Today, the Rossoblù go comlete morning training session at 10:00 CEST for Valles training centre. Then, at 16:00 CEST, the Rossoblù go play friendly against Heidenheim, a side wey dey compete for 2. Bundesliga. The game go broadcast live on their YouTube channel.
Today at 4:00 PM, the Rossoblù face their second test, following their disappointing defeat to Arminia. CEO Fenucci talk say: “We dey very close with Ricky, but we no fit wait too long.” Meanwhile, Johnny dey pay for the team dinner to make up for Saturday red card.
VALLES (Bolzano) For football, there be one adjective wey dem often overuse: important. Yet today test against Heidenheim, a club wey dem relegate to German second division for May after finish seventeenth for Bundesliga last season, na precisely that for Tedesco Bologna: important. Above all, e go important not to repeat the mistakes and lapses wey make their first outing for the Puster Valley, Saturday 4-0 defeat against Arminia Bielefeld, a disorienting ordeal for the two thousand Rossoblu fans wey flock to the training camp to cheer the team, and wey, conversely, be victims of a rude awakening.
There no go be as many fans this afternoon (though attendances for the ground be high even at the start of the second week), but that no be reason to fail a second time. Be careful, though, because anybody wey see Heidenheim train for nearby Naz-Sciaves go paint eleven splinters for the bodies of mastiffs. After all, like Arminia, the Second Bundesliga kick off on August 8th, which be why Bologna, still sitting for school absorbing the new playing philosophy, now risk once again suffer from lack of fitness. E be July football, with all the trimmings: no definitive verdicts, but some initial answers, yes.
Meanwhile, Bologna continue to await response from Orsolini concerning his contract renewal. “We dey for discussions,” talk CEO Claudio Fenucci yesterday, wey dey present for Valles and later that evening join by sporting director Marco Di Vaio. “We no far off, so if there no any further surprises regarding the financial aspect, we suppose eventually reach a contract extension to make Orso a legend. The timing? We no fit wait too long, otherwise e go become a soap opera.”
The entire Bologna club also dey wait for response from Jonathan Rowe, wey dem send off Saturday due to an inexplicable nervousness. “The transfer market get nothing to do with am,” Fenucci tone down, “also because we no receive any request for am. The fine? E already pay for a great dinner for his teammates, after apologizing.” That be all. Or rather, e end with thunderous applause from Valles loyalists, wey for yesterday morning training session greatly appreciate the Englishman corner save, as an extra defender, with which e thwart a teammate cross, a skillful move wey Rowe himself celebrate with a ferocious celebration. A blessing and a curse: those wey change the course of a match be to treat as such.
Then there be the Freuler-style metronomes, “currently a free player, for financial reasons, despite the great relationship wey e always get with us,” Fenucci conclude. So make we get on with Heidenheim, led continuously since 2007 by local legend Frank Schmidt, wey lead them from the fifth tier all the way to the Bundesliga: hats off! His colleague Tedesco, meanwhile, test out a starting eleven yesterday afternoon, playing a 4-3-3 formation wey feel very much like a starter: Skorupski; Zortea, Vitik, Heggem, Miranda; Bernardeschi, Pobega, El Azzouzi; Orsolini, Castro, Cambiaghi. Meanwhile, starting this evening, the coach welcome two new players: Moro and the new arrival Alhassane, wey go join their teammates for Valles.
