Serie A | Genoa 3-0 Cagliari: Safety guaranteed in style | OneFootball

Genoa celebrated guaranteeing their Serie A safety with a thumping victory over Cagliari, as Morten Thorsby, Morten Frendrup and Albert Gudmundsson completed the rout.

This was a head-to-head between two teams who were promoted from Serie B last summer. Vitinha was back in the squad for the hosts, but Ruslan Malinovskyi, Junior Messias, Mattia Bani and Alan Matturro were still out of action. Zito Luvumbo sat out a ban for the Sardinians, with Nicolas Viola, Alberto Dossena, Leonardo Pavoletti and Marco Mancosu injured. Jakub Jankto was a late addition to the absentee list with a sprained ankle and Yerry Mina only fit for the bench.

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Koni De Winter nodded a corner wide, but Morten Thorsby got his on target by steering a Stefano Sabelli cross from the right into the bottom corner of the net.

The second was a well-worked move, as Johan Vasquez got down the left and rolled across for Morten Frendrup to take it first-time into the top corner with the inside of the right boot.

Mateo Retegui skimmed the woodwork from a tricky angle, while Cagliari went close from a corner flicked just wide by Alessandro Deiola.

Thorsby almost added a third after the restart, but this time his header was palmed off the line by Simone Scuffet, while De Winter skimmed the upright on an Albert Gudmundsson free kick.

Genoa did go 3-0 up when Gudmundsson completed a give and go with Frendrup, despite Adam Obert’s attempt to intercept, and beat Scuffet clear through the centre.

Paulo Azzi drilled across the face of goal on Gianluca Lapadula’s knockdown, while Kingston Mutandwa hit the side-netting. Vitinha blasted over for Genoa and was twice denied by Scuffet saves late on, above all using a foot on the volley at the near post.

with four rounds left to play.

Starting lineups

1

Josep Martínez

Goalkeeper

3

Aarón Martín

Defender

64'

14

Alessandro Vogliacco

Defender

22

Johan Vásquez

Defender

73'

4

Koni De Winter

Defender

20

Stefano Sabelli

Defender

64'

47

Milan Badelj

Midfielder

73'

32

Morten Frendrup

Midfielder

2

Morten Thorsby

Midfielder

11

Albert Gudmundsson

Attacker

78'

19

Mateo Retegui

Attacker

22

Simone Scuffet

Goalkeeper

33

Adam Obert

Defender

99

Alessandro Di Pardo

Defender

46'

23

Mateusz Wieteska

Defender

17

Pantelis Chatzidiakos

Defender

46'

27

Tommaso Augello

Defender

85'

14

Alessandro Deiola

Midfielder

19

Gaetano Oristanio

Midfielder

46'

70

Gianluca Gaetano

Midfielder

16

Matteo Prati

Midfielder

61

Eldor Shomurodov

Attacker

72'

Substitutes

18

Caleb Ekuban

Attacker

8

Kevin Strootman

Midfielder

39

Daniele Sommariva

Goalkeeper

16

Nicola Leali

Goalkeeper

David Ankeye

Attacker

55

Ridgeciano Haps

Defender

64'

90

Djed Spence

Defender

64'

23

Giorgio Cittadini

Defender

73'

5

Emil Bohinen

Midfielder

73'

9

Vitinha

Attacker

78'

18

Simone Aresti

Goalkeeper

1

Boris Radunović

Goalkeeper

32

Andrea Petagna

Attacker

29

Antoine Makoumbou

Midfielder

25

Ibrahim Sulemana

Midfielder

26

Yerry Mina

Defender

8

Nahitan Nández

Midfielder

46'

28

Gabriele Zappa

Defender

46'

9

Gianluca Lapadula

Attacker

46'

37

Paulo Azzi

Attacker

72'

34

Kingstone Mutandwa

Attacker

85'