The founders of the ball game are considered to be British, but today, experts are increasingly expressing doubts about this fact.
But the fact is that the chronology of the events of the history of sports shows that it was possible to play football in Italy much earlier than on Foggy Albion.
All Italian football clubs throughout the year take part in competitions, depending on the results of the previous season. They can rise or fall into the division rank higher / lower than the current one, or remain at the same level. There is Series A - an analogue of the top division in other national championships, Series B - an analogue of the first division, series C and D, and so on, down to semi-professional and amateur leagues. Naturally, the most famous and richest bands play in Serie A. Among them are the giants of not only Italian, but also European football: Milan, Juventus, Internationale, etc.
They love football in Italy, the spectator willingly goes not only to matches with European Cup participants, but also to ordinary fights of the middle series of Serie A. Of course, the German championship, which holds the lead in terms of the number of spectators, is far away, but in general football clubs by this indicator Italy is ahead of most of the top championships of the Old World. And this despite the “catenaccio”, which is so unloved by the audience, which dominates the Apennines.
What is the reason? Why football clubs in Italy are so popular? The list of Serie A teams includes 4 pairs of teams from the same city. Most often, it is the fights in these pairs that are of a fundamental nature, and the matches themselves are always spectacular even without regard to the number of goals scored. Such matches are called derby and in their number Italy holds the championship with the English Premier League (English derby: Arsenal-Chelsea-Totenham, Liverpool - Everton, Manchester United, Manchester City). In Italy, there are the following derby:
- Inter Milan. The best football clubs in Italy from the city of Milan. The derby Cases of Madonnin has been going on for many years, however, none of the teams managed to achieve a significant advantage in the history of the confrontation. It is noteworthy that Inter is the only football club in Italy, which has never left the top division.
- Juventus - Torino. Until 2006, Juventus also made up the Internazionale company, however, after Modjigate the team was deprived of the championship and lowered in the class. As for the derby, Juventus and Torino have a fundamental confrontation (both teams are based in Turin). In contrast to the first pair, Juventus is much higher in terms of performers and playing qualities, he has enough equal opponents in the championship, but the tidbit is, of course, the neighbors.
- Roma - Lazio. The most irreconcilable couple is based in the capital - Rome. The fans of the teams have been at war for a long time and show all their activity in creativity on banners and animations, naturally, without hesitation at the same time. Personal meetings of the team usually take place under the sign of increased intensity.
- Verona and Chievo. Italian football clubs related to outsiders. Nevertheless, this does not prevent them from being like Montecchi and Capulet. The clubs compensate for the lack of class and performing skills with dedication and a great desire to put a bandwagon to a neighbor.