Genoa's Loss To Sampdoria Adds To Shevchenko's Bad Record

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JAKARTA - Genoa got a disappointing result against Sampdoria in the 17th week of the Italian League. A 3-1 loss in the Derby della Lanterna added to Andriy Shevchenko's poor record in his early coaching days at Il Grifone.

Shevcenko was appointed Genoa coach in early November. Since being entrusted with the team, he has accompanied Genoa in four matches, including against Sampdoria.

Unfortunately, from all the matches under Shevchenko's coaching, Genoa was only able to pocket one point. Shevchenko's luck was actually highly anticipated against Sampdoria. Understandably, this derby oenuh prestige.

However, the results obtained by this team actually added to the bad record of the coach, who while still actively playing with AC Milan was full of achievements.

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In the match which took place at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium, Saturday morning, Genoa were beaten badly by the visitors. They even conceded when the game had only been running for seven minutes.

Sampdoria's opening goal which was a crushing blow for Genoa was created through Manolo Gabbiadini's header. The atmosphere was getting hotter because until halftime Genoa still couldn't catch up 0-1.

Entered in the second half, Sampdoria again disrupted the host defense. They doubled their lead to 2-0 through Francesco Caputo in the 49th minute.

The more submerged Sampdoria, Genoa kept trying to get up to break the deadlock. But the situation was even more chaotic because the visitors made the score change 3-0.

Unfortunately, Sampdoria's third goal was actually created through Zinho Vanheusden's own goal in the 68th minute while trying to block Gabbiadini's shot. This situation clearly makes it increasingly difficult for Genoa to reduce the distance.

Even so, the efforts of Shevchenko's foster children finally found a bright spot. The deadlock was broken and turned into a number in the 78th minute through Destro's execution which made the score 1-3.

In the remaining time, Genoa continued to try to create opportunities to increase the score. Unfortunately the effort did not bear fruit until the long whistle sounded and the victory was in favor of Sampdoria.

This defeat at home made Genoa lose three important points that kept them in 19th place with 10 points. Meanwhile Sampdoria have established themselves in 14th place in the standings with 18 points

After this both teams will appear in the second round of the Coppa Italia and both play at Luigi Ferraris. Genoa are first scheduled to host Salernitana on Tuesday next week and Sampdoria two days later face Torino.

Source: Antara