Bologna beat lowly Salernitana 3-0 in Serie A on Monday and took another step towards Champions League football. (More Football News)
Riccardo Orsolini opened the scoring afꦡter 14 minutes with a tremendous left-foot shot from outside the box and Alexis Saelemaekers doubled Bologna's lead a minute from halftime.
Left-back Charalampos Lykogian🎀nis completed the scoring 🌸in stoppage time after working a neat one-two with Saelemaekers.
The r🐷esult marked an unhappy debut for Salernitana coach Stefano Colꦚantuono, the club's fourth coach this season.
Salernꩲitana looks doomed to spend next season in the second tier. With eight games remaining, it is 11 points from safety.
Salernitana plays Sassuolo next Friday in a relegation six-point game made all the more urgent after Sassuolo surrendered a lea𒉰d at home to Udinese.
Grégoire Defrel opened the scoring for the home four minutes before halftime followinꦦg a defence-splitting pass from Matheus He🧸nrique.
However, Flor𒀰ian Thauvin equalized from close range t🔴hree minutes later.
The result will satisfy neither side as the search for points become🔯s more desperate.
Sassuolo remained second from bottom on the table, and although Udinese was five places above it, only four points separated them in a congested battle to av🐻oid the drop.
Cagliari Draws With Verona
Two other teams in the fight, Cagliari and Verona, staꦇrted the day tied on points and they ende🐽d the day still tied after drawing 1-1.
Verona took the lead after half an hour through Federico Bonazzoli. Goalkeeper Simone Scuffet got a hand to Bonazzoli's flick with💞 the outside of hi𓆉s boot but could not stop the ball from going in.
Verona substitute Darko Lazovic came close to doubling the visitor's lead, but it was Ibrahima Sulemana who hit the net at the other end. The Ghanaian midfielder scored w𒀰ith 16 minutes remaining to g💮ive Cagliari a share of the spoils.
Veron🎃a was in 16th place, above Cagliari on goal difference.
