Genoa, Gudmundsson and a dive into the sea to celebrate Salerno's victory

Genoa – Cold like sea water in winter. The one he loves to dive into, often and willingly. «To celebrate the victory in Salerno I will treat myself to a nice dip…», he confides Albert Gudmundsson, just returned from the most complicated trip of the season. Genoa overcame it brilliantly, going on to achieve the feat. Because it is true that Salernitana has been last in the standings for some time but they were planning a comeback and the approach to the Grifone match was made difficult by injuries and controversies. But the rossoblù reacted as a team, even in a very difficult and hostile context, as evidenced by the very dangerous throwing of objects and stones immediately after Retegui's goal.

“It was a important victory. It's not an easy stadium to play in but we did well to take the three points, despite an uphill start. This shows how much character and personality this team has,” underlines Gudmundsson.

Albert is certainly cold when it comes to kicking such an important penalty, like the one that gave the Grifone the victory. But inside him it boils like one of the many volcanoes that populate his homeland, Iceland. Imagination and talent. Personality too. What is needed to go and make a play like the one that a handful of seconds from the ninetieth minute allowed the Grifone to lighten the pressure a little: backheel to cause the ball to carom over Maggiore, in an almost impossible area of ​​the field, and ball in lateral foul. A sign of courage, a shock to the whole team and a final without the risks that characterized the Grifone races until a few weeks ago.

To put the seal on Arechi's match, Gud's goals but also that of Retegui. The two on the pitch look for each other and understand each other, only injuries prevented them from playing together continuously and from growing even more. And not even a disputed penalty can break the pair. «No disagreements between us: we both scored and brought home an important victory. We are all happy”, underlines the Icelander. Who in Gilardino's hierarchies is the designated penalty taker and nothing at the moment suggests that the situation may change.

At the end of the match the coach went to hug Retegui, explained to him the reason for the choice and encouraged him. «At the end of the match I went to Retegui to tell him that he is an important player for us and we must not rely on these situations on the pitch, but the only thought is that of the team», explained Gila.

The Italian-Argentine started scoring again after four months, Gudmundsson never stopped and in January he already reached 9: double figures in the league are now just a step away, last year in Serie B he had already achieved it closing altitude 11 but now he has the chance to have the best season of his career, from a scoring point of view but not only. «I don't have a specific goal, I just want to continue to enjoy every moment and continue to be decisive for the team, in this way good things will surely come», says the Icelandic, before confiding that he doesn't really like the nickname “goblin”: “I do not like it much…”. In the meantime he scores and the Griffin flies. «I just try to give the best for myself and the team at all times. While I do it I want to enjoy it and have fun. With Genoa”