{"id":1228770,"date":"2021-10-14T12:22:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T11:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1228770"},"modified":"2021-10-14T12:22:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T11:22:30","slug":"alessandro-bastoni-nicolo-barella-inter-dinner","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/alessandro-bastoni-nicolo-barella-inter-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;He\u2019d order wine worth \u20ac1,800&#8221; \u2014 Alessandro Bastoni on why he wouldn\u2019t go out to dinner with Nicolo Barella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni has amusingly quipped that he would not go out to dinner with team-mate Nicolo Barella because of the midfielder&#8217;s expensive taste in wine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The duo were at the heart of Inter&#8217;s Serie A title win last season, in which Antonio Conte&#8217;s men ended Juventus&#8217; nine-year stranglehold on the Scudetto &#8212; which incidentally started with Conte as head coach in 2012 &#8212; bringing home the trophy after an 11-year absence.<\/p>\n<p>Bastoni featured 33 times in the league last season as he continues to enhance his burgeoning reputation as an exceptionally-competent modern centre-back, with the 22-year-old a key component of the <i>Nerazzurri<\/i>&#8216;s now-famed wing-back system.<\/p>\n\n<p>Alongside Stefan de Vrij and Milan Skriniar, the defensive trident have imposed themselves on Serie A first under Conte and now under Simone Inzaghi, who also preferred a 3-5-2 during his time at Lazio, hence his seamless transition to the San Siro.<\/p>\n<p>Barella meanwhile has emerged as one of the continent&#8217;s finest midfield playmakers, combining skill and on-field intelligence to unlock doors, set the tempo and transfix with a moment of inspiration and unpredictability, perhaps best exemplified by his flick-assist against Real Madrid last term.<\/p>\n<p>The diminutive creator was also invaluable as Italy won Euro 2020 in the summer, forming a superb midfield trio with Marco Verratti and Jorginho, as well as Manuel Locatelli in the early stages of the competition, and starting in the final triumph over England at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"No Jorginho?! - Picking the 2020\/21 FIFPro World XI | Squawka Talker\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/16qvQfC6NG0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And it may appear as though Barella&#8217;s eye-catching displays on the pitch may also reflect his time away from the turf, with Bastoni anecdotally suggesting his midfield team-mate would not be his ideal dinner guest because of his preference for expensive wine.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by <span><em>Gli Autogol<\/em> on their Twitch channel who Bastoni would take to dinner, he replied: &#8220;I won\u2019t go with Barella, because he\u2019d order wine worth \u20ac1,800 or something, so he can just stay in the room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span>Brozo is hard work to take out to dinner, more than anything hard work getting him home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;So I\u2019ll offer dinner to Milan Skriniar as thanks for all the effort he puts in defence.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni has amusingly quipped that he would not go out to dinner with team-mate Nicolo Barella because of the midfielder&#8217;s expensive taste in wine. 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