Sampdoria’s comeback success ends Serie B weekend

Cittadella-Sampdoria 1-2

Sampdoria beat Cittadella 2-1 at home in the last match valid for the 22nd round of Serie B. For the blucerchiati led on the bench by Andrea Pirlo è a very important success to try to climb the standings and recover morale after a negative series characterized by only one point in the previous four outings.

After ending the first half at 0-0, the two teams returned to the field with a different spirit in the second and it was Cittadella that struck first, at 53': Branca’s ball to Pandolfi, the hosts’ number 7 outpaced Stankovic coming out and deposited in the net for the 1-0.

Sampè reaction, however, was vehement and materialized between 60' and 69': first è Simone Giordano went to the net, beating Kastrati with his left foot, then è Daniele Ghirardi completed the comeback with the winning header on the development of a free kick kicked by Depaoli.

The final 2-1 win allows Samp to climb up to 13th place in the standings, joining Pisa on 26 points (+4 over the playout zone). Cittadella, on the other hand, remains in fifth place tied with Palermo with 36 points, and more importantly remains -5 from the second place that, at the end of the regular season, would be worth direct promotion to Serie A.