Forget Serie B, half of Serie A is not that well-supported and some of the grounds are like lower-league grounds here.
The 56-year-old has coached at a number of leading Serie A clubs and helped AC Milan to the 1999 Italian title, but it is his first job since being sacked by Torino in February 2007.
Soccer has been grappling with cases of match-fixing in recent years with Italian prosecutors conducting a wide-ranging investigation into some of Serie A's most high-profile clubs.
Sky, a major European broadcasting company, has a television deal that only runs through the end of this Serie A season, which means that with every passing day of this labor dispute they are getting closer to not renewing their deal.
Napoli were hit with a two-point penalty that dropped them from third to fifth in Serie A as part of the ongoing probe, though they vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
Former AC Milan and Inter Milan boss Zaccheroni was revealed as Ferrara's replacement on Friday until the end of the Serie A campaign, on the back of Juve losing nine of their last 12 games in all competitions.
In Italy, an injury time goal from Emanuele Giaccherini sent Juventus six points clear at the top of Serie A and consigned Catania to their ninth league defeat of the season.
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In Italy , Juventus moved three points clear at the top of Serie A with a 2-1 win at Chievo but the big story of the day was Balotelli's controversial debut for AC Milan.
While still outranked by England's Premier League, Spain's Liga and Italy's Serie A in terms of broadcasting dollars and ratings, the Bundesliga's overall appeal is undoubtedly growing.
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It was a result that went completely against the form book, with Chelsea arriving at the Stadio Olimpico having gone top of the Premier League at the weekend and Roma on a run of four Serie A defeats.
Craig Davies left Oxford United to play for Hellas Verona in Serie B a couple of years ago and former Watford and Stoke striker Gifton Noel-Williams had a year in the Spanish Segunda Liga with Real Murcia and Elche.
Ronaldinho underwent a medical in Milan on Wednesday and signed a contract that will keep him at the Serie A club to the end of the 2010-11 season.
On the Web site, Galliani also sounded a note of warning over the loss of star players from Serie A to the bigger spending clubs in Spain and England.
Ferrara's position has been threatened after a dismal run which has seen them slip out of contention in the Serie A title race as well as being eliminated from the Champions League at the group stages.
The Championship is the fifth highest supported league in Europe and it is knocking on the door of Serie A too.
Capello and his family are being investigated for alleged tax fraud over earnings from the period he was coach of Serie A side AS Roma, from 1999-2004.
With La Liga and Serie A reeling under mountains of debt, many see it as the fan-friendly alternative to what can sometimes feel an over-hyped and over-commercialized Premier League.
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In Spain , Deportivo La Coruna remains rooted to the bottom of the Serie A table following a 3-1 defeat at Sevilla.
With 77 goals in 41 matches, Sassuolo's goal-scoring pace is just ahead of the Serie A leader's Juventus has 69 goals from 37 games.
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Compare this to the team ahead of it: Juventus has eight players who've started at least 67% of its Serie A games, Napoli no fewer than 10.
Recently training with his first senior team, Paris Saint-Germain in France, Anelka will boost the offensive options of the Serie A leaders, with Spaniard Fernando Llorente due to join in the summer from Atletico Bilbao.
Ledley, who is also interesting Rangers, Everton, West Ham United, Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic, visited Celtic's training ground on Monday but is to travel to meet officials of Italian Serie A outfit Roma early next week as he considers his options.
In mid-November, Milan was 13th in Italy's Serie A, just five points clear of the relegation zone.
The Big Four- Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A, account for 52% of players and fully 75% by value.
Jose Mourinho's men had already claimed the Serie A and Italian Cup crowns ahead of Saturday night's showdown with Bayern, who had also achieved the domestic double in Germany.
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The two sides have endured a rough time since meeting in last year's final, with Inter eclipsed by rivals AC Milan in Serie A and Bayern 13 points adrift of the Bundesliga summit.
In Italy, Serie A leaders Juventus dropped their first points of the season in a goalless draw at Fiorentina.
Juventus coach Antonio Conte is suspended for not reporting knowledge of an attempt to fix a Serie A match.
Udinese, which last season finished third in Serie A to qualify for the preliminary rounds of Europe's top club competition this term, has an average home attendance of 18, 000.
Now 33, Anelka briefly worked as a player-coach at Shenhua following the dismissal of coach Jean Tigana but is now looking to play in Serie A for the first time in his career.
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