Una Serata Indimenticabile

By: lorenzo | April 7th, 2008

Che Spettacolo!

Palermo Vittoria

What is there to say after witnessing a game like that? I think I’ll let the photos and video speak for all of us…

The pure beauty of this shot cannot be seen from this picture. The way Amauri split two Juve defenders and fired an absolute curler into the top right corner with Buffon doing all he could but STILL coming up short can only be seen in this video (namely around the :45 mark):

That is just pure class…pure skill…and believe it or not, this was only the SECOND best goal from the game. Did you read that right? Yes, you did. Only the second best.

Where are the doubters and haters??? Only idiots would not want this man on their team. He is a force to be reckoned with. He has scored most of his goals this year on will alone. The first of his brace is a tribute to that.

Just on the stroke of halftime, Fabio “Bikerman” Caserta delivered an absolute majestic cross that found Amauri rising above his defender to smash a powerful header past Buffon into the back of the net to make it 2-0. The clip I found has both of Amauri’s goals in it - and there’s nothing wrong with seeing the first one again. On top of it all, you get to see Guana’s “O” face and Buffon’s look of shock…

The FSC commentator, in his best Ray Hudson impression, described Amauri’s second goal like this: “What a leap! Like a salmon out of a cool river!”

Palermo then came out in the second half and played rather poorly, letting Fontana get absolutely shelled. Eventually, Juventus broke through. Sissoko had a couple nice moves and shot directly at Fontana who parried it away, only to find Del Piero in a legitimate offside position (not called) which he then finished to make it 2-1.

After 19 more minutes, Juventus found the back of the net again. Del Piero scored an almost identical goal to bring the Rubentini to even terms. As the game progressed, Juve looked more and more dangerous and it seemed that this game might get away from Palermo…

But then along came Cassani. Mattia Cassani to be exact. Seldom used defender Cassani. Note, he’s a DEFENDER. On 89′, a Palermo free kick was sent into the Juve box where an attempted clearance was sent 26 meters out to an awaiting Cassani.

Cassani then unleashed a stunning, miraculous left-footed screamer into the far top corner of the net. There was absolutely NOTHING Buffon could do but watch in shock (again).

And when I said Buffon could do nothing but watch, I mean it:

Truly, a wonder strike at the death that would send Palermo and the Renzo Barbera into delirium. There are the 3 points, there is your ballgame.

And of course, here is the video of the best goal Cassani will ever score in his life (and perhaps the most important):

Non ho parole…

Amauri and Cassani were two of the real heroes in this game, but let’s not forget about two others that had huge roles: Super Jimmy Fontana and Bikerman Caserta. They both came up big in the game. In any case, I leave you with a full video of the highlights from the game and we’ll be back soon with other news and relevant information as Palermo gets ready to exact revenge on our rivals Catania in the derby this weekend.