Genoa maintained their winning start to the season by narrowly winning a 1-1 home tie against Roma in the closing seconds. In the sixth minute of extra time at a crowded Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Koni De Winter headed in Genoa's equalizer to deny Roma a first-round victory. When Niccolo Pisilli's attempt was mishandled by Pierlugi Gollini in the 37th minute, Artem Dovbyk appeared to have given Roma the lead.

But after startling champions Inter Milan in their debut match, De Winter's first Serie A goal earned Genoa their second late home draw of the new campaign. With five points, Genoa is tied for 10th place with AC Milan and two points ahead of Roma, who are in 15th place. Later, when Inter travels to Monza in preparation for their Champions League debut against Manchester City on Wednesday, they have the opportunity to take back the league lead ahead of Juventus and Torino, who drew 0-0 with Lecce.