In the early morning of May 13, Beijing time, the 36th round of Serie A ended a key battle, and after Atalanta defeated Roma 2-1 at home, Bologna and Juventus directly locked in next season's Champions League qualification in advance. Compared with Juventus, Bologna returned to the Champions League after 59 years, finally ending more than half a century of waiting.
As the dark horse of Serie A this season, Bologna has sprung up, ranking in the top four in the second half, and with Serie A having one more Champions League qualification, it is a major positive for Bologna.
Bologna's win over Napoli in this round of the league has accumulated 67 points from 36 rounds, converting all the points of the previous two-point league into a three-point system, and Bologna's current points are also the second highest in the team's history for the same period, only the 1963/64 season when they last won the Serie A title was higher.
In addition, Bologna left Atalanta and Roma behind them by 7 points in the first round, and they are close to locking the top five in advance, and they need to wait for the results of the direct match between Atalanta and Roma.
In the end, Bologna received the most desired result, which was that Roma could not win against Atalanta.
In this way, Bologna is seven points behind sixth-placed Roma and secures the top five in the standings two rounds ahead of schedule to secure Champions League qualification for next season.
As a middle and lower team, Bologna has created a miracle, with the whole team worth only 250 million, beating many old powerhouses such as Roma, Atalanta, Lazio, Napoli and Fiorentina, and locking the Champions League seat next season in advance.
Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna, Italy, and is the most important road and rail hub in Italy, but has a population of only 380,000.
Now, the 115-year-old Bologna club is back in the Champions League after 59 years, and the last time they competed was in the 1964/65 season, and it was also the first time they participated in the restructured Champions League, which deserves to be celebrated by the whole city.
Compared with Bologna, Roma has little hope of qualifying for the Champions League next season, and is currently three points behind Atalanta in fifth place, plus the win-loss relationship is at a disadvantage, as long as Atalanta wins in the next round, they can get the last Champions League seat in Serie A, and Roma can only participate in the Europa League next season.