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Italian Soccer Serie A
27% Ball Possession GENOA and 73% Ball Possession BOLOGNA
Genoa 2 – 0 Bologna 
13′ Ruslan Malinovskyi
59′ Vitinha
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Bologna, 3rd position with 68 points and positive goal difference of +24
Genoa, 11th position with 46 points and a negative goal difference of -22
Genoa won the Serie A Week 38 game defeating Bologna on Friday 24 May 2024 at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa, Italy. Rossoblù derby at the Ferraris with Genoa and Bologna finished their respective seasons in the best possible way, positive for both. Gilardino’s men have in fact achieved a quiet salvation as newly promoted players, while Motta’s men have instead achieved a sensational objective with qualification for the next Champions League.
Gilardino’s first season as Serie A coach ends with Ferraris’ applause, leading his team to 49 points. Smiles also for Thiago Motta who, despite today’s defeat, was celebrated and greeted warmly by his players in the center of the pitch before his final farewell.
Genoa ends their season with an exclamation point, the match against Bologna ends 2-0 for Gilardino’s men thanks to goals from Malinovskyi in the 13th minute and Vitinha in the 59th minute. In the second half the hosts almost completely left the initiative to their opponents, who created a couple of chances with Fabbian, and struck them at the first defensive indecision, effectively ending the match. In the end Gudmundsson tries a couple of times but fails to score the 15th goal of his amazing championship.
Genoa took the lead in the 13th minute. Ruslan Malinovskyi defeated Bologna goalkeeper Federico Ravaglia with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Aarón Martín.
👉❤️💙 Genoa 1 – 0 Bologna❤️💙, 13th minute, ⚽️ goal by Ruslan Malinovskyi for @GenoaCFC with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Aarón Martín. https://t.co/OhWKzHRPK5 pic.twitter.com/3ttGvYRti1
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 24, 2024
Ruslan Malinovskyi with a beautiful finish through traffic for Genoa 🔥 pic.twitter.com/okUCg3VHxL
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In the 59th minute, Vitinha scored with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Albert Gudmundsson.
👉❤️💙Genoa 2 – 0 Bologna❤️💙, 59th minute, ⚽️ goal by Vitinha for @GenoaCFC with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Albert Gudmundsson. https://t.co/D4hqb0KuQv
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 24, 2024
Portuguese international Vitinha with his second of the season since joining Genoa on loan 🇵🇹 pic.twitter.com/Pix9rbKZGm
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✅ Stats before the game: Genoa have remained unbeaten in eight of the last nine matches against Bologna in Serie A (W4, D4), after having achieved just one success in the previous nine (D3, D5). After the 1-1 draw in the first leg last January 5, Genoa and Bologna could draw both matches in a single Serie A season for the first time since 1957/58. Genoa have won their last two matches at the Ferraris in the league (against Cagliari and Sassuolo), the last time they achieved multiple home successes in a row in Serie A dates back to the period between January and February 2021 (three, the first of such as against Bologna). Genoa have earned 46 points in this championship (11W, 13D, 13L), in the previous 11 seasons played in Serie A only in 2014/15 did they obtain more points at the end of the championship (59 and 6th place in the standings). Bologna have gained 68 points in this championship in 37 games, in their history in Serie A they have only done better three times in an entire season counting three points per victory always: 69 in 1930/31, 71 in 1931/32 and 76 in 1963/64 (in all these three cases the championship had 18 teams).
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Genoa Coach Alberto Gilardino
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👉 First half ❤️💙Genoa 1 – 0 Bologna❤️💙
⚽️ Goals: 13′ Ruslan Malinovskyi
🟨 Booked: 0
✍ Ball Possession: 29% @GenoaCFC and 71% @BolognaFC1909en
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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 24, 2024
👉Result ❤️💙Genoa 2 – 0 Bologna❤️💙
⚽️Goals: 13′ Ruslan Malinovskyi, 59′ Vitinha
🟨 Booked: 56′ El Azzouzi (B), 64′ Santiago Castro (B), 67′ Nicola Leali (G)
✍Ball Possession: 27% @GenoaCFC and 73% @BolognaFC1909en
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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 24, 2024
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2023 – 2024 Italian Serie A Week 38
Genoa 2 – 0 Bologna
Friday 24 May 2024
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Genoa, Italy
20:45
Referee: SANTORO
Assistants: CIPRIANI – CEOLIN
Fourth Official: BONACINA
VAR: SERRA
AVAR: CHIFFI
Goals: 13′ Ruslan Malinovskyi, 59′ Vitinha
🟨Yellow: 56′ El Azzouzi (B), 64′ Santiago Castro (B), 67′ Nicola Leali (G)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉Lineup GENOA (3-5-2): Leali – Cittadini, Vogliacco, Vasquez – Sabelli, Malinovskyi, Frendrup, Thorsby, Martin – Vitinha, Gudmundsson.
Subs: Martinez, Sommariva, Bohinen, Strootman, Messias, Bani, Ekuban, Retegui, Ankeye, Matturro, Badelj, Haps, Spence.
Coach: Alberto Gilardino
👉Lineup BOLOGNA (4-1-4-1): Ravaglia – De Silvestri, Beukema, Lucumì, Lykogiannis – Moro – Orsolini, El Azzouzi, Fabbian, Saelemaekers – Castro.
Subs: Skorupski, Bagnolini, Posch, Ilic, Soumaoro, Freuler, Karlsson, Ndoye, Kristiansen, Corazza, Aebischer, Odgaard, Calafiori, Urbanski.
Coch: Thiago Motta
