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Report – Inter Milan Teenage Sensation To Make First Team Debut Vs Urawa Red Diamonds
Report – Inter Milan Teenage Sensation To Make First Team Debut Vs Urawa Red Diamonds Teenage striker Francesco Pio Esposito will start for Inter Milan in their Club World Cup group stage clash with Urawa Red Diamonds. This according to the Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews. Inter Milan striker Francesco Pio Esposito is part of the Nerazzurri squad for the Club World Cup. Advertisement The 19-year-old travelled with the Inter squad to the United States for the tournament. This came after the end of his season on loan with Spezia. Pio Esposito missed out on Inter's group stage opener against Monterrey on Wednesday. This was due to a knee injury. However, reports the Gazzetta, Pio Esposito has been training with the group today. Therefore, he should be ready to return to the pitch from his injury. Report – Francesco Pio Esposito To Start For Inter Vs Urawa Reds RIMINI, ITALY – MARCH 19: Francesco Pio Esposito of Italy U21 during the Italy U21 Training Session on March 19, 2024 in Rimini, Italy. (Photo by) According to the Gazzetta, Francesco Pio Esposito will come straight into the inter starting eleven for their next match. Advertisement The Nerazzurri face Urawa Red Diamonds in their second group stage match on Saturday. Pio Esposito's brother Sebastiano Esposito had started against Monterrey. But it will be Pio Esposito's turn this weekend. Marcus Thuram is still struggling with a muscle problem, reports the Gazzetta. Meanwhile, the likes of Hakan Calhanoglu, Davide Frattesi, and Denzel Dumfries should all be ready to return for Inter's last group stage match against River Plate, reports the Gazzetta. Meanwhile, Yann Bisseck and Piotr Zielinski can return for the round of sixteen, should Inter qualify,
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Report – Inter Milan Receive Timely Fitness Boost Ahead Of Urawa Reds Game
Francesco Pio Esposito will be available for the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup match between Inter Milan and Urawa Red Diamonds. Per FCInterNews, the 19-year-old striker has put a niggling knee injury behind him and will fight for a place in the starting XI. Advertisement More importantly, Esposito's recovery couldn't have come at a more opportune moment for the Nerazzurri. Indeed, Cristian Chivu lost Marcus Thuram to a hamstring problem during last night's 1-1 draw against CF Monterrey. Francesco Pio Esposito Hands Inter Milan Fitness Boost Ahead of Urawa Reds Clash RIMINI, ITALY – MARCH 19: Francesco Pio Esposito of Italy U21 during the Italy U21 Training Session on March 19, 2024 in Rimini, Italy. (Photo by) With the standout Frenchman likely to miss the game, Esposito could partner Lautaro Martinez in attack. Meanwhile, his brother, Esposito, made the starting eleven against Monterrey. Yet, he wasted a glorious chance to draw Inter level immediately after Sergio Ramos' goal. Therefore, Chivu will likely bench the ex-Empoli loanee against Urawa. Advertisement As the only remaining attacking option, Francesco Pio seems like the ideal candidate to start. However, Denzel Dumfries, Hakan Calhanoglu, and Yann Bisseck remain on the sidelines. The same goes for Piotr Zielinski and Davide Frattesi.
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4 days ago
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Report – Genoa & Six Other Clubs Line Up Summer Bids For Inter Milan Striker After Breakout Season At Spezia
Report – Genoa & Six Other Clubs Line Up Summer Bids For Inter Milan Striker After Breakout Season At Spezia Genoa are reportedly one of seven clubs in the race to sign rising Inter Milan talent Francesco Pio Esposito. Per Secolo XIX via FCInter1908, Patrick Vieira sees the 19-year-old as an ideal replacement for Andrea Pinamonti. Advertisement Indeed, the Italian striker will depart Stadio Luigi Ferraris despite a decent season-long loan from Sassuolo. As it turns out, the Griffins have no intention of activating his €14 million buyout clause. Therefore, they've already started a hunt for his successor. Francesco Pio Esposito is the first name on the list, though there's no shortage of suitors all across the country. Genoa Set Sights on Inter Milan Starlet Francesco Pio Esposito RIMINI, ITALY – MARCH 19: Francesco Pio Esposito of Italy U21 during the Italy U21 Training Session on March 19, 2024 in Rimini, Italy. (Photo by) Contracted to Inter until 2030, Esposito is one of Italy's brightest young prospects. However, competition for places at the San Siro is as fierce as it gets. As such, a summer departure is on the cards, with numerous Serie A clubs interested in his services. Inter's stance remains a bit foggy. Despite Esposito's burgeoning talent, the San Siro giants could sanction his sale for the right price. Yet, another loan deal looks far more likely.
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09-06-2025
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Swap Tuscany for this crowd-free alternative with a glittering coastline and rustic Italian food scene
This isn't a usual Wednesday morning. It's 10am and I'm aproned-up and standing next to a small marble-topped kitchen table attempting to strangle a priest. I perfect the technique surprisingly fast. It feels awkward at first, but after a few brisk flicks of the wrist, the deed is done. It was easier than I thought, and I take a moment to reflect on my achievement, letting the mid-morning Italian sunshine bathe my face in its warm glow while the soothing sound of jazz tinkles from a small radio in the next room. 'We call this pasta strozzapreti, ' says Patrizia Mauri, a local home cook and runner-up in the recent Tiramisu World Cup. We are in Rimini, Mauri's home town, in northern Italy. The Italian Adriatic coastal city is known for its party spirit, ancient history and for raising the director of the classic 1960 film La Dolce Vita, Federico Fellini. Mauri hosts culinary classes as part of an Italian slow food community called Cesarine, and was teaching me how to make this hand-rolled rope-like pasta whose name roughly translates as 'priest strangler'. I later learn that this pasta, which traces its origins to the 1600s, has a dark past befitting of its name. Something to do with a curse cast by women against gluttonous clergymen in central Italy, my host tells me. It was early April, and I was four days into a week-long, action-packed, food-centric road trip around Emilia-Romagna, and in complete denial that my jeans already felt too tight. This unsung region of northern Italy is often suggested as an alternative to Tuscany; more authentic and without the crowds. With so much packed into a small geographic area, it's also an absolute winner for a short, sharp immersion into Italian culture and a road trip over small distances. Together, Mauri and I prepared lunch fit for Fellini and one of his film crews: piada, a local flatbread filled with three different fillings, a heaped bowl of my freshly made strozzapreti pasta with stridoli sauce (a typical seasonal herb from the Romagna region), and individual portions of tiramisu – the best I've ever tasted. I devour it all in happy silence on Patrizia's sun-dappled terrace with a chilled glass of prosecco in hand. Water trickles in a big stone fountain opposite us, and Mauri's black Labrador snoozes next to me. Walking off my homemade lunch was easy at the Parco del Mare; Rimini's glitzy redeveloped waterfront complete with boardwalk, a stone's throw from the Art Nouveau Grand Hotel. Built in 1908, this historic hotel was Fellini's one-time second home and my opulent base for two days. Refreshed from a nap, I take a quick whirl around the modern Fellini Museum before wandering over to Borgo San Giuliano, a chic neighbourhood of narrow alleyways, craft shops and colourful houses, for dinner at popular Osteria de Borg. I stuff my face with yet more piada and pasta, and I discover the crowd-pleasing tagliatelle al ragu is incorrectly renamed around the world as spaghetti Bolognese. It wasn't surprising that my jeans were getting tighter. Arriving in Bologna days before – where I started and ended my trip – I hopped in a hire car and made a beeline for Parma, from where two of Italy's most world-famous culinary contributions hail: Parmigiano Reggiano, or Parmesan cheese, and prosciutto di Parma, otherwise known as Parma ham. I gorged on platefuls of both at local favourite restaurant Trattoria Corrieri, alongside a basket of piping hot 'pillow bread', a bowl of steaming cappelletti en brodo (meat-filled pasta in broth) and a chilled glass of sparkling red lambrusco, a much-loved wine from the region that's been through a rocky patch with English wine fans, but is tipping the favour scales once again. I spend the first two nights in the Emilian countryside northwest of Parma; amid fields dotted with yellow flowers, vineyards, olive trees, old shuttered farmhouses and spindly tall pine trees. The elegant Roncolo 1888 hotel awaits at the end of a long, winding gravel drive lined with more tall pine trees. Set in the organic winery Tenuta Venturini Baldini, it's a gastronomic paradise with an exclusive restaurant and lavish rooms inside a historic terracotta-coloured villa dating to 1670. It proves a useful base for exploring the charms of Modena, where the legendary opera singer, Pavarotti, was born in 1935, and where balsamic vinegar is made. I wander the delightful, cobbled Piazza Grande, marvel at the 10th-century cathedral drenched in symbolism and devour arancini stuffed with mozzarella at the Albinelli covered market. At renowned Acetaia Villa San Donnino I learn how Modena balsamic vinegar is made, aged for a minimum of 12 years in a batteria (five or more successively smaller ageing barrels), before watching Parmesan cheese-makers at work at Moscattini cheese factory, a wonderful spot for souvenirs. Food aside, Emilia-Romagna is home to an area known as Motor Valley, set along the Via Emilia, an ancient Roman road connecting Piacenza and Rimini, where motor industry legends like Maserati and Ducati were born and raised. Without a week to spend delving into this topic alone – there are nine museums here dedicated to motor sports – I opt to visit the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, home to the world's largest collection of the famous supercar. My mind was blown, but nothing prepared me for my first glance of the pink flamingos at the Po Delta in Commachio, and the dazzling collection of early Christian mosaic artworks found in Ravenna, 55 miles west of Rimini, a Unesco world heritage site and Italy's most dramatic examples of religious art. As if all this wasn't enough, I somehow managed to squeeze in a quick detour to the tiny microstate of San Marino, and the storybook village of Brisighella in the foothills of the Apennine mountains before my last stop, Bologna. Emilia-Romagna's bohemian capital is another destination for fans of Italian food. In the city's food market, I eat more ham, cheese and bread and wash it all down with a local red wine in Osteria del Sole, a novel 'bring your own food' bar in a 15th-century building in the historic centre. I vow to walk it off along the Portico Di San Luca, 3.5km of arched arcades that connect the centre of Bologna to the Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca on the nearby hill, but as I'm about to set off my jeans finally burst – a sure sign that Emilia Romagna has had its wicked way with me. That, or the curse is reversed, and I'm the glutton who suffers after strangling that priest. Ellie Seymour was travelling as a guest of Original Travel. How to do it Original Travel offers 8-day trips to Emilia-Romagna starting from £3,130pp based on two people. Price includes flights, transfer, car rental, guided tour of Modena, private boat tour, food tours in Bologna and Ravenna, and seven nights' hotel accommodation. For more information or to book, call visit How to get there British Airways flies from London Heathrow to Bologna (Emilia Romagna's capital city) from £40 each way, and to Rimini on the Adriatic coast, from £54 each way. easyJet flies from London Gatwick to Rimini, from £43 each way. Ryanair flies from London Stansted, Luton and Edinburgh to Bologna from £14.99, £16.99 and £24.99 one way, and London Stansted to Rimini from £14.99 one way.
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09-06-2025
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The secret seaside escape where Italians have been holidaying for years
Cycling along a path fringing the Adriatic Sea, I pass families entering a play park and older couples walking hand in hand. The pedestrianised 'park of the sea' is a quiet spot for a morning stroll, but it also turns into a lively night-time destination after dark. What once was a road and car park is now a path curved like the waves of the sea which will stretch to 15km when construction is finished next year. Rimini, a city in northern Italy's Emilia-Romagna region, has for a long time been a favourite coastal resort for Italians of all generations. Some families have been choosing the same beach spots for decades, my tour guide Monia Magalotti tells me. Now it's much easier to reach the destination from the UK with the launch of new British Airways direct flights from Heathrow, just in time for the summer. About 150 beach clubs line the path, along with restaurants, parks, gyms and more. But after leaving the path, crossing a road and then cycling for about 10 minutes, I'm surrounded by a mix of brightly coloured quaint buildings with shutters covering the windows that could have jumped out of a fairy tale. This is traditional fishing village Borgo San Giuliano, a popular area for restaurants, with tables overlooking the river. Monia says it's Rimini's hospitality that keeps people coming back here as opposed to better-known Italian destinations. 'It's about people being welcoming and kind and opening their arms. Even if you sit in a restaurant, you don't feel like a guest – you feel like part of the town, of the atmosphere, which is so authentic here,' she says. At Nud e Crud, I try Emilia-Romagna 's traditional piadinas, soft fresh flat breads with a choice of fillings. Tomato, mozzarella and basil (€9.90/£8.30) takes my fancy but next door I see one with grilled chicken, tzatziki sauce and chips inside. I'm stuffed but there's always room for dessert so I go for tiramisu (€6/£5), and a spoonful of zuppa inglese (€6/£5). In the surrounding streets, there are several murals of director/screenwriter Federico Fellini and characters from his films. Two museums are dedicated to the filmmaker who was born in the city. In one, you can sit on swings as images play, or rest on a sofa which is actually a giant sculpture of Anita Ekberg's character Sylvia from La Dolce Vita. Another striking Rimini building linked to Fellini is the Grand Hotel Rimini, built in 1908 and said to be where he would stay when he was in the area. The hotel's huge white façade is eye-catching both in the day and lit up surrounded by greenery in the evening. The property has hosted celebrities, politicians and royalty such as Diana, Princess of Wales. I visit for an evening meal in the restaurant, where I'm served a fish and shellfish salad, followed by seabass with artichoke and squid, then a lemon and chocolate mousse with passion fruit (mains around €26/£21.80). Beyond the city, there are a host of different day trip options a short distance away, including Ravenna – which was visited by the King and Queen in April. The town is home to eight UNESCO monuments, Italian poet Dante Alighieri's tomb and Museo Byron, a new museum housed in Palazzo Guiccioli, where Lord Byron stayed with his lover Teresa Gamba and her husband Count Alessandro Guiccioli from 1819 until 1821. This was possibly the longest time the British poet spent in one place in Italy, and in Ravenna he 'had a home and a family – a very peculiar family', Professor Diego Saglia, who helped set up the museum, explains. He came with all his animals and his daughter, and became a tenant of the Count, at the same time as being his wife's lover. The Queen – who is known for her love of books – visited the Byron museum, and Saglia tells me that after an official reception in the courtyard with speeches, they went inside the museum and Camilla 'could not be dragged out again'. One of the objects selected to be shown to the Queen was a travel case belonging to Teresa. A wedding gift for the marriage to her husband, she used it to collect items relating to Byron, including letters and locks of hair. A short walk from the museum is the octagonal Basilica of San Vitale, which dates back to the 6th century. It is home to striking and remarkably well-preserved glass mosaics and was visited by the King in April. About half an hour from Rimini by car is San Marino, a microstate within a medieval walled town. Granted independence at the time of Italy's unification, it's the fifth smallest country in the world with only 33,000 residents and still requires a passport to enter. The city sits hundreds of metres above sea level, and has a number of restaurants with views looking down across the land below, stretching to the sea. Daniel Terranova, manager of a hotel group which includes La Terrazza, a restaurant with views of rolling hills and the parliament building, says the funny thing in San Marino is he can pick up the phone and call the Prime Minister and tell them about his problems – not something you can do in many countries.
