Inter – Bologna, Getty Images January 15, 2025, 11:42 p.m

In the middle of the week, not only English football is played, but also the Italian Serie A, but this time the time slots in the evening on weekdays were not dedicated to another round of the national championship, but to the completion of previously postponed confrontations. What can you do, four teams went to Saudi Arabia for the country’s Super Cup, so now you have to make up for the matches with their participation.

Inter Milan, for example, could not play their home game against Bologna in time for the nineteenth round, and since the “snakes” still have a postponed game against Fiorentina in reserve, Simone Inzaghi’s team had no idea how many points they needed can be counted on in championship races. Vincenzo Italiano’s team, meanwhile, was too early to take such care, so “Rossobla” was only dreamed of getting into the zone of competition for the European Cups, for which a series of prerequisites had to be fulfilled at once.

First of all, to beat Inter on their field, which in principle is a non-trivial task, and also with the kind of defensive play that Bologna has allowed itself in critical situations recently. However, this time it was somehow possible to restrain the initial onslaught from the opponents, and in response, the “snakes” received a long-range shot from Froyler on the right post and the ball itself was scored.

In the 15th minute, Likoyannis’ cross from the left wing of Bastoni was transferred exactly to the foot of Moro in front of the penalty box, and he shot so that Castro corrected the trajectory a little and outwitted Sommer. However, the joy of the guests did not last long, because the already announced problems in defense from their side began. The flanks of Inter were simply tearing apart the foreign defense, and in the 19th minute we saw both Dimarco’s shot, which Skorupski coped with, and Dumfries’ empty-net finish.

And before that, Tyuram was actively working for the Milanese, so the partners just had to realize the advantage that he created on his own. But Inter was again in no hurry and maintained the tension until the end of the first half, when Lautaro scored from Dimarco’s cross. However, Odhor and Ndoye had the killer moments in the home team’s penalty area before that, so it would be too early to hide the intrigue in this match.

As a matter of fact, Bologna did not give up their own style until the very end, and as easily as they worked in front, they easily made mistakes near their own goal in the end. And here Vincenzo Italiano’s team was lucky that at the end of the match Taremi was already at the forefront of Inter’s attack, and not the conditional Lautaro, and the Iranian has a very bad record this season, so no matter how hard Thuram tried, there were more goals from his passes nobody

Instead, in Bologna he again played a key role in the Orsolini attack and it was from his pass on 64 minutes that Holm scored the last goal of the game, as it turned out in time. In the future, the Rossoblu relatively successfully controlled the course of events, and although Inter attacked at the end, the power of the Nerazzurri in this campaign is unlimited, so if something during the course of the game does not go according to plan, it can cause great trouble for Inzaghi’s team.

In the next round, Inter Milan will host Empoli, while Bologna will play at home against Monza.

Inter – Bologna 2:2
Goals: Dumfries, 19, Martinez, 45+1 — Castro, 15, Holm, 64

Inter: Sommer — Darmian (Augusto, 70), de Vray, Bastoni (Buchanan, 83) — Dumfries, Barella, Asllani (Fratezi, 70), Zelinski, Dimarco (Pavar, 70) — Thuram, L. Martinez (Taremi, 74).

Bologna: Skorupski — Holm (De Silvestri, 76), Beukema, Casale, Likoyannis — Froyler (Erlich, 87), Moreau (Ferguson, 68) — Orsolini, Odgor (Pobega, 67), Ndoye — Castro (Dallinga, 87).