🤯 Dovbyk saves Bologna at 90': first point, Tedesco relieved | OneFootball

Bologna avoid the abyss at the very last gasp

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After defeats in their first two matches, the Rossoblù were seriously at risk of suffering a third consecutive loss, but Dovbyk struck at the death to make it 2-2, earning their first point of the season and taking some of the sting out of what remains a very complicated start. Sassuolo, who had gone ahead first through Doig and then through Adzic after Piccoli’s temporary equaliser, instead saw their chance of claiming a second straight win after beating Torino slip away in the closing stages.

There are still plenty of question marks for Bologna, though. The team try to build, create chances and play good football for long stretches, but they continue to get too little from what they produce. Above all, the difficulties at the back are clear, with a defensive phase that is still too fragile and several mechanisms that need fine-tuning. Tedesco can breathe a sigh of relief thanks to Dovbyk, whose goal spares them a zero in the standings that would inevitably have made the coach’s position even more delicate.

⚽ Doig, FIRST Serie A joy in a Sassuolo shirt

19TH MINUTE - A fast start to the match immediately rewards Aquilani’s side. Great move down the right, where Cinquegrano and Volpato manage to find space. The full-back gets to the byline and drills a low ball to the far post, where Doig is ready and beats Skorupski with a first-time finish.

The goal ends a very long drought for the wide man, who had not scored since October 2022: for Doig, it is his first Serie A goal in a Sassuolo shirt and the third of his career in the top flight.

🚑 Volpato pulls up: Berardi comes on

38TH MINUTE - The bad news for Sassuolo comes right at the end of the first half, as they are forced into their first substitution due to Cristian Volpato’s injury. The midfielder suffers a muscle problem in his right thigh and is unable to continue.

Domenico Berardi, who had initially started on the bench, comes on in his place. Volpato’s condition will be assessed over the next few hours to determine the extent of the injury.

⚽ Piccoli, first goal in a Bologna shirt!

50TH MINUTE - Bologna find the equaliser straight after the restart! From a corner taken by Miranda, Piccoli times his run perfectly against the Neroverdi defence and heads the ball into the far corner, giving Muric no chance.

Tedesco’s moves are thus rewarded, as he had made three changes at half-time: it is Miranda himself who provides the assist for Piccoli. It is the striker’s first joy in a Bologna shirt, having arrived from Fiorentina in this transfer window.

⚽ Adzic silences Bologna: Sassuolo go back in front

56TH MINUTE - Sassuolo find the goal that puts them back in front six minutes after the equaliser. Bowie does brilliantly on the right and picks out Adzic, who also wins a deflection battle with Heggem before going through on Skorupski: the former Juventus man keeps his cool and beats him with a close-range right-footed finish. It is the goal that seems to definitively break the deadlock, at least until the 90th minute.

⚽ Dovbyk saves Bologna and... Tedesco?

90TH MINUTE - Bologna find the equaliser at the death. Muric initially manages to parry Libra’s attempt, but in the ensuing scramble in the box, Dovbyk is the quickest of all and applies the decisive touch into the bottom corner for 2-2.

The Dall’Ara erupts: the striker takes off his shirt in celebration and is booked. A huge goal that spares Bologna a third straight defeat and, at least for the moment, also saves Tedesco, who is then sent off as well.

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