Serie A | Genoa 3-0 Cagliari: Safety guaranteed in style

The second was a well-worked move, as Johan Vasquez got down the left and rolled across for Morten Frendrup to take it first-time into the top corner with the inside of the right boot.

Mateo Retegui skimmed the woodwork from a tricky angle, while Cagliari went close from a corner flicked just wide by Alessandro Deiola.

Thorsby almost added a third after the restart, but this time his header was palmed off the line by Simone Scuffet, while De Winter skimmed the upright on an Albert Gudmundsson free kick.

Genoa did go 3-0 up when Gudmundsson completed a give and go with Frendrup, despite Adam Obert’s attempt to intercept, and beat Scuffet clear through the centre.

Paulo Azzi drilled across the face of goal on Gianluca Lapadula’s knockdown, while Kingston Mutandwa hit the side-netting. Vitinha blasted over for Genoa and was twice denied by Scuffet saves late on, above all using a foot on the volley at the near post.

Cagliari remain only three points clear of the relegation zone with four rounds left to play.

Genoa 3-0 Cagliari

Thorsby 17 (G), Frendrup 27 (G), Gudmundsson 63 (G)

29-04-2024 19:45 MatchDay 34 Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Genoa

Cagliari Live 3 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Morten Thorsby (Assist: Stefano Sabelli)		17'
Morten Frendrup (Assist: Johan Vásquez)		27'

2nd half

		58'		Eldor Shomurodov
Albert Gudmundsson (Assist: Morten Frendrup)

63'         72'

Tommaso Augello Genoa Cagliari

Starting lineups

1 Josep Martínez Goalkeeper 3

Aarón Martín Defender 64' 14 Alessandro Vogliacco Defender 22

Johan Vásquez Defender 73' 4 Koni De Winter Defender 20

Stefano Sabelli Defender 64' 47

Milan Badelj Midfielder 73' 32 Morten Frendrup Midfielder 2

Morten Thorsby Midfielder 11

Albert Gudmundsson Attacker 78' 19 Mateo Retegui Attacker 22

Simone Scuffet Goalkeeper 33 Adam Obert Defender 99 Alessandro Di Pardo Defender 46' 23

Mateusz Wieteska Defender 17

Pantelis Chatzidiakos Defender 46' 27

Tommaso Augello Defender 85' 14

Alessandro Deiola Midfielder 19 Gaetano Oristanio Midfielder 46' 70

Gianluca Gaetano Midfielder 16 Matteo Prati Midfielder 61

Eldor Shomurodov Attacker

72'

Substitutes

18

Caleb Ekuban Attacker 8

Kevin Strootman Midfielder 39 Daniele Sommariva Goalkeeper 16 Nicola Leali Goalkeeper David Ankeye Attacker 55

Ridgeciano Haps Defender 64' 90 Djed Spence Defender 64' 23 Giorgio Cittadini Defender 73' 5 Emil Bohinen Midfielder 73' 9 Vitinha Attacker 78' 18

Simone Aresti Goalkeeper 1

Boris Radunović Goalkeeper 32

Andrea Petagna Attacker 29 Antoine Makoumbou Midfielder 25 Ibrahim Sulemana Midfielder 26

Yerry Mina Defender 8

Nahitan Nández Midfielder 46' 28 Gabriele Zappa Defender 46' 9

Gianluca Lapadula Attacker 46' 37 Paulo Azzi Attacker 72' 34

Kingstone Mutandwa Attacker

85'