Bologna defeated Torino 3-2 at home in Serie A on Friday night after a thrilling five-goal match ended with a last-minute own goal from Torino.
After Benja Dominguez lay-offed into the area 15 minutes into the game, Bologna believed they had earned a chance to take the lead from the penalty spot, but a protracted VAR review resulted in the penalty call being reversed.
The score stayed at 0-0 because the referees determined that Ndoye had over the line and clipped Karol Linetty instead of Linetty clipping Ndoye.
However, a few minutes later, Bologna took a 1-0 lead thanks to an outstanding performance from the Switzerland international. Possession was gained by Tommaso Pobega, who then supplied his teammate, who heavily touched the byline before squeezing past Vanja Milinkovic-Savic from an unlikely angle.
At the 25-minute mark, Torino had two chances: one from Che Adams, who won a corner following a good stop from Lukasz Skorpuski, and another from Saul Coco from the set-piece that followed.
With an empty net in front of him, the Granata center-back was able to send it wide from a yard or two out, but even if it had been on target, it would not have stood because the whistle ultimately called a foul against Torino.
Ten minutes prior to halftime, Torino missed their best opportunity of the first half. Despite being at a better angle himself, Che Adams made the inexplicable decision to square the ball to Yann Karamoh after doing a wonderful job of beating Jhon Lucumi and keeping it under his control before sprinting into the area, effectively two-on-one against Skorupski. The ball rolled behind Karamoh as he slipped in the area.
Luckily for Torino, their next offensive move put them on equal footing. Guillermo Maripan broke into the area this time and, thanks to a careless touch from Emil Holm, found Vlasic in the middle, allowing the Croatian to bury past Skorpuski with his first touch.
Marcus Holmgren Pedersen replaced Sebastian Walukiweicz, who was substituted little over five minutes into the second half as he hobbled off with what appeared to be a hamstring injury.
When Santiago Castro went down in the area on the hour mark, Bologna believed they should have got another penalty. However, replays revealed that the situation was quite identical to the first penalty incident, with the Argentine being assessed to have caught his defender rather than the other way around.
Eljif Elmas, a second-half substitute who had only been in for a few minutes, gave the visitors the lead with two outstanding individual skills. He was able to nutmeg Beukema in the area before using his next touch to sweep the ball up and over Skorupski to score 2-1.
Just before the 70th minute, Casadei tried to clear the ball but failed to see Pobega behind him, inadvertently hitting the former Milan player instead, giving Bologna their first real penalty.
Ndoye, then hammered his penalty into the side netting. Milinkovic-Savic had ducked correctly and was almost touching it with his fingertips. Bologna was tied now with 2-2 scoreline.
Ndoye had opportunities to complete his hat-trick, and Che Adams nearly gave Torino a 3-2 lead, but Cristiano Biraghi’s own goal in the final minute of regular time sealed the victory.
In an attempt to stop Castro from feeding Giovanni Fabbian into the area, Biraghi slotted the ball into the bottom corner, apparently hoping to send it on the other side of the post for a corner.
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