ANCONA – Genoa Under 18 beats Roma and wins the scudetto. Ruolo’s boys beat the Giallorossi team by two goals to nil thanks to a goal scored by Venturini towards the end of the first half and then to Romano’s penalty goal halfway through the second half.
Joy at the end complete with a hug with the Genoa fans who had come to Ancona. “An incredible joy – Ruotolo’s words at the end of the challenge – congratulations to the boys who didn’t always believe in such an important objective”. A curiosity: in June 2021 Ruotolo’s Genoa won the under-18 scudetto in Cesena, always beating Roma.
THE SCORESHEET
GENOA 2
ROME 0
NETWORKS:Venturino 46’st, Romano 36’st pen.
GENOA Consiglio, Sancinito, Ahanor, Deseri, Arata, Barry, Dodde (30’st Grossi), Fazio, Ekhator, Romano (42’st Corengia), Venturino (30’st Nuredini) BENCH Boschi, Georgievski, Ghinassi, Colonnese, Mavraj, Pagliari TRAINER I roll it
ROME Kehayov, Obleac (29’st Mlakar), Reale, Pedro Lopes (8’st Ivkovic), Golic, Mirra, Feola, Tumminelli (1’st Litti), Nardozi, Levak, Solbes (14’st Della Rocca) BENCH De Franceschi, Cioffredi, Cardozo, Bauco, Colasurdo TRAINER Tanrivermis
REFEREE Barbetti of Arezzo
ASSISTANTS Veli of Pisa and Perlamagna of Carrara
FOURTH OFFICER Hermitage of Ancona
NOTE Expelled at 37’st Litti (R) for violent conduct Warned Mirra, Levak, Della Rocca
