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Genoa wins derby again: 3-1 (3 goals Milito)

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Genoa did win also the 2nd most important match of the season: the derby against Sampdoria. After the 0-1 victory in the first derby this year, now our Rossoblu team beat “the others of Genova” by 3-1. All 4 Genoa-goals in both derby’s were scored by Milito.

Diego Alberto Milito scored all Genoa-goals in the derby !!

It has to be said: the first 25 minutes of the match Sampdoria was the best team in the field, but then Genoa and especially Milito start playing. In the 29th minute goalkeeper Castellazzi could hardly save a great shot of Diego into corner. As often the corner was precisly kicked by Juric on the head of Biava who headed the ball in the far corner of the goal where Diego Milito could easily score his 17th goal of the season: 1-0.

Milito scores the first goal after the header of Biava

At the moment referee Morganti should whistle three times after the 3 minutes injury-time were played to stop the match because of halftime or 1 time because of off-side of Campagnaro, the Argentinian defender scored the equalizer: 1-1.

Just as in the first half also in the first minutes of the second part Sampdoria was the strongest team, but this time it lasted only a few minutes. In the 73rd minute the deserved goal arrived when Criscito blocked a ball that jumped towards Milito (in off-side position just as the equalizer of Sampdoria) who beat keeper Castellazzi easily: 2-1.

Milito scores the 2nd goal against Sampdoria in the 73rd minute

The last 23 (17 + 6 minutes injury-time) minutes were similar to the derby’s in Serie B some years ago. Too much passion, nervosity, agressivity and frustation inbetween the lines to play good football. The match ended with 19 players after red cards of Ferrari and Motta of Genoa and Campagnaro of Sampdoria. Believe it or not, with 9 against 10 in the 93rd minute the 2 Genoa-players Palladino and Milito ran alone towards goalkeeper Castellazzi and after the pass of Palladino topscorer Diego Alberto Milito could easily score his 3rd goal: 3-1, game over ! Genoa is the boss in the city this year !

The final result of the 2nd derby of 2008-2009: Genoa wins 3-1. 

Derby: stadium sold out, except visitors-area

The last derby was decided by Diego Milito who beat his rival Antonio Ca$$ano

The derby Sunday-evening at 20.30 hours is completely sold out to Genoa-supporters. Only 1500 Sampdoria-fans still have the opportunity to watch the game in the visitors-sector. Just as last year the Sampdoria-fans can be the reason that the homederby of Genoa is not sold out, while the visitors-area is every time the first completely sold out sector if Sampdoria plays at home. No doubt which team has the best and the most supporters !

Mr. Gasperini can play the derby with an almost complete selection. Only 2nd goalkeeper Alessio Scarpi is injured, all the other players are ready to beat Sampdoria the second time this season. Forza Genoa !

Bologna-Genoa 2-0, but Europe more nearby !

Marco di Vaio scores the first goal

Till today Genoa never lost 2 games in a row, so we all hoped and expected a revenge against Bologna. With an almost complete selection and Milito in the line-up everything seemed allright to play a good match, but we played one of the worst of this season. Just after Jankovic missed a great chance it was neo-international Bocchetti who made a big defensive error. In stead of shooting the ball inmediately out of our penaltyarea our 22 years old defender waited too long till Mingazzini arrived and then he kicked his legs in stead of the ball: penalty. Our friendly ex-striker Marco di Vaio realized the present and scored his 21st goal of the season. Only 10 minutes later also the second goal arrived: a free-kick of Adailton reached completely free Terzi at the far post who scored easily the second goal of Bologna. After the goals it was Genoa that played the game (64% ball-possession) and created several chances, but we never scored.

Believe it or not, but Cassano of our rivals of Sampdoria helped us to become even closer to European football with his late equalizer against Cagliari: 3-3. Because Fiorentina beat Roma by 4-1 we lost the 4th place in the standings, but on the other hand our advantage of Roma rested 5 points. Also our 2 other concurrents: Palermo and Lazio lost their matches, so the advantage of position 7 stayed 8 points, with only 5 playrounds to go.  

4.000 Genoa-fans celebrate return of Milito

Stadio Renato Dall’Ara of Bologna (with red-marked visitors sector of Genoa-fans)

Mr. Gasperini and his staff can use almost all players against Bologna tomorrow. Only the 3 substitutes: Alessio Scarpi, Matteo Paro and Anthony Vanden Borre are injured, while nobody is banned. The following 18 players are on the road to Bologna, where they can count on the support of 4.000 Genoa-fans tomorrow:

Goalkeepers: Lamanna, Rubinho

Defenders: Biava, Bocchetti, Criscito, Ferrari, Sokratis

Midfielders: Juric, Mesto, Milanetto, Modesto, Rossi, Thiago Motta

Strikers: Jankovic, Milito, Olivera, Palladino, Sculli

Milito and Milanetto back in the team

Diego Milito in Gradinata Nord during Genoa-Lazio (foto il Secolo XIX)

Today at the first training after the defeat against Lazio both Diego Milito and Omar Milanetto returned in the team after their injuries. In the meanwhile Genoa-fans bought within a little more than 24 hours all 2.000 tickets of the visitors-sector of Stadio Renato Dall’Ara of Bologna. Genoa now tries to get more tickets to our fans that want to support our team in the very important match next Sunday. 

Genoa lost 0-1 against Lazio, but stays 4th

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After 4 victories in a row without Diego Milito yesterday we missed our topscorer, who watched the match in Gradinata Nord. Genoa started very good and was several times close to the openinggoal with chances of Jankovic, Motta, Palladino, Criscito and Sculli but Lazio’s keeper Muslera saved his team every time. At halftime the score was still 0-0, but if Genoa would create as many chances as in the first half the openinggoal was just a matter of time. After 65 minutes the goal arrived, but at the other side. Lazio’s striker Zarate was faster than our Salvator Bocchetti and beat Rubinho in the far corner: 0-1. The goal broke Genoa that could not create big chances any more, so we lost the match.

Tiago Motta this time could not score

Luckily today Udinese beat Fiorentina (3-1), so we stay 4th in the standings. Next week Genoa plays in Bologna (18th in the standings) while numbers 5 (Fiorentina) and 6 (Roma, that beat Lecce today by 3-2) play against each other in Florence.    

Time to take revenge to Lazio tonight !!

Genoa scored again

So far this season there are only a few matches that Genoa did not get the points they earned. The match with the most “wrong” result was in Rome against Lazio, that ended in a 1-1 draw. The annulation of the goal of Milito was one of the biggest mistakes of a linesman in Serie A this season and our Diego also missed a penalty this match. The late goal of Dabo was the biggest mistake of our improved goalkeeper Rubinho this year. Last year Genoa lost the match against Lazio in Luigi Ferraris, so now we have to take revenge.

Mr. Gasperini selected the following 18 players against Lazio:

Goalkeepers: Lamanna, Rubinho

Defenders: Biava, Bocchetti, Criscito, Ferrari, Sokratis

Midfielders: Juric, Mesto, Modesto, Rossi, Thiago Motta, Vanden Borre

Strikers: El Shaarawy, Jankovic, Olivera, Palladino, Sculli

Comparing to the match against Juventus last week only injured Omar Milanetto is changed by Stephan el Shaarawy. Besides Omar we still miss Scarpi, Paro and Milito.

Fantastic Genoa plays with Juventus: 3-2

The winning goal of Raffaele Palladino in the 88th minute: 3-2

After A.C. Milan (2-0) and A.S. Roma (3-1), tonight also Juventus (3-2) is beaten by a fantastic playing Genoa. Since the season 1991-1992 Juventus did not lose in Luigi Ferraris, but tonight they deserved it more as ever before !

In the first half Genoa played their best football of this season and maybe the best in 17 years. After the Gasperini-boys missed several chances it was Thiago Motta who scored the opening goal in the 28th minute. Just before the shot of Motta there was a whistle in the stadium, so Juventus protested heavily against the goal and it helped: in the 45th minute referee Rocchi payed the black and white team back by giving them an incredible penalty. Matteo Ferrari with a sliding touched the ball just before Del Piero could shoot on the goal, but referee Rocchi whistled a penalty: 1-1. The whole stadium was singing: “thiefs, thiefs” to Juventus as a reference to the Moggi-years in which period many referees were payed by Juventus. During the singing it was Thiaggo Motta who scored his second goal out of a corner of Criscito by a fantastic header: 2-1, halftime.

 Thiago Motta celebrates his second goal against the thiefs of Juventus

In the second half Genoa again was the best team in the field and the match seemed over when Camoranesi got a red card after a horrible action against Sculli in the 65th minute. With 11 against 10 Genoa got the best chances: a great header of Sculli was saved by Buffon and another header of Jankovic ended on the post, till in the 84th minute Iaquinta scored an undeserved and lucky typical Juventus-goal: 2-2. Genoa stayed calm and in the 88th minute the deserved winning goal was born: substitute Olivera reached the other substitute Rossi who passed the ball at the last moment towards one of the best players in the field Raffaele Palladino who beat Buffon easily: 3-2, another historical victory!

The players thank Gradinata Nord after Genoa-Juventus 3-2 

Marassi almost sold out: money to Abruzzo !!

Genoa’s president Enrico Preziosi at the first training of the season 08-09

Our great President Mr. Enrico Preziosi has decided that the money of all tickets (32.336 at the moment) goes to the victims of the earthquake in Abruzzo. A fantastic offer of our number 1 because Genoa-Juventus is the match with the most visitors so far this season.

Since this afternoon Mr. Gasperini is preparing the match with the following 18 players:

Goalkeepers: Lamanna, Rubinho

Defenders: Biava, Bocchetti, Criscito, Ferrari, Sokratis

Midfielders: Juric, Mesto, Milanetto, Modesto, Rossi, Thiago Motta, Vanden Borre

Strikers: Jankovic, Olivera, Palladino, Sculli

Saturday 20.30 topmatch: Genoa-Juventus

Gradinata Nord

With a collection of the supporters before the match and the victims of the dramatic earthquake in Abruzzo in the mind Genoa plays next Saturday against Juventus the topmatch in Serie A. Despite the easter-holidays already over 31.000 fans bought a ticket to see if Genoa after AC Milan and AS Roma also can beat Juventus in Luigi Ferraris.

Genoa has 6 ex-Juventus players: Criscito, Palladino, Sculli, Olivera, Milanetto and injured Paro in the selection this year and of course also our trainer Mr. Gasperini has a history inside the black and white club. Saturday all of them can show their old club that they improved so much, that Juventus made a big mistake by selling them to Genoa. Genoa surely misses the injured: Scarpi, Paro and Milito, while it is dubious if Torino-supporter Omar Milanetto can play against the other most hated team of Turin and Italy.