Well at least Italian football has something to smile about after a year of scandal upon scandal. The game itself was full of ironies and i totally expected the outcome. In 2005, Milan had a better team than in 2007, Liverpool had a better team than they did in 2005. Milan were far the better side in 2005 and it could be argued that Liverpool were probably the better side last night
Most of the Milan players yesterday were poor by their standards, Kaka was marked so I did not expect him to shine that much just like Ronaldo was against Milan but not maybe as much. Seedorf was invisible and gave the ball away at times, Pirlo was average and Gatusso was surprisingly poor. Maldini says he wants to continue but I think he should retire as he is geting to the Mattheus stage now of going on for too long, Jankulowski had a shocker but I was not surprised as I dont rate him at all. Ambrosini was very good, pick of the midfield, Oddo was decent even if I don't think he is intelligent, Inzaghi was excellent but Nesta was supreme. As for Liverpool well Gerrard huffed and puffed but nothing of great quality , Pennant was the best forward for them and thats not a good thing. They did play well but did not attack with a lot of players, they played too safe
This year though did show me that if you are to compare the 3 big leagues, at the top end as in the first 4 teams or 5, the Epl and serieA and I am including Juventus in that category would shade La liga as I think Inter, Milan, Juve and Roma for seriea, Arsenal, Liverpool, man united and chelsea are better combined than Barcelona, Real Madrid , Valencia and Sevilla or whoevever is the toast that season. But as a whole from top to bottom then La liga has far more quality than serieA and Epl as Fiorentina, and at a stretch Lazio and Palermo apart there is nothing in serieA. Whilst in Epl Tottenham is the only team outside the top 4 that I rate at all, the rest are just from average to really poor. But La liga has about 12 teams which are decent