By Anna Italia

                            Sampdoria pass to the next round of the UEFA Cup! 
                     43.8% ball possession for Kaunas and 56.2% for Sampdoria

                Kaunas 1 - 2 Sampdoria 
                            17' Irmamtis Zelmikas       48' Bruno Fornaroli
                                                                  58' E. Bonazzoli 

Substitutions: 46' V. Zubavicius out, N. Valskis in             61' Sammarco out, Franceschini in 
                     65' Bojan Mamic out, E. Petkus in               64' G. Delvecchio out, C. Bellucci in 
                     70' K. Ivaskevicius out, N. Manchkhava in    69' M. Stankevicius out, S. Lucchini in


Situation:  Sampdoria won the first leg SAMPDORIA 5 - 0 KAUNAS  

Even if Sampdoria won the first leg like swimming freely, they must win this match to increase their points. Only the first 2 teams of each group passes to the next round.

Here is the starting eleven formation for Kaunas by coach José Couceiro:

Kurskis, Radzius, Zelmikas, Fridrikas, Larbi Arouri, Miklinevicius, Mendy, Ivaskevicius, Zubavicius, Mamic, and Ledesma.

Here is the starting eleven formation for Sampdoria by coach Walter Mazzarri:

Luca Castellazzi, Marius Stankevicius, Daniele Gastaldello, Jonathan Bottinelli, Marco Padalino, Daniele Dessena, Paolo Sammarco, Gennaro Delvecchio, Reto Ziegler, Bruno Fornaroli, and Emiliano Bonazzoli.

Not surprising that coach Mazzarri opted for Paulo Sammarco instead of Antonio Cassano.  A match - in theory - not difficult to win. The news was the return from injury of goalkeeper Castellazzi.

I am so happy for young forward 21-years old Bruno Fornaroli because he wanted to show that he can be a key player for Sampdoria too. Coach Walter Mazzarri gives him the chance to be in the starting line up and he scored the equalizer goal in the 48th minute! After an assist by Ziegler from a corner, Gastaldello heads the ball on the second post, then finds Fornaroli shooting the ball and equalizing the score.

                  
             The moment of Fornaroli blasting Kaunas goalkeeper Kurskis.!  Photo: Pegaso

Can you imagine the joy of Fornaroli? Wow, I was jumping of joy because he got his wish. Sampdoria was losing with a goal by Irmamtis Zelmikas in the 17th minute.  It took Sampdoria 48 minutes to open the score!  I love it because Fornaroli played like coach Mazzarri, "play as you do in trainings." hey and he did!  Plus, Fornaroli followed the advice from his buddy Antonio Cassano to be calm.  Interesting that Cassano gave him the advice in SPANISH!  LOL, well, Fornaroli says that Cassano loves talking in Spanish.

Second goal for Sampdoria arrives in the 58th minute.  Sampdoria forward Emiliano Bonazzoli  from the right side  beat defender Kalmitas to  blast Kaunas goalkeeper Kurskis.

Well done for Sampdoria!  In the overall Sampdoria had a rollerskating trip winning without a problem passing to the next round.  Aggreggate result Kaunas 1 - 6 Sampdoria. First leg won by Sampdoria with those famous 5 goals to nil.



UEFA Cup First Round Match Second Leg
  
      Kaunas 1 - 2 Sampdoria

Thursday, October 2, 2008
S. Darius & S. Girenas - Kaunas Stadium
9:00 a.m. USA Pacific time

Referee: Alexandru Deaconu (ROU)
Assistant referee: George Adrian Vidan , Nicolae Marodin (ROU)
Fourth official: Augustus Viorel Constantin (ROU)
UEFA Delegate: Jaroslav Dudl (CZE)
UEFA Referee observer: Georges Konrath (FRA)

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What do you think of the result?  Was it fair?  Who was the player of the match, which players disappointed you and why?

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