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After 9 matches without a victory, Genoa has beaten Parma by 1-0. The Gasperini-boys played very good in defense and Rubinho was unemployed for the first 75 minutes of the game. In the 42nd minute Genoa got a penalty because Paci could not take his hands off the shirt of Borriello. Our topscorer himself scored the penalty, making his 8th goal of the season. In the hapiness Matteo Paro get injured by an elbow of Sculli who was a little too enthousiastic.

In the second half the defense of Genoa was very strong, also in the air with De Rosa, Masiello and Santos. Parma only had 1 good shot on the goal, but Rubinho kept his goal clean. In the 94th minute substitute Papa Waigo scored the second goal of Genoa but he was in off-side so the final result was: 1-0.    

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Sometimes you win, while the most honest result was a draw, like Genoa did in Naples. Another time you should win the match, but the opponent scores the equalizer in the last minute just as during Genoa-Palermo. But the most bad matches are those that you loose in the last minute while you didn’t deserve it, like last Saturday during Genoa-Roma.

The 11 players of Mr. Gasperini played a good match against the 14 (11 + referee Rosetti and both linesmen) of Roma. Matteo Paro hit the post with a fantastic shot halfway the second half and Marco di Vaio scored a regular goal that was cancelled wrongly because of off-side. These things unfortunately can happen in football and of course also Roma had some good chances to score, but the 5 dubious yellow cards of Genoa by referee Ro(ma)setti let us all in the stadium think of the Moggi-period of last years. Maybe the fact that international (?) referee Rosetti lives in Torino, the city of the next opponent of Genoa, makes something clear. Genoa misses 3 important players next Sunday (Paro, Juric and Danilo) because they all got a very dubious yellow card.

 If the boss of the referees Collina  is as honest as he was in his period of referee he should take care that international referee Rosetti doesn’t whistle a new match this year, just like any other referee that makes such big mistakes. We all fear that Rosetti won’t be punished and Genoa gets a high money-penalty because of the songs of the public against Rosetti and Lega Calcio because of the fact that they have forbidden to Genoa-fans to travel to Torino next week to see the match against our friends of Torino. Or is Lega Calcio afraid that Genoa-fans do find the house of Rosetti in Torino ?!

The highlights of the match:

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The irregulary annulated goal of Marco di Vaio:

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Yesterday was a bad day for Genoa, a black day for Italian football and a nightmare for the family and friends of 26 years old Lazio-fan Gabriele Sandri who died by accident by a policeman. The fans in Milano (Inter-Lazio), Bergamo (Atalanta-Milan) and Roma (A.S. Roma-Cagliari) went completely crazy after the news of the killed supporter, so none of these 3 games was played.

Genoa played one of the most bad games of the season. In the 79th minute our best player Marco di Vaio headed the ball against the post and 1 minute later Joelson doubled the score in 2-0: game over.  

Because of the national teams next week there is no Serie A, but because of the violence yesterday there is also a stop in Serie B and Serie C. Let’s hope one week later Genoa-Roma will be played regulary, because just like in February after the dead of policeman Raciti we already booked our flight for next week’s match.

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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.

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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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.

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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