The Genoa Post
Squad22 Nov 2027
Words exchanged at Genoa
Francesco Pio Esposito 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.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
Lorenzo Colombo was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market22 Nov 2027
Enrico Cecconi steps up from the Genoa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Enrico Cecconi has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market22 Nov 2027
Cristiano Salvatore steps up from the Genoa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cristiano Salvatore has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market22 Nov 2027
Martino Palumbo steps up from the Genoa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Martino Palumbo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market22 Nov 2027
Gianmarco Bonaventura steps up from the Genoa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gianmarco Bonaventura has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Match20 Nov 2027
Lorenzo Colombo sends Genoa past Como
It finished 1‑0, and it was Lorenzo Colombo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Genoa.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
One of those days for Gianluca Frabotta
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.31, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Words at Genoa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stephan El Shaarawy is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Player ratings Patrizio Masini was immovable
- The dugout When it matters, Morten Frendrup plays
- The dugout No hiding place for Thomas Battistella