The bitterness remains of not having ridden the wave of an atmosphere of “magical nights” in that Dall’Ara where Bologna bowed to the technical and physical qualities of Monaco who found the net of the definitive advantage less than five minutes from the final whistle. That area which against Lecce had been owned by Bologna himself with Orsolini’s goal, yesterday the French took it, taking away the home team’s dream of being able to say something again in this Champions League match. With the 0-1 in favor of the guests, that playoff objective mentioned on the eve of the match also disappears, not yet impossible but certainly less and less within the range of action of the Bologna team.
The performance, however, – the one dear to Italiano – was not lacking, especially in a second half in which the rossoblù were largely masters of the pitch, guilty only of not having found the decisive ball to celebrate together with Dall’Ara . Nothing to be done for the Bolognese who in the first half even saw the goal that had shocked the stadium canceled out: Castro scores but Ndoye is clearly offside and the assistant referee correctly signals. Dall’Ara – strangled – takes the blow, hoping until the end for a new celebration which unfortunately will never come.
The European network is also still missing. In fact, in none of the matches played Bologna managed to score a goal, a symptom of the difficulties that the team is having when faced with qualitatively important opponents. Against Monaco, the dream of a third consecutive clean sheet came to naught. After Cagliari and Lecce, Bologna stained its defensive performances with the goal from a corner kicked by the French. The Beukema-Lucumì pair is not enough this time: the line made up of the Dutch central defender – who celebrated the milestone of his two hundredth professional match against Lecce – and the Colombian one is in fact dented at the end.
With only one point under their belt in a league with big names, Bologna must hope for a feat to secure the aforementioned playoffs. In the meantime, however, there is a championship that continues with the next match in Rome which is already worrying Italiano and Co. From tomorrow the team will return to work on the pitch to prepare for the match at the Olimpico and who knows, they will be reborn precisely where they last year he surprised everyone twice.