Italiano warning for Bologna: ‘Teams struggled away to Brann’

Vincenzo Italiano hopes Bologna have ‘turned a corner’ after their crisis and can build on that in the Europa League play-off with SK Brann. ‘It was an odd game in the group phase.’

The first leg kicks off in Bergen, Norway, on Thursday at 17.45 GMT (18.45 CET).

The Rossoblu plane arrived quite late and there was no time for a pitch inspection, but the coach was already concerned with what he could see of the turf.

“It’s dark, but the pitch still doesn’t look in perfect condition...