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BBC News
7 hours ago
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Sampdoria avoid relegation despite abandonment
Sampdoria avoided a first relegation to the third tier of Italian football despite their Serie B relegation play-off against Salernitana being abandoned after 65 former Serie A champions were leading 2-0 on the night and 4-0 on aggregate when players were ordered off the field because of unrest from Salernitana supporters in the began early on in the match when Gian Marco Ferrari thought he had given Salernitana the lead midway through the first half, only for his goal to be ruled out for minutes later Massimo Coda scored for Sampdoria before Giuseppe Sibilli made it 4-0 on aggregate just after the home fans in Salerno immediately turned on their team following the second goal, with relegation to Serie C looking all but firecrackers and chairs were thrown on to the field and the game was halted numerous times before the players were taken off the field with 65 minutes on the players of both sides in the dressing room, riot police tried to restore order to the Daniele Doveri attempted to get the game restarted 10 minutes later but objects began to rain down once again and the match was only needed an aggregate draw to stay up because of their higher placing in the second leg of the play-off, which was originally scheduled for Friday, took place on Sunday following a severe food poisoning outbreak in the Salernitana camp.A formal request to reschedule the match was accepted after 21 of their travelling party became ill following last week's 2-0 first-leg defeat.
Hindustan Times
10 hours ago
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- Hindustan Times
Sampdoria avoid Serie C after Salernitana fan disorder ends relegation play-off
Sampdoria avoided a first-ever relegation to the third tier of Italian football on Sunday after coming through a relegation play-off with Salernitana which was cut short due to fans disorder. HT Image Close-range strikes in each half from Massimo Coda and Giuseppe Sibilli would have confirmed survival at the end of a rollercoaster campaign for 1991 Italian champions Samp, following a 2-0 win in last weekend's first leg. But Sunday's second leg in Salerno was stopped and then called off with just 65 minutes on the clock after angry home fans launched flares, firecrackers and seats onto the pitch of the Stadio Arechi. A 4-0 win for Samp will likely become 5-0, with Salernitana set to be punished with a 3-0 defeat after a tumultuous second leg. Samp finished the regular season in 18th place and the relegation zone last month following a goalless draw with Juve Stabia and Salernitana's win over Cittadella on the final day. Everything changed when Brescia were handed a points deduction for accounting and administrative infractions which dropped them below Samp in the final table. Samp were bumped up into the second of two relegation play-off spots, setting up a showdown with Salernitana. There was no lack on drama over the course of the tie, with the second leg moved back to Sunday from Friday after an outbreak of food poisoning among Salernitana's playing and coaching following the first leg in Genoa. Salernitana, who only needed an aggregate draw to stay up, due to their higher placing in the table, thought they were ahead on the night when Gian Piero Ferrari bundled home from a corner in the 34th minute. But Ferrari's goal was ruled out for handball. Four minutes later Coda netted, sparking anger in the stands which boiled over after Sibilli's 49th-minute finish. Fans caused the match to be stopped several times before the players headed to the dressing room in the hope that the crowd would calm down. They were only back out on the pitch for moments before objects again flew from the stands of a now half-empty Arechi, forcing referee Daniele Doveri to end both the match and Samp's fears of relegation. Samp, who posted a loss of 40.7 million euros in their 2024 accounts, have spent the last few seasons dealing with financial problems and this season flirting with the drop after making the Serie B play-offs last season. They had been close to going bust after relegation to Serie B in 2023, but were saved that summer by current president Matteo Manfredi and former Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani, who has since exited the club. Samp's majority shareholder is Singaporean businessman Joseph Tey. Club icons Alberico Evani and Attilio Lombardo were hired as coaches in April in an attempt to save Samp from the drop after significant transfer market activity both last summer and in January. Evani was Samp's fourth head coach of the season after Andrea Pirlo, Andrea Sottil and Leonardo Semplice. td/pb FERRARI N.V. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
