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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Paul Ince: ‘Inter have no superstars for PSG clash, but they have big game players'
Paul Ince: 'Inter have no superstars for PSG clash, but they have big game players' Former Inter striker Paul Ince pointed out that while the Nerazzurri may not have any true 'superstars' in their squad, they could make their experience count in the Champions League final against PSG. Although most expect a tightly balanced contest, Simone Inzaghi's side are not considered favourites in Munich, largely due to the combination of qualities that make the French giants a particularly challenging opponent for them. MILAN, ITALY – MAY 18: Yann Aurel Bisseck of FC Internazionale celebrates scoring his team's first goal with teammate Marcus Thuram during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and SS Lazio at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on May 18, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by) However, Ince noted that Inter can rely on a cohesive group that has faced numerous tests and challenges together in recent years, suggesting they may know how to manage a game of such magnitude—despite lacking headline names in their ranks. Ince trusts in Inter's mentality and experience for PSG clash despite lack of superstars 'I think, you know, obviously a lot of people fancy PSG,' Ince told Bet 365, as quoted by The Mirror. Advertisement 'I can see that from an attacking point of view, but I also look at Inter. 'They've been here before, lost to Manchester City a couple of years back. That's probably still in their minds as a bitter pill to swallow. Paul Ince believes Inter Milan's experience could be the difference in the Champions League final 🏆#intermilan | #ucl — Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) May 30, 2025 'But they've got an experienced team and big game players. They haven't got any superstars. Lautaro Martinez might be a superstar to some people. But if you look at the team, there are no superstars. 'There's no like PSG, used to have the likes of Messi, Mbappé and Neymar, it's not like that. 'So I just feel they're big game players, as I said. They've won the Scudetto, they're players who played in big events, and big matches. So I think from an experience point of view, experience could be a massive factor in this game on Saturday.' ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – MARCH 05: Marcus Thuram of FC Internazionale celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Round of 16 first leg match between Feyenoord and FC Internazionale Milano at De Kuip on March 05, 2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by) For the first time in their history, the Nerazzurri are going to play a European Cup or Champions League final in their third kit, which they have only used twice throughout their European campaign, winning on both occasions. PSG have confirmed their 22-player squad for Saturday's final, which also includes former Napoli star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'I was idolised by Inter's ultras – they smashed fan's nose when he touched me'
The ultras in Italian football are some of the most unique supporters in the game, as one ex-Inter Milan star can attest to after his shocking first-hand experience Italy is known for romance, but a punch in the face was the Inter Milan ultras' way of expressing their love for Paul Ince. Fortunately for the ex-Manchester United and Liverpool star, he was not the one left tasting iron. In 1995, Ince departed Old Trafford and moved to the San Siro, where he shared a dressing room with the likes of Roberto Carlos, Ivan Zamorano, Nicola Berti and many others. It didn't take long for Ince to establish himself in Serie A. He dominated the midfield while wearing the No. 8 shirt of the Nerazzurri, and their iconic fan base took him in as one of their own - quite literally on one occasion. Like their most extreme supporters, who light up the stands with flares as their drums and megaphones radiate chaos around stadiums in Europe, Ince will be willing Inter on in the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain. Italian clubs have their own unique way of showing their love for players, as Ince found out during his time in the capital. Yet, the endearment they paid to him had unfortunate and painful ramifications for one poor ultra. In an exclusive interview with Mirror Football, while speaking on behalf of bet365, Ince recalled a time he joined the ultras in the stands. As a reminiscing smile stretched across his face, Ince said: "I'll tell you a story, alright? "I got sent off against someone, unlike me. I missed a couple of games. We were playing against some team, I think it was Sampdoria or someone like that. I said to my best mate, who played for Inter, 'I'm going to spend a game upstairs with the ultras.' Watch our full Champions League final interview with Paul Ince and Claude Makelele here "I spoke to the ultras and this bossman came down with two of his sidekicks and took me all the way up to where all the ultras are. Some geezer went to grab me to say, 'Ah, Paul Ince.' "The ultra turned around and smashed him straight in the nose. This poor geezer's nose was like that (mimicking a nose that has been flattened). I thought, 'Wow.' They were like, 'Don't touch Paul Ince, nobody touches Paul Ince.'" Seeing a man take a huge hook to the nose would normally be anybody's cue to leave the area, but the blue and black lions den that is the Internazionale ultras is no normal place. Ince continued to follow the head ultra, while other fans in the area cleared a path and maybe avoided looking at the Englishman. While that supporter was left tasting their own blood, the ex-England international was hooked on the adrenaline rush of being with the fanbase - and nearly 30 years later, there's only one thing Ince wants to do. He added: "They took me right to the front, right up to the nets and they were singing and chanting, it was the best atmosphere ever. To this day, I want to do it again, I'd love to do it again. I did not get many red cards in the Premier League. But in Italy, it was different. Players were rolling over, feigning injuries. "I got sent off about three times, which was very rare for me. I was a strong tackler, but in Italy, I got sent off a lot. I think the fans loved me because of that. The fans were devastated when I left. The fans still love me and still idolise me, so it was great.' He would go on to leave Inter and return to Liverpool after two seasons, in a move that broke the hearts of the Italian giants and their ultras. Family reasons is what drove Ince back to England. Despite his exit, he is still admired by fans at the club to this day, so it's hard to imagine he'd struggle to secure another invite from the ultras.
Time Out
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
The Crucible
Ola Ince's recent productions for the Globe include a gritty police procedural Othello and a socially consciously modern dress Romeo and Juliet that was so progressive it literally made the front page of The Sun ('Wokeo and Juliet', the headline screamed). It's therefore somewhat surprising that – aesthetically speaking – hers is by far the most trad take on Arthur Miller's The Crucible I've ever seen: full-on period pilgrim garb from designer Amelia Jane Hankin, including a magnificent array of funny little conical hats. But after a little while adjusting to the production's rhythms it becomes apparent that Ince has done something quite distinctive with The Crucible: she's directed it like an episode of The Archers. By that I mean she's tuned down the bombast and supernatural elements and essentially played it as a naturalistic drama about the eccentric, bickering inhabitants of Salem, Massachusetts. This is carried off surprisingly smoothly, at least at first. Aside from the fact Miller wrote some genuinely funny village oddball characters (most notably the hyper litigious Giles Corey), then it's important to remember that The Crucible starts off small. As the play begins, some local girls have been reported as dancing in the woods, and one of them – Betty Parris – seems to have fallen ill. Another of them, Hannah Saxby's Abigail Williams, has been having an affair with brooding local farmer John Procter (Gavin Drea) – they're still affectionate when they briefly meet at the beginning, though he insists it has to stop. There are various petty local tensions to do with land ownership. So far, so Ambridge. It's only when Betty's uptight preacher dad Reverend Parris (Steven Furst on impressively obnoxious form) decides to look into the accusations of witchcraft that the girls have thrown out to cover their arses that matters start to tick out of control. First Jo Stone-Fewings's upright Reverend Hale is called in to look into the substance of the accusations. Then people start getting arrested. Then Garth Snook's florid, self-regarding Danforth is called in to preside over their trials. Then they start dying. Although The Crucible is very famously an allegory for McCarthyism and the Red Scare, it can be easy to forget that it's also a meticulously researched drama about a thing that really happened. The Salem witch trials were real, and Miller's characters were all taken from contemporary records – of course he brought an enormous amount of artistic license to bear (the records are mostly just things like names, ages and outcomes of court cases). But where many productions of this play are heightened far beyond any sort of naturalism, Ince here asks 'how might this have actually played out?' And it's a familiar and yet different take. Certainly in imagining how it might have 'actually' happened it feels of a piece with increasing unease at portraying the adulterous middle aged Procter as a tragic hero brought down by a scheming teenage girl (a shift in attitude embodied by Kimberley Belflower's current Broadway hit John Procter is the Villain). Drea's Procter is not a villain, but he's not a hero either. Locked in a state of permanent, bitter brooding, Drea's Proctor lights up only when he first encounters Abigail and otherwise drifts guiltily to his end. He doesn't take a monumental stand for truth, but rather scrabbles around to protect his entirely innocent wife Elizabeth (Phoebe Pryce) from Abigail's accusations. In general, it works pretty well. But the fact of the matter is that The Crucible actually is bombastic, and in the final furlong Ince's production suffers from underplaying events. There is relatively little sense of the tone of the village changing as the deaths start to stack up. The imminent execution of elderly pillar of the community Rebecca Nurse (Joanne Howarth) feels as downplayed as Procter's trial, and the sense that he makes his final decision out of guilt rather than principle means it ends on a distinctly lower key than usual. Ince is very good on how The Crucible starts small, but the trade off is she struggles when it gets big. Towards the end when virtually the entire community is willing one of Procter or Nurse to admit to witchcraft and provide an off ramp for the killings, there's not the usual sense of a freight train out of control – it kind of feels like the trials could be called off and everyone would actually be fine with it. It's a valid and interesting take that both gains and loses from toning things down. And even reined in, it looks pretty spectacular under the darkening London skies – it's the first American tragedy ever staged at the Globe, and it shouldn't be the last.
CBC
08-03-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Former Nova Scotia MLA Tony Ince appointed to Senate
Nova Scotia's newest member of the Senate is former Liberal MLA Tony Ince. Ince was one of five people appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. He said Trudeau called him on Thursday night with the news. "I can tell you from where I stand right now, I'm honoured," Ince said Saturday. "I am looking forward to really doing good work there." He'll be the second African Nova Scotian on the Senate, joining Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard, who was appointed in 2016. Ince previously served as MLA for Cole Harbour-Portland Valley from 2013 to 2024. He declined to run in last year's provincial election. While in office, he held several cabinet positions, including as Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs and the Minister of Communications Nova Scotia. "I want to thank … all those individuals in my life and in my path that I've come across that have shared their perspective, their ideas, because all of that has made me who I am," said Ince.
