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WHEN?
This is such a stupid statement since you named 2 italian clubs and the fact Serie A has lost a CL place because they didnt take Europa league seriously.
They may of taken it seriously before the expansion of the CL but since then no one big team has taken it seriously. That was further shown by ac milan fielding a second string against Portsmouth and not beating them despite being losing half the team.
2004
Barcelona knocked out by Celtic (barcelona had players like Ronaldinho, xavi, Luis Enrique and etc.)
Inter knocked out by Marseille (inter had some great players much better than marseille)
2008
Villarreal knocked out by Zenit
2009
AC Milan knocked out by Werder Bremen
Valencia knocked out by Dynamo kyiv
2010
Juventus knocked out in quarter finals by Fulham
Big teams never cared about the Europa league and is part of the reason italy is struggling
Inter and Juve pretty much owned the competition during the 90s, making 7 finals between between the two of them. Bayern also won it during the 90s.
And here's a list of the last 10 UEFA Cup finals. Are we really bigger than clubs like Arsenal, Liverpool, Porto, Dortmund, Valencia and Sevilla? Porto actually won the competition just one year before winning the CL. Not prestigious my ass.
Galatasaray (UCL) 0–0*[A] Arsenal (UCL) Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Liverpool 5–4§http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UEFA_Cup_and_Europa_League_finals#endnote_2001.5E Deportivo Alavés Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Feyenoord (UCL) 3–2 Borussia Dortmund (UCL) De Kuip, Rotterdam
Porto 3–2
Valencia 2–0 Marseille (UCL) Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg
CSKA Moscow (UCL) 3–1 Sporting CP Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Sevilla 4–0 Middlesbrough Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Sevilla 2–2*[D] Espanyol Hampden Park, Glasgow
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–0 Rangers (UCL) City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Shakhtar Donetsk (UCL) 2–1