UEL | Bologna 4-1 RB Salzburg: Bernardeschi icing on cake of first home victory

Tommaso Pobega’s header landed on the roof of the net from a corner, but they really should’ve taken the lead when Riccardo Orsolini’s angled drive was parried by Alexander Schlager into the path of Jens Odgaard, who got the rebound horribly wrong from point-blank range.

Curiously, Odgaard did score a much more difficult opportunity later on to give Bologna the lead. Orsolini’s cross was badly cleared by Soumalia Diabate to the edge of the area, where Odgaard hit it hard and low with the aid of a deflection.

Bologna got into a tangle playing out from the back and Jhon Lucumi slipped, so while Federico Ravaglia parried the Edmund Baidoo strike, he could do little on a Yorbe Vertessen follow-up.

The hosts were unlucky to see the Thijs Dallinga effort parried from point-blank range, while Schlager also stuck out a trailing leg to deny Juan Miranda.

However, Bologna really should’ve scored when Pobega somehow steered it wide from point-blank range on Federico Bernardeschi’s cross.

Jacob Rasmussen threw himself in the way of a Nadir Zortea effort that was arrowing its way towards goal on the stroke of half-time.

The Rossoblu restored their advantage straight after the restart, as Miranda’s perfectly-weighted slide-rule pass released Dallinga down the left, and his snooker shot surprised Schlager from the tightest of angles.

Moments later there was a third goal, the Zortea cross floated from the right for the towering Bernardeschi header back across the goalkeeper into the other top corner. He hadn’t scored in a major UEFA competition since October 2019 for Juventus against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League.

They were fired up, Orsolini curling inches wide from outside the box, but Ravaglia had to make two big saves in quick succession to deny Vertessen on a long ball, then Petar Ratkov too.

When he was beaten by Ratkov, he was rescued by the offside flag to disallow the goal on 65 minutes.

It was a very entertaining match and wide open, as Schlager kept the scoreline down with a save from point-blank range on Giovanni Fabbian.

Orsolini curled wide and moments later Ratkov smashed his finish against the bar after sending Lucumi to ground.

Bologna’s fourth was a well-worked move with a series of one-touch passes down the left to create the chance, Santiago Castro was denied from close range, but Orsolini was ready to turn in the rebound.

The chances kept coming, including the acrobatic Castro overhead kick well saved.

Bologna 4-1 RB Salzburg

Odgaard 26 (B), Vertessen 33 (S), Dallinga 51 (B), Bernardeschi 53 (B), Orsolini 86 (B)

27-11-2025 20:00 MatchDay 5 Renato Dall'Ara Stadium

Bologna

RB Salzburg 4 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Jens Odgaard		26'
		33'		Yorbe Vertessen
		44'		Yorbe Vertessen

2nd half

46'

Moussa Yeo Thijs Dallinga (Assist: Juan Miranda) 51'     Federico Bernardeschi (Assist: Nadir Zortea) 53'     Riccardo Orsolini

86'     Bologna RB Salzburg

Starting lineups

13 Federico Ravaglia Goalkeeper 26

Jhon Lucumí Defender 33

Juan Miranda Defender 20 Nadir Zortea Defender 14 Torbjørn Heggem Defender 69' 19 Lewis Ferguson Midfielder 4 Tommaso Pobega Midfielder 75' 10

Federico Bernardeschi Attacker 69' 21

Jens Odgaard Attacker 69' 7

Riccardo Orsolini Attacker 24

Thijs Dallinga Attacker 82' 1

Alexander Schlager Goalkeeper 3

Aleksa Terzic Defender 2

Jacob Rasmussen Defender 23 Joane Gadou Defender 22

Stefan Lainer Defender 7 Clement Bischoff Midfielder 74' 18

Mads Bidstrup Midfielder 49 Moussa Yeo Midfielder 60' 5 Soumaïla Diabaté Midfielder 59' 20 Edmund Baidoo Attacker 81' 11 Yorbe Vertessen Attacker

74'

Substitutes

16 Nicolò Casale Defender 2 Emil Holm Defender 25 Massimo Pessina Goalkeeper 82 Matteo Franceschelli Goalkeeper 41

Martin Vitik Defender 69' 80 Giovanni Fabbian Midfielder 69' 30 Benja Domínguez Attacker 69' 6

Nikola Moro Midfielder 75' 9

Santiago Castro Attacker 82' 15 Mamady Diambou Midfielder 13 Frans Krätzig Defender 92 Salko Hamzic Goalkeeper 37 Tim Trummer Midfielder 44 Jannik Schuster Defender 27

Kerim Alajbegović Attacker 59' 21 Petar Ratkov Attacker 60' 25 Oliver Lukic Midfielder 74' 43

Enrique Aguilar Attacker 74' 19

Karim Konaté Attacker

81'