Re: Serie A Thread
what a nice avatar, Prof! u should post here more often :-pp
btw there are a lot of terrific matches this week end... as usual btw...
inter - fiorentina
juve - milan
udinese - roma
napoli - atalanta
and
PALERMO - CATANIA. the hottest derby in italy (together with genoa-samp and lazio-roma)
derbys in italy are usually pretty boring matches. the fans put too much pressure over the players for the entire week, so usually the teams just nullify each others.
u can win a derby, u can draw, but u absolutely can't loose it. that's what the fans usually ask. so when the match begins, the 2 teams are just too worried to concede spaces and scoring chances to the opponents.
few goals, conservative tactics, scared players.... not really a match u would like to watch.
actually the only good thing about derbys is the crowd. watching a derby from the stadium is such an intense experience. colors, smell, the banners, the chants (wich are written specifically for the derby, making fun of the opponent fans)... u can really feel the atmosphere getting "electric"...
however talking about the quality of the football, there is an exception: palermo - catania. unlike the other derbys in italy, palermo catania, is usually a fantastic match from every angle, the atmoshpere and the football.
palermo and catania fans don't seem to care about "not loosing the derby", so there's no room for a draw. it's everything or nothing, both teams know they have to try to win; the fans won't be mad if they will loose... they will be mad if they won't do their best to get a win.
just to prove what i'm talking about, here there are the last results
02/12/2007 Serie A Catania vs. Palermo 3:1
02/02/2007 Serie A Catania vs. Palermo 1:2
20/09/2006 Serie A Palermo vs. Catania 5:3
04/04/2004 Serie B Palermo vs. Catania 5:0
09/11/2003 Serie B Catania vs. Palermo 0:2
19/04/2003 Serie B Palermo vs. Catania 3:3
18/11/2002 Serie B Catania vs. Palermo 2:0
the match i highlighted (the 5 - 0) was the last serie b derby between palermo and catania..... a glorious day for palermo fans. there's a guy here in palermo who does some sort of match videoclips.
this is the clip of that match. it was the 04\04\2004, 4 years ago. take a look at it... it's worthy
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=YzpxpfV1kD4&feature=related
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=50Psd5x2ABI&feature=related
EDIT:
Ste, fantastic video!!! very professional performance from caressa
"'a Robè, aggiustate er ciuffo" 

