Italian football protagonist in the Cups in Europe – Corriere.it

Milan is close to Europe, Lucio Dalla sang in 1979. But here, in addition to the Milanese Champions League derby in the semifinals, there is much more. all the Italian football movement to have finally taken over the continental stage, as it hasn’t happened for too long. Five teams in the European semi-finals: it had never happened before.

You are back in the center of football, Pep Guardiola also admitted, that our country knows him well, and that with his Manchester City could find Milan or Inter in the final in Istanbul on 10 June, if they manage to overcome Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid, another Italian excellence on the bench. I’m not surprised by these results, your healthy football, Pep acknowledged in an interview with Journal. the truth. And now the dream of lifting a cup (or even more) in this exciting season finale exists and is concrete.

It was said about Milan and Inter in the Champions League: like twenty years ago, another sensational Milanese derby set fire to the Lombard metropolis between 10 and 16 May. In the Europa League, Juventus will challenge Sevilla instead
, while Roma will face the Germans of Bayer Leverkusen: the bianconeri and giallorossi could find themselves in the final in Budapest on 31 May. Whoever raises the cup qualifies by right for the next Champions League. In the Conference instead there is Fiorentina, who will face Basel with the aim of reaching the final in Prague on 7 June against the winner of West Ham-Az. In short: the dream of having (at least) one Serie A representative in every achievable final.

An exceptional goal that has already been achieved: no one has brought as many teams here as we have. We are at 5 (out of 12)far removed from the Spanish Liga (stops two with Real and Sevilla) and from the very rich English Premier (always at odds with City and West Ham), while at odds of one there are the German Bundesliga (Leverkusen), the Dutch Eredivisie (Az) and the Swiss Super League (Basel).

A technical exploit which, however, is also an economic success, a fundamental aspect in current football: Milan and Inter have already collected around 90 million euros in UEFA prizes alone and by reaching the final they would break through to 100. The Europa League and Conference make less money, but still bring resources precious: about 30 and 20 million respectively for those who go all the way. Excellent news also for the UEFA ranking: this season we have the all-time record for points and this allows us to get closer to the Bundesliga, now third. The German tournament has ousted us for some years now in terms of income and visibility, but this burst of pride from our teams could allow us to make a valuable counter-overtake. We need it, especially these days, with the ugly mess of penalties in the standings that come and go: the Football Federation aims to host the 2032 European Championship, the ambitious project, the international results of the clubs can be a fundamental support, especially if they manage to facilitate the creation of new and modern stadiums. The journey of ours in Europe was wonderful smiled the minister of sport, Andrea Abodi. Facts, not opinions wrote the Serie A League on its Twitter account. Right like this, right to celebrate, after too many dark years. Our football, which until twenty years ago was the most beautiful in the world, is finally raising its head again. But now we must try to get to the end.