Samp narrowly beaten by Sassuolo
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Sampdoria 2-3 Sassuolo (HT 0-1)
Scorers: Traore 2; Quagliarella 55, Caputo 57, Berardi 58, Balde 84.
Sampdoria (4-4-2): Audero; Yoshida (Leris 73), Tonelli, Colley, Augello; Jankto (Verre 81), Thorsby (Silva 37), Ekdal, Damsgaard (Candreva 73); Ramirez (Balde 73); Quagliarella.
Subs not used: Ravaglia, Letica, Rocha, Verre, Askildsen, Regini, La Gumina.
Coach: Ranieri.
Sassuolo (4-2-3-1): Consigli; Muldur (Ayhan 73), Chiriches (Peluso 87), G. Ferrari, Kyriakopoulos; Locatelli, Magnanelli (Obiang 59); Berardi (Haraslin 87), Traore, Boga; Caputo (Raspadori 73).
Subs not used: Pegolo, Turati, Marlon, M. Lopez, Toljan, Oddei, Bourabia.
Coach: De Zerbi.
Referee: Ayroldi (Molfetta).
Assistants: Pagliardini (Arezzo) and Saccenti (Modena).
Fourth official: Serra (Turin).
VAR: Banti (Livorno).
Assistant VAR: Cecconi (Empoli).
Sent off: Balde 90+2;
Booked: Caputo 34, Mangnelli 44, Colley 49, Chiriches 68, Tonelli 72, Locatelli 90+4.
Stoppage time: 2+4.
Pitch: Not in perfect condition.