A great evening of celebration at Luigi Ferraris for the last match of the championship, which saw the two revelation teams of the tournament facing each other, the Genoa by Alberto Gilardino – better newly promoted team from the whole of Europe- and iThiago Motta’s Bologna.
Grifone triumphed 2-0, with two valuable networks of Malinovskyi and Vitinhatwo players who have demonstrated once again how useful they can be to the Genoa of the future. Malinovskyi he played an exemplary match, hitting the target with one of his shots, but above all running all over the pitch, often dictating the game to his teammates. Vitinha he was finally able to play from the first minute, and was appreciated by the fans who more than once called him and applauded him openly; he took it and gave it, he never held back, and he scored a very nice goal beating the goalkeeper Ravaglia in desperate exit. And in the end the two goalscorers enjoyed the catwalk of the strongest, when Gilardino replaced them to deliver them to the ovations of the fans.
Very great, and for this reason we gave everyone an 8 in our report cardseven those who played a few minutes. Score 8 also for the third goalkeeper Sommarivawho was sent onto the field in the 40th minute of the second half and was immediately admired for a safe high catch.
And I vote 7 for all the Bologna playerswho played their honest game, with a good football, without animosity and unnecessary malice.
Many owners (Martinez, Retegui, Badelj etc) were left on the bench, to give due glory to those who played little during the year, and who demonstrated in these last 90 minutes that they are something more than simple backups.
Gilardino’s Grifone thus closes the Championship with 49 points; for numbers lovers, one more point than Mr. Gasperini’s newly promoted Genoa (in fact they scored 48).
In the changing rooms, big party, with Gudmundsson awarded as best rossoblù player by the PianetaGenoa1893 channel (over 11 thousand preferences, the journalist awarded Gabriele Lepri); always at Gudmunsson – as in Gilardino and Strootman – caricatures of the Artist were given away in the changing rooms Franco Buffarellowho is exhibiting his rossoblu works at the Genoa Museum until 15 September.
Below the article you will find an extensive photographic sequence.
The writer’s sporting journalistic year ends here. I hope I haven’t bored you too much with my services!
THE COMPETITION SCORESHEET:
Networks: 13′ st Malinovskyi (G), 14′ st Vitinha (G)
Genoa (3-5-2): Leali 8 (41′ st Sommariva 8); Vogliacco 8, Cittadini 8 (31′ st Matturro 8), Vasquez 8; Sabelli 8 (18′ st Spence 8), Thorsby 8, Malinovskyi 8 (18′ st Strootman 8), Frendrup 8, Martin 8; Gudmundsson 8, Vitinha 8 (31′ st Ekuban 8). Available: Martinez, Bani, Badelj, Haps, Bohinen, Messias, Retegui, Ankeye. All.: Gilardino 8
Bologna (4-1-4-1): Ravaglia 7 (40′ st Bagnolini 7), De Silvestri 7 (40′ st Corazza 7), Beukema 7, Lucumi’ 7, Lykogiannis 7; El Azzouzi 7; Orsolini 7 (16′ st Urbanski 7), Moro 7, Fabbian 7 (16′ st Odgaard 7), Saelemaekers 7 (25′ st Karlsson 7); Castro 7. Available: Skorupski, Posch, Ilic, Calafiori, Kristiansen, Soumaoro, Freuler, Ndoye, Aebischer. All.: Motta 7.
Referee: Santoro 7
by FRANCO RICCIARDI
(franco.ricciardi@[email protected])
