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It’s Venezia’s day, at the Penzo stadium. The Venetians, after many matches gone wrong, find their first win in Serie A by beating Genoa 2-0 at the end of 90 minutes in which there was essentially only one team chasing the three points. Di Busio and Pohjanpalo scored the goals that decided the match. Busio was making his 100th appearance in Serie A, Di Francesco was on his 300th bench. Another fact about the coach: today he found his 100th victory in the top division. The bad note for Genoa is not limited to the defeat, but also and above all to the very bad injury that occurred to Malinovskyi in the second half: a twisted ankle, he was carried off on a stretcher.
Gilardino’s words
“Ruslan’s injury is a shame, I hope it’s less serious than expected, it’s important for us. About the match: the first half was balanced, after Ruslan’s injury in the second half we abandoned the match at all levels. It’s inconceivable, it’s my fault and I take responsibility for it. There’s a lot of work to do. It’s a good thing we’re playing soon. A backlash? There’s a shame, but I rule it out. We’re professionals and after that episode we had to immediately focus on the match. We tried to change something, but it wasn’t a tactical issue, but rather a mental and attitude issue”.
Di Francesco’s words
“In my experience there are some steps when you build. We have shown that we are not the ones from San Siro. I was convinced of this from how I saw the boys train during the week. We have young boys or those who have no experience in this championship. The missed penalty could have cut our legs off. I like to work on the defensive work, we put Genoa players offside 7 times. Sometimes we get into delicate things. We are not psychologists, but we try to touch the right chords. We were good and lucky to do it together with the club”.
Below are the highlights of the match.