Italiano: ‘Bologna turning level was Champions League’
Vincenzo Italiano believes Champions League participation was a ‘turning level’ for to be on the verge of their first Coppa Italia Ultimate since 1974.
The Rossoblu had drawn each Serie A video games 1-1 with Empoli, however had been dominant right here on the Stadio Castellani, an area the place Italiano had by no means received earlier than in his teaching profession.
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Riccardo Orsolini continued his outstanding kind to open the scoring, adopted by a Thijs Dallinga brace, the striker ending his aim drought after greater than two months.
“We needed to provide ourselves a very good likelihood of going by within the second leg,”
“We had the proper method from the beginning, scoring early after which going into the break at 2-0. We managed to attain a 3rd too, however I feel the method and perspective was key, together with our followers coming to the coaching floor yesterday and the starvation in my lads to place on this efficiency.
“Now we go into the second leg with a 3-0 benefit, we received the primary ‘half’ of the tie and can attempt to do the identical within the second.”
Italiano noticed Bologna change gear after Europe
BOLOGNA, ITALY – JANUARY 21: Vincenzo Italiano, Head Coach of Bologna, offers directions to Emil Holm in the course of the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Section MD7 match between Bologna FC 1909 and Borussia Dortmund at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara on January 21, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)
This was a sixth consecutive victory in all competitors for Bologna, who in 2025 have misplaced just one match, incomes 11 wins and 5 attracts.
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“We stated many occasions that the Champions League participation taught us a lot, as we confronted a number of the finest groups in Europe with a special degree of tempo and depth. We took all these classes, particularly the psychological enhance of beating Borussia Dortmund on a magical night time, and carried it on to the opposite competitions.
“It allow us to climb again up the Serie A standings and attain the Coppa Italia semi-final. I do really feel the Champions League marked a turning level for this workforce,” defined Italiano.
Remo Freuler and Lewis Ferguson had been the keys to dominating the match in the course of the park, agreed the coach.
“The midfield is commonly the place video games are received and misplaced. Remo and Lewis had been unbelievable tonight, so aggressive and had high quality too, it was one among their finest performances. They’ve been right here a few years, Lewis is the captain, and so they actually need Bologna to attain one thing extraordinary.
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“The membership hasn’t been within the Coppa Italia Ultimate for a very long time, so all of us have this dream and the lads gave their all to assist it occur.”
Bologna are on observe to achieve the Coppa Italia Ultimate for , having received the trophy in each 1970 and 1974.
Italiano is proving himself to be a Cup specialist, collaborating within the Coppa Italia and Convention League Ultimate with Fiorentina in 2023, then once more the Convention League Ultimate in 2024.
It was put to the coach that his forwards at all times have a tendency to attain a whole lot of objectives, so is it his fashion or does he decide good forwards?
“When you have got a participant like Orsolini who is sort of distinctive in his fashion of being a large attacker, you must profit from it. Now we have many alternative gamers who scored this season, which implies we’re attacking from completely different angles.
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“I’m actually happy for Dallinga, who hadn’t scored for some time and had been coping with an harm. Everybody is aware of what a lift it’s for a striker to get objectives, so we hope he can hold going like this.
“So let’s say it’s 99 per cent all the way down to the gamers and as a coach I’ll take 1 per cent for myself,” smiled Italiano.