Category: News

[youtube BXU3w-gxVDU]

Yesterday 2 of the best football playing teams of Italy: Genoa and Parma played against each other in Luigi Ferraris. The match was spectacular and on a high level. After 14 minutes Rodrigo Palacio scored his first Serie-A goal in front of Gradinata Nord: 1-0. Twelve minutes later Raffaele Palladino doubled the score, but the goal was annulated because of off-side. Parma became stronger and stronger and in 36th minute Biabiany scored the 1-1 equalizer. With this score the first half ended.

  

In the 2nd half it was again Biabiany who scored and brought Parma the lead. Genoa reacted immediately and goalkeeper Mirante became one of the most bussy players in the field. In the 21st minute Raffaele Palladino scored the equalizer: 2-2 with a great shot outside the penaltyarea just besides the post. Four minutes later Omar Milanetto scored 3-2, but the goal was irregulary annulated because of off-side while Milanetto was behind the ball at the moment Sculli passed it towards him. The last big chance was missed by Zaccardo who headed the ball just over the goal of Alessio Scarpi. The match ended in 2-2, which means Parma stays 4th and Genoa 7th in the standings.

[youtube UlH-VHtNR6o]

As usual Genoa-fans did win also the choreography

Figgi do Zena had their own choreography at Distinti

Also President Enrico Preziosi was very happy with the 3rd victory and again 3 goals

As usual the derby started 1 week before the match. The supporters of Sampdoria made a pamphlet that they would take revanche for the 2 defeats last season: “all the arrogant Genoani in and outside the field should return depressively to their homes after the big lesson of Sampdoria at Saturday 28 November.” Of course we were all very frightened.

Mr. Gasperini again suprised the opponent, this time to play without a central forward. All the 3 wingplayers Palacio, Sculli and Palladino were in the line-up and changed their position constantly. The tactical move worked within 9 minutes when Palacio only could be stopped irregulary by Ziegler in the penaltyarea. Omar Milanetto scored the penalty: 1-0 

Also after the goal Genoa was the best team in the field and both Criscito (header on the crossbar) and Ziegler (shot the ball at his own post) were close to the 2nd goal. In the injury-time of the first half Giuseppe Biava got his second yellow card, so Sampdoria should start the 2nd half with 1 extra player in the field which gave them new hope unless the fact it was a miracle the score was still only 1-0.

Also 10 Genoani still controlled the match and were several times close to the 2nd goal, but goalkeeper Castellazzi saved the others of Genova at the beginning. In the 53rd also Castellazzi was without any chance when Marco Rossi scored out of an assist of man of the match Omar Milanetto: 2-0. In the 66th minute even Sampdoria lost a player with a red card and the match was played, especially when Raffaele Palladino scored the 2nd penalty after Sokratis was fouled in the penaltyarea, again by unlucky Ziegler: 3-0.

  

Both the Sampdoria players and fans reacted very frustated on the way of celebrating of Palladino. Especially Italian international and captain of Sampdoria Angelo Palombo lost his head and was saved by referee Rosetti who certainly had tot give him a red card. It was only a matter of time and the 2nd red card of Sampdoria arrived still when frustrated Cacciatore tried to break the legs of Ivan Juric. The numbers of the second half were clear: Genoa scored twice and Sampdoria lost 2 players with a red card. Genoa stays the boss in the city for at least another half a season. Grazie ragazzi, also without Diego Milito we are still the best in town !!

[youtube n50KmTllyyA]

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:

[youtube HDJMo3-GKZ4]

[youtube aLuN58dAXvI]

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.