Genoa-Monaco is a friendly and will be played on Saturday at 20:30: news, stats, TV, streaming, likely formations, predictions
One of the most interesting bargains in Serie A has been made by Genoa, bringing Mateo Retegui to Italy. The Argentinian ex-Tigre centre forward, who has also become famous on this side of the ocean thanks to being called up for the Italian national team by coach Roberto Mancini, has just been bought by the Rossoblù club for 15 million euros.
The oriundo, who possesses Italian nationality by descent thanks to his maternal grandmother originally from Canicattì, landed in Genoa a few days ago and immediately joined Alberto Gilardino’s group. It cannot be ruled out that he could already make his debut in the friendly against Monaco, scheduled for Saturday evening at the ‘Ferraris’. The arrival of the striker has contributed to increasing the enthusiasm in an environment, the Genoan one, that after a grey period, which ended with the bitter relegation to Serie B two years ago, has now returned to look to the future with great optimism. The objective is to achieve a quiet salvation, without too many worries, and to lay the foundations to reach more ambitious goals. For the Grifone, the challenge against the Monegasque is the second outing of the season. In reality, there were supposed to be three friendlies, but the one against the Austrian Tirol was cancelled due to the cloudburst that hit Moena, the site of the Rossoblù retreat. Instead, in the second friendly, Genoa were surprised by Venezia, losing 4-1 to the lagoon players.
A defeat that Gilardino wants to immediately file away, also because the first official engagement is just around the corner: his Genoa will take the field in the Coppa Italia against Modena on 11 August. It will not be easy to redeem himself against an opponent of European calibre like Monaco, whose players already have several minutes in their legs. The team coached by Austrian Adi Hutter is fresh from two victories against Betis (1-3) and Leeds (0-2), demonstrating an enviable athletic condition two weeks before the start of Ligue 1.
Disasi
The friendly between Genoa and Monaco is scheduled for Saturday at 20:30 at the ‘Ferraris’ stadium in Genoa, and will be streamed live on DAZN. The well-known platform has purchased the rights to the match between Alberto Gilardino’s team and Monaco’s one. The Standard plan costs €30.99 per month, while the Plus plan costs €45.99, but only in the case of an annual subscription.
The Prediction
Monaco have already looked strong against the likes of Betis and Leeds, and will most likely avoid defeat in the friendly at Marassi. However, there is a good chance that Genoa will also score at least one goal in a prolific match.
Genoa v Monaco likely line-up
- GENOA (3-5-2): Martinez; Bani, Vogliacco, Biraschi; Sabelli, Badelj, Frendrup, Jagiello, Martin; Coda, Guðmundsson.
- MONACO (3-4-2-1): Majecki; Matsima, Okou, Maripan; Jakobs, Lemarechal, Fofana, Vanderson; Minamino, Ben Yedder; Volland.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
