Mignani’s Palermo who must secure sixth place in the playoff grid by beating Sudtirol and keeping Sampdoria and Brescia at a distance
Decisive playoff crossroads for Mignani’s Palermo on the last day of the regular season of the cadet tournament. Today’s edition of the Giornale di Sicilia tries to capture the probable choices of the Rosanero coach during the initial training. Not a very encouraging premise, given the modest streak of only four points won in six games, the disappointing home draw against Ascoli with the now chronic decline in the second half, and the latest defeat suffered in the previous away game at La Spezia. To exacerbate the moment of objective criticality, the heavy absences of Gomes and Ceccaroni, both injured and preserved for the preliminary playoff, in addition to those of Di Mariano, Vasic and Coulibaly. Mignani wants to consolidate solid parameters and references, both in terms of interpreters and the module adopted, but today he will necessarily have to change some pawns on his chessboard. DEsplanches favorite between the posts after having displaced Pigliacelli in the technical hierarchy, three-man defense with Nedelcearu and Lucioni certain of a shirt, one between Marconi and Graves to complete the back pack. Diakité will act as a full-back fifth on the right side with Lund on the opposite front, Ranocchia, Segre and Henderson will make up the central unit in the midfield, Brunori and Soleri an attacking tandem who already scored against Ascoli a few days ago at Barbera. Stulac’s eclipse remains a mystery, with his undisputed technical qualities and notable background in Serie A with Parma and Empoli, the only true role playmaker in the squad. With fluctuating performance and some physical problems, the Slovenian has now gone from a potential leader to an extra. Neither Corini nor Mignani decided to entrust him with the keys to the midfield, against Ascoli Gomes left due to injury and the Genoese coach preferred to insert Henderson and then left Stulac a handful of minutes in the final. Even today the Scot will be the playmaker, with the former Venezia player still relegated to the bench. The Brunori-Soleri pairing up front provides ample guarantees, both veterans with Marconi and Buttaro from the Baldini band that triumphed in the Lega Pro playoffs. Different forwards but perfectly complementary in terms of technical-tactical characteristics, they are experiencing an excellent moment of form and are always on the ball on a competitive level, concentration and intensity also from a motivational point of view. Clinging to their goals appears to be one of the few holds to still believe they can accomplish a feat that appears impossible but in fact isn’t. Winning a second promotion with this shirt would make Brunori and Soleri rightfully part of the club’s history. In the meantime, we need to close the regular season in sixth place, beating Sudtirol at Druso and guaranteeing the right to play the preliminary round at Barbera with two results out of three.
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May 10th – 9.46am
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