On Friday, September 9, at 21:30, the match of the 5th stage of the second division in Italy “Palermo” – “Genoa” is scheduled live on Sport Extra.
Palermo were promoted to Serie B in the summer after starting 2019 in Serie D due to financial problems.
City Football Group, the United Arab Emirates consortium that also owns Manchester City, bought 80% of the Sicilian team for €13m, with Dario Mirri, the man behind Palermo’s rebuild, retaining a 20% stake.
Despite leading the team to Italy’s second tier, Silvio Baldini replaced Eugenio Corini, a former player who spent his football career at Juventus, Sampdoria and Napoli, on the Eagles’ bench in the summer, and as coach he promoted ” Brescia” to Serie A in 2019 (1st place in Serie B).
A number of Romanian footballers have played for Palermo for a long time – Paul Codrea, Valentin Nestase, Dorin Goian, Cristian Melinte and Gheorghe Puskas (now in the rival camp) – and Ionuc Nedelcearu, transferred this summer from Crotone, is currently registered there.
In addition, the team’s goalkeeper is Mirko Pigliacelli, who spent the last three years at the University of Craiova.
This season in Serie B, Palermo have four points after the first four stages (13th out of 20).
Genoa, on the other hand, were relegated from Serie A in the summer and are looking to return to Italy’s top flight.
Since the summer, the team has been led by the German Alexander Blessing, a former lower league player at the beginning of his career (he was also on the Ostend bench in the last two years).
After 1990, Dan Petrescu, Paul Codrya, Adrian Michalcha, Valentin Nestase, Marius Sava, Claudio Niculescu and Adrian Stoyan played in the Genoese club.
This season, the Griffins have two Romanians: Rada Dragushin was loaned for one season from Juventus with the obligation of a final transfer at the end of the period for 5.5 million euros (the condition is that the defender plays at least one minute between January 1, 2023 and 30 June 2023), while George Puskas was transferred from Reading, also on loan, and can be transferred permanently after this season for €3 million (promotion clause).
Genoa have eight points after four rounds (5th out of 20) this season in Serie B.
Superbet offers odds of 1.35 for a minimum of two goals scored in the match Palermo – Genoa.
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Source: Hot News RO
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