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Bologna vs Inter Milan
Serie A, Italy
Date: Saturday, 21 November, 2009
Stadium: Renato Dall’Ara
Bologna went on the international break in a much better mood having beaten Palermo and having stepped out of the dropping zone. It’s a proof that things are slowly moving uphill for them after the coach shift, with two triumphs in the last three rounds Felsinei feel much better about their future. Still, they are still walking on thin ice, team needs January recruitments, hard relegation fight is around the corner for them. Inter will enter this duel with a smaller advantage in front of Juve. They played 1:1 with Roma, five points advantage on the top is not a small number but still not enough to see them relax. They will now play to win, the players had their rest and will be with more fresh blood than in the last round when they played that game in Kiev. Mourinho certainly goes to win and he is well aware his team mustn’t miss chances like these, against the teams from the bottom part of the table. Most of the players are fit which is of great importance before the crucial CL run and before Juventus derby couple of weeks from now. CConceptually, this manager is not much different from his predecessor, Papadopulo. Bologna are still playing hard with not much creativity, but they still score goals. Still, there has been a huge progress made in the last month, they have an average of two goals per game which is excellent. We will see if their new arrival Appiah will be fit to play, former Juventus and Fenerbahce player might be a midfield force to be reckoned with. Bologna play better against bigger teams when they are given more room to develop their counterstrikes. For this duel, apart from Mutarelli and Santos who are long term absentees, Bologna will have all others available. They will probably rely on the great speed and the experience of their two players Di Vaio and Adailton. It is the established tactics although tradition against Inter says differently, they would usually exit the game with their heads down even in those times when they were with much stronger squad than this one. They have only stayed unbeaten by neroazzuri once in this century. It will cause some tactical shifting. Mourinho will once again play rhomb formation only with Stankovic behind the strikers this time. The Serb didn’t travel to England with his national team because he was injured which gave him enough time to regain his fitness. He is now fully recovered after working on a special program he was given the time to rest and this man appears one of the most important players in Mou’s team at the moment. Rest of the team, apart from Santon is ready, there is no doubt that Mlu will field his stronger team. True, there is a Camp Nou duel with Barca in front of them but that game is of no great importance actually since all Inter need to go to the next stage is to beat Rubin in the last round at Meazza. Fortunate dying moments win in Kiev proved this team possess winning mentality but we still doubt it will be enough for great things in Europe. The Portuguese is well aware of that himself, he has asked for new signings, Pandev, Kolarov and Candreva are being mentioned. We shouldn’t forget the fact Etoo is going to African Cup in January which will cause additional problems in the attack since others like the mentally instable Balotelli are not players you want to rely on. We think Inter are favorites to win but the best option are still goals. Bologna will not have an easy job getting the ball past Julio Cesar, one goal could seal the deal here. Also, even if they grab an early lead, champs will hold on to it in order to save their strength for Tuesday and new CL adventures. It could also happen that Mouriho will sub some players to rest them. We will post live score and results of this match, as soon as posible.
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November 21st, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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