At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on May 2, the 35th round of Serie A ushered in a match, and Roma faced Bologna at home. Roma have had a poor record this season, winning just 17 of their first 34 league games and losing 10 of them, making it almost impossible to qualify for the Champions League. Roma can only compete for Europa League qualification. Roma are facing Bologna, ranked 13th, this time. Although Bologna didn't rank high, it won against Roma in the first leg. Roma returned home to play Bologna again, but still failed to win, only to get a dull 0-0!
Mourinho lined up in a 3421 formation for this game. Patricio served as the starting goalkeeper. Gianluca Mancini, Kumubra and Rogé Ibanez are paired at 3 backs. Maitland Niles, Christant, Wellert and Sharawi form a four-midfielder. Cales Perez and Zaniolo join forces. Gian was at the top. Tammy Abraham, Shomurodov, Zalevsky, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Smalling sat on the bench. Oliveira was suspended and unable to play.
Roma, who played at home after the start of the game, did not pursue possession, created few absolute chances, and the most threatening shot of the first half was undoubtedly Perez's long-range shot, but it was saved by the goalkeeper flying in. The last threat in Bologna was Arnautovic, who had played in the Chinese Super League, who failed to score multiple shots. The second half became more open and Arnautovic had a good chance of breaking the deadlock, but unfortunately his close-range paddle shots went high. Mourinho made a massive substitution in the 58th minute to win the game, with Karlstop, Zalevsky, Pellegrini and Tammy Abraham all on the pitch. But none of these substitutions worked. Bologna had a chance to kill in the final moments, with Moussa Barrow taking a one-handed chance, but his powerful shot hit the crossbar. Rome escaped. The final score was set at 0-0, with Roma only getting one draw.
Roma had 42% possession of the game, 17 shots on goal, 5 shots on target, and 0 goals. Bologna had 10 shots on goal and failed to score, while Arnautovic alone had 6 shots on goal, none of which translated into goals. Mourinho was very unhappy about the decision for this game, he thought it was an ugly game after the game, and he was angry that the referee ignored Medel's handball. Roma's draw means four consecutive winless matches, including three Serie A matches and one Europa League match, first a 1-1 draw with Napoli, then a 1-3 loss to Inter Milan, followed by a 1-1 draw with Leicester City, this time by Bologna 0-0. Four days later, Roma will face a life-and-death battle, playing the second leg of the UEFA Semi-Finals with Leicester City, which will determine whether Roma can reach the final.