Press Review of April 16th, Genoa scares Fiorentina. Gudmundsson scores 13 for the season

INSIGHTS ON GENOA

SPORT COURIER – “Ikonè, a flash in the dark” is the headline this morning Corriere dello Sport when approaching Fiorentina-Genoa. “The Frenchman avoids defeat against Genoa, ahead with Gudmundsson’s penalty. Fiorentina risks: another penalty granted and then taken away from the rossoblù. But the Viola are also missing one” summarizes the newspaper. The position of the Corriere dello Sport on the arbitration episodes in Florence is all too clear: “From today onwards – but let’s hope that Rocchi keeps him away from Lissone for a long time – we will call it the Mazzoleni protocol. All his rules, all his margins for intervention, all his line of conduct. The Lecce-Empoli disaster wasn’t enough for him, with a senseless OFR, out of procedure and out of protocol. No, yesterday he also caught a hold on the debutant Di Marco“. The underlining of the VAR error, as evident immediately, is the lack of evidence of the error. There is also room for the frantic situation at Lazio, where the announced farewell of Luis Alberto they added to the story Guendouzi (out due to calf edema, but there is also talk of discussions with Tudor) and another farewell, this time from Felipe Anderson, who will go to Palmeiras. All this less than four days before Genoa-Lazio, a match in which the Biancocelesti will be able to make little turnover.

GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT – “Ikonè replies to Gud. Gila is fine with that. Viola no longer wins” the title of the Gazzetta dello Sport which introduces the analysis of the “Franchi” match, underlining the fact that the Viola team hasn’t won for a month and a half. Genoa contributed to extending this fast. “Fiorentina is the employee who arrives with the tiredness of someone who always clocks out (already 46 matches of the season), the sulkiness of a period devoid of light (last victory in the championship on 26 February) and has the important appointment of Thursday; Genoa is the one that is enjoying some great satisfaction and therefore presents itself with a smile and enthusiasm” is the image that uses the rosy to introduce the summary of the match report. There Gazzetta dello Sport considers the decision to deny the penalty to Genoa to be correct, specifying however that it should not have gone to the on Field review suggested by Mazzoleni. A way of saying that he shouldn’t have whistled it at game speed.

REPUBLIC – “Genoa scares Fiorentina with Gudmundsson’s seal” headlines the front page of the Genoese edition of Repubblica, which is echoed by the sports page of the same newspaper, which reads: “An audacious Genoa with pride and anger makes Fiorentina fear the worst“. From then on, a long summary of the match begins, which highlights the rossoblu protests for a penalty taken by VAR from Retegui in the 70th minute of the game. In the news section we also talk about the stadium theme Louis Ferraris for which, as yet, the newco between Genoa and Sampdoria hoped for by the mayor has not been created Bucci.

“The two clubs have not yet created the company called upon to purchase and manage the stadium and some are beginning to suspect that the stalemate is due to a lack of agreement between the two parties – he writes Republic – I suspect that the two teams will push back, claiming that the new company is being worked on every day. Messages that aim to reassure the mayor: we will now have to see what his reaction will be. For now there are no official positions taken, but it wouldn’t be surprising if he began to evaluate some alternatives. Other buyers, with Genoa and Sampdoria forced to pay the rent. The two teams would be disappointed, but the mayor has always said that the stadium cannot be tightened indefinitely. It would be difficult to be shocked by a plan B.”

19th CENTURY – “Grifo shot, Viola recovered” is the title of today’s edition of 19th centurywho writes: “Genoa started well and played openly against Fiorentina. Ekuban stings quickly and wins the penalty which Gud scores. Ikonè finds the equalizer with a header. A penalty was awarded and then taken away from Retegui“. There is also space for the words of Gilardino, who takes time to talk about the recoveries of Messias and Bani, both of whom came out with muscular problems. The rossoblù coach also comments on the penalty taken from Retegui (“the situation on the ground did not need to be re-evaluated. But it happens, Di Marco began, I wish him a good career“).

ALLSPORT – “Gud makes Genoa fly. Ikonè saves Fiorentina” is finally today’s headline from Tuttosport, which in turn retraces the salient phases of the match and relaunches: “The guests took the lead from a penalty just before half-time through Gudmundsson. The Frenchman avoids the Viola’s 3rd knockout in a row”. Gilardino declares: “Proud of the group, but something is still missing for salvation“.

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