Valencia 3-2 Genoa: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 1 October 2009
Result
Valencia 3-2 Genoa
Europa League · Thursday 1 October 2009, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-1
Valencia 3-2 Genoa: match report
Valencia defeated Genoa 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 1 October 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
Sergio Floccari opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Valencia's goals came from David Silva (52'), Nikola Zigic (56') and David Villa (82', penalty). Genoa scored through Sergio Floccari (43') and Houssine Kharja (64', penalty).
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Genoa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 39th on 7 points from 3 and Genoa 70th on 5 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Genoa in a 3-4-3.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read D-W-W and Genoa's D-D-W.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Sergio Floccari
- 52'Goal · David Silva
- 56'Goal · Nikola Zigic
- 63'Yellow card · Jérémy Mathieu
- 64'Penalty goal · Houssine Kharja
- 72'Yellow card · Emiliano Moretti
- 73'Yellow card · Giandomenico Mesto
- 81'Yellow card · A. Esposito
- 82'Penalty goal · David Villa
- 87'Yellow card · David Silva
- 90'Yellow card · É. Banega
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-4-1-1)
César, David Navarro, Dealbert, Jérémy Mathieu, Miguel, Juan Mata, Pablo Hernández, David Silva, Éver Banega, Nikola Zigic, Albelda
Genoa line-up (3-4-3)
Sokratis, Emiliano Moretti, Salvatore Bocchetti, Nenad Tomovic, Houssine Kharja, Giandomenico Mesto, Alberto Zapater, Raffaele Palladino, Sergio Floccari, Francesco Modesto, Marco Amelia