Genoa-Monza 2-3: goals from Pessina, Dany Mota, Gudmundsson, Vitinha, Maldini

Connection to Monza failed. Because Palladino’s team (2-3 final at Ferraris) never ends and just when Genoa – revolutionized at the interval after a lackluster first half – recover the double disadvantage, the coach’s intuition (now up to 39) who throws Daniel Maldini into the mix and gives the Brianza team the final goal of 2-3. A match that remained in the balance until the end and that the guests thought they had put in the safe with goals from Pessina and Dany Mota, before having to deal with Genoa’s return, scoring with Gudmundsson and Vitinha. A halfway comeback.

monologue

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For half the race a sumptuous Monza and master of the field. The rossoblù go into the break with a long face after a negative performance in every sense. Because Gilardino reverses the position of Sabelli, who goes wide to the left and moves Messias to the right lane choosing Frendrup and Strootman as midfielders, with Vogliacco starting in place of the suspended Vasquez. Palladino instead confirms the 4-2-3-1, but in the attacking midfield he prefers Pessina in the center with the Bondo-Akpa Akpro duo in front of the defense (Valentin Carboni out), and Djuric as the more advanced man. And with the first lunge, Monza broke the deadlock. Andrea Carboni goes to the back and puts an interesting ball in the right lane for Colpani, who has a free field and heads it in front of the Pessina goal. Zuccata winner and goal to make it 0-1. Monza orchestrates a perfect action, but the home team’s defense is surprised. And, above all, Sabelli does not close on Colpani. The rossoblù suffer in Martinez’s area, Sabelli, again, clashes with Vogliacco, and from the next corner the usual Colpani finds Dany Mota free in the area who in a half overhead kick finds the corner to the right of Martinez. Fabulous goal, Monza at 0-2 and a stunned Genoa feel the pinch. The team is frayed, Monza slips in at will: Birindelli finds a wide corridor on the right, De Winter is late: the ball is delicious, but he finds no teammates in the area. Monologue from Brianza: Colpani (two assists), again, invents a curling shot that drops over the crossbar to Martinez’s right. Thrill Genoa: team in trouble, game too cumbersome. Monza is in absolute control of the match, while Gilardino is unable to bring order to a midfield crushed by the breadth of the visitors’ maneuver, with Retegui and Gudmundsson poorly served, running on empty. The rossoblù are stuck in the backcourt, without finding any openings and only in the 42nd minute an insertion by Vogliacco in the right lane leads to Genoa’s first shot, but wide of the target.

change of pace

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A turning point is needed and then Gilardino turns the team around. Out are Vogliacco, Strootman and Frendrup, in are Spence wide on the left, Vitinha in attack and Malinovskyi as left midfielder. Genoa in fact with the 4-3-3 and a heavy offensive trident: the effects can be seen immediately. Monza closes, Genoa raises their center of gravity, regains compactness and clarity. After seven minutes the match reopens: the referee Feliciani is called to the monitor by the varist Marini, who reports a clear touch by Pablo Marì in the away area in the previous action. Wide arm, the irregularity is evident: from the spot Retegui leaves the task to Gudmundsson, who has the shot blocked by Di Gregorio, but puts it in on the rebound. One-two and tenth goal in the championship for the Icelandic. The game changes and in the 25th minute Vitinha scores his first rossoblù goal, with a solitary action that surprises Pablo Marì: perfect left foot to return into the far corner and 2-2. The roles are reversed, Monza is underwater, lacking clarity and crushed in its half of the pitch. Genoa are unstoppable, Retegui challenges Di Gregorio (33′), then decisive on Badelj, but Maldini finds the goal in the 34th minute to make it 2-3 by taking advantage of a short rebound from Martinez on Valentin Carboni’s shot. Monza extends, for Genoa it is the second stop in a row. But this is perhaps even more painful than the one against Inter.

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