Federico Bernarderschi also spoke at the conference: “Things aren’t going very well for us, let’s start from the basics of work”
The mission is clear: try to get into the top 8. Difficult? Impossible? Very hard, that’s it. “We have to think match by match, this too is very important in a competition that we care about: we started with the idea of arriving in the top 24, now we have some chance of arriving in the top eight – Vincenzo Italiano reasons aloud -. Maccabi is out of the competition, let’s see if we can put in a great performance, gain some positions. The championship isn’t going well for us for many reasons but we have to start from here. Having said that we are still in three competitions, we are here still hoping for the round of 16. I am convinced that with the returns of Freuler, Bernardeschi, with Ferguson who is growing, with the increase in form of other players, we can still do many things. I am confident, in these last three months we can still express ourselves in a great way.” Trust: that’s what it’s called.
fits
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In essence, Bologna is definitely in the playoffs (draw this Friday 30th) but can still aspire to the Business Class of the top eight: to do this, powerful astral conjunctions and many goals are needed, as well as obviously winning. For this Italian he could go for broke, a nice “all in” with Orsolini, Odgaard, Bernardeschi and Castro inside in one fell swoop. The rossoblù (12 points) are arithmetically in the playoffs but to dream of the direct round of 16 you need concomitances. Whoever is in eighth place (Betis) has 14 points: it will be fundamental to win, score a lot and count on a knockout (or 0-0 at most) of Betis and Porto (also on 14 but in 9th place), all hoping that PAOK, Celta and Stuttgart (also on 12) do not surpass the rossoblù in points and goal difference. “What do I expect from Orsolini – continues Italiano -? He’s struggling in close matches, Thursday-Sunday is taking its toll on him, in Genoa he was supposed to start from the start but a little tendinitis changed the plans. Despite this he’s already at 10 goals and I hope that against Maccabi he can do what he’s always done, the driving force, a boy who brings joy and who takes away satisfaction.”
in the eyes
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Also with the Italian is Federico Bernardeschi who could return to the starting lineup after more than a month and the operation on the shoulder injured in the Super Cup semi-final. The question is clear: on his last trip to Europe he scored a double against Celta Vigo. From then to now, Bologna has shrunk: how can they become great again? “We need to look at the 360° picture – says Federico Bernardeschi -: it is a period in which things are not going very well and we are aware of it but we need to look at the complete season. Football, like life, is made up of cycles, we know very well the difficult moment and in moments like this we need to start again from the foundations of work, humility, sacrifice, taking responsibility, looking each other in the eye”.
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