🔴 Bologna v Aston Villa | Italiano: We must play a blinder 🔥

🔴 Bologna v Aston Villa | Italiano: We must play a blinder 🔥

Bologna return to the spotlight in the Europa League and face Aston Villa at the Dall’Ara in the first leg of the quarter-finals.

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Vincenzo Italiano’s rossoblù go into the match after knocking out Roma in the round of 16, while Unai Emery’s English side got past Lille.

It is a fixture seen recently: the two teams have met in recent European seasons, in the League Phase of the Champions League and the Europa League, with Aston Villa always winning in Birmingham.

This time, though, it will be played at the Dall’Ara, where Bologna are looking to change the story and take a step toward the semi-finals.

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😍 The Dall'Ara is getting ready to turn 🔴🔵

From the first images coming out of Bologna, it is immediately clear that fans in the stands are wearing red and blue plastic ponchos, ready to create a stunning visual display.

🗣 Italiano: "They are the favourites, we need to put in a super performance"

"It’s great to be here, to play matches like these. We’ll see if we can perform well. We are up against a great team and a coach who has already won this competition four times. They are the favourites, we need to put in a super performance to make things difficult for them," the Bologna coach told Sky Sport.

🗣 Emery: "It will be a very demanding match"

"I asked the team to show respect for this competition. It is difficult to compete at a high level against Bologna. Collectively, we need to be very organised and try to give our maximum. It will be a very demanding match," said the Aston Villa coach to Sky Sport.

✅ The OFFICIAL line-ups

BOLOGNA (4-3-3): Ravaglia; Joao Mario, Lucumí, Heggem, Miranda; Ferguson, Freuler, Pobega; Bernardeschi, Castro, Rowe. Coach: Italiano

ASTON VILLA (4-2-3-1): Dibu Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Pau Torres, Digne; Onana, Douglas Luiz; McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers; Watkins. Coach: Emery

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