Bologna FC’s defender Lorenzo De Silvestri during the Italian Serie A soccer match between AC Monza and Bologna FC, in Monza, Italy, September 28, 2023. EPA-EFE/ROBERTO BREGANI
36-year-old veteran Lorenzo De Silvestri and former Atalanta midfielder Remo Freuler are the only members of the current Bologna squad that already beat Champions League opponents Liverpool on Wednesday at Anfield.
De Silvestri and Freuler are the only Bologna players to win at Anfield
Vincenzo Italiano will lead the Rossoblu Gunners on Wednesday evening play their first away match in the Champions League or European Cup since the preliminary rounds of the 1964-65 campaign.
The Champions League is a new experience for the vast majority of the Bologna team, and for coach Vincenzo Italiano, but De Silvestri made his first appearance in the competition during the 2007-08 season.
Two years later, during the 2009–10 campaign, De Silvestri was part of the Fiorentina team that won back-to-back matches against Liverpool in the Champions League group stage.
He was fielded as a starter when the Viola beat Liverpool 2–0 at Anfield on December 9, 2009, with goals from Martin Jørgensen and Alberto Gilardino on this occasion.
Remo Freuler had also started in Atalanta’s 2-0 away win over Liverpool in the Champions League in 2020, but he and the team had already been beaten 5-0 in Bergamo a few weeks before.
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