Empoli leaves the Coppa Italia with their heads held high: Bologna wins 2-1 at the "Dall'Ara"

Bologna, 24 April 2025 – TheEmpoli exits the Italian Cup with its head held high, narrowly losing (2-1) at the “Renato Dall'Ara” against Bologna. For President Corsi's team, the tournament adventure ends in the semi-final: it will be the Bologna to challenge Milan at the Olimpico on May 14th.

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D'Aversa lines up the second lines, thinking about the Serie A championship. Also Italian, strong from the 3-0 of the first leg, resorts to the bench. Everything was easy at the start of the half for the home team. Then, little by little, theEmpoli manages to get into the game.

In the 7th minute Moro crosses from the right, Fabbian he heads the ball all alone, scoring to the left of Seghetti: at the first attempt, the rossoblù take the lead. In the 9th minute, the blue goalkeeper lifts a diagonal shot from the left by Lykogiannis onto the crossbar. In the 12th minute, Empoli responds: a vertical pass by Konate for solbakken, who enters the area and hits the net with his left foot: the ball goes just wide. In the quarter of an hour, following yet another corner, Bologna comes close to doubling their lead with a deflection from Dallinga and Seghetti's splendid reflex to save the Tuscan team.

In the 19th minute, Cacace puts a nice ball into the center of the area for Solbakken, who doesn't kick with the necessary force: Ravaglia, however, is saved with some difficulty. At 33' the guests equalise: great play by Sambia for Solbakken who shoots with a sure shot, but Ravaglia is good at parrying the ball: the winning tap-in is by Kovalenko.

Resumption at a slower pace. In the 11th minute the new entry Dominguez serves Change, who shoots as soon as he enters the area, sending the ball over the crossbar. In the 13th minute, a powerful right-footer from Fabbian, but Seghetti is ready. In the 24th minute, Dominguez is hypnotized by Hacksaws at the moment of conclusion. In the 40th minute, Moro's shot from the edge of the area was deflected into a corner by a defender. Not even sixty seconds later, the winning goal for the Felsinei: a cross from the left by Lykogiannis, Dallinga with his header he finds the corner to the right of Seghetti. TABLE BOLOGNA – EMPOLI 2-1 BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Ravaglia; De Silvestri, Beukema, Lucumi (1' st Erlic), Lykogiannis; Freuler (37' st El Azzouzi), Moro; Orsolini (1' st Dominguez), Fabbian (27' st Pobega), Cambiaghi (27' st Pedrola); Dallinga. Subs: Skorupski, Bagnolini, Calabria, Miranda, Ferguson, Aebischer, Castro, Ndoye, Odgaard. Coach: Italiano. EMPOLI (3-5-2): Seghetti; De Sciglio, Marianucci (1' st Goglichidze), Tosto; Ebuehi (17' st Gyasi), Sambia, Kovalenko (35' st Campaniello), Bacci (17' st Henderson), Cacace; Konate, Solbakken (1' st Colombo). Subs: Silvestri, Brancolini, Di Leva, Baralla, Morai, Asmussen. Coach: D'Aversa. REFEREE: Marcenaro of Genoa. MARKERS: 7' Fabbian, 33' pt Kovalenko; 41' st Dallinga. NOTES: serene evening. Yellow cards: De Sciglio, Marianucci, Orsolini, Sambia. Corners: 6-2. Injury time: 1', 2'. Gianluca Barni