Rossoblu overcome Napoli 1-0

The Rossoblu overcame Napoli 1-0 in a close fought match with Serbian international Boško Janković providing the lone goal of the match with twenty-one minutes remaining. With the victory Genoa maintain fifth place in the table, tucked between Fiorentina above and Roma, a single point below.

Unfortunately one of the last memories of the match will be those in attendance at
Stadio San Paolo who seemed to relish the opportunity to rain down jeers and whistles and Edoardo Reja's Azzurri. Hardly supporters, a subtle error was attacked voraciously and the home side seemed more fearful to go forward for victory and were drained of self-confidence. Equally this was clearly not a day of genius for Genoa as the attacking trident of Diego Militom, Raffaele Palladino and Giandomenico Mesto were barely a threat.

With little attacking resolve to note after the restart Gian Piero Gasperini pulled the pin, calling upon Giuseppe Sculli and former Crvena zvezda man Boško Janković. Napoli continued to sputter going forward but showed noble character limiting Genoa's efforts. Finally in a very by-chance event, with twenty-one minutes remaining Thiago Motta sent the ball to the extraordinary Serbian, Janković, who went in alone on Nicolás Navarro and drove the ball into the net from just beyond the spot, giving Genoa the 1-0 lead. While Azzurri made a number of tactical moves looking for the right elixir it was not to be found and the match concluded without further incident.

Genoa returns to Serie A play next Sunday against Siena.