Genoa-Lecce 2-1, Miretti's brace knocks out the Salento team

Genoa, March 14, 2025 - The Genoa consolidates its race for salvation, the Lecce remains in the balance. The Grifone has achieved victory in the first advance of Serie A of the 29th matchday against the Salento team, who left the Marassi stadium in defeat GenoVa with the result of 2-1. The match was decided by the axis Malinovskyi-Miretti, a winning duo for Patrick Vieira on this Friday night. Two assists for the Ukrainian, both for the Italian midfielder, who scored a brace that paved the way for the rossoblù in the first half. The penalty converted by Krstovic in the 67th minute was not enough for the guests to get back in the game.

The starting lineups

Patrick Scallop deploy his Genoa with the starting 4-2-3-1. Leali defends the posts, aided by the rearguard composed of Sabelli and Martin on the side lanes and De Winter and Vasquez in the middle. Frendrup and Masini make up the median dam, Zanoli, Malinovskyi and Miretti move in the three-quarter line. Pinamonti is the offensive reference. Marco Giampaolo prefers 4-3-3 for Lecce, which lines up Falcone in goal and Guilbert, Baschirotto, Jean and Gallo in defence. Coulibaly, Berisha and Helgason make up the midfield, while Pierotti, Krstovic and Morente form the attacking trident.

First half

On the Marassi lawn, the Lecce he was the first to try to shoot towards the goal already in the 4th minute. Kristovic fights with The winter, can serve Berisha and the latter concludes on the bottom from the edge of the area. The Salentini push and two minutes later it's the same Kristovic to try, hitting only the outside of the net. The Genoa begins to raise the center of gravity and the pressure on the opponent's ball possession. At the quarter of an hour Miretti unlocks the result with the first real conclusion on goal of the evening: a delightful assist from Malinovskyi he puts him in front of the goal, but the ex-Juve midfielder is good at feeling the goal and making a right-footed volley that is not at all easy. Now the Grifone he has control of the game and goes hunting for the knockout blow. At 25' he is once again in control Miretti to light up, this time with a personal action that starts from the left and ends with a right-footed shot that is a good metre wide. The guests have a flash of brilliance at the half-hour mark, thanks to a corner kick that leads to a wide shot by Tete Dying from outside the area. The last flash of the first half comes during the minutes of injury time. The rossoblù play vertically and exploit the rivals' poorly coordinated defensive line, which leaves space for a through ball by Malinovskyi for the usual MirettiThe midfielder stops the ball in the heart of the area, turns to his left foot and sends it to the bar Guilbert and hole Falcone for 2-0. The axis Malinovskyi-Miretti fold the Lecce, who returns to the locker room two goals down.

Second half

Il Lecce returns to the field with the determination of those who want to recover the result. The boys of Giampaolo they give it their all, they raise their centre of gravity but have few offensive ideas, which often end up being crosses that are easily readable by the Genoa defenders, who have an easy life in the area. The home team start to show themselves up front again after about a quarter of an hour, first with frendrup and then with Pinamonti, both unlucky with two high conclusions over the crossbar. The Salento team reopened the match in the 67th minute, thanks to a penalty won for a handball by Matturro. It shows up on the diskette Kristovic, how surprising Wings and scores the 2-1 goal. The Grifone decides to lower the center of gravity and act more on the counterattack, but in the remaining twenty minutes of the match the goal opportunities are slow to arrive. Vieira's boys manage the result of advantage and thus take home the three points.

The match scoreboard

Genoa (4-2-3-1): Leali; Sabelli (81' Norton Cuffy), De Winter, Johan Vásquez, Martin; Frendrup, Masini; Zanoli (73' Ekhator), Malinovskyi (57' Matturro), Miretti (82' Onana); Pinamonti. Coach: Vieira. Subs: Siegrist, Sommariva, Jean Onana, Norton Cuffy, Ekhator, Matturro, Badelj, Barbini, F. Carbone, Venturino, Nuredini, Papastylianou. Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Guilbert (59' Veiga), Baschirotto, Jean, Gallo; Coulibaly (58' Kaba), Berisha, Helgason (82' Banda); Pierotti (46' N'Dri), Krstovic, Tete Morente (46' Karlsson). Coach: Giampaolo. Subs: Fruchtl, Samooja, Rebic, Gaspar, Rafia, N'Dri, Danilo Veiga, Ramadani, Banda, Burnete, Karlsson, Tiago Gabriel, Kaba. Goalscorers: 16', 45+3' Miretti (Gen), 68' Krstovic (R, Lec) Referee: Fabio Maresca. Yellow cards: Martin (Gen), Miretti (Gen), Berisha (Lec), Krstovic (Lec), Vasquez (Gen) Red cards: -

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