Genoa beat Bologna with 2 - 0 goals.. Yapp, this time, Bologna was defeated.
Even though this is like a farewell for Bologna and Motta. It has been rumored that he has signed a contract with Juventus. Maybe it's true that they are already not chasing victory, but they should really be careful and also optimize their last match this season. But is it true that Motta's departure is one of the reasons why the players are not so optimal this time?
The defeat of Bologna makes last matches in Serie A more exciting but it is not good news for Roma.
Roma need Atalanta to end this season at the fifth position, not at any higher rank but Bologna already finished this season with 68 points, Atalanta have 66 points but they have to more matches and if they win only one of two remaining matches, they will at least end at the fourth positon. If it happens, Roma will not get a spot to Champions League, this defeat of Bologna is very bad news for Roma. Will Atalanta lose all two remaining matches or get like one draw, one defeat, I don't know. If there is no pressure from FIGC on Atalanta to help Roma, it's impossible for Roma to get that spot.
You are right, Bologna's defeat is like a disaster for Roma because now they expect Atalanta to stay in their position so Atalanta must lose or at least draw against Torino and also Fiorentina, Torino is not a team that still has targets for the rest of the season while Fiorentina might still be able to replace Lazio if Lazio lost the last match so Fiorentina will play in the conference league, so this is quite complex for Roma while Atalanta may not be too concerned about helping Roma so that Serie A will be the only league in Europe that has six representatives in the champions league next season.
If Serie A manages to have six representatives in the Champions League next season it will be an extraordinary achievement and perhaps it will be difficult for other leagues to match in the future.