The Bologna coach spoke at the press conference presenting the match against Udinese on Sunday. Match that could be worth the arithmetic access to Europe: “What matters at the moment is the match against Udinese”. Then, on the length of the squad: “For my idea of football I prefer quality and not quality: better one short squad but with quality players who know how to play multiple roles”
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A victory against Udinese to bring home 3 points that will mean at least Conference League arithmetic. This is Bologna’s first objective Thiago Motta. To do this, therefore, we will need to beat the new one Udinese of Cannavaro on Sunday at 3.00 pm at the dall’Ara: “We have to continue like this – explains Motta in the press conference -. We need to think about the next match to be able to give another joy to our people who are preparing to fill the stadium against Udinese too.” In Bologna we dream of Europe, the Champions League in particular, but Motta prefers to preach calm: “Champions? What matters at the moment is the match against Udinese”.
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“We can still raise the bar”
“I always watch our games again show the kids where we need to insist and what we can improve -adds the Italian-Brazilian coach-. In Rome we played a good game but there are moments, especially in the opposing half of the field, in which we can still raise the level. Praise is always nice, when they stop me on the street they compliment me… We must always give our audience this joy.”
“I would like to have a short squad but full of quality”
Despite the victory against Roma at the Olimpico, Motta is not going too far ahead of the match against Udinese, especially mindful of the 3-0 first leg win for the Bianconeri: “It will undoubtedly be a different match. I believe that Udinese will often try to close in and we will have to be able to deal with this aspect collectively and if they come to play we must be ready for that too. We have to be ready for anything, aware of the aspects of our game on which to insist and those to improve”. Then, on the characteristics of his Bologna he explains: “I like to have a team that has the ability to turn the game around quickly and to attack and punish the opponent with few steps. This is why in my idea of football I prefer quality over quantity: Better a short squad but with quality playerswho know how to play multiple roles, such as El Azzouzi“.
