How do you judge this. Its the toughest think to do. Should we use the teams result in Europe to judge this? I dont think so. Serie A for all the terrible results they have had in Europe recently has been by far the toughest and the best league in europe.
Spanish and English sides have performed better than the Italians but that just makes Leeds an overachiever. I think we should judge leagues by 2 major things.
1. how many real world class teams they have. For along time Italy had seven good teams which made the championship great. The evaporation of Parma, Fiorentina and to some extent Lazio has really made Serie A worse. Where else will you see Roma-Lazio, Milan-Inter, derbies between title contenders. However well the Italians do this year, Serie A is by far a weaker league now than lets say 2 yrs ago when they all crashed out of Europe. EPL is improving very fast. There was only Man U a few years back. Now that Liverpool, Arsenal(which is truely world class now), Newcastle, and Leeds(dont look at the league table, it does not show everything) have made significant improvement thus making the league much better. Spain has always been a league of 2 + the rest. They have not thrown away this image fully but the return of both Atletico Madrid and Betis to the top flight and the strength of Valencia and Deportivo(I hope they dont fade away. They a very weak fan base) has spiced the primera alot.
2. The top class players in the league. This was Serie A's real strength in the past. The best use to come to Italy. The best were in Italy. This has changed alot. For the first time in the history of the Serie A, there is a star player exodus out of the league. Zidane, Veron, Ronaldo have all left. The arrival of Rivaldo is the only consolidation. New talent use to come to Italy, now players like Saviola, Aimar and the rest have choosen spain. Only time will tell whether they will end up in Italy once they mature like Claudio Lopez.
Verdict: Italy is still the No: 1 by a whisker from spain. But if Atletico and Betis improve, then Spain will be the undoubted supremo. EPL has a very good prognosis. They have one problem though. They are all companies and have to think of profits and not results always.
Serie A prognosis: Good results in europe just increases the prestige of the league and does not always determine the underlying strength of the League. Serie A's No1 status is threatened more by financial problems than Champions league results. Of the seven sisters, only 4 are in good health. Lazio is in the ICU, Fiore is gone and Parma is no longer a title contender. If Lazio losses its strength then Serie A, however well they do in Europe will no longer be the best league. Prognosis: poor in the short term.
ps: spain and england should reduce the no of teams to 18. What is the use of going to Numancia or Osasuna!
Spanish and English sides have performed better than the Italians but that just makes Leeds an overachiever. I think we should judge leagues by 2 major things.
1. how many real world class teams they have. For along time Italy had seven good teams which made the championship great. The evaporation of Parma, Fiorentina and to some extent Lazio has really made Serie A worse. Where else will you see Roma-Lazio, Milan-Inter, derbies between title contenders. However well the Italians do this year, Serie A is by far a weaker league now than lets say 2 yrs ago when they all crashed out of Europe. EPL is improving very fast. There was only Man U a few years back. Now that Liverpool, Arsenal(which is truely world class now), Newcastle, and Leeds(dont look at the league table, it does not show everything) have made significant improvement thus making the league much better. Spain has always been a league of 2 + the rest. They have not thrown away this image fully but the return of both Atletico Madrid and Betis to the top flight and the strength of Valencia and Deportivo(I hope they dont fade away. They a very weak fan base) has spiced the primera alot.
2. The top class players in the league. This was Serie A's real strength in the past. The best use to come to Italy. The best were in Italy. This has changed alot. For the first time in the history of the Serie A, there is a star player exodus out of the league. Zidane, Veron, Ronaldo have all left. The arrival of Rivaldo is the only consolidation. New talent use to come to Italy, now players like Saviola, Aimar and the rest have choosen spain. Only time will tell whether they will end up in Italy once they mature like Claudio Lopez.
Verdict: Italy is still the No: 1 by a whisker from spain. But if Atletico and Betis improve, then Spain will be the undoubted supremo. EPL has a very good prognosis. They have one problem though. They are all companies and have to think of profits and not results always.
Serie A prognosis: Good results in europe just increases the prestige of the league and does not always determine the underlying strength of the League. Serie A's No1 status is threatened more by financial problems than Champions league results. Of the seven sisters, only 4 are in good health. Lazio is in the ICU, Fiore is gone and Parma is no longer a title contender. If Lazio losses its strength then Serie A, however well they do in Europe will no longer be the best league. Prognosis: poor in the short term.
ps: spain and england should reduce the no of teams to 18. What is the use of going to Numancia or Osasuna!
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