What a Sunday in Serie A! The two matches at 3 PM deliver goals, emotions, 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 -4 from Juventus.
In Genoa, however, the Rossoblù overturn Bologna thanks to Skorupski’s madness, who gets sent off by referee Maresca in the 56th minute for interrupting a clear goal-scoring opportunity after losing the ball. For the Polish player, it’s a nightmare week, considering the other big mistake 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. A question many, especially in Parma, must be asking themselves, considering the somewhat questionable decision by the Spanish coach to leave most of his best players on the bench.
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With Pellegrino, Oristanio, Valeri, and Ondrejka initially all out, the Emilians effectively handed themselves over to the Goddess, who thanked them and enjoyed a festive afternoon.
Scamacca scores from a penalty, then de Roon from a personal action by a rampant De Ketelaere, and Raspadori, who only has to tap in the ball offered by Krstovic (who later scores the fourth goal). First joy in the Bergamasque jersey for the former Napoli player.
An easy goal, with Krstovic doing all the hard work and delivering the easiest of balls to the new signing. Protests from Parma for Krstovic’s intervention on Troilo, but it’s the defender who arrives late – hence, there’s no foul.
Genoa-Bologna
The afternoon’s match, however, definitely took place at Marassi, where Genoa gifted themselves a dream day. From hell to paradise, all in 90 minutes.
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After a first half and the start of the second where Bologna comfortably led 0-2 thanks to Ferguson’s goal and Otoa’s own goal, Skorupski’s madness struck.
😨 Skorupski, what are you doing?
The Polish goalkeeper, returning as a starter after injury, leaves his goal to try and anticipate Colombo but then makes a bad pass and gifts the ball to Vitinha. At that point, a foul occurs, which interrupts a clear goal-scoring opportunity and – therefore – leads to a red card.
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It’s the 56th minute and – effectively – a new match begins. From the resulting free-kick, Malinovskij creates magic, albeit with the help of a not-so-blameless Ravaglia. For the Ukrainian, it’s a confirmation: as highlighted by Opta, among players with at least 20 goals in Serie A since the tournament returned to 20 teams (since 2004/05), only Pirlo (77% – 24/31) has scored a higher percentage of goals from outside the area compared to the former Atalanta player (67%).
At that point, the momentum shifts entirely to the home side, who equalize in the 78th minute with another masterpiece. This time the play is by Ekuban, who collects a loose ball and with a half-bicycle kick sends Marassi into a frenzy!
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Is that enough? Not at all, because the best (for Genoa) is yet to come.
🌈 Messias drives Marassi CRAZY
In full stoppage time, at 90’+1, it’s Messias who makes the entire Genoa crowd explode with joy. The former Milan player manages the feat of scoring a goal even more beautiful than the previous two, drawing a rainbow with his left foot that finds its way into the top corner.
It’s Genoa’s day, securing three crucial points in the race for survival. For De Rossi, it’s the fifth match in a row without defeat, but this one has a completely different flavor!
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Psychodrama, however, for Italiano. In the last 9 matches across all competitions, there’s been only one victory, in Verona. Thus, the positions that lead to Europe already seem very distant.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.
