Thiago Motta He has become one of the most stylish coaches on the European football scene. Not in vain Bolognawhich he has led since September 2022, dreams of qualifying for the Champions League, which he last played in 63 years ago.
And it was him Bologna is 5th in Serie A, but has the same points as Atalanta4th and marking the Champions zone, although there was one more game played than the Bergamo team.
Motta made Bologna one of the most stable teams in the Italian championship, with 23 goals conceded, such as Atalantaboth are just behind the 12 received by Inter and the 17 of Juventus. He Bologna They haven’t qualified for a Eurotournament since 2001-02 (and that’s for the defunct Intertoto, which they won in 1998-99). Renato Dall’Ara’s team only participated in the Champions League (then the European Cup) once: in 1960-61.
In the great time that the Bologna in this Serie A they have been key the Italian Riccardo Orsolini and the Dutch Joshua Zirkzee (each with 9 goals scored) and Scotsman Lewis Ferguson (there are 5). Motta knew how to adapt to the team’s losses last summer (Nicolás Domínguez, Jerdy Schouten, Gary Medel, Marko Arnautovic, Joaquín Sosa, Musa Barrow) and signed others with a higher physical tone.
In his dream of the Champions League, Bolognawho plays the ball from the back and plays an attractive game, two great tests await him: the one on March 3 at the home of Atalanta and of the 19th of the said month at home against the Inter.
Fabio Capello endorsed Motta as a good coach: “He is brave and learns from everyone. He is ready to lead a good team.” Motta came to sound like a substitute for Xavi Hernandez looking to the next season, but everything indicates that it has been ruled out. Motta was replaced on September 12, 2022 Sinisa Mihajlovic (died on December 11 of that year). before Bolognawho is a midfielder for Barcelona, Atlético, Inter and PSG, among other teams, trained in Genoa (2009) and Spezia (2021-22).
According to Corriere della Sera, Juventus are interested in Motta Yes Massimiliano Allegri will not continue next season. SA Allegri He has one year left on his contract, but Juventus, 2nd in Serie A, is, with one game left, 9 points behind the leader Inter.
Source: La Verdad
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