Genoa 2-1 Atalanta: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 19 January 2008
Result
Genoa 2-1 Atalanta
Serie A · Saturday 19 January 2008, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Genoa 2-1 Atalanta: match report
Genoa defeated Atalanta 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 19 January 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Cristiano Doni opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Genoa's goals came from Marco Borriello (73') and Luciano Figueroa Herrera (84'). Atalanta scored through Cristiano Doni (67', penalty).
Discipline: Genoa received 4 yellow cards; Atalanta received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genoa were 11th on 22 points from 18 and Atalanta 9th on 22 points from 17. Genoa went on to finish that season 10th with 48 points, and Atalanta 9th with 48.
Genoa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Atalanta in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read W-W-D-L-D and Atalanta's L-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 50'Yellow card · Sergio Floccari
- 53'Yellow card · Domenico Criscito
- 59'Yellow card · Marco Borriello
- 67'Penalty goal · Cristiano Doni
- 68'Yellow card · Abdoulay Konko
- 73'Goal · Marco Borriello
- 74'Yellow card · Cristiano Doni
- 84'Goal · Luciano Figueroa Herrera
- 84'Yellow card · Luciano Figueroa Herrera
Team news
Genoa expected line-up (3-4-3)
Rubinho, Abdoulay Konko, Fabiano Lima, Francesco Bega, Gaetano De Rosa, Alessandro Lucarelli, Julío de León Dailey, Omar Milanetto, Danilo Sacramento, Marco Rossi, Marco Borriello
Atalanta line-up (4-4-2)
Ferdinando Coppola, Gianpaolo Bellini, Claudio Rivalta, Maximiliano Pellegrino, Daniele Capelli, Tiberio Guarente, Fernando Tissone, Simone Padoin, Cristiano Doni, Ferreira Pinto, Sergio Floccari