Just a goal from the Italian number 11 to give the rossoblù the third Italian Cup of their history and the qualification for the Europa League
Bologna, look at what beautiful evenings are beautiful, when you feel the master of the world, or even just the strongest in Italy. The Bologna of Saputo, of Sartori, of Italian wins the Italian Cup by beating AC Milan 1-0 with goals from Dan Ndoye and had not happened for 51 years, since a 1974 evening that the Bolognese have told under the arcades of children, adults, now by grandparents. In Rome they all came, as if they knew, sitting near the Milanist Sinner or further on, in curves. Robi Baggio with his aura and 29.303 “animals” of Italian, who sang from half past seven, when the Milan players were still outside the stadium to peek at tennis. Syu Fuka, a fan who lives in Japan and to see Bologna live has made himself fired. Giacomino Bulgarelli and Sinisa Mihajlovic, who have been enjoyed from the clouds in panoramic vision. And then Beppe Signori, Cesare Cremonini, Luca Di Montezemolo, also Luca Carboni who has a playlist that seems prepared for this evening: “National Hymn”, “My city”, “A big party”, “The love that is”. And what is love, if not celebrating together, love each other, celebrating knowing that a day like this will you also remember it in 2074?
Ndoye’s goal
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The goal must be told immediately. We are at the 8th minute of the second half and Bologna is maneuvering like a hundred other times, when Freuler comes the idea of looking for Santiago Castro vertically. White 9 is at stake for a few centimeters – let’s say 10? – And the unbalanced Milan. Theo Hernandez deflects and ends up freeing Ndoye, who has the door open but decides to wait, return and wait a little longer. When he is in the center of the area and sees that he has the door open, he understands that this is the time, then he kicks strong near the pole, where Maignan cannot arrive.
Milan without reaction
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AC Milan, from there, really never raised and had nothing from its best players, from Reijnders off, by Pulisic replaced. So he closed, sad and disappointed, a season-election, in which everything that does not go to society and on the field has shown himself clear. In Furlani, Cardinal, Ibra, who knows in what order and priority, take measures.
the game
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What game was it? Strange. If you had anything else to do (Wednesday evening?), Know that Bologna attacked high from minute 1, as per innate ideas of Italian, who surprised brought Castro, not from thellerga. AC Milan lowered himself and tried to leave with Theo, with Reijnders, especially with Leao. For emotions, we start strong. In 10 minutes, three scoring chances. Leao at the 4th runs to Lucumi and crosses low, but Jimenez deflects high. The best between minute 8 and minute, with a paraton each. First Miranda on punishment finds Castro for the head shot: Maignan is very reactive and deflects for Fabbian, who does not find the door. Then a cross by Jimenez Carambola on Beukema, who almost makes his own goal: Skorupski Para and repeats himself two seconds later on Jovic, who pulls on him on him. The actions are specular and so it is the rest of the first half. AC Milan attacks especially on the left with Leao, Bologna only on the right, because Rafa sometimes without the ball makes conscientious objection and so the ball – from Beukema to Orsolini via Holm – always comes out clean. Above all, two chills and a controversy should be noted. The chills are a dangerous shot by Leao, but arrived slightly offside, and a cross by Miranda with Pavlovic’s saving closure. The controversy for a cage Beukema elbow in the Maignan area, not seen by Mariani and judged not interesting by the Var. Milan complains and points out that the Dutchman loads the blow. Moving material.
ndoye, then the void
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Conceiçao and Italiano resume from where they had left, without changes, even if Jovic and Castro were two ghosts with 9. Yes, but in this world you can live even without a center forward and in fact the Bologna eight minutes after the interval passes with Ndoye, which in life does the outside. Conceiçao still awaits about ten minutes, then makes the revolution: inside Walker, Joao Felix and Gimenez, outside Tomori, Jimenez and Jovic. It means that you move on to 4-2-3-1, like when it was January and the Super Cup was won. Italian then takes the chessboard and changes accordingly: adds Casale, which would be a defense center, and removes Orsolini to move on to the three -way defense. You will notice that here we talk about tactics, not of actions, because Milan cannot unhinge a game that never maintains its promises of emotions, while Bologna is fine with Bologna. Conceiçao is very nervous but waits for the last three minutes to send Chukwueze and above all Abraham to the field, which frankly would have deserved more. Was it not he who helped to overturn Inter? The ending is like the game: intense but without dangers, contrary to the logic of two teams that risk in life, they give and create a lot. Cremonini in the stands has a face of “now I pass” but it is not needed, Milan is gone and in recovery the only one to kick on goal is Odgaard. When Mariani whistles, Cremonini smiles, Italian raises his arms in liberating gesture and everyone goes – and where otherwise – under a fantastic curve. This is the evening in which Italian finally wins a cup final, is the evening in which Conceiçao probably greets Milan and how he who knows who else. It is the evening of Bologna and he enjoyed it: he deserved it all.
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