but then again for the good of italian football
Milan staying undefeated in Madrid, or even win, won't do much good for the Italian football when that result is preceded by a humiliating home defeat to Zurich, when the Italian champions are in a 8 match winless streak in Europe, when the Italian 2nd placed team is in a 6 match winless streak in Europe and when the Italian representatives in Europa league lose 1:2 at home against Salzburg or 3:1 in Basel.
I agree that it might do well, temporarily, for the image of serie A if an Italian team beats Liverpool, Real, Bayern or Barca, but in the end it means shit if the same Italian teams fail to qualify from their group and keep losing points to complete outsiders like BATE Borisov, Anorthosis, Cluj, Dinamo Kiev, Zurich, Salzburg, Basel or, God forbid, Maccabi Haifa.