Supercoppa, Inter lose on penalties to Bologna | OneFootball

A bitter night for Inter in Riyadh, knocked out of the Supercoppa Italiana on penalties by Bologna. The match had started in spectacular fashion, with Thuram’s thunderbolt after just over a minute, only for Bologna to level in the 35th minute through Orsolini, converting a penalty awarded for a handball by Bisseck after a VAR review.

In the second half, Inter came close to snatching the winner multiple times, with Ravaglia making excellent stops to deny Luis Henrique, Dimarco, and Lautaro, who came on after the break. At the death, Martínez pulled off a superb save against Fabbian to keep the score at 1–1.

The penalty shootout, however, swung in Bologna’s favour. After Lautaro scored, Inter missed three in a row — Bastoni and Bonny saw their efforts saved, while Barella fired over. Bologna faltered with Moro and Miranda, but Immobile found the net to send Italiano’s side through to the final against Napoli.

BOLOGNA 1-1 INTER (3-2 on penalties) | SCORESHEET

Goalscorer: 2' Thuram (I), 35' Orsolini pen. (B)

Penalties: Lautaro (I) goal, Ferguson (B) goal, Bastoni (I) saved, Moro (B) saved; Barella (I) off-target, Miranda (B) off-target, Bonny (I) saved, Rowe (B) goal; De Vrij (I) goal, Immobile (B) goal.

BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): 13 Ravaglia; 2 Holm, 14 Heggem, 26 Lucumí, 33 Miranda; 4 Pobega (19 Ferguson 75'), 6 Moro; 7 Orsolini (28 Cambiaghi 63'), 21 Odgaard (80 Fabbian 75'), 10 Bernardeschi (11 Rowe 40'); 9 Castro (17 Immobile 75'). Substitutes: 25 Pessina, 82 Franceschelli, 15 Tomasevic, 20 Zortea, 22 Lykogiannis, 24 Dallinga, 29 De Silvestri, 30 Dominguez, 41 Vitik, 77 Sulemana. Coach: Vincenzo Italiano.

INTER (3-5-2): 13 J. Martinez; 31 Bisseck, 6 De Vrij, 95 Bastoni; 11 Luis Henrique (17 Diouf 71'), 23 Barella, 7 Zielinski (8 Sucic 86'), 22 Mkhitaryan (16 Frattesi 71'), 32 Dimarco; 14 Bonny, 9 Thuram (10 Lautaro 71'). Substitutes: 1 Sommer, 60 Taho, 8 Sucic, 20 Calhanoglu, 25 Akanji, 30 Carlos Augusto, 43 Cocchi, 50 Cinquegrano, 57 Kaczmarski, 94 Esposito. Coach: Cristian Chivu.

Added time: 5' - 5'.

Referee: Chiffi. Assistants: Rossi C. – Fontemurato. Fourth Official: Dionisi. VAR: Maresca. AVAR: Pezzuto.