Claudio Ranieri loves a challenge and his latest job at Sampdoria will be anything but straightforward.The Genoa-based club sits last in Serie A Soccer Jerseys Wholesale , has lost six of seven matches and Fabio Quagliarella the team’s most emblematic player and the league’s leading scorer last season is in a goal drought.“It’s not going to be easy. But nothing in my career has been easy,” Ranieri said when he was presented this week. “So the challenge is a welcome one.“I’m convinced that Sampdoria doesn’t belong (in last place). When a squad is in last place it loses its self-esteem, so restoring self-esteem will be the first order of business. I’ll accept a defeat only once we’re second to nobody in terms of motivation and desire to sacrifice yourself for teammates.”It’s the 20th coaching job of Ranieri’s career including two stops at both Valencia and Roma.While he will always be remembered for leading Leicester to a highly improbable Premier League title in 2016, Ranieri remains a rescue man.He was hired to replace Eusebio Di Francesco at Roma for the final three months of last season and earn the Giallorossi a spot in the Champions League. When he took over, Roma was fifth and three points behind Inter Milan; at season’s end Cheap Australia Soccer Shirts , Roma was sixth and still three points behind Inter.Ranieri again replaced Di Francesco at Sampdoria.“Replacing Eusebio again is bizarre. It’s a strange destiny,” Ranieri said. “I hope he finds another squad soon and that he doesn’t hate me.”And as luck would have it, Ranieri’s first match in charge of “La Samp” will come against Roma on Sunday, which is his 68th birthday.Roma is Ranieri’s hometown club, the team he grew up supporting and the first professional side that he played for.“The moment you go out onto the pitch that affection gets left behind and it’s all about being professional Cheap Belgium Soccer Jerseys ,” Ranieri said. “I’m a Roma fan but I’ve always liked Sampdoria. I was pleased when they won Serie A (in 1991) and upset when they lost at Wembley (the 1992 European Cup final, to Barcelona), also because I was there to see it.”While Sampdoria flirted with the Europa League places last season before finishing ninth, the past several months have been turbulent after an ownership bid led by former Sampdoria star Gianluca Vialli failed.Fans this week protested outside the home of former Sampdoria president Edoardo Garrone for selling the club to current owner Massimo Ferrero, who has curtailed his investments in the team.Sampdoria has spent only one of the last 17 seasons in Serie B Cheap Brazil Soccer Jerseys , in 2011-12, so relegation would be a complete failure.“What I ask is simple: run until you die on the pitch,” Ranieri said. “I didn’t come here to develop young players or polish the squad. I came here to save Sampdoria.” Hertha Berlin has condemned apparent racist abuse of its under-23 player Jessic Ngankam from Lokomotive Leipzig fans during their fourth-division game on Friday.Hertha says on Twitter that, “Ngankam was subjected to racist hostility during the game against Lok Leipzig. As a club, we are completely behind Jessic … The incident was also noted in the match report and a preliminary investigation has since been launched by the league. Lok Leipzig have already given their own statement on the incident. #notoracism”Hertha executive board member Paul Keuter says the club should have reacted sooner to the alleged abuse Cheap Colombia Soccer Shirts , “but nobody should doubt our commitment against racism.”Hertha player Jordan Torunarigha wrote on Twitter the club is “100% against racism and one shouldn’t argue over why my club is just giving a statement now.”The 19-year-old Ngankam, who is black, told broadcaster MDR that he was targeted with monkey chants by some fans in the visiting supporters’ block and that he was called an “ape” by an opposing player.“Of course you’re trained not to react or show emotion. But it still hits you,” Ngankam told MDR. “Insults are unfortunately an everyday occurrence in football, and I can put up with them. But racist abuse is a no-go.”Lokomotive criticized the abuse on its website Soccer Uniforms Wholesale , where it reminded its own fans that it has players within the club with roots in 32 countries.“Only two colors interest us – (club colors) blue and yellow,” Lokomotive said. “Racism has no place among us and everyone knows that! If there are still people who call themselves blue-yellow fans and can’t comprehend that, then it must be clear that (Leipzig district) Probstheida is no place for them.”
