Ostigard treated after the episode of the penalty not awarded to the rossoblù (photo Genoa Cfc)
You call them if you want disappointments. Genoa returns from Rome with morale under their heels and the full awareness of a fragility that has returned to knocking vigorously on their door.
Too many gratuitous errors. Moral: zero points
Inter, Atalanta and Roma are the names of the last opponents encountered, true. Absolutely, if your name is Genoa it cannot represent a scandal to collect zero points against forces set up to withstand the European impact. Rather, what is worrying is the high number of individual errors who are marking a December that started off great with the coup in Udine, but then continued badly and ended worse.
Revisiting the dynamics of these three defeats, a sunny and alarming fact emerges at the same time: to win against the Grifone the big teams in question simply had to wait for the error of the rossoblù on duty. Almost always a gratuitous mistake, which shattered an encouraging collective performance (against Inter) or even better (against Atalanta). Or not even judgeable (in Rome) because when you yourself send your opponent through on goal twice in a matter of minutes, hope can only die at dawn.
But DDR is the least of the culprits
Between Genoa and De Rossi, the honeymoon is over: there is no longer any doubt. The communication channel between the coach and the dressing room remains wide open, as is the relationship of trust. But it is clear that DDR, in this context the least of the culprits, now needs to find urgent corrective measures as soon as possible. In light of a very delicate January, marked by well three direct clashes with Pisa, Cagliari and Parma and agitated for a whole month with the market open.
Market: aid yes, magic wand no
Market, by the way. He can certainly lend a hand. The latest wake-up call: who plays when Malinovskyi isn’t on the matchday as happened against Atalanta and Roma? But the main concept is that this Genoa must find the arguments to move up the rankings above all within the locker room rather than expecting the arrival of someone with a magic wand. And De Rossi? Super positive impact, the numbers are still on his sideas well as the express game figure. Rome aside, in recent history the team has never verticalized and demonstrated compactness more than in recent times. His job remains complicated: eliminate or at least reduce certain individual frailties. But he has always been well aware of it, even when his Genoa traveled to one for a month average of two points per game. And this aspect can represent a precious ally.
