Bologna cruise sets up Coppa final with Milan
Bologna eased into the Coppa Italia final after a 2-1 second-leg victory over Empoli, which handed it a resounding 5-1 aggregate win in the semi-final.
It is into the showpiece match of the competition for the first time in 51 years, and will play AC Milan as it bids to win the trophy for the third time.
Bologna was in a brilliant position after a 3-0 first-leg win.
Giovanni Fabbian compounded Empoli's misery after just seven minutes when the unmarked midfielder headed in a Nikola Moro cross to extend Bologna's aggregate advantage.
Bologna tried to add to its tally quickly, with Charalampos Lykogiannis and Thijs Dallinga both forcing fine saves out of Jacopo Seghetti.
While the visitors may have felt their Coppa Italia run was already over, they responded well.
Federico Ravaglia parried Ola Solbakken's angled drive into the path of Viktor Kovalenko, who slotted in the rebound in the 33rd minute.
Both sides used the closing stages to express themselves more freely, playing with flair and imagination, but it was Dallinga who finally found a winner.
Four minutes from time, he rose to meet Lykogiannis's cross and headed back across the goalkeeper to net his third goal across the semi-final, having netted a brace in the first leg.
Bologna will face Milan in the final at Stadio Olimpico on 15 May (AEST).
