Fiorentina and Sampdoria played out a 0-0 stalemate at the Stadio Franchi. Sampdoria were coming into the game on a low after an embarrassing performance on Wednesday night, losing 1-0 to rivals Genoa. The home side were also coming into the game on a bit of a downer after losing 2-1 at home to title contenders Inter also on Wednesday. Fiorentina were missing Mario Santana, Per Koldrup, Sebastian Frey and Stevan Jovetic all to injury. On the other side Sampdoria [...]
Sampdoria ended their awful run thanks to a convincing 3-1 win over Bologna. You can say that the pressure was go to the Samp boss after 3 straight defeats and no win in 7 in all competitions Sampdoria were missing Massimo Volta to plus Franco Semioli and Nicola Pozzi to injury. Bologna were missing Miguel Angel Britos and Della Rocca to suspensions plus Albin Ekdal and Gyorgy Garics were sidelined. Sampdoria got the opening goal of the game; it was [...]
A fantastic hat-trick by Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani for Napoli as they thrashed Sampdoria 4-0 to consolidate second place in Serie A. Napoli who went through the mire midweek after the Coppa Italia on penalties to Inter Milan, were only missing Gianluca Grava and Luigi Vitale due to long term injuries. Sampdoria on the other hand lost their main front man Giampaolo Pazzini to Inter Milan. Franco Semioli has been ruled out for the season and was joined by Stefano [...]
The Serie A Weekly guide to all the comings and goings in Italy’s top-flight concludes as we take a look at the rest of the clubs from Juventus to Udinese. JUVENTUS - In: Toni (Genoa - undisclosed), Magnusson (Fram - loan deal), Barzagli (Wolfsburg - 0.3 million euros), Matri (Cagliari - 15.5 million euros) Out: Lanzafame (Brescia - loan deal), Legrottaglie (Milan - undisclosed), Ariaudo (Cagliari - 2.5 million euros), Amauri (Parma - loan deal) LAZIO - In: Sculli (Genoa - loan deal), [...]
It was confirmed today, in perhaps the only shocking move of the January transfer window so far, that Sampdoria striker Giampaolo Pazzini has agreed a deal to move to Inter with immediate effect. While analysts and fans alike nodded their head at a good move by the San Siro outfit a deeper look makes you ask if it truly is, or if it will eventually be a move regretted by all concerned. Having put his signature on a four and [...]
Internazionale were made to battle for a place in the semi finals of the Coppa Italia; they faced Napoli in the cauldron that is the San Paulo. Both teams fielded their strongest available line ups, with Inter deciding to pair new signing Ranocchia with Cordoba at the heart of their defence. But despite fielding such a strong team, Napoli were the better team. Controversy wasn’t far away from the game and in the 12th minute, Napoli thought they had taken [...]
A return to Genoa for manager Gigi Del Neri after leaving Sampdoria for Juventus in the summer. Both teams wasted chances toward the end of the match but and had to accept the 0-0 draw result. Even the 1 point came with a cost as both sides suffered additional injuries. Things didn’t start well for Juventus as Armand Traore hobbled off after 2 minutes with a muscular problem, he would be replaced by Fabio Grosso. Sampdoria also had to make [...]
Federico Macheda scored his 1st Sampdoria goal as Sampdoria were held 2-2 in extra time by Udinese, Samp managed to scrape through to the Quarter finals of the Coppa Italia via sudden death when Fernando Tissone showed some cheek with a chipped penalty down the middle. Sampdoria started well and nearly took the lead after 5 minutes as Giampaolo Pazzini got in front of his marker but only could turn his header wide of the post. Sampdoria then took the [...]
A late goal from Libor Kozak gave Lazio a much needed win and retaining them a third place position. After last week’s win over Roma, Sampdoria were back on form with their late deserved win, while on the other hand Lazio were on the slide after a shock home defeat at home to Lecce. Going into the game Lazio were missing Mourad Meghni, Javier Garrido, Francelino Matuzalem, Tommaso Rocchi and the suspended Giuseppe Biava. For Sampdoria both their centre-backs in [...]
Three big stories this past week have perhaps set in motion a chain of events, the eventual results of which may have huge implications on both the Serie A title race this season and the future of the Italian national team. First among these, and easily the saddest tale is the season-ending knee injury suffered by Fabio Quagliarella. On loan from Napoli and Juve’s top scorer, he was fast ridding himself of the oft-cliched ‘scorer of great goals but not [...]
Palermo started 2011 with a bang and comfortably beat a sorry Sampdoria side 3-0. Last season this was a head-head game for the Champions league and Sampdoria came up on top. Palermo was missing Mauricio Pinilla and Abel Hernandez was both sidelined. For Sampdoria Antonio Cassano was sold to AC Milan during the Christmas break and to replace him Sampdoria brought in Federico Macheda from Manchester United on loan, but sadly he wasn’t ready. Also Franco Semioli and Fabrizio Cacciatore [...]
All Goalkeepers look away now, A Gianluca Curci howler gave Brescia their 1st win since September 22nd and new Coach Marco Berretta 1st win as coach on debut. Brescia appointed Berretta after having only picked up 3 points in the last 33 available. Sampdoria is not any different with exiting the Europa league and having to deal with Antonio Cassano contract dispute which should be dealt with soon. Brescia injury and suspension included Andrea Caracciolo and Gilberto Martinez and for [...]
