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What a Sunday in Serie A! The two 3 PM matches delivered goals, excitement, and plenty of talking points. Atalanta wins convincingly against Parma, celebrates Raspadori’s first goal in the black and blue jersey, and temporarily moves to within four points of Juventus.
In Genoa, however, the Rossoblù overturn Bologna thanks to Skorupski’s madness, who in the 56th minute is sent off by referee Maresca for stopping a clear goal-scoring opportunity after losing the ball. For the Polish goalkeeper, it’s a nightmare week, considering the other big mistake he made on Thursday in the Europa League match against Celtic.
Atalanta-Parma
Who knows what kind of match we would have seen if Cuesta had fielded a different lineup. That’s a question many, especially in Parma, are surely asking themselves, considering the rather questionable decision by the Spanish coach to leave most of his best players on the bench.
With Pellegrino, Oristanio, Valeri, and Ondrejka all initially left out, the Emilians basically handed themselves over to the Goddess, who gladly accepted and enjoyed a festive afternoon.
Scamacca scores from the penalty spot, then de Roon after a solo run by a rampant De Ketelaere, and Raspadori, who only has to tap in the ball served by Krstovic (who later scored the fourth goal). First joy in the Bergamo shirt for the former Napoli player.
An easy goal, with Krstovic doing all the dirty work and handing the new signing the simplest of balls. Parma protested Krstovic’s challenge on Troilo, but it was the defender who arrived late—so, no foul.
Genoa-Bologna
The match of the afternoon, however, definitely took place at Marassi, where Genoa treated themselves to a dream day. From hell to heaven, all in 90 minutes.
After a first half and the start of the second in which Bologna had taken a comfortable 0-2 lead thanks to Ferguson’s goal and Otoa’s own goal, came Skorupski’s madness.
ðš Skorupski, what are you doing?
The Polish goalkeeper, back as a starter after injury, comes out of his goal to try to anticipate Colombo, but then misplaces his pass and gifts the ball to Vitinha. At that point, the foul comes, which interrupts a clear scoring chance and therefore results in a red card.
It’s the 56th minute and, in fact, that’s when a new match begins. From the resulting free kick, Malinovskyi invents a piece of magic, even if with the help of a not-so-blameless Ravaglia. For the Ukrainian, it’s confirmation: as highlighted by Opta, among players with at least 20 goals in Serie A since the league returned to 20 teams (since 2004/05), only Pirlo (77% – 24/31) has scored a higher percentage of goals from outside the box than the former Lecce player (67%).
At that point, the momentum is all with the home side, who equalize in the 78th minute with another piece of brilliance. This time it’s Ekuban, who picks up a loose ball and, with a half overhead kick, sends Marassi wild!
Is that enough? Not at all, because the best (for Genoa) is yet to come.
ð Messias drives Marassi CRAZY
In stoppage time, at 90'+1, it’s Messias who sends the entire Genoa crowd into raptures. The former Milan player manages to score an even more beautiful goal than the previous two, drawing a rainbow with his left foot that finds the top corner.
It’s Genoa’s day, as they claim three crucial points in the battle for survival. For De Rossi, it’s the fifth game in a row without defeat, but this one tastes completely different!
For Italiano, on the other hand, it’s a psychological drama. In the last 9 matches in all competitions, there’s been only one victory, in Verona. As a result, the positions that qualify for Europe already seem very far away.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in ð®ð¹ here.
