++ [ originally posted by Stuart ] ++
Lazio look good. Sampdoria were doing really well up until Antonioli's sending off, but they weren't dominating Lazio or anything. Both sides have gone out onto the pitch with a positive attitude, and now that Lazio have a numerical advantage Oddo and Zauri are advancing down the flanks from their full back positions time and time again.
Samp coach Walter Novellino has made it known that his team aren't going to give up though, because instead of sacrificing a forward player when their goalkeeper was given his marching orders, they subbed their left back, Pisano.