Serie A | Genoa 2-0 Bologna: Thiago Motta bows out with defeat

Vitinha saw a shot charged down after hesitating to make the most of a Jhon Lucumi error, but Giovanni Fabbian came so close to an equaliser as his header bounced on the ground and off the base of the far post.

Charalampos Lykogiannis saw an effort charged down and Fabbian turned the rebound wide, then Leali had to smother a Fabbian daisy-cutter from the edge of the box.

However, Genoa doubled their advantage when Bologna lost the ball in midfield with sloppy passing and Gudmundsson sent Vitinha down the right, beating the on-rushing goalkeeper with a dinked finish.

Karlsson made a crucial interception to prevent Gudmundsson sending Djed Spence clear on goal.

It really should’ve been 3-0 in stoppages when Caleb Ekuban saw his shot parried by the third goalkeeper into the path of Gudmundsson, who somehow blasted the rebound over from 12 yards.

Genoa 2-0 Bologna

Malinovskyi 13 (G), Vitinha 59 (G)

24-05-2024 19:45 MatchDay 38 Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Genoa

Bologna 2 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Ruslan Malinovskyi (Assist: Aarón Martín)

13'

2nd half

		56'		Oussama El Azzouzi
Vitinha (Assist: Albert Gudmundsson)

59'         64' Santiago Castro Nicola Leali

67'    

Match statistic

26 Possession % 74 13 Total shots 11 3 Shots on target 1 8 Shots off target 5 2 Blocked shots 5 3 Corners 6 2 Offsides 3 11 Fouls 10 Genoa Bologna

Starting lineups

16 Nicola Leali Goalkeeper 86' 3

Aarón Martín Defender 14 Alessandro Vogliacco Defender 23 Giorgio Cittadini Defender 77' 22

Johan Vásquez Defender 20

Stefano Sabelli Defender 63' 32 Morten Frendrup Midfielder 2

Morten Thorsby Midfielder 17

Ruslan Malinovskyi Midfielder 63' 11

Albert Gudmundsson Attacker 9 Vitinha Attacker 77' 34 Federico Ravaglia Goalkeeper 86' 22

Charalampos Lykogiannis Defender 26

Jhon Lucumí Defender 29

Lorenzo De Silvestri Defender 86' 31 Sam Beukema Defender 56

Alexis Saelemaekers Midfielder 70' 80 Giovanni Fabbian Midfielder 60' 6

Nikola Moro Midfielder 17 Oussama El Azzouzi Midfielder 7

Riccardo Orsolini Attacker

61' Santiago Castro Attacker

Substitutes

47

Milan Badelj Midfielder 13

Mattia Bani Defender 10

Junior Messias Attacker 5 Emil Bohinen Midfielder 55

Ridgeciano Haps Defender 1 Josep Martínez Goalkeeper 19 Mateo Retegui Attacker David Ankeye Attacker 8

Kevin Strootman Midfielder 63' 90 Djed Spence Defender 63' 18

Caleb Ekuban Attacker 77' 33 Alan Matturro Defender 77' 39 Daniele Sommariva Goalkeeper 86' 33 Riccardo Calafiori Defender 8

Remo Freuler Midfielder 5

Adama Soumaoro Defender 28

Lukasz Skorupski Goalkeeper 20

Michel Aebischer Midfielder 3

Stefan Posch Defender 11 Dan Ndoye Attacker 15 Victor Kristiansen Defender 4 Mihajlo Ilic Defender 82 Kacper Urbanski Midfielder 60'

Jens Odgaard Attacker 61' 10

Jesper Karlsson Attacker 70' 23 Nicola Bagnolini Goalkeeper 86' 16

Tommaso Corazza Defender

86'