The rossoblù coach after the success against Dortmund: “With this desire and application the objective is to enter Europe again, we have the work culture to grow further”
“Today that I won my first match in the Champions League, if I think back to when I was a kid on the sofa watching so many legends who made the history of this competition I am happy, excited.” Bologna’s historic first success in the Champions League, even if it is no longer needed in terms of qualification, is worth much more than three points for coach Vincenzo Italiano: “We are eliminated but for me it’s as if today we had won a quarter-final, a semi-final Also seeing the boys who wanted it in every way, the words they said before the match, we wanted it at all costs, then in front of our audience: the happiness is enormous, a dream come true. I don’t know explain the emotion.”
the key
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The evening didn’t start very well for Bologna: “The penalty at the beginning could have compromised the entire match plan, at the restart they could have hurt us again. But we were good at not letting them restart, then in the second half with substance we reached the last meters Well done to Odgaard and Dallinga for the way they entered, well done to everyone for not conceding anything to a very dangerous team.” A success that was also born on the board, Italiano said on Sky TV: “We had seen that they often keep the line narrow, high and on balls that can be put behind them they struggle. So in the second half with Odgaard who is much more attacking We tried to verticalize more of Ferguson and we succeeded. I like the boys’ application, we prepared this with training and a video, and this leaves me very happy.”
the goal
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The rise also in the championship has opened up horizons to explore for the rossoblù season: “The objective of the club and the president is to keep us at a high level, it is to enter Europe: they haven’t put pressure on what type of Europe, but we want to remain up there. We have made great progress in the championship by engaging those further forward, we must maintain those areas then if we continue with this application and desire to win matches we will succeed”, says Italiano. Who sees above all the margins for growth: “A few small defects in the championship took away important points from us, too many games in the lead plus malice and cunning in the final minutes like the one shown today. But we grow through mistakes, we have a team of average age very low: we will find ideas to grow and add them to the positive moments we are experiencing and smooth out everything that needs to be polished. These guys have the work culture to do it.”
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