| David Suazo earned Cagliari a surprising point at Marassi after Angelo Palombo's spectacular volley for Sampdoria. Walter Novellino will have to do without captain Sergio Volpi for a month and suspended Francesco Flachi, but hoped to maintain his UEFA Cup ambitions against struggling Cagliari with Gennaro Delvecchio taking over in midfield. However, it was the Sardinians who had a strong start, David Suazo bringing a tough save out of Luca Castellazzi within the opening 50 seconds. At the other end Cristian Maggio failed to make the most of a Fabio Quagliarella assist and Marco Fortin rushed out to pluck a dangerous cross off Maggio's head. Sampdoria slowly increased the pressure and Emiliano Bonazzoli sprung the offside trap, but Fortin did well to close down the striker inside the area. Franceschini hooked down a cross from the right, flicked the ball up to turn around the penalty spot, but his finish was well over the bar. Sampdoria thought they had taken the lead on 34 minutes when Quagliarella's glancing header turned in a Pieri cross, but the goal was correctly disallowed for an offside position. Bonazzoli held up the ball for Quagliarella's volley well held by Fortin, though Cagliari also threatened with Castellazzi tipping an Andrea Capone free kick over. The Blucerchiati finally broke the deadlock with an absolutely stunning strike from Angelo Palombo. Quagliarella's cross was punched away from Bonazzoli, but only as far as Palombo for a fantastic running volley from 20 metres. There was absolutely nothing Fortin could have done with the shot. Soon after Palombo had another long-range attempt over, but at the other end Del Grosso's counter-attack rolled to the unmarked Marchini and Castellazzi needed two touches to get the strike under control, as it threatened to squirm under his body. Suazo took advantage of a lucky ricochet to sprint into the area, though Castellazzi was alert and ran out to block his path with a clean tackle. After the break Suazo tried again when skipping past Accardi, but once more Castellazzi was prepared with a fine save. The Honduran then drilled an angled drive past the far post before finally snatching the equaliser. Suazo used his remarkable pace to catch up three metres from Giulio Falcone and toe-poke the ball past Castellazzi rushing out. The striker was far behind the defender, but in a matter of seconds blazed right past him. Ex-Tottenham man Ziegler's curling free kick whipped past the far post, but there was a chaotic move at the other end. Suazo managed to thread through for Budel, but both his shot and Simone Pepe's were charged down by some desperate defending. In the final minute Capone flashed a shot across the face of goal, as Cagliari bravely ended the game looking for the victory, though Fabio Bazzani didn't turn fast enough in the area to waste a potential Samp strike. The substitute had an even clearer chance with a very weak angled drive.
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