Sampdoria coach Dejan Stankovic says the club will fight back after their relegation was confirmed.

Defeat to Udinese on Monday night will see Samp return to Serie B next season.

Stankovic said: "Unfortunately, it's a day that no Doriano would have wanted to experience. It's difficult to comment, no one had a situation like ours. We, together with the fans, gave the maximum.

"The boys were men right up to the end and I thank them for that. We'll be back, I'm sure.

"They are the laws of life, the wheel will turn and Sampdoria will go back to where it deserves to be."