Sevilla Defender Martin Caceres: La Liga Is Superior To Serie A, Italian Football Is In DeclineSevilla defender Martin Caceres has claimed that La Liga is of a superior standard to Serie A, and added that he feels Italian football is in decline.
Caceres spent last season on loan at Juventus from Barcelona, and when asked of his opinion of both leagues in an interview with Diario de Sevilla, he commented: “It is totally different football. In Italy it is much more physical, and more tactical. Spanish football is nicer, with more space.
“I’d say that Italian football is in decline. It has been noted. Football in Spain, apart from being different, is much better.”
Caceres also confessed that he and his team-mates are still reeling from their comprehensive 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Barcelona last month.
Doubles from David Villa and Lionel Messi sent the Blaugrana on their way to a comprehensive triumph over los Nervionenses, and Caceres, on loan from the Camp Nou to the Andalucian side, insisted that the players have yet to fully recover from the humiliation of their defeat.
The 23-year-old said of the match: “Yes, it was very difficult. This field, against this opponent, with the 11 players that we faced, it was an uphill battle. We are very angry. We wanted to make our game better, but what happened, happened.
“The result was large, and no one likes losing by that amount, but it happened. I belong to Barcelona, and have a contract with the club, but I am defending the shirt of another. Unfortunately, however, we lost.”
