Italian soccer crisis worsens with Bologna and Fiorentina losses in Europe

ROME: (Apr 10)  First it was the Champions League. Then came the national team. Now it’s the Europa League and Conference League.

Italy’s soccer crisis is worsening with Bologna and Fiorentina risking European exits.

Bologna’s 3-1 loss to Aston Villa in the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals and Fiorentina’s 3-0 defeat at Crystal Palace in the same stage of the Conference League make it likely that Italy won’t have any clubs in a European semifinal for the first time in seven years.