Rodriguez trains separately, morning session planned for Thursday

There’s still a fair way to go before Sampdoria’s trip to Frosinone, but Walter Zenga’s Blucerchiati squad were hard at work in Bogliasco today nonetheless. With seven players away on international duty, Zenga kicked things off with a warm-up in the gym before putting his squad through their paces with a packed programme of technical and tactical drills.

Mattia Cassani, Joaquin Correa, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Nenad Krsticic and Matias Silvestre were joined by Alejandro Rodriguez in training away from the rest of the group, while Andrea Coda continues his recovery in Rome. The squad will train again tomorrow morning.