90+5'
What a terrific football game that was, with everything included. The visitors controlled the game. The home team tried to find the weakness in the opposition's defence mostly using rapid counter-attacks. On the other hand, long balls and crosses were the main weapons of the away team.
90+5'
There will be no more action in this match as the referee signals full time.
90+4'
Marco Di Bello shows the yellow card to Andrea Coda (Sampdoria) for a heavy challenge.
90+3'
Rodrigo Aguirre (Udinese) takes the corner but only sends it into a huddle of the defenders and one of them makes a good clearance.
90+3'
The ball is cleared after Thomas Heurtaux (Udinese) attempted to dribble past an opposing player. Udinese will take a corner kick.
90
Fourth official shows 3 min. of added time.
89'
Alfred Duncan (Sampdoria) latches on to a pass and finds himself in a great position inside the box before unleashing a stunning effort into the top of the net.
88'
A spell of possession for Udinese in an attempt to control the game.
87'
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) smoothly converts the penalty with a beautiful low drive into the left side of the net.
87'
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) is heading towards the penalty spot to take it.
86'
Booking. Emiliano Viviano (Sampdoria) receives a caution from the referee.
85'
Emiliano Viviano (Sampdoria) commits a rough challenge and Marco Di Bello blows his whistle for a foul. The referee makes a quick call and points to the penalty spot. Big scoring opportunity for Udinese.
82'
The foul by Ivan Rodrigo Piris (Udinese) is worthy of a card and a yellow is duly shown by Marco Di Bello.
80'
Substitution. Andrea Coda (Sampdoria) on for Vasco Regini.
80'
Afriyie Acquah (Sampdoria) scores a goal! He makes his way to the edge of the box without any help from his teammates and unleashes a shot that ends in the middle of the goal.
78'
Referee Marco Di Bello sees the trip by Luis Muriel (Sampdoria) and doesn't hesitate to blow his whistle.
77'
Vasco Regini (Sampdoria) is able to continue to play.
76'
Vasco Regini (Sampdoria) requires medical treatment, so the referee stops play and signals for the physio to come onto the pitch.
75'
Sinisa Mihajlovic has decided to make a change. Fabrizio Cacciatore (Sampdoria) replaces Pawel Wszolek.
74'
Giampiero Pinzi (Udinese) makes a slide tackle, but referee Marco Di Bello blows for a foul.
70'
Melker Hallberg is not able to continue due to his injury and will be replaced by Thomas Heurtaux (Udinese).
70'
Melker Hallberg (Udinese) is clearly asking for some medical attention with his painful gestures. The extent of his injury is yet to be discovered.
70'
That was close by Afriyie Acquah (Sampdoria)! He receives a pass on the edge of the box and shoots, but the ball goes inches wide of the left post.
69'
Luis Muriel (Sampdoria) launches a powerful cross from the corner into the box, but the ball is intercepted by the defender.
68'
Luka Djordjevic (Sampdoria) goes on a solo run, but he fails to create a chance as an opposition player blocks him. The ball goes out of play. Sampdoria are awarded a corner kick.
67'
Alfred Duncan (Sampdoria) takes the corner kick and sends the ball among a huddle of players inside the penalty area, but one of the defenders clears it to safety.
67'
Luka Djordjevic (Sampdoria) produces a ferocious strike from the edge of the box. His dangerous effort towards the bottom left corner is blocked by Orestis Karnezis, who pulls off a superb save to keep the ball out of the net. Corner kick. Sampdoria will have an opportunity.
66'
The resulting corner, taken by Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), comes to nothing.
65'
Cyril Thereau (Udinese) goes on a solo run, but he fails to create a chance as an opposition player blocks him. The ball goes behind for a corner. Udinese will have an opportunity to threaten the opposition's goal.
62'
Goal! Roberto Soriano (Sampdoria) was in the right place at the right time to get to the rebound inside the box and gleefully rifles the ball into the middle of the net. It's 0:2.
62'
Luka Djordjevic (Sampdoria) must feel embarrassed now. He received a killer pass, but his shot from the six-yard box was a disaster. He miskicked and made it very easy for Orestis Karnezis to get hold of the ball.
62'
Alfred Duncan (Sampdoria) will deliver the corner kick.
62'
Luis Muriel (Sampdoria) races towards goal but the defender gets back well to make a challenge. The ball goes out for a corner. Sampdoria can continue in their attacking effort.
61'
Luka Djordjevic (Sampdoria) gets on the end of a pass on the edge of the penalty area and shoots towards the middle of the goal. He didn't put enough power into the effort, though, and Orestis Karnezis pulls off an easy save.
59'
Silvan Widmer (Udinese) connects with a cross from out wide in the six-yard box, but only plants his header onto the right post.
57'
Maurizio Domizzi (Udinese) is adjudged to have been offside when making his run.
57'
Alfred Duncan (Sampdoria) is penalised after knocking an opponent down.
56'
Today's match ends for Panagiotis Kone who will be replaced by Rodrigo Aguirre (Udinese).
56'
The substitution has been made. Luka Djordjevic (Sampdoria) has replaced Samuel Eto'o.
56'
Vasco Regini (Sampdoria) can't expect anything else than a yellow card for his hard tackle. And a yellow it is. Marco Di Bello didn't think twice about pulling it out of his pocket.
54'
Luis Muriel (Sampdoria) receives a good pass just outside the box, unleashes a strike from a promising position, but the shot is blocked by the defender.
52'
Luis Muriel (Sampdoria) is the first to arrive to a rebound inside the penalty area and unleashes a quick strike towards the middle of the target that beats the keeper. One of the defenders, however, makes a goal-line clearance.
52'
Alfred Duncan (Sampdoria) squandered a big chance! He got to the rebound inside the penalty box but only placed the ball against the left post!
51'
Luis Muriel (Sampdoria) produces a ferocious strike from the edge of the box. His dangerous effort towards the middle of the goal is blocked by Orestis Karnezis, who pulls off a superb save to keep the ball out of the net.
50'
A cross from the corner kick arrives at the feet of Ezequiel Munoz (Sampdoria), giving him an opportunity to shoot. He misses completely, way over the bar.
49'
Luis Muriel (Sampdoria) takes the ball to the corner flag and sends it into the box.
49'
Samuel Eto'o (Sampdoria) whips the ball in, but it fails to reach any of his teammates as the opposition's defence averts the threat. The ball is out of play. Sampdoria will have a chance to score from a corner.
48'
Udinese are playing possession football and controlling the game at present. They are exchanging inch-perfect passes from player to player, making it difficult for the opposition to win the ball.
46'
The linesman signals that Samuel Eto'o (Sampdoria) is offside and the referee confirms the decision.
46'
There will be a change on the pitch for the second half. Andrea Stramaccioni probably wasn't satisfied with the performance of Alexandre Geijo. He is replaced by Cyril Thereau (Udinese).
46'
The half-time break is over and the second half is about to start.
45+1'
We can hope that the managers will be able to motivate the players and stir them to improve their performance for after the half-time break. We haven't seen really exciting football in the previous 45 minutes. The visiting side is dictating the tempo in this game. The home side is creating their opportunities using lightning-fast counter-attacks. The tactic of the away side is slow build-up play.
45+1'
That is it for the first half after the referee blows his whistle and the players head to their respective dressing rooms.
45'
Panagiotis Kone (Udinese) reacts well and displays good awareness inside the box to get on the end of the resulting corner kick. He fails to direct the ball into the net as it flies narrowly over the crossbar.
45'
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) looks like he will be the one to take the corner kick.
45'
Alexandre Geijo (Udinese) looks to break free, but an opposing player clears the ball away. The referee points to the corner flag. It's a corner to Udinese.
43'
Panagiotis Kone (Udinese) fails to pick a body out in the box with an over-hit cross to the back post.
42'
Afriyie Acquah (Sampdoria) trips an opponent with a slide tackle. Marco Di Bello stops the game and he could give him a card, but eventually decides on just a warning.
41'
The Sampdoria players are displaying brilliant short passes and great ball movement. They are waiting to open the opposition's defence and hit them swiftly on the break.
39'
Roberto Soriano (Sampdoria) is awarded a yellow card for his behaviour.
36'
The ball spins up and hits the hand of Giampiero Pinzi (Udinese) after he fails to control it and the referee blows his whistle for a foul.
33'
Samuel Eto'o (Sampdoria) announces himself with a close-range shot after a cross, but one of the defenders gets in the way of the ball to thwart him.
32'
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) attempted to pick out a free teammate inside the box, but Emiliano Viviano comes off the line to clear the ball away.
30'
Pawel Wszolek (Sampdoria) tackles a bit over-zealously and Marco Di Bello blows for a foul.
29'
Alexandre Geijo (Udinese) climbs high to connect with a cross near the penalty spot but plants a header high over the bar.
28'
Samuel Eto'o (Sampdoria) is unable to control an accurate defence-splitting pass properly and one of the defending players reacts well to rob him of the ball.
25'
Goal - 0:1! Pawel Wszolek laid the ball off to Roberto Soriano (Sampdoria), who shot from close range into the left side of the goal, leaving the goalkeeper helpless.
24'
Matias Silvestre (Sampdoria) does well to dispossess the attacker with a slide tackle, but the referee blows his whistle for a foul.
23'
Afriyie Acquah (Sampdoria) is picked out by one of his teammates with a great cross, but his poor control allows the defence to clear and avert the threat.
21'
Luis Muriel (Sampdoria) sends the corner into the box, but Orestis Karnezis intercepts it and averts the threat.
20'
Alfred Duncan (Sampdoria) slaloms his way past challenges, but an opposing player does well to get the ball away. The ball goes out of play. Sampdoria are awarded a corner kick.
19'
Melker Hallberg (Udinese) carelessly slides into the feet of his opponent and he'll be lucky to avoid punishment. Marco Di Bello blows for the foul but keeps his cards in his pocket on this occasion.
18'
Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria) collects a wonderful lead pass and creates some space to smash the ball goalwards from long range. His shot goes painfully wide of the left post!
17'
Roberto Soriano (Sampdoria) receives a pass and unleashes a shot which goes well wide of the right post.
15'
Giampiero Pinzi (Udinese) dinks a cross into the box in an attempt to find one of his teammates, but the defence manages to clear.
13'
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) launches an inaccurate corner kick into the penalty area.
12'
Guilherme (Udinese) produces a dangerous lofted cross into the box which is intercepted. The ball is out of play and Udinese manage to earn a corner.
11'
Panagiotis Kone (Udinese) sends a cross into the box, but the opposition's defence quickly intercepts the ball.
8'
Alfred Duncan (Sampdoria) takes the corner but fails to find any of his teammates as he overhits the effort.
7'
Roberto Soriano (Sampdoria) sends a cross into the box, but the opposition's defence clears the ball away to eliminate the danger. The linesman points to the corner flag, Sampdoria are going to take it.
6'
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) sends in a poor cross from the corner and Emiliano Viviano has no trouble gathering it.
6'
The ball is cleared after Melker Hallberg (Udinese) attempted to dribble past an opposing player. The referee and his assistant both point at the corner flag. Udinese will have an opportunity to threaten the opposition's goal.
5'
Marco Di Bello blows his whistle and signals a foul after Guilherme (Udinese) brought his opponent down.
4'
Udinese keep possession of the ball by producing short passes and one-two passes from player to player.
2'
Samuel Eto'o (Sampdoria) manages to dispossess his opponent of the ball, but he commits a foul in the process and the referee blows his whistle.
1'
Alfred Duncan (Sampdoria) delivers a fine lofted cross into the penalty area, but it's cleared by an opposing player.
1'
The referee blows his whistle and we are underway.
0'
The players are on the pitch and Sampdoria will have the kick-off.
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Let us introduce today's referee to you, and it's Marco Di Bello.
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