Bologna director Marco Di Vaio admits they’re feeling ‘tense, however wish to benefit from the expertise’ of their first ever Supercoppa Italiana take a look at towards Inter.
It kicks off on the Al-Awwal Park Stadium in Riyadh at 19.00 GMT.
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A winner should be determined after 90 minutes or penalties, so with out further time, and goes on to face Napoli in Monday’s Closing.
The Rossoblu certified for the Supercoppa for the primary time of their historical past, because the occasion hadn’t been invented once they final received the Coppa Italia or Scudetto.
They lifted the Coppa Italia trophy after beating AC Milan within the Closing final season, ending a greater than 50-year watch for silverware.
Bologna pushing for extra silverware
BOLOGNA, ITALY – OCTOBER 05: Riccardo Orsolini of Bologna FC 1909 celebrates scoring his group’s third purpose throughout the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Pisa SC at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on October 05, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
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“There’s pressure, the will to place in a fantastic efficiency, many expectations round all of us to face this recreation in the very best approach,”
“Inter are accustomed to being within the Supercoppa, however it’s the first time for us right here, so we’re desirous to do effectively. We’re right here, we wish to benefit from the expertise and are more than happy that we earned our proper to take part on this competitors, so now we wish to honour it.”
Bologna are lacking injured Lukasz Skorupski, Remo Freuler and Nicolò Casale, whereas Martin Vitik is again on the bench after his lay-off.
There had been stories it was between Federico Bernardeschi and Riccardo Orsolini to begin, however as a substitute they each play, with Nicolò Cambiaghi dropping to the bench.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – NOVEMBER 06: Santiago Castro of Bologna FC throughout the UEFA Europa League 2025/26 League Part MD4 match between Bologna FC 1909 and SK Brann at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara on November 06, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
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Santiago Castro leads the assault and has already attracted plenty of consideration from numerous golf equipment.
“Santi has nice starvation, he desires to study each day in coaching from each since train. He’s coaching with a fantastic striker who wrote the historical past of Italian soccer like Ciro Motionless. I additionally attempt to give recommendation, however quite a bit has modified since after I was a ahead,” added Di Vaio.
“He got here to Europe at a really younger age, he is aware of that the each day work is crucial, and that angle will take him far.”