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Sampdoria coach Marco Giampaolo on Juventus triumph: Let's stay calm

Sampdoria coach Marco Giampaolo sought to ease expectations after their 3-2 win over Juventus.

Duvan Zapata, Lucas Torreira and Gianmarco Ferrari had Samp 3-0 ahead before Juve forced some late tension with two goals from Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala.

"We have to ignore everything that is around us and focus only on our daily work," Giampaolo told Sky Sport Italia.

“So far we have been extraordinary this season and today's result was the icing on the cake. We will enjoy the moment without going overboard.

“We were organised in the first half, allowing Juve relatively little, while after the break we had moments of good football. At the end of the day, it would've been a terrible error to throw this away."

Higuain's penalty and a last-gasp Dybala solo effort brought the result back to 3-2, but it wasn't enough to turn the situation around.

“We will analyse those goals and other situations, but I'd be cruel to complain after this victory. We all want to improve, not find guilty parties."

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