Dan and Tommaso absolute protagonists of the latest outings between Coppa Italia and championship. Ndoye and Pobega, the new bombers

Ndoye and Pobega. No accidental bombers, because in the Italian Bologna today there is little that is accidental. Added bombers yes: and raise your hand if you expected it. With the seal at the Stadium Dan Ndoye signed his third goal in the last two league games (nine days ago he had punished Venezia with a brace).

Three goals in two Serie A games after having scored only one in the previous 41: is there a secret? Surely there is his obstinacy as a lion from Senegal (his roots are on his father's side), but probably his Italian side also contributed to his blossoming in front of goal, for how he managed to get a relentless mantra into his head.

"I always tell him that someone with the quality he has cannot score a goal in a championship" is the message that the coach has been repeating to him since the first day of training camp.

If they are roses, they will bloom: but if it is ketchup that finally comes out of the tube in an avalanche, then from here onwards there will be plenty of goals from Ndoye.

As for Pobega, the boy from Trieste with the goal against Juve closed a week as a bomber, inaugurated with the splendid goal scored against Monza in the 4-0 Coppa Italia six days ago. Pobega had lost his way in the night at the Olimpico against Lazio, with that almost tacky expulsion that had made him end up behind the bad guys' board. Italiano, who has known him since his time at Spezia (6 goals in 2020-21 with the Aquilotti in Serie A), did not spare him the public pillory, reminding him of the duty to control his impetuosity with reasoning.

But as soon as he saw that the boy had reset the Errorissimo he gave him back his confidence, being repaid with the coin of the goal. This is also a nice locker room story.

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