GENOVA (ITALPRESS) – Genoa is unlocked at Ferraris, while for Hellas Verona it is the night. Daniele De Rossi’s men beat 2-1 in the match for the 13th Serie A day 2025/2026 and bring home their first seasonal victory among the friendly walls, an internal success that was missing from last season: decide the networks of Lorenzo Colombo and Morten Thorsby. The game immediately begins on good rhythms with Belghali who, at 10′, tries the first conclusion in the door, easily neutralized by Leali. The hosts push with greater conviction, but to find the goal of the advantage in counterpiede are the Gialloblù: at 21′ Rafik Belghali takes advantage of a wandering ball put in the middle by a great Mosquera and realizes the tap-in that is worth 0-1. After the joy of the network, however, Mister Zanetti must deal with Bradaric’s injury, forced to abandon the field: at 30′, therefore, Frese’s time comes. Genoa struggles to react, but in the first half he manages to agguantare the tie: at 40′ Vitinha lets start a cross for Colombo who, after checking the ball, beats Montipò with the mancino. At the end of the two minutes of recovery the two companions go to rest on the part of 1-1.
In the shooting the boys of Daniele De Rossi (for him first victory on the bench of the Grifone) try to recover from where they had left to mark the 51′ with Vitinha, but the net is canceled for outage. At 62′, after a clamorous pole of Ostigard, the reddish complete the overtaking thanks to the goal of Morten Thorsby, good at finding the winning deviation on Ellertson’s ass. Zanetti tries to draw from the bench to put the race back in balance and to the 69′ the newly-income Orban turns the tie with a shot safely, on which Leali gets over. The Hellas pours into the half opposing field in search of the peer, but also the hosts cut out interesting occasions, such as the kick of punishment of Malinovskyi who, at 77′, goes near the tris. The guests try everything for everything and on two occasions turn out 2-2, first with Orban and then with Giovane but their conclusions are rejected respectively by Vasquez and Leali. The Rossoblù defend the 2-1 until the triple whistle and bring home a fundamental success in salvation optics, while the Giallorossi remain dry with victories this season.
IL TABELLINO
GENOA (3-5-2): Leali 6; Markers 6, Ostigard 5.5, Vasquez 6.5; Ellertsson 6.5 (40’st Sabelli sv), Malinovskyi 6 (40’st Carboni sv), Frendrup 6.5, Thorsby 7, Martin 6; Colombo 7 (22’st Ekuban 5.5), Vitinha 6 (27’st Masini 6). On the bench: Siegrist, Sommariva, Stanciu, Gronbaek, Onana, Ekhator, Otoa, Fini, Venturino. Coach: De Rossi 6.5.
VERONA (4-3): Montipò 6; Nunez 5.5, Nelsson 6, Valentini 5; Belghali 6.5 (36’st Oyegoke sv), Niasse 6 (36’st Al Musrati sv), Gagliardini 6, Bernede 5.5 (21’st Sarr 5), Bradaric 6 (32’pt Frese 6); Young 5, Mosquera 6 (21’st Orban 5.5). On the bench: Pears, Chestnuts, Yellu, Slotsager, Harroui, Ebosse, Bella-Kotchap, Cham, Ajayi. Coach: Zanetti 5.5.
ARBITRO: Fabbri di Ravenna 6.
RETI: 21’pt Belghali, 40’pt Colombo, 17’st Thorsby.
NOTES: Day serene, playground in good condition. Ammoniti: Thorsby, Mosquera, Nunez, Gagliardini, De Rossi. Angles: 2-3. Recovery: 2′; 4′.
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