ROME (AP) — Benjamín Domínguez scored a brace for Bologna but a red card for Tommaso Pobega and a late own-goal by Santiago Castro sent the host team crashing to a 3-2 defeat against Verona in Serie A on Monday.
Domínguez scored in the 20th and 58th minutes, either side of a Verona double from Amir Sarr and Casper Tengstedt.
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Bologna's Tommaso Pobega celebrates with teammates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Torino and Bologna, in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)
Verona's Amin Sarr, right, scores during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Hellas Verona at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna's Jens Odgaard, left, and Verona's Diego Coppola in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Hellas Verona at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna's Benjamin Dominguez, left, celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Hellas Verona at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Como's Gabriel Strefezza, left, and Lecce's Balthazar Pierret in action during the Serie A soccer match between Como and Lecce at the Giuseppe Sinigaglia stadium in Como, Italy, Monday Dec. 30, 2024. (Antonio Saia/LaPresse via AP)
Como's Nico Paz, right, celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Como and Lecce at the Giuseppe Sinigaglia stadium in Como, Italy, Monday Dec. 30, 2024. (Antonio Saia/LaPresse via AP)
But Pobega's red card, shown for striking an opponent in an off-the-ball incident early in the second half, hampered the home side and with three minutes left on the clock, a free kick from Ondrej Duda hit Castro to wrong-foot his own goalkeeper and give Verona all three points.
The result was a blow to Bologna’s hopes of securing a European place and leaves it in seventh place, four points behind Juventus.
Verona moved four points clear of the relegation zone.
Nico Paz missed a first-half penalty earlier Monday but made amends in the second period with the goal that sent Como on its way to a 2-0 win over Lecce in Serie A.
The 20-year-old Argentine international saw his weak spot kick saved by the legs of Wladimiro Falcone after half an hour but he was on target in the 50th minute when he side-footed home from just outside the box.
Patrick Cutrone, who hit the bar early in the game, got a second goal with 10 minutes remaining when he seized on a rebound in the box and slotted home.
It was Como’s first league win over Lecce since 1994 and lifts it into 15th place, two points and one spot above its opponent.
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Bologna's Tommaso Pobega celebrates with teammates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Torino and Bologna, in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)
Verona's Amin Sarr, right, scores during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Hellas Verona at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna's Jens Odgaard, left, and Verona's Diego Coppola in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Hellas Verona at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna's Benjamin Dominguez, left, celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Hellas Verona at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)
Como's Gabriel Strefezza, left, and Lecce's Balthazar Pierret in action during the Serie A soccer match between Como and Lecce at the Giuseppe Sinigaglia stadium in Como, Italy, Monday Dec. 30, 2024. (Antonio Saia/LaPresse via AP)
Como's Nico Paz, right, celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Como and Lecce at the Giuseppe Sinigaglia stadium in Como, Italy, Monday Dec. 30, 2024. (Antonio Saia/LaPresse via AP)
SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Fighting raged Saturday morning along the border of Thailand and Cambodia, even after U.S. President Donald Trump, acting as a mediator, declared that he had won agreement from both countries for a new ceasefire.
Thai officials said they did not agree to a ceasefire. Cambodia has not commented directly on Trump’s claim, but its defense ministry said Thai jets carried out airstrikes Saturday morning.
Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said Saturday that some of Trump's remarks didn't “reflect an accurate understanding of the situation.”
He said Trump’s characterization of a land mine explosion that wounded Thai soldiers as a “roadside accident” was inaccurate, and did not reflect Thailand's position that it was a deliberate act of aggression.
Sihasak said that Trump’s willingness to credit what may be “information from sources that deliberately distorted the facts” instead of believing Thailand hurt the feelings of the Thai people “because we consider ourselves — we are proud, in fact — to be the oldest treaty ally of the United States in the region.”
The latest large-scale fighting was set off by a skirmish on Dec. 7 that wounded two Thai soldiers and derailed a ceasefire promoted by Trump that ended five days of earlier combat in July over longstanding territorial disputes.
The July ceasefire was brokered by Malaysia and pushed through by pressure from Trump, who threatened to withhold trade privileges unless Thailand and Cambodia agreed. It was formalized in more detail in October at a regional meeting in Malaysia that Trump attended.
More than two dozen people on both sides of the border have officially been reported killed in this past week’s fighting, while more than half a million have been displaced.
The Thai military acknowledged 15 of its troops died during the fighting, and estimated earlier this week that there have been 165 fatalities among Cambodian soldiers. Cambodia has not announced military casualties, but has said at least 11 civilians have been killed and more than six dozen wounded.
Trump, after speaking to Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, announced on Friday an agreement to restart the ceasefire.
“They have agreed to CEASE all shooting effective this evening, and go back to the original Peace Accord made with me, and them, with the help of the Great Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim,” Trump wrote in his Truth Social post.
Trump’s claim came after midnight in Bangkok. Thai Prime Minister Anutin had, after his call with Trump, said he had explained Thailand’s reasons for fighting and said peace would depend on Cambodia ceasing its attacks first.
The Thai foreign ministry later explicitly disputed Trump’s claim that a ceasefire had been reached. Anutin's busy day on Friday included dissolving Parliament, so new elections could be held early next year.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, in comments posted early Saturday morning, also made no mention of a ceasefire.
Hun Manet said he held phone conversations on Friday night with Trump, and a night earlier with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, and thanked both “for their continuous efforts to achieve a long-lasting peace between Cambodia and Thailand.”
“Cambodia is ready to cooperate in any way that is needed," Hun Manet wrote.
Anwar later posted on social media that he was urging the two sides to implement a ceasefire on Saturday night. Cambodia's prime minister, also posting online, endorsed the initiative, which included having Malaysia and the United States help monitor it. However, Thai Prime Minister Anutin denied that his country was even in negotiations over the proposal.
Thailand has been carrying out airstrikes on what it says are strictly military targets, while Cambodia has been firing thousands of medium-range BM-21 rockets that have caused havoc but relatively few casualties.
BM-21 rocket launchers can fire up to 40 rockets at a time with a range of 30-40 kilometers (19-25 miles). These rockets cannot be precisely targeted and have landed largely in areas from where most people have already been evacuated.
However, the Thai army announced Saturday that BM-21 rockets had hit a civilian area in Sisaket province, seriously injuring two civilians who had heard warning sirens and had been running toward a bunker for safety.
Thailand's navy was also reported by both sides' militaries to have joined the fighting on Saturday morning, with a warship in the Gulf of Thailand shelling Cambodia's southwestern province of Koh Kong. Each side said the other opened fire first.
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Peck reported from Bangkok. Sopheng Cheang in Serei Saophoan, Cambodia, and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.
A man sits in a tent as he takes refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, after fleeing home following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
An evacuee cooks soup as she takes refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, after fleeing home following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
An evacuee tastes soup as she takes refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, after fleeing from home following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Evacuees cook food as they take refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, after fleeing homes following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Children raise their hands while receiving donation from charity as they take refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, after fleeing homes following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Evacuees wait to receive donation from local charity as they take refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, after fleeing homes following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Village security volunteers and resident run into shelter while the blasts sounded too close in Buriram province, Thailand, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, following renewed border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
