Serie A | Bologna 1-3 Genoa: Venturino dream full debut with brace

The Grifone added another with Lorenzo Venturino’s first Serie A goal, a perfect way to mark his full debut for the club he always supported. The 18-year-old shrugged off a shirt tug, squirmed between two defenders and drilled low at the near post.

Ndoye just failed to get on the end of an Emil Holm cross at the back stick, but Venturino seemed incredulous at completing his brace just before half-time. Vitinha harassed Casale into an error and pulled back from the by-line for the teenager to sweep home. It made him the third youngest player to bag a brace in the top five European leagues this season.

Ndoye had strong penalty appeals rejected in first half stoppages, as he seemed to be caught by Vitinha, but the referee and VAR waved play on.

Lewis Ferguson should’ve got Bologna back into it, but was inches away from connecting with an inspired Santiago Castro pass that just needed to be tapped in.

Lorenzo De Silvestri’s header on a corner was smothered, until Orsolini did score with a sensational solo effort. He waited for a long ball to come down, controlled it with his shoulder and smashed the volley in off the underside of the crossbar with his left foot.

Nicolò Cambiaghi almost made it 3-2 on a Ferguson lay-off, his strike from a tricky angle fingertipped onto the crossbar by substitute Genoa goalkeeper Daniele Sommariva.

The shot-stopper was called into action again in stoppages, his gloves stung by Casale from 12 yards.

Bologna 1-3 Genoa

Vitinha 18 (G), Venturino 26, 43 (G), Orsolini 64 (B)

24-05-2025 17:00 MatchDay 38 Renato Dall'Ara Stadium

Bologna

Genoa 1 - 3

Player statistic

1st half

		17'		Vitinha (Assist: Aarón Martín)
		26'		Lorenzo Venturino
Michel Aebischer		38'
		43'		Lorenzo Venturino (Assist: Vitinha)

2nd half

		49'		Sebastian Otoa
Charalampos Lykogiannis		52'
Riccardo Orsolini (Assist: Nicolò Casale)

64'     Riccardo Orsolini 79'         80' Jean Onana Davide Calabria 87'     Jhon Lucumí

89'    

Match statistic

60 Possession % 40 16 Total shots 5 5 Shots on target 3 5 Shots off target 2 6 Blocked shots 13 Corners 1 4 Offsides 1 13 Fouls 23 Bologna Genoa

Starting lineups

34 Federico Ravaglia Goalkeeper 22

Charalampos Lykogiannis Defender 75' 2 Emil Holm Defender 46' 26

Jhon Lucumí Defender 15 Nicolò Casale Defender 19 Lewis Ferguson Midfielder 20

Michel Aebischer Midfielder 46' 8

Remo Freuler Midfielder 81' 11 Dan Ndoye Attacker 7

Riccardo Orsolini Attacker 9 Santiago Castro Attacker 56' 31

Benjamin Siegrist Goalkeeper 63' 3

Aarón Martín Defender 15 Brooke Norton-Cuffy Defender 82' 4 Koni De Winter Defender 13

Mattia Bani Defender 63' 34 Sebastian Otoa Defender 5 Jean Onana Midfielder 73 Patrizio Masini Midfielder 10

Junior Messias Attacker 76 Lorenzo Venturino Attacker 63' 9 Vitinha Attacker

63'

Substitutes

1

Lukasz Skorupski Goalkeeper 23 Nicola Bagnolini Goalkeeper 6

Nikola Moro Midfielder 39 Estanis Pedrola Attacker 17 Oussama El Azzouzi Midfielder 31 Sam Beukema Defender 24

Thijs Dallinga Attacker 30 Benjamín Domínguez Attacker 18 Tommaso Pobega Midfielder 46' 29

Lorenzo De Silvestri Defender 46' 28

Nicolò Cambiaghi Attacker 56' 14

Davide Calabria Defender 75' 80 Giovanni Fabbian Midfielder 81' 47

Milan Badelj Midfielder 32 Morten Frendrup Midfielder 19

Andrea Pinamonti Attacker 2

Morten Thorsby Midfielder 59 Alessandro Zanoli Defender 1 Nicola Leali Goalkeeper 53 Lior Kasa Midfielder 69 Honest Ahanor Defender 24 Roberto Scaglione Midfielder 20

Stefano Sabelli Defender 63' 18

Caleb Ekuban Attacker 63' 39 Daniele Sommariva Goalkeeper 63' 21

Jeff Ekhator Attacker 63' 70

Maxwel Cornet Attacker

82'