| 43' | Yellow card for Rovella. | |
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34' | Substitution for Genoa: on Eyango, off Melegoni. |
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31' | Substitution for Atalanta: on Palomino, off Gosens. |
| 26' | Yellow card for Toloi. | |
| 17' | Yellor card for Djimsiti. | |
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12' | Substitution for Atalanta: on Lammers, off Malinovskyi. |
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12' | Substitution for Genoa: on Portanova, off Ghiglione. |
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6' | GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!! MARIIIIIIIOOOOO PAŠAAAAAAALIIIIIIIĆ!!! Pašalić breaks away from the defenders and finishes Miranchuk's assist!!! 1-4!!! C'MON GUYS!!! |
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3' | Shomurodov pull one back for Genoa. |
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1' | Double substitution for Atalanta: on Pašalić and Pessina. |
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1' | Three substitutions for Genoa: on Pandev, Caso and Shomurodov, off Destro, Zajc and Cassata. |
| 1' | Let's keep pushing!!! |
| 45' | A super first half! | |
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44' | GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!! ROBIIIIIINNNN GOSEEEENSSSSSS!!! Malinovskyi cross, Hateboer knocks it back for Gosens, who nods in!!! 0-3!!! C'MON GUYS!!! |
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26' | GOOOOOAAAAAALLLL!!! RUSLAAAANNN MALINOOOOVSKYIIIII!!! THESE TWO AGAIN!!! This time Zapata with the assist, and #Malinovskyi just needs to fire into an open goal! 0-2! C'MON GUYS!!! |
| 21' | Gosens' close-range shot is parried by Marchetti. | |
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9' | GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! DUVÁÁÁNNNN ZAPAAAATAAAA!!! A new Malinovskyi assist for Zapata, who controls and beats Marchetti!!! 0-1!!! C'MON GUYS!!! |
| 3' | Double Genoa chance: Gollini parries Melegoni's shot, then Masiello strikes the post. | |
| 1' | Kick-off in Genova! C'MON NERAZZURRI!! |
By beating Genoa 4-3 on matchday 37 of the Serie A TIM 2020-2021 at the Ferraris stadium in Genoa, the Nerazzurri qualify for the next UEFA Champions League for the third consecutive season. A great milestone achieved with one round to spare.
However, the first chances of the game came off Genoa. Melegoni was through on goal in the 2nd minute, but Gollini did well to beat the former Atalanta player’s shot away. On the resulting corner, Masiello hit the outside of the post. The game was unlocked after nine minutes: Malinovskyi’s slide-rule pass found Zapata, who controlled and then beat Marchetti. The Nerazzurri almost doubled their lead through Gosens on 21, but Marchetti beat the shot away for a corner. The Nerazzurri actually doubled their lead in the 27th minute: Zapata did well to keep a bit of the ball on the by-line and to find Malinovksyi, who prodded into an empty goal. Before half-time, a third goal arrived: Hateboer knocked it back for Gosens, who nodded in.
In the second half, Genoa immediately pulled one back with substitute Shomurodov, who stole the ball and drilled in off the inside of the far post. But on 51 Pašalić, who also had just come on at half-time, restored the 3-goal lead: the Croatian was set up by Miranchuk, burst through the middle and scored with an angled drive. In the 67th minute, Genoa were awarded a penalty for a Gosens handball after the VAR check: Pandev converted to make it 2-4. Genoa pulled another back on 84 through Shomurodov, who was sent through by Pandev. The Nerazzurri kept their lead anyway and by reaching 78 points on the table, they mathematically secured a UEFA Champions League spot for next season with one round to spare.
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| 3 | Goals scored | 4 |
| 7 | Total attempts | 11 |
| 5 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 1 | Shots off target | 6 |
| 1 | Penalties | 0 |
| 3 | Assists | 10 |
| 5 | Crosses | 13 |
| 2 | Corners | 4 |
| 2 | Decisive interventions | 2 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 2 | Saves | 2 |
| 5 | Substitutions | 5 |
| 1 | Hit woodwork | 0 |
| Shirt number | Player | Role |
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| 2 | Rafael Toloi | Difensore |
| 6 | José Luis Palomino | Difensore |
| 8 | Mario Pašalić | Centrocampista |
| 9 | Luis Muriel | Attaccante |
| 15 | Marten de Roon | Centrocampista |
| 19 | Berat Djimsiti | Difensore |
| 22 | Matteo Ruggeri | Centrocampista |
| 31 | Francesco Rossi | Portiere |
| 33 | Hans Hateboer | Centrocampista |
| 91 | Duván Zapata | Attaccante |
