Oh yeah, add the following to that: in a Serie A where the battle for spots 6-13 is more open than Britney’s legs, the money won by a Coppa-win + European spot + Supercoppa can be the difference between struggling all year and having your ticket for another year of European travels by the end of february. Think about that, next time you enter the pitch against a crap team with a crap striker from a crap division.

That picture pretty much sums up the afternoon for the rosanero last weekend. A lot of hugging, celebrating and even crying (I’m looking at you Eyebrows…). 5 times in fact. It was a great win against a lesser opponent. Three points in the bag and now onto Chievo.

A total recap isn’t necessary. We played motivated for pretty much the whole 90 minutes – besides two defensive lapses. Cavani stepped up big – he must’ve seen his tribute video.

Highlights

News Roundup

The wise sage Fabio Liverani gave some thoughts about the team today. One of the great values of the team is that they are a very close-knit group. In fact, according to our Magic Carpet Man, nobody wants to leave the society as they are all happy where they’re at. However, on the downside, Fabio thinks that the squad could do better to concetrate more on training during the week.

Our Bat-Boy/Frankenstein lovechild Cavani was recently linked with Fiorentina. Um, I doubt we will see Palermo make another mistake like that, so I would sweep aside that rumor. Cavani’s agent confirmed it as such by saying Edy is staying at Palermo for as long as Palermo wants to keep him. He’s doing excellent at Palermo and has no desire to leave the rosanero. Good news to hear. The kid is only getting better. If anyone wants to make comparisons, ask Ricci about his take on Cavani in comparison to a certain Torres.

Speaking of agents, Simplicio’s moneymaker will be on hand to watch Fabio take the field against the other team from Verona. Talks about a contract renewal are still in the initial stages but Rinaldi has stated that Fozzy’s desire is to certainly stay with Palermo and wants to stay in rosanero for a long time. Attachment to the shirt? That’s a good quality.

Palermo VP Miccichè gives his take on the season so far. According to him, the season has been around a 6.5 – 7. Last year, we finished the campionato on 47 points. Here we are 10 games away from the end of the season sitting on 42 points. More importantly, the team has found a style of play under Ballardini.

The biggest step so far in pursuit of the new stadium happened earlier in the week when Zamparini bought Fondo Raffo. It’s the first significant move towards construction to date. Details of the deal can be found here. Zamparini bought the land for around 11 million euros.

Is Sabatini doing something productive? Doubtful. But he is in Argentina at the moment observing a couple matches and two or three players in particular for Lanus: Eduardo Salvio (fantasista, 19 years old), Valeri (CM, 23 years old) and Quintana (CB, 21 years old). I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you though. We all know Sabatini has about as much motivation as Lindsey Lohan in rehab.

Finally, with Miccoli out for this weekend’s game, the question is who will be paired up with Cavani? Currently, it looks like it’ll be either Succi or Sneeze. That’s right, Mchedlidze is back! Here’s to hoping he gets the start. Succi was out last week due to his wife giving birth to a mini-Succi. Ballardini has a tough decision to make…or not.

Video of the Week

Another gem of a “music” video, this time dedicated to Eyebrows himself, Fabrizio Miccoli. Once again, the vocals will leave you breathless. Definitely a song worth downloading to your iTunes…haha.

I’ll try to have a review up on Saturday morning/afternoon. Thanks ragazzi…and always…

FORZA PALERMO!

These are desperate times, my friends, and they are calling for a new hero to step forward.

Don’t ever forget where you came from…

At the time this video was shot, I was 7 years old. I just started elementary school (or something like that), and the Euro ‘92 saw the unexptected victory of Danmark. Some of you may have still been pooping in their diapers, and I was crazy in love with a girl named Jolene. She was cute, had long brown hair, and she hated me. Saw her walking around my neighbourhood a couple of days ago, weighing in at approximately 220 pounds. Couldn’t stop smiling.

Anyway, drifting off. This video, boys and girl, combines all the goals from the ‘92-’93 Serie C1 campaign, that ended with promotion to Serie B and the win of the Coppa Serie C. Too make this all even more special: take a look at the final standings, and try to see of how many of these teams you have barely heard in the last 5-6 years.

1. PALERMO 46
2. Perugia [4] 44
2. ACIREALE [5] 44
4. Giarre 41
5. Salernitana 40
6. Casertana [1] 37
6. Avellino 37
8. Catania [1] 34
9. Reggina 31
9. Barletta 31
9. Lodigiani Roma 31
12. Messina [1] 29
12. Chieti 29
14. Nola [6] 28
15. Potenza 28
16. Casarano 28
17. Siracusa 27
17. Ischia Isolaverde 27

It’s been a long time since we had our last VOTW, but the times are calling for it. It might be a bit cheesy, but I had goosebumps all the way down to my toes.