Preview: Palermo B - Palermo

By: Steven | February 8th, 2008

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Sunday February 10, 2008
Stadio Olimpico, Torino

Squad Status

Palermo

Hmm…no Zaccardo and no Rinaudo, which means Cassani will get a chance from the start. For the other spots, I’m guessing Biava, Balzaretti and Barzagli. I hope the latter can do for us what he did for the Azzurri this week, instead of another bad game. No signs of Capuano, good times.

Cavani hasn’t been all that hot lately, and he might be replaced by Ozzy Baldy. For the rest, not much has changed, with Simplicio probably still benched in favour of Guana.

Probable Line-up
Fontana; Cassani, Biava, Barzagli, Balzaretti; Guana, Migliaccio, Caserta; Miccoli, Bresciano, Amauri

Torino

Yeah, well, this is looking a lot better. No Dellafiore, Natali, Franceschini or Rubin. The Torino midfield has Pisano and Diana (ha-ha), but up front there’s Roberto Stellone and Rosina. I mean, the kid hasn’t been all over the place like last year, but he’s still a dangerous dude.

Probable Line-up
Sereni; Comotto, Di Loreto, Lanna, Pisano; Diana, Corini, Grella, Lazetic; Rosina, Stellone

Categorical Matchup

Jimmy vs. Tyson: Jimmy. Sereni is about 10 years younger than the Old Dude, but altough he has been at a lot of great clubs he never really played a fantastic season.

It’s out in the open versus Back-up Bonanza: Palermo. Even with Biava in the defense ( I know, he’s gotten better lately) we shouldn’t be as bad as Torino. They miss about every single defender, can’t be good.

Three’s a crowd versus Palermo 2: Palermo. Man, how do I miss Corini. Il Capitano now leads the Torino midfield, but he’s surrounded by two of the biggest goons in football-history: Pisano and Diana. No problems there.

Miccoli and the Boys versus Bald Attack: Push. On paper, Palermo has one of the best attacking partnerships in all of Serie A, but it just doesn’t work. I mean, only one goal against Livorno? We need to shape up right there. Torino’s got Rosina, and we all know how dangerous he is.

Final Analysis

A team that’s buying the people we don’t want anymore because they’re not good enough should be easy to beat. But our last win in Torino dates back to ‘33, with a lame 0-0 last year. If we look at the line-ups and the positions in the table, this should be a walk in the park. To bad Palermo has a bad tendancy to lose games that are classified as walks in the park. We’ll see where we stand on Sunday-evening.

Prediction

0-2. Bresciano header, Miccoli rocket.

MOTM

Eugenio Corini. Just because he’s Corini.

Sono Bello, Sono Sano, Mia Madre Mi Ha Fatto Palermitano!