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Intertoto: Samp sail through Saturday 28 July, 2007

Sampdoria are through to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup after a 2-0 aggregate victory over Cherno More Varna.

The Blucerchiati already had a 1-0 lead from the first leg of this third round Intertoto Cup tie in Bulgaria when Stefano Lucchini’s deflected effort decided the match on July 21.

They left it extremely late at Marassi, though, as substitute Christian Maggio only secured the qualification in stoppages.

Vincenzo Montella was on the bench for the Marassi encounter and 21,118 fans turned up to cheer on their side.

Claudio Bellucci set up a fine chance with his backheel for Mirko Pieri, but Andrea Caracciolo had his header anticipated by the goalkeeper.

Samp had a real score on 21 minutes when Georgi Andonov’s free kick curled on to the upright with Luca Castellazzi beaten.

Another set-piece provided an opportunity for the Italians, but Bellucci couldn’t get enough power on his header from Sergio Volpi’s cross.

After the break Volpi had a shot deflected wide off teammate Vladimir Koman and Castellazzi had his palms stung by a Kiril Dzhorov missile.

Maggio came on for Koman and proved to be decisive when scoring the winner at the 92nd minute, converting Bellucci's fine assist.

The Genoa-based outfit were livelier in the second half and Montella made his debut for the final 20 minutes, winning the tie 2-0 on aggregate.

Sampdoria go through to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw will be made on August 3, with the games on August 16 and 30.


Sampdoria 1-0 Cherno More (2-0 agg)
Scorers: Maggio 92 (S)
Sampdoria: Castellazzi, Campagnaro, Sala, Accardi, Zenoni, Volpi (Sammarco 86), Palombo, Pieri, Koman (Maggio 61), Bellucci, Caracciolo (Montella 67)
Cherno More: Ilchev, Dzhorov, Thomas, Domanikov, Bachev, Georgiev, Ricardo, Da Silva, Dimov (Mirchev 88), Andonov (Da Silva 86), Fabiano
Ref: Kuipers (Ned)

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