The Genoa coach returns to the missed penalty at San Siro: “I didn’t like that attitude. We’re not the village idiots. The referee should have protected us.” On the match against Cagliari: “We want to give our fans something to cheer about. We need points and victories. We are more aware now.”

Genoa’s focus is on the match against Cagliari, but what happened at San Siro, with Pavlovic digging a ‘hole’ before Sanciu’s penalty, disappointed the Genoa coach: “I didn’t like the attitude. A Milan player told me, ‘I want to win,’ and I can understand that, and you fight for everything. But from that jersey, from the stature of that jersey, one would expect different behavior.“ He continued: ”I myself have had other attitudes in my career, but we’re talking about great players and a great club here. Protests are fine, but then let us take the penalty. The referee should have protected us there. That said, the referee did a good job, but we pointed out to him what happened. We could have been more careful at that moment, but penalties are missed, it happens. Milan is a great club and San Siro is a great stadium, but we are not the village idiots and we have to command respect.”

As for the next game against Cagliari: “We came out of the game against Milan with a different awareness, even though we weren’t happy because the result could have been different. I saw solidity and compactness. We are studying Cagliari and we respect them, but we have started to play. We want to give our fans something to cheer about after the so-so performance against Pisa. We need points and wins.”