Palermo 1 – 0 Livorno , Bad Day at The Barbera

By: Marco Stucazzo | February 2nd, 2008

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Fabrizio I thought you were cool man!? You have that Che Guevara Tattoo on your big ass left calf, I thought you would cut us some slack. We’re comrades, what the hell!
Your second half goal was enough to see Palermo pass by Livorno to earn all 3 points on Saturday.

After playing Juventus and Palermo at the beggining of the Season, Livorno had conceded 9 goals in those 2 games. We didn’t pick up points this time around either, but At least , the defence only gave up 4 goals.

GC Camolese fielded the usual 3-5-2 in Palermo; Simone Pavan was in for an Injured Ale Grandoni and Massimo Loviso replaced the suspended Daniel De Vezze. Nico Pulzetti, A. Filippini and Jose Vidigal filled in the other Midfield spots.

Diego Tristan’s recent negative run saw him lose his regular spot alongside Ciccio Tavano to Erjon Bogdani. Palermo coach Francesco Guidolin popped out a Cavani-Miccoli-Amauri trident and started out new arrival Balzaretti(surprisingly excellent!) right from the get go.

Big Bad Bogdani had a great chance in the 21st minute only to see Alberto Fontana make a miraculous save to keep the score at 0-0. His finishing was lacking but at least he gives you a big presence up front. The Albanian hitman ( not that kind of Albanian Hitman!) wasn’t able take advantage of his first start of 2008.

45 minutes in to the game, a Zaccardo handball in the box earned Livorno a rigore. Only to see Francesco Tavano’s shot be blocked by Palermo’s 40 year old keeper. I don’t understand why Maurizio Zamparini is still complaining about not getting Marco Amelia. The old man, Fontana not Zamparini, was on extraordinary form Saturday, stopping all of Livorno’s attempts at goal.

I don’t understand why Amelia is worth 8 M$ more than Fontana. Age you say? Good Point.

Livorno started off the second half strong, fighting with the Pink boys for every ball. Jose Vidigal and Massimo Loviso played as best as their limited talent permited, but Fabrizio Miccoli’s long range shot was enough to break the deadlock after 76 minutes. Giancarlo Camolese desperately tried to shake things up by bringing in Edgar Alvarez and Fausto Rossini for Balleri and Bogdani but Palermo managed to hold on for the rest of the match. For the first time since his appointment, GC Camolese made some questionnable substitutions. The Loviso and Balleri ones can be excused, but putting in Rossini to try to win the game? 2 of the 4 Palermo defenders are WC Winners and This isn’t Serie C.

The fact that Rossini came on instead of Diego Tristan is a bad sign for Livorno and Diego Tristan. I Hope the Andalusian isn’t hallucinating, thinking a more psychedelic version of Fernando Orsi is still in charge.

Aho Diego ! Wake up and smell the end of your career! it’s called T-R-A-I-N-I-N-G and it’s good for you

Palermo – Livorno : 1-0

Marcatori: 76’ Miccoli,

Palermo (4-3-2-1): Fontana ; Zaccardo , Biava , Barzagli , Balzaretti ; Guana , Migliaccio , Caserta ; Cavani (63’ Bresciano ) ,Amauri , Miccoli (92’ Cassani ) .

All. Guidolin

Livorno (3-5-2): Amelia 6,5; Pavan 6, Knezevic 6, Galante 6; Balleri 5,5 (80’ Alvarez ) , Vidigal 5,5, Pulzetti 6, Loviso 6 (63’ E. Filippini 5,5) , Pasquale 6; Tavano 5,5 , Bogdani 6 (74’ Rossini 6).

All. Camolese 6

Arbitro: Bergonzi 6

Ammoniti: Pavan, Zaccardo, Loviso, Vidigal

Miccoli’s Goal

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Set Piece Defending ;

Another goal caused by bad set piece defending, Livorno’s 420th of the season. I don’t get it, Livorno isn’t Roma, i mean , our biggest player isn’t 5′5”, we have big bodies out there so why aren’t we capable of clearing out balls in the box.

And what the hell is wrong with Francesco Tavano?

When a team like Livorno gets a penalty shot, you absolutely need to bury those chances! Alberto Fontana deserves some credit but why the hell would you kick it stupidly like that! The momentum of the game changes completely If that penalty goes in, like it should have. The pink boys would have seen their spirits shattered and Livorno comes out of this game with at least a point. Damn you Francesco !

Livorno have now lost their 2 last games to the hands of Palermo and Juventus. The Amaranto Liberation Army will be hoping to get some good results from the Sunday games, hoping not to drastically fall down the table.

Forza Labronici !