Milan lose more ground on Inter as Loftus-Cheek suffers World Cup blow | Nicky Bandin

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These were supposed to be the weeks when Milan held the upper hand over their Serie A rivals, granted six days to prepare for a home game against bottom-half opposition while the likes of Inter, Juventus and Atalanta dragged themselves back exhausted from European away trips. Demoralised, too, after losing to Bod?/Glimt, Galatasaray and Borussia Dortmund by a combined 10 goals to three.
It was a grim week for Italian football, the sort that provokes another round of sad think-pieces about whether the nation?s teams will ever again be competitive in the continent?s biggest tournament. A discourse which often seems to skim over the fact one of them has gone to the final twice in the past three seasons.
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