Neither coach was on the sidelines as lowly Torino and mid-table Sampdoria drew 2-2 in Italy's Serie A.
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Sampdoria's Claudio Ranieri was in the stands in Turin on Monday after being sent off against Bologna while Torino counterpart Marco Giampaolo was at home with coronavirus.
Torino remained in the relegation zone, a point above Genoa, who lost at home to Parma 2-1.
Torino thought they had taken an early lead but Andrea Belotti's goal was ruled out for offside.
The Italian striker did open the scoring, however, in the 25th minute after a great solo run from Wilfried Singo.
Sampdoria hadn't had a shot on target but scored two quickfire goals in the second half.
Antonio Candreva levelled in the 54th and turned provider nine minutes later with a ball over the top for former Il Toro forward Fabio Quagliarella to finish smartly.
But Soualiho Meite headed in a corner in the 77th to set up a frantic finale.
Gervinho scored twice to help Parma record only their second win of the season and move three points above the drop zone.
The Ivorian veteran scored early in each half and also hit the crossbar.
Eldor Shomurodov pulled one back for Genoa in the 50th with his first goal for the club.
The match in Genoa completed Matchday 9, which saw a minute of silence observed before games as footballers wore black armbands to honour Argentina great Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday in his home country.
A brief interruption took place at the 10th minute of games, with images of the star donning Napoli's No.10 shirt displayed on stadiums' screens and on the stands, which remain empty because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Australian Associated Press