Serie A | Genoa 0-0 Torino: Granata held by Grifone

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Susy Campanale | Last updated Jan 13, 2024 10:58 AM ET

Genoa had the best chances with Albert Gudmundsson and Ruslan Malinovskyi, but were unable to get more than a point against high-flying Torino.

The hosts were unbeaten in four, including impressive draws with Inter, Juventus and Bologna, but lost Caleb Ekuban, Morten Thorsby and sold Radu Dragusin to Tottenham this week. Toro had European ambitions after beating Napoli 3-0, though Nemanja Radonjic, Brandon Soppy and Perr Schuurs were still out of action.

Vanja Milinkovic-Savic used his legs to parry the Albert Gudmundsson angled drive at the near post in the opening minutes after a well-worked team move.

The goalkeeper also flew to fingertip a long-range Ruslan Malinovskyi scorcher over the bar, while Junior Messias saw his rocket go not far off target.

Duvan Zapata’s header was deflected wide off Messias from a free kick, while Koni De Winter and Johan Vasquez tested Milinkovic-Savic from corners.

Toro also threatened with a diving Antonio Sanabria header flashing wide and Alessandro Buongiorno using the outside of his arm to deflect a Raoul Bellanova header onto the upright.

Malinovskyi’s free kick was palmed off the line by Milinkovic-Savic.

Genoa 0-0 Torino

13-01-2024 14:00 MatchDay 20 Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Genoa

Torino 0 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

		16'		Nikola Vlasic
Koni De Winter		43'

2nd half

Ruslan Malinovskyi		77'
Aarón Martín		80'
		81'

Alessandro Buongiorno

Match statistic

44 Possession % 56 11 Total shots 6 6 Shots on target 5 Shots off target 5 Blocked shots 1 8 Corners 4 Offsides 2 11 Fouls 11 Genoa Torino

Starting lineups

1 Josep Martínez Goalkeeper 3

Aarón Martín Defender 82' 22

Johan Vásquez Defender 4 Koni De Winter Defender 13

Mattia Bani Defender 20

Stefano Sabelli Defender 87' 47

Milan Badelj Midfielder 88' 17

Ruslan Malinovskyi Midfielder 11

Albert Gudmundsson Attacker 10

Junior Messias Attacker 71' 19 Mateo Retegui Attacker 32

Vanja Milinković-Savić Goalkeeper 4

Alessandro Buongiorno Defender 26

Koffi Djidji Defender 84' 19

Raoul Bellanova Defender 13

Ricardo Rodríguez Defender 20

Valentino Lazaro Defender 84' 8

Ivan Ilić Midfielder 16

Nikola Vlasic Midfielder 61' 28

Samuele Ricci Midfielder 9

Antonio Sanabria Attacker 91

Duván Zapata Attacker

66'

Substitutes

Pablo Galdames Midfielder 24

Filip Jagiello Midfielder 39 Daniele Sommariva Goalkeeper 16 Nicola Leali Goalkeeper 33 Alan Matturro Defender 40 Seydou Fini Attacker 32 Morten Frendrup Midfielder 71' 55

Ridgeciano Haps Defender 82' 14 Alessandro Vogliacco Defender 87' 8

Kevin Strootman Midfielder 88' 1

Luca Gemello Goalkeeper 6

David Zima Defender 23 Demba Seck Attacker 10

Nemanja Radonjic Attacker 66 Gvidas Gineitis Midfielder 71 Mihai Popa Goalkeeper 47 Vimoj Muntu Wa Mungu Defender 61

Adrien Tameze Midfielder 61' 11

Pietro Pellegri Attacker 66' 27

Mërgim Vojvoda Defender 84' 15

Saba Sazonov Defender

84'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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