More than 16 years after his father scuppered Juventus' title hopes, Giovanni Simeone has halted the Bianconeri's charge to a sixth successive Serie A title.
Simeone scored two goals to set Genoa on its way to a surprise 3-1 win over Juventus on Sunday.
"Three days ago my father told me that scoring goals was in a Simeone's blood," the 21-year-old Simeone said. "I am happy at the moment, when the coach gives a player the chance, he has to be ready." Juventus remained four points ahead of Roma and AC Milan, which won 4-1 at Empoli on Saturday.
It was a far cry from Juventus' midweek performance when it won 3-1 at Sevilla to secure qualification to the Champions league knockout stages. Current Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone fired lazio to a 1-0 win against Juventus in April 2000, with the capital club going on to finish a point above the Bianconeri to win the title.
And 6,084 days later his son Giovanni Simeone got Genoa off to the best start with his first goal in the third minute. An error from leonardo Bonucci sparked a Genoa counterattack and, although Gianluigi Buffon made three reaction saves, he couldn't prevent Simeone tapping in from close range. Simeone doubled his tally 10 minutes later with a diving header to Darko lazovic's cross.
Incredibly Juventus was 3-0 down on the half hour. A corner came to luca Rigoni and Alex Sandro tried to keep out his volley but only succeeded in turning it into his own net. Juventus hadn't conceded three goals in the first half of a Serie A match for more than 11 years. Miralem Pjanic scored a consolation for Juventus eight minutes from time, curling a free kick into the top left corner.