“Now it’s a crisis, a real crisis. One point in the last four matches, three defeats and a draw for Genoain addition to the elimination on penalties against Sampdoria in the Italian Cup”, we read today on Republicin its Genoese edition.
Against Juventus in the deafening silence of the Ferraris the rossoblù held out for a half but without even a shot on target in 45′, so much so that the home team’s first shot came in the 35th minute of the second half with debutant Kassa and little after the most important opportunity with Pinamonti who found Perin to oppose Matturro’s pass. The “naivety”, as Gilardino defined it, of De Winter, whose hand touch allowed Vlahovic to score from a penalty, was enough to change the face of a match in which the rossoblù were holding up the black and white onslaught despite the obvious absences