Maybe because it's true? Historically Italian football has always been famous for being defensive & tactical than the rest of Europe.
It was responsible for concepts like catenaccio ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenaccio ) and serie A produced best centre backs around like Maldini...
Don't get too hyped about him, he's not as good as you guys think.
Have you watched him in the tonight match against bayern? he's not classy, he looked stubborn and never passed rafinha lol, nothing to do with neymar.