Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi has taken aim at Italian football.
Italy international Rossi is enjoying his time in Spain.
"To be a footballer, you need to work with the ball," said Rossi. "In Spain it is always most important, in Italy less, and that's why Spanish football is the most beautiful, the strongest team is Barcelona and the Spanish are champions of the world and Europe.
"I suffer for patriotism, but deep down I think that the criticism of the game in Italy is justified; stadiums half empty, few teams that play well, low scorelines ... "