Palermo scored a crucial away win over relegation rivals Frosinone, winning 2-0 thanks to a pair of second-half strikes. Alberto Gilardino broke the deadlock in the 56th minute, with Aleksandar Trajkovski finally sealing the points with an injury-time strike. Victory saw the Rosanero swap places with their hosts in the bottom three, Frosinone dropping to 19th, a point behind Palermo. After a ...Full Story »

Fiorentina maintained their pursuit of a first Serie A title in almost 50 years with a 3-1 win at Palermo. Paulo Sousa's Tuscans were largely grateful to Josip Ilicic, who returned to the Stadio Renzo Barbera to smash a brace past his previous employers. Alberto Gilardino also scored against his former paymasters to set up a nervy finish but Jakub Blaszczykowski made sure of the win with a thi...Full Story »

Palermo halted a five-match winless run at home with a 1-0 triumph over Chievo at the Stadio Renzo Barbera on Sunday. Alberto Gilardino scored the only goal of the game in the 71st minute with a close-range header from Sinisa Adjelokovic's assist, beating Chievo goalkeeper Albano Bizarri. The hosts held on for a victory that has eased the pressure on coach Giuseppe Iachini, whose side went int...Full Story »

Fiorentina qualified for the Europa League by holding Palermo at bay to win 3-2 at the Stadio Renzo Barbera. Early goals from Josip Ilicic and Alberto Gilardino sandwiched a Mato Jajalo strike for Palermo, meaning the visitors controlled fifth place heading into half-time on Sicily. They had to negotiate a fightback in the second half as Luca Rigoni drew the Rosanero level, before Marcos Alons...Full Story »

Fiorentina made it three Serie A wins in a row and moved up to fifth in the standings by beating relegated Parma 3-0 at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Monday evening. Goals from Alberto Gilardino, Gonzalo Rodriguez and Mohamed Salah went some way to erasing the disappointment of Thursday's Europa League semi-final defeat to Sevilla as La Viola moved a step closer to returning to the competitio...Full Story »

Genoa delivered a blow to Lazio's hopes of playing in Europe next season with a 2-0 win at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris. Alberto Gilardino and Ioannis Fetfatzidis scored the goals for Gianpiero Gasperini's men, who can now look forward to another season in the top flight having put 39 points in the bank, only three less than their guests. For Lazio, it was an evening to forget as they also lost C...Full Story »

Genoa halted a five-match winless run with a comfortable victory over Sassuolo on Monday afternoon. Alberto Gilardino set Genoa on their way in the 28th minute from the penalty spot before Alberto Bertolacci made it 2-0 before the interval. Gilardino could have scored his second of the afternoon two minutes from time but saw another penalty superbly saved by Sassuolo goalkeeper Gianluca Pegolo...Full Story »

Genoa have top scorer Alberto Gilardino fit and available following injury for Monday's game against Sassuolo. The Italy striker, who has found the net seven times in 17 league games, dislocated his shoulder in the 1-0 defeat at Bologna on December 22 but trained last week and will feature in his team's first game of 2014. And Gilardino is optimistic his side can begin the new year on a good n...Full Story »

Genoa picked up their second win in four games since coach Gian Piero Gasperini returned to the club thanks to a solitary goal from Alberto Gilardino against Parma at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris. Gilardino also missed a penalty in the first half while the visitors had a goal disallowed in a scrappy encounter before the former Parma forward decided the game in the 57th minute. The win lifts Genoa...Full Story »

Alberto Gilardino scored twice as Genoa withstood a second half onslaught to earn a 2-1 win over Chievo in Serie A. The three points were vital for both sides as they battled to move away from the relegation zone and it was Gian Piero Gasperini's side who triumphed thanks to Gilardino's double strike. Gilardino opened the scoring with a header after 22 minutes but Simone Bentivoglio levelled t...Full Story »