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  • Mar, Sat, 2020
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4 more Sampdoria players test positive for coronavirus

COVID-19
Rome, March 14, 2020 (Reuters/NAN) Italian Serie A club Sampdoria on Friday said four of its players have tested positive for coronavirus, one day after forward Manolo Gabbiadini was also confirmed to have caught the virus.

Sampdoria said the players —- Norwegian Morten Thorsby, Swede Albin Ekdal, Gambian Omar Colley and Italian Antonino La Gumina —- and team doctor Amedeo Baldari were all doing well.

“They are all in good health and in their homes in Genoa,” said the club in a statement.

“Sampdoria reiterates that it has immediately applied all the procedures stipulated by the regulations: all club premises are closed, the team, managers and employees potentially involved are in voluntary home isolation,” it added.

“Everything will go well. Together we will make it. Stay at home.”

Thorsby, Ekdal and Colley have all been regulars this season while La Gumina has made one first-team appearance.

Sampdoria’s last game was on Sunday against Verona who have gone into self-isolation.

Serie A has been suspended until at least April 3 amid a general ban on sports events in Italy, the European country which has been worst-affected by the coronavirus.(Reuters/NAN)
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(Edited by Olawale Alabi)

Sport

Serie A: Sanchez goes from hero to villain as Inter Milan win again

Sanchez

Milan (Italy), Sept. 28, 2019 (Reuters/NAN) Alexis Sanchez scored and was sent off in his first start for Inter Milan as the Serie A leaders maintained their perfect record with a 3-1 win at Sampdoria on Saturday.

Stefano Sensi’s deflected strike put Inter in front after 20 minutes before on-loan Manchester United forward Sanchez finished from close range to double the lead two minutes later.

The match turned on its head a minute into the second half when Sanchez was shown a second yellow card for simulation and Jakub Jankto pulled back a goal for Sampdoria with 35 minutes still to play.

But Roberto Gagliardini pounced to seal the three points for Inter, who have won their first six league games of a season for the first time since 1966-67 and only the second time in their history.

“Fortunately, the way it finished, I can look at the glass half full,” Inter coach Antonio Conte told Sky Italia.

“I’d prefer a more relaxed match on an emotional level, as we absolutely dominated the first half and were in complete control.

“Finding ourselves in that situation and emerging with a victory fortifies us.

“It helps us realise we can consolidate success and continue playing our football even when down to 10 men.”

The victory restored Inter’s two-point lead over Juventus at the top of the table ahead of a meeting between the sides at San Siro next Sunday.

Sampdoria, on the other hand, are rooted to the bottom of the table after taking three points from the opening six rounds.

Conte made several changes to his side ahead of the visit of Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday.

He rested Romelu Lukaku, Diego Godin and Nicolo Barella and handed Sanchez his full debut.

In a meeting of the top and bottom sides in the league, Inter got off to a fast start as Sensi’s shot from distance took a big deflection of Sanchez on the way in.

However, the goal was awarded to the midfielder despite the Chilean celebrating it as his own.

Sanchez needed only two more minutes to open his account for the club as he latched onto a mis-hit Sensi effort to slot home from close range.

Things took an ugly turn for the 30-year-old when he was shown a second yellow card for diving inside the box a minute into the second half.

It means that Sanchez will be suspended for the clash with Juventus.

The incident spurred the home side into life and they were given hope when Jankto spun in the box and fired a low shot into the bottom corner after 55 minutes.

However, their rally was short-lived as Gagliardini pounced on an Emil Audero parry to bundle a shot in from close range.

He thus condemned Eusebio Di Francesco to his fifth defeat in six games as Sampdoria coach. (Reuters/NAN)

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Edited by Maharazu Ahmed

Sport

Inter Milan edge past Sampdoria as Icardi watches from stands

Serie A
Milan (Italy), Feb. 17, 2019 (Reuters/NAN) Inter Milan ended a turbulent week by beating Sampdoria 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday under the gaze of injured top scorer Mauro Icardi.

The Argentine striker was stripped of the captaincy on Wednesday amid protracted negotiations over a new contract.

He had then refused to travel for their UEFA Europa League fixture against Rapid Vienna the following day.

The club subsequently announced Icardi would miss the visit of Sampdoria through injury.

The 25-year-old watched from the stands at San Siro as new captain Samir Handanovic led out the team.

Danilo D’Ambrosio and Radja Nainggolan struck for the Nerazzurri either side of Samp substitute Manolo Gabbiadini’s goal in the space of five second half minutes.

The victory relieved the pressure on coach Luciano Spalletti as Inter Milan restored a four-point cushion over rivals
AC Milan in third place with their second consecutive league win.

Spalletti had a message for his star striker after the game.

“I very much appreciated that he was in the stadium and I would’ve appreciated it even more if he had come into the dressing room afterwards to celebrate with us.

“It was a very important victory for the team and he is part of this group,” he told Italian broadcasters.

“There are more steps to be made, which are for him to come to the dressing room, to enjoy being a part of this very good group, to relish wearing the glorious jersey of a club like Inter Milan. That sort of thing.”

It took 73 minutes for the first goal to be scored and it came from an unlikely source.

Full-back D’Ambrosio poked in Ivan Perisic’s low cross to score his first goal of the season.

The lead lasted three minutes before substitute Gabbiadini scored with his first touch, the striker profiting from some hesitant defending to finish into the corner.

Nainggolan restored Inter Milan’s lead two minutes later with a well-taken finish from the edge of the area.

Inter Milan remain in third place on 46 points, while Sampdoria are 10th on 33 points having won just one of their last six Serie A matches.(Reuters/NAN)
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(Edited by Olawale Alabi)

Sport

Quagliarella misses out on record as Napoli thump Sampdoria

Serie A
Milan (Italy), Feb. 2, 2019 (Reuters/NAN) Sampdoria striker Fabio Quagliarella missed out on becoming the first player to score in 12 successive Serie A games as his side were beaten 3-0 by second-placed Napoli on Saturday.

Arkadiusz Milik and Lorenzo Insigne both scored within a minute midway through the first half and Simone Verdi added the third from a late penalty kick.

Napoli, with 51 points, are eight points behind Juventus who hosted Parma later on Saturday.

The 36-year-old Quagliarella was unlucky to face Kalidou Koulibaly, arguably the toughest defender in Serie A this season, and did not get much of a look-in.

He now remains level with Gabriel Batitusta, the only other player to score in 11 successive games.

He had one chance in the first half but was foiled by a perfectly-timed tackle from the Senegalese defender.

Allan blocked an acrobatic effort in the second half and goalkeeper Alex Meret dived at his feet to smother the ball after a one-two with Manolo Gabbiadini.

Napoli went ahead with a simple goal in the 25th minute as Marek Hamsik released Jose Callejon on the right.

The Spaniard rolled the ball across the penalty area for Milik to fire into the roof of the net.

Callejon also provided the pass for Insigne to score the second one minute later, the forward’s first league goal since Nov. 2.

Verde converted a penalty kick awarded for handball by Joachim Andersen in the 89th minute.

The referee initially gave a free kick but, after consultation with the VAR, ruled it was inside the area.

In the earlier game, bottom-of-the-table Chievo missed out on their second win of the season when they squandered a two-goal lead and were held 2-2 by fellow strugglers Empoli.

Francesco Caputo scored a brace for the hosts.

Emanuele Giaccherini gave the Flying Donkeys the lead in the 31st minute after Empoli lost possession.

Mariusz Stepinski added a second in first-half stoppage time after the hosts failed to clear a corner kick.

Empoli replied immediately as Caputo scored from close range from Giovanni Di Lorenzo’s pass.

The forward struck again in the 51st minute after Chievo were caught out by Ivan Provedel’s long goal kick.

Chievo stayed bottom of the 20-team table with nine points while Empoli are four points clear of the relegation zone.(Reuters/NAN)
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(Edited by Olawale Alabi)