🤯 Two Ravaglia howlers, Joao Mario show: Bologna win 2-1, Giampaolo KO | OneFootball

Easter Sunday in Serie A began with Cremonese-Bologna. The Rossoblù came out on top, dominating from start to finish at the Zini and winning 2-1 thanks to a two-goal lead established in the opening 15 minutes through Joao Mario (an incredible goal) and Rowe. Cremonese pulled one back in the 90th minute with a penalty converted by Bonazzoli. Bologna move up to 45 points, overtaking Lazio once again. 

A hugely damaging defeat for Cremonese, who come to a halt again, and it is Marco Giampaolo’s first loss.  The Grigiorossi stay on 27 points, level with Lecce, who have a golden opportunity against Atalanta.

There was a double red card at the end, with Maleh sent off for striking Zortea and Ferguson dismissed after two yellow cards in the space of a few seconds. 

🟥 Ravaglia disaster, double red at the end. Maleh loses his head

The match, which had seen the tempo drop in the second half, suddenly sprang back to life after the 90th minute. A foolish mistake by Miranda and Ravaglia led to a penalty for the goalkeeper’s foul on Floriani Mussolini. Bonazzoli made no mistake from the spot.

Shortly afterwards, Maleh completely lost his head, swinging a violent arm at Zortea with the ball nowhere near them. After a VAR check by Abisso, the former Lecce player was sent off. At that point the match boiled over, and Ferguson picked up two yellow cards within seconds and was sent off. The second one was harsh, with Payero exaggerating a slight contact. 

🪄 Majestic Bologna, Miranda with two assists

A majestic first half from Italiano’s Bologna, who dominated from the first to the last second of the opening period against a Cremonese side booed by the Zini crowd.

The first goal came after 3 minutes and it was a gem from Joao Mario: the Portuguese player, meeting Miranda’s cross from the left on the volley, beat Audero with an unstoppable trajectory that ended up behind the Grigiorossi goalkeeper.

In the 16th minute, Bologna went two goals up: a fine team move saw Miranda break down the left and find Rowe in the heart of the box, and with his left foot he beat an unconvincing Audero, who let the ball slip under his body. 

✅ OFFICIAL lineups

CREMONESE (4-4-2): Audero; Terracciano, Bianchetti, Luperto, Pezzella; Zerbin, Grassi, Maleh, Vandeputte; Bonazzoli, Djuric.

BOLOGNA (4-3-3): Ravaglia; Joao Mario, Vitik, Lucumì, Miranda; Freuler, Sohm, Moro; Bernardeschi, Castro, Rowe.

It is worth noting that Vardy, Sanabria, Collocolo and Moumbagna are injured for Cremonese. Bologna are without Skorupski, Dallinga, Odgaard, Lykogiannis and Dominguez.

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