Sinisa Mihajlovic hopes his remarkable record against Torino and Giampiero Ventura can boost Sampdoria” data-scaytid=”4″>Sampdoria.
Sinisa Mihajlovic hopes his remarkable record against Torino and Giampiero Ventura can boost Sampdoria.
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“Ventura has for some time been one of my favourite Coaches, even if so far I’ve never lost to him,” said Mihajlovic in a Press conference.
“I’m unbeaten against Torino too. Hopefully I can keep both those runs going! Every game is a test and we have only just begun.
“I am convinced we can spend this season in the top half of the table, then we’ll see if it’s around eighth or sixth place.”
Samp started the campaign with a 1-1 draw away to Palermo, despite being down to 10 men for the entire second half.
Vasco Regini was sent off in that fixture and will therefore be suspended today.
“We could’ve done better in Palermo,” insisted Miha. “I expect above all improvements in the quality of our football.
“Torino are a great side who are unbeaten in 13 and kept five consecutive clean sheets. They play with 10 men behind the ball and then hurt you on the counter-attack. We prepared for this game.
“We will also repay the fans on the field for rushing to buy season tickets even during an economic crisis. They will do their duty on the stands and we’ll try to entertain them.”
Sampdoria squad for Torino: Da Costa, Romero, Viviano; Cacciatore, De Silvestri, Gastaldello, Mesbah, Romagnoli, Silvestre; Duncan, Krsticic, Marchionni, Obiang, Palombo, Rizzo, Soriano; Bergessio, Eder, Fedato, Gabbiadini, Okaka, Sansone