Genoa head coach Davide Ballardini has been asked to win "seven cup finals" to keep the Rossoblu in Serie A, starting with Sunday's derby encounter against Sampdoria. Although three teams currently enjoy a share of 17th place, Genoa have inferior goal difference to both Siena and Palermo and are without a win in six league outings. November's Derby della Lanterna, however, proved to be the tur...Full Story »

There were bizarre scenes at Genoa's Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Sunday as furious fans threw fireworks onto the pitch and demanded the home side's players take their shirts off - resulting in play being stopped for 45 minutes. Relegation-threatened Genoa were losing 4-0 at home to modest Siena when the unprecedented incident happened early in the second half. Hotting up: Genoa fans protest aga...Full Story »

Cesena kept alive their slim hopes of avoiding relegation by salvaging a 1-1 draw at fellow strugglers Genoa in Serie A. Marco Rossi opened the scoring for the home side at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, but Adrian Mutu's reply 14 minutes from time ensured the points were shared. Cesena remain at the foot of the table and are 15 points adrift of Genoa, who sit just above the bottom three with six ...Full Story »

Genoa captain Marco Rossi has signed a two-year contract extension to give the club the perfect boost ahead of Sunday's match at Catania. The 33-year-old defender put pen to paper on a new deal which will see him remain at Genoa until June 2014. Rossi has also accepted the offer to remain at the club in a managerial role once his playing career is over. Rossi said: "This is the best present I...Full Story »

A Marco Rossi own goal handed 10-man Atalanta a 1-0 narrow triumph at Cesena. Rossi deflected Ezequiel Schelotto's cross into the back of his own net in the 76th minute as Atalanta ended a three-match Serie A losing streak at the Dino Manuzzi stadium. Three minutes later, Atalanta were reduced to 10 men when the team's leading scorer German Denis was shown a second yellow card, for a handball....Full Story »

Juventus club captain Alessandro Del Piero needed eight stitches after being kicked in the face during Sunday's 2-0 win over Cesena. Del Piero had to be carried from the field on a stretcher with blood streaming from his face just eight minutes after coming on as a substitute. He had been accidentally kicked in the head by Cesena's Marco Rossi. "He never lost consciousness and the wound was...Full Story »

Genoa had Kakha Kaladze sent off as two of Serie A's out of form teams played out a goalless draw at Stadio Luigi Ferraris. The home side - beaten in their previous two matches - had Kaladze dismissed 11 minutes from time but held on for a point against Eusebio Di Francesco's Lecce, who had lost their last three. Genoa started brightly and came close after five minutes when Juraj Kucka set up ...Full Story »

Luca Toni scored a late winner to earn Juventus a 3-2 win against his former club Genoa. An own goal from Leonardo Bonucci in the seventh minute was cancelled out by another own goal at the other end from Marco Rossi in the 51st minute. Antonio Floro Flores then put Genoa ahead for the second time in the 57th minute, but Alessandro Matri brought the home team back on terms again within six min...Full Story »

Serie A leaders AC Milan enter the final quarter of the season with a severe handicap for the next three games as star forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be watching on from the stands. A moment of madness against rock-bottom Bari last week, when he slapped Marco Rossi in the ribs, earned the big Swede a straight red card and three-game ban. He will miss Saturday's trip to Palermo but then perh...Full Story »