Bologna: Italiano says Immobile limited to 30 mins, praises Fabbian | OneFootball

At the end of the match between Bologna and Sassuolo, which ended in a 1-1 draw, Vincenzo Italiano spoke at the post-match press conference.

Bologna, Italiano: “Immobile is very behind, he has at most 30 minutes in his legs”

After the match between Bologna and Sassuolo, Bologna’s coach Vincenzo Italiano spoke at the press conference. Here are his statements, as reported by tmw:

On Immobile

“As of today, he remains just an emergency solution. Immobile doesn’t have more than half an hour in his legs; for me, today Fabbian played a great match, as did Rowe and Moro. When fatigue sets in, you have to look for solutions, and playing with two strikers is one of them. Right now, Ciro is very behind and we’ll increase his playing time, helping him improve his condition. We’ve organized a friendly on the 31st precisely to help him find the right form. We could have scored, we could have conceded: that’s our mentality and we’ll continue like this.”

On Rowe

“Yes. Just as he was feeling good and starting to take off, he got injured against Napoli, and unfortunately we had to keep him out for four weeks, which slowed things down a bit, but he has quality, one-on-one ability, and a spark. I’m convinced he still has a lot to show. He can score goals too because he can shoot from distance and be decisive. With more confidence, he’ll really show what he’s made of, because in training he makes plays like a top-level player. He’s also someone who isn’t afraid of anything, of taking on players, of shooting, so I liked him too and I’m happy, but I repeat, we need to see many performances like those from Fabbian, Rowe, and I also liked Moro today. Pobega keeps playing, we’re a bit short because with suspensions and injuries the same players are always playing, and you can feel the fatigue, but I’m happy the guys always answer the call when needed. We have to keep going like this.”

On Fabbian

“I really liked Giovanni a lot today and I took him off because he was very tired. He played 70 minutes with great intensity, but today I really liked him; he won back the ball, got forward, and won some important duels.”

On other competitions

“It must also be said that all these commitments, besides often making you tired, take away important players. We were without Bernardeschi, Cambiaghi, Skoruschi, Freuler, Heggem suspended—it’s normal that five players of this caliber are important for us, but those who played today made me happy because in January we’ll have matches one after another, basically eight games in a month, where everyone will have to be involved. Everyone needs to get those minutes that, in my opinion, are necessary to play at this level of intensity; our journey will continue.”

On Orsolini

“For me, the team played well today against a team in good form. Some of our mistakes could have allowed the opponents to punish us. Still, it was a good match between two teams that tried to win; lately, we’ve been lacking sharpness and the final pass. Orsolini hasn’t scored from open play for a while, and we could have made better use of the chance with Immobile. But if we keep going like this, we can do well: Fabbian has broken his duck and we just need to find a bit more brilliance.”

On unavailable players

“What was missing? It’s a mix between important players being out like Skorupski, Heggem, Bernardeschi, Freuler, Cambiaghi. We’ve managed to win even without them, but their absences are felt. We need to try to raise the level of our performances because January will be a fiery month. As for today, we can’t allow Sassuolo such clear chances. What satisfies me is that we kept control of the game for the whole match. A month ago we were scoring, but now we’re lacking sharpness and composure in front of goal. There will be times when this sharpness returns, I’m sure of it, we just have to keep playing like this.”

On Ravaglia

“We were the ones who allowed those chances to Sassuolo and Federico did well to save us. Even the corner was conceded naively. Draws like this happen over the course of a season, it’s normal. I’d point out that between injuries and lack of sharpness, we’ve lost points and positions in the standings along the way. We’re trying to get the injured players back quickly and compete with everyone like today: it was a beautiful match, we even tried with two strikers but it didn’t work out.”

On the strikers

“Do I expect more from the strikers? Orso hasn’t scored from open play for quite a while. Sometimes Cambiaghi is missing, now Bernardeschi too. The one-on-ones have brought us satisfaction even if it’s a demanding style of play. We won a Coppa Italia playing like this. For me, the problems are only numerical. At the back we’re doing well, in terms of compactness we’re on track and we’re one of the best teams. Today Sassuolo let us off the hook more than once, but we’re trying to do what we know how to do. The only sour note is the lack of sharpness up front.”

On the transfer market

“Numerically, the team was built to face three competitions. We’ll be watching when the transfer window opens. We’ll see what happens, hoping to get players back quickly and hoping this bad luck stops haunting us. I’ve never seen two collarbone injuries in a single season.”

Raffaele Morra

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