Its upward trend continued on Saturday night Genoawho a week after drawing with Napoli, got an important home win, comfortably winning by a score of Udinese 2-0 for the 26th matchday of Serie A!
The “rosoblu” needed nothing more than a… hot four minutes towards the end of the first half, where they scored twice with Reteghi’s magical scissors in the 36th minute and Bani’s fine nailed header in the 40th minute to “clean up” the match. Things got even easier for the home side early in the restart when Udinese were reduced to ten men due to Christensen’s dismissal in the 49th minute.
With this victory, Alberto Gilardino’s team remained in 12th place with 33 points, reducing the gap with the top six to 7 points.
The program of the 26th matchday
Friday, 23/2
Bologna-Verona 2-0
(27′ Fabian, 65′ Frouiller)
Saturday, 24/2
Sassuolo-Eboli 2-3
(54′ Pinamonti, 77′ Ferrari – 11′ Luperto, 64′ Niang penalty, 90+4′ Bastoni)
Salernitana-Monza 0-2
(78′ Maldini, 83′ Pessina)
Genoa-Udinese 2-0
(36′ Retegi, 40′ Bani)
Sunday, 25/2
Juventus-Frosinone (13:30)
Cagliari-Napoli (16:00)
Lecce-Inter (19:00)
Milan-Atalanda (21:45)
Monday, 26/2
Roma-Torino (19:30)
Fiorentina-Lazio (21:45)
Next matchday (27th)
Friday, 1/3
Lazio-Milan (21:45)
Saturday, 2/3
Udinese-Salernitana (16:00)
Monza-Roma (19:00)
Torino-Fiorentina (21:45)
Sunday, 3/3
Verona-Sassuolo (13:30)
Frosinone-Lecce (16:00)
Empoli-Cagliari (16:00)
Atalanta-Bologna (19:00)
Napoli-Juventus (21:45)
Monday, 4/3
Inter-Genoa (21:45)
Source: Sport Fm
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