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THIS ITALIAN ROMANCE STARTS IN LANCASTER

CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the tiny Italian club who have risen to Serie A and wear the same kit as a long-forgotten English side

Sassuolo celebrate winning promotion

Ever heard of Sassuolo? No? Well don’t worry – neither have plenty of Italians. Yet next season, the tiny club from the tiny town will be mixing it with Milan in Serie A.
It’s a great story, a proper football fairytale. Sassuolo, after all, is a town whose only previous claim to fame was making tiles.
With just 41,000 inhabitants (mostly employed in the tile-making industry), it’s smaller than Yeovi...

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