Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Stadio Renato Dall’Ara will host Tuesday’s Champions League game between Bologna and Monaco. The Rossoblu are eyeing their first win of the process and their fine form in the Serie A is surely fuelling fans with optimism ahead of the visit of Monaco. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Riccardo Orsolini, who scored the winner against Lecce at the weekend. The likes of Cambiaghi, El Azzouci, Erlic, and Ferguson should miss out with injuries, while Swiss duo Aebischer – Ndoye is rated doubtful.
Les Rouges et Blancs, on the other hand, produced an under-par performance in a 1-0 loss to rock-bottom Angers at the weekend. Given Bologna’s signs of improvement, we predict that the visitors are going to return home empty-handed. Talented Morocco forward Eliesse Ben Seghir is pushing for a start, while the likes of Diop, Salisu, Balogun, and Zakaria remain in the treatment room.
Highlighted Player (Breel Embolo):
Born in Younde, Cameroon on February 14, 1997, Breel Embolo is a striker who plays for Bundesliga side Schalke 04. Embolo began his youth career at Nordstern back in 2008, but two years later he moved to Old Boys.
In 2010 the Switzerland international joined Basel and he continued playing for the RotBlau at senior level. After scoring 21 goals in 61 appearances for the club in the Swiss Super League, Breel Embolo signed a five-year deal with Schalke 04 in June, 2016 for a fee of €20 million.
The Schalke striker made his Bundesliga debut on August 27 in a 1-0 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt. Speaking of his international career, Breel Embolo has four caps for Switzerland U21 team and he made his senior debut on March 31, 2015 in a 1-1 draw with United States of America. Embolo is very powerful striker, he is technically strong, he has explosive pace and a composed finisher.
Highlighted Team (Bologna):
Bologna FC 1909 is an Italian football club founded in 1909 and playing in the Serie A. The club hosts its games in the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara which holds a capacity of 40500 seats. The stadium is named after their former chairman. The club plays its home games in the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara since 1927.
The club colors of Bologna are blue and red and is one of the most successful football clubs in Italy winning the Serie A 7times and the Coppa Italia 2 times in the clubs history. Lately Bologna is not performing like their glory times anymore. The club is often relegated to the Serie B but manages to get back to the Serie A on and off. Another important person in the club is Joey Saputo, Canadian but with Italian roots, which is owner of Bologna.
Well known football players that wore the blue red colors of Bologna in their career are: Falcone, Dokovic, Nakata, Gillet, Pagliuca, Vieri and Zagorakis.