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GENOA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 22: Caleb Ekuban of Genoa (right) celebrates after scoring a goal during the Serie A match between Genoa CFC and Torino FC at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on February 22, 2026 in Genoa, Italy. (Photo by Simone Arveda/Getty Images)
Marco Baroni’s job is under increasing threat after a disappointing 3-0 loss away against Genoa in Serie A on Sunday afternoon after goals from Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Caleb Ekuban and Junior Messias after a costly Emirhan Ilkhan sending off in the first half.
Just three points separated the two sides, who were ranked in 14th and 15th place in the Serie A table ahead of kick-off. Genoa made just two changes to their starting line-up, swapping Ekuuban and Tommaso Baldanzi in for Vitinha and Messias, while Torino made five alterations, introducing Enzo Ebosse, Valentino Lazaro, Emirhan Ilkhan, Rafael Obrador and Sandro Kulenovic to their XI.
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Genoa broke the deadlock midway through the first period when Ekuban got a fortunate touch off Enzo Ebosse, which sent him through into the right hand side of the area. His shot was parried by Alberto Paleari and Norton-Cuffy was on-hand to finish off the rebound in the middle of the box.
Genoa’s second was not too dissimilar to their first. They again broke down the right flank, this time with Baldanzi, whose shot was parried into the path of Ekuban, who just had to stick his leg out to tap home the rebound from point-blank range.
Torino were left frustrated when they had a penalty appeal waved away just after the 40th minute. They were adamant that Ekuuban had handled the ball in the area from a corner, but there was no spot kick awarded despite a lengthy VAR check.
Things went from bad to worse before the interval for Torino, as Ilhan was shown a straight red card for a lunge on Lorenzo Colombo inside the centre circle.
Replays showed that his studs were up, his challenge was high on Colombo’s calf and that the referee was correct in his decision to send the Granata midfielder off for dangerous play.
Daniele De Rossi’s side wrapped up the three points after a disastrous slip on the ball from Torino defender Marcus Holmgren Pedersen in his own half. Second-half substitute Junior Messisas pounced, found himself one-on-one and made no mistake in front of goal from close range.
This result means that Genoa and Torino have swapped positions in the Serie A table, both now sitting level on points on 27. Reports from Tuttosport suggest that Baroni’s job could not be under serious threat after picking up just four points from the last five matches.
Genoa 3-0 Torino
Norton-Cuffy 22′, Ekuban 40′, Messias 83′
22-02-2026 11:30
MatchDay 26
Stadio Luigi FerrarisGenoaTorino3 – 0
Player statistic
| Brooke Norton-Cuffy | 21' |
| Caleb Ekuban | 40' |
| 45+1' | Giovanni Simeone |
| 45+2' | Emirhan Ilkhan |
| Junior Messias | 83' |
Match statistic
62
Possession %
38
16
Total shots
7
5
Shots on target
3
5
Shots off target
3
6
Blocked shots
1
1
Corners
3
Offsides
1
9
Fouls
14
Genoa
Torino
Starting lineups
16
Justin Bijlow
Goalkeeper
27
Alessandro Marcandalli
Defender
15
Brooke Norton-Cuffy
Defender
71′
22
Johan VΓ‘squez
Defender
5
Leo Γstigard
Defender
32
Morten Frendrup
Midfielder
17
Ruslan Malinovskyi
Midfielder
85′
8
Tommaso Baldanzi
Midfielder
65′
18
Caleb Ekuban
Attacker
65′
29
Lorenzo Colombo
Attacker
65′
77
Mikael Egill Ellertsson
Attacker
1
Alberto Paleari
Goalkeeper
77
Enzo Ebosse
Defender
46′
13
Guillermo MaripΓ‘n
Defender
46′
33
Rafa Obrador
Defender
83′
23
SaΓΊl Coco
Defender
20
Valentino Lazaro
Defender
6
Emirhan Ilkhan
Midfielder
66
Gvidas Gineitis
Midfielder
10
Nikola Vlasic
Midfielder
18
Giovanni Simeone
Attacker
68′
17
Sandro Kulenovic
Attacker
60′
Substitutes
39
Daniele Sommariva
Goalkeeper
1
Nicola Leali
Goalkeeper
70
Maxwel Cornet
Attacker
9
Vitinha
Attacker
73
Patrizio Masini
Midfielder
3
AarΓ³n MartΓn
Defender
13
Nils ZΓ€tterstrΓΆm
Defender
99
Mamedi DoucourΓ©
Defender
10
Junior Messias
Attacker
65′
21
Jeff Ekhator
Attacker
65′
4
Amorim
Midfielder
65′
20
Stefano Sabelli
Defender
71′
14
Jean Onana
Midfielder
85′
34
Cristiano Biraghi
Defender
81
Franco Israel
Goalkeeper
61
Adrien Tameze
Midfielder
8
Ivan IliΔ
Midfielder
14
Tino Anjorin
Midfielder
22
Cesare Casadei
Midfielder
35
Luca Marianucci
Defender
25
Niels Nkounkou
Defender
99
Lapo Siviero
Goalkeeper
44
Ardian Ismajli
Defender
46′
98
Matteo Prati
Midfielder
46′
91
DuvΓ‘n Zapata
Attacker
60′
92
Alieu Njie
Attacker
68′
16
Marcus Pedersen
Defender
83′
ByPeter Young
Peter Young is a Senior Reporter with Football Italia.
