[EU] Europa League 2013/14 (27 Viewers)
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Ye Calciopoli really fucked everything up in Italy. The FIGC only have themselves to blame for this i suppose as they took short cuts everywhere and relegated Juve at the first chance they got without doing a proper investigation which would take much more time than the 3-4 months they took to do it.
stadiums won't solve it imo, new stadium will mean maybe €10m to €15m more per year for some teams but it's not like fans are going to pay a lot more money just because they are going to a new stadium.
what SerieA needs is same 3 teams keep playing CL, that way coefficient points build up, build up a stronger squad (without having to disinvest to manage budget after failing to qualify for CL) and they don't go into difficult groups. If a new team comes in, for instance Roma next season, chances are they will be in a difficult group (pot 1 team+ManCity or PSG or Dortmund from pot2 if unlucky) because they will be in pot3 or pot4 and will be difficult for them to get out of group-stages and not screw up CL qualification of the year after. That happened to Lazio and Fiorentina in the past, and Chievo, Sampdoria and Udinese clearly weren't fit for CL.
what SerieA needs is same 3 teams keep playing CL, that way coefficient points build up, build up a stronger squad (without having to disinvest to manage budget after failing to qualify for CL) and they don't go into difficult groups. If a new team comes in, for instance Roma next season, chances are they will be in a difficult group (pot 1 team+ManCity or PSG or Dortmund from pot2 if unlucky) because they will be in pot3 or pot4 and will be difficult for them to get out of group-stages and not screw up CL qualification of the year after. That happened to Lazio and Fiorentina in the past, and Chievo, Sampdoria and Udinese clearly weren't fit for CL.
People bashing on Serie A too hard.
Napoli, the 3rd best Italian team, is better than Benfica/Porto/any russian team/ any French team PSG apart.
Next year I'd bet we'll se 3 Italians advancing from CL group stages (Juve, Roma, Napoli) and 2 Italians fighting for EL title (Fiorentina, Inter).
It's important that these 5 clubs, currently the best, represent the country next year. No Parma, Udinese, Verona and other shits.
Napoli, the 3rd best Italian team, is better than Benfica/Porto/any russian team/ any French team PSG apart.
Next year I'd bet we'll se 3 Italians advancing from CL group stages (Juve, Roma, Napoli) and 2 Italians fighting for EL title (Fiorentina, Inter).
It's important that these 5 clubs, currently the best, represent the country next year. No Parma, Udinese, Verona and other shits.
I think Roma will sell Benatia and Pjanic in summer and unless they make some great signings again, they are going to get raped in CL. Same goes for Fiorentina, I doubt Cuadrado will stay for much longer, I could see Borja Valero leaving as well. Just bold predictions, but I think Serie A will get even more weak next year.