Perfect weekend for Dan Şucu! After Rapid's victory, Genoa also managed to win » Serie A ranking
Article by Dragoș Petrescu – Published Sunday, February 22, 2026, 4:21 p.m. / Updated Sunday, February 22, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
Genoa was imposed on the score of no-appearance on home ground in front of those from Turin3-0, in a duel of the round with #26 in Serie A. This success came a day after Rapidthe other team financed by Dan Șucu, won the derby with Dinamo from Superliga, score 2-1.
The complete program of stage #26 of Serie A
“Griffon” recorded the first success since February on Sunday afternoon. Genoa's other two wins in 2026 came in January: 3-0 against Cagliari and 3-2 against Bologna.
Genoa wins clearly with Torino and moves six lengths away from the hot zone of the standings!
The first half of the dispute at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris could not have gone better for the formation prepared by Daniele De Rossi.
Brooke Norton-Cuffy opened the scoring in the 21st minute, and Caleb Ekuban doubled the home team's advantage before the break, precisely in the 40th minute.
What's more, in the extra time of the first act, Torino remained in 10, this after Emirhan Ilkhan received a straight red card for a hard foul on Lorenzo Colombo, at which point the balance tilted decisively in favor of the “griffin”.
The final score of the game was established in the 83rd minute, by the newcomer Junior Messias, a footballer who in the past wore the shirt of AC Milan.
Following this result, Șucu's “griffin” accumulated 27 points and climbed to 14th place in the standings, being at the moment six lengths away from Fiorentina, the first team below the red line.
On the other side, Marco Baroni's team remained with the same number of points (27), but dropped to 15 due to the poor goal difference.
In the next round of Serie A, Genoa will face Chivu's Inter, on “Giuseppe Meazza”, while Torino will receive the visit of Lazio.
Serie A standings:
Genoa – Turin » Starting teams:
GENOA (3-4-1-2): Bijlow – Marcandalli, Ostigard, Vasquez – Norton-Cuffy, Malinovskyi, Frendrup, Ellertsson – Baldanzi – Colombo, Ekuban
reserves: Leali, Sommariva – Amorim, Cornet, Doucoure, Ekhator, Martin, Masini, J. Messias, Onana, Sabelli, Vitinha, Zatterstrom
Coach: Daniele De Rossi
AC TORINO (3-5-2): Paleari – Coco, Maripan, Ebosse – Lazaro, Vlasic, Ilkhan, Gineitis, Obrador – Simeone, Kulenovic
reserves: Israel, Siviero – Anjorin, Biraghi, Casadei, Ilic, Ismajli, Marianucci, Njie, Nkounkou, Pedersen, Prati, Tameze, Zapata
Coach: Marco Baroni
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris (Genoa)
Referee: Marco Guida
