Bologna are still without a single goal in the Champions League, as they saw one disallowed here and were caught out by a late AS Monaco tap-in on a corner.
The Rossoblu scraped only one point in three European games going into this fixture, so Vincenzo Italiano shook things up with many changes, missing Michel Aebischer, Martin Erlic, Nicolò Cambiaghi and Oussama El Azzouzi. Monaco had done surprisingly well, beating Barcelona 2-1, drawing 2-2 at Dinamo Zagreb and crushing Crvena Zvezda 5-1. Denis Zakaria, Mohammed Salisu, Edan Diop and Folarin Balogun were on the treatment table.
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Juan Miranda blasted over from the edge of the area, but Monaco came closer soon after when Breel Embolo shrugged off defenders to get the ferocious shot away, which Lukasz Skorupski palmed onto the upright.
Monaco did have the ball in the net on 19 minutes with ex-Torino defender Wilfried Singo’s towering leap onto an Akliouche corner, but it was disallowed following a VAR review for his rather obvious foul on Skorupski.
The goalkeeper got one strong glove to a dangerous Aleksandr Golovin free kick and Bologna had the ball in the net too on 41 minutes, but Santiago Castro’s angled drive off the inside of the upright did not count because of an earlier Dan Ndoye offside position.
Instead, Skorupski made another sensational reaction save on Akliouche, while Giovanni Fabbian stung the goalkeeper’s gloves at the near post.
Riccardo Orsolini came off the bench and sent fellow substitute Thijs Dallinga through, but the shot was charged down.
Instead, Monaco took the lead in the final minutes when Golovin’s corner was flicked on by Embolo for Thilo Kehrer to prod in from four yards at the back post relatively undisturbed.
Bologna 0-1 Monaco
Kehrer 87 (M)
Player statistic
| Nikola Moro |  |
27' |
| Giovanni Fabbian | |
53' | ||
| 75' | |
Lamine Camara | ||
| 77' | |
Christian Mawissa | ||
| 86' |  |
Thilo Kehrer (Assist: Breel Embolo) | ||
| Jhon Lucumí | |
88' |
Match statistic
A shame Bologna represent Italy in Europe. They loose precious coefficient points.
No point qualifying for the CL and then selling your best players. Chances of a play off spot are fading fast.