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17.10 – Vincenzo Italiano, coach of Bologna, will be at a press conference in a few minutes to comment on the Bologna team’s performance in this afternoon’s match against Lecce, which ended 1-0 in favor of the home team. Up here TUTTOmercatoWEB.com you can follow the live text of the press conference.
5.34pm – The Italian conference begins
Have you found the sense of continuity in the mental attitude of your boys?
“I also find it in the maturity that the team is having in training in preparing for such a difficult match. We had seen Lecce’s last four outings together with the team, aware that they are a team that closes down and then starts again. We told ourselves that we could win this match even at the end and that’s how it went. We gave continuity to the away match against two complicated teams. I like this maturity of the boys and it makes me happy to do it the way we had prepared it is a good signal from the team.”
Reaggression is an “Italian” characteristic. Is Bologna increasingly becoming your team?
“Our principle is that once we lose the ball we have to dirty it, to ward off dangers. In the implementation phase, we need to refine some aspects a little further. We also need to improve on errors in the opponent’s half of the pitch, but the team pissed me off today so much so the patience and calm on the pitch that led us to victory.”
Is attacking the goal another aspect to improve?
“Today we won the match with the same formation as Parma: Urbanski, Fabbian, Orsolini. Today Orso was good. We also tried with the two strikers but I didn’t like that part.”
He spoke of maturity: after Freuler’s missed goal he called for calm. Has there been growth on your part in this sense too?
“No, let me live the matches as I always have… When I intervene I do it for some dangerous situation or for some attitude that can stimulate the boys. The team knows me: the boys know that I live the matches in that way because I like to communicate and encourage on the pitch, but from this point of view there is no problem. The team is starting to get to know me and vice versa. We prepared for the match in a video session and training: there is maturity.