Celtic aren’t the only ones who aren’t entirely satisfied as all is not well at Bologna.
The Hoops will have to defy history to beat Bologna having only ever won on Italian soil once before in the club’s 138-year history.
Bologna were beaten by lowly Fiorentina at the weekend, losing further ground in their quest to finish inside the European spots.
They are also currently mid-table in the Europa League standings and are well in contention to qualify, like Celtic.
But rather than rally together, one player has decided to take a pop at his teammates instead.
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Defeat against Fiorentina at home was embarrassing, especially as they had only won two Serie A games all season before that.
Preparation to face the Hoops couldn’t have gone any worse, and now things are really threatening to spill over after Giovanni Fabbian called on his teammates to take some responsibility.
“We had the wrong approach for the game against Fiorentina. We prepared well for it, but failed to replicate what we did in training.
“We can’t disappear on the pitch like that.
“We have to work hard and improve on what we were able to do until recently and are now failing. We’re all united to get it right.”
Celtic and Bologna set for historic first meeting
Thursday’s game will also be a special encounter as it will be the first time that the two teams have met in a game, both competitively and as a friendly.
In fact, Bologna have only played against Scottish opposition once when they took on Hearts in the 1990-91 UEFA Cup.
They won the tie 4-3 on aggregate after recovering from a 3-1 loss at Tynecastle to win 3-0 in the second leg.
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