Rome, 18 Mar A goal by Italian Manolo Portanova was enough for Genoa, with one player less since the 24th minute, to score three valuable points against Torino (1-0) six months after their last victory in the domestic championship that serve them to get closer to salvation on this thirtieth day of Serie A. The good run of a Genoa continues, who has not seen the defeat since the arrival of German coach Alexsander Blessin on his bench on January 20. Seven draws and one victory, the one won this Friday at home against Torino, serve the 'Grifoni' to tie Venice to 22 points and keep the hopes alive to save the team. And the locals had a hard time. They came forward with Portanova's goal in the 13th minute after a mistake by Torino goalkeeper Etrit Berisha, who did not miss the young striker to open the score and certify a great start to the match that caught Torino out of place. With the match under control, Norwegian Leo Ostigard saw the second yellow ten minutes after the goal, an action that greatly complicated the game for the locals. From the second half, Torino was in command, who had the clearest with a header by Italian Andrea Belloti and another by Kosovar Mergin Vojvoda, but the Italian goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu and the Mexican defender Johan Vasquez kept a clean sheet to get an important victory that brings them closer to Cagliari, a team that marks salvation. Six months after their last victory in Serie A - they won Salernitana in the Italian Cup in December -, Genoa managed to score three points, in what is their second win of the season in the regular tournament, which is equal to Venice, which has two fewer games to play, in a fight to get out of relegation that is as close as the fight to lift the 'Scudetto'. For its part, Torino remains eleventh with 35 points, settled in the middle of the table.
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