Series A

Serie A | Lecce 1-1 Bologna: Last-gasp penalty drama

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Serie A | Lecce 1-1 Bologna: Last-gasp penalty drama

An inch-perfect Charalampos Lykogiannis free kick was not sufficient for Bologna, who wasted possibilities and noticed Roberto Piccoli equalise with a last-gasp penalty.

The hosts had been coming off back-to-back 2-2 thrillers with Milan and Verona, however had simply 4 attracts within the final six rounds. The Rossoblu missed Riccardo Orsolini, Jesper Karlsson, Kevin Bonifazi, Adama Soumaoro and Oussama El Azzouzi, whereas Joshua Zirkzee was not at 100 per cent both.

Lukasz Skorupski had his gloves stung by a Patrick Dorgu volley following a nook routine within the opening two minutes, whereas Dan Ndoye examined Wladimiro Falcone on the close to put up after spinning away from Dorgu.

A ferocious Joan Gonzalez strike was overwhelmed away, however he actually ought to’ve scored when shocking Victor Kristiansen on the far put up solely to prod the Dorgu cross huge from six yards.

Ndoye once more examined Falcone on the close to put up after sprinting previous Dorgu and straight after the restart Sydney van Hooijdonk grazed a coat of paint off the upright with a snooker shot.

Bologna had been extra aggressive as the sport wore on and had been rewarded with an impressive free kick from Charalampos Lykogiannis that floated over the wall and in off the underside of the crossbar on the close to prime nook.

Lykogiannis actually ought to’ve made it 2-0 moments later, however fired huge when Ndoye rolled it throughout the face of aim to the again put up.

Bologna missed one other extraordinary sitter, as after Falcone rushed out to disclaim Ndoye when the offside lure failed, Lewis Ferguson one way or the other fired the rebound huge of an open aim.

Nevertheless, goalkeeper Falcone went up for the ultimate nook of the sport and was introduced down by Riccardo Calafiori. At first, the linesman had put up the flag for offside, however VAR confirmed Dorgu was degree, so the referee awarded a penalty. Roberto Piccoli stepped up and transformed completely into the close to prime nook.