Serie A: Napoli win over Sampdoria

Before the game began, there were moving scenes because Gianluca Vialli had already established a temporary shrine at the Marassi gates. Dejan Stankovic stood holding Sinisa Mihajlovic's shirt between the ex-coach of Bologna's three sons while President Marco Lanna held up Vialli's jersey during the moment of silence. After suffering their first Serie A loss of the year, the Partenopei were under pressure, and Luciano Spalletti made multiple changes to his defence and midfield. Meanwhile, Sampdoria was just coming off of an unexpected victory away at Sassuolo.

Along with suspended Bruno Amione, Fabio Quagliarella, Omar Colley, Andrea Conti, Abdelhamid Sabiri, Ignacio Pussetto, and Manuel De Luca were left out, although Filip Djuricic was allowed to play after serving his suspension. Less than 24 hours after completing his transfer from the Blucerchiati, Bartosz Bereszynski was sitting on the Napoli bench.