Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Wednesday, 03 December 2025, 19:44 / Updated on Wednesday, 03 December 2025 19:44
The Romanian international Nicholas Stanciu (32 years old) was the starter in the match that Genoa lost it miserably on Atalanta's fieldscore 0-4, in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup. He played 71 minutes and was replaced by Cuenca Martinez.
Crashed for a month and then unused, Stanciu he didn't get a single minute with Daniele De Rossi on the bench. His last appearance was 66 days ago, from September 29, in the defeat against Lazio (0-3).
Nicolae Stanciu's score, after Atalanta – Genoa 4-0
In the cup match against Atalanta, Genoa suffered a stinging setback in a nightmare duel, in which they played more than half an hour outnumbered.
The hosts opened the scoring through Djimsiti, Fini was eliminated in the 36th minute. In the second half disaster followed for Genoa. De Roon (54'), Pasalic 82') and Ahanor (90+1') scored.
Stanciu received the note 4 from tuttomercatoweb.com, who also gave him a brief characterization: “He didn't get involved in the game, he was overtaken. From the 72nd minute, Cuenca 5. He didn't enter the game.”
Those from eurosport.it gave the Romanian a 5: “As a central midfielder, he was supposed to bring organization and lucidity, but he wandered on the field without a clear role.”
5 also received from calciomercato.com: “Couldn't get away from Djimsiti's mark, poor”.
He was supposed to build Genoa's game, but was rarely seen, grade 5.
– pianetagenoa1893.netabout Stanciu
Following this failure, Genoa was eliminated from the competition at the round of 16 stage. Nicolae Stanciu only scored 3 matches in Serie A, two as a starter, without a goal or assist.
