Bologna Look to Keep Up Serie A Tradition at Anfield

Bologna are facing the daunting task of taking on Liverpool at Anfield and are heavy underdogs. However, Serie A outfits have pulled off the upset a few times in such a stadium over the years. The Reds are locking horns with the second Italian team in the competition already having defeated Milan in the first fixture of the group stage.

Clubs from the Peninsula have ransacked the storied arena seven times, Tuttomercatoweb relays. The first one to manage was Osvaldo Bagnoli’s Napoli on March 18^th, 1992. They won two-nil thanks to a brace by Pato Aguilera and punched their ticket to the UEFA Cup final. Fabio Capello’s Roma narrowly prevailed in February 2001, with Gianni Guigou hitting the net. However, Liverpool staged a comeback in the return leg.

Cesare Prandelli’s Fiorentina won 2-1 at Anfield in December 2009. Current Bologna player Lorenzo De Silvestri was on the pitch. He’s not eligible to play Wednesday since he wasn’t inserted in the Champions League list. Still, he probably recounted some tales to his teammates.

Francesco Guidolin’s Udinese beat Liverpool away 3-2 in October 2012 lifted by Antonio Di Natale, Giovanni Pasquale, and an own goal.

Atalanta took home the full spoils twice in recent years. They did it in the Champions in November 2020, with Josip Ilicic and Robin Gosens scoring. Though, Anfield was empty due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They replicated the feat in 2024 in the Europa League’s Round of 16 propelled by a brace by Gianluca Scamacca and a goal by Mario Pasalic. Inter defeated Liverpool away in the Champions League’s knockout stage in 2022. However, a solitary Lautaro Martinez score wasn’t enough to go through on aggregate.