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The last derby in Serie A was played on 30th April 1995. After 53 minutes David Platt scored the first goal: 0-1. Exactly 15 minutes later our Johnny van ‘t Schip produced the equalizer: 1-1. In the 76th minute Tomas Skuhravy scored the winning Genoa-goal: 2-1. Let’s hope tonight we have the same result: a 2-1 victory!

 

After the dead of a policeman during the match Catania-Palermo the Italian government made a lot of new rules for football-supporters. Some of them are reasonable, but a lot are like often in politics: not realistic. To protest against the new rules their is a big chance that Genoa-fans do not want to make a choreography tomorrow. A reasonable, but very pitty decision because Gradinata Nord is a frequently winner of the contest of best Italian choreography of the season, also in the years Genoa played in Serie B. Let’s hope in february during the home-derby there is again a fantastic red and blue choreography!

This afternoon more than 2000 Genoa-fans came to Gianluca Signorini trainingfield to support the team during the preparation for the derby. Genoa played their usual thursday-afternoon friendly match, this time against their own Primavera-team. The Gasperini-boys did win by 8-1 (4 goals of Di Vaio, 2 of Papa Waigo and a goal of Leon + Bovo). Defenders Dos Santos and Masiello are back in the team, while De Rosa and Lucarelli still are injured and probably not on time to play the derby, in which Genoa surely misses banned Juric. 

The 3rd match of this season brought again a draw for Genoa. After Milanetto missed a penalty (crossbar) in the 10th minute, Tavano scored a penalty in the 52nd minute: 0-1. The Livorno-happiness lasted only 4 minutes: Marco Borriello scored after a perfect cross of Marco Rossi. Genoa did everything to score also the winning second goal, but unfortunately we have to wait for next week to see the first victory of Genoa. 

Yesterday the free-sale for the derby started at 10 o’clock and at 11.20 all the 6.895 tickets were sold out. Official the sale was only for Sampdoria-fans, but at least 50% of the fans in the lines before ticket-shops had a Genoa scarve around the neck.

It will be even more a problem to find a free ticket for the home-derby in February, because besides the 21.600 season-tickets Sampdoria will have 11.273 tickets (9206 Gradinata Sud and 2067 visitors sector) for their season-ticket holders, so only 3.668 tickets are available.

Sampdoria football-club has decided that Genoa-fans only can visit the derby next week at Gradinata Nord (9.167 seats) and the sector for the visiting-fans of Sampdoria (2.079 seats) which means that Genoa only gets 11.246 of the 36.541 tickets (30,78%). The cold war has started and a lot of Genoa-fans should try to buy a ticket on Distinti and Tribuna which are ment to be totally Sampdoria-sectors. Because only half of these sectors are filled with seasonticket-holders of Sampdoria, the other half is, starting friday, on sale for Sampdoria-supporters without a season-ticket. Many Genoani should try to be a Sampdoria-supporter for only 5 minutes next friday, only at the moment they buy the ticket !!

The most colourful and peaceful derby of Italy between Sampdoria and Genoa is fixed at Sunday-evening 23rd September at 20.30 hours. The members of Genoa Club Amsterdam and all other Genoani have the possibility to watch the match on a big screen in Skysportscafé in Amsterdam (Leidseplein, next to Bulldog).  

Genoa beat Swiss Serie B team A.C. Lugano: 4-0. In the first half Di Vaio and Figueroa scored the first two goals and after the tea again Di Vaio and Sculli scored. Around 1000 spectators (200 Genoani) were present. Luciano Figueroa played all 90 minutes, so there is a big chance he starts in the line-up next week against Livorno.  

 

Yesterday Genoa celebrated the 114th birthday. More than 700 supporters came to Piazza De Ferrari to celebrate the birthday of the oldest club of Italy. Today Genoa plays against the club of vice-president Pastorello: Lugano, team in Serie B of Switzerland with a lot of young players that played last year in Primavera of Genoa and try to get ready in Switzerland for a return in Serie A with the Rossoblu team. For sure Luciano Figueroa, Manuel Coppola and Cesare Bovo are in the line-up to get in good condition for the match against Livorno next week. Genoa surely misses 5 players today: Juric, Masiello and Borriello (all injured), Leon (qualification match with national team of Honduras) and Papa Waigo (qualification match with Senegal). 

On Sunday 7th October Genoa plays in Luigi Ferraris the match against Cagliari.

Genoa Club Amsterdam visits this match and organizes a special trip (with tickets for the match) for our members. If you want to go with us to our first match in Serie A: see Visit match Genoa and send an e-mail before Sunday 9th September 20.00 hours.