Genoa – Up to this point he has been Genoa’s driving force. Not only dribbling and world-class play, but also goals that brought important points. Albert Gudmundsson is Genoa’s top scorer with a total of 6 goals: 2 in the Italian Cup and 4 in the league. Together with Mateo Retegui (5 goals for the center forward, 3 in Serie A and 2 in the Cup), Genoa’s has been one of the best attacking pairs so far but now the number 9 is out due to a problem with his left knee which will definitely also miss the match against Cagliari. Apart from the two rossoblù attackers, very few Genoa players have managed to find a way to score. With the flag goal removed on Biraschi’s debut, who among other things moved to Turkey, only Bani, Messias and Thorsby scored. The first two are out for tomorrow’s away match: the defender due to disqualification and the attacker due to a muscle injury. The Norwegian, after starting from the first minute on Wednesday against Reggiana in the Italian Cup, seems destined to start from the bench in Cagliari so Gudmundsson could in fact be the only one of the starting eleven to have scored this year.
The Grifone, therefore, needs alternative goals from those players who, in their careers, have already demonstrated that they know how to do it. Above all there is Malinovskyi who, against Cagliari, could play in a more advanced position not only to trigger the Icelandic Kobold but also to give vent to his deadly left-footedness. “In the last 20, 25 meters with his shot he can be decisive – Gilardino had said of the Ukrainian in recent days – among the things I ask him is to look for the goal with more continuity”. But the former Atalanta playmaker – who has scored more than 80 goals for club and country in his career – is not the only one who can lend a hand to the rossoblù in the scoring phase. Gilardino also asks the midfielders for some goals, especially Morten Frendrup who, match after match, shows up more and more often in the opposing area. And then there are the defenders. Speaking of Bani, who however will not be there tomorrow, Radu Dragusin who, last year, proved to be a goalscorer, has yet to hit the mark in Serie A. Against Salernitana last Friday he came very close: only a super Ochoa, one of the best on the pitch, denied him the joy of his first top-flight goal. But he will certainly try again against Cagliari because dead balls continue to be one of the Grifone’s most effective weapons.
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