Sampdoria make it easy for Inter in Marassi

Sampdoria were unable to halt the Inter juggernaut as they went down 3-1 to the Nerazzurri in Marassi on Saturday evening.

There’s a reason if Antonio Conte’s side have won all their games so far but Sampdoria made it easy for them but virtually gifting them the first half as well as two of the three goals.

The visitors were 2-0 up before the midway point of the first half as strikes by Stefano Sensi (via a deflection) and Alexis Sanchez put them in control.

Eusebio Di Francesco’s side fared better after the break with the Nerazzurri reduced to 10 men following Sanchez’s second yellow and managed to halve the arrears through Jakub Jankto – his first goal in Serie A for Doria – but Roberto Gagliardini quickly restored Inter’s two-goal cushion and Samp were unable to find a way back in.

Sampdoria 1-3 Internazionale (HT 0-2)
Scorers: Sensi 20, Sanchez 22, Jankto 55, Gagliardini 61.
Sampdoria (3-5-2): Audero; Bereszynski, Chabot, Colley; Depaoli (Bonazzoli 56), Linetty (Caprari 73), Ekdal (Vieira 69), Jankto, Murru; Rigoni, Quagliarella.
Subs not used: Raspa, Falcone, Augello, Barreto, Ramírez, Thorsby, Regini, Ferrari, Léris.
Coach: Di Francesco.

Internazionale (3-5-2): Handanovic; Skriniar, De Vrij, Bastoni; Candreva (D’Ambrosio 57), Gagliardini, Brozovic, Sensi (Barella 65), Asamoah; Sanchez, Martinez (Lukaku 56).
Subs not used: Padelli, Godin, Vecino, Ranocchia, Politano, Lazaro, Valero, Dimarco, Biraghi.
Coach: Conte.

Referee: Calvarese (Teramo).
Assistants: Bindoni (Venice) and Galetto (Rovigo).
Fourth official: Irrati (Pistoia).
VAR: Pasqua (Tivoli).
AVAR: Mondin (Treviso).

Booked: Bastoni 10, Rigoni 16, Sanchez 43, Linetty 78, Skriniar 81.
Sent off: Sanchez 46 (second yellow).
Added time: 3+4 minutes.
Season tickets 17,031 (€177,402), match tickets 6,663 (€205,528).
Pitch: good condition.