In Italy has died, the President of Sampdoria Garrone

Sampdoria’s President Riccardo Garrone has died in Italy at the 77-year life, according to the Italian press. Honorary President and Chief Executive of the Italian oil company ERG, owned by his family, was bought off in series in the Genoa Club in 2002, Enrico Mantovani. The last successful Sampdoria Garrone has become the new return the team to Serie a following last season.

About who will succeed him as Club President Garrone, has not been revealed.

Delio Rossi became the new head coach of Sampdoria

Sampdoria determined leadership named the new head coach. As the press service of the Genoa, lead a team will be a 52-year-old Delio Rossi. Terms of the agreement and the financial side of the contract have not been announced.

In this post was replaced by Ciro Ferrara, who was sacked yesterday, after the defeat of Catania in the Italian Cup. Last place of work, Rossi was Fiorentina, where specialist who worked with Palermo, Lazio, Lecce and Atalanta, retired in May this year.

Maxi Lopez: Ronaldo also fascinates me, but compared with Messi is simply impossible

Italian Sampdoria's striker Maxi Lopez believes that the FC Barcelona striker Lionel Messi will once again be the title footballer of the year, the Spanish media.

As we have informed, the Golden Ball FIFA claim, except for Messi, his claim a Andres Iniesta and striker Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.

«You cannot prevent Messi Golden Ball. In my head doesn't fit what he does on the field. This beast has scored 88 goals and only one year. Ronaldo also fascinates me, but compared with Messi is simply impossible,» - Lopez said.

Javier Zanetti: We turned in a top performance

Javier Zanetti says Inter are not thinking about Juventus yet as they are focused on Wednesday’s match against Sampdoria. Nevertheless, Zanetti has stressed that they are taking things one game at a time as he feels Inter still have a long way to go.

The Argentine defender then briefly discussed his side’s win over Bologna, and was quite pleased with Inter’s display. Inter defeated Bologna 3-1 at the weekend to move to third place in the Serie A table, and are seen as one of Juventus’s biggest rivals in the Scudetto race.

«There’s no point talking about Saturday’s game against Juventus just yet because we’ve got Sampdoria before then.

There’s a long way to go but if we keep playing like this we can be up there challenging when it matters. We turned in a top performance and won at a difficult ground. We have to keep our season going like this.» - said Zanetti.

Mazzarri: Today we have tried to act the same as Juventus

The head coach of Napoli Walter Mazzarri after defeating the Sampdoria (1:0) admitted to having studied the experience of playing for Juventus against the Genoese, and was removed from the bench.

«Before me there was violent conduct, and I just raised his hands to express their outrage. The ref made me a comment, and then the fourth official advised him to remove me. I don't want to discuss it. Sampdoria had a great match, but the protest against an opponent a penalty, from which we scored, I do not understand. The foul was exactly on the line, which is part of the penalty area. The repetition is clearly visible. Today we have tried to act the same as Juventus. Such tactics against Sampdoria triggered» - said Mazzarri.