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of course in this case I can not conclude how capable the Serie A teams are because of course sometimes Inter Milan, Napoli, Juventus and Atalanta can surprise the world if they are great teams and of course it is no stranger in the world of football that surprises always happen and in the last season Inter Milan was not favored because their strength was declining but finally a surprise happened and finally Inter Milan was able to reach the final.
but yes indeed when compared to now of course I also have the same thoughts as you if Napoli, Inter Milan and Atalanta will certainly find it difficult to beat the strength of Manchester City, Liverpool, Barcelona, PSG, and Munich and of course the teams from Serie A will have the potential to find it difficult to win the trophy.
it is true that Napoli of course they are currently building a squad seriously and of course with the arrival of De Bruyne of course it will have a positive impact on Napoli. but when compared to Real Madrid and Barcelona, Napoli is still less competitive because Real Madrid continues to improve its team and bring in quality young players and Barcelona is also like that, especially with Nico coming to Barcelona as a new player, it will certainly make Barcelona even stronger. and it is true that now the team trained by Hansi Flick is indeed good.
But yes, this is all just speculation and of course we don't know what will happen later and of course there is still time for all clubs to improve their clubs and also bring in new players.
The stats do not lie. If Italian clubs keep showing up in finals, maybe we need to update our definitions of "favorite" and "underdog". Serie A is not powered by oil money, but the tactical intelligence of the league is off the roof. Manager like Gasperini and now Conte at Napoli introduce order and unpredictability. Stability is a larger weapon than people would like to admit. Atalanta have not changed manager in nine years and they continue to punch above their weight, whereas Juve have had five managers in five years led them straight to irrelevance
Of course, Real Madrid is a machine and Barca is fun with the high-possession game, but you cannot ignore the development of injury management and squad depth in Italy. Injury expenses are reduced by 19% in Serie A clubs last season. The EPL teams suffered an injury loss of €318 million! As long as football is not played on spreadsheets, do not count out the teams that know how to grind, adapt, and (most importantly) out-think their richer rivals. Keep sleeping on Serie A, and watch as the next "surprise" just becomes business as usual