At the moment in Serie A – April 20, 1994: Sampdoria Received the Coppa Italia Beating a Serie B Aspect
It was Sampdoria’s final trophy to this point. The Blucerchiati conquered the Coppa Italia within the 1993/94 season on April 20, 1994, beating Serie B facet Ancona 6-1 within the second leg of the ultimate, performed on the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. Again then, the Italian Cup was nonetheless contested over two legs, and the primary match in Ancona had ended 0-0.
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Ancona stay the final membership to have reached the Coppa Italia last whereas taking part in within the second division. They solely featured in Serie A twice—through the 1992/93 and 2003/04 seasons. Since then, the Biancorossi have endured some difficult years, going by way of a number of bankruptcies earlier than being revived this previous summer season and restarting from Serie D.
In that Coppa Italia last, they managed to carry Sampdoria goalless for 135 minutes. When the referee blew for half-time within the second leg in Genoa, the rating was nonetheless 0-0. However then, the Blucerchiati’s expertise inevitably made the distinction and opened a niche that widened dramatically as Ancona’s fairy story was a brutal hammering.
It couldn’t have ended any otherwise. Solely three years earlier, Sampdoria had received their solely, historic Scudetto. Regardless that Gianluca Vialli had since moved to Juventus and Roberto Mancini was unavailable that night time, the workforce’s spine remained stable. Italy’s keeper Gianluca Pagliuca was in purpose, England worldwide David Platt shone in midfield, and, if that weren’t sufficient, former Milan legends Ruud Gullit and Alberico Evani had just lately joined the membership. The supervisor was Sven-Göran Eriksson who, at 46, was already a Serie A veteran, having coached within the Italian peninsula for a few years.
Sampdoria received the job achieved by scoring six occasions within the house of 35 minutes (!) as future Crystal Palace fan favourite Attilio Lombardo bagged a brace and completed because the competitors’s prime scorer. They lifted the Coppa Italia for the fourth time of their historical past – one of many final joys for an excellent membership that’s presently struggling to keep away from relegation to Serie C…