Is ITALIAN Football DEAD? How Can Italian Football Recover?
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- Опубліковано 5 кві 2022
- It wasn’t too long ago when Italian football redeemed itself by winning Euro 2020, and deservedly so. With a decent core of youth and experience, this team was gonna go far.
With a brilliant football, this team proved that Italian football wasn’t just about defending for 90 minutes, and yes, there are still people who have that perception...just because they watched 2 games in the 90’s.
Anyway, times were good...but fast forward to today, Italy’s gonna miss the world cup for the 2nd time in a row.
Missing 1 world cup was disastrous...2nd time in a row...honestly, I still haven’t digested it yet.
But the question is...Is Italian football dead? And does Italian football need a total revolution? Or just an evolution?
Well...Let’s take a stock on what’s going on in Italian football today...
I think there should be structural changes, and God knows, those changes have been needed for a while.
Afterall, the last time Italy won a World Cup match was when Luis Suarez was still biting people, and when you think about that, you gotta admit certain things have gone VERRRY wrong for Italian football.
Let’s not forget, Italy won the Euros just months ago. Let’s not take a scorched earth policy where just an evolution would do the trick.
Italian football wasn’t perfect nine months ago during the Euros, and it’s is not rotten now, but it is alarming for Italian football to not make the 2nd World Cup in a row.
Whether you like them or not, the World Cup is a lot more colorful with Italy in it, than out of it. It’ll be interesting on how Italian football will take the next few steps to take.
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Awesome video! I think Italy’s main problem is it relies too much on older players without a succession plan, you look at how AC Milan fell and how Juventus are now falling because all their old players eventually packed it in. I do think the end of Juve’s monopoly will do wonders for Serie A however
Indeed. Couldn't agree more! Regeneration is a massive part of any football institution. Thank you, as always for the comment. Always a pleasure reading them. Really appreciate it🙏🙏
Nah. The youth and new bloods are bright. The only problem is Mancini's stubbornness. He relies on out of form players like jorginho and insigne. He even called up Joao predo.
@@beelou2106 exactly, the youth aren’t being given a chance because of dependence on old players, they don’t know how to transition like say Portugal did from Figo to Ronaldo for example
Loved the statistics of the minutes by under 23 players. The level of research on Italian football is quite amazing
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Even the talented French team of the late 80s to early 90s didn't qualify for two world cups in a row before 1998.
Same goes for netherlands who after 1978 wc had a barren period before qualifying in 1990.
Hi Bhuto. Thank you for the comment. Really appreciate it🙏🙏
Yeah indeed. Every football institution (club and international) will go through ebbs and flows, and this is especially true regarding Italian football. I swear, being a fan of Italian football should come with health warnings 😀😀
@@FootballDrawn Certainly. I mean despite all bad things my father still supports arsenal.
@@bhutochakrabarti4173 hahahhaaa...I can totally relate to his suffering :))
Love the video. I do believe Italian football can rise again though. Football history is just full of rises and falls of different nations and teams.
Hey dude...Thank you, as always, for the comment. Always a pleasure reading them 🙏🙏
Yeah indeed, history is full of rises and falls...But it's also filled with falls that never rose again, and this is what I'm afraid of. I hope Italian football makes a recovery, and I hope they make the changes while there's still a foundation, before it's too late.
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Bro u don't understand !
This morning I woke up thinking about doing a video about this specific concept. About how low is the serie A level, Italian football in general...
Hahahaa...What a coincidence!!! 😀😀
Yeah indeed. I'd love to watch your video when it comes out. I'm looking forward to it. Always a pleasure watching your videos, dude. 👍👍
amazing video man,your like the oversimplified of football
Hahahaa...would you believe it, if I say Oversimplified was one my inspiration to make this channel? 😀😀
I'm a massive fan of their work. I can only wish I get to half of their level.
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Great video, it is quite weird not have the European champions in the world cup. Makes me wonder if uefa should allocate one of it's spots at the world cup for the euro winners.
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Yeah I personally find it weird as well that a country loses only 1 game (against Northern Macedonia) and doesn't qualify, yet there are countries in other federations that are through with more than 3 or 4 defeats.
I personally wouldn't vouch for that automatic spot, but the single-legged UEFA qualification playoffs to decide the fate of a 2nd placed team is quite weird.
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@@FootballDrawn To be honest the European qualification scenario sucks.
A lot of sub standard teams sometimes make the world cup only to fail at the end. Plus italy was playing very well until a couple of matches but overall they were good.
It’s not the first time a European champion haven’t qualified for a WC
Amazing video, as always
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A really good video with good visuals and an even better description!
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Serie A have declined tremendously in Europe and Serie A have too many foreign players and less local players which put Italian team under Serious pressure if Italy fail to Qualify for 2026 WC then Italian football is dead despite they won WC 4 times and Euro twice I Hope they need to find a striker like balotelli
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Yeah, if Italy doesn't make it to the next one, then that's baaaaaad. It will be interesting how this will be tackled.
@@FootballDrawn if Italy fails to Qualify for 2026 WC then Serie A is no longer top 5 League in europe
@@hishaamhussain3786 My heart says it won't happen, but my brain says "buddy, it happened twice already" :))
@@FootballDrawn yes but they need to focus on developing local players instead of foreign players and Italy cannot repeat 2018 2022 in 2026
how can you say Serie A has too many foreign players when the coveted 'best league in the world' literally dont have any English managers and barely any English players in the top 6 teams?
I watched the Italy v Macedonia game and the main thing missing was desperation. The players were not playing like their life depended on it. In 2006 and the 2020 Euros, they played as a team, but also played like every single game had to be won.
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Yeah, indeed. I wholeheartedly agree, dude. There was a lack of "urgency".
The Dutch team of 1988, they had an awful 1990 World Cup.
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Yeah, very true. Indeed, there are plenty of examples of this (even with Italian national team themselves, with a Euro 2012 final, sandwiched between 2 horrible world cups.
It's been a year since this video and Italian football has made the changes you recommended. More youth players are in the national team and in Italian clubs, Italy made it to the U20 FIFA World Cup final and Italian players have received FIFA awards for best goalkeeper and top scorer for U20 FIFA WC, 3 Italian clubs made it to the UEFA finals this season and Italy made it to the Nations League semi-finals. There is still a long way to go in terms of actually winning European trophies, but I think by World Cup 2026, Italy would have become a strong force in the competition. They are most definitely improving since not qualifying for the world cup in 2022 for a second time.
For now, Italy lost the final and u19 euro but I've enjoyed seeing the new generation and I hope Mancini will fix the mistake and using the youth in his squad
Indeed we're looking at a very good generation coming along. Let's hope they're given time and patience to grow into their full potentials
@@FootballDrawnfortunately we have now a manager that values new generations
@@Ex-memegodita absolutely
And then in 2026, they qualify and make a final.....
Hahahaaa...Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if that happens. It's sooo up and down with Italian football. Honestly, being a fan of Italian football should come with health warnings 😀😀
@@FootballDrawn and then in Euro 2024, Italy struggle to make it out of the group somehow or barely making it last 16.....
@@tendeitem that's Italian football, in a nutshell :))
Yeah i think italy is slowly recovering this euro will show the work they did till now there are now many young players in serie a and in national team that makes serie a for me the 3rd strongest league and lets hope the national team will do as good
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I think Italian football is on a decent course at this point. The regret would be the fact that the people in charge didn't manage to monetize on the recent success of clubs doing better in Europe, of the National team winning the Euros, and the serious intentions of clubs (like Milan) of building new stadiums. The new viewership contract that's offered is more or less the same as the current one. Hope this gets better as we go
I agree. My main concern is that they start old players that can’t perform good as they use to be. They rely on the old players too much where they don’t want to take risky chances to start young players in the big spotlight. Another thing is that when they have opportunities to score they can’t seem to finish and score. I’m not Italian but I’m a big fan of the national team and inter, and I see great potential and a good future in them. I like them when they play a 4-3-3 formation. That’s what made them won the euros. The correct formation and having young talent on the field like chiesa, Barella, di Lorenzo. They can put like 2-3 old players but I wouldn’t over do it because in this generation young talent is being created everywhere with new tactics. Italy need young talent and new tactics
Absolutely dude. Very well said. Spot on, dude
What they need badly are some good solid strikers, they have a great midfield. They also need people to fill in the shoes of Chiellini and Bonucci in defence since they will be retiring soon.
Absolutely, dude. Wholeheartedly agreed.
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A possibility is the Italian national team didn't want to play in Qatar.
Hahahaa...I see what you did in there 😀😀
I began my journey as a fan by watching them win the World Cup in 2006 and Milan winning UCL in 2007. What followed after that was heart wrenching pain. Being a fan of Italian footy does come with mental health risks 😅
Hahahaaa...Yeah dude...Certainly been a painful decade for us, Milan fans 😀
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Great vid mate. I think you should compare the 2006 vs 2022 Italian team and see how much different they are. 2006 has Luca Toni, Inzaghi, De Rossi, Pirlo, Buffon, and other world beaters. In 2022 they have... (sigh) Ciro Immobile, Inzigne, and Chiesa, while these players are good, let's face it, they aren't world beaters.
For that 'It works in the Euro 2020' argument, I personally think their team is bit overrated. If you look at them, they never beat a strong team bar the declining Belgium nor they dominated one. Spain probably should have eliminated them and they never really unlocked England's defence bar that Bonucci goal. It's kinda like England went to semis at the WC while beating only Sweden and losing twice to Belgium.
I also agree with the youth aspect one. Italy's squad is aging, Jogi and Immobile are in 30s now, Bonucci will probably retire soon, and Inzigne is basically finished. They only have Chiesa, Barella, and Donnarumma as their world class young prospect and Donnarumma is basically throwing his talent away by joining PSG. Serie A's decline will also limit their ceiling though.
Italian players and football federation need to be more humble, they're still stuck with their glorious past. Time to admit Germany, France, Spain, and yes, even England has better national football quality and learn from their mistakes.
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Yeah indeed. I think Italian football should borrow a page from the French football of the 90's, where they missed out on 90, and 94, and went on to create a generation that won 98, and Euro 2000, while setting up foundations for the next decades. The same could be said about German football when the old guard retired in 98, and severely stagnated in early 2000's (despite going to WC final in 2002), until a generation (with a different philosophy) was ready to take the 2006 World Cup in home soil.
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@@FootballDrawn Yes, France and Germany have come a long way, innit? Even England is getting better, though coaching are still a bit of problem. Italy have great coaches in Carlo Ancelotti, Mancini, Conte, and Inzaghi, they only need to fix their federation and youth nursing in the clubs.
...Maybe give them a revenue in fielding youths like Bundesliga would help.
@@yoshuareynaldo2295 indeed :))
I think main problem of Italy in Serie A and NT is the same. For some reason one of the best systems in terms of creating quantity of really good domestic players (like in the 80s and 90s) stopped doing so, or if it does it's not on scale it used to be. And quantity brings quality. Italian style of play is historically 1:0 and its maybe the best one for wining, even if it's not pretty. I don't think that should change it's just that quality of players is not what it used to be and there is not enough of it.
Indeed. There's a cycle to every generation, and it seems like its not the same as it was in the 80's and 90's. The late 2000's and early 2010's had so many failed youngsters, who were supposed to be the next (insert legend name), and that created a large gap between generations.
Can you name one Domestic Football team who plays in Malta?
I'm afraid not, without google 😀
I can, it is easy. My Family is Maltese. Hamrun Spartans, Floriana, Valletta, Hibernians, Sliema Wanderers and many more.
As a macedonian I'm sorry for the game
Hahaha...Apologies accepted 😀😀😀
What do you think about the new Argentinian striker retegui? Do you think he could help the team? Also what do you think about calling overseas players?
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I personally have good memories from players like Mauro Camoranesi. I think as long as there's a heritage of the player from that nation (unlike what Qatar wanted to do 2 decades ago by paying foreign players to convert to Qatar), I would welcome it.
Retegui seems like a solid striker. It will be interesting to see how his career will develop.
Pele won 3 World Cup. While Italy won 4 World Cup. That is how great Pele is...GOAT😁😁
He will be missed :((
Lo sanno meglio gli stranieri che noi italiani cosa non funziona nel calcio italiano, è incredibile 😢
If North Macedonia didn't beat Italy then Portugal would have.
Hey Richard...Yeah, you're probably right. At least, with the North Macedonia, there's a better wakeup call for changes.
Sounds like this time around Italy had a series of unfortunate events in qualifying. Also I don't follow Lazio but I'm willing to bet their entire strategy is getting the ball to Immobile and on the National team the idea is to generate offense from different angles, so Italy isn't a one trick pony.
Yeah dude...For me, it's still hard to believe this World Cup without Italy...Even though I thought I'd get used to this after Italy missed 2018 as well. 😀
Can you do a video on SSC Napoli? I think that is the future of Italian calcio
Duuuuudddeee....I wish I could upload a screenshot, because that's exactly one of the scripts I'm writing a video for. I might actually feature a Napoli UA-cam channel on it too.
Not sure when it comes out, but I'm looking forward to it 😀😀
@@FootballDrawn I'm calling It's Napoli Talk
@@902cooldude That's a channel I would like to have on that video. Who knows how things may align :))
What they needed is a striker
Yeah dude. A striker has been missing for a looooooong while 😀
@@FootballDrawn Scamacca can be the next Luca Toni with more speed & skill moves.
@@dn8443 Yeah I like Scamacca. I like strikers that have an attitude and are confident. I think he can reach high places
@@FootballDrawn confidence & a little ego/attitude is good. But too much is definitely a bad thing. Look at Cassano & Balotelli for ex..even Zaniolo I think has a little bit of Cassano in him 😂
@@dn8443 yeah...I agree :))
Well they have a great youngster like slatan
Hahahaa...Still better than any other number 9 that we have currently in Italian national team 😀😀
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Yet he's not italian sadly
@@animefan9944 sadly :))
Nothing happens from only 1 cause. Young players problem is a common problem everywhere. You are missing lots of other factors, big or small.
To name some: Referee problems in Serie A, financial issue of the clubs, lack of players in other top leagues to feel around...
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Yeah, I agree that there's alot more to this. To be honest, I only picked one or 2 things because I didn't want the video to be long, but looking back, I think you're right. If I go back, I would've added the other details as well.
Italy having their Trinidad and Tobago moments and they say America sucks at soccer
Hi Christopher. Yeah dude...Italian football is going through dry times at this moment.
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I had to put the comment in Google Translate. Yeah indeed. I think Chiesa would've certainly helped.
These days my life is like Italian football.
hahahahhaaa...you and me both :))
Watch Maltese 🇲🇹 Football it would make you cry. 😭
I'm a Milan fan. I've already cried alot during the past decade 😀
Italys about to miss the euro24. Absolute rock bottom. Will take 50 years to recover
I think they'll actually go through...but the possibility of missing is there as well. As always, making things harder than it should be.
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Not only the italian national team, but even Serie A is declining. Italian football needs drastic changes everywere or they will just keep going downhill.
Indeed. I think winning the Euros could've been an amazing step for that, but unfortunately, they went out of the World Cup. There are some good signs, but many other things that have to catch up, from infrastructures, to youth setups, to investments, and many other things. Otherwise, it could end up like Hungary in future. Just a distant memory of an amazing football nation that's no longer amazing.
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Has anyone ever won the Euro's and not qualified for the next world cup ever?
From memory, I think when a dodgy team won it in the past (Denmark 92 - Failed to qualify for 94, and Greece 04 - didn't qualify for 06). There's probably more in the past, but these are the 2 that I remember within my lifetime...and yes, I'm that old :))
Barou will make Italy great again!
Wait...who's Barou? 😀
@@FootballDrawn watch and read blue lock
Nah its buzzing man
Hahahaa...loved the answer dude 😀😀
Italies problem is too many foreign players in serie A.
They had the same issue in tge late 70s and the Figc put a rule of only three foreigners per team.
It eorked, tge young boys played and became stars and since tgen Italy win two W/C.
Today your lucky if you see mire then two Italians 8n a team.
Absolutely spot on
Its because seria is slow paced football, player too much diving..need more attacking, lack of skilled player because of defensive tactic..
Italian football need to focus on attack and youth.
Absolutely dude. That, and infrastructure. Some of the stadiums need a massive rebuild. I praise clubs who have built or modernized their stadiums, such as Juve and Atalanta, while Milan and Inter have been aggressive towards a new stadium plan. Hopefully others follow along as well.
This video is mising one huge aspect and that is about finance and the fact most italian clubs barely make any money from match day revenue.
This is holding the league back in everything from increased revenue, sponsorships, tv deals etc and until this is corrected with at least Roma and both Milan clubs getting their stadiums by the end of the 2020s then the 2020s will be a quet decafe for Italy by i do expect the 2030s to be a real resurgence for Italian football.
Indeed. I think there's gonna be a need for many corrections (big or small), and finances will be a side-effect of those corrections. I think Italian football is in much better place, compared to mid-2010's. However, there's still a verrrrrrrrry long way to go.
@@FootballDrawn Agreed and I see the Serie A getting stronger as the rest of the 2020s go about but just wanted to point out that due to majority of clubs not owning their stadiums and the satadiums being so far away that it really affects the TV viewing Experience as well as the overall atmosphere making matches feel much quieter than it should be and this affects the leagues ability to increase their overseas TV deals.
I belive that if the big Six teams in Italy being Roma, AC, Inter, Lazio, Juventus and Napoli have their own modern privately owned stadiums which all signs point to especially with both Milan clubs and Roma getting over the last steps then I think that will really help the league as the smaller clubs get access to increased TV money which would allow them to financially compete better and even get their own stadiums and the bigger clubs can financially compete with the other big teams across europe.
Overall fans of Italian football just need to be more patient and to wait for basically Roma and the Milan clubs to get their stadium which is why I think the 2030s is going to be a real boom for Italian Football in overall competitiveness and prestige and marketing.
The trouble with Italian football is too many foreign players in the Italian football League. Italian football was better off without all the foreign players they brought into the domestic game. Italy please go back to one foreign player in the Italian league. Bring in home grown players and bring them through like you used to do! I can't believe they didn't qualify for a 2nd World Cup but this has been coming for a while. When Italy attack and play open football they can beat anyone. They proved this in 1978 and 1982! Bearzot made a tactical error when he took Francesco Causio off against Holland....Big mistake......Italy should have been World Champions in Argentina in 1978 they played some of the best football in that tournament beating the host nation 1 0 in the River Plate Stadium. They should have had 6 World Cup titles!! They have been better than Brazil!! Even tho Brazil have 5 World Cup titles. They will win another World Cup I'm sure because it's in their DNA!! Via I'Italia!!! A very sad Italian.....🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹❤
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Yeah, indeed. There's a solid point in letting more home grown players (just like in the 90's, where there was a cap on foreign players you could register)
Bravo. Well put my friend. The one World Cup Italy should’ve won was 1990. By far the best team in that tournament. The one mistake Zenga made in that tournament against Argentina cost Italy the World Cup. Even though Italy got to the final in 94, for me, the 1990 squad was far superior. The same can be said for the 78 squad. Italy’s World Cup winning team of 82 will always be my favourite. Not because they won the World Cup, but rather how they won it. Beating all of the top nations in style. When you beat, Argentina,Brazil and then Germany, no one can deny you’re the best in the world. Italy will have glory days again!!
Italian football was defensive in the 90s. I watched it every single week
Good to have an oldschool football fan from the 90's.
PS. Love the username :))
😔😔😔
Rough times😔😔
Yes der Nit e revolution
Indeed. Thank you for the comment
need investment and money lol
starting from the infrastructure, stadiums, youth centres, training groups etc etc
so yeah i dont mean just money like those English clubs just to waste it on 80m Maguire or some sh*t
Yeah dude...absolutely. I miss the era of the sugar daddy presidents of the 90's. It was almost like a popularity contest for Italian football owners. Mad presidents spending (by the standards of 90's) like there's no tomorrow😀😀
plain and simple no talent!!!!!
Yeah...The days of Baggio and Totti are behind us