Bologna 1-0 Inter Milan: Riccardo Orsolini stuns Simone Inzaghi's side as Napoli edge closer to Serie A title
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Updated 26/02/2023 at 13:47 GMT
Riccardo Orsolini scored the only goal of the game as Bologna stunned Inter Milan 1-0 on Sunday lunchtime, dealing a big blow to Simone Inzaghi’s side in the Serie A title race. Bologna thought they had scored early in the first half, only for their goal to be ruled out for offside, but they got the goal they wanted in the second-half and Inter were unable to find a response.
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Inter Milan's faint Scudetto hopes suffered a blow after a poor display to lose 1-0 away to Bologna.
The in-form hosts dominated the first half and had a goal by Musa Barrow disallowed by VAR for offside while Roberto Soriano's effort struck the crossbar.
The Nerazzurri, who handed rare starts to Romelu Lukaku and Marcelo Brozovic, were below-par with their passing and their best chance fell to Lautaro Martinez who headed wide.
Bologna continued to carve out some good opportunities in the second half with Nicolas Dominguez's effort saved by Andre Onana.
The visitors brought on Edin Dzeko, Nicola Barella and Danilo D'Ambrosio around the hour mark. Former Manchester City strike Dzeko nearly made an instant impact with a volley which was saved.
But it was D'Ambrosio who was at fault for the winning goal after losing possession which led to Riccardo Orsolini smashing a half-volley into the roof of the net.
The result sees Simone Inzaghi's side remain second, 18 points behind runaway Serie A leaders Napoli, while Bologna climb up to seventh place.
TALKING POINT
Deja vu for Inzaghi's side.
It was at this venue last season where Inter's title challenge collapsed after a 2-1 defeat which led to rivals AC Milan eventually winning the Scudetto. And it was the case again with their six-match unbeaten run ended by a below-par performances with the changes to the XI not paying off. They need a miracle now with Napoli so far ahead and flying in Serie A.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Musa Barrow (Bologna): The Gambian forward was a threat throughout with his pace and link-up play. And he was unlucky to have his goal in the first half disallowed due to team-mate Dominguez being in an offside position when he jumped over the ball.
PLAYER RATINGS
BOLOGNA: Skorupski 8, Posch 7, Sosa 6, Lucumi 6, Cambiaso 7, Domiguez 6, Schouten 6, Orsolini 8, Ferguson 7, Soriano 6, Barrow 8. Subs: Aebischer n/a, Medel n/a, Raimondo n/a, Kyriakopoulos n/a.
INTER MILAN: Onana 7, Darmian 6, De Vrij 5, Bastoni 6, Dumfries 4, Mkhitaryan 5, Brozovic 5, Calhanoglu 6, Gosens 5,Lukaku 5, Martinez 5. Subs: Acerbi 5, Dzeko, 6, D'Ambrosio 5, Barella 6, Carboni n/a.
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:
12' - DISALLOWED GOAL FOR BOLOGNA! Ferguson cuts it back, Barrow fires it into the far bottom corner. But VAR is looking at whether Dominguez was offside and rules he was.
18' - WOODWORK! Cambiaso's strike from the edge of the area is saved and Soriano on the rebound smashes his effort against the bar!
76' - GOAL FOR BOLOGNA! D'Ambrosio gives it away, Schouten finds Orsolini who whacks a half-volley into the roof of the net. What an emphatic finish!
KEY STAT
Edin Dzeko is one of the eight strikers to have played at least 500 games in the big-5 European leagues since 1/1/2000, alongside Lionel Messi, Fabio Quagliarella, Karim Benzema, Alberto Gilardino, Jimmy Briand, Fernando Torres and Kevin Gameiro.
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