Recovery session in groups, afternoon training tomorrow

Barely 24 hours after Sunday’s convincing win over Hellas Verona, Walter Zenga and his Sampdoria side were back on the main training pitch at the Centro Sportivo Mugnaini this morning to kick-start their preparations for Thursday’s visit of Empoli.

The squad split into two groups, with the players involved yesterday undertaking a recovery session. Meanwhile, those not involved yesterday – plus the players who came on during the match and Djamel Mesbah, who spent most of the session with his team-mates – worked on technical drills and fitness exercises before having a minimatch and some finishing practice.

Andrea Coda, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos and Nenad Krsticic all trained separately as planned.

The Blucerchiati will be back in training tomorrow afternoon.