Michele Criscitiello, Italian journalist, spoke on Sportitalia commenting on the Italian league:
“This is also the championship of regrets. Chivu arrives and, as an inexperienced coach, wins straight away against the old foxes of our Serie A. Massimiliano Allegri has failed, Luciano Spalletti doesn’t even win against a team that has already been relegated, Gian Piero Gasperini, if he finishes fourth (very difficult), will think he has performed a miracle. Antonio Conte fails in Europe but confirms himself in Italy. Keeping Napoli in the Champions League is a great achievement. Winning the title every year is impossible. On Saturday we had confirmation that this is a league with… zero standards. In terms of goals. We don’t score, we don’t play, and we don’t create. We want to change football on the political side, but we also need to change the mindset of coaches.
"Once we had the best managers in the world; today we have fearful coaches who have stopped letting their teams play. An overwhelming fear of the result that prevents expression. Enough fear, we need courage. Starting with the coaches. Those who need to change approach are Milan and Juventus. Napoli did what they had to do. Inter won and should enjoy the celebration. It is Chivu’s success, but in this case also a success of meritocracy. The strongest have won.”
