Today’s edition of “Il Giornale di Sicilia” focuses on the sale of tickets for Palermo-Venice with Barbera which this time will be sold-out.
Here is the full house, here is the Barbera without an empty seat like in 2022 against Padova: after the monstrous numbers recorded on Saturday, with 17,500 coupons issued in the first six hours after the opening of the circuits, yesterday too the sales points were filled with enthusiasts looking for a ticket, as happened on the Vivaticket portal for those who preferred to buy it online . Moral of the story, 18 thousand tickets were sold yesterday too despite the free sale (without right of first refusal) starting at 1pm: three hours before the start the attendance at the Barbera was already 32 thousand.
The seasonal attendance record set a few days ago with Sampdoria has therefore been shattered, but also the maximum number of spectators in Serie B reached on Thursday at San Nicola for the play-out between Bari and Ternana. The pinks will therefore rely on the push of their fans to win the first round of the difficult semi-final against Venezia, who for their part will have the advantage of playing the return match in a Penzo which, despite the decidedly smaller capacity compared to the Barbera (little more than 11 thousand seats), promises to be equally thunderous.
The public factor was decisive with the Blucerchiati, who appeared without weapons in front of an entire stadium which supported Palermo from the first to the last minute with a series of chants, after welcoming them with a choreography worthy of great occasions. Venezia, like Sampdoria, have demonstrated on several occasions that they are not afraid of difficult away matches, but are coming off two defeats in a row away from Penzo. After all, the squad knows that a victory in front of their own people would be fundamental to arrive in the Lagoon with two results out of three, but above all with an important psychological advantage over their opponents. Friday’s excellent performance is a good starting point, but now they will face the third force in Serie B, who were also capable of winning 3-0 in Viale del Fante last March 15th.
For a home crowd ready to invade the Barbera, there will instead be a half-empty guest sectorwith Venezia penalized by the decision of the ONMS not to allow the sale of tickets to residents in the Venetian capital and in the province: a discordant note in a festive atmosphere, with a city once again breathing great enthusiasm and a hunt for tickets that recalls the pink team’s run in the 2022 play-offs, all played with more than 30 thousand people in the stadium in the home matches with Triestina, Entella, Feralpisalò and Padova (the penultimate with very few free seats, the last with zero empty seats).
