Italiano: Bologna will ‘give everything’ to beat Monaco, why I kept Orsolini out

Bologna coach Vincenzo Italiano claimed his side are ready to ‘give everything’ to get their first Champions League win against Monaco, as they host the Ligue 1 outfit at home.

The Rossoblu have only picked up one point from their first three European outings, and after two consecutive away defeats to Liverpool and Aston Villa, their managed hopes to give ‘a joy’ to the home crowd of a packed Stadio Dall’Ara.

Italiano: Bologna can ‘do well’ against Monaco

“I hope to give this city a first joy in this competition,” Italiano told Sky Sport Italia before the match.

“I sense that everyone wants to achieve this goal and today we’ll give everything to make our fans happy.

“All together, we must try to overcome tiredness and every obstacle. Today it’ll be a tough match, we face a very strong team physically, with speed and rhythm.

“If we hold on, I think we can do well.”

Despite scoring in each of his last three Serie A games, Riccardo Orsolini was dropped in favour of the likes of Iling-Junior, Fabbian and N’Doye, who’ll make the trio behind striker Santiago Castro, and Italiano explained the tactical reasons behind his choice.

“Iling-Junior’s freshness and the fact that N’Doye has often played both as an offensive and defensive winger [convinced me],” the manager added.

“Also, [I decided to rely on] the physical strength of Fabbian – I liked his display at Aston Villa, he did well and he could’ve scored, so today we’ll use him again near Castro.

“We hope we can recover the ball in the opposite half and attack Monaco’s defensive line.”