"We had to do something more. Referee? I don't talk about certain situations"
The rossoblù coach analyzed Bologna's match against Parma, also addressing the issue of some refereeing incidents. "We haven't lost for a long time, but I believe that even defeats can lead to important victories"

Bologna coach Vincenzo Italiano during the match against Parma (photo Ansa)
Bologna, 22 February 2025 – It is a Vincenzo Italiano visibly disappointed what he commented on defeat del Tardini against Parma. The Bologna coach wanted to underline what was missing from his team to find the way to goal and bring home the result: “We had to do something more, fill the area more, look for depth, instead we limited ourselves to a slow-paced ball circulation, against a team that closes up and starts again. There was commitment from everyone and also the approach. We played the match as we expected.. In three days the new coach could not overturn what he had done in two and a half years, with a game aimed at closing spaces. We attacked little, it had been a long time since we had a team that defended in this way. We tried with Bear, with Dean (Ndoye, ed.) and also with Fabbian. In the second half we really struggled in the final meters."
Reaction to defeat and future prospects
The rossoblù coach then highlighted how the defeat, the first of 2025 for Orsolini and his teammates who were among the few teams left at European level not to have suffered setbacks in the first two months of the year, both arrived after a long period: “We haven't lost for a long time, but I think that Even from defeats important victories are built. Let's remember that we will have to produce more when we find teams that are so closed again."
Comments on the arbitration
The inevitable move then on to the refereeing and decisions taken by Abisso, from the second yellow missed by Cancellieri to the penalty in favour of Parma, with Italiano annoyed by this very episode: “The penalty against and the missed double yellow card for Cancellieri? I don't want to talk about these situations, details make the difference in this sense too, we need to think about it because if these hand touches become penalty fouls it's a serious problem. We look for uniformity in decisions but in my opinion if there is involuntary and a touch in motion it's difficult to give a penalty like that. In the end the Parma coach was good at immediately changing Cancellieri, it was an episode that could have given us an advantage. If we had been better it could have been something that went unnoticed. I thought we could have done more with a few crosses and looking for Castro in the central area”.
Focus on the squad and recovery of players
Final comment on the squad and the recovery of some players: “My only thought is to recover Ursolini and Cambiaghi 100% but also Ferguson. Odgaard is still missing. It's the quality that wins matches and makes you earn points in the standings, recovering everyone, maybe in matches like these, a flash of genius from them could make the difference".
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