Napoli stays second after draw at Bologna and misses chance to close in on Inter
Napoli stays second after draw at Bologna and misses chance to close in on Inter
Bologna’s Thijs Dallinga, left, and Bologna’s Jens Odgaard leave the field with head down during the Italian Serie A soccer game between Bologna and Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, in Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli’s Juan Jesus, front, jumps for the ball with Bologna’s Thijs Dallinga during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Bologna F..C and S.S.C. Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli’s Giovanni Di Lorenzo, left, and Bologna’s Dan Ndoye during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Bologna F..C and S.S.C. Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli’s Stanislav Lobotka, left, fights for the ball with Bologna’s Jens Odgaard during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Bologna F..C and S.S.C. Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna’s Dan Ndoye celebrates after scoring a goal, during the Italian Serie A soccer game between Bologna and Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, in Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna’s Dan Ndoye celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A soccer game between Bologna and Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, in Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna’s Thijs Dallinga, left, and Bologna’s Jens Odgaard leave the field with head down during the Italian Serie A soccer game between Bologna and Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, in Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna’s Thijs Dallinga, left, and Bologna’s Jens Odgaard leave the field with head down during the Italian Serie A soccer game between Bologna and Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, in Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli’s Juan Jesus, front, jumps for the ball with Bologna’s Thijs Dallinga during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Bologna F..C and S.S.C. Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli’s Juan Jesus, front, jumps for the ball with Bologna’s Thijs Dallinga during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Bologna F..C and S.S.C. Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli’s Giovanni Di Lorenzo, left, and Bologna’s Dan Ndoye during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Bologna F..C and S.S.C. Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli’s Giovanni Di Lorenzo, left, and Bologna’s Dan Ndoye during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Bologna F..C and S.S.C. Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli’s Stanislav Lobotka, left, fights for the ball with Bologna’s Jens Odgaard during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Bologna F..C and S.S.C. Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli’s Stanislav Lobotka, left, fights for the ball with Bologna’s Jens Odgaard during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Bologna F..C and S.S.C. Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna’s Dan Ndoye celebrates after scoring a goal, during the Italian Serie A soccer game between Bologna and Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, in Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna’s Dan Ndoye celebrates after scoring a goal, during the Italian Serie A soccer game between Bologna and Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, in Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna’s Dan Ndoye celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A soccer game between Bologna and Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, in Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna’s Dan Ndoye celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A soccer game between Bologna and Napoli at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, in Bologna, Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — Napoli missed the chance to close the gap on Serie A leader Inter Milan to a single point when it gave up a first-half lead and drew at Bologna 1-1 on Monday.
Bologna will be the happier side at moving a step closer to a second successive Champions League place by leapfrogging Juventus into the coveted fourth spot.
Bologna has one more point than Juventus and two more than Lazio.
Napoli was three points off the lead.
The night started well for Napoli with Frank Anguissa storming through a flimsy Bologna rearguard to score a fine solo goal after 18 minutes.
But Bologna equalized in the second half with a lovely finish from Dan Ndoye.
Miranda’s defense-splitting pass was cut back by Jens Odgaard and Ndoye’s sublimely cheeky finish with his backheel gave the goalkeeper no chance.
Santiago Castro missed a golden chance to grab the winner in the dying minutes for Bologna but he put his chance wide.
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