Bologna director Marco Di Vaio explains how they knew Vincenzo Italiano would take them to the subsequent stage and advises him to reject different jobs. ‘We took dangers and so they paid off.’
The conflict with Juventus kicks off on the Stadio Dall’Ara at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT, 20.45 CET).
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When groups are stage on factors in Serie A, their place is set , then on purpose distinction.
That makes this showdown much more vital, as Juve leapfrogged Bologna into fourth place final week.
Bologna noticed Italiano’s stage in Champions League
Bologna’s coach Vincenzo Italiano celebrates profitable the UEFA Champions League soccer match between Bologna FC and Borussia Dortmund at Renato Dall’Ara stadium in Bologna, Italy, 21 January 2025. EPA-EFE/ELISABETTA BARACCHI
They’d already over-achieved final season beneath Thiago Motta, however are if something doing even higher this time period, reaching their first Coppa Italia Closing in 51 years and enjoying within the Champions League. At what stage did Bologna realise Italiano was proper for them?
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“It was in the course of the Champions League,”
“We had been struggling just a little in Serie A, whereas we made actual progress in Europe, regardless of the elimination. We simply wanted just a little extra time to get to know this new type of play, which is a extra European method and due to this fact struggled within the extra tactical Serie A.
“For instance, after the match towards Liverpool, we actually turned conscious of our strengths. We took dangers and so they paid off.”
Bologna hope to maintain maintain of Italiano
BOLOGNA, ITALY – APRIL 20: Vincenzo Italiano, Head Coach of Bologna, gestures as he provides the workforce directions in the course of the Serie A match between Bologna and FC Internazionale at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara on April 20, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)
This sort of type, in addition to reaching two Convention League Finals and a Coppa Italia Closing at Fiorentina, has seen Italiano linked with huge jobs for Milan, Atalanta and Roma.
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“I might advise him to proceed his journey with us, as we’re very blissful together with his work and the individual that he’s,” replied Di Vaio.
“Vincenzo is a person with actual values and we hope to maintain constructing on the foundations we put in place with him.”
The Rossoblu are unable to subject their finest XI, as Dan Ndoye, Emil Holm and Estanis Pedrola are out of motion, whereas Santiago Castro is once more not match sufficient to start out after that foot harm on worldwide responsibility with Argentina.
Lorenzo De Silvestri is a shock decide in defence, with Nicoló Cambiaghi most well-liked to Benjamin Dominguez in assault.
“We knew Dallinga would take some time to adapt to Serie A, however his performances have been very constructive. He’s a fox within the field, whereas with us he has to guard the ball and get extra concerned within the build-up, so he wasn’t used to that,” concluded Di Vaio.