Serie A’s decision to place its penultimate round directly against the Champions League semi-finals is not just poor scheduling—it’s an act of self-sabotage that prioritizes domestic convenience over global relevance. This weekend, while Real Madrid and Bayern Munich battle for a shot at Wembley, Italian clubs like Inter Milan and Juventus are playing league fixtures that should command the world’s attention but instead vanish into the noise of European nights. The result is a product diminished by its own calendar.
The evidence is in the numbers and the eye test. Watch Simone Inzaghi’s Inter—already fatigued from midweek continental exploits—face a desperate L