Sampdoria beat Udinese 2-0 on Monday night to officially become the first team to be relegated to Serie B.

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Sampdoria were relegated to Serie B after a setback against Udinese

Having a mathematically slim chance of staying in the first league, Sampdoria tried to get a positive result away from Udinese.

Dejan Stankovic’s team failed to pull off a miracle and Udinese won 2-0.

Roberto Pereira (min. 9) and Adam Masina (min. 34) scored for the hosts, who, thanks to this success, rose to 9th place in Serie A.

On the other hand, Sampdoria are officially the first team to be relegated to Serie B with 17 points from 34 stages.

Sampdoria last played in Serie B in 2011/12, when they returned to the first division after just one season spent in the second division.