Alberto Gilardino had never experienced such a negative moment before. Since being on the Genoa bench, the rossoblù coach is perhaps going through the first period where the results are not arriving. Saturday night’s home defeat against Juventus did not open the crisis, we cannot yet speak in this sense as we are still at the end of September, but it certainly raised the level of attention. The past week has brought only bitterness, from the defeat in Venice to the one against Thiago Motta’s Bianconeri, passing through the derby lost on penalties. As well as several physical knockouts from Malinovskyi to Badelj via Messias.
The market has an impact
The transfer market has brought elements of the caliber of Gudmundsson and Retegui away from the city of Lanterna, the former capable of shifting the balance and moving to Fiorentina and the latter capable of capitalizing in the best way on balls inside the penalty area and purchased by Atalanta. Now the weight of the attack, net of the absences of Messias and Ekuban, necessarily passes through the performances of Pinamonti and Vitinha, the former capable of fighting against the defenses but the latter not yet capable of making an impact as he knows how to do.
Gilardino asks for more
And the Grifone coach, who spoke at the “Ferraris” in a press conference, asked for more from his team, in particular from certain players. “I want more from certain players, it’s natural, otherwise it becomes difficult.” However, among these there is no Portuguese player who has always enjoyed the trust of his coach. “He played a good game, he sacrifices himself. He too is an attacker. He can and must determine” underlined the Gila, giving carrot and stick to a player who must be capable of shifting the balance of the match. And the Genoa championship.