Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Monday, January 12, 2026 9:30 p.m. / Updated Monday, January 12, 2026 9:52 p.m.
Genoa, the team sponsored by Dan Șucu, achieved its first success in this competitive year, with a 3-0 score against Cagliari.
A big breath of oxygen for the Genoa team, which had not won since December 8, 2025. The team, involved in the fight to save from relegation, obtained three points that jumped the team to 15th, 5 points away from the red zone.
Romanian international Nicolae Stanciu was an unused reserve. In the previous stage, he missed a penalty on AC Milan's pitch.
Genoa beat Cagliari by absent score and climbs the Serie A standings
Genoa opened the scoring quickly, in the 7th minute of the game through Colombo: the Italian was superbly found with a filtering pass by Malinovskkyi and beat Caprile without problems.
Despite the result on the table, Cagliari was the team that dominated the game. The guests had the possession and the more dangerous actions, but the home team went into the break with the advantage.
In the second half, Genoa came out with a zest for the game and was more dangerous. The second goal came in the 75th minute when Frendrup: the Dane shot from outside the box and the execution was deflected into Caprile's goal. In just 3 minutes, during the next attacking phase of Genoa, Ostigard scored with a header following a dangerously executed free kick in the box.
Daniele De Rossi made all 5 available changes during the match, but the coach did not count on Nicolae Stanciu, a footballer who missed an important penalty in the previous stage against AC Milan.
With the three points obtained today, Genoa put Cagliari under them. At the moment, the formation patronized by Dan Șucu is in 15th place with 19 points accumulated in 20 stages, while Cagliari has the same number of points, but a weaker goal difference than those from Genoa: -9 while the Griffin has -7.
For Genoa, there is an away duel with Parma, scheduled for January 18, from 1:30 p.m. For those from Cagliari, there is a home match against Juventus.
Ranking in Serie A
