Vincenzo Italiano Liverpool-Bologna (Picture by Carl Recine/Getty Photos)
Vincenzo Italiano feels Bologna depart Anfield ‘with our heads held excessive’ after the 2-0 Champions League defeat to Liverpool. ‘I’m satisfied they didn’t count on us to be so brave.’
The Rossoblu are but to search out the online to date this season within the Champions League, as they had been held to a 0-0 draw by Shakhtar Donetsk on the Stadio Dall’Ara and misplaced 2-0 at Anfield.
They had been defeated by Mohamed Salah, whose help was turned in by Alexis Mac Allister on the again put up, then the ex-Roma man curled a beautiful second into the highest nook.
Nonetheless, that they had possibilities to get into the sport, with Alisson Becker making some powerful saves and Dan Ndoye thumping the woodwork.
“Clearly, we wished to go away Anfield with heads held excessive and I feel we did that. Other than the incidents of the 2 objectives, we might’ve achieved higher on the primary, however Salah has mainly a 100 per cent scoring fee from that spot,” Italiano instructed Sky Sport Italia.
“We created possibilities, we induced issues for Liverpool, who I’m satisfied didn’t count on Bologna to be so brave, to combat again as a lot as we did, and the lads expressed themselves nicely.
“It’s a bit that we didn’t handle to attain no less than one aim, particularly as aim distinction may be essential within the desk, however we knew this was a studying curve for us and we laid the foundations tonight for our future journey.”
Bologna new to Europe, Italiano laying foundations
Whereas Italiano took Fiorentina to 2 consecutive Convention League Finals, Bologna haven’t even certified for Europe in over 20 years, not to mention the Champions League.
How did Bologna put together for this match, particularly as a lot of them had been of their first European marketing campaign?
“I feel the emotion of the event handed by after a couple of minutes. We solely had one and a half coaching periods to organize for this match, however the gamers are beginning to get accustomed to this timing.”
Fabio Capello within the Sky Sport Italia studio congratulated Italiano on the strategy that Bologna took at Anfield, pushing ahead, urgent excessive and recovering the ball to spark counter-attacks.
“We knew Liverpool had been robust and we’d permit them a couple of alternatives, however we additionally created our possibilities and tried to push them again with our assaults. We wished to go away right here with confidence and take one thing optimistic from the sport. I’m completely satisfied that we gave that impression,” concluded Italiano.
