Too old players in Italian League
By lctravenisk
@lctravenisk (483)
Brazil
October 1, 2011 4:32pm CST
I was watching the match between Napoli and Inter and I realize Inter's best players are too old. I start think about it and not just Inter has a lot of old players, but Milan, Roma and Juventus too.
In other words, the giants from Italy are not renewing the teams. So, great players like Hamsik and Giovinco, don't have space on those teams. Why do you think it is happening? Do you think Italian league lost its status and the newer players prefer to go to English or Spanish league? Happy mylotting.
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@Rick1950 (1576)
• Lima, Peru
2 Oct 11
Maybe the clubs are not working enough with the lower division. Thus it is not appearing new good players. But it seems weird that a country like Italy is not doing such work. They've been at least three times world champion. It's possible also, like you think, a lot of players are going to play abroad, where they will earn much more.
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@lctravenisk (483)
• Brazil
2 Oct 11
It will be very strange if the Italian teams are not investing in the lower division, as you said. It can make the soccer national team to die with the lack of players. And this year or in the last one they sign a law where the teams can't hire more than one international player for season. So, now more than ever, they need new players to substitute the old ones.
But why do you think the players are going to play abroad? Italian league is still a great one. Do you think they earn more at other leagues?
Actually, Italy is four times world champions. Thanks for response. Happy mylotting.
@lctravenisk (483)
• Brazil
3 Oct 11
For sure. I hope the young players can substitute the old ones with similar quality. But nowadays, Italian soccer is depending of their old players. Thanks for response. Happy mylotting.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
3 Oct 11
Italy is paying the price of economical crisis and the fact that earlier they have spent too much money and didn't care for a healthy financial position. The other thing is that Italian fans are very emotional people and they care a lot for the loyal players, so they prefer to see, for example Totti in the squad, even if he is not the same anymore, than to have a new player who would play for him.
I am not following the Italian league with a great interest, but I realize that teams like Milan cannot really keep up with the one game every 3 days rhythm, and that is why they are not having so many results on the international stage.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
4 Oct 11
This is how I see things, and personally, I can reason with Italian fans. I remember when Kahn or Scholl retired from Bayern how sad I was, but I knew that the time has come for others to take their place.
Lately, it is a great pleasure to see Napoli playing, and Udinese are also doing a great job, they have signed Torje, which is a talented player, I know him very well. If he will be very serious about football and he will work very hard, the couple di Natale-Torje will be similar to the couple di Natale-Sanchez.
A slight correction: Cavani is at Napoli, not at Lazio, but I am sure you have made this mistake because you were distracted.
@lctravenisk (483)
• Brazil
4 Oct 11
Hey, it was a nice analysis. I imagined money could be one of the problems, but what you said made a lot of sense to me. It is the reason they can't compete with the big salaries offered in EPL or La Liga, for example.
I don't know too much Italian guys who like soccer, but I believe in you, such as Italians are traditionally emotional people. But they need to understand if the team don't renew the players, they will lose space in the international stage. All other teams are reinforcing themselves. Do you think Italian teams can pass this problem?
I still like to see Italian league, because of the good teams that are getting space, like Hamsik's Napoli, Hernanes and Cavani's Lazio and Di Natale's Udinese.
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
2 Oct 11
I think this is not a new trend in Italian team. The Italian team that turned up for the World Cup in South Africa was very old and slow. It showed in their results in the world cup matches where the other teams with pace left their defense huffing and puffing. I think it is time of Italian league to freshen itself with young blood.
Cheers!
Ram
@lctravenisk (483)
• Brazil
3 Oct 11
No. It is an old tradition in Italy. But for me it is a problem. Like you said, they had a lot of troubles in the last World Cup. And with the current players of Italian league, this tradition will not change.
All the great teams are investing in old players and don't have young players to substitute them. Why do you think it is happening in Italy? Happy mylotting.
@lctravenisk (483)
• Brazil
2 Oct 11
I don't think the old players worse than the young players. The technique and experience are most important and can compensate the age.
But don't you agree Zanetti will stop to play soon? Who will substitute him? Nobody in Inter team can substitute him with quality.
And there are a lot of examples in Inter and other teams, like: Cambiasso, Lucio, Chivu, Julio Cesar, Stankovic in Inter; Ibrahimovic, Gattuso, Seedorf, Nesta in Milan; Buffon, Del Piero, Pirlo in Juventus; Totti, Simplicio, Burdisso, Pizarro in Roma. Just to show some examples.
The most of this players can't be changed without a great lost of quality in their teams. It shows me thw Italian soccer teams are too old, don't you think?
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@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
2 Oct 11
i give case per case....Zanetti can play as right back or right winger...so he is useful for Inter...because of the flexibility from Zanetti, inter had many choice...Nagatomo can be used as right back...Maicon too...
cambiasso??i think there are substitute for him...but iam doubt about Lucio,Chivu...
the rest of defender of inter is Ivan cordoba who older than Chivu...
Buffon? if iam not wrong,Juve had bought a new goalkeeper....Del Piero is not the key player anymore in juventus..you can check the scheme of Antonio conte....
Totti slow but sure, did not played in 90 minutes..Luis Enrique give another tactics for reducing the depend for Totti...
He prefer to play full time Miralem Pjanic, Borini and Osvaldo....
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@lctravenisk (483)
• Brazil
3 Oct 11
I know Zanetti is a key player in Inter, but don't you agree Ranieri needs to change a lot his team to substitute him? In other words, he don't have a player to substitute Zanetti with similar quality. Nagatomo and Maicon don't have the same quality of Zanetti, even near.
The defense of Inter is around 31yo. Too old to compete with young players. They don't have speed to accompany them. The experience can make him to win some moves, but they will get tired and the young ones will pass.
About Buffon, I don't know. I saw Juventus site, and all goalkeppers are older than Buffon (he is the younger with 33yo). Del Piero is not a key player this year, but until last year, he was one of the best in this team. And Juventus still think about him when the things get bad.
It is not what I saw against Atalanta. Roma suffered a lot when Totti was substituted by Pizarro. Roma lost its offensive power. Pjanic is a good player, he can do a good job in this team, but for me Osvaldo and Borini still don't ability to be in this team.
Thanks for response. Happy mylotting.
@omchesunche (1755)
• Indonesia
2 Oct 11
Yes, I believe so. Too many old players due to young talented players prefer to epl or la liga.
@lctravenisk (483)
• Brazil
2 Oct 11
Yeah. But why do you think it? Because the money, the fame or any other... What do you think?
For me, Italian league is a good one. I think it is better than Bundesliga for example, but they are losing force. Happy mylotting.