GENOA. It ends with the Spezia players celebrating under the host sector and those of Genoa taking the chants of insults from the Northern Steps, enraged by a very heavy defeat. Spezia conquers Ferraris and conquers a fundamental success in the race thanks to Bastoni’s goal. In fact, there were heavy points at stake at the Ferraris with Genoa and Spezia both on the pitch without their own technicians, the rossoblùs for the positivity of Shevchenko in the morning, the bianconeri for the disqualification of Thiago Motta. And it is the visiting team, lined up with an aggressive 4-3-3, to hit all the moves in the first fraction.
After a first phase of study, the guests took the lead in the 14th minute, Maggiore from midfield took the rossoblù defense by surprise opening for Verde who on the left in the area leans for the rushing Bastoni, good at placing the ball behind Sirigu. Genoa is stunned by the goal and struggles to build a reaction but Spezia does not take advantage of it. In fact, at 23 ‘the eagles almost doubled first with Maggiore, save Sirigu, then with Verde whose conclusion is again deflected by Sirigu and rejected on the line by Fares. The rossoblù are in obvious difficulty and suffer from their opponents who are still dangerous with Manaj, a nice shot just to the side and with Green in the final half, diagonally to the side.
However, a different Genoa comes out of the changing rooms. The rossoblù enter Pandev, Hefti and Rovella passing to 4-3-1-2 and taking over the reins of the game. The start brings a series of corners in sequence not exploited except for a header by Destro rejected by Kiwir. At 12 ‘Destro goes away to the direct scorer with a nice heel but at the moment of pulling the conclusion he is weak in the arms of Provedel. Bastoni tries to lighten with a conclusion from the outside that Sirigu raises for a corner, then Verde misses a counterattack by firing very high. Shortly before the half hour Hefti tries with a diagonal that Caicedo, who has just entered, is barely able to deflect into the goal. In the final, first Destro, high, and then Pandev, Provedel blocks, they would have the equalizer while Gyasi is rejected by a counterattack by Sirigu.
Thiago Motta’s team thus rises to 19 points, taking an important step towards safety, while the Grifone remains stationary at 12.