Match story
- Bologna fired more attempts (18 vs 7 shots).
- Juventus was more accurate in front of goal (57% on target vs 17%).
Juventus defeated Bologna 0-1 in Serie A. The fixture is part of the Regular Season - 25 stage in the 2018 season. The match was played at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Bologna. Gianpaolo Calvarese, Italy officiated the match. The full-time result capped a Bologna vs Juventus meeting in Serie A with detailed post-match statistics available on Sportra. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Bologna and Juventus. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
Serie ARecorded meetings: 1 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
BolognaJuventus defeated Bologna 0-1 in Serie A. The fixture is part of the Regular Season - 25 stage in the 2018 season. The match was played at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Bologna. Gianpaolo Calvarese, Italy officiated the match. The full-time result capped a Bologna vs Juventus meeting in Serie A with detailed post-match statistics available on Sportra. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Bologna and Juventus. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
Serie ARecorded meetings: 1 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
Bologna
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AFA president Claudio Tapia issued a strong statement addressing the conspiracy theories surrounding the 2026 World Cup final between Argentina and Spain. A month after Argentina fell 1-0 to Spain in overtime at the 2026 World Cup final, Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Claudio Tapia broke his silence with a lengthy, pointed statement on social media, taking direct aim at what he called a “miserable campaign” to paint the national team as having thrown the match. The backlash stems from a wave of conspiracy theories that spread in Argentina in the weeks following the loss, some of them tied to a leaked video showing Lionel Messi delivering an unusually calm pre-match speech in the locker room, in which he told his teammates to “forget about everything”. That clip was seized on by some to suggest the players had mentally checked out before kickoff, and it wasn’t long before speculation grew into open accusations, with some in Argentina even floating the idea that the squad had deliberately “given away” the final. Tapia didn’t hold back in responding to those claims, noting that a month had passed without a single apology from anyone who spread the theories. “None of them apologized. None of them came out and said, ‘We were wrong’,” he wrote, adding that while making a mistake is human, lying and fueling a false narrative for days before quietly disappearing once it’s debunked is not. pic.twitter.com/5oHuoFF6AF— Chiqui Tapia (@tapiachiqui) August 19, 2026 He was especially forceful in defending the players themselves, arguing that once someone accuses the national team of being traitors, there’s no walking it back. Claudio Tapia’s full statement “A month has passed. A month since that final. A month since the lie, the operation, and a miserable campaign to paint this national team as having given up. And the most striking thing is that, after a month, none of them apologized. None of them came out and said, ‘We were wrong.’ None of them had the honesty, the dignity, or simply the guts to take responsibility. Because making a mistake can happen. What can’t happen is lying, building a false story, feeding a suspicion for days, and then, when time proves it was all smoke, hiding and acting like nothing ever happened. While our players left everything on the field, some outside were doing exactly the opposite: sowing hatred, dividing, tarnishing, and trying to destroy the image of a national team that earned the respect of millions. To all of them: take responsibility. Staying quiet isn’t enough. Waiting for time to pass isn’t enough. Changing the subject and acting like you never said anything isn’t enough.And even if you now want to avoid the comments, the complaints, or the criticism from people over all the lies you told, you won’t be able to erase what you did. Because words have consequences, and accusations leave marks. You don’t come back from calling the national team’s players traitors. You don’t come back from putting those who defended this jersey under suspicion. You don’t come back from accusing them of giving up. And you certainly don’t come back from doing it without a single piece of proof, only to choose silence once the lie is exposed. You demanded explanations when you didn’t have a shred of proof. You pointed fingers at players who were giving their lives for this. You fed a lie and passed it off as truth. Now it’s your turn to explain yourselves. Because greatness also means owning up to a mistake. And when you accuse, lie, and publicly hurt people who gave everything for this jersey, apologizing isn’t a favor. It’s an obligation. And there’s something else: how do you go back home after doing all this? How do you look your kids in the eye and talk to them about honesty, respect, dignity? How do you teach them that there are values worth defending, when you had the chance to do exactly that and chose to lie, point fingers, and hide instead? Values aren’t negotiable. A month has passed and we still
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