COPPA ITALIA : BOLOGNA VS EMPOLI – 24/04/2025 (PHOTO – THIJS DALLINGA CELEBRATES)

THIS WAS A GREAT MATCH LAST NIGHT – WITH PASSIONS RUNNING HIGH BETWEEN BOTH TEAMS FOR AN IMPORTANT PLACE IN THE COPPA ITALIA FINAL, PLAY WAS FEISTY! EMPOLI MADE 241 PASSES, WITH A 71% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 7 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM VIKTOR KOVALENKO AT 33 MINS! BOLOGNA MADE 552 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY, (AND HAD 70% POSSESSION) WITH 16 SHOTS, AND 5 ON TARGET, INCLUDING 2 STUNNERS FROM GIOVANNI FABBIAN AT JUST 7 MINS. IN, AND THIJS DALLINGA AT 86 MINS., MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO BOLOGNA (5 – 1 ON AGGREGATE), MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF THE HOME CROWD, AMIDST BEAUTIFUL SCENES!  BOLOGNA NOW PROGRESS INTO THE COPPA ITALIA FINAL TO PLAY AC MILAN, WHICH WILL BE THEIR FIRST ITALIAN CUP FINAL APPEARANCE SINCE 1974, WHEN THEY WON THE COMPETITION FOR THE 2ND TIME!

COPPA ITALIA : BOLOGNA VS EMPOLI – 24/04/2025