Former Lazio coach Sven-Göran Eriksson has revealed that he had to convince Sinisa Mihajlovic to play in defence. “He became one of the best in the world”.

Eriksson moved to the Biancoceleste after a successful stint at Sampdoria and brought the former Yugoslavia international to the Italian capital for €17m.

The Swedish coach followed up his Coppa Italia triumph with the Blucerchiati by leading Lazio to a domestic double in 1999-00.

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Sinisa Mihajlovic insists that Juventus are still the team to beat in Serie A, claims Bologna are the “most booked” team in the world and feels Atalanta have “deserved” their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

The last Serie A match that was carried out before the forced break was a game between Juventus and Inter in an empty Allianz Stadium.

The Bianconeri won the game 2-0 and are back on top of the standings in Italy, something Mihajlovic feels represents the gap of quality between the Old Lady and the rest.

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Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has revealed that he takes comfort from his previous experiences and has reassured that “everything will be beautiful” after the current lockdown.

Mihajlovic is staying at home during the Coronavirus outbreak, just like the rest of the Italians are, and in an interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport, the 51-year-old points out that a lot has happened since he spoke to them about his experiences on his 50th birthday.

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Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has been sent to Rome by the club’s medical staff, because Coronavirus would be extremely dangerous for him during his recovery from leukaemia.

Emilia-Romagna was one of the three regions hit hardest by the outbreak in Italy, along with Lombardy and Veneto.

Although all of Italy is now in lockdown to stem the spread of the highly-contagious respiratory illness, several Serie A players at Juventus, Sampdoria and Fiorentina have tested positive.

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Roma left-back Aleksandar Kolarov spoke of his admiration for Bologna coach Sinisa Mihaljovic. “He’s my idol, a true warrior.”

Kolarov, gave an interview to a Serbian TV programme called ‘Sport Roads’ about his relationship with the current Rossoblu boss.

“All of my family support Sinisa at this time, my son adores him. I have a great rapport with him, we have spent a lot of time together,” Kolarov told the broadcaster.

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Bologna assistant manager Emilio De Leo admits they “started badly” and were unable to turn around an early 2-0 Lazio lead.

Sinisa Mihajlovic was given a wonderful welcome at the Stadio Olimpico, presented with a gift and given a stating ovation before kick-off, with a banner: ‘Always a courageous man with a warrior spirit, we are by your side during your most important battle. Forza Sinisa.’

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Former Inter striker Samuel Eto’o says he would like to see Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri return to the style of play he implemented at Empoli. “The coach I saw at Empoli is very different to the one of Chelsea and Juventus.”

Eto’o gave an interview to Sky Sport Italia, and talked about several coaches currently plying their trade in Serie A.

The former Cameroon international says he was a great admirer of Sarri’s Empoli side.

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Bologna assistant manager Emilio De Leo reveals Sinisa Mihajlovic thought they “deserved to win” after a 1-1 draw with Udinese.

Stefano Okaka was allowed a free header from a Rodrigo De Paul free kick, while Rodrigo Palacio only managed to tap in the equaliser in stoppages.

“The mentality we want to drill into the squad is that we don’t look at the difficulties, but at the opportunities,” De Leo told Sky Sport Italia.

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Emilio De Leo has claimed Bologna are prepared to cope without a long list of absent key members against Udinese but concedes that “it will require a lot of character”.

After their recent setback against Genoa in Serie A, the Rossoblu are preparing to face the Friuli without a host of their key members available.

And the list including important players like Gary Medel, Federico Santander and Roberto Soriano is a new experience for Sinisa Mihajlovic’s assistant De Leo.

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Davide Nicola has stressed that Genoa will need to turn on the “turbo” and work as a team in order to stay up this term.

Ahead of the match against Bologna this weekend, Genoa are currently three points away from safety in the League but are coming from a run of three positive results.

Back-to-back draws against Fiorentina and Atalanta were followed up by a win against Cagliari, but Nicola wants to see his team at full throttle during the last months of the campaign.

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