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Bologna were moments away from a precious victory away to Lecce, but were stunned by the last-gasp Francesco Camarda equaliser, the teenager’s debut Serie A goal.

It was a dire start to the campaign for the hosts, who had one point from four rounds, and lost 3-0 to Milan in the Coppa Italia midweek. Absentees included Matias Perez, Balthazar Pierret, Filip Marchwinski and Gaby Jean. Bologna won all their home fixtures and lost every away match, including 1-0 at Aston Villa in the Europa League on Thursday. Ciro Immobile, Ibrahim Sulemana and Nicolò Casale were still out of action.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Jonathan Rowe received his first start and nearly scored within three minutes, pouncing on a misplaced Kouassi pass out from the back to see his finish deflected wide.

Instead, it was Lecce who opened the scoring, as after Lukasz Skorupski’s one-handed save on a Santiago Pierotti header, Medon Berisha pulled back from the by-line and the failed Juan Miranda clearance allowed Lassana Coulibaly to tap in from six yards.

They nearly got a second soon after, as Jhon Lucumi deflected the Tete Morente scorcher from the edge of the area onto the woodwork.

Bologna had attempts from distance with Riccardo Orsolini and Rowe, but they received a penalty when Owen Kouassi clumsily bundled into the back of Thiijs Dallinga. Orsolini kept his cool to send Wladimiro Falcone the wrong way to equalise.

Coulibaly was unlucky not to complete his brace on the hour mark, as his angled drive on the Antonino Gallo pull-back from the left thumped the base of the far post.

Gallo also went for goal himself after robbing Federico Bernardeschi, forcing a tough save out of Skorupski.

Instead, Bologna turned the game around when Jens Odgaard was found in acres of space down the right, his angled drive deflected off Tiago Gabriel to wrongfoot Falcone.

Incredibly, Lecce rattled the frame of the goal for the third time when Santiago Pierotti’s effort beat Skorupski to bounce off the far post.

Tiago Gabriel nodded a Berisha free kick wide, but Lecce snatched a point with practically the last kick of the game, as Camarda got a glancing header at the near post on a corner for his first ever Serie A goal.

Lecce 2-2 Bologna

Coulibaly 13 (L), Orsolini pen 45+1 (B), Odgaard 71 (B), Camarda 94 (L)

28-09-2025 17:00 MatchDay 5 Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare

Bologna 2 - 2

Player statistic

1st half
Lassana Coulibaly 13'    
    29' Thijs Dallinga
    45+1'
Riccardo Orsolini 2nd half
Kialonda Gaspar 55'    
Ylber Ramadani 61'    
Antonino Gallo 66'    
    71' Jens Odgaard (Assist: Emil Holm)
    89' Federico Bernardeschi
Francesco Camarda (Assist: Medon Berisha)

90+4'     Francesco Camarda

90+5'     Lecce Bologna

Starting lineups

30
Wladimiro Falcone Goalkeeper 25
Antonino Gallo Defender 69' 21 Christ-Owen Kouassi Defender 46' 4 Kialonda Gaspar Defender 44 Tiago Gabriel Defender 29
Lassana Coulibaly Midfielder 77' 10 Medon Berisha Midfielder 20
Ylber Ramadani Midfielder 9 Nikola Stulic Attacker 67' 50 Santiago Pierotti Attacker 7 Tete Morente Attacker 77' 1
Lukasz Skorupski Goalkeeper 2 Emil Holm Defender 83' 26
Jhon Lucumí Defender 33
Juan Miranda Defender 14 Torbjørn Heggem Defender 80 Giovanni Fabbian Midfielder 69' 11 Jonathan Rowe Midfielder 68' 19 Lewis Ferguson Midfielder 6
Nikola Moro Midfielder 7
Riccardo Orsolini Attacker 62' 24
Thijs Dallinga Attacker

68'

Substitutes

23
Riccardo Sottil Attacker 14 Thórir Jóhann Helgason Midfielder 32 Jasper Samooja Goalkeeper 1
Christian Früchtl Goalkeeper 77 Mohamed Kaba Midfielder 80 Niko Kovač Midfielder 5 Jamil Siebert Defender 6 Álex Sala Midfielder 17 Danilo Veiga Defender 46' 22 Francesco Camarda Attacker 67' 3 Corrie Ndaba Defender 69' 19
Lameck Banda Attacker 77' 11
Konan N’Dri Attacker 77' 22
Charalampos Lykogiannis Defender 4 Tommaso Pobega Midfielder 8
Remo Freuler Midfielder 20 Nadir Zortea Defender 13 Federico Ravaglia Goalkeeper 41
Martin Vitik Defender 30 Benja Domínguez Attacker 25 Massimo Pessina Goalkeeper 10
Federico Bernardeschi Attacker 62' 28
Nicolò Cambiaghi Attacker 68' 9
Santiago Castro Attacker 68' 21
Jens Odgaard Attacker 69' 29

83'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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