Author: Hans

Figueroa for the first time in line-up ?!

Genoa plays deep in the South of Italy against Reggina that substituted coach Ficcadenti into Ulivieri 2 weeks ago. In his first match Ulivieri draw in Naples: 1-1. Reggina has 2 ex-Genoa players in the team: goalkeeper Campagnolo (saved a penalty in Naples) and forward Cozza (injured at the moment). Inside our red and blue team are 5 ex-players of Reggina: Scarpi, De Rosa, Lucarelli, Leon and Borriello. Around 200 Genoa-fans make the trip of 1191 kilometres to Reggio Calabria in the point of the Italian shoe.

All Serie A-teams 2007-2008

Because of his 4th yellow card topscorer Marco Borriello can’t play tomorrow, so maybe this is the right time to let Lucianon Figueroa make his debut in the line-up. Against Fiorentina and Inter the very friendly Argentinian player already made a very good impression, so we hope Mr. Gasperini starts the match against Reggina with “Lucho” in the team. To put some more length in the defense also the return of Gaetano de Rosa is expected tomorrow. 

first match of Figueroa, substituting Borriello    

Genoa-Palermo 3-3; fantastic hour of Genoa

Two teams that played to win, 6 goals and a fantastic atmosphere. Almost a perfect game, but unfortunately Genoa only got 1 point at the end. Of course Palermo deserved a point, but Genoa had to get at least the other 2 points.

The first 30 minutes Palermo was the best team in the field. In the 8th minute they took the lead by a goal of Cavani and the Sicilians also got some other chances to score. After 30 minutes the match changed and Genoa was the boss in the field, but till halftime referee Gervasoni (Borriello deserved a penalty) and keeper Fontana saved Palermo.

Leon scored twice today

In the second half Leon scored twice in the 59th (fantastic free-kick) and 67th minute, giving Genoa a 2-1 lead. The joy lasted only 9 minutes because in the 76th minute Brienza scored 2-2. Only 6 minutes later our topscorer Marco Borriello gave Genoa again an advantage: 3-2. Of course we all hoped this was the last goal of the match, but in the 91st minute Amauri again scored the equalizer with his head after a great error of the whole defense of Genoa. Milanetto could not score the last chance of the match, so the 3-3 stayed on the scoreboard. A good result if you think about the first 30 minutes of the match, not enough seeing the last hour, but the real winner of this match: the public !

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Defensive errors give Inter simple victory

Against Juventus and Fiorentina the team of Mr. Gasperini played very good in defense, but not powerful enough in the offensive part. Tonight it was the opposite: especially in the second half with Juric and Figueroa in the team Genoa played very good offensively, but at that moment Inter already had a 2-0 advantage after 2 errors of Rubinho.

Konko beats Chivu and scores 2-1

In the 73rd minute Konko scored after a combination with Figueroa the 2-1 and brought back the believe in our hearts that maybe a draw was possible in Giuseppe Meazza. But within 60 seconds Gaetano de Rosa made a big mistake and Suazo could easily score 3-1. A few minutes later Leon hit the crossbar and the hope was over. The penalty that brougth the final 4-1 on the scoreboard was only for statistics.

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4.000 Genoa-fans in San Siro tomorrow

As you can see on the picture below the big stadium of Milano (San Siro or Giuseppe Meazza, capacity of 85.700) already is coloured red en blue and tomorrow-evening it will be much more. Around 4000 Genoa-fans are expected, while the Curva Nord of Inter ultras has to be empty because Inter-fans offended our Napoli-friends 3 weeks ago.

 Giuseppe Meazza

The last match in Giuseppe Meazza twelve years ago on Sunday 9th April 1995 3 ex-players of Ajax: Johnny van ‘t Schip (Genoa), Wim Jonk and Dennis Bergkamp (both Inter) were present. Also tomorrow 3 ex-players of Ajax are expected on the field, but all 3 with the wrong team: Christian Chivu, Maxwell and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. 

Genoa forgot just one thing: a goal

The score in corners was clear: 9-1, Genoa also was the boss in the field by ball possession: 55%-45%, but unfortunately we did not score. In Holland we name a 0-0 result: bloodless, in Italy they say it was a perfect match because no team made a mistake that lead to a goal of the other team. Genoa Club Amsterdam is happy with the return of Lucho Figueroa, because until now we were almost completely in the hands of Marco Borriello, who scored 5 of our 8 goals and feared Cannavaro of Napoli to score the 6th in his own goal.

Marco Borriello against Fiorentina

Grazie Marco di Vaio

Three weeks ago during the last match of Genoa in Luigi Ferraris in the 72nd minute Marco di Vaio scored his first goal of the season. Just like in the beginning of last season Marco di Vaio did not score immediately and our sympathetic striker got some dishonest critics. Because of this and the fact he decided the match against Cagliari by scoring 2-0 the joy of the goal was enormous. Marco scored his goal in front of Gradinata Sud, our sector. Full of happiness I stepped on the wall in front of Gradinata Sud and this is what happened with my jeans:

Jeans after goal of Marco di Vaio

Marco, I want to make a deal with you. If you score again against Fiorentina you do not have to pay a new jeans for me! smile smile smile Come on guys, after Torino and Napoli also we have to win this weekend. 

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Next Sunday: Genoa – Fiorentina

It’s one of the classic games of Italian Football and it is also number 6 against number 3. Of course it means also Preziosi against his rival Della Valle, or Genoa against the friends of Sampdoria. But most of all it is a very important match for the team of Mr. Gasperini after the unlucky defeat in Torino against Juventus.

 Genoa-Fiorentina 10-04-2004 

Genoa Club Amsterdam has visited this big match twice in the past. The first time in Serie B on Easter-saturday 10th April 2004. Genoa was the winner of this match by 2-1 with goals of Marco Rossi (constantly victim of the songs of his ex-Fiorentina-supporters) and a brilliant one of Giuseppe Gemiti. The second match was in the 1st round of Coppa Italia last season that was decided by a brilliant header of Genoano Giuseppe Greco. This season Fiorentina is without a defeat so far, but they did not visit Luigi Ferraris yet.   

Punishments after Juventus-Genoa

red card

This must be an old picture during the Moggi-period of the referee in the shirt of Juventus. Nowadays it is also possible that a player of Juventus gets a red card. Sunday in the 94th minute of the game Pavel Nedved got first a yellow card after his crazy sliding on the legs of Milanetto and within 30 seconds a direct red card after he jumped in the back of Konko without any possibilty to reach the ball. Today Nedved got a punishment of 2 matches, 3 less than last year after the match against Genoa when he kicked Francesco Bega in the 93rd minute. Also Juventus-coach Claudio Raineri got a red card and he is banned for 1 match. Genoa-defender Alessandro Lucarelli got his 4th yellow card of the season and is also banned for the next match against Fiorentina. 

In Italy it is this season also possible to ban a part of the stadium if they destroy the fun of football. Because of their misbehaviour against Napoli the second ring North of Giuseppe Meazza stadium, the place of Inter-ultras, has to be empty against Genoa at 31st October. A good punishment if you insult our Napoli-friends.