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Sampdoria 1-3 Juventus: Player ratings as Juve close in on Serie A leaders

By James Cormack

GENOA, ITALY - MARCH 12: Juan Cuadrado of Juventus (2nd from L) celebrates with his team-mates after causing Maya Yoshida of Sampdorias own goal during the Serie A match between UC Sampdoria and Juventus FC at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on March 12, 2022 in Genoa, Italy. (Photo by Getty Images)
GENOA, ITALY - MARCH 12: Juan Cuadrado of Juventus (2nd from L) celebrates with his team-mates after causing Maya Yoshida of Sampdorias own goal during the Serie A match between UC Sampdoria and Juventus FC at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on March 12, 2022 in Genoa, Italy. (Photo by Getty Images) /
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Juventus eased to all three points on Saturday evening as they beat Sampdoria 3-1 away from home to maintain their impressive unbeaten run in Serie A.

Juve raced into a two-goal lead in the first half thanks to a Maya Yoshida own goal and an Alvaro Morata spot-kick. The away side did a sound job of keeping the hosts at arm’s length and it seemed that they would saunter to all three points, especially after Antonio Candreva had his penalty saved by Wojciech Szczesny midway through the second half.

A deflected free-kick from Abdelhamid Sabiri gave the hosts life with ten minutes remaining, but any late hope was swiftly dashed by Morata, who headed home from an excellent Manuel Locatelli cross.

Here are the Juventus player ratings from Juventus’ victory over Sampdoria on Saturday.

Goalkeeper & Defenders

Wojciech Szczesny denied Antonio Candreva from the spot. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)
Wojciech Szczesny denied Antonio Candreva from the spot. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) /

Wojciech Szczesny (GK) – 7/10 – SAVED BY TEK! The Polish international denied Candreva from the spot midway through the second half to preserve Juve’s two-goal advantage after he’d smartly denied Stefano Sensi in the opening period.

Danilo (RB) – 6/10 – It was a comfortable outing for Danilo on his 100th appearance for the club.

Daniele Rugani (CB) – 7.5/10 – Rugani defended the box masterfully throughout and was particularly superb defending Candreva’s dangerous set-pieces.

Matthijs de Ligt (CB) – 7/10 – Sampdoria’s ageing front pair, while crafty, proved no match for De Ligt. The Dutchman didn’t seem to be heavily involved, but he still produced a couple of dominant sequences at the halfway line.

Luca Pellegrini (LB) – 6.5/10 – Full of life down the left, Pellegrini is returning to his exuberant best. While there was little by way of attacking output, he proved to be a pest defensively.

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