Not an easy first assignment for debuting Genoa coach Andrei Shevchenko, who had to miss a laundry list of players for the difficult match against AS Roma. With the visitors, Cristante and Villar stayed in the capital due to a corona infection.
Genoa, with Vanheusden on the bench, suffered the game against Roma, who could not express his dominance of possession in many scoring opportunities. Twenty minutes before the end, it was even the home team that almost took the lead, but Rui Patricio saved the Romans with a fine save.
In the final quarter, José Mourinho threw the 18-year-old Ghanaian Felix Afena-Gyan into the fight and that turned out to be a golden move. It was only his 3rd game for Roma for the attacker and he thanked for the confidence by scoring 2 more times. The 0-2 in particular was a gem.
Afena is the first player born in 2003 to score in Serie A. Thanks to his two goals, AS Roma bounces back to 5th place, 3 points from the top 4.
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