AC Milan loanee Alexis Saelemaekers rescued a point for Bologna in their game against Udinese earlier today. He found the back of the net with a free-kick that caught the goalkeeper, and perhaps the player himself, by surprise.
Saelemaekers joined Bologna on a season-long loan in the summer and he has done well, scoring four goals and assisting an additional three. The fourth strike arrived today as Bologna managed to clinch a point against Udinese.
Thiago Motta’s side conceded the opener in the first half and then got a red card at the start of the second, making life very difficult. In the 78th minute, however, Saelemaekers stepped up for a free-kick and managed to catch the goalkeeper off guard with a good finish.
👀 #ACMilan loanee Saelemaekers with a free-kick goal for Bologna pic.twitter.com/vrY1R02MCw
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We will never know for sure if that’s what he intended to do, but it seemed to be more of a fluke than anything. In any case, the Belgian showcased his importance again and Bologna are expected to exercise the €9.5m clause in his contract this summer.
He looked as surprised as everyone else it went in. Salad’s had a great season and would be decent backup in my book but looks like he’s staying at Bologna.
He’s now scored 4 Serie A goals to Chuk’s 1.
So that 25m or whatever was well spent.
Certainly couldn’t have done with putting that money into a CF.
struggling Chuku has 3 goals and 2 assist overall in 1254 minutes of gameplay and a in from salad has 4 goals and 3 assists in 1900 minutes of gameplay.. who are you kidding?
Go to sleep
Go to sleep. I live in Australia???
Those goals and assists have been achieved with a lesser team and the 25m we spent has only produced 3 goals, 2 and 1254 minutes of gameplay.
But again make sure you keep expectations as low as possible.
What’s 25m after all?
that was a failed pass
I will believe that anyone is willing to pay 10 million for this guy when I see the money.
Did you forget how much Milan paid for him? 7 mil (and the initial 3 mil loan fee). He’s been pretty decent in Bologna.
Well he’s scored more Serie A goals than the player we paid 25m to replace him.