Federico Bernardeschi fired Bologna right into a 1-0 victory at house in opposition to Udinese in on Monday night as a prolonged VAR verify resulted in a shocking penalty being awarded in favour of the Rossoblu on the Dall’Ara.
Commercial
Tommaso Pobega registered the sport’s first shot heading in the right direction 35 minutes in with a comparatively tame effort from distance, which Maduka Okoye had no problem with claiming.
Santiago Castro additionally determined to check the Udinese stopper with a strong striker from over 30 yards out a couple of minutes later. Okoye didn’t catch it cleanly, however nonetheless had sufficient area and time to clear up the spill.
Udinese got here near conceding from a defensive catastrophe when Christian Kabasele fell asleep and did not clear a unfastened ball on the again, which allowed Riccardo Orsolini to slide in one-on-one. Thankfully for the guests, the Bologna ahead didn’t join correctly with the ball and Jordan Zemura pulled out a superb goalline block from Jonathan Rowe’s follow-up.
FEBRUARY 23: Riccardo Orsolini of Bologna FC in the course of the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Udinese Calcio at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on February 23, 2026 in Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)
Commercial
Bologna ultimately broke the impasse by means of Bernardeschi from the penalty spot within the seventy fifth minute. The choice to award the spot-kick was not significantly simple, although.
Initially, a free-kick had been awarded proper on the sting of the penalty space for a foul on Castro.
There weren’t any main protests from the Bologna workforce, the Udinese wall had been arrange and the Rossoblu gamers appeared like they have been making ready to tug out a set-piece routine, however referee Matteo Marcenaro overturned the choice two minutes later and gave a penalty as a substitute.
FEBRUARY 23: Referee Marcenaro gestures for penalty in the course of the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Udinese Calcio at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on February 23, 2026 in Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)
Commercial
It was Jesper Karlstrom who had dedicated the offence, and replays confirmed that he had initiated contact, albeit solely barely, contained in the penalty, which continued into the D.
Bernardeschi stepped up and despatched his penalty to his left, sending Okoye the incorrect approach within the course of.
This was sufficient for Bologna to say all three factors, which suggests they’re now again as much as eighth place within the Serie A desk on 36 factors from 26 matches. Udinese stay in eleventh with 32 factors to their title.
Bologna 1-0 Udinese
Bernardeschi 75’.
ITALY – FEBRUARY 23: Federico Bernardeschi celebrates after scoring the opening aim in the course of the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Udinese Calcio at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on February 23, 2026 in Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)