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Commentary
0¹A corner found ETO'O who nodded the ball over.
1¹GOURCUFF rifled an easy chance past the righthand post.
7¹A right foot shot from DI NATALE was stopped by VALVERDE.
10¹A pin-point pass was collected by GIGGS and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide.
13¹ROSSI rushed through the Lyon defence but shot straight at VALVERDE.
14¹A good effort from ABIDAL scraped the woodwork.
19¹A cross from SONG left ETO'O in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
31¹GOAL!! A short backpass by TOURÉ enabled ROSINA to run in and nudge the ball past VALVERDE. (1-0 Sampdoria)
43¹A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Sampdoria 'keeper.
44¹ABIDAL was put clear by GIGGS and he pulled away from the 'keeper but struck his shot over.
3²A clumsy tackle on ABIDAL by PIRLO results in a booking.
5²GOAL!! Sampdoria were awarded a penalty after a foul on DI NATALE and ROSSI put it past the 'keeper. (2-0 Sampdoria)
9²An exceptional shot from MIGUEL was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
16²The ref yellow cards CAMORANESI.
18²GIGGS's header was well saved by BUFFON.
19²GOAL!! An energetic SONG ran down the wing and dragged the ball back for GIGGS to crack home. (2-1 Sampdoria)
23²TOURÉ drove a right foot shot over from thirty yards out.
25²GOURCUFF chipped the ball to ETO'O who nodded it wide.
31²A good ball from TOURÉ on the left fell to ABIDAL who scuffed his effort wide.
35²GOAL!! A shot from DI NATALE which the Lyon 'keeper managed to palm clear was deemed over the line and the ref gave the goal. (3-1 Sampdoria)
36²KEIRRISON's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
41²The motionless VALVERDE was a mere bystander as a backpass from ABIDAL fell just over.

 
Sampdoria
 
League position: 3
Home league form: WWWX
Overall league form: LWWWWWWX
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Gianluigi BUFFON7 16½Matthieu VALVERDE
Gianluca ZAMBROTTA7½27 Luís MIGUEL
Salvatore BOCCHETTI7½37½Eric ABIDAL
Francesco TOTTI8 47 Alexandre SONG
Fabio CANNAVARO7½56½Luis PEREA
Alessandro NESTA8 67 Kolo TOURÉ
(c,f)Mauro CAMORANESI7 77 Sidney GOVOU
Alessandro ROSINA6½87½Ryan GIGGS(c)
(p)Giuseppe ROSSI6½96 KEIRRISON de Souza(p)
Andrea PIRLO6½106 Yoann GOURCUFF(f)
Antonio DI NATALE6 116 Samuel ETO'O
Brian ALLINSONManager
Massimo AMBROSINI  12  Diego FORLÁN
Marco AMELIA  13  Jérémy TOULALAN
Cristian MOLINARO  14  Serdar TASCI
Alberto GILARDINO  156 Mathieu FLAMINI
Andrea BARZAGLI  16  JÚLIO César BAPTISTA
 
Lyon
 
League position: 4
Away league form: WXWL
Overall league form: WWLOWLXW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Sampdoria 3 Lyon 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 40,085, Stadium: Luigi Ferraris, Referee: Marnix Sandra 6)

Rosina 31¹, Rossi 5² (pen), di Natale 35²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Giggs 19²
 TouréóFlamini 38²
  
Pirlo 3², Camoranesi 16² 
23
912
10
68
412
1020
36
52%48%
Man of the match: Alessandro Nesta