Rossoblù thoughts: ahead of the derby after the draw against Bologna

We
lost two points. There’s nothing more to say when three minutes
remaining you are winning 1-0 against a direct contender. Considering
spirit and occasions created Sampdoria, against Bologna, would have
completely deserved these two points, despite our team was not in its
best day.

The match. The starting line-up and the approach to the match are the ones we expected: Samp begins attacking and Eder Citadin Martins gets close to the 1-0 but our offensive strategy is too soon stopped by a brave rossoblù defense. The match gets on slowly and it is mainly played in the midfield, without great chances for the two teams. And the first half – consequently – ends with a 0-0 draw. The second one starts with a more proactive Samp and by keeping on attacking so much the blucerchiati finally find the goal around the minute 15th. Eder flies down the right wing and centers the ball for Manolo Gabbiadini, who gives us the lead, beating his former team for the second time this season. Samp misses the chance to double and with a minute remaining it suffers the goal of the final 1-1: Christodoulopoulos is fouled by Andrea Costa in the area and Diamanti converts the penalty. It comes as a real wet blanket. An undeserved defeat but we must accept it.

Disappointed. «We are disappointed because we drew a match we deserved to win – explains Sinisa Mihajlovic -. It must serve as a lesson for us because we have to learn to better control the game and to be more cleaver. But I’ve nothing to say to the guys: we did our match, knowing that it is never easy to play against teams that come here and always play in defence. However, we must be positive: there’s a further point between us and the third from last and we overtook Cagliari. Now we must prepare the Derby and we’ll obviously try to win it».

Derby. Gabbiadini and Nenad Krsticic want to look ahead to the Lanterna derby, scheduled for next Sunday. «We want to revenge the defeat suffered in the last derby we played, at all costs: we really want it and we deserve it», says the striker. The midfielder adds: «We can’t wait to play it and we’ll do it with a clear aim: victory».