Under 17, scudetto against Bologna: 3-2 against Inter, comeback show from 0-2

Only three days ago, in Ascoli, Bologna had been reassembled by Spal losing the Under 18 championship final. The rossoblu, also at Del Duca, took their revenge in the most incredible way, beating Inter 3-2 and winning the Under 17 tricolor twenty-one years after the last triumph which dates back to 2001 when Stefano Pioli was on the bench. Inter, ahead 2-0 with 14 minutes from the end, literally threw the game away, but huge credit to Denis Biavati’s Bologna (who in the semifinals had also killed Milan and Juve in the quarter-finals) for having believed in it even when hopes seemed to have vanished.

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The final seemed to be addressed already after the first 12 minutes, with Inter taking them on their side thanks to the brace of Thomas Berenbruch, who had only played half the second half in the semifinal against Roma. The result was unlocked in the 7th minute: Gasperini shortly rejected the conclusion of Pio Esposito (younger brother of Salvatore and Sebastiano), with the boy who arrived from Renate who was the quickest of all to put the ball on the net after the match. Quieto’s initial attempt. The doubling on 12 ‘, with a flying left on a perfect cross by Di Maggio. Bologna nearly scored the 2-1 goal twice, always with Tommaso Ravaglioli, who plays under the age of header in the 40th minute the ball ended up a little high.

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A change on each side when returning from the locker rooms: Miconi for Aidoo (yellow card) for Inter, Hodzic for Ferrante in Bologna. At 10 ‘, an opportunity for the son of art Aleksandar Stankovic (his older brother Filip, like Sebastiano Esposito, was on the pitch in the 2019 final won against Roma), but the Inter captain’s punishment ended up over the crossbar. Five minutes later, also inside a Kevin Martins, the son of Oba Oba (with him, also Ciuffo, outside Di Maggio and Quieto). Calligaris, in the 64th minute, was good at relaxing on Hodzic’s left foot (also on the pitch in the Under 18 final), while on the other side Martins tried to imitate his father but missed the mirror of the left goal. The post kept Bologna alive on Ricordi’s header from the edge of the area on the development of a corner and perhaps it was a sign of fate, because shortly after Ravaglioli after a great acceleration he ended up on the ground in the area after entering in contact with Stante and Guercio: the referee pointed to the spot, with the Bologna striker who transformed the penalty by reopening in the 76th minute a game which, at that moment, was completely over. On Diop’s cross, Menegazzo anticipated Bovo in the area scoring the 2-2 goal in the 86th minute, repeating himself two minutes later with a diagonal that kissed the post and ended up in goal, for the most incredible of comebacks.