Sampdoria 0-0 Inter Milan: Romelu Lukaku and Co held to a stalemate

Sampdoria 0-0 Inter Milan: Romelu Lukaku and Co unable to break through Serie A strugglers as Simone Inzaghi’s side are held to a stalemate in Genoa

  • Inter Milan were unable to find a way past 19th-placed Sampdoria on Monday
  • Inter stay second in Serie A but are an astonishing 15 points off Napoli in first 
  • Nerazzurri did however move three points above Atalanta, Roma and AC Milan 

Second-placed Inter Milan were held to a 0-0 draw at lowly Sampdoria in Serie A on Monday as Simone Inzaghi’s side were left to rue a flurry of missed chances on a foggy Genoa night.

Napoli lead the table by 15 points after 22 games with Inter on 44, while Atalanta, AS Roma and AC Milan all have 41 points.

Inter dominated the first half but Sampdoria managed to survive wave after wave of attacks thanks to smart defensive work and a reasonable amount of luck.

Substitute Federico Dimarco almost opened the scoring with a well-executed volley on the hour mark, but his effort cannoned into the side netting. 

The visitors started to look visibly frustrated as the clock ticked towards 90 minutes but were sloppy in their build-up, giving Sampdoria opportunities to break up the play.

Inter Milan failed to break down Sampdoria in what was a frustrating evening for Simone Inzaghi’s side

Despite the visitors having several attempts at goal, they were not clinical enough and failed to score

The Inter Milan away support displayed a banner with support for the victims of the Turkey and Syria earthquake

Inter’s Francesco Acerbi came close to a winner two minutes into stoppage time but was denied by Samp keeper Emil Audero.

In total, the visitors had 25 shots on goal but were unable to break the deadlock with just five hitting the target. 

The draw left second-bottom Sampdoria on 11 points, eight adrift of the safety zone.

MATCH FACTS 

SAMPDORIA: Audero, Murillo, Nuytinck, Amione, Augello, Winks, Cuisance, Zanoli, Djuricic, Lammers, Gabbiadini

Subs: Ilkhan, Ivanovic, Jese, Malagrida, Murru, Paoletti, Quagliarella, Ravaglia, Rincon, Sabiri, Turk, Yepes

Booked: Nuytinck, Amione, Lammers

INTER MILAN: Onana, Skriniar, De Vrij, Acerbi, Darmian, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Gosens, Martinez, Lukaku

Subs: Asllani, Bastoni, Bellanova, Brozovic, Carboni, Cordaz, D’Ambrosio, Dimarco, Dumfries, Dzeko, Gagliardini, Handanovic, Zanotti

Booked: Martinez

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