Inter Milan were humiliated at home by 16th-place Bologna for their third straight Serie A loss. The hosts, who less than a month ago were enjoying a seven-game winning streak, have won none of their last five matches and have now earned just one of 12 possible points in the month of February.
Inter Milan Vs. Bologna, 2012 Serie A: Inter Stunned By Bolonga Hammering
Bologna haven’t won against Inter at the San Siro since before the turn of the millennium, and for much of the first half, the match looked as though it would involve the visitors looking to hold on against an Inter attack that didn’t really look so bad. The hosts looked confident and determined, and nearly took the lead on a number of occasions, which mostly involved Maicon missing free headers.
And then Bologna struck. More specifically, Marco di Vaio struck. Twice.
The first came after some excellent buildup play by the visitors. After Gastón Ramírez did brilliantly to set up a cutback, the ball was presented to Diego Pérez at the top of Júlio César's box. Instead of shooting, the midfielder played a clever pass out to di Vaio, who cut inside Yuto Nagatomo before blasting home from eight yards to make it 1-0.
Worse was to come a few seconds later when walking catastrophe Andrea Ranocchia opted to chest back a long pass forward to his goalkeeper, forgetting that di Vaio was in attendance. A simple finish got the striker his brace and gave the visitors a 2-0 lead.
The second half mostly featured Inter throwing men forward in a desperate attempt to get back into the match, but Diego Forlan and the aforementioned Ranocchia found good chances saved by Jean-François Gillet. Bologna struck once more in the 85th minute to kill the match off entirely, as Roberto Acquafresca walked through four defenders to slot it home at the far post to make it 3-0. The move rather epitomized Inter's day.
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