Author: Hans

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Against Lille in Europa League we did win the match in injury-time so we still can continue our European adventure after the winter. Yesterday we lost the match in the 93rd minute by a goal of Pulzetti. Sometimes you are lucky and sometimes …

Genoa played one of the most bad matches of the season. We lost the match in midfield, usually our strongest sector in the field. Maybe the fact that we missed 3 of the 4 central midfieldplayers, only Zapater was available, was too much. Next week in the derby Omar Milanetto surely returns after his squalification, while probably also Ivan Juric can return after his injury. After goals of Lucarelli and Mimmo Criscito and a yellow card to Mesto which means that he can not play the derby, everybody thought the match would end in a draw, which also would be the correct endresult. In the last minute all our defenders only looked for Lucarelli, so Pulzetti was completely free to score the winning goal.

 

The city of Genova wants to build a new stadium in the city to be one of the cities of Euro 2016 which possibly will take place in Italy. The city-council and Sampdoria’s president Garrone want to build a new stadium anywhere in the city, while Genoa and their fans only want to stay in Luigi Ferraris. Of course Luigi Ferraris need to be reconstructed to be home of the Euro 2016, but this project costs only € 50 million, while a new stadium costs at least € 200 million. See the video that was presented today by the Fondazione Genoa, a group of Genoa-supporters that does everything to protect our Genoa against commercial and political influences and that is also responsable to the Genoa-museum:

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In the last match before the National team break the Gasperini-boys again booked a spectacular victory with the deciding goal in the last minute. After Hernan Crespo scored 1-0 and 2-0 it was Raffaele Palladino (tonight after many years selected by Mr. Lippi in the Italian National team) who put 3-0 as halftime score in the books. Game over ? 

 

Unhappily not, because in the 80th and 82nd minute Siena scored 3-1 and 3-2, so everything was possible again also because of the fact many players of Genoa seemed tired after the match in Europa League last Thursday against Lille. In the 90th minute the deciding goal was scored by substitute Sergio Floccari: 4-2 and again 3 points to Genoa. We are now on the 6th position in the standings with 20 points in 12 matches, exactly the same as last season when we ended at the fifth position and went into Europa League.  

Was it the Dutch referee in the field ? The goals of Genoa-Lille were exactly equal with the match Genoa-Ajax 17 years ago, only this time Genoa in the role of Ajax. At halftime Genoa leaded by 1-0 thanks to the goal of Rodrigo Palacio (in April 1992 Ajax leaded by 1-0 thanks to Pettersson out of a cross of our member of honour Johnny van ‘t Schip).

In the beginning of the 2nd half Hernan Crespo doubled the score (just like Bryan Roy in 1992) and at the moment you think the match is played Lille scored twice in only 8 minutes (as Aguilera did against Ajax) making the score 2-2. A draw did not help Genoa anything in the race to the next round so in the last minutes the Gasperini boys did everything to win. Just like Aron Winter in 1992 this time Giuseppe Sculli scored the deciding 3-2 in the last minute. The first match of a lot of Dutch members of Genoa Club Amsterdam is finally played again with this time our Genoa as winner ! 

the video thanks to www.noigenoani.net (mille grazie) 

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the last goal on Radio Nostalgia by Pinuccio Brenzini

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Because Valencia and Slavia draw in Praha (2-2 after Valencia leaded by 0-2), Lille is still on top of Group B with 7 points, Valencia and Genoa are both second with 6 points while Slavia Praha has only 2 points. The next round is on Wednesday 2nd December when Genoa plays in Praha and Valencia plays in Spain against Lille.

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Last summer Palermo and Genoa changed their goalkeepers: Amelia and Rubinho. Yesterdaynight none of the two played in the match between the 2 teams. With Genoa experienced goalkeeper since January 2004 Alessio Scarpi defend the goal like he does a few times every season when the usual goalkeeper is injured. The last years Scarpi was a fantastic substitute, so we all hoped that also yesterday would be one of those days. And our hope came true, Alessio Scarpi was unbeatable against Palermo. Only Cavani could beat him with his hand in the 2nd minute, but the striker of Palermo received a yellow card of referee Brighi and Scarpi a free-kick. Offensively Palermo was the best in the first 40 minutes, Genoa in the last 50 minutes. Both teams were a few times close to a goal, but a draw was certainly the most honest result. Genoa is now on the shared 6th position in the standings with 17 points in 11 matches.