Vincenzo Italiano warns Bologna had been punished for and ‘can’t have misplaced the whole lot within the house of 23 days.’
The Rossoblu had crushed these opponents on December 19 within the , successful the penalty shoot-out following a 1-1 draw.
MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 04: Santiago Castro of Bologna is challenged by Hakan Calhanoglu of FC Internazionale Milano through the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Bologna FC 1909 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 04, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
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Nonetheless, they had been beneath siege at San Siro, with Federico Ravaglia holding the scoreline down, however unable to maintain out Piotr Zielinski, Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram efforts.
Santiago Castro got here sliding onto the Charalampos Lykogiannis cross late on to not less than get one again.
Italiano lashes out at sluggish Bologna
MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 04: Lautaro Martinez of FC Internazionale Milano will get previous Jhon Lucumi of Bologna through the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Bologna FC 1909 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 04, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
“We had been beneath par in each sense this night, and Inter made essentially the most of our non-performance,”
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“We’ve acquired to do extra, as a result of just some weeks in the past I felt actually good, a coach with nice enthusiasm who noticed the correct issues in each session, however we can’t simply lose all of that within the house of 23 days.
“We’ve acquired to get well what allowed us to turn out to be what we’re. You may lose to Inter, however not when opening the doorways extensive open for them to simply waltz by.
“All the pieces went unsuitable at this time, we didn’t win a single duel, we by no means acquired to the rebound first, and Inter’s high quality dominated us.”
MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 04: Santiago Castro of Bologna runs again to the centre circle as he celebrates scoring his staff’s first objective through the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Bologna FC 1909 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 04, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
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Bologna have actually hit issues in Serie A lately, scraping simply two factors from the final 5 rounds.
They’ve slipped right down to seventh place, now 4 factors adrift of Como, and the midweek spherical will likely be a head-to-head for place with Atalanta.
“We can’t have misplaced the whole lot in three weeks,” continued a visibly annoyed Italiano.
“It was the primary recreation the place we simply didn’t flip up from begin to end. Now we’ve acquired to get our heads down and work onerous, to rediscover the ambiance and perspective that we had. Maybe we thought ourselves a bit too fairly and acquired complacent.
“Bologna used to have among the best defensive data, however within the final three or 4 video games we actually lacked focus. We have to be much less superficial, we’ve acquired to all step up a gear, together with me.
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“We will’t waste all that we constructed. There isn’t a lot time, as we’ve already acquired one other recreation arising on Wednesday.”
MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 04: Jhon Lucumi of Bologna is challenged by Luis Henrique of FC Internazionale Milano through the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Bologna FC 1909 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 04, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
Riccardo Orsolini was solely match for the bench on account of a knock in coaching, with Federico Bernardeschi and Lukasz Skoruspki nonetheless out of motion.
Remo Freuler got here on in its place, however he too is struggling after surgical procedure on a fractured clavicle.