The former coach: “In Bologna every player has 3-4 solutions between short and long, and the opponents often don’t understand this. When I called him up for the national team they said he was slow, but he had a quick thinking that… “
“is that he sees the game like few others… Always. When I called him up for the national team they said he was slow. Well. Thiago had an extraordinary quickness of mind, thought and vision, all characteristics that I see in his Bologna team who are deserving of the place they occupy “. It was February 2011 when Cesare Prandelli issued the Italian squad along with Motta for the Germany-Italy friendly. The two have known each other (also) since then.