As Napoli win their first cadetto since 1990,

It's finita in Napoli, the champion of Italy.

The event has faced the biggest scandal since Calchopoli,

as the Italian courts remain indecisive on their points deduction.

Significantly, they're back in the Champions League places.

But with five teams in the final stages of UEFA's Cup competitions, one Milan side, of course,

guaranteed to be in the Champions League final. Just watch that game because it's everything

that's great about Italian football. Italian football is seemingly on the rise again, home to the

big names of Marino, Lecacou, Sari, Osham and Allegri, Liao,

and of course, Silvio Boulosconi.

It's Italy, it's chaotic, it's romantic,

but above all, you can't take your eyes off it.

So join me, Ian Irving, on a trip to Syria,

for this edition of the Athletic Football Podcast.

Music The Athletic Football Podcast. Okay, with us along for the ride today, then there can only be one man for the job,

and that is the Athletics James Horncastle. James, thank you for joining us. Pleasure. What a season

for Syria and the Italian sides. Yeah, it is remarkable. I mean, if you just look at European

performance in, to have, you know, five teams in UEFA semifinals across all of their competitions,

Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.

It is remarkable. I mean, you have to go back, I think, to 1991 to have at least an Italian team in each of the three competitions.

Back then, it was the Cup winner's cup rather than the conference league and it's brought a lot of eyeballs on the league a lot of attention

question is Sidiya back

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