Sampdoria face a well organized and fit opponent. Organization and fitness, exactly what Sampdoria lack right now. I'm confident Montella will give both but I'm pretty sure it won't happen soon and least of all in December, the way it didn't happen in December 2011, when Iachini inherited from Atzori a team which had the players to gain the promotions to serie A but lost to better organized and fitter teams such as Nocerina. Iachini went on losing in December but after the Christmas pause the team improved enough to recover the playoff spot and the promotion to serie A.
We might have two advantages: Sassuolo had an Italian Cup game yesterday (a home defeat to Cagliari) and will miss Berardi who is their main threat in attack, even if he is not going through the most brilliant time of his short career.
Montella recovers Zukanovic and that is definitely a good thing if you consider how bad Regini was in the last game. The ineffective Muriel might be benched and replaced by Alejandro Rodriguez rather than Cassano, whose fitness is questionable, or Bonazzoli, who didn't look ready for serie A.
Montella could try 3-5-2: Viviano - Silvestre, Moisander, Zukanovic - De Silvestri, Soriano, Fernando, Barreto, Mesbah - Eder, A.Rodriguez; or just confirm 4-3-3 with Carbonero instead of Moisander.
Giornata 15: Sampdoria - Sassuolo
We might have two advantages: Sassuolo had an Italian Cup game yesterday (a home defeat to Cagliari) and will miss Berardi who is their main threat in attack, even if he is not going through the most brilliant time of his short career.
Montella recovers Zukanovic and that is definitely a good thing if you consider how bad Regini was in the last game. The ineffective Muriel might be benched and replaced by Alejandro Rodriguez rather than Cassano, whose fitness is questionable, or Bonazzoli, who didn't look ready for serie A.
Montella could try 3-5-2: Viviano - Silvestre, Moisander, Zukanovic - De Silvestri, Soriano, Fernando, Barreto, Mesbah - Eder, A.Rodriguez; or just confirm 4-3-3 with Carbonero instead of Moisander.
