Hamed Junior Traore was impressive in Empoli’s 4-2 home defeat to Sampdoria in Saturday’s Italian Serie A encounter.
The 18-year-old who made his 14th league appearance since his promotion to the Blue-Hooped’s senior team provided an assist but Gianluca Caprari’s brace ended their hope of avoiding defeat.
Manuel Pasqual put his side in front in the 11th minute from the penalty spot before Gaston Ramirez levelled proceedings for the visitors.
Fabio Quagliarella gave Marco Giampaolo’s men the lead for the first time in the game before Francesco Caputo restored parity to the Blues in the 76th minute after benefitting from Traore’s assist.