Preview: Reggio Boys - Personality Crisis

By: Steven | February 29th, 2008

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Sunday March 2nd, 2008 15.00
Stadio Oreste Granillo, Reggio Calabria

Squad Status

Palermo

Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve got some awesome news for you. Roberto Guana, the Bald Buffoon, is injured! Guido has been reported crying on the side of Guana’s bed, praying to God and Klein Pierke to get him healthy again. If the big man above has any sense of humour, he might give him a bacterial infection. Giulio Migliaccio is suspended after getting too moch yellow cards, so we’re most likely to see Simplicio starting again. Bresciano’s probably benched again, which will see Caserta on the left. Up front, Miccoli seems to have healed and will pair up with the Brazilian Showboat. I’m still including Bosko, as Guido can’t keep him on the bench for the rest of the season.

Probable Line-up
Fontana; Zaccardo, Rinaudo, Barzagli; Cassani, Bosko, Simplicio, Caserta, Balzaretti; Miccoli, Amauri

Reggina

Man, i’ll come close to crying when I’ll see Ciccio in another jersey than the rosanero one. Makinwa, another ex-Palermitano, will be benched after sucking away in the last match. Well, that’s a suprise! Nicola Amoruso returns to the attack, while Modesto is most likely skipping this one because of an injury.

Probable Line-up
Campagnolo; Lanzardo, Valdez, Aronica; Missiroli, Barreto, Cascione, Modesto; Vigiani, Brienza; Amoruso

Categorical Matchup

Jimmy vs. Blunderman: Still going for Jimmy.

Oh My God, we kept a clean sheet! versus Some More Swiss Cheese: Palermo. We’re still -6 or something in goal difference, but Reggina doesn’t do much better. We can pour some confidence out of that clean sheet earlier this week, and Rinaudo’s in the starting eleven.

I hope there’s no Guana versus All Out Attack: Palermo. Without Guana, we have a fantastic midfield. Reggina can’t really get any passes trough, so we’ll have to make sure we can do better.

Micco’s Back versus We Want You (Back): Push. It’s been a long time since an attacker has scored a goal, and Ciccio and Amoruso will be looking to show something. Ciccio to get him back, Amoruso to put in that offer Zampa promised.

Final Analysis

Looking at the previous encounters, this is bound to be a tie. On the other hand: Reggina has scored 3/15, Palermo 9/15. But Palermo’s WLWLW-record scares me: if this would be logical, we’re in for a beating again. We can’t afford losing anymore points to some relegation battlers, because we have done this enough this season. if we won against Parma, Reggina and Siena, no-one would be talking about Udinese or those Blucherciati-pussies. Time to get things straight: i’m predicting a nice win.

Last 5 years

07/10/2007 Palermo Reggina 1-1 Serie A
20/01/2007 Reggina Palermo 0-0 Serie A
10/09/2006 Palermo Reggina 4-3 Serie A (do you guys remember? Biava’s stunner…)
05/02/2006 Reggina Palermo 2-2 Serie A
21/09/2005 Palermo Reggina 1-0 Serie A
15/05/2005 Palermo Reggina 1-1 Serie A
06/01/2005 Reggina Palermo 1-0 Serie A

Prediction

1-3. Ciccio 1-0, Amauri doppietta, Miccoli

MOTM

Rinaudo.

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

Oh yeah, I didn’t want you guys to miss out on this. This guy is called ‘Dietwin The Jodelaar’, and he’s scored a massive hit with his song ‘Jodeladie Hip Hip Hip’. In Belgium, we don’t jodel. We hate it. But I’m still checking him out in the bar tonite. Here’s the video, but remember: we’re not all that retarded in the Old Country.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=28798740