Lecce Bologna 1-1, rossoblù anger: achieved on a penalty after 10 minutes of added time

Bologna, 3 December 2023 – Scream of joy strangled in the throat for the Bologna, that in the eternal recovery of the race of Lecce they were caught up by D'Aversa's Giallorossi, who scored from a penalty in the tenth additional minute of the second half.

After the lead signed by Lykogiannis foul is fatal Calafiori su Falcone in the home team's last attack, which gave Piccoli the chance to kick from the spot.

Gioia sent away for the rossoblù, close to their second victory in a row for most of the second half. 

The match

Surprisingly, Motta rests Zirkzee - slight fatigue - e Beukema, throwing from the start lucumi and especially Van Hooijdonk. In Lecce there is no ex Sansone, Gonzalez and Oudin get the better of Rafia and Blin.

A Lecce that was more in control of the match took to the field in the first half of the Via del Mare: Dorgu tried immediately, forcing Skorupski to respond in the corner, while Bologna's response came after 20' of play, with Van Hooijdonk's right-footed shot finishes high.

The Giallorossi thus began to rely on conclusions from outside: Gonzalez and Banda try, Skorupski responds present.

In the final, Ndoye is freed - this is the offensive weapon that Motta's team must focus on, given Saelemaekers' semi-absentee state - and arrives at Falcone's side, kicking him on the body.

It seems to be a different Bologna that enters the field in second half, who activates Van Hooijdonk after just two minutes: left-footed wide. Then, however, Motta's move: quadruple change, with Saelemaekers, Van Hooijdonk, Aebischer and Fabbian leaving room for Lykogiannis, Zirkzee, Freuler and Moro. Bologna revolutionized.

And the results are visible: Ferguson wins a free kick from the edge, Lykogiannis he takes charge and gives life to a parable which, having climbed over the barrier, gives Bologna the 1-0, without any possibility for Falcone to intervene. Guest advantage at Via del Mare.

And to think that there would even be the possibility for the Greek to double when, two minutes later, ndoye he offers him a chocolate to unwrap: a sweet he doesn't like, a left-footed player who isn't very precise and Falcone is pardoned.

And it's Ndoye again, on the half hour mark, who wreaks havoc - Dorgu still late to the Swiss - escaping the Giallorossi defense but being blocked by Falcone; Ferguson tries on the rebound, out.

But in the end it's psychodrama: on the last corner kick in favor of Lecce it also goes up Falcon, who in an attempt to reach the ball played by Dorgu comes belted by Calafiori. Duties first whistle offside, only to then retrace his steps and award the penalty to the Giallorossi, after the review Yes: Piccoli isn't wrong. Draw in Lecce for Bologna.

The match scoreboard

Lecce-Bologna 1-1

LECCE (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Pongracic, Baschirotto, Dorgu; Gonzalez, Ramadani (32' st Rafia), Oudin (18' st Blin); Strefezza (32' st Almqvist), Krstovic (12' st Piccoli), Banda (18' st Sansone). Available: Brancolini, Samooja, Venuti, Berisha, Listkowski, Faticanti, Gallo, Smajlovic, Dermaku. All.: Roberto D'Aversa.

BOLOGNA (4-3-3): Skorupski; Posch, Lucumi, Calafiori, Kristiansen; Ferguson, Aebischer (13' st Freuler), Fabbian (13' st Moro); Ndoye (40' st Urbanski), Van Hooijdonk (13' st Zirkzee), Saelemaekers (13' st Lykogiannis). Available: Ravaglia, Bagnolini, Beukema. Coach: Thiago Motta.

Referee: Duties of Rome. Goals: 23' st Lykogiannis, 55' st Piccoli (penalty).

Footnotes: booked in the 45th minute by Ramadani, in the 4th minute by Saelemaekers, in the 39th minute by Pongracic, in the 44th minute by Sansone, in the 53rd minute by Calafiori. 1' and 5' added time.

Sassoiola against the rossoblù fans

A group of approx 40 fans of Bologna, who arrived on board a bus of the SGM transport company, escorted by police officers near the Lecce stadium, was hit by some sassi launched by local ultras. Nobody was injured. Digos investigations are underway on the matter.

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