Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Milan will be looking to keep their Scudetto hopes alive when they take on Sampdoria at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Matchday 29. The Rossoneri recorded a very important 3-2 win over Fiorentina before the international break, but they face yet another must-win situation against La Samp. Ante Rebic remains on the sidelines through suspension, while Calabria, Romagnoli, and Mandzukic are all sidelined through injuries.
Rafael Leao, on the other hand, will be assessed ahead of the match. Sampdoria quickly bounced back from a 3-1 loss to Bologna, with the team beating Torino thanks to Antonio Candreva’s goal. Claudio Ranieri’s men, though, are not regarded as good travellers, and that is the main reason why we are tempted to put our money on Stefano Pioli’s troops. Torregrossa is definitely out of contention with injury, while Ekdal is a major doubt. In the first half of the season Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Co. defeated Sampdoria in Genoa 2-1.
Highlighted Player (Zlatan Ibrahimovic):
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a Swedish footballer of Bosnian descent. Ibra was born in Malmo on 3 October, 1981 and, as a result, he decided to represent Sweden on the international stage. The 195-cm-tall attacker started his senior career at Malmo and in 2011 he moved to Ajax.
Ibrahimovic was producing outstanding performances for the Amsterdammers from 2001 to 2004 and, as a result, he was linked with a move with several European giants. In 2004 he signed a deal with Juventus for a fee of €16 million. Ibra scored 23 goals in 70 league games with the Bianconeri and he won two Serie A trophies with club (both revoked due to the Calciopoli scandal). He played for Inter and Milan in the past as well and he was part of Barcelona between 2009 and 2011.
In 2012 he moved to PSG and it has to be noted that he won for Ligue 1 trophies with les Parisiens. After scoring on his last game for PSG against Nantes, he joined Manchester United in the summer of 2016. Ibrahimovic represented Sweden at several major tournaments.
Highlighted Team (Sampdoria):
Sampdoria is an Italian football club from Genoa which is currently playing in the highest Italian football division: the Serie A. The club colours of Sampdoria are blue and white and is known under the nickname Blucerchiati. Sampdoria host it’s home games in the Stadio Luigi Ferraris which is located in Genua. Interesting detail is that their biggest city rival Genoa is playing their home games in Stadio Luigi Ferraris as well.
In the past Sampdoria was playing in the Serie B and Serie A on and off. After the big successes in the end of the eighties the club became a stable team in the Serie A. Sampdoria managed to win the Scudetto once in 1991, the Coppa Italia 4 times in 1985, 1988, 1989 and 1994 and the Europe Cup II in 1990.
There are a lot of important players in football history that played for Sampdoria such as: Seedorf, Gullit, Mancini, Poli, Vieri, Zenga, Falcone, Karembeu, Vialli, Klinsmann and Veron.