The votes for the protagonists of Genoa-Bologna 3-2.
Skorupski 3 – The afternoon got out of hand during Bologna’s best moment. Three days after the foot error against Celtic, an exit considered outside the area with a free kick and subsequent foul on Vitinha. Wrong referee’s decision, but the naivety weighs like a stone: the resulting punishment gives rise to Genoa’s comeback.
Luck 6.5 – Game of great defensive attention and excellent offensive projection: Genoa never manages to break through on their side. The second goal comes with a deflection from Otoa, but the action is entirely his due to timing and conviction in entering the area.
Heggem 5.5 – Dominant for a good part of the race, not in the end. It’s a particular shame for that imprecise snap that keeps the action alive that will lead to the 2-2, a detail that tarnishes a good performance.
Casale 5,5 – His game was also quite solid, except for one episode: Ekuban’s equalizing goal, of very high technical quality, was facilitated by not impeccable marking.
Lykogiannis 6 – He starts with a shiver in the area, risking a penalty, then takes measures and controls his flank well, despite a powerful opponent like Norton-Cuffy.
Freuler 6 – Find order and continuity again after an opaque period. He moves the team around intelligently and doesn’t hold back in tackles.
Ferguson 6,5 – He scored after more than a year of abstinence in the league and played a game of substance, always in the thick of the action, both in front and behind. By fate or misfortune, in the 91st minute he finds himself faced with the fresh Messias, who easily discards him and guesses the trajectory of life.
Rowe 6,5 – He pushes consistently to the right, earns fouls, creates superiority. He is a constant danger for Genoa, as on the occasion of the assist provided to Zortea.
Odgaard 6 – Part midfielder, part sub forward, he acts more on his physique than his quality. Important in disturbing Otoa during the 0-2.
Dominguez 6,5 – Often poisonous ball and chain. The assist for Ferguson is of quality and denotes excellent reading of the game. Italian removes him in emergency situation after Skorupski’s expulsion.
Immobile 5,5 – Always acts away from the area. Let’s be honest: this Immobile isn’t capable of stinging, but at least his performance shows a great desire to make an impact within the team.
Ravaglia (16′ st) 5 – Of course it comes in cold. But three goals in half an hour, without giving the impression of having any impact, are really too many.
Dalinga (28′′ st) 5 – Virtually invisible, he helps neither to keep the ball nor to defend the result, which changes before his eyes.
Sohm (28′ st) 5 – Input irrelevant, therefore negative. The team loses momentum and the result turns in favor of Genoa.
Vitik (28′ st) 5 – He comes in to defend the lead and in a few minutes the equalizer arrives: there is more than one doubt about his defensive reading. Indeed, a half certainty.
Italian 5 – An hour in full control, then the team dissolves following the expulsion. It’s true that contemporary football with ten against eleven, as he says, is an unequal sport, but why do other teams resist like Spartans at Thermopylae? Sixth defeat in ten championship games and Bologna no longer able to find their way back. Let’s hope it’s not the beginning of the end of a cycle.
Referee Maresca 3, assistants 7 – Act of absolute protagonism by the match director, who appears in front of the monitor and in fact tramples on the dutiful and correct warning from the VAR room (with Maggioni and Massa) on the episode that costs Skorupski the red card. And the defeat against Bologna. No clear scoring opportunity denied, because to talk about DOGSO these 4 elements must be taken into consideration: distance from the goal, general direction of the action, probability of controlling the ball, number and position of the defenders. At least a couple, perhaps more, make it clear that this is a blunder.
Mario Sacchi
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