Serie B, Palermo-Modena 5-2: Sicilians in the playoff area

A two-faced Palermo overwhelms Modena with Barbera. The rosanero suffer in the first half and suffer the blows of Tesser’s team: in the 4th minute Strizzolo takes the lead, then Tutino’s reply and before the interval two goals from the Gialloblù attacker. But in the second half it’s a completely different match: Soleri, Verre, Aurelio and Vido knock down their opponents: it ends 5-2. Corini’s team, absent today due to disqualification, aims for the playoff area and finds success after more than a month. All the others are on the pitch over the weekend. Leaders Frosinone hosts Cosenza allo Stirpe, Gilardino’s Genoa challenges Brescia away. The Ternana-Bari round closes on Sunday at 4.15pm.

STRIZZOLO THINKS ABOUT IT

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Tesser’s men attack, in the 4th minute they are already ahead with Tremolada’s perfect throw for Strizzolo: the attacker enters the area and in front of Pigliacelli he invents a touch down, it’s 1-0. The rosanero respond immediately, in the 7th minute Tutino receives over the line, beats Gagno but the referee disallows the goal for offside. In the 11th minute the hosts took the measures, Soleri grazed the post with a diagonal shot. Three minutes later, Verre was blocked by the defense from outside. In the 25th minute Tutino made up for it, he charged with his right foot from a distance, a deflection to mock Gagno and it was the goal: 1-1 at Barbera. Attacks and reversals in front, in the 29th minute Tremolada again creates problems for the opposing rearguard: he runs on the right and serves his eleventh assist of the season, this time for the head of Strizzolo who makes no mistake. Brace and eighth league goal for the former Perugia player.

ROSANERO AVALANGA

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Palermo didn’t fit in and evened the score in the first minutes of the second half: in the 47th minute Valente served Soleri very well, the ’97 class headed Gagno’s inattentive exit. In the 53rd minute Falcinelli receives well in the area, beats Pigliacelli, but Ponsi who had served him is offside: the referee cancels everything. Then the rosanero turn it around in the 56th minute, Verre is good at exploiting Oukhadda’s indecision: the defender avoids the back pass and the goalkeeper loses the exit time. The midfielder steals the ball and makes it 3-2. Three minutes later the fourth goal also arrives: Tutino runs very fast on the right, crosses for Aurelio, the class of 2000 smashes his head and finds the first goal in B. There is also time for the 5-2, now only the guided formation plays from Lanna. Ponsi enters Vido late in the area, the attacker born in ’97 goes from the penalty spot, opens the plate to Gagno’s right and returns to score in the league after a year. In the final, Segre in a half overhead kick even came close to making it 6-2. That’s the end, stop for Modena: the Gialloblù remain at 38. Palermo extends to +4 and takes eighth place waiting for Parma.