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Serie A | Genoa 2-0 Udinese: Retegui bicycle kick inspires

An acrobatic Mateo Retegui bicycle kick and Mattia Bani header allowed Genoa to brush Udinese apart, even earlier than the Thomas Kristensen pink card.

The Grifone had been comfortably mid-table and contemporary from a 1-1 draw away to Napoli, with solely Alan Matturro on the therapy desk for the remainder of the season. The Friulani had been nonetheless hovering simply above the relegation zone, regardless of a three-game unbeaten streak together with victory over Juventus. Roberto Pereyra, Jaka Bijol, Enzo Ebosse and Gerard Deulofeu had been nonetheless out of motion.

Lautaro Giannetti scythed down Retegui for a yellow card within the opening 18 seconds, however Lorenzo Lucca created the primary massive alternative when he jumped above the group for a header that looped onto the highest of the crossbar.

See how the sport unfolded on the Liveblog.

Moments later, Mateo Retegui knocked down a cross on the again publish for Johan Vasquez, who compelled a surprising response save out of Maduka Okoye from six yards.

Nehuen Perez was decisive to forestall the Junior Messias free kick going into the highest nook, as Okoye was nowhere close to it.

Vasquez had one other massive alternative for Genoa together with his free header from a nook that thumped the close to publish on 32 minutes.

The impasse was lastly damaged in model, because the cross from the left was deflected up by Giannetti, so Retegui improvised with a spectacular bicycle kick to present Genoa the lead.

Moments later it was 2-0, as a set play was not cleared successfully, so Albert Gudmundsson stood a ball up into the six-yard field for the Mattia Bani header.

Kristensen obtained his second yellow card for tripping Messias simply exterior the penalty space straight after the restart, lowering Udinese to 10 males.

Okoye flew to fingertip the Milan Badelj volley out from below the bar, then noticed a Morten Frendrup roller skim the far publish, however Gudmundsson scuffed the end on a Retegui help.

Udinese had managed to get the ball into the web when a ball was rolled throughout from the left and Lucca slid in behind Koni De Winter, managing to prod it in from six yards. Nonetheless, the referee thought-about this a foul on De Winter and VAR agreed.

One other Gudmundsson roller skimmed the upright, as Genoa repeatedly threatened to extend their lead.

Genoa 2-0 Udinese

Retegui 36 (G), Bani 40 (G)

Despatched off: Kristensen 49 (U)

Genoa

Udinese

1

3

22

54′

4

13

20

78′

47

87′

32

11

10

78′

19

79′

40

33

54′

19

46′

30

18

31

24

54′

4

86′

11

26

78′

17

2

23

5

55

39

16

9

14

54′

17

78′

90

78′

18

79′

8

87′

7

93

1

27

22

32

16

2

46′

13

54′

12

54′

9

78′

6

86′