Sampdoria defeated Hellas Verona 3-1 at the Stadio Bentegodi on Monday night as the Blucerchiati recorded their first away win to the Gialloblu since 1969.
A first half penalty by Eder was cancelled out by Luca Toni, but second half goals by Stefano Okaka and Manolo Gabbiadini sealed the win with the home side also having to play most of the game with ten men after Rafael Marquez was red carded for bringing down Eder in the box.
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Verona
Rafael – 4.5 – Alone
Not a fault for any of the goals with the defence in front of him not helping.
Guillermo Rodriguez – 4 – Poor
Lucky to get away to a handball in the second half and got caught out of position for Okaka’s goal.
Rafael Marquez – 3.5 – Red Carded
Not a good night for the Mexican, who gave away the ball a couple of times coming out of defence and was sent off after 26 minutes after bringing down Eder inside the box.
Vangelis Moras – 4 – Sluggish
Pulled around by the Sampdoria front three but did have a chance to score himself early in the first half which he failed to take.
Alejandro Gonzalez – 4 – Poor
Offered little but was played slightly out of position.
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos – 4 – Spectator
Didn’t see much of the action as the game passed the Greek international.
Panagiotis Tachtsidis – 4.5- Assist
Made a couple of dangerous runs from midfield and his shot from the edge of the box resulted in the Verona goal.
Gustavo Campanharo – 4 – Ineffective
Kept occupied trying to keep the Sampdoria forwards quiet and offered little going forward.
Alessandro Agostini – 4 – Missing
Tough night for the left back having to deal with Gabbaiadini and was pegged back by the tricky forward.
Luca Toni – 5.5 – Timeless
Held up the ball well and showed his reactions are still there by nipping in ahead of the Sampdoria defence to get his side’s equalizer.
Nicolas Lopez – 5 – Runner
Made some incisive runs in the first half and looked lively until he was substituted in the second half to the displeasure of the home crowd.
Substitutions
Nene – N/A
Replaced the lively Lopez on 75 minutes.
Mattia Valoti – N/A
Juanito Gomez – N/A
Sampdoria
Sergio Romero – 5 – Sleepy
Didn’t have much to do but could have done much better on the initial shot that lead to the Toni equalizer.
Lorenzo De Silvestri – 4.5 – Steady
Quite night for the right back, kept his position well but nearly headed an own goal early on that was saved by Romero.
Matias Silvestre – 5 – Injured
Poor night for the defender, missed a great chance to score from a corner on 15 minutes and was beaten by Toni to the Verona equaliser. Injured just before the break and replaced by Gastaldello.
Alessio Romagnoli – 5 – Shaky
Kept his position well in defence and looked fairly assured after a shaky start.
Djamel Mesbah – 4.5 – Average
Didn’t see much action down the left and gave the ball away on a couple of occasions.
Luca Rizzo – 5.5- Runner
Made a couple of good runs from midfield to support the attack, played a lovely one-two with Okaka in the second half that nearly resulted in a goal.
Angelo Palombo – 5.5 – Dependable
Kept things ticking over in midfield, looked tired towards the end and will need to pick up his energy levels for the weekend trip to Juventus.
Alfred Duncan – 4.5 – Distant
Didn’t offer much in midfield even after Verona went down to 10 men, and replaced on 55 minutes by Krsticic.
Manolo Gabbiadini – 7.5 – Live Wire
Man of the match performance for the recalled forward getting on the score sheet and supplying a fine cross for Okaka’s headed finish.
Stefano Okaka – 6.5 – Erratic
Hit and miss performance for the big number nine, poor first half followed by a much improved second, getting on the end of a Gabbiadini cross to head home Samp’s second and producing a fine run that nearly resulted in a goal shortly after.
Eder – 7 – Tricky
Looked dangerous all evening producing some nice moves and runs and was taken down for the penalty which he took himself and slotted home. Assisted for Sampdoria’s third.
Substitutions
Daniele Gastaldello – 4.5 – Quiet
Replaced Silvestre just before half time and looked steady.
Nenad Krsticic – 5.5 – Impact
Replaced Duncan 10 minutes into the second half and played a fine ball though to Eder to set up Sampdoria’s third.
Fabrizio Cacciatore – N/A
Replaced the injured De Silvestre after 70 minutes.
