May 10, 2024, 8:04 pm
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A goal and a narrow victory, just enough. Palermo takes home the three points and emerges victorious from the “Druso” stadium in Bolzano against Sudtirol. On the last day of the Serie B regular season the Rosanero found the success they had been missing in the league since March 10th. An away victory that boosts morale and, above all, useful points for the league table.
With this victory, in fact, the team coached by Michele Mignani maintains sixth place in the standings. Thanks to this placing, therefore, the rosanero will face Andrea Pirlo’s Sampdoria at the “Barbera”, on Friday 17 May at 8.30pm, who finished seventh despite the 3-1 away win against Catanzaro.
The match was decided by a goal from Salim Diakité in the 64th minute of the match. After a boring and emotionless first half, the French defender, almost halfway through the second half, takes advantage of a rebound and beats the Sudtirol goalkeeper. This time, however, Mignani’s team did not allow themselves to be caught up and despite some risks they won the match at the referee’s final whistle.
Michele Mignani’s first victory since coaching Palermo also arrived at the “Druso” stadium. The Sicilian coach, in fact, up to this point had totaled four draws and two defeats on the pink bench. And in the last match of the regular season, therefore, he obtained his first victory with the Viale del Fante club.
Now all Palermo’s energies will have to be directed towards the promotion play-offs. The first match, as announced, will be against Sampdoria at the “Renzo Barbera” in a one-off match next Friday. The other Serie B verdicts say that Como finished second and are promoted to Serie A with Parma. Venezia is third, while Cremonese finishes in fourth place. The playout match will be between Ternana and Bari, while Ascoli, Feralpisalò and Lecco are in Serie C.
The scoreboard
SOUTH TYROL: Drago, Cagnano, Arrigoni, Mallamo (from 62′ Casiraghi), Davi, Kofler (from 62′ Vinetot), Merkaj, Peeters (from 60′ Lonardi), Masiello (Cap.; from 83′ Rauti), Molina, Odogwu (since 60′ Cisco). Available: Poluzzi, Bonifacio, Vinetot, Pecorino, Ciervo, Broh, Casiraghi, Rover, Rauti, Cisco, Giorgini, Lonardi. Coach: Valente.
PALERMO: Desplanches, Graves, Lund, Lucioni, Segre, Brunori (Cap.; from 79′ Soleri), Insigne (from 89′ Henderson), Ranocchia, Di Francesco (from 92′ Mancuso), Nedelcearu, Diakité. Available: Kanuric, Pigliacelli, Stulac, Mancuso, Marconi, Buttaro, Soleri, Henderson, Traorè. Coach: Mignani.
REFEREE: Ferrieri Caputi (Livorno). AA1: D’Ascanio (Ancona). AA2: Catallo (Frosinone). 4th OFFICIAL: Rinaldi (Bassano del Grappa). VAR: Di Martino (Teramo). AVAR: Minelli (Varese).
MARKERS: 64′ Diakité (P).
NOTE: Booked: Kofler (S), Nedelcearu (P), Lucioni (P), Vinetot (S), Molina (S), Soleri (P). Expelled: Davi (S).
The match
90′ + 6′ – The referee blows the whistle three times! Sudtirol-Palermo ends 0-1
90′ + 5′ – Yellow for Soleri
90′ + 3′ – Casiraghi comes close to scoring, a shot in the rosanero area that is deflected out
90′ + 2′ – The last substitution for the squad is Mancuso for Di Francesco
90′ – Five minutes of added time assigned by the match director
89′ – Insigne comes out for Palermo and Henderson comes in
87′ – Direct red for Davi who reacts against Di Francesco after a foul suffered by Graves
86′ – Diakité close to scoring a personal double with a header blocked by Drago again following a corner kick
84′ – Molina is booked
83′ – Masiello exits from the ranks of the red and whites and Rauti enters
79′ – Mignani, at the first substitution of the match, chooses Soleri for Brunori
78′ – Sudtirol reacts and goes in search of an equalizer after a series of offensive actions
74′ – Yellow for Vinetot as soon as he comes on
72′ – Two more substitutions for Mister Valente. Casiraghi and Vinetot replace Mallamo and Kofler
70′ – Error by Masiello who gives the ball to Brunori. Palermo’s number 9 sees Drago slightly outside his posts and tries to dig in, but the ball ends up high
64′ – PALERMO GOAL! Corner taken by Insigne, the ball arrives in the area and after a rebound Diakité kicks, thus beating the Sudtirol goalkeeper
60′ – Sudtirol makes the first changes of the match. Peeters and Odogwu exit, Lonardi and Cisco enter
59′ – Lucioni is also booked
52′ – Yellow for Nedelcearu, he was cautioned and will miss the first round of the playoffs
9.39pm – Teams back on the pitch, this time the first possession goes to the home team. The recovery begins at the “Druso”
45′ + 2′ – The first forty-five minutes of the match end. Zero emotions at the “Druso” in Bolzano, the rosanero manage the ball for longer but never become dangerous. Sudtirol defends themselves and maintains their positions on the pitch without too many worries
45′ – Two minutes of injury time awarded
40′ – Slow pace up to this point in the match. No dangerous opportunities on either side, with the goalkeepers risking virtually nothing
30′ – Another shot attempt by Ranocchia, this time from outside the area, again saved by the red and white goalkeeper
20′ – Ranocchia’s shot on goal directly from a free kick taken from the top corner of the Sudtirol penalty area, Drago rejects
19′ – Yellow for Kofler
12′ – Merkaj tries a shot from close range, the ball goes over the crossbar
11′ – Study phase between the teams who have not yet landed the decisive blow
7′ – The match resumes, Ranocchia can continue the match
5′ – Game stopped, Ranocchia remains on the ground after a clash with Merkaj
8.34pm – First ball given to the rosanero, the match begins at the “Druso” stadium
8.30pm – Minute of silence for the workers who disappeared in the Casteldaccia tragedy
8.29pm – Sudtirol and Palermo enter the pitch, usual greetings before the match
8.15pm – The teams return to the changing rooms, kick-off at 8.30pm
7.55pm – The players reach the pitch, the warm-up before the match begins
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May 10, 2024, 8:04 pm
