{"id":247072,"date":"2026-04-13T21:53:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsworldghana.com\/?p=247072"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:53:49","slug":"caleb-ekuban-nets-late-winner-as-genoa-stun-us-sassuolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/2026\/04\/13\/caleb-ekuban-nets-late-winner-as-genoa-stun-us-sassuolo\/","title":{"rendered":"Caleb Ekuban nets late winner as Genoa stun US Sassuolo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghanaian striker Caleb Ekuban emerged the hero as Genoa CFC staged a thrilling comeback to defeat US Sassuolo 2-1 at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Introduced in the second half, Ekuban made a decisive impact when it mattered most, scoring the winning goal in the 84th minute. The forward reacted sharply to a precise pass from Junior Messias, calmly steering the ball home to send the home fans into celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Genoa had earlier taken the lead through Ruslan Malinovskyi, who finished off a well-worked move after being set up by Tommaso Baldanzi in a bright opening spell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Sassuolo responded strongly after the break and found an equaliser in the 57th minute, with Isma\u00ebl Kon\u00e9 getting on the scoresheet to set up a tense and competitive finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With momentum shifting, Genoa pushed forward in search of a winner, and the introduction of Messias and Ekuban proved crucial. The duo injected energy into the attack and ultimately combined to decisive effect late in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ekuban\u2019s goal capped a solid individual campaign in the 2025\/26 Serie A season, with the 32-year-old now registering four goals and one assist in 27 league appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory provides a timely boost for Genoa following a mixed run of results and keeps them looking up the table. They will next face Pisa SC on Sunday, April 19, with Ekuban eager to build on his match-winning performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian striker Caleb Ekuban emerged the hero as Genoa CFC staged a thrilling comeback to defeat US Sassuolo 2-1 at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[239],"class_list":["post-247072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-stories","tag-caleb-ekuban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}