Genoa surprisingly lost the Memorial Lugaresi 2-1 to Serie B side Cesena, though Goran Pandev was on target again.
The Grifone suffered an upset and went behind within eight minutes to an Emmanuel Cascione strike, which squirmed under goalkeeper Eugenio Lamanna.
Leonardo Pavoletti nodded inches wide and Cesena were only denied a second by the crossbar on 19-year-old Stefano Sensi’s free kick.
They did eventually double their lead through Lorenzo Rosseti, who burst into a gap between centre-backs to smash his finish past Lamanna.
Genoa surprisingly lost the Memorial Lugaresi 2-1 to Serie B side Cesena, though Goran Pandev was on target again.
The Grifone suffered an upset and went behind within eight minutes to an Emmanuel Cascione strike, which squirmed under goalkeeper Eugenio Lamanna.
Leonardo Pavoletti nodded inches wide and Cesena were only denied a second by the crossbar on 19-year-old Stefano Sensi’s free kick.
They did eventually double their lead through Lorenzo Rosseti, who burst into a gap between centre-backs to smash his finish past Lamanna.
Summer signing Pandev continued his impressive form, bagging a consolation goal with a trademark left-foot strike.
Lamanna kept the scoreline down with a late save on Milan Djuric.
Cesena 2-1 Genoa
Scorers: Cascione 8 (C), Rosseti 59 (C), Pandev 84 (G)
Cesena: Agliardi, Molina (Moncini 70), Capelli, Caldara, Mazzotta (Perico 58), Cascione (Valzania 61), Sensi, Kone (Renzetti 61), Improta (Dalmonte 25) (Varano 70), Rosseti (Djuric 70), Ragusa (Tabanelli 61)
Genoa: Lamanna, De Maio (Marchese 64), Munoz (Burdisso 54), Izzo, Cissokho (Mahrous 46), Rincon, Kucka (Ierarsi 70), Laxalt, Perotti (Lazovic 54), Pavoletti (Ghiglione 64), Gakpé (Pandev 46)