What Italian teams fearing right now is that Inter was already great, and Milan hoped that if UCL kept going for a while, maybe Inter would get tired and give up the league and Milan may get close, which would be very difficult, almost impossible but at least a small chance. Now that they are done, it's clear that they will win the league, there is no reason to lose any games now, they may end up going all the way to the end without a loss.
They may lose here and there too, but the difference is big enough that they will not care about it. I hope that things all go well for Inter and Milan and Juventus, because we really missed these three teams at UCL, they could do very well there if they all spend good amount on the summer transfers.
I see that the last few seasons have been seasons where clubs from Italy have risen. They seemed to have rediscovered a path that could bring them success again in Europe. This season Inter Milan performed very well, but unfortunately they had to fail in the round of 16 because they lost to Atletico Madrid and they had to end their journey in the Champions League.
Regarding AC Milan, they are also slowly finding their condition, although they are still showing a lot of things they shouldn't show. They still show inconsistencies to this day, but I'm sure they will be better in the future.
Juventus is also slowly starting to improve now, but they had several problems last season which prevented them from being able to compete in European competitions. I hope they can learn from their mistakes in the past, because if I'm not mistaken this is not the first time this has happened to them. Juventus must be able to fix this, because that is what has been hampering them lately. Management must be able to improve.
I don’t see even the slightest chance of AC Milan getting close to winning Serie A. Inter would be the champion this season, that is for sure I have no doubts about that. I think the top 4 teams which will be going to play in the Champions League are pretty much set.
Inter Milan,
AC Milan,
Juventus and
Bologna
The Serie A teams seemed to lose their touch in the European cups somewhere around 2017. But look at Inter Milan, last year they went to the finals. But here is the thing, I don’t think they would have made it to the Semi-final let alone the final if they were on the other side of the bracket last season.
They just proved it this season by losing against Atletico Madrid.
I would say Atletico Madrid is the weakest team in the quarter-final of this season of the Uefa Champions League. And Inter Milan has lost against them. But it is true that they are finding their fire again, but I would say it will take time, maybe over 5 years when an Italian team would have the chance to win a Uefa Champions League. To do that they would need to keep their players in their team.
Look at Napoli, they sold their star Defender to Bayern Munich, now nowhere near the top 4 spot of Serie A.