{"id":5999,"date":"2026-04-11T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/5999\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:52:08","slug":"como-vs-inter-milan-italy-starlet-claims-i-never-said-i-was-a-phenomenon-as-he-stays-humble-in-impressive-debut-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/5999\/","title":{"rendered":"Como Vs Inter Milan \u2013 Italy Starlet Claims: \u2018I Never Said I Was A Phenomenon\u2019 As He Stays Humble In Impressive Debut Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Francesco Pio Esposito has stayed grounded ahead of Como vs Inter Milan, insisting he has never courted the hype surrounding him during an impressive debut season at the club.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Corriere della Sera, the young Italian striker pushed back on suggestions he has been overhyped by the media, while also addressing the challenge of filling in for injured captain <a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2026\/04\/11\/revealed-lautaro-return-injury-inter-milan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lautaro Martinez;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Lautaro Martinez&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Lautaro Martinez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is exaggeration, both positive and negative,\u201d he said, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linterista.it\/primo-piano\/pio-esposito-io-pompato-dai-media-ho-20-anni-nessuno-mi-ha-regalato-niente-mai-detto-di-essere-un-fenomeno-189932\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:quotes via L\u2019Interista;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;quotes via L\u2019Interista&quot;}\" class=\"link \">quotes via L\u2019Interista<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a 20-year-old who came up from Serie B, nobody gave me anything, and I\u2019m doing well in my first season at Inter, but I haven\u2019t done enough yet to justify certain comparisons. I have no fault in that though. I never said I was a phenomenon or that I\u2019m worth 100 million. I\u2019m just someone who gives everything every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Como Vs Inter \u2013 Pio Esposito On Lautaro, The Hype &amp; Scudetto Belief<\/p>\n<p>On what he would take from Lautaro\u2019s game, <a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2026\/04\/10\/como-inter-pio-esposito-lautaro-chivu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Esposito;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Esposito&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Esposito<\/a> was admiring. \u201cHe is very complete, but what moves you is his aggression, his passion, his hunger, even in training he plays as if it were a World Cup final.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Castellammare di Stabia native also credited his upbringing for giving him the mental toughness to thrive at this level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe famous cazzimma has brought me here, from Serie B to the Champions League. It takes a lot of courage to not let yourself down and show that you belong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the Scudetto, Esposito was bullish following the win over Roma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe needed a convincing performance like that, beyond just the victory. There is optimism and we believe in it completely.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Francesco Pio Esposito has stayed grounded ahead of Como vs Inter Milan, insisting he has never courted the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1749,176,693,4538,119,5,3421],"class_list":{"0":"post-5999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-como","9":"tag-esposito","10":"tag-francesco-pio-esposito","11":"tag-impressive-debut-season","12":"tag-inter-milan","13":"tag-italy","14":"tag-lautaro"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}