First pink card in Italian soccer for Scotland midfielder
Scotland midfielder Lewis Ferguson was sent off in weird circumstances as his Bologna aspect claimed a 2-1 win over Cremonese in Serie A on Sunday.
Ferguson was named on the Bologna bench on his return from international obligation having performed the total 90 minutes of Scotland’s 1-0 defeat by Japan at Hampden final Saturday after which 45 minutes in the 1-0 loss to Ivory Coast at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Tuesday after changing Scott McTominay at half-time.
Bologna made a dream begin to the match with targets from Joao Mario and Jonathan Rowe placing the away aspect two targets up inside 16 minutes at Stadio Giovanni Zini. Ferguson arrived as a substitute in the 78th minute and Bologna have been closing in on a cushty victory earlier than chaos ensued in the closing phases.
First, Federico Bonazzoli pulled one again for Cremonese in the 91st minute from the penalty spot, earlier than the hosts have been diminished to 10 males virtually straight from the restart when Youssef Maleh struck Nadir Zortea with a raised arm off the ball and was proven a straight pink card for violent conduct after a VAR test.
The drama was not completed although with Ferguson sent off in the 96th minute after selecting up two yellow playing cards inside the house of 30 seconds. His second reserving was additionally for catching an opponent with a raised arm though he was difficult for a header with the contact showing unintended.
It was Ferguson’s first pink card in Italian soccer and his first since December 2020 when he obtained two bookings for Aberdeen in a 1-1 draw at St Mirren.
Bologna held on for the victory which retains them eighth in the desk with Ferguson and his teammates now going through a house Europa League quarter-final first leg towards Aston Villa on Thursday.
It was a greater afternoon for international teammate Che Adams who got here off the bench to seize the decisive purpose in a crucial 1-0 win for Torino away to backside of the desk Pisa. Adams was an unused substitute for Scotland towards Japan however then performed 77 minutes from the beginning towards Ivory Coast with out a lot success in entrance of purpose.
However, the 29-year-old reminded of his scoring capability together with his seventh of the season all in competitions, sliding in on the again put up to bundle the ball dwelling in the eightieth minute as Torino moved 9 factors away from the Serie A relegation zone.
Former Hibs striker Kieron Bowie appears destined for the drop, nonetheless, after his Hellas Verona aspect have been crushed 1-0 at dwelling by Fiorentina. Bowie performed the total match and got here near giving his aspect the lead in the sixty fifth minute with a curling effort from 18 yards that dipped simply over the crossbar of former Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea.
However, catastrophe struck for Verona when Nicolo Fagioli struck for Fiorentina in the 82nd minute to sentence Bowie’s aspect to a defeat that leaves them second backside and 9 factors from security with seven matches remaining.
Elsewhere, Josh Doig was an unused sub as his Sassuolo aspect claimed a 2-1 win over Cagliari whereas Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour aren’t in motion till Monday night time when Napoli host AC Milan in a 3rd versus second conflict on the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
