of their Europa League Spherical of 16 first leg, with targets within the second half from Federico Bernardeschi and Lorenzo Pellegrini.
Soccer Italia’s Man of the Match was Rossoblu goalscorer Bernardeschi, for his well-taken strike, likelihood creation and work monitoring again defensively.
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Bologna 1-1 Roma – Participant Rankings
: Skorupski 6; Mario 6 (Zortea N/A), Casale 6 (Vitik N/A), Lucumi 7, Miranda 6.5 (Lykogiannis N/A); Ferguson 6.5, Freuler 6, Pobega 6.5; Bernardeschi 7.5, Castro 5.5 (Dallinga N/A), Rowe 7 (Cambiaghi 6)
Greatest Bologna participant: Federico Bernardeschi – Was each a menace offensively, proven together with his purpose and loads of possibilities created, and defensively, monitoring again and dealing onerous to help his defence. Confirmed loads of management in the present day.
Lowest Bologna score: Santiago Castro – By no means actually discovered his groove, didn’t handle a single shot and was a lot much less efficient than his supporting forwards.
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Coach: Vincenzo Italiano 7 – Can’t actually be faulted in what was a really shut sport – and one the place his Bologna facet have been most likely the higher of the 2 groups on the evening. His substitutions added little, nevertheless.
Roma: Svilar 6.5; Celik 6 (Hermoso 6), N’Dicka 6.5, Ghilardi 7; Rensch 6.5 (Tsimikas 5.5), El Aynaoui 6 (Pellegrini 7.5), Pisilli 6, Wesley 6; Cristante 6.5; Malen 6.5, Zaragoza 6 (Vaz 6)
BOLOGNA, ITALY – MARCH 12: Lorenzo Pellegrini of AS Roma celebrates scoring his group’s first purpose through the UEFA Europa League 2025/26 Spherical of 16 First Leg match between Bologna FC 1909 and AS Roma at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara on March 12, 2026 in Bologna, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)
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Greatest Roma participant: Lorenzo Pellegrini – Got here off the bench to attain the equaliser, serving to to safe an important draw on the highway on this first leg, placing the group in a superb place for the second leg on the Stadio Olimpico.
Lowest Roma score: Kostas Tsimikas – In contrast to Pellegrini, Tsimikas got here off the bench to as soon as once more disappoint. He has by no means actually discovered momentum with the Roman facet, and hardly had any involvement in his 35 minutes on the pitch.
Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini 6.5 – Made some good changes after Bologna scored and was rewarded with Pellegrini’s purpose. Nevertheless, Roma have been arguably the more serious of the 2 sides tonight and Gasperini is not going to be fully happy together with his squad.