Palermo striker Fabrizio Miccoli remains upbeat despite 7-0 drubbing by Udinese Calcio
Palermo striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Udinese-Calcio-c40789.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Di-Natale-c6306 scored 3. However, the striker says that although his side is under a lot of pressure after such a hefty and agonising defeat, he believes that they can definitely bounce back from it.
Palermo are in 8th place in the Serie A standings with 40 points but they still have a great chance of making it to the Europa League next season after they beat Chievo in the Coppa Italia in January 2011 to set up a meeting with AC Milan in the
quarterfinals. Miccoli said that he is already dreaming of playing in the final of the Coppa Italia and he thinks that his side still has a great chance of making it to the final of the Cup competition.
In the aftermath of the defeat to Palermo, Coach Delio Rossi was sacked by President Maurizio Zamparini but Miccoli was very supportive of the axed manager. While talking to the media, the Italian international said that all of the players are very thankful
to Rossi for what he did for the club and he added that he is indebted to the former manager for making him realise his full potential.
After signing from Juventus for 4.5 million Euros, Miccoli has become an integral part of Palermo and has scored 48 goals in 102 appearances for the Sicilian club. In the current 2010-11 season, the 31-year-old Italian has been in great form and has scored
19 goals.
President Zamparini hired fiery Serse Cosmi as the new coach of Palermo after the sacking of Rossi and will be looking to take the Sicilian side to the Europa League by the end of the season.
Cosmi, who is rarely seen without his trademark baseball cap is the 19th coach at Palermo in Zamparini’s 8-year tenure as the President of the club. Many people suggest that the pairing of Cosmi and Zamparini will definitely turn out to be an
intriguing one as both men are very well known for their tempestuous personalities.
Cosmi is one of the most renowned characters in Italian football and the Perugia-born coach will take the team to Rome to face http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775 as they look to regain their lost momentum.
Before coming to Palermo, Cosmi has had coaching stints at Perugia, Genoa, Udinese and Brescia but he had been without a job after he left Livorno.
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