Bologna coach Thiago Motta is looking forward to their clash with Daniele de Rossi's Roma.

The pair are former Italy teammates.

Motta said: “Daniele is a fantastic guy, intelligent, we have great memories of our time together with the Nazionale. He deserves to be where he is and I look forward to embracing him on Monday.

“Roma make constant movement in midfield, players like Paulo Dybala and Lorenzo Pellegrini are very dangerous going forward. We must above all focus on bringing the game to where we want it."

On Bologna's top four hopes, he added: “This changes nothing for us, we must continue to do our work.

“There is no obsession. We are very realistic about our current situation. There is no pressure here, that is all on the others, those whose ambitions were the highest targets, because we were not expected to be in this position."