Serie A is now what the English First Division used to be. Perhaps it's still not a league where almost anyone can win the championship on any given season, as was the case in England in the '60s. But - with tactical sophistication having become oddly mixed with the kind of back-four defending managers have nightmares about - it has been hugely entertaining and given everybody a chance.

Witness last weekend's round of games, the second of the season: fresh off a solid 1-0 win at Udinese, ...

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