Bologna loses its top scorer: Thiago Motta will have to do without Joshua Zirkzee for the next 3-4 weeks.
No Empoli, Salernitana and Frosinone for the Dutchman, who will be re-evaluated to see if he can be available again for the home match against Monza.
The Champions League sprint of the last ten days opens with bad news for the rossoblù club.
The muscular problem that forced Zirkzee to make a substitution ten minutes from the end of the match against the Nerazzurri turned out to be serious: "The tests Joshua Zirkzee underwent this morning highlighted a first-degree lesion of the left femoral biceps, with expected recovery of 3-4 weeks", says the club.
The injury, among other things, will cost Zirkzee the national team: the attacker had been called up for the first time by the Orange selection for the friendlies against Scotland and Germany on 22 and 26 March, in preparation for the upcoming summer European Championships.
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The break that will take place after Empoli will allow Zirkzee to limit his absence to 3 or 4 matches, but the forfeit of the rossoblù rising star will still be heavy.
The January signings Odgaard, who arrived on loan with the right to buy from Az Alkmaar, and Castro, bought for 12 million from Velez Sarsfield, are warming up their engines ahead of a month in which they will have the chance to play for a starting shirt.
They will have the task of ensuring that Bologna does not lack goals: especially away from home.
Zirkzee, in fact, scored 8 of the 10 total away from Dall'Ara, all very heavy.
Only in Florence did his goal not bring any points, on the other occasions in which the number 9 scored the rossoblù have always drawn or won: see in Milan with Inter and Milan (two draws for 2-2), in Reggio Emilia with Sassuolo (1-1), in Salerno (1-2, brace), in Rome with Lazio (1-2) and in Bergamo with Atalanta (1-2).
The two at Dall'Ara also scored heavy goals, against Cagliari and Turin, matches won by Bologna 2-1 and 2-0 respectively.
In Casteldebole, however, hope is not lost.
Word of the rossoblù CEO Claudio Fenucci, who spoke to the microphones of Radio Anch'io Sport on Rai Radio 1: "Bologna in Europe would be a wonderful signal for Italian football. It would demonstrate, as Atalanta did in past years , you can follow a different path, giving a new perspective."
There are also many suitors for the players and coach of Bologna, the latter whose contract expires in June: "We hope that everyone stays with us, in particular the coach, the main architect of the growth of the team and the individuals."
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