The Bologna Herald
Market14 Sep 2026
Nicolò Cambiaghi puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bologna, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Daniel Boloca stays at Sassuolo as time runs out
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Bologna will try again when the window opens; Sassuolo may not be selling by then.
Match12 Sep 2026
Riccardo Orsolini sends Bologna past Lecce
It finished 1‑0, and it was Riccardo Orsolini’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Bologna.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
One of those days for Riccardo Orsolini
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.20, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
One of those days for Nicolò Cambiaghi
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.01, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Bologna
Valerio Aureli and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Martin Vitík
Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
A satisfied Ciro Tagliabue
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Ciro Tagliabue could afford to be generous.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Artem Dovbyk was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- The dugout Roberto Piccoli dropped after a run of poor form
- Market The Jens Odgaard question follows Bologna around
- Looking ahead A reunion for Riccardo Orsolini