16th round of the Italian “Serie A“ championship has started. Milan's “Inter“ suffered their second defeat of the season in an away match. Antonio Conte's pupils admitted the superiority of “Sampdoria“ players with a score of 1:2. The hosts took the lead in the 23rd minute of the game after A. Candreva successfully converted a penalty kick. In the 38th minute, the score was doubled by B. Keita. The visitors managed to reduce the score in the 65th minute after S. de Vrijo's goal. “Inter“ could have avoided defeat in the match, but in the 12th minute, A. Sanchez failed to convert a penalty kick. Before this match, the Milan team had won eight consecutive matches in the Italian championship, while “Sampdoria“ ended a series of two consecutive failures with this victory.
Other results: “Cagliari“ 1:2 “Benevento“, “Atalanta“ 3:0 “Parma“, “Bologna“ 2:2 “Udinese“, “Crotone“ 1:3 “AS Roma“, “Lazio“ 2:1 “Fiorentina“, “Sassuolo“ 2:1 “Genoa“, “Torino“ 1:1 “Verona“.