Eusebio Di Francesco
FrosinoneThiago Motta
Bologna
Meeting Highlights…BOLOGNA’S GAMEPLAN
Bologna's playing system is not very well defined. It is more an occupation of the spaces which leads them to develop in threes but also in fours. They are having an exceptional championship, thanks to the great work of the coach and the choices made when building the team. I try to field the right players against an opponent who boasts one of the best dribbles in the championship and the ability to bring many men into the offensive half of the field. It's a game that goes beyond the game system. I did some tests on Thursday, even in disguise, there will be some changes but I would like to give Frosinone some continuity. I would focus less on the game system but on the general attention which is one of the most important things to propose in facing this Bologna.
…INJURY REPORT
When conservative therapy is performed, sometimes it goes well but the opposite can also happen. But certain choices are always shared with those in the profession and I am not a doctor. And they must also be shared with the footballer. The choice to do this 'conservative' did not bring any advantages, in other situations it did instead give benefits, if they had been able to know before perhaps they would have thought differently. It happens but the important thing is that the player puts his foot in order which was a martyrdom for the boy and for all of us because he was one of the young people who had stood out. As for the others, we will have Gelli and Harroui out who I think can make up for the next seventh and also Monterisi who complained of a small problem. I managed to recover Lirola who will be available and Marchizza will also be called up despite having trained little with us: I like having him within the group because he is a boy who brings positivity. Brescianini has recovered, today he trained with the team for the first time. Tonight I will decide for him. And Kaio Jorge is also called up, you didn't see Thursday but he is one of those players who returned between yesterday and today.
…MATCH PLAN
The games are decreasing and the survival quota is decreasing. Which has also happened in past years. As for helping the statistics, we will try to do so but against Bologna it is a match to be taken with a pinch of salt. Great balance will be needed, knowing full well that it can also be resolved in the final minutes. In Genoa we achieved an important balance on a difficult pitch. And with Bologna we will try to eliminate even those small mistakes for which we paid more than we should have. Paradoxically it seems to me that my team concedes less than the first leg but concedes more easily, so we will have to reduce the level of danger of our opponents.
Eusebio Di Francesco
Manager on Frosinone…BOLOGNA’S GAMEPLAN
Bologna's playing system is not very well defined. It is more an occupation of the spaces which leads them to develop in threes but also in fours. They are having an exceptional championship, thanks to the great work of the coach and the choices made when building the team. I try to field the right players against an opponent who boasts one of the best dribbles in the championship and the ability to bring many men into the offensive half of the field. It's a game that goes beyond the game system. I did some tests on Thursday, even in disguise, there will be some changes but I would like to give Frosinone some continuity. I would focus less on the game system but on the general attention which is one of the most important things to propose in facing this Bologna.
…INJURY REPORT
When conservative therapy is performed, sometimes it goes well but the opposite can also happen. But certain choices are always shared with those in the profession and I am not a doctor. And they must also be shared with the footballer. The choice to do this 'conservative' did not bring any advantages, in other situations it did instead give benefits, if they had been able to know before perhaps they would have thought differently. It happens but the important thing is that the player puts his foot in order which was a martyrdom for the boy and for all of us because he was one of the young people who had stood out. As for the others, we will have Gelli and Harroui out who I think can make up for the next seventh and also Monterisi who complained of a small problem. I managed to recover Lirola who will be available and Marchizza will also be called up despite having trained little with us: I like having him within the group because he is a boy who brings positivity. Brescianini has recovered, today he trained with the team for the first time. Tonight I will decide for him. And Kaio Jorge is also called up, you didn't see Thursday but he is one of those players who returned between yesterday and today.
…MATCH PLAN
The games are decreasing and the survival quota is decreasing. Which has also happened in past years. As for helping the statistics, we will try to do so but against Bologna it is a match to be taken with a pinch of salt. Great balance will be needed, knowing full well that it can also be resolved in the final minutes. In Genoa we achieved an important balance on a difficult pitch. And with Bologna we will try to eliminate even those small mistakes for which we paid more than we should have. Paradoxically it seems to me that my team concedes less than the first leg but concedes more easily, so we will have to reduce the level of danger of our opponents.
Thiago Motta
Manager on Bologna…FROSINONE
Today I have to think about the Frosinone match, because it will be a complicated match, full of pitfalls of which we are fully aware. We will face it as best we can, determined to put in a great performance. The most important thing is to prepare for what we will face and be focused and aware of what we will have in front of us. In football the important thing is to do well together. We know that Frosinone has important characteristics in the phases of the game and we must be careful not to feed into the energy they put in at the start of the game. These are things you work on and prepare for before the game.
…SAELEMAEKERS
I'm not in the habit of judging players just by their goals, because yes they are important, but football doesn't end there. Alexis has grown since he arrived until today, he does many things well and he can improve others, also because He's very well at the moment... but not because he scored that goal. He's an important boy who participates in our game.
…OUR FOOTBALL
I said that Bologna is good for football because I think that this world wants to see a team like Bologna which in recent years has struggled to get higher up and which with work and a cohesive group can now compete even with teams that have always been considered stronger than ours. This shows that the group's ambition can make everyone competitive against everyone else.