Sampdoria beaten 1-0 in Palermo
The league table is crying but Sampdoria is still alive. It’s true, the Blucerchiati are still right in the relegation zone, risk the Serie C and carry with them ancient limitations (it’s no small detail to make so much effort to fill the area, shoot on goal and score goals) that will have to be more than ever at the center of the next January transfer window between necessary reinforcements and equally necessary departures. However, this Sampdoria, especially in the second half – in the match lost on the Palermo pitch, one of the candidates for direct promotion to Serie A – showed a different step in terms of identity, play, spirit and collective idea of football.
Some go up, some go down
Even at the individual level we saw something different: the impact during the project was good Barak e Pedrola which could potentially be cracks in the cadet tournament, in the context of an evening where Pafundi was seen little (also rewatchable Cherubs) and in which Coda was unable, as often happens, to remove the chestnuts from the fire in front of goal. Certainly the first half hour at the Barbera was one of great suffering: Sampdoria was crushed by Palermo at the start and even the goal conceded by Le Douaron on the counterattack was certainly avoidable, but the team Photos and Gregucci still knew how to stay in the game and was able to make an objectively stronger opponent suffer. In short, there is defeat and defeat: at other times, even this season, Sampdoria (just think of the clear defeat in Venice a few weeks ago) would have risked a defeat. While yesterday in Palermo we saw a different team.
The glass remains half empty in the standings – it is clear that this team needs points and quickly, in the two matches in Padua (Saturday at 3pm away) and with Reggiana (Saturday 27 December at Marassi again at 3pm) before New Year’s Eve – but perhaps not everything should be thrown away. Sampdoria can still get out of the red zone of the championship.
