England 3 - Italy 0?

English teams played Italian teams in three Champions League last sixteen games this week, winning all three ties. Some commentators have therefore suggested that English football is better than Italian football. But is this really the case? Perhaps the rise of English football and the fall of Italian football (a change from the situation twenty years ago) is nothing more than a cyclical fluctuation that will ultimately be reversed? Does the influx of broadcasting revenues and new ownership money necessarily make one league better than another? Does the Italian ground ownership model, as well as their method of individually selling broadcasting rights, hinder the development of football in the country? Or are there fundamental flaws in both English and Italian football, apparent success effectively masking any problems the English may have? Ultimately, should the condition of lower league or national team football be the real barometer of a nation's footballing health? In which case, is English or Italian football in a stronger position?