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7¹ VÍLLA was put clear by PIQUÉ and he dummied the Sampdoria 'keeper but struck his shot inches over. 9¹ GOAL!! A foul on GILARDINO inside the area gave Sampdoria a penalty which ROSSI made look easy. (1-0 Sampdoria) 10¹ An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the Sampdoria 'keeper by VÍLLA. 11¹ A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming Manchester United 'keeper. 12¹ ROSSI snapped at an easy chance. 15¹ The 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from RONALDO. 15¹ VÍLLA nodded the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box. 16¹ ROSINA beat PIQUÉ and flicked the ball to DE ROSSI who fired his shot wide. 21¹ GOAL!! A cross from ROSINA was flicked away by PUYOL only for CAMORANESI to tap the ball back into the box for GILARDINO to force over the line. (2-0 Sampdoria) 28¹ CAMORANESI ran onto a delightful ball from TOTTI but blasted his effort wide. 32¹ A right foot shot from RONALDO was stopped by the 'keeper. 32¹ A header by DE ROSSI at the far post was comfortably collected by CASILLAS. 37¹ GOAL!! A patient Sampdoria side were rewarded with a fierce shot from ROSSI. (3-0 Sampdoria) 41¹ GOAL!! INIESTA hit a beautiful twenty yard shot past the stunned 'keeper. (3-1 Sampdoria) 0² A fine ball from XABI ALONSO on the right found VÍLLA who mishit his shot inches wide. 8² GILARDINO headed over the bar. 12² A cross from INIESTA left RONALDO in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot. 15² ROSSI's shot was well held by the 'keeper. 25² VÍLLA floated the ball to XAVI who nodded it just wide. 31² A corner bobbled toward ROSSI who nodded an effort over the bar. 33² ROSINA shot wide. 39² RONALDO touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Sampdoria 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left. 40² GOAL!! A wonderful dummy from GILARDINO allowed DE ROSSI to lay a exceptional ball off to ROSSI who drilled the ball into the back of the net. (4-1 Sampdoria) 43² A twenty yard drive from VÍLLA caused the 'keeper no problem.

Sampdoria   League position: 3 Home league form: WWXW Overall league form: WWWWXWXW Formation: 4-4-2

Line-ups Gianluigi BUFFON 7  1 7  Iker CASILLAS Gianluca ZAMBROTTA 7  2 7  Carles PUYOL Salvatore BOCCHETTI 7  3 7  Ashley COLE Francesco TOTTI 7½ 4 7  XAVI Giorgio CHIELLINI 7½ 5 6  Gerard PIQUÉ Alessandro NESTA 6½ 6 6½ John TERRY (c,f)Mauro CAMORANESI 7  7 7½ Andrés INIESTA Alessandro ROSINA 7  8 7  Cristiano RONALDO(c,p,f) (p)Giuseppe ROSSI 7½ 9 7  David VÍLLA Daniele DE ROSSI 6½ 10 6½ XABI ALONSO Alberto GILARDINO 7  11 5½ Wayne ROONEY Brian ALLINSON Manager Robert PETTO Massimo AMBROSINI    12    Raúl ALBIOL Marco AMELIA    13    Ben FOSTER Cristian MOLINARO    14    Fernando TORRES Antonio DI NATALE    15    David SILVA Andrea BARZAGLI    16    Phil JONES

Manchester United   League position: 1 Away league form: LWOW Overall league form: WLWWOWWW Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics

Sampdoria 4 Manchester United 1 (Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 40,068, Stadium: Luigi Ferraris, Referee: Kyros Vassaras 6) Rossi 9¹ (pen), Gilardino 21¹, Rossi 37¹, Rossi 40² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Iniesta 41¹             5 3 9 19 1 3 7 6 6 5 13 11 3 5 51% 49% ¶ Man of the match: Giorgio Chiellini ¶