Vincenzo Italiano, coach of Bologna, made some statements in the press conference on the eve of the match against Atalanta, valid for the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia.
ATALANTA. “Never mind what the standings say, it’s a game in itself, a cup game, it will last 90 minutes with in the case directly penalty kicks. We face a very strong team that at home apart from a few sporadic chances slices everyone to pieces. The stakes are very high. We will try to play our game, with this fury despite the short time to prepare it, we will try against one of the best teams in Europe, Europa League champions, we will play our cards. Very strong team even these walls know them, we are expecting a game of great intensity, we will have to be ready. For the goalkeeper, let’s see.”
MARKET. “Finally will close the market this evening, it is never easy to play with the market open, it can create not beautiful situations, but we are used to it by now. Calabria is well he can be of the game. Pobega had this big fatigue after Lisbon but he is recovered. Pedrola is added, he’s talented, he can give us a big hand, he adds to a battery of important outfielders. Serious guy, great enthusiasm, let’s see, prospect and young let’s see what he can give us.”
POSCH. “Normal dynamics of the month of January. Because he asked to play more continuously, this opportunity came up and Stefan goes to Atalanta. I hope he will be happy and get his smile back, but tomorrow we will be opponents. Special boy but tomorrow he on one side we on the other.”
PEDROLA AND ITALY CUP. “Pedrola had a serious injury, he had surgery, but he is young and serious, he has had time to get himself right. He’s back, everything seems to be resolved, we’ll monitor where he had this problem but he’s young he’ll get over it easily. Quality outsider, 1-on-1 important, he comes from an important school like Barcelona. Let’s add a talented player, he was part of one of the alternatives among the attacking outfielders, 1-on-1 and unpredictability was a characteristic we were looking for, he was one of the names let’s bring home his talents. I hope he’s well that he’s 100 percent, because those qualities both from the start and running can put him in trouble. In the Coppa Italia normal that we all want to go forward, arrived at the quarterfinals we have to push and have the desire to pass the round, tomorrow opponent of the highest level. We have the desire to improve and we will try.”
CASTRO AND DALLINGA. “Santiago is 20 years old, it’s okay that he can have ups and downs, in the last 20′ against Como he did very well. I am bound by Boskov’s phrase, how the forward plays the team plays. Santi is a complete striker, he has to be calm, he will return to express himself at his highest level, very normal ups and downs. I am happy with Thijs, he has a different attitude, he attacks the goal in a more concrete way. We have two reliable number 9s, of course we would like them to always fill the scoreboard but they work for the team and have to give us a hand especially on that.”
RIGORISTS. “Today we had everyone take two penalties each. You can’t think ahead, against Atalanta the game can change at any moment. We face one of the most fearsome teams around right now, let’s see then what happens.”
LYKOGIANNIS. “High quality performance, but not only assists also in the defensive phase, he has the gifts and skills to be able to hold his own against any opponent, I am happy with the way he trains. The foot is very polite, the structure is of a high level, if he continues like this he is an added value for this Bologna.”
Source: TMW
