Ukrainian national team player Ruslan Malinovsky, who is preparing to extend his contract with Genoa, scored a spectacular goal for the club in the match of the 32nd round of the Italian Championship.

The Ukrainian's team hosted Sassuolo and won with a score of 2:1, playing the entire second half in the minority due to sending off.

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32-year-old Malinovsky entered the field in the starting lineup, and in the 18th minute he received a pass from the flank and decided to take a long-range shot. The ball flew into the goal along an ideal trajectory, and the goalkeeper didn’t even try to jump after it.

Video of Malinovsky's goal is available here.

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In total, this season of the Italian Serie A, Ruslan has already played 30 matches, scored 6 goals and made 3 assists. Genoa is in 13th place in the Italian Championship standings with 36 points..

Let us remind you that Ruslan Malinovsky has been playing for Genoa since 2023 after moving from Marseille.. The Ukrainian national team player achieved his greatest success at Atalanta, for which he played more than 100 matches. At the same time, the Ukrainian football player is one of the best performers of long-range strikes in the Italian championship in recent decades.

Since the 2019/20 season, when Malinovsky made his debut in the Italian Championship, he has scored 21 long-range goals. He is second in this indicator for a given period of time in the top 5 leagues only to Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, who have 23 and 24 goals respectively.. Ruslan shares third place with Bayern forward Harry Kane.

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Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian Tsygankov played his 100th match in the Spanish Championship.