Sampdoria has been left with a difficult task after losing the home leg of their UEFA Cup tie against Ukrainian side Metalist 1-0. The home side rarely threatened the opposition goal throughout the match and that frustration grew as the match wore on.
Metalist took the lead late in the first half with a well placed header from Denys Oliynyk.
The result means the clearly out of form Genoa club must win away from home in the return leg in two weeks time.