It won’t be a match like the others for Bologna against Aston Villa in the Champions League. In the days in which the city is in serious difficulty due to the floods, the rossoblù will be looking for their first victory in the competition, after the draw against Shakhtar on their debut and the defeat against Liverpool, with the thought of Vincenzo Italianocoach from Bologna, who goes precisely to the people involved in the city: “Our thoughts go to the people, for the situation that has arisen in Bologna. There are those who shovel mud, let’s think of us. We are sorry for what happened. Even we found it difficult, with the sports center flooded. Now we have to prepare for this match, we have little time, aware that we are in a beautiful stage. We know the value of the opponent, we have the obligation to look for the performance lacking lately, but we need to season it with results.”
Hungry for victories.
The opponent is tough and Italiano is aware of it, but his Bologna, in the coach’s opinion, is growing and is now hungry for success: “The result is always the first problem that needs to be resolved. But how do we get there? Through performance, growth even in small steps, becoming a team and having an identity. And in my opinion we are slowly achieving that. In addition to form, we need substance which is points and victories, even with a pinch of good more luck. With Shakhtar, penalty aside, we deserved to win the match just as we deserved to score at least one goal against Liverpool, with the mentality of playing these matches openly we have to pick up something.”
Ndoye is there.
An important recovery will be that of Ndoye, mentioned by Italiano in the press conference, but in attack the options are various and the coach still doesn’t have clear ideas: “Ndoye is recovered. He’s fine today and I’m happy about this because not having him in Genoa it was an important sacrifice. But as I always say, it’s better to miss a match than have a longer period of inactivity. Tomorrow we’ll see who will start up front: we’ve had a day to prepare for it, we need fresh players who can give 100% and then have a chance. big hand from the successors”.