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60 Footballers, a prostitution ring, and a pregnancy scare: Inside Milan’s escort scandal

60 Footballers, a prostitution ring, and a pregnancy scare: Inside Milan’s escort scandal

A Milan prostitution ring investigation has widened to sweep in more than 60 professional footballers, all from Serie A clubs. Prosecutors are searching seized phones and devices for a list of player surnames drawn from multiple teams. The agency at the center of the case, Ma.De. Milano, based in Cinisello Balsamo, was raided on Monday. Its owners, Emanuele Buttini and Deborah Ronchi — described in court documents as the “promoters and masters” of the operation — along with associates Alessio Salamone and Luan Fraga, are now under house arrest on charges of criminal association, exploitation, aiding and abetting prostitution, and self-laundering. None of the players are under investigation. Attending such events is not a criminal offense under Italian law, and prosecutors have yet to establish how many of those named actually paid for sex or used nitrous oxide. The operation was elaborate. Clients — wealthy businessmen, celebrities, and athletes — were treated to dinner at upscale Milan restaurants, then moved on to nightclubs or hotel rooms. The agency advertised on an Instagram page called “made_luxury_concierge,” …

Soccer-Parma strike blow to AC Milan’s title hopes with 1-0 win| Football News

Soccer-Parma strike blow to AC Milan’s title hopes with 1-0 win| Football News

Feb 22 – Mariano Troilo scored an 80th-minute winner as Parma stunned AC Milan with a smash-and-grab 1-0 Serie A victory at the San Siro on Sunday, all but ending their hosts’ title chances and leaving leaders Inter Milan celebrating. The defeat, a first in 25 games in Serie A, leaves second-placed Milan on 54 points from 26 games, 10 points behind city rivals Inter with 12 rounds remaining. Parma are in 12th with 32 points. Milan had the better of the chances in a game that lacked clear-cut opportunities and struck the post through Rafael Leao. Parma had frustrated them all game and then took a rare opportunity from a set-piece, something that has been a trademark of their season to date. “We are not happy. Parma played an excellent game as we expected, but the ball didn’t want to go in,” Milan assistant coach Marco Landucci, standing in for the suspended Massimiliano Allegri, told Sky Sports. “If you don’t score and don’t get a result, it all seems wrong. But the attitude was …

Olympics-From Games spotlight to daily grind: Milan’s tram drivers in short supply

Olympics-From Games spotlight to daily grind: Milan’s tram drivers in short supply

* Olympics-From Games spotlight to daily grind: Milan’s tram drivers in short supply Milan faces public transport driver shortage amid rising living costs * Operator ATM offers incentives to attract and retain drivers * European trend shows driver shortages By Elvira Pollina and Cristina Carlevaro MILAN, – When Milan tram driver Stefano De Blasio tuned in to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, he was delighted to see Italian motorcycling champion Valentino Rossi donning his uniform and ferrying President Sergio Mattarella to Milan’s San Siro stadium. “It really gave the right value, and a sense of satisfaction, to the work we drivers do every day,” said De Blasio, 39, sitting on the wooden seats of one of Milan’s oldest trams at a city depot where many of the network’s streetcars begin and end their daily journeys. In the video, Mattarella is carried on one of Milan’s 125 historic Carrelli trams, a symbol of Italy’s financial capital. The rattling cars, in service since the late 1930s, were overhauled by local transport firm ATM between 2006 …

UEFA Champions League: Who is Davide Frattesi, Inter Milan’s hero in 4-3 win against Barcelona? | Football News

UEFA Champions League: Who is Davide Frattesi, Inter Milan’s hero in 4-3 win against Barcelona? | Football News

Before the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinal between Barcelona and Inter Milan, few other than hardcore Serie A followers would have heard the name of Davide Frattesi. After the dust settled in Inter’s incredible 4-3 win against Barca which ensured they reach the final, no one will forget his name in a hurry. With the score 3-3 at regulation time, the match headed to Extra Time and up stepped Frattesi, a 25 year old Italian midfielder who thumped home the winner in the 99th minute to crush Barcelona’s dreams of qualifying to the final in Munich. “I don’t know what happened tonight. I’m lucky I managed to finish the game, I screamed so much (in celebration) that I saw everything black,” Frattesi told Italian broadcaster Sky. Story continues below this ad “That’s part of my career. I wasn’t given so much incredible talent, but I am always the last one to give up and the first one to believe we can do it. At 3-3, I told Marcus (Thuram) that we would …

What’s Inter Milan’s plan to stop Lamine Yamal? Coach Simone Inzaghi reveals | Football News

What’s Inter Milan’s plan to stop Lamine Yamal? Coach Simone Inzaghi reveals | Football News

Lamine Yamal, who became the youngest player ever to score in a Champions League semifinal in the first leg had exasperated Inter Milan so much that its coach Simone Inzaghi had admitted how he had to take the risk of putting three players around him. “I’ve never seen a player like Lamine Yamal in the last 8-9 years. We had to put three on him and, obviously, spaces opened up elsewhere,” he had told Prime Video. “He caused us huge problems, as we had to double up the marking every time, it wasn’t enough, so by tripling up we’d leave gaps elsewhere and were forced to sit deeper. Lamine Yamal 😳#UCL pic.twitter.com/viz1uxIBc2 — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 5, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Story continues below this ad In a press conference on May 5, Inzaghi was asked about Yamal again. “We have to try to keep the ball from getting to him, but not always possible,” he told reporters. “He will obviously be double-marked, he’ll be a marked man, and we’ll try to pay close attention …

Inter Milan’s Title Charge Stalls After Throwing Away Points At Parma

Inter Milan’s Title Charge Stalls After Throwing Away Points At Parma

Inter Milan stumbled in their bid to retain the Serie A title after throwing away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Parma on Saturday, giving Napoli a chance to cut the champions’ league lead to a single point. Goals in the first half from Matteo Darmian and Marcus Thuram appeared to have sent Inter on their way to moving six points clear at the top of the division ahead of their Champions League quarter-final with Bayern Munich. But Adrian Bernabe halved the deficit for Parma on the hour mark with a daisy cutter from distance, and the hosts were level nine minutes later when Jacob Ondrejka’s strike was deflected past Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer. Inter have a packed April and came into Saturday’s match in the wake of Wednesday’s 1-1 derby draw with AC Milan in the first leg of their Italian Cup semi-final. “We’ve had a lot of commitments, we’d just played a derby, and you can’t always find the right spirit to get the three points,” said Inter’s assistant coach …

AC Milan’s Striker Pulisic Among Five Out For USA Match In Mexico

AC Milan’s Striker Pulisic Among Five Out For USA Match In Mexico

File image of Christian Pulisic© AFP AC Milan striker Christian Pulisic is among five players rested from the United States national team ahead of Tuesday’s friendly in Mexico, US Soccer said on Sunday. Pulisic set up the first American goal in Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Panama at Austin, Texas, that marked a triumphant debut for new US coach Mauricio Pochettino of Argentina. On Sunday, Pulisic was released back to AC Milan, the 26-year-old winger having played a large number of minutes over the past month for his Italian club and the US side. Marlon Fossey, Weston McKennie, Ricardo Pepi and Zack Steffen all have minor injuries and were sent back to their clubs for evaluation and treatment. “As we have said, we are always going to make decisions that are in the best interest of our players and respect the relationship we have with their clubs,” Pochettino said. No additional players will be added to the US roster before Tuesday’s matchup against arch-rival Mexico at Guadalajara. (This story has not been edited by …

Matteo Gabbia Ends AC Milan’s Derby Pain With Late Winner Against Inter Milan

Matteo Gabbia fired AC Milan to a stunning late derby win over Inter Milan on Sunday with a bullet header which earned his team a 2-1 win and local bragging rights, while Roma thumped Udinese 3-0 as fans protested the shock sacking of Daniele De Rossi. Defender Gabbia rose highest to thump home Tijjani Reijnders’ free-kick in the 89th minute and give Milan a Serie A win which pulls them out of a miserable early season slump. Paulo Fonseca’s side join Inter on eight points in seventh place thanks to Gabbia’s late winner, which came after Federico Dimarco had levelled Christian Pulisic’s brilliant 10th-minute individual effort just before the half-hour mark. “They played with a lot of courage today and I think we deserved to win, I can’t remember another team that have created so many problems for Inter like we did today,” said Fonseca to DAZN. Milan’s win snapped Inter’s run of consecutive derby victories at six and stopped their rivals from taking top spot in Serie A on goal difference ahead …

Inter Milan’s Serie A Title Party Rolls On, While Tammy Abraham Saves Roma At Napoli

Inter Milan’s official Serie A title party was in full swing on Sunday as the newly-crowned champions were acclaimed by thousands throughout their city after a straightforward 2-0 win over 10-man Torino. Simone Inzaghi’s team cruised on an open-top bus tour of Milan towards the northern Italian city’s iconic, and packed, Piazza del Duomo where fans lit flares and set off fireworks in honour of their heroes who had claimed a 20th league championship with five matches to spare. Supporters, most of whom had been denied the chance to see Inter win the Scudetto in the flesh on Monday night by beating local rivals AC Milan in a thrilling derby, lined the streets as the team crawled their way to Milan’s imposing gothic cathedral. Those who were at the San Siro on Sunday saw Hakan Calhanoglu‘s second-half double, a fine first-time strike in the 56th minute and a penalty four minutes later, earn Inter a 28th league win of the season. Calhanoglu’s role in winning the lunchtime clash was appropriate as the Turkey captain has …