We'll definitely tighten the gap with Germany. Italian teams had a dreadful 10/11 & 11/12.
In 2 years, we'll be looking at ~14 as our worst year. In order to pass Germany, the Italian teams need to excel though.
This year, Napoli, Fiorentina, and Inter should on paper go far. If Torino can surprise, that would be good as well.
In UCL, if Roma can come out of that group, and we can play to our potential, Italy should have a good year.
We can beat any team in the world, we just need to play to our potential or in some cases (like Real Madrid), play intelligently.
It's clear Italy is deeper than Germany. A few pitfalls:
-Italy just doesn't have a Bayern at the moment. We need to become that club.
-The Europa competitors need to stop treating it like a friendly. We lost to freaking Benfica last year. That is unacceptable.
One thing for sure though, is I trust Allegri more than Conte in European championships considering Allegri had worse teams, and considerably tough matchups, and still faired ok. Milan played Barca like 3 years in a row or something lol.