By Anna Italia
Italian Soccer Serie A   supports  all 3 Italian clubs qualifying for the 2009 - 2010 Europa League Group Stage: AS Roma, Lazio, and Genoa.


                         Genoa 3 - 2 Lille Metropole
                                        14' Rodrigo Palacio           76' Pierre-Alain Frau
                                        57' Hernan Crespo            84' Yao Kouassi Gervinho
                                        90' Giuseppe Sculli

Substitutes: 76' Francesco Modesto out, S. Papasthopoulos in      61' Florent Balmont out, Yohan Cabaye in
                       80' Hernan Crespo out, Giuseppe Sculli in                 61' Pierre Aubameyang out, Yao K. Gervinho in
                       83' Rodrigo Palacio out, Luciano Figueroa in              72' Larsen Toure out, Pierre-Alain Frau in


  


It's time for GENOA to lift up their spirit and prepare mentally to avenge their humiliating defect in the UEFA Europa League against Lille Metropole in the first leg:  RESULTS 2009 - 2010 UEFA Europa League Group Stage B, LILLE METROPOLE 3 - 0 GENOA Goals by Obraniak, Vittek, and Hazard

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Thumbs up for Genoa rocking again.  I am so happy with the result of the match especially for two reasons. Hum?  What?  Yes, I am not only waving Genoa flag but also the Argentinian flag because Rodrigo Palacio and Hernan Crespo scored!   hip hip hurrah!!!!   Hello... I am a big fan of Hernan Crespo and also from Palacio since he was playing in Boca Juniors. 

Here is the official starting eleven formation for GENOA by coach Gian Piero Gasperini:

GENOA: Alessio Scarpi, Emiliano Moretti, Giuseppe Biava, Francesco Modesto, Salvatore Bocchetti, Nenad Tomovic, Marco Rossi, Alberto Zapater, Hernan Crespo, Raffaele Palladino and Rodrigo Palacio.

Here is the official starting eleven formation for LILLE METROPOLE by coach Garcia:

LILLE METROPOLE: Mickael Landreau, Franck Beria, Conceicao Emerson, Adil Rami, Jerry Vandam, Florent Balmont, Ludovic Obraniak, Stephanie Dumont, Robert Vittek, Larsen Toure, and Pierre Aubameyang.

I jumped out of my seat when I saw Rodrigo Palacio scoring in the 14th minute and was applauding and chanting the "vamos, vamos, vamos Argentina" LOL.. I was going banana  cheering for our Italian team but also for the Argentinian guys . Way to go for Palacio blasting Lille goalkeeper Landreau with a right footed shot. Awesome.

Now, the bim bam boommm guys. In the 57th minute, from a corner kick by Alberto Zapater finding Hernan Crespo in the right place to head the ball from the center and the party is on for Genoa...

Lille shortening the distance in the 76th minute and then bam bam equalizing the score in the 84th minute with Gervinho.  Finally, in the 90th minute, Giuseppe Sculli delivering the winning goal for Genoa! Hip hip hurrah.  Sculli replaced Hernan Crespo in the 80th minute and you bet coach Gasperini is happy with his performance. 

Well done for Genoa.  Good day for Italian football.





Click the video to watch the highlights of the 2009 - 2010 UEFA Europa League match GENOA - LILLE METROPOLE on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in the Luigi Ferraris Stadium.



 



Here is the current situation for GENOA in the Europa League Group Stage B.

2009 -  2010 UEFA Champions League Second Round - Second Round Group B Table Thursday, November 5, 2009
			Overall							Home						Away
RK		TEAM	P	W	D	L	GS	GA		W	D	L	GS	GA		W	D	L	GS	GA		GD	Pts
1		Lille	4	2	1	1	11	5		1	1	0	4	1		1	0	1	7	4		6	7
2		Valencia	4	1	3	0	7	6		1	1	0	4	3		0	2	0	3	3		1	6
3		Genoa	4	2	0	2	7	8		2	0	0	5	2		0	0	2	2	6		-1	6
4		Slavia Prague	4	0	2	2	4	10		0	1	1	3	7		0	1	1	1	3		-6	2

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UEFA Europa League Group B

Genoa - LOSC Lille Metropole
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Genoa , Italy
19:00 Italy time

Referee: Hendrikus S.H. (Bas) Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant referee: Wilco Lobbert (NED) Coen Droste (NED)
Additional assistant referee: Pol van Boekel (NED) Ed Janssen (NED)
Fourth official: Michel Winter (NED)
UEFA Delegate: Peter Rees (WAL)
UEFA Referee observer: Sergey Zuev (RUS)

Attendance: 34,000

GENOA (4-3-3): Scarpi; Tomovic, Biava, Bocchetti, Moretti; M. Rossi, Zapater, Modesto (79' Papastathopoulos); Palacio (83'  Figueroa), Crespo (80' Crespo), Palladino.

Substituttes: (Russo, Esposito, Mesto, Milanetto).

Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.

LILLA (4-3-3): Landreau; Vandam, Beria, Emerson; Dumont, Balmont (61' Cabaye), Obraniak; Aubameyang (61' Gervinho), Vittek, Tourè (73' Frau).

Substitutes: (Butelle, Salibur, Souare, Souquet).

Coach:  Garcia.

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What do you think of the result?  Are you surprised, disappointed?  Which players were the top and the flop?

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