Genoa risk losing Serie A spot

Bologna 3 Genoa 2 Genoa risk leaving Liguria without a Serie A club next season after falling to a 3-2 defeat at Bologna, who have at least ensured that another Emilia-Romagna side will not be following Cesena into Serie B thanks to their seventh home win of the season. Daniele Portanova gave the home team the lead in the 24th minute and Gaston Ramirez added a second before the break. Rodrigo Palacio reduced the arrears on the hour mark, but Gyorgy Garics restored Bologna's two-goal advantage soon after. Cristobal Jorquera gave Genoa hope going into the last 10 minutes, but the defeat means they will end the weekend inside the bottom three if Lecce beat Parma, leaving them three games to save their season. Genoa seemed to be on top of their game early on, but it was Bologna who took the lead in the 24th minute. Alessandro Diamanti swung in a free-kick from the left and Portanova met it with a header at the far post which was unstoppable for Frey. Ramirez made it two in the 38th minute with Diamanti again involved in the build-up, tempting Emiliano Moretti into a foul and drawing him out of play as Garics took over possession with a pass for Marco Di Vaio. The former Genoa...