Most Italian clubs start late with preseason. Serie A starts at the end of August while in other major leagues 2-3 rounds are played by then. I remember once Serie A started in October cause of Olympics.
milanese sisters are ridiculous and i hope they keep it that way. That figc letting them to participate in league with squads like that, they are responsible for the decline of Italian football.
While other European teams use 433, 4231 Italians chose to go back 30 years in past. Our interpretation of 352 is very different compared to for example Torino's or other mid table team in Serie A.