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Sampdoria went to Trieste with a lot of problems

Sampdoria suffered a serious defeat a week ago against their city rival Genoa and an additional problem for them is the injury of their best forward Eder

In the first three rounds Cagliari won four points which is not a bad result for the club from Sardinia. Lopez's team won their only match against Atalanta in Trieste and although it was predicted that Cagliari's old stadium Sant Elia would be ready for this match, it didn't happen so Sampdoria will have to go to Trieste to play at Nereo Rocco. Cagliari is full of confidence after they avoided a loss in Florence. Cagliari put up a good fight at Artemio Franchi but the fact is that Lopez's team also had a lot of luck in that match.

Lopez doesn't lack optimism ahead the match against Sampdoria either:
 - Samp is an unpleasant opponent with many good players, but I am convinced we will play a great match as I was convinced in the same thing ahead of the match against Fiorentina. We trained well during the weak, it was intense because there is a lot of competition for each of the positions in the team. We don't have only eleven players.

Among the 20 candidates for appearance in Trieste for the first time there is the reinforcement Ibraimi who recovered from a minor injury earned during play for the national team of Macedonia. The Greek defender Oikonomou will miss the match as well as the Portuguese midfielder Rui Sampaio. Neither of them played for Cagliari yet this season and the defender Pisano is still out after being absent for six months.

A possible chance in the tactical formation is being mentioned in the media but Rossi has no intention of making any radical moves:
- At this moment, changes can cause problems. It is clear Eder will be substituted because we will not play with ten players. Some little things could change nevertheless.

Rossi also addressed the fans who were extremely disappointed by the performance in the derby:
 - What can I say? I can promise a good approach and there will be no more performances such as the one against Genoa. Still, if they have chosen to root for Sampdoria then they knew they would have to suffer. I asked for an apology to everyone but I don't think there is a need to overdo it. Now we need to move on again, better than in the previous matches.

The away team coach went to Trieste with 24 players. Players who are not among them are the excellent but injured forward Eder, the surplus defenders Castellini, Berardi and young Fornasier. The record of matches against Cagliari also doesn't go to Sampdoria's advantage as they didn't win in the last nine matches against that team.

The match is played in Trieste, but Cagliari are used to that. This season they've already beaten Atlanta there. The fact that Cagliari are continuing with the good performances since last season comes as no surprise as the team has been left almost unchanged. On the other hand, Sampdoria have lost a couple of important players during the summer, they seemed desperate against Genoa in last week's city derby, and they're short of their key striker Eder. I think Rossi's team will have a hard time taking the point away from Cagliari, despite the fact that the match is being held on neutral ground.