Starting from Monday, Genoa can sign the new contract of Jeff Ekhator, a forward born in 2006 who was used continuously by Alberto Gilardino during the emergency. The rossoblù club, writes the newspaper ‘Il Secolo XIX’, has already defined a new agreement with the young striker until 30 June 2029 and from Monday any day will be the right day to deposit the contract. Ekhator, 17, will become an adult on November 11 and being 18 is a necessary condition to be able to sign a five-year contract.
At the end of the match, this is how his teammate Andrea Pinamonti – scorer of the decisive goal – expressed himself on Mario Balotelli’s arrival in the dressing room: “Was there a bit of a Balotelli effect? Has he brought you something positive? Definitely. Mario arrived recently, but he has passed on a lot to us. He has a career that doesn’t need to be said because he has done so many things, I’m sure that He will be able to do very well here too and he also brings his experience and his character, which is very useful at this moment.”
Parma-Genoa 0-1, the scoreboard
Parma (4-2-3-1): Suzuki; Coulibaly, Delprato, Balogh, Valeri; Keita (1′ st Estevez), Bernabé (17′ Haj Mohamed, 1′ st Almqvit), Man, Sohm, Mihaila (37′ st Benedyczak); Bonny (19′ st Charpentier). Available: Chichizola, Corvi, Camara, Cancellieri, Di Chiara, Hainaut, Leoni, Osorio. Trainer: Pecchia
Genoa (3-5-2): Loyal; Vogliacco, Vasquez, Matturro; Zanoli (28′ st Sabelli), Thorsby, Badelj (41′ st Masini), Frendrup, Martin (28′ st Ahanor); Ekhator (41′ st Balotelli), Pinamonti. Available: Sommariva, Stolz, Accornero, Bohinen, Kasa, Marcandalli, Melegoni, Miretti, Pereiro. Trainer: Gilardino.
Referee: Guide
Scorers: 35′ st Pinamonti (G)
Booked: Leali, Zanoli, Ekhator, Vasquez, Balotelli (G), Keita, Haj Mohamed (P)