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Lionel Messi is Italian & 10 reasons why Serie A fans should still be happy despite being out of Europe10) Italy has the most beautiful football presenters
Goddess
Ilaria D’Amico will be in the studio popping out of her little black dress, gorgeous ex-Miss Italias will be presenting the news, while Leonardo's classy girlfriend will be leading the brigade of female correspondents. A far cry from England’s ITV coverage of the Champions League with
the sexy Adrian Chiles.
9) Serie A has won the most Champions Leagues since 2006
8) Silvio Berlusconi is so much cooler than Angela Merkel
7) Europa League is not a competition
6) Germany's last Champions League triumph was centuries ago
5) There is no royal wedding in Italy
Football fans on the peninsula can look forward to this weekend’s Serie A action without being saturated by blanket media coverage of two cousins getting married. William vs Kate, or Chievo vs Lecce? Donkeys will fly before I watch the former.

4) Italy will still be represented in the Champions League final…
...through referee Nicola Rizzoli - one more Italian starter than Inter had in the final last season. So, in many ways an improvement for Calcio from 2010.

3) Serie A’s player of the year will be better than Scott Parker
If Scott Parker is the best player in the Premier League, then Serie A has nothing to worry about.

1) Lionel Messi is Italian
Instead of Schalke vs Man Utd on Tuesday night, Italians can watch the club their immigrant ancestors put together - Velez Sarsfield - in the Copa Libertadores knockouts. On away days Velez even wear the Italian flag as a shirt. And don't forget that 99 per cent of Argentines are really Italian. Including Lionel Messi, whose forefathers hail from Ancona.