A goal by Donati in the 25th minute gives victory to Palladino’s team still unbeaten in 2023: the Brianzas reach the rossoblùs on 29 points
Another nice shot by Raffaele Palladino. Monza not only remains unbeaten in this golden 2023 but conquers Dall’Ara with a goal from Donati who – in his second career goal – takes advantage of a perfect incursion by Petagna in the 24th minute of the first half. Deserved success because Bologna – despite having found Arnautovic and a little more initiative in the second half – did not show depth or too much conviction or lucidity in front of goal while Palladino demonstrated that he has an aggressive, pungent, orchestrated and well-built team between starters and you change. Thus, Monza rises on a par with Bologna to 29 points, giving even more vigor to the fight to dream of something big behind the big names. For Palladino it is the 13th point in the new year: the embrace of the Monzesi, all in a circle jumping after the final whistle, certifies Palladino’s excellent work and the deserved joy in an afternoon in which he knew how to sting and suffer.
Monza-goal
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Without Arnautovic (initially on the bench) and Zirkzee, Motta won’t play the Barrow card or even the Soriano card from Falsi-9: as a “fake” center forward there is Ferguson (a “given” man, in that position), while Kyriakopoulos plays from the left wing while Orsolini (now captain) starts from the right. Monza had to take note of the injury to Carlos Augusto in finishing and Palladino put Donati in line with Rovella, Sensi and Ciurria. Bologna spreads with a 4-3-3 in which Dominguez widens when Kyriakopoulos follows Donati while Monza immediately takes the reins of the game by restarting with effective systems and expanding the range of their plays on both sides of the pitch. The very first real chance is rossoblù: free-kick by Orsolini (13′) and header by Lykogiannis which Di Gregorio replies together with the crossbar. There is then an action to the left by Caprari who asks for a penalty due to the intervention of Posch: the Austrian barely touches the midfielder from Monza, the referee Zufferli is good at not conceding the penalty. In the 24th minute, Monza took the lead: Petagna started progressively and entered the area (un) opposed by Sosa, the shot deflected by Skorupski was Donati’s stuff who, not covered by Lykogiannis, slipped the 0-1 into the near post and the first his seasonal network. The rest of the first half is a check-var for Sensi’s chest shot on Orsolini’s shot and an important descent from Petagna which does not lead Monza to double because the former Napoli center forward does not notice Caprari only launched to the left.
Resistence
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No change at the start of the second half and Bologna struggles to find thickness and heaviness in the Monza area: free kick from Aebischer, one of the worst up to now, and big plate from outside the area from Orsolini that Di Gregorio easily puts away. The changes begin first in Monza (within Machin and Birindelli for Sensi and Donati), then finally Motta too understands that his midfield isn’t working and takes away Aebischer to put in Arnautovic (after 39 days off) and via Kyriakopoulos for Barrow. Palladino sees Petagna suffering and slips in Mota as central forward and so almost another match starts again: a shot by Orsolini goes close to the post in the 30th minute, Monza closes and starts again with Rovella who tries the coup from forty meters that Skorupski (a 8 minutes from the end of regulation time) manages to defuse. Motta asks the fourth official (Massa) that the recovery be high due to the many delays on the pitch, Bologna tries them all and a final scrum, then foiled, under Di Gregorio’s goal gives the conclusion to a match that is not beautiful but which the Monza brought home with the strength, cunning and killer instinct that Bologna did not have.
February 12, 2023 (change February 12, 2023 | 17:09)
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