the italian renaissance

The Italian renaissance has reached the world of football. Not even the most powerful Premier League or LaLiga de javier thebes. Serie A will be the tournament with the most representatives in the semifinals of the three main European competitions at club level -Champions, Europe and Conference League- this course.

In fact, the so-called Calcio brings together more teams -Milan, Inter, Juventus, Roma and Fiorentina- than the combined English and Spanish domestic championships -Real Madrid, Manchester City, Seville and West Ham United-. In addition, he is the only one with presence among them all and a guaranteed finalist.

Second ‘Derby della Maddonina’ in the ‘semis’

he’Madonnina derby‘ which will take place in the semifinals of the Champions League, the second in history at that stage of the tournament -the previous one was in 2005 with the victory of ‘rossonero’-, guaranteeing the return of one of the two teams from the city. of fashion in a final 16 and 13 years later, respectively. Too much Milanin 2007, as Interin 2010, they were proclaimed then champions.

Ironically, neither one nor the other is in the Champions League positions at the moment. He Milancurrent champion of a Serie A in which he is currently fifth, broke into the top four of the old continent by losing in the quarterfinals Naples of Kvaratskhelia and osimhenoutstanding leader of the Italian championship with 14 points ahead of lazio. He Intersixth with two points less than Stefano Pioliclaimed 0-2 of the first leg in Da Luz and did not struggle against a Benfica that, at least, he left Europe during his visit to Giuseppe Meazza.

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they will not be easy Juventus and Rome to emulate their compatriots in the Europa League. The ‘Vecchia Signora’, which left yesterday towards the Sports of Portugalyou will see faces with Sevilleabsolute dominator of a competition he won six times and executioner of Manchester Utd in the quarterfinals. The Rome of MourinhoFor their part, they will face the Bayer Leverkusen of an old student of Portuguese in real Madrid, Xabi Alonso.

La Fiore, for the scepter of Rome

Finally, the Fiorentina aspiring to the scepter Rome in the young Conference League, whose first edition was won by ‘gianlorossi’ after defeating the feyenoord in the final (1-0) in Tirana. The ‘viola’ suffered more than expected after the 1-4 they had in the first leg against him Lech Poznań Pole, who leveled the tie by going 0-3 at Artemio Franchi in Florence. however, Sottile and Castroville allowed the flower finish 2-3 and confirmed the rebirth of Italian football in Europe.