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It’s been a difficult decade for Italian football. The Azzurri have missed the last two World Cups and are no guarantee to make the next one.

Serie A once had a claim to being the world’s top league, but now its biggest clubs are being routinely outspent by mid-to-lower table Premier League sides with far less prestige. No Italian team has won the UEFA Champions League for 15 years. Stadiums are crumbling, broadcast rights are tumbling. Youth development is suffering. The game is in decline.

So, you have to take the “little wins”, as Taylor Battistella puts it, when they come - even if they come with baggage.

Luka Modrić and AC MIlan are coming to Australia - for a Serie A game. Credit:

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