Good job anyway: Samp freaks Juve out but suffers a 4-2 defeat

Unfortunately,
applauses and congratulations don’t give points. Posts neither, and we
actually seem to be used to them. Moreover, it is not for everyone to go
and play against the leaders in their own stadium, scoring two goals,
hitting three posts and giving them a hard time as nobody was able to do
in the previous 12 matches. But it is not enough. Despite its
obstinacy, Sampdoria can’t stop Juventus formidable race: the bianconeri
actually record their 12th successive Serie A win over 12 matches
played. But the Vecchia Signora was not used to face such a determined
and resolute team: Sinisa Mihajlovic’s guys in fact – apart from the first 25
minutes – gave the championship undisputed leader a hard time.

The match. With both Krsticic and Soriano missing due to suspension, our mister chooses once again the 4-2-3-1 with Bjarnason to support Eder. Unlike the usual, our approach seems to be passive and at the minute 24th the result is 2-0 for Conte’s team. Vidal (after an assist from Pogba) and Llorente (after a dubious corner from Tevez) give the bianconeri the lead before Barzagli's 28th-minute own goal after Gabbiadini’s low cross. But the 2-1 is just a temporary result: referee Gervasoni, in fact, awards the home team a penalty because of a foul committed by Regini in the area and Vidal scores the 3-1. Samp controls the match and gets close to score with De Silvestri; some minutes later Gabbiadini, finally makes it 3-2 and a little bit later he also hits the crossbar. Pogba, on the other hand, doesn’t miss the shot and, at the minute 33rd closes the game scoring the final 4-2.

Right way. At the end of the match a calm Mihajlovic says: «In the first 25 minutes they were superior to us and they deserved to win. But my guys never gave up and we did a good job: we’ve always performed as a team does. We must go on on this way and with this attitude: if we keep on playing like this, salvation will be closer. New players? The club knows what we have to do. If we manage to buy some new player it will be good; if we don’t we’ll just try to improve».