Bologna coach Thiago Motta is looking forward to facing Jose Mourinho's AS Roma.

Motta played for Mourinho at Inter Milan.

He said: "I want to carry on this spirit that we lived before the break, and I want the boys to always carry with them the ability to think as a group and not individually

"Mourinho is a fantastic person for me, with him I was able to improve a lot and win almost everything.

"He has always been special to me, not only in terms of the player-coach relationship, but as a person."