Genoa defeated its guest Fiorentina 2-1, on Saturday, in the sixth round of the Italian Football League.
Genoa raised its score to four points in seventeenth place, on goal difference from Fiorentina in eighteenth place.
Genoa took the lead in the seventh minute through Milutin Osmajic, then his teammate Junior Messias added the second goal in the 15th minute.
In the 73rd minute, Johan Vasquez, Genoa's defender, scored the only goal for Fiorentina by mistake against his own team.
Mikel Arteta, Arsenal's coach, praised his valuable team's victory over Leeds United in the English Premier League championship, stressing that his club was able to correct its course following the sudden loss in the last stage to Brighton.
Arsenal scored two goals within eight minutes of the second half to achieve a valuable victory with a score of 2-1 after falling behind 0-1 against its guest Leeds at the Emirates Stadium, on Saturday, in the sixth stage of the competition.
After their harsh 0-3 loss to their host Brighton in the last stage, before the final international break, it seemed that Arteta’s men were on their way to suffering a second shocking loss in a row, after James Justin gave the visitors the lead in the 55th minute. However, Ricardo Calafiore equalized for the defending champion with a perfect header from a follow-up to his teammate Ben White’s pass in the 62nd minute, before (substitute) Bruno Guimaraes delivered the decisive blow just six minutes after the match. Entering the field.
Arteta told TNT Sport after the match, saying: “Before the match, we talked about two things: the first is the challenge that awaits us; Since Leeds have not lost any match in the competition this season, which means that the confrontation will be very difficult. The second thing was to regain our identity and return to performing as usual, regardless of the circumstances of the match.”
The Spanish coach stressed: “We were not satisfied with our performance against Brighton, and today’s match was an opportunity to correct the course. Indeed, our reaction was exactly as we expected.”
Arteta talked about the Leeds team; He said: “They are a very organized team, they have players with great physical strength, and they are fully committed to everything they do.”
Regarding the impact of Arsenal’s equalizer in changing the course of the match, he said: “When you play at 12:30 noon at home and you fall behind by an unanswered goal, you have to recover a lot of things, most important of which is energy and enthusiasm.”
He continued: “Our reaction was amazing; We felt the crowd's interaction and the energy in the stadium changed immediately. The substitute players also contributed to making a big difference that helped us win the match.”
Regarding the substitutions he made in the match, Arteta said: “We have added a lot of leadership attributes through these three players. They represent an offensive threat, and are good at winning bilateral conflicts, playing forward, and penetrating the opponent’s defense under this high pressure.”
At the end of his statements, the Spanish coach spoke about Guimarães’ goal, saying: “In terms of timing, the way of preparing for the ball, and execution... it was a truly wonderful goal.”
With this victory, Arsenal's tally rose to 15 points, but it remained in second place in the competition standings, on goal difference behind Manchester City (the leader), who is on par with them on the same score, and which meets Liverpool on Sunday.
French Open champion Mira Andreeva of Russia will meet Olympic champion and host Zheng Qinwenwen in the final of the China Open Tennis Championship, held in the capital, Beijing, after the Russian fourth seed easily surpassed her opponent, Nikola Bartonkova, while the unseeded Qinwen defeated Elise Mertens in the two semi-final matches held on Saturday.
Kenwen, who participated as a wild card after recovering from an elbow injury, became the first Chinese player to reach the final of the Beijing tournament, after she defeated Belgian Mertens, seeded 13th, with a score of 7-5, 6-2, following Andreeva’s crushing victory over Bartonkova, 6-2, 6-2.
Kenwin broke her opponent's serve early to lead 4-2, but she made several errors to allow Mertens to return the break.
But the 24-year-old, chasing her first 1,000-point WTA title on home soil, held her nerve to lead 6-5, before a powerful cross-court forehand earned her another break point, which she clinched as Mertens volleyed the ball into the net.
Kenwin dominated the second set, ensuring a second confrontation with Andreeva, after she defeated the Russian player when they met in the quarter-finals of the same tournament in 2024.
It took Andreeva an hour and 14 minutes to defeat Bartonkova and reach the second final of the thousand-point tournament this year.
Czech Bartonkova committed 20 unforced errors, twice the number of Andreeva's errors, while the world's fifth-ranked player hit 27 successful shots to seal the victory.
"I just tried to play offensively, and I'm really happy with the way I played," Andreeva said. “I really tried to be brave no matter what, and I am very happy with my performance today.”
