Sampdoria they have three winning matches in Serie A in this season.They defeated Catania 1-2 in first round,after this they defeated Udinesse 3-1 and in last round, they defeated Atalanta in Bergamo 0-1.Sampdoria is a really strong in this season.Luigi 'Gigi'Del Neri after two seasons in Bergamo he left to take over at Sampdoria.He doing a great job here,he prefereed 4-4-2 formation with Pazzini and Cassano in upfront.This duet is amazing in last games.In midfield will play Franco Semioli,ex-Viola player, he scored Fiorentina's first UEFA Cup goal against FC Groningen and scored crucial goals against Atalanta and Parma which allowed Fiorentina to surpass AC Milan for the final Champions League spot.After season ending and injuries to Adrian Mutu and Mario Santana, Semioli found his way back into the first team, and was a valuable asset to Gilardino, providing him with many crosses and being a terror on the wings.In Blucerchiati usually he plays in the role of right wing.This is very good option for him,Angelo Palombo will be another midfielder in Sampdoria today,Fernando Tissone is suspended for one game so Andrea Poli replacing him in midfield.Andrea Poli he has only 19 years old,but this is a very creativity and promising player.He played also 7 times in Italy U-21 team.Daniele Mannini ex-Napoli player, will play behind attackers today.He has offenisve role also,this is very interesting player.In January 2009 he was handed a one year suspension along with former teammate Davide Possanzini from WADA for being late for a drugs test following a Serie B match between Brescia and Chievo.Later the ban was frozen by Court of Arbitration for Sport due to appeal process.Defence line-up in Blucerchiati is really strong.Today will play Marius Stankevicius,Daniele Gastaldello,Marco Rossi and Luciano Zauri,which he is a versatile and powerful full back. He is right footed but is particularly noted for some excellent performances at left back. He is also adept at playing as a holding midfielder.Zauri has won five appearances with the Italian national team.Zauri moved to Sampdoria on a loan deal with the option to buy out the player.Reto Ziegler,Nicola Pozzi,Claudio Bellucci on the bench.Gigi Del Neri he has big chance for the record of four consecutive victories.He said that Blucerchiati since 1982 never won the first three games,but we did it. So we can go forward with a new record.Do you remember when Sampdoria last time lost on Marassi?18 February, 0-1 against Metalist Kharkiv in the Uefa Cup.
A politics of this club is strange.Rich sponsor, oldest in Italy the Montepaschi bank is giving considerable money,however which the team isn't being built up for.Activists decided that at first they would build the beautiful stadium and then a time for footballers will come.Coach Marco Giampaolo he has one star at his disposal,get around Cagliari,Michele Fini.He has the also fully restructured team,Siena in this season they bought Mato Jajalo,ex-Slaven Belupo player,which has represented Croatia under various youth levels and is an active member and a captain of the Croatian national under-21 team,Gianluca Pegolo new keeper from Parma,Reginaldo striker also from Parma,Francesco Parravicini from Atalanta,Michele Paolucci from Catania.Siena they lost also many important players as Kharja to Genoa,Zuniga to Napoli,Coppola to Parma,Galloppa also to Parma,Belmonte to Bari,Eleftheropoulos to PAS Giannina.Siena after very nice result on Sardinia they defeated Cagliari on Stadio Sant'Elia 1-3,in last round they lost with Roma 1-2 after very unlucky goal in last minutes of the match.Emanuele Calaio scored two goals and today once again with Massimo Maccarone he will play in attack.Maccarone in this season he got the order,of accommodating oneself to the new system of the game around three attacking players.Abdelkader Ghezzal he will play lightly behind this duet.Giampaolo using new tactics in Siena in this season but I think this option with three offenisve players is not good for this club.Of course they have very solid strikers with veteran Maccarone but still it is not everything.They often forget about the defence.Michele Fini,Paul Codrea is suspended after red card in match against Roma week ago,so replacing him Francesco Parravicini, and captain Simone Vergassola,ex-Sampdoria player,he scored 11 goals for Blucerchiati,he played in this club very long time since 2001 year to 2004 year, they will play in midfield today.Very experienced line also in Siena.But still defence is a real problem here.Cristiano Del Grosso,Goncalo Brandao,Daniele Ficagna,Claudio Terzi they are very young and must still learn.Today with Pazzini and Cassano they have solid problems.Gianluca Curci keeper Siena is also very young and without of great experience.Carmine Russo will be first referee in this match,in this season,they referees Inter-Bari in first round in Serie A.
Sampdoria will be better team here on Marassi Stadium,Siena they have always problem with Blucerchiati.For me bet for home win is a very promising here.