Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic said Cagliari ‘didn’t win, we lost’ after the 1-0 defeat and claimed his team need ‘more hunger’.
Daniele Rugani made sure all the spoils stayed in Bologna on Wednesday and Mihajlovic felt a 0-0 draw would have been fair.
“It was a draw, they scored in the only way they could score, on crosses,” Mihajlovic said at a press conference.
“We weren’t hard enough; it was a 0-0 game. They didn’t win, we lost. There was not enough hunger and determination.
Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic said Cagliari ‘didn’t win, we lost’ after the 1-0 defeat and claimed his team need ‘more hunger’.
Daniele Rugani made sure all the spoils stayed in Bologna on Wednesday and Mihajlovic felt a 0-0 draw would have been fair.
“It was a draw, they scored in the only way they could score, on crosses,” Mihajlovic said at a press conference.
“We weren’t hard enough; it was a 0-0 game. They didn’t win, we lost. There was not enough hunger and determination.
“I expected a lot more from the attackers. It’s the same match in Genoa. You build well, but we never managed to get close to scoring.
“There, we lost 2-0, here 1-0, without suffering anything but without creating too.”
The 22-year-old centre-forward Musa Barrow struggled against the Casteddu but Mihajlovic claimed it was 'a step back for the whole team'.
“If we take a step forward and one back… Barrow has to play there,” he said. “We only look at the results here, it wasn’t just him who took a step back.
“The whole team did. We need more hunger and need to risk more, we were left to play without being dangerous.”
The Bulgarian 20-year-old Valentin Antov, who arrived from CSKA Sofia on February 1, played his first game for Bologna last night.
“He did what he had to do,” Mihajlovic said. “He wasn’t very busy. What he did, he did well, except on the goal.
“It had to be him on Rugani.”
Bologna appealed for a handball in the area from Cagliari midfielder Nahitan Nandez.
“I don’t remember a VAR decision going our way all season,” Mihajlovic continued. “If it had happened on the other side, it would have been a penalty and a sending off.
“These are always the same stories, there’s not much to say."