The Romanian international Nicoae Stanciu (32 years old) is trying to show the football team that surprisingly registered him this summer, Genoa, that he can be a useful element for the future, but he fails to impress and it seems that his days are numbered.
Used today as a starter in the Coppa Italia, the captain of the tricolors from Euro 2024 was kept on the field until the 71st minute, when he gave way to the Paraguayan Hugo Francisco Cuenca Martinez. Genoa used the spare kit in the Cup.
Stanciu had not played for “Grifoni” since September 29, after the 0-3 home loss against Lazio Roma. He entered then in the 68th minute, the match counting for the 5th round of Serie A.
Atalanta prevailed today, in the Cup, with 4-0, the game being played in Bergamo. Genoa had no chance, especially since from the 36th minute they remained with 10 men, the Italian Seydou Fini (19 years old) being eliminated.
Albanian Berat Djimsiti (19th minute), Dutch Marten de Roon (54th minute), Croatian Mario Pasalic (82) and Italian Honest Ahanor (90+1) scored for the hosts.
In the quarter-finals, Atalanta will face Juventus Torino, who yesterday, in Turin, defeated Udinese 2-0, for which the Romanian goalkeeper Răzvan Sava (23 years old) was a full-time player.
For Genoa, the biggest concern is not to be relegated. It is in 16th place in Serie A, with 11 points collected in 13 stages, just one point away from 18th place, the last one that sends to Serie B, occupied by Marius Marin’s Pisa.
Raț, about Stanciu: “He is in a period of evaluation”
It is not known if Stanciu will stay at Genoa from the winter, being wanted in Serie A by Lecce, and Rapid, a club owned by Dan Șucu (62 years old), owner of Genoa, wants him from Superliga.
In an attempt to keep their first position in the Superliga and get their hands on the Cup, Rapid are thinking of strengthening themselves during the winter break. Nicolae Stanciu became a target. The Romanian international faced a medical problem, but in the last four stages he was fit to play, but remained on the reserve bench each time.
Even if he didn’t use him at all, Daniele De Rossi, installed at the beginning of November on the Genoa technical bench, would have formed a very good opinion of Nicolae Stanciu. Răzvan Raț, a member of the board of the Genoa club, said that Daniele De Rossi appreciates both Stanciu’s football value and his role in the dressing room.
“At the moment, he came after an injury, we have a new coach, he is in an evaluation periodRăzvan Raț said last night.
