Giampaolo sees Sampdoria in ‘precarious position’

Sampdoria coach Marco Giampaolo acknowledges their ‘position is precarious’ after the 3-1 home defeat to Juventus, but he trusts they are on the right track.

The Blucerchiati somehow found themselves 2-0 down without conceding a single shot on target from open play, as Maya Yoshida scored an own goal and Alvaro Morata converted a penalty.

Antonio Candreva saw his spot-kick saved by Wojciech Szczesny and Abdelhamid Sabiri’s free kick was deflected in, but Morata sealed the 3-1 result with a header.

“I think you can build towards results with strong performances and today Samp played the way we had to,” Giampaolo told DAZN.

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“In the long run, playing like this will get results. Unfortunately, this counter-attacking approach is one of the characteristics that Juventus have and both their opening two goal came from that type of situation.

“I believed that if we scored, we’d open it all up again, which is what happened, then the third goal ended it.”

The coach was asked if he saw fear in the eyes of his Sampdoria players, as they remain just above the relegation zone.

“You cannot have fear if you want to play football. The situation is clear, we must know we’re putting in good performances and improve our self-esteem. Our position in the table is precarious and we must be able to deal with that.”