Under 18 [LIVE] – Genoa-Roma championship final. Real-time news

Genoa-Roma live, epilogue of the Under 18 Serie AB championship

Genoa-Romethe final act of the championship Under 18 Professional Championshipscheduled for Thursday 13 June at the Del Conero stadium in Ancona, is a fascinating remake of the 2021 final which, at the ‘Dino Manuzzi’, saw the rossoblù win 2-1 thanks to goals from Daniel Fossati and Pietro Vassallo.

Genoa, after finishing the preliminary round in 5th place with 56 points (the same as Lazio with whom they had direct matches in their favour: Lazio-Genoa 2-2 on 5 November and Genoa-Lazio 0-2 on 24 March) , reached the second final in its history in the category by beating the Biancocelesti 3-1 away in the play-offs (a brace from Ahanor and Ekhator) before overcoming Inter 5-4 after extra time in the semi-final (scoring for the rossoblù Deseri, Ekhator, Lattari, Venturino and Arata).

“How beautiful football is! – declares an excited Gennaro Ruotolo – It’s extraordinary, wonderful. Congratulations to the boys, who believed in it until the end and were rewarded by this result”. A result, the incredible comeback in Ancona, which allows both the rossoblù and their coach to return to play in a championship final in their category three years after the first and only one in Genoa’s history, won against Roma.

The Giallorossi, however, closed the first phase of the championship in 2nd place with 63 points before winning 2-1 in the semi-final against Atalanta (Ricardo Solbes and Reale for the Capitoline team).

“First of all – underlines the Roma coach – I want to congratulate our opponents for the great championship they had: I wish them the best for the future. We played a great match putting into practice everything we had prepared: we didn’t give Atalanta any great scoring opportunities either today or on the last day of the championship (Atalanta-Roma 0-1, 26 May).” Championship that the Giallorossi could win for the first time in their history, after losing their first and only final played in the category, with the Rossoblù, in 2021: “Against Genoa – specifies the Turkish coach, who boasts an Italian title (2018/19) and a super cup (2019) with Roma at U15 level – a great match awaits us, but we will do everything to achieve our goal: winning the scudetto!”

PRECEDENTS. In the first leg, played on 9 October, Genoa won 4-1 at the ‘Begato 9’ with Roma driven by goals from Filippo Dodde, Lorenzo Venturino, Matteo Barbini and Antonino Pellicanò while in the return match, played on 24 February, the Giallorossi and the rossoblù did not go beyond a 2-2 draw in Trigoria (the Ligurians Pellicanò and Deseri responded to the Romanists Nardozi and Feola).

09/10/2024 – Genoa-Roma 4-1 [3 Dodde (G), 23 Venturino (G), 59 Barbino (G), 66 Pellicanò (G), 89 Levak (R)]

02/24/2024 – Roma-Genoa 2-2 [2 Nardozi (R), 28 Pellicanò (G), 39 Feola (R), 53 Deseri (G)]

PREVIOUS IN THE FINAL. Gennaro Ruotolo’s Genoa won 2-1 against Aniello Parisi’s Roma at the ‘Dino Manuzzi’ in Cesena. The rossoblù, after taking the lead in the 63rd minute with Fossati, conceded the Giallorossi’s 1-1 draw, scored in the 73rd minute by Pagano on a penalty kick, before taking the lead again in the 78th minute with Vassallo and winning the team’s first Italian title. history of the category.

06/28/2021 – Genoa-Roma 2-1 [63 Fossati (G), 76 Pagano rig. (R), 78 Vassallo (G)]