Palermo - Fiorentina: Has the Shiite ended?

By: Steven | December 10th, 2007

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Saturday was a glorious day. A win is always good, especially when at home, but winning against a powerhouse like Fiorentina is fantastic. Our first win in 3 games, Viola’s third loss in 3.

I think this was the first match of the year where almost everyone was playing up to level. Bresciano did well, Guana did better than well, and even ShitPants was playing better than usual. Sounds crazy, right? He even cannonballed a shot at Frey, which the latter struggled with. The only one that was a little off level was Cyrano Biava. I’ve seen al 93 minutes of the game, and I think I saw his stupid mustache just once. Well, if he does nothing, at least he can’t do anything wrong. It just struck that we might have one of the strongest midfields in all of Serie A if Migliaccio and Miccoli play.

Talking about Miccoli: how sweet was that goal of his? First we have Amauri giving the best assist EVER, and then Mighty Mouse heads straight for Frey, making it all so easy. I have been dreaming about that assist tho…’hey look, over there! nope, ball goes overhere!’. The ‘Questo gol é tuo’-part for Amauri was also magnificent. Pure class. Same goes for that second goal. Sloppy Viola-defending, I agree, but Simplicio was brilliant during the entire match, and he went trough the defense like Bobo goes trough sixteen year-olds.

I love Guidolin for not fuckin’ up the system by bringing in unnecessary substitutions. Miccoli deserved a rest, and Bresciano did well filling in for him, but the rest didn’t seem tired at all. But seriously, can someone PLEASE tell Guido that a) suits are way cooler than track jackets, and b) if you really wanna wear a hat, pull it down…you were looking like a clown out there man!

Line-ups:

Palermo: Fontana; Zaccardo, Biava, Barzagli, Capuano; Migliaccio, Guana, Simplicio; Cavani, Miccoli (Bresciano 59); Amauri

Fiorentina: Frey; Potenza (Santana 39), Dainelli, Gamberini, Gobbi (Pasqual 64); Donadel, Liverani (Semioli 46), Montolivo; Jorgensen, Pazzini, Mutu

Ref: Morganti

Standings

Inter 37 15 11 4 0 7 1 0 4 3 0 33 8
Roma 32 15 9 5 1 4 2 1 5 3 0 31 18
Juventus 29 15 8 5 2 6 1 1 2 4 1 30 13
Udinese 28 15 8 4 3 5 1 1 3 3 2 20 17
Fiorentina 24 15 6 6 3 3 3 2 3 3 1 19 13
Atalanta 21 14 5 6 3 3 3 0 2 3 3 21 17
Napoli 21 15 6 3 6 5 1 2 1 2 4 23 20
Palermo 21 15 5 6 4 3 4 1 2 2 3 20 24
Sampdoria 20 15 6 2 7 4 2 1 2 0 6 20 20
Milan 18 13 4 6 3 0 5 2 4 1 1 20 10

Ratings

Fontana 6.5: Didn’t have a lot of work, but was in the right place when he needed to be. Flawless, again.

Barzagli 7: Lead the defense with a lot of character, showed his true captain-skills

Capuano 6.5: Never thought i’d say this, but he did great. Lots of good crosses.

Zaccardo 6: Nothing particular, just clean defending.

Biava 5: No mistakes, but very anonymous

Migliaccio 6.5: He’s great guys, face it.

Guana 6.5: Finally, the Guana of last year was back for a second. Did well, hope it’ll continue.

Bresciano 6: Did well, nothing more.

Simplicio 7.5: Big man in the midfield, lots of attacking moves, great goal.

Cavani 7.5: This was the Cavani we want to see. Too bad Frey parried that great shot.

Amauri 7: Did you see that pass??????? Shit!