Bologna-Cremonese
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THE CHRONICLE OF THE MATCH
Cremonese makes and unmakes, Bologna makes a lot of mistakes.
A victory was needed, in Bologna and Cremonese, in the last day of the first round, but at Dall'Ara the two teams end up in a draw.
The second comeback victory after the one in Udine fails for Motta's team, increasingly in an emergency, but at 23 points, in the safety zone.
And Cremonese's first victory of the season doesn't even come
, fresh from the victory in the Italian Cup with Napoli, but at an altitude of 8 points in the middle of the season, 9 from the fourth last place which means salvation, occupied by Sassuolo.
Okereke is always the avenger of Bologna.
Last season, the attacker scored the goal with which Venezia broke Dall'Ara in the first round, at the end of a bewitched game for the rossoblùs: the Nigerian conceded an encore, this time from the penalty spot, uncorking the game at the start of the second half after a first half that has very little to tell.
The episode reaches the 5' and delivers at least a second half of emotions to the news, made up of blows and replies.
In fact, Bologna's draw arrives in the 10th minute, when Orsolini turns the game around on the left for Lykogiannis, who crosses: Ferguson bursts in with his head, Carnesecchi responds with a dive, but tries to clear the area from Zirkzee's tap-in attempt 'ex rossoblù Ferrari kicks at Chiriches for the equal goal.
Ballardini inserts Gyan and Benassi,
who one minute after their entry build the action of the potential new Cremonese advantage:
the first recovers the ball from Moro's incorrect throw and triggers Valeri, who crosses on the run for Gyan, who slides side by side with Skorupski.
4' go by and Carnesecchi defuses a free-kick from Lykogiannis from the edge, then it's the hosts who take control of the game, play and put balls into the box.
Shots from Orsolini and Zirkzee arrive, a shot from outside Ferguson, but not the overtaking goal.
Indeed in the 36th minute the second penalty of the evening arrives for Cremonese due to a contact between Lucumì and Gyan, but the referee Marchetti is called back to the Var, where he checks that Lucumì touches the ball first, reverting to his decision.
Orsolini nearly scored in the 7th minute in the 41st minute, again from a goalpost, and in the 45th minute, following Orsolini's flying pass in the area, Chiriches nearly scored twice in an own goal after Carnesecchi's save, but Ferrari saved everything on the line.
It ends in a draw: with one point each that is of little use to both Bologna and Cremonese.
Bologna fails to beat the emergency for the second consecutive time, without Arnautovic, Bonifazi, De Silvestri Sansone and Medel and Vignato, while the guests will need a feat to give life to the run-up to salvation.