Challenging Verona for Bologna also means challenging Paolo Zanetti. Translated, it means challenging a real black beast for the Rossoblù: the record between the Venetian coach and the Felsina lineup speaks for itself, and if we go by those on Sunday there should be no match.
In fact, the Gazzetta dello Sport on newsstands this morning points out how the Gialloblù coach has always won against Bologna, three matches out of three: with Venezia, Empoli and Verona at the Dall’Ara in the first leg. The latter match was, to say the least, a rocambolic one: Pobega’s expulsion, Lucumi’s blunder that started Verona’s comeback, and Castro’s own goal in the 90′. Sunday for the redblues a chance to reverse this trend.