Bologna-Inter closes the 29th matchday of Serie A
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"The mistake we have to avoid? Talk. We don't have to talk, we have to do the facts: shut up and pedal. We have three races in nine days, it will be important to start over in the right way."
Words and music by Antonio Conte, who warns his team on the eve of the match against Bologna: better forget what has been done so far and put the problems of recent weeks between Covid and national teams behind them, now Inter must return to running towards the goal scudetto.
The Dall'Ara match, on the other hand, is the first of three challenges against insidious opponents and Conte knows that he cannot afford mistakes.
"Tomorrow will be a match in which we face an excellent, well-trained team. They are aggressive and we will have to be careful - continued the Nerazzurri coach at the press conference -. The best message is to pick up where we left off. After the break it is not. simple because you have to re-tie the thread but they know well that there is no time and you have to start again in the right way ".
We need to continue the row of eight consecutive victories (better only in 2006/07, when Mancini's Inter stopped at 17) interrupted by Covid, with the postponement of the match against Sassuolo.
"In hindsight maybe we could have done better but we know very well that Covid is there and has been killing us for a year. The world of football has decided to live with this situation as well as everyone in everyday life. My wish is that yes. can resolve the issue soon by trying to vaccinate everyone ", Conte's opinion on the situation.
Also because the Nerazzurri are still on alert: the swabs of the national teams (including the Italians) were negative, but the danger of someone infected in the next few days remains, considering the incubation times.
In the meantime, however, Conte will again have Handanovic, Vecino and De Vrij available for the match in Bologna (only D'Ambrosio remains positive), even if the Dutch defender should start from the bench with Ranocchia ready to replace him from 1 '.
Probable formations of Bologna-Inter.
Bologna (4-3-3): 34 Ravaglia, 14 Tomiyasu, 23 Danilo, 5 Soumaoro, 35 Dijks, 30 Schouten, 8 Domiguez, 11 Skov Olsen, 21 Soriano, 10 Sansone, 99 Barrow.
(1 Da Costa, 26 Antov, 43 Faragò, 29 De Silvestri, 16 Poli, 18 Baldursson, 32 Svanberg, 7 Orsolini, 55 Vignato, 80 Juwara).
Coach: Mihajlovic.
Suspended: Palacio.
Beware: Dijks, Soriano, Tomiyasu.
Unavailable: Hickey, Mbaye, Medel, Santander, Skorupski.
Inter (3-5-2): 1 Handanovic, 37 Skriniar, 13 Ranocchia, 95 Sticks, 2 Hakimi, 23 Barella, 77 Brozovic, 24 Eriksen, 36 Darmian, 9 Lukaku, 10 Lautaro (27 Padelli, 97 Radu, 6 De Vrij, 15 Young, 5 Gagliardini, 8 Vecino, 12 Sensi, 22 Vidal, 7 Sanchez, 99 Pinamonti).
All .: Conte.
Disqualified: none.
Unavailable: D'Ambrosio, Perisic, Kolarov.
Beware: Barella, Bastoni, Brozovic, Lukaku.
Referee: Giacomelli from Trieste Snai odds: 7.25 4.75 1.42