Word: roma
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...Best Bargains: Tosi Modelli, Portici Via Roma 335, tel. 562 1263. This leather goods shop offers its own line of briefcases and travel bags as well as other top Italian and French brands...
Shopping comes without the fanfare and tourist buses of other big Italian cities. Many of the major Italian designers have their spaces on and around Via Roma. Or search for a real bargain in nearby Piazza della Repubblica, home to the biggest open-air market in Europe. For dining out, both the food and wine are excellent, though expect heavier cream-based sauces than you'd find in Rome or Naples. And, of course, if you really came for the cars, there is always the Museum of the Automobile...
...also left them unable to withstand the flight of players abroad. (In Korea/Japan 2000, coach Roger Lemerre's first XI may not include a single player from a French club.) "The soccer schools in France are great, and young players are given the chance to play," says AS Roma defender and national team hopeful Jonathan Zebina. "But the best players will always want to go to Italy, Spain and England. That's where the clubs are that you've always dreamed about." Luckily for French clubs, they can depend on the footballing factory to churn out new generations of stars...
...before, Bolton Wanderers, another Premier League side, took Cerezo Osaka's Akinori Nishizawa, 25, on a 10-month loan. Across the North Sea, Urawa Reds' midfielder Shinji Ono, 21, signed a reported $4 million deal with first division Dutch side Feyenoord. In Italy, A.C. Parma paid league champion A.S. Roma a cool $26 million for the services of Hidetoshi Nakata; the 24-year-old midfielder, now firmly established in Italian football, previously played for Perugia. Although sorry to see their favorites go, Japanese fans are proud of what the exodus represents. "Japanese football is entering a new era," crows Takehiko...
...week, Bolton Wanderers, another Premier League side, took Cerezo Osaka's Akinori Nishizawa, 25, on a 10-month loan. Across the North Sea, Urawa Reds midfielder Shinji Ono, 21, signed a reported $4 million deal with first division Dutch side Feyenoord. In Italy, A.C. Parma paid league champions A.S. Roma a cool $26 million for the services of superstar Hidetoshi Nakata; the 24-year-old playmaker, now firmly established in Italian football, previously played for Perugia...