Italian Football Without the Inter System: What Would It Look Like?

"“The truth is that there are too many foreign players in Italian football."

"No, the problem is that kids don’t play in parish yards or out in the streets anymore…"

"“You’ve understood nothing — the real blame lies with the agents!"

“What are you even talking about… The ones responsible are the coaches, who are afraid to let young players play…"

“How many times have we heard phrases like these repeated by the various so‑called football experts — whether they’re on TV or in the newspapers — promptly echoed by fans at the bar or at little Mariuccia’s kindergarten?

Kids are taught too much tactics — we need to let them have fun again!

Football academies don’t teach anything anymore — they’re just money‑making machines….

And shall we talk about the parents of these kids? If you don’t let their child play, they threaten to kill you! Much better to switch to volleyball or dance!

But then, when you actually look at the official data, you realize just how baseless all these theories really are. The crisis isn’t in Italian football as a whole — it’s only in professional football, which has been taken hostage by a gang of crooks (copyright Silvio Baldini) whose sole purpose is not the growth of the sport, but saving Inter from its troubles.

You don’t need to look far to find the truth when it’s right in front of everyone’s eyes. Italian football still produces talent, just like it used to. The brilliant results of our Under‑17 team prove it: European champions in 2026, and bronze medalists both at last year’s European Championship and at the World Cup in their category.

The problem is that once these young players reach professional football, they end up being absorbed into a system that dissolves them into the huge cauldron of collective narrative.

A narrative which, in order to help Inter’s finances, is forced to portray the simulator and gambling addict Bastoni (the main culprit behind Italy’s failure to qualify for the World Cup) as one of the best defenders in the world — when in reality, compared to players like Chiarodia or Comuzzo, he’d probably be good only for tying their boots.

So yes, let’s keep talking about parish fields, foreign players, football academies or cowardly coaches — but gentlemen, until the real problem, called Inter, is addressed, dreaming of a rebirth is pure utopia.