On 30 April, one of the matches of the 32nd round of the Italian football championship took place. Fiorentina (Florence) and Sampdoria (Genoa) met.
Italian Championship, round 32
Fiorentina (Florence ) - Sampdoria (Genoa) - 5:0 (1:0)
Goals: Castrovilli (45 +2), Dodo (62), Duncan (66), Kuame (76), A. Terzic (89).
Warnings: J. Murillo (60), Kuame (81), A. Terzic (89)
In the Serie A match played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, Fiorentina secured a confident 5-0 victory over Sampdoria. The game started with Sampdoria dominating for most of the first half hour. However, Fiorentina quickly turned the tide when Federico Djuricic was substituted just after the half-hour mark, making way for Morten Leris. The situation changed sharply in Fiorentina's favour when Gaetano Castrovilli struck in the 45th minute, giving them the lead before half-time. Sampdoria tried to salvage the situation with another substitution: Murillo was replaced by Marco Oikonoma at the start of the second half. But their hopes were completely dashed when Dodo doubled the hosts' lead with a goal in the 62nd minute.
Things went downhill for Sampdoria soon after when Alfred Duncan scored just four minutes later. Kuame, who replaced Nicolas Gonzalez, soon scored his fourth goal for the hosts. In the 74th minute, Sampdoria made a flurry of substitutions, producing Manolo Gabbiadini, Martin Cuisans and Ahraf Lammers. Those substitutions were too late, however, as Kouame added another goal to his name and Fiorentina's fifth goal just ten minutes into the match. The hosts made a couple of substitutions as Giovanni Castrovilli gave way to Riccardo Saponara and Rashid Sottila was replaced by Alessandro Bianco. Despite a yellow card to Quama and another substitute for Fiorentina, the match came to a close with five goals in favour of the home side. Overall, it was a dominant performance from Fiorentina, who ruthlessly punished the weak play of Sampdoria. This big win will give the team a much-needed boost in their quest to climb up the Serie A standings.
In the next round, the opponents will be Salernina vs Fiorentina and Sampdoria vs Torino.
| Fiorentina | Sampdoria | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Goals on goal | 1 |
| 22 | Shots | 4 |
| 6 | Blocked kicks | 1 |
| 11 | Kicks from the penalty area | 4 |
| 11 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 0 |
| 13 | Offences | 9 |
| 11 | Corner | 0 |
| 5 | Offsides | 0 |
| 68% | Possession of the ball | 32% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 1 | Safeties by goalkeeper | 5 |
| 541 | Total assists | 265 |
| 473 | Accurate passes | 198 |
| 87% | Accuracy of transmissions | 75% |