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The matches of the 26th round were played on Saturday in the Italian "Serie A" championship. "Sampdoria" continued their successful streak and moved up to third place, while "Brescia", without M. Stankevičius, remained second to last after another failure.
This year, the excellent "Sampdoria" met with "Brescia" fighting relegation away. The visitors dominated the match and the hosts were saved for a long time only by the excellent goalkeeping of L. Castelazzi, but with 14 minutes left, M. Tonetto scored a great goal after a corner kick.
The match ended quite unusually: the lights at the Rigamonti stadium went out, completely darkening the field. It turns out that all over the Brescia city district the electricity disappeared, but even though only 40 seconds were left to play, both teams waited for 25 minutes for everything to be fixed, as according to the league rules if the match is called off, it should be replayed in full.
In the next match, the struggling "Fiorentina" at home faced the "Udinese" team at the top of the league table. The hosts took the lead after goals from V. Bojinovo and L. Ariatti, but the Bulgarian who scored got injured and was substituted.
However, "Udinese" did not give up and before the end of the first half, they reduced the deficit with a goal from S. Ali Muntari, and after the break, A. Di Natale equalized the score. In the remaining part of the match, both teams had dangerous chances, and a red card received in the 88th minute by G. Pinzi did not change anything.
On Sunday, the remaining eight matches will take place. The second-placed "Juventus" will play against the outsider "Siena" and will try to take advantage of their opponent's weaknesses, as in the central match of the round in the 259th Milan derby in the evening, the leader "Milan" will face the "Inter" club.
0 - 1 76' [0 - 1] Max Tonetto
Marius Stankevičius did not appear on the field
2 - 2 22' [1 - 0] Valeri Bojinov 34' [2 - 0] Luca Ariatti 41' [2 - 1] Sulley Ali Muntari 56' [2 - 2] Antonio Di Natale
88' Giampiero Pinzi ("Udinese") sent off
