Bologna director Marco Di Vaio insists they ‘earned our place right here’ within the Supercoppa Italiana Remaining in opposition to Napoli and credit Vincenzo Italiano with their ‘braveness.’
It kicks off on the Al-Awwal Park stadium in Riyadh at 19.00 GMT.
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BOLOGNA, ITALY – APRIL 28:Marco Di Vaio of Bologna Fc through the Serie A TIM match between Bologna FC and Udinese Calcio at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara on April 28, 2024 in Bologna, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs)
The winner might be determined after 90 minutes or go on to a penalty shoot-out, so there isn’t any further time.
It’s the first time ever that the Rossoblu have been up for the Supercoppa Italiana, as a result of the match hadn’t but been launched the final time the membership received silverware.
They’re right here due to the Coppa Italia triumph in Might, additionally
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Bologna received first Coppa Italia in 51 years
ROME, ITALY – MAY 14: Lewis Ferguson, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Riccardo Orsolini of Bologna carry the Coppa Italia trophy as their staff mates have a good time after the staff’s victory within the Coppa Italia Remaining match between AC Milan and Bologna at Stadio Olimpico on Might 14, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Picture by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photographs)
“There may be the proper enthusiasm for these events, as we earned our place right here after the sport with Inter, so we need to be protagonists to the very finish,”
“We’ve been getting good outcomes moderately persistently for just a few years now, which provides us pleasure and in addition accountability, as a result of it means you could play to win. The lads know this can be a distinctive alternative to put in writing a web page within the historical past books of this membership.”
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Vincenzo Italiano is popping into an actual Cup competitors specialist, as that is his fifth Remaining within the final 4 years, even when he solely received one.
At Fiorentina, he misplaced two editions of the Convention League Remaining and a Coppa Italia Remaining.
UDINE, ITALY – NOVEMBER 22: Vincenzo Italiano, supervisor of Bologna, celebrates with supporters on the finish of the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and Bologna FC 1909 at Stadio Friuli on November 22, 2025 in Udine, Italy. (Picture by Timothy Rogers/Getty Photographs)
“The coach deserves all of the credit score, as a result of he introduced this mentality, philosophy and his credo. It wasn’t simple firstly, as with Thiago Motta we had a really totally different model of soccer, extra primarily based on possession.
“Italiano needed to work onerous firstly, he discovered this nice spirit and need to be taught within the gamers, and this braveness that we see now in our enjoying model is right down to him,” assured Di Vaio.