It’s 1-1 at the break in the Derby della Lanterna, as Jakub Jankto’s Sampdoria rocket was cancelled out by Gianluca Scamacca’s first goal for Genoa.
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The Blucerchiati were the favourites coming into this derby, having won three consecutive Serie A games, with Manolo Gabbiadini the only absentee and Antonio Candreva fit for the bench. The Grifone were finally free of COVID-19, but Stefano Sturaro, Francesco Cassata, Davide Zappacosta and Eldor Shomurodov were injured. Rolando Maran changed their tactics, scrapping the three-man defence for a 4-3-2-1 with Gianluca Scamacca’s first start.
Goran Pandev drilled wide after a Scamacca flick, but Samp took the lead with a moment of magic from Jakub Jankto. The midfielder cut inside from the right and unleashed a left-foot rocket into the far top corner from outside the box.
Genoa almost equalised soon after, when Cristian Zapata’s header on a corner seemed to be looping into the net until Emil Audero at full stretch palmed it off the line.
The goal did come moments later, as there was a poor clearance, Lukas Lerager nodded it back into the box and Scamacca immediately turned to drill the angled drive across the face of goal. It was the Italy Under-21 international’s debut Serie A goal.
Morten Thorsby turned a fairly free header wide from six yards, but Genoa created a big chance when Scamacca’s back-heel flick set up Nicola Rovella for a shot deflected wide.
Sampdoria 1-1 Genoa (Half-Time)
Jankto 23 (S), Scamacca 28 (G)
Sampdoria: Audero; Bereszynski, Yoshida, Tonelli, Augello; Ekdal, Thorsby, Jankto, Damsgaard; Ramirez, Quagliarella
Genoa: Perin; Biraschi, Goldaniga, C Zapata, Criscito; Behrami, Badelj, Rovella; Pandev, Zajc; Scamacca
Ref: La Penna
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