Serie A Hits Rock Bottom After Champions League Disaster? 🚨

🚨 IS SERIE A AT ROCK BOTTOM?
For the first time in Champions League history, all four Serie A clubs lost on the same matchday. Nima Tavallaey and Sheridan Bird assess what the defeats suffered by Inter Milan, Napoli, Roma and Como reveal about the current state of Italian football.

🇮🇹 They also select the best Italy XI made entirely from players Roberto Mancini left out of his previous Azzurri squad.

🔵⚫ The discussion then turns to Inter: why does Cristian Chivu continue to select Henrikh Mkhitaryan ahead of Aleksandar Stanković?

👔 Has Massimiliano Allegri changed his footballing identity and started playing entertaining football?

🚬 Plus, Nima and Sheridan explore the remarkable career of Zdeněk Zeman—from helping launch Salvatore Schillaci and Francesco Totti to developing Lorenzo Insigne and Marco Verratti—before debating whether Daniel Maldini is overrated, underrated or rated fairly.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro: Sheridan Joins Nima for an Extended Q&A 🎙️
00:20 Four Defeats from Four: Is Serie A at Rock Bottom? 📉
10:08 Best Italy XI Not Called Up by Mancini 🇮🇹
14:11 Why Does Chivu Prefer Mkhitaryan to Aleksandar Stanković? 🔵⚫
16:00 Has Allegri Started Playing Entertaining Football? 👔
22:56 Which Serie A Manager Would Borrow $20 and Never Repay It? 💵
26:12 Zdeněk Zeman: From Schillaci and Totti to Insigne and Verratti 🚬
35:35 Is Daniel Maldini Overrated or Underrated? 🤔

💬 Has Serie A reached its lowest point in modern Champions League history, or was this simply one disastrous matchday? Let us know in the comments.

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