Thiago Motta’s Bologna, determined to close their qualification for the next Champions League as soon as possible, mistreated the badly injured Naples, which once again offered a poor performance and is fighting against time to be able to enter the European positions next season.
Naples is no longer required to enter the Champions League, more than anything because it is already mathematically impossible. His people ask him not to be left out of European competitions and to stop the open hemorrhage which means being the worst champion in the history of Serie A, in which they have not won for five days.
And against Motta’s Bologna, the revelation of the season, if you are not 100%, you lose. And so it happened. In just four minutes of absolute siege, Bologna went from 0-0 to 0-2. He sealed the match with goals from Ndoye, who easily beat his mark to finish at the far post and open the scoring; and Posch on a corner kick, again in a play in which the Napoli defense needed concentration but which exposed its weaknesses.
Mateo Politano was able to close the gap from eleven meters after the penalty committed on Osimhen, but Napoli’s season is negative even in those small details. Ravaglia stopped and Bologna was, from that moment, an impenetrable wall far superior to the Neapolitan team, desperate seeing the streak of results.
The most likely thing is that the coach, the third of the season, will not continue next year as he has only signed until the end of the year and is combining his position with that of Slovakia coach.but the memory that will remain in Naples will not be good.
Even when they made all the changes, Napoli did not pretend to be dangerous. Not even with Osimhen, Raspadori and Simeone on the field could he find a crack in the defensive system of a Bologna team that is already close to the Champions League.
Because theirs, like Napoli’s last season, is a historic season. It is a draw between Atalanta and Roma or a victory for those from Bergamo to certify their place.