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The recent troubles of Manchester United and Chelsea have led to a crisis in English football over the use of the word “crisis”. What exactly constitutes a crisis? Where between losing two games and liquidation are we allowed to start talking about crises? If I say “crisis” three times in a mirror will I go into crisis? As with many questions, it may be best we turn to arguably the greatest footballing country in history – Italy – who seem stuck in a state of perpetual crisis. Never a stronghold for sanity, two of Serie A’s most storied clubs have undergone a turbulent decade: Juventus have gone from finishing top of the league to the embarrassment of demotion to Serie B thanks to Calciopoli and crawled their way back up again, while Lazio dropped from being top of the league to the steady mediocrity of mid-table with the talents of Roberto Mancini then Delio Rossi keeping them hovering safely, despite the very real threat of financial meltdown following president Sergio Cragnotti’s financial scandal. You would have thought 2001, where the clubs finished in the Champions League spots at second and third respectively, would have been a strong season for the […]
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