“Mignani launches the challenge to Cosenza: ‘We need a victory to free our minds'”, headlines The Republic.
He wants a solid team «because Cosenza will have the knife between their teeth». He asks for courage, but above all he is aware that “a victory is needed, dirty or clean, because it frees the mind”. With these concepts Michele Mignani presented the first match of his management in which he was able to work for a whole week with Brunori and his teammates.
And he did it for the first time by entering the press conference room of the sports center from which you can see the pitch of the Palermo Academy in Torretta. «Here there is everything you need and it is comfortable – said the new Palermo coach, who, as soon as he arrived last Sunday, immediately found himself catapulted into the new Rosanero home with the old glories – With each passing day I manage to have some more knowledge about the team, so we hope to arrive at the match against Cosenza with a little more certainty.”
One of these could once again be the three-man defence, experimented with Sampdoria and tested in training. «We need solidity and with Samp it was the best solution – said Mignani – Beyond the goals conceded, we did well in the non-possession phase, but we must also be good at adapting to our opponents. The boys are expert players and able to adapt, also because in addition to the modules the concepts are the same.”
With Lucioni and Di Mariano suspended and Ranocchia and Vasic unavailable, Mignani could deploy a 3-4-1-2 with Pigliacelli in goal, Nedelcearu at the center of defense with Ceccaroni and Diakité as arm players, Stulac and Gomes in the center of the midline with Segre and Lund wide, Di Francesco as attacking midfielder and Brunori-Mancuso in attack. But there are many doubts and ballots. The most discussed one on the eve is between Pigliacelli and Desplanches.
