Bologna imposed themselves physically and with their ferocious desire to win, but they also showed a sense of security that hindered Chelsea.

[2] The first ten minutes saw the English side produce some brilliant and inspired moves, easily dribbling past their opponents.

However, the Italians managed to organize themselves and took the lead when Carlos Reguzzoni opened the scoring after an error by full-back Ned Barkas.

[2] In the second half, Bologna relaxed due their three-goal advantage, and the English took advantage of this to take control of the game, but they failed to find a goal because of the great Bologna defence, which included the unbeatable Carlo Ceresoli between the posts, the physical strength and class of Dino Fiorini and the positional sense of Felice Gasperi.

[3] Reguzzoni sealed his hat-trick in the 65th minute with a goal against the run of play, and thus gave Bologna a resounding 4–0 lead.