Gym work and tactical drills preparing for Carpi. Behind closed doors on Thursday

Sampdoria trained twice on Wednesday as they kicked off preparations for Sunday’s visit to Carpi at the Stadio Braglia in Modena.

The morning was dedicated to group work in the gym and on the field while in the afternoon Vincenzo Montella took the squad up to the top pitch for technical and tactical work with the next opponents in mind.

Matías Silvestre followed a personalised training programme and there was treatment and physiotherapy for Lorenzo De Silvestri and Djamel Mesbah.

The training ground will be closed to the public from the Thursday afternoon session.