Legacy
Italian football was absent from British TV for the 2008–09 season, other than live coverage of the Milan derby on BBC Three. Since the 2009–10 season, coverage of Serie A has been on ESPN. They show numerous live games per week during the Serie A season, including those of the Coppa Italia. ESPN do not however use the Football Italia title for their programmes.
Since Football Italia launched, a number of other European domestic leagues have now been broadcast on British television. Ultimately, the series' popularity fell as Italian football slipped behind first Spanish and then English in the UEFA Coefficients and the perceived level of quality. In particular, the end of the show coincided with the 2006 Italian football scandal, and a loss in reputation for Italian club football.
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