses fro being beaten by Tottenham and Schalke.
5 years ago AC and inter would had beaten those teams without much trouble! You would never have to hear an exuse like 'Zlatan had an off day' or 'Pato was unlucky' etc.. Even if AC and Inter didn't perfom well they would have scraped a result.
The best example is when AC in 2005/06 played Lyon in the quarter finals. Lyon played better over the two legs but AC still got the job done. Lyon where better back then than Tottenham where now. I mean,come on Spurs at best are the 5th best team in England and Schalke again at best the 5th/6th best team in Germany!
Napoli while they have improved didn't do much in the Europa League. All the other Italian teams in the competition where woeful.
I don't go along with this excuse that Italian teams don't take the europa league seriously. They have lost a champions league spot because of their poor performance and the other top leagues don't take it anymore seriously that Italy do.
When Juventus will return to her winning ways, we shouls see a highly competitive league.
Again, exactly my point. If, but, when, I'm tired of waiting man. I've stood by this league for too long now! It's just going downhill, almost into a nosedive.
Prandelli's national team is playing good football as well - last friendly they played an even match with Germany (which is overrated on it's own because of superior tactics and traditional German profesionalism, imo).
I thought the last match they played was against Ireland and they lost 2-0? Then again it was an experimental side. Germany are a much better team in my opinion!
We should compare Serie A with La Ligue, which is, in my opinion, and not counting mighty Barca and Real, weaker and less interesting with these two teams always dominating and getting results like 7-0. French league is much weaker.
Of course, AAAAAA for AC Milan is ridiculous.
I'd say AC and Inter are better than OM and Lyon but the rest of the league is pretty much even! Firoentina, Udinese, Napoli, Lazio etc.. aren't much better than Rennes, Lille, Bordeaux, PSG etc..
Villarreal beat Napoli with some authority in the Europa League. I'd honestly say the Spanish league is superior, not by too much overall but noticeably superior!