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Which league was better: Serie A in the '90s or Premier League in the '00s?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 2/26/15 at 9:36 pm
Serie A in the '90s
3 European Cups, 8 European Cup Finals, 9 European Cup Semifinals
Premier League in the '00s
2 European Cups, 7 European Cup Finals, 15 European Cup semifinals
Best Players
Serie A
Batistuta
Baggio
Zidane
Del Piero
Weah
Maldini
Baresi
Ronaldo
Buffon
Thuram
Savicevic
Cannavarro
Premier League
Keane
Vieira
Gerrard
Giggs
Henry
van Nistelrooy
Scholes
Shearer
Rooney
Lampard
Bergkamp
Cristiano Ronaldo
I have to say Serie A edges it for me. They had more world-class players and better results in Europe especially in the Europa League. What do you guys say?
3 European Cups, 8 European Cup Finals, 9 European Cup Semifinals
Premier League in the '00s
2 European Cups, 7 European Cup Finals, 15 European Cup semifinals
Best Players
Serie A
Batistuta
Baggio
Zidane
Del Piero
Weah
Maldini
Baresi
Ronaldo
Buffon
Thuram
Savicevic
Cannavarro
Premier League
Keane
Vieira
Gerrard
Giggs
Henry
van Nistelrooy
Scholes
Shearer
Rooney
Lampard
Bergkamp
Cristiano Ronaldo
I have to say Serie A edges it for me. They had more world-class players and better results in Europe especially in the Europa League. What do you guys say?
This post was edited on 2/26/15 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 2/26/15 at 10:04 pm to Bench McElroy
It's really hard to say. I think the rise of Italy in the late 80's and early 90's was also indicative of exploiting a weakened continental field, as English teams were banned after Heysal in 85, at which point Italian teams did very well in both the European Cup and UEFA Cups during that time. The rise of English teams in the noughties has quite a lot to do with the change in the offside rule in 2003 (which actually favored possession based sides the most) as well as Italy reeling from the Calciopoli scandal in 2006.
I'd argue that Italian teams were better on paper up until the scandal. Those mid-noughties Juventus and Milan teams were absolutely loaded.
But the game after 2003 changed significantly. I'd argue English success in that time period was the fact that the PL had a mishmash of tactical styles, as it wasn't until Barcelona that teams figured out how to play the possession game negatively, and it wasn't until Bayern that teams figured out how to play a possession game with pace and power. I think English teams are much better poised for the next decade than Italian teams, but English teams still lack the tactical nous that teams from the continent seem to have in spades.
That said, I think the Serie A of the late 80's and the 90's was probably a better league.
I'd argue that Italian teams were better on paper up until the scandal. Those mid-noughties Juventus and Milan teams were absolutely loaded.
But the game after 2003 changed significantly. I'd argue English success in that time period was the fact that the PL had a mishmash of tactical styles, as it wasn't until Barcelona that teams figured out how to play the possession game negatively, and it wasn't until Bayern that teams figured out how to play a possession game with pace and power. I think English teams are much better poised for the next decade than Italian teams, but English teams still lack the tactical nous that teams from the continent seem to have in spades.
That said, I think the Serie A of the late 80's and the 90's was probably a better league.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 9:11 am to Bench McElroy
Raises a good argument from both sides. The AC Milan team from the late 80s and early 90s went on one of the greatest runs ever, and many consider the 89-90 team to be the greatest of all-time. They were the last team to win back-to-back European titles.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 10:56 am to PeepleHeppinBidness
...and their nucleus took the Dutch a long way, as well.
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