The rossoblù heart is not enough for Genoa. Alberto Gilardino’s training comes out defeated from the “Ferraris” match against Fiorentina and occupies the last place alone in the standings. A positive performance for the Grifone who, decimated by injuries, held off Raffaele Palladino’s men for most of the match and risked little especially in the first half when only Richardson called on Leali to rebound.
In the second half the hosts have a great opportunity with Ekhator who goes away to Martinez Quarta but shoots very high from close range. In the 27th minute the Tuscans took the lead with Gosens who took advantage of a counterattack and shot past Leali. The reaction, however, was there and comes with Pinamonti but De Gea makes a great save and saves the result.
At the end of the match, coach Alberto Gilardino spoke thus in the press conference: “I can’t blame the boys for what they put in. We were facing a team that in the last few games scored 17 goals and we didn’t concede. The incidents decided everything. Martinez Quarta is missing a yellow card, the goal is spoiled by a foul and these are episodes that affect the match. De Gea was the best on the pitch. If you look at the photograph of the match we defended ourselves, because Fiorentina have superior quality, but from the point of view of attitude and performance. the team gave everything they could give. We keep working. I don’t want to see heads down.”