“Inter” leads, breaking away from Roma by as much as seven points. In turn, the Romans brought their advantage over the Palermo running track to four. It turns out that the first team of the country today is ahead of the third by 11 points, and this is already a lot. If the season develops in the same vein, then we risk finding out the name of the champion somewhere in February. “Roma” and “Palermo” on the field of “Stadio Olimpico”, however, clearly did not bother with all these problems - but they scored goals. The game came out glorious. There are matches that are harder to watch than chewing soles. In Italy there are many of them, and in other countries, in general, too. And there are more fun matches: like without any traditions from a glorious past, but they look great and cheer up. Like good french comedies.
“Roma” is considered the most “playing” team in Italy. “Palermo” in this conditional rating is often put in second place. Sunday's match the affiliation of both teams among the brightest in the country confirmed, and hierarchy too. And they both thought more about how to build their own, rather than breaking someone else's. Here are just “Roma” exceeded its objectives, and “Palermo”, on the contrary - did not work out a little. After the first half, the hosts scored. Totti found a little free space for Mansini, and the Brazilian hits well with the right. “Roma” could open an account earlier, even before the 44th minute: Mexes, who traditionally plays well with his head, hit the bar with a loud ball. Perrotta is also good, although his blow to Fontana repelled, and the goalkeeper managed to finish off Taddei, but he could not stop Panucci. The referee did not count the goal of the defender anyway, because nobody was ever allowed to pull the opponent by the neck in someone else's penalty area. Then Rizzoli also canceled the goal of the guests - but this time, it seems, in vain: Caracciolo was out of the game, and Amauri who hit the ball did not even come close to any offside.
In the second half, “Roma” came out without injured Perrotta, but this did not help Guidolin's team. Amauri almost equalized in one of the points, but instead scored “Roma”: Totti scored a penalty. Then Amauri also struck amazingly through himself. The ball hit the lawn and then Doni's gloves. The Brazilian saved the goal after hitting another Brazilian. The judges screwed up a little offside for some reason. The offside situation was indeed true, but then, it turned out all in vain - with a scissors punch and a goalkeeper jump ... They attacked in turn, until Mansini scored the third goal after a clever pass from Taddei. Everything became clear, and even entering the field of Di Michele (maybe it was worth releasing him right away instead of Caracciaolo? Who knows, except for Gvidolin!) Already changed nothing. Three minutes before the end of the game, Fabio Simplicio looked at the red card and went off the field, and then Palermo missed one more time.
Romans - all kinds of compliments and multiple salutes. Yes, and “Palermo” looked pretty, despite the final 0: 4. Sicilians are a bit off-standard, and this was noticeable in a recent meeting with Inter. Unlucky. By the way, there is such a French comedy. There, Depardieu and Richard play.
Vladimir STOGNIENKO
ROMA - PALERMO - 4: 0 (1: 0)
Goals: 1: 0 - Mansini (44), 2: 0 - Totti (56, penalty) , 3: 0 - Mansini (83), 4: 0 - Biava (90, own goal).
December 17th . The Stadio Olimpico, 22.30.
Judge : Nicola Rizzoli (Bologna).