Salernitana, debut with defeat (3-2) in Serie A

A bitter debut for Salernitana in Serie A. The Granata, despite having an extra man and being in the lead twice, were caught up by a brace from From Silvestri and from the goal of the Austrian bomber Arnautovic.

At Dall'Ara, therefore, Salernitana's goals were not enough Bonazzoli and Mamadou Coulibaly to avoid a 3-2 defeat against Mihajlovic's men. Castori leaves the bench Simy and launches Bonazzoli and Djuric from the 1st minute. The first half hour is very physical, dotted with interventions on the edge but at the same time with few whistles from the referee Rapuano.

As the minutes pass, 2002 lights up more and more Aaron Hickey che enters the area in the 32nd minute and unleashes a powerful but central right-footed shot that doesn't cause much concern Belec. But after half an hour the match already turns around. At 34' Strandberg receives a yellow card for holding Orsolini, a minute later he is sent off for a handball on a shot arnautovic and leaves his team with 10 men. Salernitana, however, is alive and strikes a blow in the 43rd minute: a cross from Lassama Coulibaly and an imprecise header from Djuric.

At 50′ Bologna hurts itself: at 49′ Soriano He heads the ball up from a corner and hits it with his elbow Djuric. The referee Rapuano is called to the VAR, awards the penalty and shows the midfielder a double yellow. From eleven meters Bonazzoli he doesn't make mistakes, he surprises Skorupski and opens a completely new game compared to expectations.

But Bologna's reaction is timely and relies on one of the house specialties. On the developments of a corner kick, From Silvestri he heads the ball, Belec parries it but the ball is in. In the 65th minute Castori plays the Simy card but the 2-1 goal is scored by Mamadou Coulibaly with a delightful lob after a previous save by Skorupski.

But it's not over and in the space of five minutes Bologna turns everything around: Schouten found in the area arnautovic who hooks and beats Belec at the near post. At 77′ there is the 3-2 and the signature is always by De Silvestri who scores the double and he does it again with a header from a set piece. In the final Bologna is left with 9 men: Schouten commits a foul and receives the second yellow. But the team of Mihajlovic holds up and wins the three points.