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Sampdoria have signed last seasons Serie B top goal scorer on a permanent basis.

Federico Piovaccari scored 23 goals in 39 games last season for Cittadella.

Sampdoria will be hoping the powerful forward will bring the goals that will send them straight back up to Serie A.

Today Sampdoria revealed their new kit for the upcoming 2011/12 Serie B season.

The club also announced it’s new sponsor. Gamenet will sponsor the team for the next two seasons.

Credit to Andrea Leoni for the picture.

The 23 year old defender joins on a season long loan from Parma with an option to sign at the end of the season.

Rispoli made no appearances for Parma since signing for them in 2009. He has spent the last two seasons on loan  at Brescia then lecce.

Reports in Italy claim that club captain Angelo Palombo has decided to take a pay cut to remain with Sampdoria for next season.

The influential midfielder has been linked with several top clubs including Fiorentina, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli and Inter.

The midfielder has been one shining light in Sampdoria’s poor 2010/11 season and this news will help ease the pain for the fans after the clubs relegation to Serie B.

The Blucerchiati’s hopes of avoiding relegation disappeared after losing 2-1 at home to Palermo and Lecce won 2-0 at Bari to make sure Samp went down.

“I never wanted to be here making this statement.” Garrone said.

“It is such a sad moment and the fans do not deserve it. I am not here to comment on the game, as we must instead look at the overall – terrible – campaign.

“A series of errors were made and they have to be recognised. We take responsibility, but also reaffirm our commitment to Sampdoria, which remains unchanged.

“It is time to clean out the house and rebuild a team that can get back into Serie A as soon as possible.

“After so many years of great satisfaction at Sampdoria, this season ends with terrible disappointment.”

“I saw a banner in the stands that urged us to make Sampdoria great again. That is our promise. I most of all appreciated the behavior of the fans today and they really did not deserve such disappointment.

It’s been a tough season for Sampdoria and particularly hard to take for the Blucerchiati, considering last season’s success, finishing 4^th in Serie A. This meant they had a chance of making it into the Champions League this season but failed at the final qualifying round. Now they are faced with football in Serie B.

Sampdoria drop to 13th in Serie A, for now, with a 0-2 defeat to Udinese at the Stadio Friuli.

The Zebrette broke the deadlock early on when Alexis Sanchez headed home inside the box following Antonio Di Natale’s well placed free kick. The pair combined again shortly before the break as Sanchez returned the favour with a well placed through ball and Di Natale slotted home for his 100th Serie A goal in Udinese colours.

After the break the visitors put in an improved performance but were unable to turn things around as the Zebrette controlled their two goal advantage. The victory lifted Udinese up to fifth taking their unbeaten run to seven games in Serie A. Sampdoria went home with a lot to think about as they continue to edge towards the relegation zone.

The game started brightly and it was the home side who imposed themselves as they attacked from the off looking to break the deadlock.

Udinese found the opener on 17 minutes when Antonio Di Natale whipped a free kick in from the left for fellow partner in crime Sanchez to head home inside the box. The goal had been coming and the Zebrette were worth the lead for their positive approach to the game.

Shortly before the break Udinese doubled their lead as Sanchez repaid his strike partner with a splendid assist down the middle. Di Natale duly obliged and slotted home delicately to net his 100th Serie A goal with the Friuli outfit.

Sampdoria’s best scoring chance came on 52 minutes when Reto Ziegler whipped a wonderful ball over the wall to force Emanuele Belardi into an acrobatic save. The effort deserved a goal but the Udinese stopper proved in no mood to concede his clean sheet.

The chance spurred the visitors on and Mimmo Di Carlo’s side continued to get men forward in a bid to turn things around following their sub-standard first half performance.

As the clock ticked down the visitors continued to press but the result inevitably started to look beyond them.

The win lifted Francesco Guidolin’s side to within a point of fourth and underlined their fine vein of form.

Sampdoria suffered their third consecutive league defeat and are alarmingly heading closer to the drop zone at the business end of the season.

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