
Sampdoria smiles again, wins the match against Verona in Marassi and thus keeps alive the hopes of remaining in Serie A. In Genoa, Stankovic’s team prevails 2-1 thanks to brace by Gabbiadiini scored in the 24th minute (he resolves a scrum in the area) and in the 35th minute (powerful left foot from the edge). In the final, the Scala players, who had two goals disallowed in the second half after consulting with the Var, shortened the distance with Faraoni in the 89th minute but that was not enough. And in the 98th minute Zanoli drops the trio by exploiting a counterattack from a cross in the center of Jesè. The blucerchiati, in their first home win of the season, thus return to victory after more than two months. The last success dates back to January 4 at Sassuolo. Sampdoria detaches Cremonese and moves to 15 points, four behind Verona, in third from last place, five points behind Spezia.