Bologna continued their spectacular march in direction of the highest 4 in Serie A with this victory over 10-man Como, with Lorenzo De Silvestri and Giovanni Fabbian objectives.
The Rossoblu concluded their Champions League marketing campaign on Wednesday with and will now deal with a . Tommaso Pobega, Lewis Ferguson and Riccardo Orsolini had been out of motion. Como missed Alberto Moreno, Sergi Roberto, Daniele Baselli, Alessandro Gabrielloni, Marco Sala and Ignace van der Brempt, however Edoardo Goldaniga returned from suspension and new signings Alex Valle and Jonathan Ikone had been introduced in.
Jhon Lucumi shook off flu signs to begin and nearly opened the scoring too, his header thumping the crossbar from a Charalampos Lykogiannis nook kick.
It was solely a warning, as a free kick was taken quick for the Lykogiannis cross from the left, discovering a glancing Lorenzo De Silvestri header from six yards. His celebration pointing to the stands was for his spouse and their rising household.
It ought to’ve been 2-0, as a cross from the precise noticed Thijjs Dallinga’s volley strike the crossbar from shut vary, the second time Bologna rattled the woodwork.
Throughout that transfer, Alieu Fadera felt he had been fouled and screamed insults on the referee, persevering with to be so apparent in his protests that he acquired a purple card, leaving Como right down to 10 males.
There was one other big alternative as Dallinga got here sliding in a second too late to satisfy the Lykogiannis cross from six yards.
Como nearly equalised after the restart, as Diao lower inside from the left and hit a right-foot daisy-cutter inches broad from the sting of the realm.
As a substitute, Bologna doubled their lead when Juan Miranda’s cross from the left was turned in by a fragile cushioned volley off the within of Giovanni Fabbian’s proper boot from six yards.
Jonathan Ikone made his Como debut and instantly curled simply broad from the sting of the field, whereas Butez received right down to push a Sam Beukema header off the road from one other nook.
Como rattled the body of the aim too, as Nikola Moro by chance deflected a Gabriel Strefezza curling cross-shot onto the bar, then Goldaniga was offside on the rebound.
There have been emotional scenes as Bologna followers welcomed again Niccolò Cambiaghi and Oussama El Azzouzi from lengthy damage lay-offs.
Como by no means gave up and in added time Lukasz Skorupski flew to palm the Nico Paz free kick out of the highest nook.
Bologna 2-0 Como
De Silvestri 25 (B), Fabbian 66 (B)
Despatched off: Fadera 38 (C)
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