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Mihajlovic: We can beat Udinese
Saturday 7 February, 2009

Sinisa Mihajlovic is not frightened by Udinese's return to form and insists Bologna want all three points at the Friuli.

“I go in to win every game, then clearly between a defeat and a draw I'll take the draw, but I certainly am not going to Udine for a point,” said the Coach.

“We are going there to win it, then we will see what happens. I could use Manuel Belleri at right-back, as he has the best characteristics to mark Antonio Di Natale.

“Massimo Mutarelli is making evident progress in training, but he has not played for a long time and neither as Cesar.”

Bologna may well have been more confident a few weeks ago, as at the time Udinese were in crisis and they were unbeaten under Mihajlovic.

Times have changed, as the Friulani beat Juventus and earned a 2-2 draw at Napoli, while the Rossoblu fell 3-1 at home to Fiorentina.

The Rossoblu brought in Daniel Pablo Osvaldo in the January transfer window, but Massimo Marazzina remained despite barely featuring.

“It is not true that Marazzina is not part of my plans. Quite simply we are not a squad who can play with two stable centre-forwards and at the moment Marco Di Vaio is untouchable,” added Mihajlovic.

“Osvaldo has arrived and he can give us that extra step up in quality. Marazzina has to keep training hard and I do think he can feature against Udinese, as they have central defenders who are strong in the air.

“I have to make my choices, then I can well make a mistake, but when I make those decisions I am convinced they are right and I don't need to explain myself to anyone.”

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