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Match report
Football Elite
Division 4: Round 40 (setup 3, season 10)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Sampdoria
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Jason STEELE1Alberto BRIGNOLI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Jason LOWE2Fabrizio CACCIATORE
Marcus OLSSON3Danilo D'AMBROSIO
Lee WILLIAMSON48Andrea POLI
Matthew KILGALLON75Andrea COSTA
Tommy SPURR767Vasco REGINI
Corry EVANS677Marco PADALINO
Ben MARSHALL78PABLO Hernández Domínguez
Rudy GESTEDE69Stefan SCEPOVIC
Leon BEST6106Mohamed Lamine SISSOKO
Bangaly-Fodé KOITA11Stefano GUBERTI
Manager
Yann SONGO'O12Modibo DIAKITÉ
Simon EASTWOOD13Marco ROSSI
Craig CONWAY14Stefano LUCCHINI
Kellen DALY15Fernando Damian TISSONE
Luke VARNEY16Mohammed RABIU Alhassan

Blackburn Rovers 3 Sampdoria 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 21,820, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Claus Bo LARSEN 6½)
26 Gestede, 43 Williamson, 74 KoitaScorers45 Scepovic
Substitutions54 D'Ambrosio <=> Lucchini
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners2
8Fouls3
4Offsides8
5Shots on11
7Shots off12
12Total shots23
2Shots saved8
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: Andrea POLI
3CACCIATORE kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
4The hapless Sampdoria 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from COSTA dropped just over.
8STEELE dived to his right to save an accurate drive from Sampdoria's SCEPOVIC.
15A poor shot from SCEPOVIC trickled agonisingly wide.
16PABLO was put clear by PADALINO and he beat the 'keeper but drilled his shot just wide.
17The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from REGINI.
22SCEPOVIC beat WILLIAMSON and flicked the ball to CACCIATORE who fired his effort wide.
25PABLO stepped inside WILLIAMSON but blasted the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
26GOAL!! Some good work by LOWE on the right, left GESTEDE yards clear, and he raced past BRIGNOLI and blasted the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
29SCEPOVIC made space on the left and pulled the ball to SISSOKO who rasped the ball wide.
32A cross from BEST left GESTEDE in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
38A mix up in the Sampdoria defence enabled GESTEDE to blast the ball wide.
43GOAL!! A neat one-two left WILLIAMSON clear and he made no mistake by instinctively lobbing the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
45GOAL!! A short corner was chipped out to SCEPOVIC who knocked the ball into the top corner. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
45+2PABLO rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
 
47WILLIAMSON scuffed a simple chance.
48A header by EVANS at the far post was comfortably collected by BRIGNOLI.
54A thirty yard drive from MARSHALL caused the Sampdoria 'keeper no problem.
71A good effort from SISSOKO scraped the outside of the post.
74GOAL!! A nice run by MARSHALL on the left was capped by a great cross which KOITA flicked in at the near post. (3-1 Blackburn Rovers)
81A corner bobbled toward LUCCHINI who forced an effort over.
83PABLO shot over.