Thiago Mottacoach of Bologna, spoke on the microphone after the draw against Monza DAZN: “There was a desire to win. We tried from the first to the last minute, we created a lot, we deserved to take the lead. We put in a good performance against a team that defended well, in every sense. With many waste of time and also with slightly strange situations, because if we want to give continuity to the game we need to play and not stop the game like this. I’m satisfied with the performance, but not with the result because we did everything to win “.
Are you a little afraid that there will be a bit of tension?
“No, because I see my boys very calm in facing one game at a time. For us there is no type of pressure. At the start of the championship there wasn’t even the hope of finding ourselves in a position like this. It’s a wonderful moment of a beautiful group, we are putting many teams in difficulty. This pressure does not exist for the others, for those who have had this goal of reaching the Champions League since the beginning of the season. We are there in the middle, we are the pain in the ass of the championship and we will try to to be so until the end.”
Do you struggle more against teams that wait for you with a low block?
“Even last year at the end we found ourselves against teams who closed very well, who didn’t leave spaces between the lines and who tried to go on the counterattack, just like tonight. Not just for Bologna, for all the teams in the Serie It’s complicated to play against teams that close well. At most, Inter and Napoli last year didn’t have much difficulty getting into these very closed defenses, but the others did. Today we created the right opportunities to go in advantage, we didn’t succeed. If Monza had opened up more the match would have been much more open, that wasn’t the case but let’s move on.”
How is Ferguson?
“He’s out with a knee problem, we’ll see, I still don’t know how he is. But I’m not worried, he’s a great boy, he has great energy and I don’t think it will be a problem for him.”
Now there is Roma.
“A great opportunity to face a great player in our championship, one of those who has the normal obsession of going to Europe. We have to do our job to the best of our ability and face the commitment as best we can.”
