Quagliarella and Budimir on target in friendly win over U19s. Sassuolo prep begins on Tuesday

Fabio Quagliarella and Ante Budimir scored a goal in each half as Marco Giampaolo’s men beat Ciccio Pedone’s Primavera side 2-0 in a training-ground friendly on Saturday morning.

Stanley Amuzie, Edgar Barreto and Lucas Torreira played with the U19s for the 60-minute match.

Christian Puggioni, Angelo Palombo, Jacopo Sala and Matias Silvestre didn’t take part in the game but instead did personalised strength work while Emiliano Viviano, Carlos Carbonero and Daniel Pavlovic continued their rehabilitation programmes.

Bruno Fernandes, Karol Linetty, Luis Muriel, Pedro Pereira, Patrik Schick and Milan Skriniar remain away on international duty.

The Blucerchiati will report back for training on Tuesday afternoon to start gearing up for their next Serie A game, with Sassuolo due to visit Marassi at 12:30 CET next Sunday.

Sampdoria (4-3-1-2): Tozzo; Eramo, Krajnc, Regini, Dodô; Djuricic, Cigarini, Praet; Alvarez; Budimir, Quagliarella.

Sampdoria Primavera (4-3-3): Krapikas; Diaby, Girardi (Tomic), Pastor, Amuzie; Barreto, Torreira, Tessiore (Cioce); Baldé, Testa, Balde (Bozzi).