Verona’s feat of beating Bologna 3-2 at the end of a match in which practically everything happened. Castro’s own goal was decisive two minutes from the end, Zanetti’s team responds to Como and Parma and rises to 18 points. Bologna remains at 28 and suffers their third defeat of the season. The “Dall’Ara” was a race with a thousand faces. The Italian sent out the usual 4-2-3-1 with Dominguez on the right and Castro the only central reference, the guests responded with Suslov in the midfield to support the Sarr-Tengstedt duo.
After an initial study phase the Bolognese began to build a game, Castro tamed a cross with his head, then Dominguez himself, from the edge, passed Montipò with a low shot to the near post. The hosts took advantage of the moment, Pobega was unable to deflect Fabbian’s shot into the goal. The best opportunity happened to Odgaard: the Dane was only stopped by the post. Three minutes later, in the 38th minute, Sarr evened the score taking advantage of a very serious mistake by Lucumì. Dominguez again, among the best on the pitch in the first half, attempted a long-range shot in full injury time, but the ball went just wide. But the slap for the rossoblù has arrived at the end: Bradaric’s first-time pass put the home defense out of play, Serdar found Tengstedt who only managed to score the overtaking goal ahead of Skorupski.
Bologna’s reaction in the second half was immediate – Odgaard’s shot intercepted by Montipò – but in the 6th minute Pobega was sent off for an outburst on Duda: the VAR confirmed Ayroldi’s choice, but the images did not clarify the dynamics of the episode. Nervousness was inevitable, but Italiano’s team found the equalizer in the 13th minute when Dominguez again headed home Odgaard’s free kick which ended on the post. Despite the numerical inferiority, the Bolognese tried in every way to find the overtaking goal, but Montipò intercepted three shots directed towards the goal. In the 43rd minute, Verona took the lead again, with Castro’s deflection into his own goal following a free kick from the right lane.