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If there is a league where teams from any league have competed the most in the local leagues of the past season, then that league is the Italian league. Every team in the Italian league has finished the season with a tough competition against every other team. Maybe one team has finished the season ahead of another team by a point or two, but there was full competition in this league. Since several teams from the local league perform well and several teams from this Italian league qualify to play in the European league, we can expect to see two Italian teams in the final of one of the Italian league seasons and we can also see one of the Italian teams become champions. However, some teams from the English Premier League have always been a problem for these Italian teams. If the Italian league teams can defeat all these English Premier League teams, they can achieve something good in the European league.
I would doubt the “all-Italian final soon” idea. The numbers do not lie: Serie A has 3 finalists, 1 title in the last 15 years, compared to the EPL: 9 finals, 4 wins. Even when Italians fight back in second legs (like Roma beating United 3-2 in 2021 or Inter smashing Spurs 4-1 in 2013), the tie usually slips away from the first-leg damage. EPL sides still impose that high-press-positional game over 180 minutes more consistently
The bigger issue? Prioritization. EPL clubs do treat the Europa like a "secondary project" because the Top-4/5 UCL race is worth way more, while Italians put prestige on Europe. Still, Italy has just received its first UEL trophy last year (Atalanta). That is development, but too late. To really tip it, Serie A clubs need to stop selling their best (like Bologna cashing in €61m profit this summer while Arsenal and United burned through £250m+ each). So long as the financial disparity is bridged or Italians seal off their stars, we are likely to continue to see those so-called brave exits instead of back to back Italian champions