Bologna-Genoa, Thiago Motta: “The draw is tight for us”. Alberto Gilardino: “Fair result.”

Bologna-Genoa, Thiago Motta: "The draw goes tight". Alberto Gilardino: "Fair result"

The 1-1 draw reached in 95' with De Silvestri against Genoa does not please Bologna coach Thiago Motta: "The draw goes better to Genoa than to us, we wanted another result and we dominated the match. But è it was also a complicated match after the disadvantage. The good thing è that we always believed in our ideas. Unfortunately, we paid for a stopped ball".

The draw came, which partially redeemed the Udine knockout and made Bologna end the first half in fifth place, in the European zone: "De Silvestri on goal inside, he has something special and he scored an important goal. If someone like him comes in and in a few minutes scores a goal it means we have something inside that is important as individuals and as a group". But Thiago Motta warns Bologna: "The level of attention of opponents towards us is going up. We often find opponents who close down: we have to look and will look every day for new solutions to make us ready".

No regrets, however, for Alberto Gilardino despite Gudmundsson's cross at the last gasp: "It would have given us three very heavy points for the standings, but the result è right. We played great in the first half, we dropped in the second half and were less polished. But coming to play this kind of match at home of this Bologna, at this time, without 6 players at home was not obvious”.

“It means we are finding continuityà of performance and conviction. I applaud all the guys, they competed great and are on a good path of growth. 21 points at the end of the'first leg is a good haul, fair for what our path said".