Under-17s join in training; final touches and conference on Friday

Sampdoria continued their preparations for Saturday’s trip to face Napoli this afternoon.

The first team began with a tactical meeting before warming up and then moving onto tactical drills. Primavera prospects Francesco Scotti and Andrea Tessiore were called up for the session, along with David Alessi’s under-17 side.

Karol Linetty and Duvan Zapata were back available for the first part of the afternoon workout.

Tomorrow morning the team have one last training session to apply the finishing touches before Marco Giampaolo’s pre-match press conference at 13:00 CET. As usual, you can get live updates from the gaffer on Twitter and highlights on Samp TV afterwards.