Sampdoria Vs Roma 2-0: Blucerchiati Worsens Giallorossi's Negative Trend

JAKARTA - Sampdoria worsens AS Roma's negative trend when silencing its guest with a score of 2-0 in the 34th match of the Italian League, at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium, Genoa, Sunday local time (Monday, western Indonesia time).

Roma, who played relatively under pressure throughout the match, failed to respond to goals from Adrien Silva and Jakub Jankto who lodged into their goal.

Despite winning, Sampdoria did not move from ninth place in the standings with a collection of 45 points, according to the official Italian League page records.

Meanwhile, Roma (55), who have not tasted victory in the last four matches, are stuck in seventh place and this season is certain to be the most optimal, only finishing in the sixth position.

Roma had an aggressive start, but the attempts of Borja Mayoral, Marash Kumbulla, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan did not meet any targets.

Then the goalkeepers of both teams began to get busy making saves, Daniel Fuzato on the left-footed kick of the aging Sampdoria striker Manolo Gabbiadini and Emil Audero for Chris Smalling's header in a corner kick.

Right at the end of normal time in the first half, the hosts were able to open the scoring, when Morten Thorsby's pass was well finished by Silva to beat Fuzato and give Sampdoria a 1-0 lead over Roma.

Roma entered the second half with failure after failure to build on any meaningful attacks, until finally, Sampdoria was able to double their lead in the 65th minute when Jankto converted Valerio Verre's through ball with accuracy.

The visitors actually had a golden opportunity to spark the momentum of the revival, after being awarded a penalty by the referee Juan Luca Sacchi in the 71st minute, but Edin Dzeko's execution could be countered by Audero.

That moment seemed to tear down the mentality of the Roma players who were increasingly having trouble creating meaningful opportunities until the remaining time of the match passed and Sampdoria came out as winners at the end of the match.

This result is clearly not a positive asset for Roma who will undertake an impossible mission to overturn a 2-6 aggregate when they host Manchester United at Olimpico in the second leg of the Europa League semi-final on Thursday, May 6, before facing Crotone three days later.

While Sampdoria on Saturday, May 8 will visit the Giuseppe Meazza to face Inter Milan who has just won the Italian League scudetto this season.