JUVENTUS AND AS ROMA CANNOT FAIL ITALIAN FOOTBALL IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

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It has been five seasons since Italian Football last won the Uefa Champions League, it hasn’t been easy as Serie A was once the ultimate but it fell down in recent times but the 2015/16 Serie A promises a lot of hope but we all live to see if performances of Serie A clubs would be anything to write home about.

With the Milan Clubs winning the last three trophies for Italian football back in 2003 and 2007 for AC MILAN and 2010 for INTER MILAN, it seems Italy’s representatives just go out there to be a part of it instead of taking the trophy to the home of football tactics.

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The relapse of the two Milan clubs who managed 8^th and 10^th last season and with third place Lazio winning the first leg but losing out to Bayer04 Leverkusen in the second leg means that Italians could not equalize to make it 3-3 between themselves and Germany. The whole of Italy from Milan to Sicily lies on them and the players who ply their trade for such clubs should know that they represent a great deal part of the seven sisters with only two standing.

Juventus FC did well last season having played in the Uefa Champions Final but lost to FC Barcelona and after that game lost their touch as the core of the team Arturo Vidal, Andrea Pirlo and Carlos Tevez have all move on and Gianluigi Buffon and Barzagli with some of the squad ageing. The introduction of Cuadrado, Mandzukic and Dybala would prove vital as the season progress. Europe should not be mistaken for the National league therefore Juventus FC, the heart of Serie A should do well and contribute all they can to first of all advance the group stage and carry on successfully from there. Their game against Manchester City would be watched by a lot of people but City have played five games, scored 11 goals and considered none, with 100% record whiles on the other hand, Juventus

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faces stiff competition from Florence and Milan. Massimiliano Allegri has benefitted from his time at Milan and the experience he has gotten from five years in the Champions league having played in the final at the last edition makes him a top notch manager who should assemble a great squad who would put the National Flag on the map.

AS ROMA seem to have found the perfect rhythm and squad to help them in both the league and the Champions League. The acquisitions of particularly Edin Dzeko from Manchester City is one of the highlights of the signings in Serie A as he can help them progress with his experience in different leagues having also played and won the Bundesliga for Wolfsburg. With the age and experience of Francesco Totti  and the evergreen and dependable Daniele De Rossi, one of the two torches is in the hands of the Capital Club and Italians would be supporting no matter what in order to see the country at the pinnacle of world football.

Juventus Fc and AS Roma would shine because they don’t have any option. The other teams and fans should do well and support the two teams so that their performances would effect on the league positively.

LAZIO MUST SAVE ITALIAN FOOTBALL WITH A WIN TO UCL GROUP STAGE

SS Lazio was the team to play last season in the Italian Serie A. The team boast of great talent and with the team fighting to make the Uefa Champions league in as many years shows the transformation and the difficulty the team has gone through in getting back to their old days.

Italian football has been reduced to fourth place in World and European football and with Lazio placing third and making the playoff against Bayer04 Leverkusen they should put in more efforts to save Italian football. The Champions league has not seen Italian teams make the semi-finals in five consecutive seasons after the exploits of Internazionale Milano under the tutelage of Jose Mourinho in 2010.

Antonio Candreva has been by far underrated by pundits of world football because he plies his trade in the Serie A which has gone down in recent years. But the level of pace and contributions Candreva adds to the game would be fancied by any manager who wants an all round player who does everything to track back and support the defence. With the likes of Filipe Anderson, Marco Parolo and captain Stephan Mauri still holding the sea blue and white stripes together, Lazio must ensure that the playoff game against Leverkusen would be the first step towards reinstating them back into the European game.

Italian football must rise and with Lazio playing a game that would see Italian teams have three teams in the group stage with the clause "if they win" should be taken seriously. The Spanish La Liga would see five competitive teams play this season and with the powerhouse of world football being FC Barcelona and Real Madrid winning the last two editions, La Liga would be favourites to win but Italians must have the numbers to be able to compete. If Lazio should lose and get eliminated from the UCL it means that Italian Football would see only two of its teams being Roma and Juventus in the Champions league.

This is a pleading call to all the management setups that make the core group of Lazio and lovers of Italian football to support them in making the group stages because they face a great hurdle and an uphill task against a very good Bayer04 Leverkusen side which opened their Bundesliga season with a win.