{"id":669022,"date":"2026-01-02T13:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/669022\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:18:12","slug":"italy-veteran-france-starlet-near-inter-milan-return-but-will-miss-clash-with-bologna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/669022\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy Veteran &#038; France Starlet Near Inter Milan Return But Will Miss Clash With Bologna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Inter Milan will be without Matteo Darmian and Ange-Yoan Bonny against Bologna, despite both players being close to a return from injury.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcinternews.it\/focus\/i-gds-i-chivu-con-la-migliore-inter-la-probabile-formazione-e-dall-infermeria-999326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:La Gazzetta dello Sport;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>La Gazzetta dello Sport<\/strong><\/a>, Darmian and Bonny are in good condition and have completed key steps in their recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>However, Cristian Chivu has ruled out calling either up for Sunday\u2019s Serie A match against Bologna.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Inter are targeting full availability for Wednesday\u2019s trip to Parma.<\/p>\n<p>Chivu plans to field his strongest possible XI at San Siro, moving away from the more experimental line-up seen in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan Star For Inter Against Bologna As Darmian &amp; Bonny Sit Out<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7c80256f48fe7583369fb3effe34457c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>MILAN, ITALY \u2013 AUGUST 25: Ange-Yoan Bonny of Internazionale celebrates scoring his team\u2019s fifth goal during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Torino FC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on August 25, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Hakan Calhanoglu features in the starting line-up after missing the Saudi trip due to fitness concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The attacking partnership of Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram is also expected to be restored.<\/p>\n<p>In midfield, <a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2025\/12\/24\/inter-milan-star-mkhitaryan-hernanes-wanted-learn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Henrikh Mkhitaryan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Henrikh Mkhitaryan<\/strong><\/a> currently has a slight edge over Piotr Zielinski. On the right flank, Luis Henrique is in line to start for the eighth consecutive match.<\/p>\n<p>There is also positive news in defence. Francesco Acerbi has returned to group training and is now considered available for selection.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, offering Chivu additional depth at the back.<\/p>\n<p>Probable Inter XI (3-5-2):<\/p>\n<p>Sommer; Bisseck, Akanji, Bastoni; Luis Henrique, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Lautaro, Thuram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inter Milan will be without Matteo Darmian and Ange-Yoan Bonny against Bologna, despite both players being close to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[192470,203841,192466,192468,22169,192465,110733,70211,2000,299,36,162571,2199,203842,11526,66690,124306,162570,2927,192467,102562,159685,162374,192463],"class_list":{"0":"post-669022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-akanji","9":"tag-ange-yoan-bonny","10":"tag-barella","11":"tag-bastoni","12":"tag-bologna","13":"tag-calhanoglu","14":"tag-cristian-chivu","15":"tag-dimarco","16":"tag-eu","17":"tag-europe","18":"tag-france","19":"tag-francesco-acerbi","20":"tag-italy","21":"tag-la-gazzetta-dello-sport","22":"tag-lautaro-martinez","23":"tag-luis-henrique","24":"tag-marcus-thuram","25":"tag-matteo-darmian","26":"tag-milan","27":"tag-mkhitaryan","28":"tag-parma","29":"tag-piotr-zielinski","30":"tag-sommer","31":"tag-torino-fc"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115825705546574557","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}