Genoa and Samp unite amid flood

Sampdoria and Genoa announced plans to raise funds for people affected by floods, while Luca Antonini got his hands dirty.

The city is in an emergency situation after unusual thunderstorms prompted the river to burst its banks, killing one man who had been waiting for a bus in the Marassi area.

Sampdoria and Genoa announced plans to raise funds for people affected by floods, while Luca Antonini got his hands dirty.

The city is in an emergency situation after unusual thunderstorms prompted the river to burst its banks, killing one man who had been waiting for a bus in the Marassi area.

Sampdoria and Genoa are in talks with the authorities to find a fund-raising initiative to help the people of the city.

Genoa defender Antonini took matters into his own hands and was spotted personally shovelling away mud from the doorways of shops in the area worst hit by the flooding.