28′
The home team’s lead is well deserved. Salzburg has so far not found anything in its own offensive third, while Bologna is attempting attacks from the right-wing/” title=”Left Wing vs. … Wing: What is the Main Difference? – 7ESL”>left and right with great regularity.
Orsolini shoots from a half-right position, the ball bounces off Gadou and lands in front of the legs of Odgaard, who sinks the ball into the bottom left corner.
20′
In the first 20 minutes of the game it becomes clear why Bologna have not conceded a goal on home soil in four games. Vincenzo Italiano’s team keeps the opponent busy almost constantly, starts pressing early on and thus keeps the opponent’s attack line far away from their own box.
18′
Orsolini penetrates the box on the right side, lets Diabate get out with a body deception and takes the shot. Schlager lets it bounce in front of Odgaard’s legs, but he doesn’t put any pressure behind his shot.
15′
On the other side, Yeo outdances his opponent and finishes. Bologna keeper Ravaglia makes a reflex save before the referee blows his whistle – offside!
13′
Pobega heads the following corner towards the Salzburg goal, but the ball exceeds the crossbar.
12′
A header from Terzic back to Schlager becomes a test for the ÖFB team goalie. He comes out of the gate, clears with his fist just centimeters in front of Orsolini.
7′
You just have to address it. Zortea crosses from the right side to the middle, where Dallinga goes for the header, but can only deflect the ball slightly.
6′
The attack attempt from the first minute is the only action worth mentioning so far. Otherwise, it’s more of a wait-and-see start for both teams.
1′
Bernardeschi is sent steeply, Lainer runs past him and the home team’s attacker with the offensive foul.
Kick-off
The teams are on the pitch, the Europa League anthem is playing. It’s starting soon!
The match will be refereed by Croatian Igor Pajac. Christoph Lumetzberger is allowed to comment on the encounter on the keys. Have fun!
While the last four guest teams in all competitions at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara fought their hardest on Bologna’s defense and were unable to score a single goal, Salzburg only kept a clean sheet once in their last nine games on foreign soil.
Since Bologna is not a permanent guest in the European Cup, there have not been many clashes with Austrian teams. The only time they met Admira was in the 1990/91 season; the Italians won on penalties after the first and second leg.
So far in Europe, the home side have a 0-1 defeat at Aston Villa, two home draws against Freiburg and Brann Bergen and an away win at Steaua’s successor FCSB on their credit side. For Salzburg, however, it was only the three points from the home game against the Go Ahead Eagles, the three other matches (against Porto, Lyon and Ferencvaros) were lost.
In the XXL table of the Europa League, the situation for Austria’s runner-up is more than serious. With just three points from four games they are in 29th place. However, participation in the playoffs is only possible up to 24th place, which is currently three points behind. Bologna is also currently in the red zone, but has already collected five points.
Welcome to today’s live ticker. FC Salzburg is fighting to stay in the Europa League and probably needs something countable in Bologna today. However, for the reigning Coppa Italia winners, this will be a Herculean task.