The Genoa Post
Squad20 Dec 2027
Stefano Sabelli damages knee ligaments — 54 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 54 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match15 Dec 2027
Genoa march on in the cup
Como are out and Genoa go through, 2‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match18 Dec 2027
A hiding for Genoa
Beaten 1‑4 by Atalanta, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad20 Dec 2027
A one-man rearguard from Justin Bijlow
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Words exchanged at Genoa
Justin Bijlow and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Real improvement from Francesco Bellone at Genoa
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Francesco Bellone is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
The terraces20 Dec 2027
One of their own: Gabriele Calvani
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market20 Dec 2027
Alex Amorim wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
The dugout20 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Alessandro Debenedetti
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Luigi Bellucci joins the Genoa first team
- Market Genoa promote Nicolò Marchetti from within
- Market Genoa promote Diego Giordano from within