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Juventus moved up to third in Serie A thanks to a 2-0 win at Genoa.
An Eduardo own goal and Milos Krasic decided the game with two quickfire goals in the first half to take the Bianconeri above Napoli and Roma and behind AC Milan and Lazio in the standings.
The defeat was the first for Davide Ballardini since he took over as coach of Genoa just over almost three weeks ago.
Two goals in the space of five minutes earned Juventus this valuable away win.
The first came in the 18th minute when Claudio Marchisio's shot took a deflection off Dario Dainelli. Genoa's goalkeeper Eduardo tried to get across to make the save but he was unfortunate as the ball came back off the post and hit him to rebound across the line.
Krasic then doubled the Bianconeri's lead in the 23rd minute as the Serbia winger cut in from the right past Domenico Criscito and shot towards the far corner.
Again, Portuguese stopper Eduardo got a hand to it, but he only touched the ball on its way into the far corner.
Marchisio dragged a shot wide from a similar position to the left as Juve posed a threat each time they went forwards.
Genoa were enjoying more of the possession, but they were not having any luck in front of goal.
Criscito volleyed an effort against the crossbar and Luca Toni was unable to react quickly enough to knock the ball in.
Toni did have the ball in the back of the net in the 33rd minute, but he had used his hand to score and, rather than celebrating a goal, he was given a yellow card.
At the other end, Krasic again made light work of Criscito as he cut in dangerously again from the right and sent in a dangerous cross that Vincenzo Iaquinta could not connect with well in front of Eduardo.
Genoa tried to respond in the second half when Houssine Kharja gave them a bit more life in the midfield.
He hit the top of the crossbar with a shot in the 84th minute, but that is as close as the Rossoblu came to getting back into the ga
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