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Genoa

Genoa

 Last Game
May 19, 2013 at Bologna, T 0-0 
 
 Next Game
No Game Scheduled
 Team Report
Next Match: away to Juventus, January 26

Davide Ballardini became Genoa's third head coach of the season as he returned to the Marassi to replace Luigi Del Neri this week. The ex-Sampdoria paid the price for a run of nine defeats from 13 games and Ballardini knows the club well having guided the Rossoblu to a 10th-placed finish in the 2010-11 season. Things have changed, though, leading the 49-year-old to say: "The situation is different, compared to the past. There are members of the squad who have shown what they can do in the past but they need to show me more in the future. The goal is simple - play well as a team to get results." Ballardini has been presented with the challenge of guiding Genoa out of the relegation zone, where they currently occupy 17th place and lie three points from safety. "I don't know if this is 'mission impossible'," he added. "I will work that out in time. I must admit I'm ignorant as I've only seen Genoa play on TV. I'd like to point out that unless we play as a team and are solid, we will struggle to get results." Bosko Jankovic and Juan Vargas are unlikely to feature at Juventus due to injury, but Ballardini has an otherwise fit and suspension-free squad, with Chilean midfielder Felipe Seymour being allowed to join Chievo until the end of the season. Genoa lost the reverse fixture 3-1, with Ciro Immobile scoring the consolation goal, and the Grifone have not beaten Juventus since April 2009. Their last league victory away to the Bianconeri came in 1991.

last updated on Jan 25 (updates weekly by PA SportsTicker) 
 Scores & Fixtures
 Last Five Games
 Date Opponent Result
 Sun, Apr 28 at Chievo Verona W 1-0
 Sun, May 5 Pescara W 4-1
 Wed, May 8 at Torino D 0-0
 Sun, May 12 Inter Milan D 0-0
 Sun, May 19 at Bologna D 0-0
 Full Schedule
 
 2012-13 Table
 Team W D L Pts
 Juventus 27 6 5 87
 Napoli 23 9 6 78
 AC Milan 21 9 8 72
 Fiorentina 21 7 10 70
 Udinese 18 12 8 66
 AS Roma 18 8 12 62
 Lazio 18 7 13 61
 Catania 15 11 12 56
 Inter Milan 16 6 16 54
 Parma 13 10 15 49
 Cagliari 12 11 15 47
 Chievo Verona 12 9 17 45
 Bologna 11 11 16 44
 Sampdoria 11 10 17 42
 Atalanta 11 9 18 40
 Torino 8 16 14 39
 Genoa 8 14 16 38
 Palermo 6 14 18 32
 Siena 9 9 20 30
 Pescara 6 4 28 22
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