Serie A: Inter title hopes fade with more misery in Bologna

Football
Published 26.02.2023
Serie A: Inter title hopes fade with more misery in Bologna

Inter Milan suffered a dangerous 1-0 defeat at Bologna on Sunday which nearly ended its slim hopes of profitable the Serie A title.

At the identical floor the place its title aspirations have been dealt a deadly blow final season, Riccardo Orsolini’s purpose condemned Inter to a different loss.

Simone Inzaghi’s workforce is second within the standings on 47 factors from 24 matches, 18 behind leaders Napoli which beat Empoli 2-0 on Saturday. Bologna stayed thirteenth on 42 factors.

Bologna thought it had taken the lead by way of Musa Barrow within the twelfth minute, just for the trouble to be dominated out following a VAR assessment.

Inter had temporary spells of possession within the first half, however created few clear-cut possibilities as Lautaro Martinez headed an Alessandro Bastoni cross simply broad of the goal and Henrikh Mkhitaryan twice fired over the bar.

Bologna continued to press ahead after the break, and Andre Onana stored his facet within the sport with two essential saves in fast succession, getting a hand to a Roberto Soriano shot earlier than smothering Dominguez’s effort from the sting of the world.

Romelu Lukaku and substitute Edin Dzeko every had a shot heading in the right direction, nevertheless it was Bologna who broke the impasse within the 76th minute when Orsolini raced on to Jerdy Schouten’s move and powered a shot into the web.

In April final 12 months, Bologna recorded a 2-1 residence win over Inter, which gave the Nerazzurri’s rivals AC Milan the momentum within the title race.