Our failure in Europe this year gave our domestic rivals another chance to use the old excuses for their own failures. They simplify it to a ref help, but deliberately choose to ignore the fact that at least this year the refs were more merciful to us in Europe (4 penalties on 6 matches) than they are in Italy. One penalty for Juve in serie A would be a subject to a months long debate, while 4-5 penalties for us in Europe equal "Refs in Europe don't help Juve". This will stop, or be strongly reduced, once we start winning in Europe. Unfortunately, we lost 3 CL finals in a row, and we missed a chance for another final, after being 2:0 up against United in Turin. The great generations of Milan, Real, Liverpool, Bayern and Barca were winning the finals during their dominance. Our great generation lost the last 3. The failure of Zidane, Del Piero, Nedved, Trez, Ferrara, Inzaghi and other legends of the game to make that last step is the reason why nobodies like De Sanctis can make these comments.