By Anna Italia
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56% Ball Possession TORINO and 44% Ball Possession SAMPDORIA
Torino 0 – 2 Sampdoria 
7′ Stefano Okaka
79′ Manolo Gabbiadini
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Serie A Standing AFTER the game:
Torino, 8th position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Sampdoria, 12th position with 28 points and a negative goal difference of -8
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Turin | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 39:32 | 5 | 36 |
| 12 | Sampdoria | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27:37 | -8 | 31 |
A painful home defeat for Torino at the Olimpico. A brave Sampdoria claiming the full 3 points to the joy of Coach Sinisa Mihajlovic reaching 31 points.
Sampdoria freezing the fans at the Olimpico in the 7th minute with the opening goal by forward Stefano Okaka defeating Torino goalkeeper Junior Costa with a right footed shot in the bottom right corner. The assist made by defender Shkodran Mustafi.
A super goal to claim the full 3 points in the 79th minute by midfielder Manolo Gabbiadini defeating Torino goalkeeper Costa with a left footed shot from a direct free kick in the top left corner. Free kick conceded by Torino defender Nikola Maksimovic for a foul on Sampdoria midfielder Pedro Obiang. It’s the 7th goal this season for Gabbiadini.
Here is TORINO official starting lineup by coach Giampiero Ventura:
Torino (3-5-2): Padelli, Maksimovic, Bovo, Glik, Pasquale, Darmian, Farnerud, Vives, Kurtic, Alessio Cerci, Ciro Immobile
Here are SAMPDORIA official starting lineup by coach Sinisa Mihajlovic:
Sampdoria (4-2-3-1): Da Costa, De Silvestri,
Mustafi, Gastaldello, Regini, Obiang, Renan, Soriano, Gabbiadini, Eder,
Okaka
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Stats AFTER the game. Top scorer for TORINO: Forward Ciro Immobile with 13 goals
Top scorer for SAMPDORIA: Forward Eder with 9 goals
| Torino | Goals | Goals | Sampdoria |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immobile, Ciro | 13 | 9 | Eder |
| Cerci, Alessio | 11 | 7 | Gabbiadini, Manolo |
| El Kaddouri, Omar | 3 | 2 | Gastaldello, Daniele |
| Farnerud, Alexander | 3 | 2 | De Silvestri, Lorenzo |
| Brighi, Matteo | 2 | 2 | Pozzi, Nicola |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of TORINO: 1 win, 2 lost
| 23/02/14 | SA | Juventus – Turin |
1:0 | Round 25 |
| 17/02/14 | SA | Verona – Turin |
1:3 | Round 24 |
| 09/02/14 | SA | Turin – Bologna |
1:2 | Round 23 |
Here are the last 3 games of SAMPDORIA: 1 win, 2 lost
| 23/02/14 | SA | Sampdoria – Milan |
0:2 | Round 25 |
| 16/02/14 | SA | Roma – Sampdoria |
3:0 | Round 24 |
| 09/02/14 | SA | Sampdoria – Cagliari |
1:0 | Round 23 |
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Italian Serie A Week 26
Torino 0 – 2 Sampdoria
Sunday 2 March 2014
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Turin, Italy
15:00
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: COSTANZO – PASSERI
Fourth Official: : LONGO
ADD1: PERUZZO
ADD2: PASQUA
Attendance:
Goals: 7′ Stefano Okaka, 79′ Manolo Gabbiadini
Official formations – lineups:
TORINO (3-5-2)
Padelli; Maksimovic, Glik, Bovo (57′. Barreto); Darmian,
Kurtic, Vives (77′ Basha), Farnerud (68′ Meggiorini),
Pasquale; Cerci, Immobile.
Subs not used: (Rodriguez, Gomis, Tachtsidis, Berni,
Vesovic, Gazzi)
Coach: Giampiero Ventura
SAMPDORIA (4-2-3-1)
Da Costa; De Silvestri, Mustafi, Gastaldello (61′ Fornasier),
Regini; Obiang, Renan (72′ Krsticic); Gabbiadini, Eder (81′ Bjarnason), Soriano; Okaka.
Subs not used: (Fiorillo, Berardi, Falcone, Wszolek,
Sestu, Salamon, Sansone)
Coach: Mihajlovic.
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Match Stats |
Sampdoria |
| 0 | Goals | 2 |
| 20 (6) | Shots (on goal) | 11(4) |
| 13 | Fouls | 20 |
| 12 | Corner kicks | 4 |
| 5 | Offsides | 3 |
| 56% | Ball Possession | 44% |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Saves | 6 |
What do you think of the results? Which players surprised you or disappointed you and why?