Lecce managed the shock of the round by stunning Inter Milan 1-0, the defeat bringing to an end the Nerazzurri's six-game winning. Juventus kept their undefeated record intact by defeating highflying Udinese by two goals to nil in very wet conditions in Turin on Saturday. Alessandro Matri was the hero on the night as he claimed both strikes.

Serie B: buon Livorno, il Grosseto vince ma viene fischiato Di Renato Cignoni SAMPDORIA – LIVORNO 1 – 1 (55' Pozzi (S) – 81' Paulinho)GROSSETO – ALBINOLEFFE 1 – 0 (58' Alfageme) Sampdoria : Romero; Berardi, Gastaldello, Rossini, Castellini; Obiang, Palombo, Krsticic; Juan Antonio; Bertani, Pozzi.

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Tales from Tier Two is a series on Just Football in partnership with @tiertwofooty, in which we assess the promotion chances of the clubs in tier two of Europe's major leagues at the midway point of 2011/12.

When Pasquale Sensibile arrived in Genoa following a triumphant two years as Sports Director of Novara, Sampdoria seemed to have invested wisely as it sought to wake from a nightmarish nine months. Sensibile's CV was fat with success after presiding over the arrival of coach Attilio Tesser and a number of productive signings including Samir Ujkani, Michel Morganella, Marco Rigoni and Francesco.

When Pasquale Sensibile arrived in Genoa following a triumphant two years as Sports Director of Novara, Sampdoria seemed to have invested wisely as it sought to wake from a nightmarish nine months. Sensibile's CV was fat with success after presiding over the arrival of coach Attilio Tesser and a number of productive signings including Samir Ujkani, Michel Morganella, Marco Rigoni and Francesco.

Manchester United's 20 year old Italian striker Federico Macheda is 95% certain he'll be playing the rest of the season on-loan at QPR after his agent confirmed United manager Sir Alex Ferguson wants to keep the Italian in a United shirt despite a poor return since his season long loan at Sampdoria where they were relegated into the Serie B.

Federico Macheda's agent Giovanni Bia has today claimed that the striker will be off on loan in January when the transfer window opens.

After a disappointing time on loan with Sampdoria, Bia claims that the Italian striker won't be returning to his homeland on loan again, but will probably accept one of the offers that has come in for him.

By Alan Duffy

Trev, James and Lee: A story of fatherly love, riches and intrigue. And burglary.

That's a headline you thought you'd never see, eh! Well, according to a number of newspapers, the 24-year-old James Francis is indeed in big trouble after allegedly breaking in to former Aston Villa schemer Lee Hendrie's £1.

Sampdoria thought it had left the Wild West of Campania behind when the players boarded the plane to Liguria; the in-flight meal a digestion of the 4-2 thrashing meted out by Nocerina. But after arrival, when passing through the Christopher Columbus Airport they were met not by smiling wives and girlfriends, but an aggressive mob intent on violence.

"But age, with his stealing steps, Hath claw'd me in his clutch, And hath shipped me intil the land, As if I had never been such." I don't think the Clown in Hamlet was singing about a footballer's career, but in the same way age steals away life's vigour, so it diminishes the speed and skill that creates quality players.

Augsburg vs Werder Bremen 1-1 Highlights Video 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

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We've got the Champions League, the much maligned Europa League but if there was a knockout competition comprised of the top XI's from Europe's second divisions where would Serie B finish? As the first quarter of the season ends the column selects the stand out performers and those to compete in the inaugural Second Best League.

It's true indeed. Al-Saadi al-Gaddafi, the third son of dead Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi played football at the highest level having spells with Perugia, Udinese and Sampdoria! Al-Saadi al Gaddafi, perhaps Libya's most and only recognizable footballing 'star' (if that is what we can call him) had spells in Serie A with Perugia in 2003/2004, [.

It's official, qualifying for the European Championships in the Ukraine and Poland next summer is over, well almost. 240 games have been played by 51 national teams across 403 days with 648 goals scored. So far the tournament has 12 sides confirmed, Italy topped group C and finally we can get on with a few weeks of uninterrupted domestic football; about bloody time.

At the request of readers, Serie A Weekly welcomes guest writer Vincenzo Sottile. Vince will be covering Sampdoria as the squad struggles to make their return to first flight and Italian Serie A football this season. Sampdoria find themselves with another tie in a 1-1 game against Sassuolo on Sunday, their records so far has not been what would have wished for with 3 wins, 5 ties and 1 loss.

At the request of readers, Serie A Weekly welcomes guest writer Vincenzo Sottile. Vince will be covering Sampdoria as the squad struggles to make their return to first flight and Italian Serie A football this season. Sampdoria find themselves with another tie in a 1-1 game against Sassuolo on Sunday, their records so far has not been what would have wished for with 3 wins, 5 ties and 1 loss.

The big news at the top was Torino's come from behind win away at Sampdoria on Friday night, a result that saw them leading the division along with Padova after their 4-2 win at Empoli. Empoli fired coach Alfredo Aglietti after the match, replacing him with Giuseppe Pillon. Il Toro inflicted Sampdoria's first defeat of the season in a tight game that was decided by Rolando Bianchi's third goal of.

The big news at the top was Torino's come from behind win away at Sampdoria on Friday night, a result that saw them leading the division along with Padova after their 4-2 win at Empoli. Empoli fired coach Alfredo Aglietti after the match, replacing him with Giuseppe Pillon. Il Toro inflicted Sampdoria's first defeat of the season in a tight game that was decided by Rolando Bianchi's third goal of.

Empoli - Padova: per continuare a sognare Di Carlo Gazzeri Dopo la brillante vittoria col Modena, il Padova va a Empoli in cerca di tre punti che, alla luce del big match di venerdì sera tra le due grandi favorite alla promozione, Sampdoria e Torino, permetterebbero ai biancoscudati di guadagnare punti su almeno una delle due super compagini a prescindere dall'esito della sfida di Marassi e si

After five games of SerieB there's a predictable feel to the top of the table with Padova, last years' losing play-off finalists undefeated along with two of the relegated sides Brescia and Sampdoria. Torino , under the stewardship of old hat Giampiero Ventura look likely to feature as do Reggina. Only three points separate the top nine places with Zdenek Zeman's unpredictable Pescara bringing up.

One of our first football manager games had Gianluca Vialli on the cover, and it wasn't the best one around but the former Chelsea (player-manager), Juventus and Sampdoria man is still quite a character. For starters, Vialli's English-Italiano accent remains quite sexy thanks to his wife!

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Chutzpah. It sounds a little like a table sauce for cold meat. ‘Make thanksgiving with Chutzpah' or, ‘Would you like Chutzpah with that?" Would I?! However, it turns out it's not a bottled condiment at all, but as Leo Rosten defines in The Joys of Yiddish,"Chutzpah-gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible guts, presumption plus arrogance such as no other word and no other language can do.

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By Mehdi Rahnama

The last thing a country will think about during a revolution, one might think, is its football. In Libya though, the support of the national team towards the rebels has caused a major setback to the Gaddafi camp.

SQUADRA ACQUISTI CESSIONI ATALANTA All.: Colantuono Schelotto, c (Catania) Caserta, c (Cesena) Pellegrino, d (Cesena) Gabbiadini, a (Cittadella) Scozzarella, d (Portogruaro) Lucchini, d (Sampdoria) Olausson, c (Orgryte) A. Masiello, d (Bari) Ardemagni, a (Padova) Moralez, c (Velez) Denis, a (Udinese) Cigarini, c (Napoli) Brighi, c (Roma) Delvecchio, c (Catania) Dalla Bona

Gazzetta dello Sport Don't strike! Udinese almost complete miracle, Arsenal punish them Di Natale is the principal figure scores a great goal, but misses a penalty. Keeper Handanovic with a great game. Guidolin's team leaves field to the applause of the fans. Milan, low cost Aquilani: "Great quality" Milan, low cost Aquilani: "Great quality" City risk for Milanese and Napoli Juve, the surprise of.

Week 1 & 20 28/08/11 and 29/01/12 Atalanta Cesena Bologna Roma Cagliari- Milan Inter- Lecce Lazio Chievo Napoli Genoa Novara Palermo Parma Catania Siena Fiorentina Udinese Juventus Week 2 & 21 11/09/11 and 01/02/12 Catania Siena Cesena Napoli Chievo Novara Fiorentina Bologna Genoa .

* Saturday night in Rio sees the draw for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers for all except South America (CONMEBOL).
All eyes will be on the European draw where 1998 World Cup winners France have been downgraded to the second pot, meaning they will play one of the top seeds England, Spain, Holland, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Norway or Greece.

Philippe Mexes is a dirty cheat. He's a walking red card and a thuggish scumbag; an explosion waiting to happen like that quiet, inevitable interval in between lighting a firecracker and waiting for it to go off. Philippe Mexes is a tremendous defender. Sure, he has a dirty side, but what centerback doesn't?

Manchester United young Italian striker, Federico Macheda, had what he consider as a nightmare loan season at Sampdoria, but "Kiko" admitted that it actually gives him another step to maturity that hopefully can make him stay at Old Trafford in the upcoming season.

The Italian under 21 striker revealed that the different mentality in Serie A is what in the end cost him the failure in getting much playing time but he is ready to fight for a place now at United.

After a goalless draw with Serie A Champions AC Milan on the last day of the 2010/11 season, Udinese qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in five years.
An extremely unpredictable result considering they were in the midst of a relegation battle the season before, eventually finishing fifteenth.

For a youngster, England is a better place to play. It wasn't easy from a psychological point of view to leave United and join a Sampdoria side who were fighting relegation
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Unione Calcio Sampdoria (usually called Sampdoria) have officially launched their Kappa 2011/12 home, away and third kits for their upcoming Italian Serie B and Coppa Italia campaigns. The 11/12 Blucerchiati kits were on Tuesday with several soccer babes serving as models. The Sampdoria Kappa 11/12 kit collection consists of the club's traditional blue home kit, a [.

Unione Calcio Sampdoria (usually called Sampdoria) have officially launched their Kappa 2011/12 home, away and third kits for their upcoming Italian Serie B and Coppa Italia campaigns. The 11/12 Blucerchiati kits were on Tuesday with several soccer babes serving as models. The Sampdoria Kappa 11/12 kit collection consists of the club's traditional blue home kit, a [.

Roberto Mancini looking to his homeland for transfer targets. - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini has identified a host of Serie A targets that he will be interested in buying this summer. The Italian is concocting a transfer wishlist to City owner Sheikh Mansour, which contains players from the length and breadth of Italy's top flight.

On October 24, 2010, Antonio Cassano took to the field with Sampdoria in a crucial match against a then-second place Inter side. At the Giuseppe Meazza, the Bari-born fantasista was instrumental once again, delivering a pinpoint perfect cross to Stefano Guberti which temporarily gave Sampdoria a 1-0 lead.

Spending an unsuccessful short spell in Serie A seems to left a huge disappointment for Manchester United's Federico "Kiko" Macheda, who isn't that keen in playing in Italy again next summer as he wants a premier league return.

Macheda doesn't rule out a return to his native country in the future, but for the time being he believes it's best for him to get experiences in England instead, because he believes the Premier League is a better place to play for young players like him.

Lazio fans have been served the full range of emotions in the season just passed. An emphatic start was followed by a somewhat inevitable period of tailing off, eventually ending in a fifth placed finish. It was a campaign where incredibly fortunate late goals in favour of the Romans (against Udinese and Sampdoria) were countered by devastating winners against the run of play (Juventus).

The world of one part of Argentina's top two clubs, Club Atletico River Plate (referred simply as River Plate in most circles) is on the brink of disaster. Having suffered defeat to CA Lanus (2-1 at home) the club then faced the prospect of a two-leg playoff with second division outfit Belgrano for a place in next seasons Premier Division.

Perhaps the most shocking relegation of this past season in Europe was Sampdoria, which went from the Champions League to Serie B in the snap of a year-long, clear-out-the-best-players finger. Over the past few years? Possibly Corinthians, which bounced rightback with a Real Ronaldo Revolution.