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19 January 2020Rome gets up after two consecutive defeats (both at home) and in 'Marassi' takes the first success in the 2020 championship. Genoa, always relegated to the penultimate place, goes 3-1 knockout. The Giallorossi thus confirm fourth place, waiting to find out whether alone or in a condominium with Atalanta.

Nicola draws the 3-5-2 with Ghiglione and Barreca on the outside and the top Sanabria and Pandev. The suspended Florenzi replaced by Santon, the 'returned' Spinazzola (after the vicissitudes of the exchange with Politano) instead of the other stopped by the sports judge, Kolarov; Under, Pellegrini and Kluivert the midfielders in the Fonseca line-up. The departure of the Giallorossi was explosive. Under crosses from the right, Pellegrini misses the intervention but still deceives Perin, overcome by the ball. At 5 'Rome ahead and Nicola's tactical plans upset. The guests read the delicate moment of the rossoblù and try to attack. Dzeko is ineffective in a couple of air detours. The race flattens, the genoa comes out. Overwork for Pau Lopez who deflects Pandev's tirocross and has a great effect on Ghiglione's header. Final seconds of the heart-pounding fraction. At 44 'Spinazzola enters the area from the left, crosses the center and finds the deviation of Biraschi's chest which gives Perin no way out. Not even the time to celebrate the double advantage that Genoa has on the scoresheet: Schoene's long ball, badly placed defense that favors Pandev's race, good at beating Pau Lopez. It is the 45th minute and Maresca sends the teams to the locker room.

In the second half Genoa tries to definitively go up the slope by weaving the canvas with patience. Pau Lopez makes a cover parade on Goldaniga's header. Then, on a corner ball, the goalkeeper curls up on the waving from Barreca's edge. On the other front, Perin rejects Veretout's shot, Dzeko misses the possible tap-in. Close aviation also missed from Sanabria, in a split on a cross cut by Barreca. Nicola takes advantage of Cassata's injury to raise the center of gravity, inside Favilli. Fonseca, on the other hand, asks Cristante for dynamism (a colorless Veretout comes out). A mistake by Perin favors the new double advantage of Roma in the 74th minute: the goalkeeper returns badly to Pellegrini who promptly throws in the Dzeko area, stop and shot in the low corner. Genoa's reaction is of little importance, if Pandev's conclusion from the center is excluded just at the end of the recovery: Pau Lopez once again makes an excellent figure.