Bologna players shine at the Euro!

Last season, Bologna was a true hit in Serie A and in the whole of Europe. Few expected the team led from the bench by Thiago Motta to finish fifth in Serie A, thus securing a place in next season’s Champions League. The Bologna players with great games continued at UEFA Euro 2024 by playing for their national teams.

Bologna players most effective at UEFA Euro 2024

The players who played for Bologna last season, and the question is how many of them will continue to do so in the next season, are recording excellent performances in Germany. In this way, they showed that taking the fifth place in Serie A last season is not a surprise at all. The boys who played in the system established by Motta showed that they can fit into the ideas of other coaches who are leading different national teams at this Euro in a great way.

The Italian media extracted the information that the players of Bologna at the Euro in Germany in the first three rounds participated in scoring seven goals, which was not achieved by the players of any other club. Switzerland once again secured a place in the knockout phase of a major competition, and the backbone of the team consists of three players from Bologna, namely Remo Freuler, Michel Aebischer and Dan Ndoye.

These three had a great performance in the group stage as they scored two goals and shared three assists. The Danish player Victor Kristiansen and the Italian footballer Riccardo Calafiori had solid performances in the previous games, who scored an assist each. Calafiori’s assist in the final moments against Croatia brought the reigning European champions into the next stage from second place.

As far as the players of other clubs behind Bologna in terms of performance at this Euro are Bayern and Barcelona, ​​whose players set up or scored five goals each. It will be interesting to see how the aforementioned Bologna players will fare in the knockout phase and whether they will further improve their performance, which will contribute to the increase in the price of those players.

What kind of composition will Bologna remain after the Euro?

Calafiori is the golden cock of the fifth-placed team in Serie A last season because his value is currently estimated at 30,000,000 euros, but it should be expected to be even higher after the Euros. Against Spain, Calafiori scored an own goal that ultimately decided the winner, but Italy only conceded one goal by sheer luck because Spain was much better and Calafiori was in the wrong place at the wrong time and reacted clumsily. He should not take it as a bad thing because he is only 22 years old. Ndoye is just a year older than Calafiori and he could bring an enviable amount of money to Bologna in the future.

Kristiansen and Freuler played on loan in Bologna last season, so it remains to be seen in which direction their careers will go after the Euros. After a great season, Bologna said goodbye to Thiago Motta, who decided to move to Juventus and try to raise the fallen giant. The season before last, Union Berlin was a real hit in Germany and, like Bologna, played in the Champions League last season.

It was seen that the team from the Old Forester’s House was not ready to meet the challenges in the Elta competition, and this was then reflected in the games in other competitions as well. In the last round, Union saved their lives to avoid being relegated from the league, and just a year before, they were among the top four teams.

Therefore, it will be interesting to see how Bologna will manage in the next season and how the performance in the Champions League will reflect on the performance in Italy. In previous seasons, this team was mostly in the bottom half of the table, and now they will have the opportunity to compete with the biggest European clubs. After the Euro is over, the formation of the team will begin, and it is clear that Bologna will not be able to keep a certain number of players from last season.

By selling valuable players, significant capital could be acquired to bring reinforcements, but the leaders of this club will try to keep the backbone of the team as much as possible. Motta will no longer be on the bench, so it will also be interesting to see how those players will fit into another coach’s system.

Judging by the appearances at UEFA Euro 2024, it seems that this will not be a problem for the players of this team, who delight the whole of Europe even after the club season is over. If your players perform better than the players who perform for teams like Bayern, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Manchester City and that is to be respected.