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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
it is catching up to Italy, if Bayern had won the Champions League Germany probly would have moved ahead of Italy in the coefficient and gotten 4 CL teams after this season, with Italy moving to 3
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I don't think CL performance alone is an adequate way to judge league strength. Infrastructure, player development, fan support all fall by the wayside. A couple of sugar daddies in the right league can skew those numbers completely.
An add on to the attendance thing, I just looked at their attendance table and in 09 Bundesliga drew 6,000 more fans a game on average than the EPL, 12,000 more than Spain and 16,000 more than Italy.
I have alot of respect for the EPL, I think the tempo is at a different level entirely than any other league and the style is completely unique. Comparing the leagues is apples to oranges in a lot of ways.