🤩 Pio Esposito shines for Inter: MVP and instant Nerazzurri impact ⚫️🔵 | OneFootball

In the match that opens the doors to the Inter's World Cup quarterfinals, it's not the near-brawl between Acuña and Dumfries that steals the show, but a boy whose future seems already written: Francesco Pio Esposito.

His goal speaks clearly and sends a strong message to the Nerazzurri market: do they really need to look around for the next Bonny or Hojlund when the striker of tomorrow is already at home?

🤩 What an impact at the World Cup

His impact in the American tournament is simply devastating. First, the decisive assist against Urawa, then the goal that opens the match against River Plate and directs Inter towards qualification.

🗣️ All the emotion of the Nerazzurri bomber

Numbers and performance that leave no room for doubt: the MVP award given by FIFA is well-deserved. And the emotion, in the post-match interview, is all in his words.

"I still haven't realized everything, it happened so fast. Even when I scored, it was a very fast emotion - Pio told Inter TV -. Then I saw who was celebrating with me and I told myself that it really happened. It's the second dream come true in these days, I'm incredibly proud and thank the coach for the opportunity and my teammates for how they welcomed me.

"These are the matches I like, where you fight and exploit my characteristics to the fullest. With champions like these, you have many solutions, they always put the ball on the right foot and I can only reap the benefits".

"The goal? Petar made a great play, the ball came to me very quickly and I thought of the oriented control, I decided to open it and it went well. Now we're ready to fight again and pass the round to win".

💭 Pio Esposito's dreams

"Just like I dreamed it", he writes on social media. But his fairy tale in Nerazzurri, this time, cannot be interrupted. After two years of growth and goals with Spezia's jersey – 19 goals and 3 assists in the last season – Francesco Pio is ready to take Inter.

The field says it, the heart says it. It would be the perfect ending to a story that began 11 years ago, when that boy dreamed of San Siro watching the greats.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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