Giornale di Sicilia – Palermo, so A is utopia

“Palermo, therefore A is a utopia,” the newspaper writes. Sicilian newspaper.

“If that was the purpose of the break, then it was better to go out onto the field even between dinner and bingo. Palermo performed unsuccessfully, turning Cittadella into a phenomenal team. And since this happened in the first match, we need to think about it. The victory over Cremonese, also because of the way it came, was supposed to be a turning point. Instead, in Cittadella we went back to the sad last November, when Palermo was getting slapped by everyone.

A good twenty minutes with the feeling that you could harm the Venetians, and then absolute emptiness. This was further intensified by the (injudicious) expulsion of Stulik. The Slovenian’s substitution at half-time was quite expected. And this is not retrospection, but foresight. Inzaghi teaches this: as soon as an Inter player is booked, he leaves the field within a couple of minutes. Stulak was one of the players most at risk on Saturday because Cittadella’s strengths are intensity and aggression. And indeed, he paid.

This team has never had a clear run of play, but has shown signs of life in the last four games of 2023. And it was for this reason that a different match was expected at the restart. Palermo was supposed to eat the Tombolato grass, but was instead… eaten by Gorini’s team. This is where another, perhaps underappreciated, aspect comes into play: physical fitness. At Cittadella the excitement lasted twenty minutes, and the exception of Stulak cannot be an alibi. Sampdoria lost yesterday, but with ten of them – with hard work – they managed to come back with two goals against Venice. The rating has worsened, second place – -6. The market can help, but by playing and operating this way, Serie A becomes a utopia. With the hope that they will be wrong. Generally”.