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Italian Soccer Serie A
25% Ball Possession GENOA and 75% Ball Possession TORINO
Genoa 1 – 0 Torino 
14′ Manolo Portanova
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 11th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Genoa, 19th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -25
Genoa defeated Torino with a 1-0 reaching 22 points. The victory gave a ray of hope for salvation to remain in the Serie A next season. Torino unable to win despite playing with an extra player since the 24th minute when Referee Maurizio Mariani sent off Leo Ostigard . There are only 8 more games after this one and points are needed to leave the relegation zone. Genoa are back from three 0-0 in a row and the last team to do more in Serie A was Como in 1986 (four) – the rossoblù team also drew their last seven league games and the only one to reaching eight was Varese between October and December 1970.
Genoa opened the score in the 14th minute. Manolo Portanova defeated Torino goalkeeper Berisha with a right-footed shot to the top left corner.
👉Genoa 1 – 0 Torino, 14th minute, goal by ⚽️ Manolo Portanova for @GenoaCFC with a right-footed shot to the top left corner. https://t.co/RTeTY9nFAL
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 18, 2022
🟥 Referee Maurizio Mariani gave a second yellow card to Leo Ostigard in the 24th minute. Ostigard, consequently, got the automatic red card. Genoa will have to play the remaining of the game with 10 players.
👉Genoa 1 – 0 Torino, 24th minute, Leo Ostigard (G) got a second yellow card making it the automatic red card. 🟥 Genoa remained with 10 players. https://t.co/lrbMjmPy5W
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 18, 2022
Photo via twitter.com/GenoaCFC/
✅ Stats before the game. 100th match in Serie A between Genoa and Turin: the Ligurian team has missed the appointment with the goal in four of the last six top league games against the grenades (from 2019 onwards), as many times as in the previous 20 matches with the Piedmontese in the competition (between 1994 and 2018). Genoa have won 24 of their 49 Serie A home games against Torino (14D, 11L); the rossoblù did better only against Roma (25) and against Lazio (29) – however the Ligurian team has lost all their last four home games against the grenades and only against Bologna (1940) and Sampdoria (2017) is came to five defeats in a row. Genoa have scored only two goals in their last 10 home league games, missing the goal in eight of these, as many times as in the previous 50 – in the period, from October 30 onwards, excluding the Rossoblu, no team from the top five European leagues. has missed the appointment with the goal at home more than six times.Torino’s last Serie A victory came in Genoa on 15 January against Sampdoria; since then for Torino four draws and three defeats, they have not done worse since December 2020, when they reached eight matches without success in a row (with Giampaolo on the bench).
👉Lineup Genoa (3-5-2): Sirigu; Freundrup, Ostigard, Maksimovic, Vasquez; Sturaro, Badelj; Amiri, Melegoni, Portanova; Destro.
👉Lineup Torino (3-4-2-1): Berisha; Izzo, Bremer, Rodriguez; Singo, Mandragora, Lukic, Vojvoda; Pobega, Pjaca; Belotti.
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🇮🇹 Referee Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia will be assisted by Daniele Bindoni from the section of Venezia and Salvatore Longo from the section of Paola. The Fourth Official will be Francesco Meraviglia from the section of Pistoia. The VAR will be Paolo Mazzoleni from the section of Bergamo and the AVAR will be Luca Zufferli from the section of Udine.
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Photo via twitter.com/GenoaCFC/
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👉Genoa vs Torino, Match Officials
Serie A Week 30🗓️ Friday 18 March 2022
🏟️ Luigi Ferraris Stadium
⏲️ 21:00🙍♂️Referee: MARIANI
🚩Assistants: BINDONI – LONGO
4⃣ Fourth Official: MERAVIGLIA
🥅 VAR: MAZZOLENI@GenoaCFC @TorinoFC1906_En @TorinoFC_1906 https://t.co/G4wjO4iq1l pic.twitter.com/3VuUPSqnDv— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 16, 2022
👉Result: Genoa 1 – 0 Torino
⚽️ Goals: 14′ Manolo Portanova (G)
🟥 Red: 24′ Leo Ostigard (G)
🟨 Yellow: Genoa (1), Torino (3)
✍️Ball Possession: 25% @GenoaCFC and 75% @TorinoFC1906_En
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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 18, 2022
2021 – 2022 Italian Serie A Week 30
Genoa 1 – 0 Torino
Friday 18 March 2022
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Genova, Italy
21:00
Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: BINDONI – LONGO
Fourth Official: MERAVIGLIA
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: ZUFFERLI
Goals: 14′ Manolo Portanova (G)
🟥 Red: 24′ Leo Ostigard (G)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉Lineup Genoa (4-2-3-1): Sirigu; Frendrup, Maksimovic, Ostigard, Vasquez; Sturaro, Badelj (93′ Hernani); Melegoni (66′ Yeboah), Amiri (25′ Bani), Portanova (66′ Galdames); Destro (46′ Hefti).
Subs: Semper, Marchetti, Masiello, Piccoli, Gudmundsson, Rovella, Kallon.
Coach: Alexander Blessin
👉Lineup Torino (3-4-2-1): Berisha; Izzo, Bremer, Rodriguez (80′ Buongiorno); Singo (80′ Zaza), Lukic, Mandragora (51′ Brekalo), Vojvoda (51′ Ansaldi); Pobega, Pjaca; Belotti.
Subs: Milinkovic-Savic, Gemello, Zima, Seck, Ricci, Aina, Warming, Linetty
Coach: Ivan Juric