Palermo-Lecce, sfida tutta meridionale, chiude, questa sera, la nona giornata di Serie A. I rosanero di Mangia, reduci dal doppio ko sull'asse Milano-Roma (ma all'Olimpico hanno avuto svariate occasioni per il pari), non attraversano un periodo positivo, anche se il Barbera si è dimostrato, fino a questo momento, fortino inviolabile (tre vittorie su altrettante sfide [.

Thomas Di Benedetto is a stranger in a strange land. As an American in charge of an Italian football club Italy being infamously insular when it comes to calcio the Bostonian needs to make a strong and favorable impression immediately upon the minds of Romanisti. The club's most noticeable problem is a leaky defence, the likes of which is prone to spectacular mistakes in judgments.

In a match that saw three red cards, Sampdoria battled back from going down a goal in the first half to win and pick up three points.
Mirko Vucinic scored the match's first goal in the 17th minute:
Sampdoria got the equalizer in the 58th minute after Roma Keeper Julio Sergio fouled Angelo Palombo in the box giving a penalty kick to Sampdoria, which was converted by Nicola Pozzi:
Former Roma player, Stefano Guberti picked up the game winner for Sampdoria in the 83rd minute:
Despite seeing Sampdoria go down to nine men after Stefano Lucchini received a red card in the 86th minute and Daniele Gastaldello received a red card in the 90th minute, Roma was unable to pick up a second goal.