Inter struggles at Bologna again and is left level with Napoli atop Serie A

ROME (AP) — Inter Milan has a history of recent struggles at Bologna and Sunday proved no different.

Riccardo Orsolini’s stoppage-time bicycle kick lifted Bologna to a 1-0 victory over the Serie A leader and left the Nerazzurri level with second-placed Napoli with five rounds remaining.

“It hurts conceding a goal like that seconds from the end,” Inter coach Simone Inzaghi said. “But the season doesn’t end here in Bologna. We still have a lot of goals to chase and now we’ll bounce back.”

The defeat brought back memories of a goalkeeping blunder by Ionut Radu that gifted Bologna a victory three years ago, setting up the title for rival AC Milan. Inter also lost at Bologna the next season in a rain storm.

Inter won at Bologna last season but spent so much energy it couldn’t recover in time before getting eliminated by Atletico Madrid in the Champions League four days later.

This time, the match was decided when a long throw-in was flicked on by Inter defender Yann Bisseck toward Orsolini, who turned it in with an acrobatic left-footed volley to send the Renato Dall’Ara into delirium.

Inter is chasing a treble this season and also faces big upcoming games in the Champions League and Italian Cup, but coach Simone Inzaghi had labeled the Bologna visit as the biggest match of the season.

Now the Nerazzurri are deadlocked with Antonio Conte’s Napoli team, which isn’t involved in any other competitions and can devote all of its energy toward chasing a second title in three years.

Napoli won 1-0 at last-placed Monza on Saturday to heap more pressure onto Inter.

Bologna moved up to fourth, one point ahead of Juventus, which visits Parma on Monday.

Inter next faces Milan in the second leg of the Italian Cup semifinals on Wednesday (the first leg finished 1-1). Then after Roma visits the San Siro next weekend, Inter travels to face Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals.

And there could be another meeting with Bologna in the Cup final, after Bologna beat Empoli 3-0 in the first leg of the other semifinal.

If Inter and Napoli remain level on points at the end of the season, they will play each other in a single match to determine the Italian league champion.

Atalanta beat Milan 1-0 to maintain its hold on third place, four points ahead of Bologna.

Atalanta midfielder Ederson finished off a counterattack with a header early in the second half.

Milan was left in ninth place, six points behind sixth-placed Roma and Italy's Conference League spot.

Also, Empoli and Venezia drew 2-2 – leaving both clubs in the relegation zone.

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Atalanta's Mateo Retegui fights for the ball against AC Milan's Tijjani Reijnders during the Serie A soccer match between Milan and Atalanta at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday April 20, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan's Rafael Leao in action during the Serie A soccer match between Milan and Atalanta at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday April 20, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan's Rafael Leao, left, and Atalanta's Juan Cuadrado in action during the Serie A soccer match between Milan and Atalanta at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday April 20, 2025. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Riccardo Orsolini scores goal 1-0 during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna F.C. and F.C. Internazionale Milano at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Dan Ndoye, left, and Inter's Alessandro Bastoni in action during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna F..C and F.C. Internazionale Milano at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Sam Beukema and Inter's Lautaro Martinez, right, during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna F..C and F.C. Internazionale Milano at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Bologna's Riccardo Orsolini celebrates after scoring the goal 1-0 during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna F.C. and F.C. Internazionale Milano at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna, Italy, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it's still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked the vessels days earlier, diminishing the likelihood that anyone survived.

Search efforts began Tuesday afternoon after the military notified the Coast Guard that survivors were in the water about 400 miles (650 kilometers) southwest of the border between Mexico and Guatemala, the maritime service said in a statement.

The Coast Guard dispatched a plane from Sacramento to search an area covering more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), while issuing an urgent warning to ships nearby. The agency said it coordinated more than 65 hours of search efforts, working with other countries as well as civilian ships and boats in the area.

The weather during that time has included 9-foot seas and 40-knot winds. The U.S. has not said how many people jumped into the water, and, if they are not found, how far the death toll may rise from the Trump administration's monthslong campaign of blowing up small boats accused of transporting drugs in the region.

The U.S. military said earlier this week that it attacked three boats traveling along known narco-trafficking routes and they “had transferred narcotics between the three vessels prior to the strikes.” The military did not provide evidence to back up the claim.

U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the region, said three people were killed when the first boat was struck, while people in the other two boats jumped overboard and distanced themselves from the vessels before they were attacked.

The strikes occurred in a part of the eastern Pacific where the Navy doesn’t have any ships operating. Southern Command said it immediately notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate search and rescue efforts for the people who jumped overboard before the other boats were hit.

Calling in the Coast Guard is notable because the military drew heavy scrutiny after U.S. forces killed the survivors of the first attack in early September with a follow-up strike to their disabled boat. Some Democratic lawmakers and legal experts said the military committed a crime, while the Trump administration and some Republican lawmakers say the follow-up strike was legal.

There have been other survivors of the boat strikes, including one for whom the Mexican Navy suspended a search in late October after four days. Two other survivors of a strike on a submersible vessel in the Caribbean Sea that same month were sent to their home countries — Ecuador and Colombia. Authorities in Ecuador later released the man, saying they had no evidence he committed a crime in the South American nation.

Under President Donald Trump's direction, the U.S. military has been attacking boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific since early September. As of Friday, the number of known boat strikes is 35 and the number of people killed is at least 115, according to numbers announced by the Trump administration.

Trump has justified the boat strikes as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States and asserted that the U.S. is engaged in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels.

Along with the strikes, the Trump administration has built up military forces in the region as part of an escalating pressure campaign on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who has been charged with narco-terrorism in the United States.

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)