Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Sunday’s football game at Stadio Luigi Ferraris pits together Sampdoria and Fiorentina, the two teams with entirely different ambitions for the remainder of the season. La Samp’s main goal is to secure the Serie A survival, while the Viola aim to represent Italy in European competitions next term. Midfielder Harry Winks is sidelined with injury for the home side, while Ronaldo Vieira is pushing for a start after coming as a substitute in a 3-0 loss to Inter.
The visitors, on the other hand, recorded a morale-boosting win over Spezia on Matchday 12, with the team climbing to 13th place in the standings. Fiorentina aim to give fans yet another reason for celebration, and given Sampdoria’s difficulties in front of goal, away win should be considered. In-form striker Luka Jovic will continue to lead the line for the visitors, while both Castrovilli and Gonzalez are sidelined with injuries. Sottil should recover in time to face Dejan Stankovic’s troops.
Highlighted Player (Jeison Murillo):
Jeison Murillo is a 24-year-old Colombian defender who plays for Inter Milan in Serie A. The centre back started in the youth teams of Deportivo Cali but made his senior professional bow with Udinese and Granada, as part of the partnership agreement between the clubs.
He moved on a permanent basis to Granada in 2011 but spent most of his time on loans at fellow Spanish league clubs Cadiz and Las Palmas. His talent was there for everyone to see and soon he would end up moving to Inter Milan in 2015. Murillo made his international debut for Colombia in 2014.
He was also a member of the 2015 Copa America squad and scored his solitary goal in national colors against Brazil. He would go on to win the “Best Young Player” of the tournament. Murillo is a hard-tackling no-nonsense centre back and is regarded as a ball-playing defender, which is almost a rarity in world football.
Highlighted Team (Fiorentina):
AC Fiorentina was founded on 29th of August in 1926 after a fusion between Libertas and CS Firenze. Currently Fiorentina is playing his home games in the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence which can accommodate 47282 supporters. The stadium was build in 1931 by Pier Luigi Nervi. De first prize ever won by Fiorentina was the CoppaItalia in the season of 1939/1940. The first Scudetto (name for the Serie A title) was in 1955/1956. One of the most important players in that season was the Brazilian Juninho. In 1996 he was rewarded as the best player in club history.
One year later Fiorentina lost the semi finals in the European Cup 1 against Real Madrid. During that period of time Fiorentina won the Europan Cup 2 against Glasgow Rangers and the Coppa Italia as well. In total Fiorentina won the league title twice.
Important football players that played for Fiorentina are: Batistuta, Baggio, Effenberg, Laudrup, Mijatovic and Rui Costa.