Italian Football!

I thought we are missing a Serie A/Italian Football thread in here. A lot of times I think about writing something about news going on about the league or the other clubs in Serie A, but I often feel like those comments have no place in a thread such as Milan-Juve for example, or summer mercato, and etc.

I thought we can use this thread to sometimes discuss news about Italian football that don't necessarily include Milan. Anything from how the future of the league will shape up, how it will compare to other leagues in Europe in the future, to other teams' transfers, to other teams' games and performances in Europe and in Italy, other teams' players performances and etc.

I thought it might be a good idea to post stuff like that in here rather then sometimes going to the summer mercato thread and finding 2/3 pages of stuff that doesn't really belong there even though it has a lot to do with current affairs in Italy.

Anyhow, the Tim Cup final is being played right now. Lazio currently leading 1-0 with Zarate's goal. I am hoping that Lazio will take it, as it will be better for Italy in Europe next year. I think Lazio is slowly getting out of their crises from a few years ago and the splashing of cash for Zarate only proves that they are willing to invest and strengthen their lines.