Zanetti, a real taboo: against Bologna he only knows how to win

The Bentegodi stadium on Sunday will be a real test for the Bologna: and not only because the Verona in the last home match they beat Fiorentina and were the only team capable of leaving the Dall'Ara with three points this season.

There must be a taboo to break: the one concerning the Hellas coach, that Paul Zanetti who has always won against the rossoblù in the 4 clashes that have occurred during his career, always at the helm of teams fighting for salvation.

The streak began on November 21, 2021, when he led Venezia to a win over Bologna thanks to Okereke's goal. Zanetti would not finish the season, due to a collapse in performance after a good start.

It would be repeated the following year with Empoli: again 0-1, with the blitz signed by Bandinelli. Zanetti would then score the hat-trick in the return match: 3-1 for Empoli at the Castellani, with an own goal by Lucumi, and goals by Akpa Akpro and Nicolò Cambiaghi, now available to Italiano, with Orsolini limiting the damage from the penalty spot.

And then the blitz of last December 30th, with the 2-3 sealed by Castro's own goal, after a crazy match that saw the rossoblù take the lead, be overtaken by remaining in inferiority due to Pobega's expulsion (second after the one against Lazio) and temporarily return to 2-2 with Dominguez, despite being one man down.

Hellas is a team in the running for salvation, with a 4-point advantage over the third-last team. With eleven games to go, points weigh double: both for Bologna, in full pursuit of Europe, and for those fighting to maintain their category.

Among other things, Bologna has suffered from the so-called small: just remember the draws with Empoli, the one in Lecce or the last-gasp victory against the Salento team at the Dall'Ara in the first leg. And, again, the defeat in Parma (at the Dall'Ara it ended in a draw despite the numerical superiority of Italiano's team for a half), finally, a detail that is not a detail: the Verona It was the only team capable of win at Dall'Ara in this season.

Bologna needs to find its I'm going away and to do so, they will have to go through Verona, demonstrating that they can get the better of an opponent who already in the first leg showed that they know how to mess up the game and the mechanisms of a Bologna team that is struggling against those teams that don't necessarily try to get results by playing an open game.

The number one danger, however, is called Paul Zanetti, unbeatable for Bologna so far: superstition lovers, touch wood.