Genoa sinks with Felipe Caicedo in the last places of Serie A in Italy

Without regularity in Italian football within a squad that is staking in the direct relegation zone.

Since his arrival in Genoa as an important signing for the president of Genoa in August 2021, Felipe Caicedo in the current season of Italian Serie A has played seven games and has a goal on his account.

The 33-year-old Ecuadorian striker, a former Lazio attacker, was lost in the 2021-22 season premiere because he was a substitute on the first date of the tournament and then was absent for five games due to discomfort in the thigh flexor according to the past. September the club’s medical report.

He appeared on October 17 with the opportunity to play 14 minutes in his team’s draw (2-2) against Sassuolo. Thus began his debut with Genoa and a string of performances (5) in which he scored his first goal against Torino and completed his first game against Empoli, until he was injured again.

In November, Davide Ballardini was fired and the Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko hired.

In that context, Felipao He could not achieve regularity the first semester of this course in Italian football with Genoa.

Back in action, but in a collapsing squad

After being away from the courts for two months allegedly due to muscle problems, Caicedo returned to action on Thursday, January 6. With the Genoa, Felipao was part of the draw (1-1) in the field of Sassuolo, on the twentieth day of Serie A in Italy.

The tricolor attacker entered the Mapei field, the Sassuolo stadium, in the 84th minute. He did so in replacement of Ghanaian Caleb Ekuban, when the match already showed parity to one goal.

Caicedo barely registered ten minutes on the court, considering the discounts. He did not appear since November 5, 2021, in the tie at 2 in the Empoli field.

Their second performance this year came on Sunday after accumulating 19 minutes in the defeat (0-1) against Spezia in local condition on matchday 21 of the Italian championship, after which the Genoese team is still trapped in the relegation zone located with 12 points in the penultimate position, a step above bottom Salernitana who added 11 after beating (1-2) Hellas Verona.

The Guayaquil player arrived at Genoa last August for USD 3.5 million from Lazio, where he had good performances during the four seasons that he remained in the Roman squad.

There he participated in 28 goals in the 105 games he played in Serie A, which attracted the attention of Genoa to take over the services of the Ecuadorian, who did not have in the plans of the new Lazio coach, Maurizio Sarri. (D)

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