🔴🔵 Bologna Puts Roma to the Sword at the Olimpico

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[00:01:28] in Virginia. Gambling problem called 1-800-GAMBLER. One thing that's left now for Inter is to try

[00:01:37] and chase remaining records. They can't top Juventus' 102 point tally, but they could get 101

[00:01:43] if they were to win their final five matches. Some of those other records that you mentioned,

[00:01:48] clean sheet records and their goal differences is something to behold. In this talk now of even

[00:01:52] their game against Torino, which is slated for three o'clock on Saturday, being pushed back to

[00:01:57] 12.30 on Sunday so that they can really enjoy an extra special celebration in Piazza Duomo.

[00:02:03] The fans already flocked there last night, but that was the derby and that was the ultimate

[00:02:09] du nu monde to what's been an amazing campaign for Inter. But in some ways, on a smaller scale,

[00:02:17] it's been an equally impressive campaign for Bologna. Just when we thought they were starting to lose

[00:02:22] some momentum and they struggled for goals, Nicky, they went to Rome and beat Roma. Not many

[00:02:28] teams have defeated Daniela di Rossi's gialla Rossi since he's been at the helm.

[00:02:33] No, it was this, I think any other weekend, this would have been the story of the weekend.

[00:02:38] It was this sort of mouthwatering appetizer, I guess for the big title this idea at San Ziro.

[00:02:46] Really, is it wrong to call it astonishing when we've been astonished by Tiago Mata's team so many

[00:02:51] times that you almost are no longer completely caught off guard by it? But some brilliant

[00:02:56] football again, Alazuzzi with his scissor kick. It wasn't the cleanest scissor kick I've ever

[00:03:01] seen, but it was still a scissor kick. So we give him that one. A really sort of confidence,

[00:03:06] swaggering attacking performance at Zerxay again on fire. And I think even that moment when

[00:03:12] Roma got the goal back and you thought, okay, it's at the Olympico, they're rocking,

[00:03:15] they've been on such a great run under did Rossi, they want to get back into those

[00:03:18] Champions League places as well. And then just almost immediately it felt like

[00:03:22] Alexis Salamakis goes down the other end. And again, it's not just scoring, it's not just

[00:03:27] the fact of going through one up, but there's something of a swagger about it, about that

[00:03:32] chip over the goalkeeper and just being like, yeah, we can do that. We can make that look easy.

[00:03:36] And it was a really, really impressive performance. And especially when you think as well,

[00:03:42] for a large part of the season, actually we were saying, well, Bologna are great at home,

[00:03:47] but are they as good on the road? I mean, this is a big, big away performance in a game that

[00:03:52] may well decide or have a big impact on Champions League spots because Bologna now

[00:03:58] looking pretty locked into the top four, which means it's between Roma and Atlanta probably

[00:04:02] for the fifth. It could be amazing if they meet in the Europa League final and one of them is

[00:04:06] going to come fifth and the other sixth and the team that wins it might end up finishing sixth,

[00:04:11] and they both get into the Champions League anyway. I wonder if they'd sort of accept that trade-off

[00:04:16] and sort of be Scott or probably not if there's a trophy on the line. But

[00:04:21] Mina, did you see Roma as I had some very draining matches recently? They had the

[00:04:25] Derby against Lazio, then they had the two-legged tie against Milan. In between they had that

[00:04:31] very emotionally draining game in Audine when Indica collapsed and thankfully he's on the mend,

[00:04:35] but was it just a case of those matches catching up with Roman now or is that doing a disservice to

[00:04:41] Bologna? It's both. I do think that Bologna deserve all the credit they've been given

[00:04:47] for playing the game so well and for playing every game this season so well honestly. But

[00:04:53] especially it's like you mentioned, Niki, it's getting the away match because

[00:04:57] they've been the second best home team in Serie A, but away from home that's where they faltered at times.

[00:05:04] But to play against Roma in that manner it deserves a life in that Roma are exhausted

[00:05:10] and you saw that a little bit from their performance. It's also very difficult to play

[00:05:15] against Bologna when you are exhausted because of the way that they rotate the ball

[00:05:19] and the movements they make force you to chase a lot. So it is that style of play that is

[00:05:24] a little bit tiring especially after you've just taken on Milan. And I do like this thought because

[00:05:31] a lot of the times when we explain about exhaustion, De Rossi put it perfectly. It's not

[00:05:35] necessarily physical exhaustion. It's the mental exhaustion as well. Europa League semi-final.

[00:05:43] No, it's the quarter final and that energy that you expend in making sure that nothing

[00:05:50] gets by you and that you're tackling perfectly and that you're on your game. And I mean Mancini

[00:05:54] was crying when you scored that goal, but there was a lot of emotions being expended in that match.

[00:05:59] And then to come on and play Bologna in this vital run up as well. I'll be honest with you,

[00:06:04] De Rossi, I'm in love with De Rossi. I think he is such an exceptional, exceptional,

[00:06:09] there's just no way I imagine this, you know? And I know that so many people had come out

[00:06:14] and said, oh well we knew it because he was so smart and he had done so well when he was

[00:06:18] studying and to get his UEFA lices, De Piero spoke at length about how clever he was in those courses.

[00:06:25] And I get that, but you still think to yourself, well, he didn't do too well with Spal and, you

[00:06:29] know, he was a warrior on the pitch. Was he going to be able to exude the calm that's required

[00:06:34] of him on the bench? And yet he comes up with these brilliant tactics all the time like,

[00:06:38] you know, like what he did to Milan and to bring out the best in players like Cellec,

[00:06:44] bad example to use because he got sent off. But you know, to bring out the players of

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[00:08:25] I love that he gave them back their confidence and so I have a lot of time for Dero C but

[00:08:29] I also have a lot of time for Tiago Motta who it's funny because Patrick, you and I were just

[00:08:34] we were all discussing here when Xerxes was absent and we were like, oh, this is going to be a problem.

[00:08:40] Are they going to be able to continue it without Xerxes? Then they lose Louis Ferguson as well

[00:08:45] and I'm thinking to myself, well, that's a huge loss for one of your best midfielders linked to

[00:08:49] all the top teams. So sad for him because he was supposed to go with Scotland to Euro 2024

[00:08:55] but that loss I thought would have even more of an impact and it doesn't. It doesn't matter

[00:09:01] who you remove from this and he was brilliant. Is Motta never complains either about any of this?

[00:09:05] He always just finds a way to continue showing off his style of play, to continue in this manner

[00:09:12] playing Cala Fiori as a full exceptional watch. His development onto Motta is it's staggering.

[00:09:19] It's staggering what Motta has done to this team mostly for how he has really developed

[00:09:24] those players and I think both these coaches really merit the position in the Champions

[00:09:28] League because I want to see their football next season. If Motta leaves Bologna then I'm really sad

[00:09:33] to have Bologna in the Champions League next season because I do worry that whoever takes over

[00:09:39] will not be able to show us what we've been able to see all season.

[00:09:43] And that's why there's been so much clamour as well for Thiago Motta by Juventus fans

[00:09:48] that are dissatisfied with Max Allegri because they would argue that the personnel is of a

[00:09:54] lesser quality even when key players are missing. If the system is well rooted with the players and

[00:09:59] they come in knowing what they need to do it doesn't matter too much. I mean of course you're

[00:10:03] still going to have important players, star players that make the difference like ZXA,

[00:10:06] like Ferguson as you mentioned there but if the other players have all been well versed

[00:10:11] and come in knowing what they need to do I mean we saw El Azuzzi came in for Ferguson

[00:10:15] and scored that unbelievable goal so I think there's a lot to be said for that.

[00:10:19] Personally on De Rossi I still think the sample size is too small to be completely

[00:10:24] bowled over by him. I'm very impressed by him it's been a good start but I think we need to see

[00:10:30] a little bit more from him over a more sustained period but Nicky you made a good point.

[00:10:36] Bologna now on 62 points in fourth spot, a couple behind Juventus but then after that Roma

[00:10:43] 55 in fifth, Atalanta 54 in sixth position. Lazio now back in the conversation.

[00:10:49] If Roma's match against Doudinezio where there's still 20 minutes to play if that were to end in

[00:10:53] a draw Roma would have another point but suddenly Lazio out of nowhere are right back in the

[00:10:59] conversation with Igor Tudor. Yeah that's totally true, Lazio sort of quietly just in touching

[00:11:07] distance and perhaps not to be too overlooked. As you said nice win over Genoa at the weekend

[00:11:15] Luis Alberto who may well be on the way out but nevertheless if he can contribute in this last

[00:11:20] part of the season and give them a platform to do more next time around we shall see.

[00:11:25] There's going to be a really fascinating series of knock-ons from managerial changes and also how

[00:11:33] these champions league spots all for I think at the end of the season so it's a little bit

[00:11:37] unpredictable but you're right Lazio are in that conversation. I would still expect one of

[00:11:42] Roma and Atalanta to get it given those full game in hand for Atalanta and a small part of

[00:11:48] them for Roma but yeah they're doing well under Tudor they've only lost one game under Tudor

[00:11:53] they're picking up points again. Roma's next game is the deadly del Soler they're all away at

[00:11:58] Napoli who are in complete disarray I feel like we say the same things about Napoli every single

[00:12:02] week so let's focus on Empoli who have now won five of their last seven matches against Napoli

[00:12:07] I mean if there is a bogey team for the Parthenon play it's Empoli and they never look like conceding

[00:12:14] as well they scored early kept a clean sheet against Napoli. Davide Nicola he's doing it again.

[00:12:20] It almost feels like Empoli comes around every time Napoli are in complete disarray

[00:12:26] it's almost like they're lucky to always play Napoli at just the right time because

[00:12:30] you're at your worst this is the time that we're going to come and play you.

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