The boy from Nyon is still waiting for his first Serie A goal, but…: Bologna is almost unbeatable with Nati star Ndoye

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He is one of the few winners of the embarrassing 3-3 draw against Belarus. When he came on in the 73rd minute, Switzerland trailed 1-2. If he leaves the field, it will at least be a draw. Dan Ndoye (22) won his bet 2-1. And he played a key role in the brilliant final phase that averted total catastrophe. ‘This is not what we wanted. Let’s take this point for now,” the man from Nyon summarizes.

And then he adds: “We need to correct these mistakes because important dates await next summer.” Oops, is anyone qualified yet? “No, of course not. It is our goal. We must absolutely get these euros. Normally we are not allowed to ask ourselves any questions, we just have to show that we have the level to be there in Germany.”

Ndoye always plays

What Ndoye has certainly shown: He has the level for Serie A. On August 14, he will move from FC Basel to the capital of Emilia-Romagna. A week later he was already in the starting line-up against the great AC Milan. And plays on. Bologna loses 0-2. It would remain the only defeat for Thiago Motta’s team to date.

Despite opponents such as Juventus Turin, champions Napoli and Champions League finalists Inter Milan. Bologna will play a draw against all these teams. A draw is the reason why, despite only one defeat, they are only in eleventh place after eight games. The Italian FCB has only won twice, but drawn five times!

Aebischer has the best success rate in Serie A

Bologna has become a small Swiss branch this season. In addition to Ndoye, two other Nati cracks, Michel Aebischer (since January 2022) and Remo Freuler (since the beginning of September), play in the capital of tortellini and pasta meat sauce. Aebischer even had a resounding success: with one exception, the Freiburg native was always in the starting line-up, was once captain and is the man with the best success rate in the entire Serie A: 95.1 percent!

Back to Ndoje. About the Helvetic midfield trio he says: “We are a force and understand each other very well. In any case, I am happy in Bologna.” It is of course convenient that the three do not compete directly. Ndoye comes from the side. Aebischer gives a classic six. Freuler also or an eight. “We Swiss mainly try to help each other.”

“Don’t concede goals – and then attack every now and then…”

He saw Serie A as he expected: “It is of course a very lofty competition. First you defend, try not to concede a goal. And then sometimes you attack. Add to that the fact that every other weekend you play against a team that plays in the Champions League or another European competition.”

Before moving from the Rhine Bend to Northern Italy for around R9 million (plus R2 million bonus), Ndoye played twice for FCB. And ensured the former big club’s only victory so far: he scored once and provided two assists in the 5-2 win against Winterthur. But even he could not avoid the European shame of being eliminated against Tobol Kostanay’s Kazakhs.

What he is missing now in Italy are goals and assists. But after a few more plates of tagliatelle or macaroni al ragù – this is how the pasta is traditionally served, spaghetti Bolognese is an American invention – they will follow.

Source : Blick