Genoa Bitterness. The 108th Lanterna derby does not smile on the red and blue colors that say goodbye to the Coppa Italia early and see the qualification fade away after the penalty kicks. And yet the game was on the right track for the Grifone but in the second half, also thanks to the conservative changes that did not bring the hoped results, Sampdoria took the stage and found the equalizer extending the game to penalties. Few positive notes in a difficult evening that comes four days after the defeat of Venice in the championship.
We’re back on the pitch the day after tomorrow
The calendar, however, does not leave a moment to breathe for Alberto Gilardino’s team. In fact, the day after tomorrow they will be back on the field, unfortunately or fortunately, against Juventus of the former Thiago Motta. The conditions of Stefano Sabelli, who left the match early, will have to be evaluated, but above all they will ask for a reaction on the field from a team that gives too much to the opponent. His coach wants it, who analyzed it in the press conference: “We have to turn the page and we have to get back to having the right positivity because in three days we play again”.
Absences but no to free agents
And on the market the coach prefers not to express himself despite the many absences and probably not for a short time. Malinovskyi and Messias are in the pits and there was talk of intervening immediately by trying to draw from the free agents. “If they stayed home there must be a reason – Gila cut short -. Going to find the right men at this time, perhaps we should have thought about it before. The truth is that. They were predictable things but at this moment taking for the sake of taking makes no sense”.