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Serie A

Mar 1, 2015 at 2.15pm UK

Atalanta Atalanta BC
1-2
Sampdoria

Stendardo (16')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Muriel (68'), Okaka (81')

Build-up

Match Report

Football

Sinisa Mihajlovic: 'We must redeem ourselves for last year's Atalanta loss'

By Matthew Smith, Reporter | 28 February 2015

Sampdoria manager Sinisa Mihajlovic says that his side "must redeem" themselves against Atlanta on Sunday, and is backing Samuel Eto'o to help them do so.

Sampdoria manager Sinisa Mihajlovic has said that his side "must redeem" themselves against Atlanta on Sunday, and is backing Samuel Eto'o to help them do so.

Atalanta beat Mihajlovic's men 3-0 last year, and the manager is out for revenge.

"We will play with a 4-3-3 with Okaka, Eto'o and Muriel up front," said Mihajlovic in his pre-match press conference.

"Muriel and Eto'o now know what is expected of them. They're certainly better players than what they were a month ago, they're players who can make a difference and I'm waiting for them to display that tomorrow.

"We have some problems with suspensions but I prefer to employ a more attacking formation, in midfield all of our players are fit and I hope the front three can give a hand defensively. Atalanta are a compact and aggressive side, it won't be easy but we must redeem ourselves after a bad defeat there last season."

Sampdoria are sixth in Serie A.