In the Champions League group stage, Juventus pressed the defending champion Chelsea, the first place in the group to qualify; Inter Milan fought for six rounds, thrilling from group D, the second place in the group; Atalanta faced manchester United, Villarreal's double attack, and finally entered the Europa League third in the group; ac Milan was divided into the group of B deaths, facing Liverpool, Atletico, Porto, and finally regrettably bottomed out.
And in the Champions League knockout round, Inter Milan faced the strong Liverpool, although eliminated, but with two legs of fairly good performance, mixed with a face to get by; and Juventus in the match with Villarreal, the home defeat of 0:3, Serie A Champions League trip, ended.
Milan suffered from a lack of points in Europe
Ac Milan returned to the Champions League schedule after many years, and UEFA's points system taught the old giants a lesson, and earlier, it was inter Milan, and it was easy to be assigned to the strong team, until this season to get a good group game signing.
And next season, it is conceivable that ac Milan still need super good luck to be in a good group.
And with Juventus still not renewing their contract with Dybala, Inter Milan is still dying of old age, ac Milan is only countdown to losing Casey, Atalanta's peak lineup is dissipating, Serie A is desperately losing top stars, gradually becoming a spectator from European games, without European points, it will continue to become the "hamburger meat" in the Champions League that is sandwiched in the death group, becoming the most delicious food in the mouths of other giants!
If we recall, there were supposed to be three Serie A teams in the Europa League, but now only Atalanta remains, and the second leg against Bayer Leverkusen has not yet been completed.
Lazio and Napoli were eliminated
But in the Europa League, Napoli and Lazio, who were originally participating in the tournament, only won the second place in the group, so they need to participate in a knockout play-off.
Unfortunately, Napoli met Barca from the Champions League, and was sent back to Serie A 5:3 over two legs, while Lazio met the Portuguese Super League banba Porto, also from the Champions League, porto also sent away Lazio in two legs 4:3.
Instead, he drew Olympiacos from Champions League relegation, and advanced to the round of 16 5-1 in two legs, and in the first leg of the round of 16, Atalanta temporarily led Bayer Leverkusen 3:2 at home, but in the early hours of tomorrow morning, Atalanta will travel to Germany to play Bayer Leverkusen again.
Given the big reversals in European home and away games in recent years, the future of Atalanta is still unknown!
Mourinho and Roma in the European Association Cup
Roma are the only seedlings in the European Association Cup in Serie A, and although they have had the experience of losing 1:6 away to Bode, Roma eventually advanced to the knockout stage with the first place in the group, avoiding a complicated play-off.
Roma are currently 7th in Serie A, sharing points with Atalanta, but are getting farther and farther away from the top four, and Roma will face the second leg of Vitesse in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
It should be noted that Roma temporarily led Vitesse 1:0 in the first leg of the away game, although the second leg was played at home, but Roma midfielder Oliveira received a red card after scoring in the first leg and will not qualify for this game, obviously whether Roma's defense can withstand the test will be the key to Roma's ability to enter the quarterfinals.
Mourinho needs this title
Compared with Atalanta, Roma have a greater chance of winning the cup, the main opponents are still dominated by Ligue 1, the upper middle and upper reaches of the Premier League, once Roma wins the cup, even if it is 7th in Serie A, it can still play the Europa League temporarily next season.
If Roma continue to support Mourinho and carry out targeted reinforcement in the summer window, then Roma's future is still worth looking forward to, after all, in the past two seasons, Roma is still mainly to clean up redundant personnel.
Roma and Atalanta need to try to go further, not only for their chances to compete in the Champions League in the future, but also to be able to go more smoothly, but also for Serie A to stay in the ranks of the five major leagues.
However, as long as the financial environment of Serie A cannot be improved, then it will be difficult for Serie A to return to the top of Europe, because the stars cultivated in Serie A are constantly losing to the Premier League, La Liga and Ligue 1, which is the fundamental reason why it is difficult for Serie A giants to compete with other giants!
If we can't continue to improve the quality of youth training, if we can't attract world-class big capital, if we can't, then the significant decline in Serie A today may only be a start.