 Muna 1994, Nervo akasainwa neBologna, kirabhu iyo yaaizopedza yakawanda yebasa rake; muhuwandu, akaramba ari mukirabhu kwemwaka gumi nematatu, gumi nerimwe rawo rakateedzana, achiita 337 makwikwi makwikwi ekirabhu pakati peSerie A, Serie B, uye Serie C1, achirova zvibodzwa makumi matatu nezvitanhatu; akaita kutanga kwake neBologna mumwaka wa19941995, uye akaratidzira hunyanzvi hwake semubati weparutivi wekurudyi nekuda kwekumhanyisa kwake, kushanda-chiyero, hunyanzvi, kugona, uye ziso rechinangwa, izvo zvakamugonesa kuumba kudyidzana kwakakosha panhandare nevatambi vakaita saIgor Kolyvanov naGiuseppe Signori. Nervo akaita basa rakakosha mukubatsira Bologna kuhwina akateedzana Serie C1 uye Serie B mazita, zvakare kuwana kukwidziridzwa kuSerie A nekirabhu, uye akaita Serie A yake yekutanga musi wa7 Gunyana 1996, mukukunda 10 kumba pamusoro peLazio; akaita 100th Serie A kuoneka neBologna mukukwikwidza 00 kure neVerona musi wa5 Kurume 2000. Munguva yake nekirabhu, akabatsira Bologna kuti akwanise kuenda kuEFAFA Cup, mushure mekukunda 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup; Bologna yakasvika kuma semi fainari ese ari maviri 1998-99 UEFA Cup uye 1998-99 Coppa Italia mwaka unotevera. Kutevera Bolognas kudzikiswa kuSerie B pakupera kwegore ra2004-05 Serie A mwaka uye kupera kwechibvumirano chake nekirabhu, Nervo akapedza nguva pfupi pachikwereti neakabatana Serie B divi Catanzaro mumwaka wa2005-06, asi akazodzokera kuBologna muna Ndira 2006, uye akapedza basa rake rehunyanzvi nekirabhu pakupera kwemwaka wa2006-07, achirega basa muna 2007. Nemitambo 417 mumakwikwi epamutemo neBologna, ndiye mutambi wechitatu wepamusoro mukirabhu, kuseri kwaGiacomo Bulgarelli naTazio Roversi. 