Review: Palermo – Crapgliari

By: Steven | February 18th, 2008

Hello, what what this? Was this a game between a contendor for European football and a team that already has 6 toes in Serie B? The only thing I saw was a game that was way too close, thanks to the team’s ability to lose their heads when they take the lead. It was the Lazio-scenario all over again. I know Cagliari was on a non losing-streak, but still, this wasn’t a display expected from a team like Palermo. I’ll give you the stats:

Shots: 15 – 18
Posession: 46% – 54%
Corners: 4 – 7
Offsides: 7 – 0
Crosses: 23 -35
Passes: 355 – 411
Fauls against: 23 – 36

That, my friends, is bad. Really bad. You’ve been played away by the worst team in Serie A. And what’s worse: because we won and jumped 2 places, Guido isn’t going to get sacked.

Talking about Guido…let’s not. I’m so fuckin’ tired of his antics. Dude, you’re this close to getting sacked AGAIN, and then you go and get yourself sent into the stands. And maybe you can skip shit like this as well next time. Asshole.

Barzagli finally played a game without errors, but after the 2-1 the defense really looked shabby. If it wasn’t for Fontana, those Sardinian goatfuckers would’ve taken away 1 to 3 points. Balzaretti was great, again.

Line-ups:

Palermo: Fontana; Zaccardo, Biava, Barzagli; Cassani, Tedesco (Caserta 77), Migliaccio, Simplicio, Balzaretti; Jankovic (Bresciano 63); Cavani

Cagliari: Storari; Ferri (Pisano 32), Lopez, Bianco, Agostini; Biondini (Fini 46), Conti, Parola; Foggia, Jeda (Acquafresca 75); Matri

Ref: Morganti

Goals

23′ 1-0 Cavani
45′ 2-0 Bosko
51′ 2-1 Cavani (OG)

Standings

Inter 59 23 18 5 0 48 13 11 1 0 29 7 7 4 0 19 6
Roma 48 23 14 6 3 40 23 8 2 1 24 13 6 4 2 16 10
Juventus 47 23 13 8 2 43 19 8 3 1 24 4 5 5 1 19 15
Fiorentina 41 23 11 8 4 36 22 6 3 3 22 14 5 5 1 14 8
Milan 38 23 10 8 5 34 17 3 6 2 12 8 7 2 3 22 9
Udinese 36 23 10 6 7 28 28 5 3 3 15 15 5 3 4 13 13
Sampdoria 34 23 10 4 9 30 26 7 3 1 20 7 3 1 8 10 19
Palermo 31 23 8 7 8 31 38 5 5 2 16 13 3 2 6 15 25
Atalanta 30 23 7 9 7 34 35 4 5 2 21 16 3 4 5 13 19
Genoa 29 23 7 8 8 23 30 5 3 4 15 16 2 5 4 8 14
Napoli 27 23 7 6 10 34 37 6 3 3 18 13 1 3 7 16 24
Lazio 26 23 6 8 9 27 31 5 2 5 17 16 1 6 4 10 15

etcetera…

MOTM

Err…Bosko? I mean, he finally gets his chance, takes a wonderful free kick that gives us the lead, doesn’t run offside and scores a goal of his own. How more could his performance be in Guido’s face? Mad props to Jimmy as well, yet again.