Inter Milan 0 v 0 Sampdoria

Inter and Sampdoria share a 0-0 draw at the San Siro as three players were sent off in an ill-tempered game.

Inter went into the game on the back of two disappointing draws, they were without Mario Balotelli, Davide Santon and Cristian Chivu for this one.

Sampdoria went into the game high on confidence after winning their last four league games. Once again Antono Cassano was left out, Nicola Pozzi took his place upfront.

The visitors had the first real sight on goal as Pazzini set off on a mazy run before putting in a teasing cross but there was no one there to meet it.

Samp had another good chance on 16 minutes when Pazzini flicked the ball onto Andrea Poli’s but his right-foot volley was saved by Julio Cesar.

The hosts should have broken the deadlock on the half-hour mark, Diego Milito headed the ball to Samuel Eto’o, but the Cameroon international fired wide from just 10 yards.

Just a minute later the game turned sour. Samuel was shown a straight red after his flailing arm caught Nicola Pozzi in the face.

This sparked a mass confrontation between the teams with Inter players accusing Pozzi of making too much of the challenge.

Things got worse for Inter just before the break, Cordoba picked up his second booking of the game for barging into Pazzini, Inter were now down to nine men.

Home fans and players were left fuming and the referee had to be given a police escort off the pitch at half-time.

Inter started the second half in determined fashion. After just 60 seconds Milito nearly carved a chance out of nothing, but his effort was charged down just before he could pull the trigger.

On the 53rd minute Inter again went close when a Wesley Sneijder free kick flew just past the top corner.

Sampdoria tried to push forward but failed to take advantage of the extra players they had on the field. Creating little chances to score.

Things took a turn for the worse for the Blucerchiati on the 73rd minute, when Pazzini received his second booking of the game, for a foul on Stankovic and was sent off.

Inter looked to take advantage of Sampdoria’s set back, but once again Eto’o missed a golden chance, Pandev played a neat ball through for the Cameroon striker but Storari blocked the shot.

The game finished 0-0. Sampdoria the happier of the two sides as they stretch their unbeaten run to 6 games. Inter leave the game with another disappointing draw.

Inter: Julio Cesar; Maicon, Cordoba, Samuel, Zanetti; Stankovic, Cambiasso, Muntari (Lucio 35); Sneijder (Thiago Motta 81); Milito (Pandev 71), Eto’o

Sampdoria: Storari; Zauri, Gastaldello, Lucchini, Ziegler; Semioli (Padalino 83), Palombo, Poli (Tissone 79), Guberti (Mannini 56); Pozzi, Pazzini

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