Vincenzo Italiano spoke in a press conference on the eve of the Penzo match against Venezia. Below are the statements of the Rossoblù coach.
ITALIANO ON VENICE. “Tough match, like all in Serie A tough, seeing the last results of Venezia we will have to go and play a great game. Everyone is hungry for their own goal and everyone will put their values on the field, each for their own goal. We will have to prepare well mentally and counter blow by blow. I’m sorry that during the break we didn’t have everyone, the South Americans arrived today, but it’s normal everyone has these difficulties and we have to deal with them.”
INJURIES. “Castro took this blow to the foot, he was disqualified he won’t be with us, he has to get over this bruise but nothing special. For Tuesday ni, for the next game we hope so. Lykogiannis took a knock on his ankle will not be available, Lollo De Silvestri still has some fever, the 3 of them will not be there.”
ITALIAN ON DALLINGA. “Tomorrow he will be in the game, he has had an extra week to prepare, he can give us a hand and he will have a chance to play his chances. Jens Odgaard could be him, but Dallinga has not played for a long time, I hope to see him motivated and ready, he has so much desire to prove.”
TURNING POINT. “If you want to know a particular moment … that game with Dortmund, we overturned it the character of the team came out, with that win we rode the wave and the enthusiasm that is in the city, from there in my opinion so much awareness has risen and it is lasting. That was an episode that allowed us to win, from there came out that extra gear that we are showing even now.”
WORDS OF SAPUTO AND ORSOLINI. “I arrived in a new group, with this initial difficulty, recognizing some changes, changes are always a bit traumatic but after a few too many draws we found the right way, then we no longer had long moments when the team was not performing and this allowed us to manage to get where we are now, but we still have 2 months with an ultra complicated schedule. The president is a southern man like me, you can see he puts passion into it, he talks to everyone, that’s the beauty of it. Having him here present with the team, every morning he greets the guys, we share everything that can happen from here on out. I am happy with the words he said. I promised him that I would give my all for Bologna, I am convinced that this has never been lacking. Orsolini? Those words I hope came from the heart, from his love for what we are doing, he said I was brave but he also did well and is continuing like the work of last year. I thanked him.”
DOMINGUEZ AND PEDROLA. “Benji is well he is happy, I am happy for him, this summons of his will give him so much. Pedrola arrived with a condition that was not at its best, he got hurt, now it’s two weeks that he is pushing, he has a gift in one-on-one, we will find some space for him.”
MUSIC IN THE LOCKER ROOM. “Your players in the first place throw information at you, give you cues to give and take away a little something, then there are also the opponents that allow you to modify. This episode of the music–they are used to it, I wasn’t, we found the square and I understand what they mean, everyone finds his energy through joining that sound. Now I’ve queued up, if I can’t find the music I’ll turn it on.”
YELLOW TO CASTRO AGAINST LAZIO. “It’s not a very important issue, we knew it could happen that he could spend a foul, he scored he didn’t think about it … then he has this ankle he wouldn’t have been with us in Venice anyway. Santi is 20 years old, he has to understand things, even the next few years he will avoid this kind of bruised foot.”
ITALIAN ON MOTTA’S EXONERATION. “I am sorry because he is a colleague, always unpleasant to quit a job that has started, these are aspects that we all know, there will be other times when you can prove your worth as you did here in Bologna.”
FUTURE. “Nothing has ever been discussed because right now we have great goals to achieve, I have given my availability to whatever the company wants to do with me, but the focus the maximum projection toward what we have to go and do, priority to the goals.”
Source: TMW
