The Serie A restarts and from Spain comes a harsh rejection for Italian football. It is signed by Marca, which on the eve of the start of the championship dedicates an uncompromising analysis to our movement, accusing it of failing to change pace. The headline chosen by the Spanish daily is already a provocation: “When Serie A finds itself in a ‘Groundhog Day’: a statistic about the benches that makes you think.” The reference is to the feeling of continuously living the same story, with the same protagonists and few new ideas.
The judgment on the Italian system is even harsher in the text: “Italy is going through a serious football crisis and the 2026-27 season starts this weekend with the urgent need for a radical change from every point of view.” According to Marca, Italy is now “out of the world elite due to the long absence from major tournaments” and has seen “its ancient glory crumble.”
The management of the National Team also comes under fire. The Spanish daily talks about a football that is trying to regain its place in history but continues to rely “on old habits” and “the same old people.” A criticism that then extends to the clubs and the choice of coaches. “It is shocking how the same names of coaches continue to occupy the benches of the giants of Serie A,” writes Marca. The newspaper identifies Antonio Conte, Sarri, Spalletti, Gasperini, Gattuso, Pioli and Allegri as the most recurring coaches in the rotation of the main Italian benches, from Inter and Juventus to Milan, Napoli, Roma, Lazio and Atalanta.
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For Marca this is “a sign of aging, of stagnation, of lack of evolution.” An accusation that, however, must also be read considering that Spanish football is not foreign to the permanence of the usual big names: Diego Simeone has been leading Atletico Madrid for a lifetime and José Mourinho has just returned to the bench of Real Madrid. The analysis then shifts to youth sectors, identified as one of the main issues. Marca cites some experts who have previously held positions in Italian football authorities and who identify a fundamental problem: the lack of a true playing identity built from the ground up and the difficulty in training and developing new talents.
The problem, therefore, would not only be the choice of coaches or the turnover at the top. For Spain, the Italian crisis has its roots in a system that struggles to produce new ideas and new players. And while Serie A prepares to restart, a provocation arrives from Madrid destined to spark debate: if Italian football continues to repeat the same patterns, how can it expect to return to the top?
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