Serie A | Genoa 0-2 Cremonese: Beautiful Bonazzoli brace

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Susy Campanale | Last updated Oct 29, 2025 5:45 PM ET

Cremonese achieved a real coup with this win at Marassi to leave Genoa at the foot of the table, with two spectacular Federico Bonazzoli goals.

The Grifone were without a single victory all season, fresh off fumbling an early lead to lose 2-1 at Torino, but Nicolae Stanciu was the only remaining absentee. The Grigiorossi had five draws in the last six rounds, and Jamie Vardy got his first Serie A goal in a 1-1 draw with Atalanta at the weekend. Alberto Grassi, Giuseppe Pezzella, Faris Moumbagna and Michele Collocolo were still on the treatment table.

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Cremonese took under four minutes to break through with an absolutely spectacular goal. A corner was flicked on, the wayward scuffed Bianchetti finish turned into an accidental assist for Federico Bonazzoli’s acrobatic bicycle kick from six yards.

Jeff Ekhator’s angled drive flashed wide, then he was offside when forcing an Emil Audero save from point-blank range.

A free kick ricocheted into the path of Aaron Martin, whose finish was deflected for a Genoa corner by brave Federico Baschirotto defending.

Cremonese doubled their lead after the restart when a deep corner found Bonazzoli at the back post for a volley, and while Nicola Leali made a reaction save, he could not stop it crossing the line completely.

Vitinha had the ball in the net for Genoa on 56 minutes, but he was offside when meeting the Aaron Martin assist at the far stick.

Filippo Terracciano couldn’t keep his header down on a promising Vandeputte free kick, while Emil Audero needed a big save when Brooke Norton-Cuffy sent Morten Frendrup one-on-one with the goalkeeper.

Jeff Ekhator’s header was over from a Ruslan Malinovskyi cross and Patrizio Masini couldn’t find the net either, as Genoa were booed off the field by their home fans.

Genoa 0-2 Cremonese

Bonazzoli 4, 49 (C)

29-10-2025 19:45 MatchDay 9 Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Genoa

Cremonese Live 0 - 2

Player statistic

1st half

		4'		Federico Bonazzoli (Assist: Matteo Bianchetti)
Valentín Carboni		38'

2nd half

49'

Federico Bonazzoli (Assist: Jari Vandeputte) Vitinha 62' Nicola Leali 72' 78'

Tommaso Barbieri Genoa Cremonese

Starting lineups

1 Nicola Leali Goalkeeper 3

Aarón Martín Defender 63' 15 Brooke Norton-Cuffy Defender 22

Johan Vásquez Defender 5

Leo Östigard Defender 73 Patrizio Masini Midfielder 17

Ruslan Malinovskyi Midfielder 23 Valentín Carboni Midfielder 63' 21 Jeff Ekhator Attacker 53'

Maxwel Cornet Attacker 53' 77

Mikael Egill Ellertsson Attacker 1

Emil Audero Goalkeeper 6

Federico Baschirotto Defender 15 Matteo Bianchetti Defender 22 Romano Floriani Mussolini Defender 77' 4 Tommaso Barbieri Defender 24

Filippo Terracciano Midfielder 27 Jari Vandeputte Midfielder 32 Martín Payero Midfielder 88' 38

Warren Bondo Midfielder 88' 90

Federico Bonazzoli Attacker

73' 10

Jamie Vardy Attacker

Substitutes

Stefano Sabelli Defender 10

Junior Messias Attacker 2

Morten Thorsby Midfielder 39 Daniele Sommariva Goalkeeper Jean Onana Midfielder 31

Benjamin Siegrist Goalkeeper 11 Albert Grønbaek Midfielder 40 Seydou Fini Attacker 27 Alessandro Marcandalli Defender 30 Hugo Cuenca Midfielder 76 Lorenzo Venturino Attacker 18

Caleb Ekuban Attacker 53' 9 Vitinha Attacker 53' 32 Morten Frendrup Midfielder 63' 29 Lorenzo Colombo Attacker 63' 69 Lapo Nava Goalkeeper 16

Marco Silvestri Goalkeeper 23

Federico Ceccherini Defender 11

Dennis Johnsen Attacker 48 Dachi Lordkipanidze Midfielder 84 Adrian Lickunas Attacker 20

Franco Vázquez Midfielder 73' 30 Mika Faye Defender 77' 19

Jeremy Sarmiento Midfielder 88' 55

Francesco Folino Defender

88'

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

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