Palermo, 5 May 2024 – Ascoli draws the joker in full recovery with a super Caligara, but relegation is taking shape more and more. Now it will be very difficult to avoid third last place. Everything will depend above all on what the others do at the last appointment. In fact, even the possibility of playing the playoffs is reduced to the bare minimum complicate everything was there Ternana’s victory over Catanzaro. In Palermo the Bianconeri, amidst the utter confusion of their coach, they score 2-2 with the double from the midfielder. At the end of the race, however, the results of the other fields fall inexorably on the Picchio’s head like a cleaver. At Barbera the various changes decided from the beginning leave many perplexities.
The match starts in the worst possible way. Ascoli never manages to stem the strength and volume expressed on the pitch by rosanero who pass after just a minute thanks to Brunori. The attacker receives the ball from Soleri in the area and after a rebound won with Botteghin he shoots under the crossbar. The dramatic Sunday for the Bianconeri has just begun.
Above all, it was the hosts who tried insistently but conceded just before the half hour mark Caligara the possibility of putting everything back on equal terms on the first real Juventus attempt. His header from Celia’s cross from the left was accurate end below the intersection.
The joy does not last long because the Sicilians immediately took the lead again with Soleriinexplicably left only a stone’s throw away from bagging the new lead.
The second half of the race becomes agony. Carrera sends out the players who should have been in the starting lineup and the music changes at the end. Also due to the demerit of a Palermo team that pulled the plug earlier than necessary.
Caligara is in full recovery on a loose ball at the edge he finds the Sunday shot and keeps his hopes alive. However, being able to maintain a playout position will require success against Pisa and various combinations that are no longer within Ascoli’s power. The scoreboard PALERMO-ASCOLI 2-2 PALERMO (3-5-2): Desplanches; Nedelcearu (from 38′ st Stulac), Lucioni, Ceccaroni (from 38′ st Marconi); Diakité, Segre, Gomes (from 12′ st Henderson), Ranocchia (from 23′ st Di Francesco), Lund; Soleri, Brunori (from 38′ st Mancuso). Bench: Kanuric, Pigliacelli, Graves, Insigne, Buttaro, Traorè. Coach: Mignani. ASCOLI (3-4-2-1): Vasquez; Bellusi, Botteghin, Mantovani; Falzerano (from 37′ st Duris), Valzania (from 12′ st Rodriguez), Di Tacchio (from 12′ st Masini), Celia (from 20′ st D’Uffizi); Caligara, Zedadka; Tarantino (from 13′ st Nestorovski). Bench: Viviano, Bolletta, Giovane, Streng, Quaranta, Vaisanen, Adjapong. Coach: Carrera. Referee: Di Bello from Brindisi. Scorers: in the 1st minute Brunori, in the 27th minute and in the 48th minute Caligara, in the 34th minute Soleri. Notes – 18,308 spectators (171 guests), total takings not communicated. Diakité, Lucioni, Henderson booked for Palermo, Di Tacchio for Ascoli. Shots on target 3-4. Shots out 3-2. Offside 1-2. Corners 2-8. Recoveries: st 5′, st 5′.
