Mateo Retegui’s spectacular overhead kick gives Genoa victory against Udinese in Serie A

With the ultimate goal of qualifying for one of the competitions organized by UEFA, the Genoa they won 2-0 in their stadium of Udinesewhich has in the background its own struggle not to fall into marginal positions and maintain its place in Serie A.

In a match that, a priori, did not produce anything superlative, it was Mateo Retegui who was tasked with doing something outside of what was expected. The match was about to reach 35 minutes without a goal and in an attack from the left the local team had an unbalanced game.

The Spanish Aaron Martin He overflowed his lane and took the center to the plate so a teammate could connect the delivery. However, the center didn’t have the necessary height and the Argentine was halfway there Lautaro Gianetti He tried to stop the expedition, but all he did was leave it to his compatriot Retegui.

The ball improved in height and Retegui corrected his run, settled in and hit the ball with an overhead kick. The ball ended up high, crossed, without the goalkeeper Maduka Okoye could prevent it.

Five minutes later, the defender Mattia Bani They extended the lead and in the second half the match became difficult for Udinese as Thomas Thiesson Kristensen was also sent off two minutes after the restart.

In the other matches that continued the 26th match of Serie A, Sassuolo fell at home against Empoli 2-3 and Salernitana, also at home, lost 0-2 against Monza.

The match continues on Sunday with Juventus-Frosinone; Cagliari-Naples; Lecce-Inter; Milan-Atalanta and ends on Monday with Roma-Turin and Fiorentina-Lazio.