Massimo Norrito’s analysis after the elimination in the playoff semi-final at the hands of Venezia: “They betrayed a passion”.
“The rosanero flop. They betrayed a passion.” Today’s edition of “La Repubblica”, in the focus analysis written by Massimo Norrito, analyzes the season of Palermo, fresh from elimination in the playoff semi-finals after the double defeat suffered against Paolo Vanoli’s Venezia.
“They arrived in Palermo to win the championship and instead they finished sixth. They were supposed to make a breakthrough in the play-offs and instead they came out badly. Above all they had to bring experience and solidity to the group and instead they turned out to be
fragile and characterless. People like Di Francesco or Insigne played an anonymous tournament. Lucioni, Mr. Promotion, was out for too long and was unable to give solidity to the defense, the true horror department of this unfortunate season. And, again, all traces of Vasic, Stulac, Mancuso, Coulibaly and Henderson have been lost. And even Brunori now says: ‘Playing in Palermo is not easy’. Yes, better to play in a place where there is no passion. Brunori, just him. The captain praised by the city that made him great and who didn’t deserve to be repaid with such an unhappy exit”, we read.
The spotlight is also on Corini and Mignani. “Corini is guilty of never putting the team in front of their responsibilities, of always protecting them by talking about the path, growth, messages received. […] For Mignani, who should have won the play-offs, albeit with the mitigating circumstance of having taken a group that wasn’t his, the merciless numbers speak for themselves. And then there is the club: if off the pitch the sports center is already Serie A, on the pitch, in two years of City Football Group management, Palermo achieved an eighth and sixth place. Little, too little. […] Palermo is a planet, not a satellite. It is good for everyone to remember this. At every level”, concludes the well-known newspaper.
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