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Lecce managed the shock of the round by stunning Inter Milan 1-0, the defeat bringing to an end the
Nerazzurri's six-game winning. Juventus kept their undefeated record intact by defeating highflying
Udinese by two goals to nil in very wet conditions in Turin on Saturday. Alessandro Matri was the
hero on the night as he claimed both strikes.
We are now half way through the Serie A season and the main performance of the week 19 weekend was
Roma's 5-1 win over Cesena on Saturday evening. The Luis Enrique project now seems to be taking
shape. Later that night Juventus won away at Atalanta and with that win were crowned winter
champions. Inter Milan now have won eight games in a row in all competitions after beating Lazio
2-1 in.
Win one, lose one, win one, lose one. That's the Palermo way at the moment. The Aquile are
consistently inconsistent: they've alternated between wins and losses in each of their last six
games and haven't strung two wins together all season. They're hopeless on the road and have failed
to score a single goal, but they've been unbeatable at home with six wins from six.
by serieaweekly writer Matthew Coccoluto With the international break over, means it's time for the
European domestic leagues including Italian Serie A to get back in action. Juventus will welcome
Palermo on Sunday with the hosts coming off of an extended break. Due to their last game against
Napoli being postponed, it has been an astonishing 21 days since Juventus beat Inter at the San.
The Serie A season is finally underway and with it comes the hopes, expectations, and dreams for
all clubs in Italy's top flight. Everything seems a little brighter with the promises of what can
happen but when everything falls apart after the first match, that light is much dimmer than
before. Preseason only garnered more questions than answers in regards to Inter manager Gian Piero
Gasperini's.
Pre-Match Heading into Sunday night's affair, both Palermo and Inter had been making headlines for
negative reasons. Palermo has just relieved Stefano Pioli of his coaching duties before the Serie A
season even began, and Inter coach Gian Piero Gasperini was under heavy criticism for his use of a
3-4-3 system that did not fit the players that he had at his disposal.
We reach the end of the road in our Serie A club previews for 2011-2012 with Udinese Calcio. Not as
flash as big brother Juventus, our northerners from the Friuli–Venezia Giulia region do have an
eye for young talent. But as Serie A Weekly writer Lorenzo Vicini points out, shame they couldn't
keep at least one of their major transfers out this summer for Champions League competition,.
2010 11 Recap What a contrast there is between the three newly promoted teams arriving in Serie A
this season. Two of them, Atalanta and Siena, make a quick return to Italy's top-flight after just
a season's absence, the third , Novara, are welcomed back into the peninsula's premier division for
the first time in 55 years .
Serie A Weekly club previews continue with Palermo, written by our resident Rosanero master,
Lorenzo Vicini. 2010-2011 Recap A roller coaster ride that truly defined the Palermo colors of rosa
and nero summed up the previous season for the Sicilian side. Palermo stayed in the race for
Champions League football up until February when things came crashing down.
After drawing 2-2 in the first leg in Palermo, the Rosanero made the trip to Switzerland knowing
that they would need a win against FC Thun in order to guarantee a spot in the next round of the
Europa League. The club was hoping to avoid another repeat of the Mladá Boleslav debacle from a
few years earlier when Palermo crashed out very early in the UEFA Cup against the minnows from the
Czech.
Week 1 & 20 28/08/11 and 29/01/12 Atalanta Cesena Bologna Roma Cagliari- Milan Inter- Lecce Lazio
Chievo Napoli Genoa Novara Palermo Parma Catania Siena Fiorentina Udinese Juventus Week 2 & 21
11/09/11 and 01/02/12 Catania Siena Cesena Napoli Chievo Novara Fiorentina Bologna Genoa .
Transfer market season is always chock-full of speculation and surprises. Often, the overwhelming
majority of rumors that find their way into mainstream media outlets never come to fruition. With a
number of prized assets on the Palermo roster and the team's policy of steady turnover each year,
the transfer window is always seen with a skeptical eye especially for the most astute Palermo.
With the dust barely settled on last season's campaign, Palermo have already taken to the field in
preparation for next season. The Stefano Pioli era has officially begun as the squad met in Malles,
a small town tucked away in the Trentino-Alto Adige region less than a hundred kilometers away from
the Swiss-Austria border.
"I prefer to close out the season, remembering that, according to what we've said to the president,
I will surely remain at Palermo next year as well." These were the words spoken by Palermo starlet
Javier Pastore towards the end of last season. Naturally, the talented trequartista was continually
asked throughout the entire season whether or not he would be moving on, and each time he.
Once the final whistle blew in the Coppa Italia final loss on May 29th, Palermo have set out to
answer many of the question marks surrounding the team this offseason. Despite leading the Rosanero
to success in the past two seasons, Delio Rossi and Maurizio Zamparini mutually agreed to go their
separate ways.
After succumbing to a loss to Chievo on the final match day of the Serie A season, Delio Rossi was
asked if the result had him worried ahead of the all-important Coppa Italia final with Inter. The
Palermo tactician replied with the typical wit and wisdom that has endeared him to the Rosanero
population for two seasons now: "I would be worried if I didn't know my team, instead.
In their second to last game before the all-important Coppa Italia final, Palermo defeated
Sampdoria to exact a bit of revenge from last season and banish them to Serie B. Given last
season's exploits, the penultimate match against Sampdoria reminded many of the infamous draw a
year prior with a spot in the Champions League on the line.
The Rosanero had been waiting for this week ever since the result procured by Palermo on April 20th
against Milan in the Coppa Italia. With success in Serie A hard to come by, Delio Rossi and his men
knew that the season would be defined by what they did in the Coppa. Prior to playing the second
leg of the semifinal, Palermo had to play a largely meaningless game against the already relegated.
Despite being briefly reopened by a slew of positive results, Palermo proved to be solely committed
to only one competition left in the season: the Coppa Italia. Facing a resurgent albeit not yet
saved Parma side away from home, Delio Rossi's boys knew that the competition would be fierce.
Furthermore, the Rosanero were without Cesare Bovo and Fabrizio Miccoli due to.
Join the SerieAWeekly crew for live commentary and lively banter when the Capital Romanista welcome
the southerners from Sicily in AS Roma vs Palermo for Italian Serie A action, Saturday at 18:00
local time (12:00pm EST) Serie A Live Action: Roma vs Palermo
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As the Serie A season draws to a close, there is still almost everything left to fight for (Except
for Bari): Champions' League, the Scudetto, the two relegation spots not filled by Bari (They are
so terrible however that were they to occupy two spots, it would seem hardly less than deserving).
What can viewers look forward to?
On February 27th, Palermo President Maurizio Zamparini told the press that only if he saw the
Madonna appear to him in a dream would be spared from a sacking after the team's 7-0 loss at home
to Udinese. Unfortunately, there was no vision and the following day Delio was sent home. The fiery
patron brought in the famous caretaker and motivator Serse Cosmi to shake up the squad.
Here we go again with Serie A Weekly giving you a list of five stories to read this lunchtime
that we have seen from around the web and enjoyed ourselves. Many of these will be about Italian
football of course but there is always room for something different and those will be here too.
Take a look at our recommendations, pass them on and be sure to leave a comment on these great
articles.
With most of the peninsula focused on the Milan derby this weekend with the frontrunners taking on
their second place rivals for the Scudetto, it would be easy to forget about another derby taking
place that is just as important for the parties involved. The Derby della Sicilia between Palermo
and Catania is second to none in terms of rivalry and passion.
Much changed and much accomplished. Cesare Prandelli continues his brilliant run with the Italian
National Team with a two-nil victory over Ukraine. What exactly can Italy fans take away from this?
Here are six points worth noting. Cesare Prandelli is the new Tinkerman. A better one. Claudio
Ranieri, the old "Tinkerman", has become somewhat infamous for tinkering in all the wrong.
This season of Calcio has been more fascinating than usual, as teams that usually dominate have
struggled (Inter, Roma, Juventus) and some surprise packages have arisen (Napoli, Bologna). Some of
the biggest catalysts are well-known and often heralded. The sparkling form of Edinson Cavani; the
stellar defense of Andrea Ranocchia; Napoli's home fortress: all of which have been reported on.
402. The number represents the amount of minutes that had passed by since Palermo had last
experienced the feeling of putting the ball in the back of the net. Beyond ending the scoring
drought, the rosanero managed to end another terrible streak, beating league leaders Milan to stop
the free-fall at five consecutive defeats.
Probable Formations Matchday 30 Italian Serie A Saturday 26.02.11 17:00 Lazio vs Cesena Lazio
(4-1-3-2): Muslera , Scaloni, G. Biava, Dias, Garrido , Matuzalém, González, Hernanes, Mauri,
Zárate, Sculli UPDATE: Lazio up 1-0 after Mauro Zarate scored inside two minutes. Lazio could go
fourth in Serie A with victory over Cesena today Cesena (4-1-3-2): Antonioli, Santon , Pellegrino,
Von Bergen,.
Julian De Martinis previews the weekends matches for us Lazio Cesena. A game that might be tighter
than expected. The home side have lost two of their last three and will be reeling from their Derby
loss last weekend, as well as the subsequent suspensions of Stefan Radu and Cristian Ledesma.
Cesena, on the other hand, pulled off a very decent draw against Juventus after being down two.
With Inter closing the gap on the frontrunners and Sampdoria winning the Derby della Lanterna
during midweek in the rearranged fixtures, a full card will be played out with a number of crucial
games around the peninsula. Bologna – Palermo Last weekend Bologna fell to a resurgent Sampdoria
side as they leaked three goals in 15 minutes.
Gazzetta dello Sport Galliani Attacks, what comeback? Milan's sporting director: "We have been
first for 13 matchdays. We deserve it". The captain Zanetti responds: "We will look at everything
at the end of the year: we will have some fun". Jordan talks: "I never called Gattuso an Italian
bastard. I love your country".
When you look at the Serie A stat columns you're not surprised to see guys like Edinson Cavani,
Antonio Di Natale and Zlatan Ibrahimovic potting goals for fun. You're not surprised to see that
Lucio leads the league in interceptions, Gennaro Gattuso has the most tackles won, Amauri has
thanked his teammates the most after flailing at a ball, and Francesco Totti has the most frowns.
by guest writer Liam Apicella Champions League hunting Palermo will be hoping that they have no
more early kick offs for the remainder of the season. For the fourth time in four consecutive
12:30pm starts, the Rosanero have slipped to defeat, on this occasion it was visiting Fiorentina
who were the beneficiaries.
Palermo President Maurizio Zamparini is a superstitious old soul. Before Wednesday night's game at
the Stadio Renzo Barbera against Juventus, he did what he always does when his nerves get the
better of him jumped straight in his car and drove around the city unable to face watching his team
in action.
With all of Serie A's top teams failing to secure three points this round, it looked like Juventus
had the chance to jump right back into the race for Champions League qualification. But even their
most inspired performance of 2011 was not enough on the day. Palermo jumped ahead of a lackluster
Juventus with two goals in the first 20 minutes.
It was another super Sunday for Neapolitans as their Uruguayan talisman Edinson Cavani recorded
his second treble strike of the season in the 4-0 destruction of Sampdoria to leave Il Vesuviani
just four points behind leaders Milan. The game was effectively sown up by half-time thanks to a
double salvo from Cavani.
Gazzetta dello Sport Everyone is buying Inter: Pazzini or Matri preferred to Luis Fabiano Milan:
Van Bommel has arrived and will be on the field. Now for the fullback. Now it's time for a
full-back Muntari is leaving, today there is Kharja Sampdoria meet Cassano again Roma: the
agreement in the USA is close Everything appears to be resolved with the consortium lead by the
Italian-American.
In episode 4.1 Adam and Walker travel south to Sicily and welcome Lorenzo Vicini (think I got that
right this time) to the podcast. The boyz discuss all things Palermo as well as the full fixture
list from Match day 21 of Italian Serie A. Lorenzo writes for the Palermo-offside and is dedicated
supporter of the Azzurri as well.
It's been a fabulous week to be a Lecce supporter, after a fantastic win in the capital in week 19
against Lazio, they backed that up with a courageous performance on Sunday evening against league
leaders Milan to earn a 1-1 draw and instill some new found belief in their fight for Serie A
survival.
The Italian Football FanCast is the podcast for fans of Serie A and Calcio. On this edition of the
Italian Football FanCast, we delve into the Coppa Italia as Inter, Juventus and Palermo all
registered wins in the competition this week. With the January transfer window underway we
speculate as to who will be joining ypur club, while also telling you of some already completed
moves.
