11-10, the goalkeeper Contini scores and para- Corriere.it

It took more than 120 minutes and 22 penalties
, but in the end Sampdoria managed to overtake Ascoli in the round of 32 of the Italian Cup. The protagonist you do not expect is Nikita ContiniSampdoria goalkeeper (he is the deputy of the owner Audero) that he is in charge of taking the last penalty kick and, after scoring it, he hypnotized the other number 1, Guarnawho had also taken a decent penalty.

The cracks in Stankovic’s team, however, remain, because it was Bucchi first of all to deploy the second lines with a view to the important postponement of B that will see the bianconeri engaged against Cagliari. An important confidence boost, however, for Sampdoria that at 18.30 next Monday will face Cremonese in a battle for salvation that already knows of life or death. Turnover also for Stankovic, who tested the 4-2-3-1 mainly used on the bench of the Red Star by inserting elements never seen (or almost) such as Contini, Amione, Conti, the young Yepes and Pussetto.

Verre thought about opening the game at the start, good at taking advantage of Falasco’s defensive sleep to fly towards the opponent’s goal and beat Guarna with a nice diagonal. Few scoring opportunities and, above all, few well-orchestrated plots, then led to the equal of Ascoli: excellent personal action by Botteghin, started from his own defense, and pocketed for Collocolo that only in front of Contini thanks and scores the equal goal . In the second half the script remains the same as in the first half, with the two teams committed more to defend than to offend. And the 90 ‘, in fact, ends at 1-1. The surprise arrives in the 111th minute, in decidedly tired teams: Bidaoui orchestrates the Ascoli offensive well, serving Gondo in the center of the Sampdoria area that acts as a bank for Donati. A penalty in motion that the outside cannot miss. It seems over, but 7 ‘later Sampdoria finds the strength to extend the game up to penalties: Augello’s soft left for Caputo’s head that hits and grabs the 2-2.

The penalties seem endless, but in the end Sampdoria goalkeeper Contini solves it, saving and scoring. Absolute protagonist. And now, for Sampdoria, Fiorentina is in the second round.