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If all the games were derbies at this time Palermo would look far beyond the mediocrity in which it floats. As in the first leg, the Rosaneros seem like another good team, they throw their hearts over the obstacle (after Marconi’s expulsion in the first half) and sink the blow at the moment of greatest difficulty. Chest save and volley: the derby is decided by Santana and Massimino won 1-0. Precisely that performance was necessary to drive away the crisis and discontent of recent weeks: Palermo wins in a very complicated field at the darkest moment of the season, and they do it by playing ten for an hour of play. A Palermo that has been able to suffer, but also and above all has been able to get back up, taking advantage of the only opportunity created in the second half of the game. Filippi’s debut on the Rosanero bench must be framed: the field confirms the now former Boscaglia deputy, his intuition to let Santana in, as well as that of changing the team’s tactical set-up when looking in the mirror. Three gold points, but now we will have to continue the performance seen today from Sunday afternoon when Juve Stabia will arrive in Barberá.
From 4-2-3-1 by Boscaglia to 3-4-3 by Filippi. Here’s the rookie technician’s first big insight: settle into the mirror for more reference points. Palermo revolutionized in the field, therefore, with Accardi high in the center of the field and Palazzi and Marconi lined up at the same time in defense alongside Somma. News also in attack: two months later Silipo returns to the offensive trident in the company of Lucca and Floriano. Elections that did not disappoint expectations, even sometimes surprised with the well-disposed rose-grower in the field.
The Sicilian derby starts at a very high pace, with the locals pushing and the Rosanero holding on. Then the roles are reversed, but it is precisely at his best that Filippi pays dearly for Marconi’s naivety: two yellows in a few minutes and pinks in ten. The third expulsion in the last two appearances knows a lot of joke for the Rosanero because if it is true that the first thrust is all Ethnic, the most delicious occasions of the first part are instead all in Rosanero colors: only the crossbar denies the joy of the goal to Marconi before returning to the locker room well in advance. A few minutes later Lucca also tries, again from a distance, with a stone that almost finds Confente distracted. Palermo who, before returning to the dressing room with the result 0-0, once again touched the advantage in the development of a corner, with Giosa who almost blemished his performance by sending the ball through the wrong door.
The second part of the game opens with the wood struck by Russotto moments after the kick-off. Catania is the master of the field and to keep Palermo alive, Pelagotti thinks of saying “no” once more to Russotto, the most dangerous man of the hosts. Then Filippi sent experience to the field, relying on Santana and Crivello to counter the offensive maneuvers of the hosts. An election that rewards Filippi, the Rosanero’s goal comes from Santana’s feet, a save and a volley that leaves no chance for Confente. For the Argentine it is the first goal with the pink shirt this year. and at that moment all the schemes jumped: Raffaele proved everything by sending Manneh, Di Piazza, Rosaia and Reginaldo to the field, while Palermo tried to defend the result. Another Russotto forest is just one of the many chills that run down the rose-keeper’s back. After five, endless, injury time, Palermo celebrates in Catania.
The scoreboard of Catania-Palermo 0-1
CATANIA: 32 Confente; 5 Silvestri (C.), 4 Giosa, 17 Salts (61’Rosaia); 26 Calapai (77 ‘Reginaldo), 23 Dall’Oglio, 6 Welbeck (61’ Di Piazza), 20 Pinto (70 ‘Manneh); 28 Gulf, 9 Sarao, 7 Russotto. Coach: Raffaele.
PALERMO: Pelagotti; Somma, Palazzi (79 ‘Peretti), Marconi; Accardi (C.), Luperini, De Rose, Valente (53’Crivello); Silipo (53 ‘Santana), Lucca, Floriano (61’ Broh). Coach: Filippi.
REFEREE: Matteo Marcenaro (Genoa).
ASSISTANTS: Marco Ceccon (Lovere) and Cosimo Cataldo (Bergamo).
SCORERS: 61 ‘Santana;
NOTES – Ammonites: 29 ‘Sarao; 29 ‘Marconi; 37 ‘Sales; 51 ‘Pinto; 69 ‘Pelagotti; 71’Accardi; They expelled Marconi 34 ‘.
