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Speaker: Welcome to the Italian football podcast.
Speaker: The reason I mentioned about Genoa is Albert Goodmanson scored two goals for Genoa against Udenezer. And I want to do a little profile on him now as we usually do. He's been one of the breakout stars of Serie A this season, maybe the breakout star of Serie A so far this season. He's been sensational in the first week of the season. He's scored four goals already this season in all competitions.
Speaker: and he should have had a hat trick actually in the game against Udinese. He had a goal disallowed for very very narrow offside but his two goals is the first time ever in Serie A that a player from Iceland has scored more than than one goal per game
Speaker: He's formed a fantastic partnership with Matteo Reticchi, who has five goals himself this season. He made a brilliant assist for Reticchi, Goodmanson did, in the 4 -1 win over Roma. He beat three men in the build -up. He played a really key role in general promotion last season. He scored 11 goals and he got five assists in Serie B. He's 26 years old, so he's not
Speaker: you know, he's not young, young, but he's really now seems to have exploded. And his position is he's an attacker. He's playing in the front two for Genoa this season, but he can also play on the on the wing as a wide attacker. And he has an interest in family history. He's from a family of football. It's almost like an Icelandic football dynasty. His father is a former international striker and commentator Gudmundur
Speaker: and his mother is also a former international footballer. His mother is the daughter of a former international striker, Inghi Bjorn Albertson, who held the record for the most goals in the Icelandic First Division from 1987 until 2012.
Speaker: and the father of Inghi, so the father of his grandfather, so that makes him, that's his great grandfather. On his mother's side. On his mother's side, yeah, is the former Milan and Arsenal striker, and also then became the Minister of Finance in Iceland, Albert Goodmanson, who was Iceland's first ever
Speaker: professional footballers. It's an incredible dynasty they've got here, the Goodmanson family. All four generations have played and scored for the Iceland national teams. It's a great family history. But as for Goodmanson, as a player, he's a really, really exciting player to watch. I've really loved watching him this season. He's a really nippy little player.
Speaker: buzzing around, really good dribbler, links up well, like with Retagie and his teammates, puts balls through, his passing's good, he's pretty quick, especially over five meters, very good technique, good finisher as well, skillful, cuts inside, goes both ways, creative, he's really really good, he's won 35 caps to the Iceland national team, six goals, he went to the 2018 World Cup with Iceland, he also
Speaker: rejected Arsenal and Liverpool as a teenager, instead deciding to join a here and being in Holland. And then he moved on to PSV, then to AZ, and then he moved to Genoa in January 2022. And like I said, really was important for them getting up to Serie A, and now he's been fantastic in Serie A. So definitely a player to watch this season, definitely a player that if he carries on playing the way he is,
Speaker: I think there'll be bigger teams looking at him, I think, in 2024. No, definitely. And if he continues like this, and against, you know, he had a goal disallowed against Odinese as well, so he could have had a hat -trick. He's got a bracelet, isn't he? So, no, it's an interesting player. And I think the way that he links up with Rettegi as well is the one that I find the most interesting aspect of his game. I think they have a really cool understanding between them.
Speaker: They do. We're talking about great link -ups earlier with Taram and Lautaro. Well, Rettigy and Goodmanson are, I mean, yeah, between them, just as impressive, really, the way they've hit it off so quickly together. And both of them have a bit of everything there, don't they? They have the skill, they have the power, aerial strength of Rettigy. I mean, they're going to cause a lot of trouble to all teams. I don't think any defence will want to play against these two this season.
Speaker: No, no, I don't think so. I think Genoa is going to cause teams a lot of problems and I think they've got, like I said, I think Reteghi scores 15 -20 goals in this area and I think
Speaker: at least half of them will be direct assists. Yeah and I think Gudmundsson can hit double figures so between them they could be pushing on 25 goals between them which will definitely keep them up at the very least and I think even mid -table potentially pushing towards mid -table they could they can aim for that Genoa. They absolutely can. I don't think they'll get mid -table but I think they won't be far off
Speaker: No, I'm with you. I'm 100 % with you. I, I don't think, uh, no, I don't think they'll hit me table, but maybe I have them 13, 14, something like that. And that's where I have them. Yeah, for sure.
