For seven years he has been growing: from Serie D to the Champions League which he will “lead” here, in Bologna, Motta’s former homeland and now his, Vincenzo Italiano’s, three years in Florence, always qualifying for Europe and experiencing three finals. The new Bologna coach introduces himself and says: “I’m also a little excited to have this great opportunity with professionals who wanted me strongly: it will be an important year, we will have to confirm ourselves, we will have the Champions League in which to perform well, I have great enthusiasm . I immediately found fantastic people and I’m very happy: it will be my first time in the Champions League, but I’m also happy to find a team that has expressed itself at great levels. My lost finals? You quickly forget the path you’ve taken, getting to the end is a great merit, then it’s clear that you win or lose the finals. But it’s all experience that we carry with us, I still hope to be able to experience a final… We want to bring people back to the streets to rejoice.”
first choice
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CEO Claudio Fenucci introduced it: “We still have the emotions we experienced last season in our eyes, we gained access to the Champions League and saw the happy eyes of the people. Welcome to Vincenzo who has always been our first choice, the most suitable person, a coach who has always achieved results by proposing a modern game by building fun teams. We want to continue to be competitive while making our people happy.”
play well
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Then, again Italian: “Here in Bologna I will have high-level players in a team that has impressed me with its growth from a technical and tactical point of view, many of whom are at the European Championship. We will see along the way, we will have the time necessary to make the right choices and I am convinced that we will do things right. The game? It’s quite similar to the one proposed by Motta, then everyone has their own thoughts, their own ideas. Goals? We want to try to maintain a high level, entertain people, do well in the league and honor the Champions League. I saw happy people in last year’s Bologna. If you don’t play well you won’t go anywhere.”
