Sinisa Mihajlovic feels Bologna ‘played better than Sampdoria and deserved the victory,’ but if Riccardo Orsolini had missed another chance, ‘he wouldn’t be allowed on the team bus.’

The Rossoblu again failed to keep a clean sheet and conceded first through Morten Thorsby’s header, but managed to turn it around with a Vasco Regini own goal and an Orsolini header.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has claimed he would have joined Bologna for free for Sinisa Mihajlovic.

“I think Sinisa is a great man, I was lucky enough to know him as a person,” the Milan striker told La Gazzetta dello Sport during the unveiling of ‘La partita della vita’, Mihajlovic’s biography.

“We didn’t like each other at the beginning but when I knew him at Inter it was love from the very first day. I used to say: ‘If I’d go to war, Sini would be in first row, myself in the second.”

Italy CT Roberto Mancini has announced he has recovered from coronavirus. ‘This afternoon I tested negative’.

The Azzurri coach missed out on the international break, when Italy won three out of three games and secured a place in the UEFA Nations League Finals with Alberico Evani in the dugout.

But the coach has confirmed he tested negative for COVID-19 today.

“I received the result of the negative swab this afternoon,” Mancini told La Gazzetta dello Sport. “I’m done, I’m fine.”

Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic insists he ‘never even considered’ the possibility he wouldn’t beat leukaemia. ‘I told myself I couldn’t lose.’

He was diagnosed in July 2019, during pre-season training, and after months of chemotherapy, he had a bone marrow transplant.

“I am not one of those who say it’s the taking part that counts. No, I want to win,” he said on television show Domenica In.

Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has hailed former Roma captain Francesco Totti in his autobiography. ‘It’s striking that he never won the Ballon d’Or’.

The Rossoblu coach has praised Totti in his autobiography ‘La Partita della Vita (The Game of Life)’, saying his former Giallorossi teammate was 'more complete' than the greatest Italy internationals.

Sinisa Mihajlovic has spoken about his fight against leukaemia revealing he was given a false identity by the hospital where he was cured.

"Getting sick is not a fault. It just happens. The world falls on you and you must try to react. Everyone does it in their own way. The truth is, I’m not a hero,” he told Il Corriere della Sera in an interview where he also spoke about a quarrel with Patrick Vieira back in 2000.

Bologna boss Sinisa Mihajlovic has admitted he should not have racially abused Patrick Vieira in Lazio's game against Arsenal in 2000, ‘Even if he called me f… gypsy for the whole game.’

Mihajlovic spoke with Il Corriere della Sera about his managerial and playing career.

“One thing I wouldn’t do again happen in October 2000, Lazio-Arsenal in Champions League.

“Since I play football I have given and taken spit and elbows and insults. It also happens with Vieira.

Sinisa Mihajlovic believes Bologna ‘were superior to Napoli in the last 15-20 minutes’ and deserved a point from their 1-0 defeat.

The Rossoblu took their run of Serie A matches without a clean sheet to 40, as Victor Osimhen’s free header at the back post proved decisive at the Stadio Dall’Ara.

By the time Bologna woke up and started to create chances, it was too late to build up pressure on the Partenopei.

Sinisa Mihajlovic was pleased with the ‘desire to react’ that Bologna showed in their comeback to beat Cagliari. ‘This time the lads believed to the end.’

The Rossoblu had been struggling lately and twice fell behind on home turf, but showed great resilience to fight back and eventually win 3-2.

Sinisa Mihajlovic admitted Bologna must ‘add something’ ahead of the match against Cagliari. ‘If you always play the same way, you get the same results’.

Bologna have lost three on the bounce in Serie A, but arrive after a positive experience against Reggina in the Coppa Italia, but Mihajlovic concedes they ‘have to change something’.

“We work trying to improve what we have done, hoping to recover the injured and continuing to have faith in the work,” he said.