If you had to “raise the bar” as per the request of the captain and the coach, the blow Federico Di Francesco is a strong response. In reality, Iemmello’s pricking was not needed to convince Catanzaro to go to an attacking outside that increases the level. The negotiation was standing at least since last week, but precisely because of the quality of the goal there was a need for time.
The thirty -one -year -old footballer has defined the methods of separation from Palermo in the last hours, with which he was expiring at the end of the season, between today and tomorrow he will sign a two -year contract with option and should arrive between the weekend and the beginning of the next one. Empoli also followed him, the DS Polito did not be beaten by a big name in the tournament.
Di Francesco is the wing that served: experience, “leg”, undoubted technical qualities and the personality of those who played, not from the appearance, in Serie A and in a square full of pressure like Palermo. Complete the package of offensive exteriors allowing the youngest – such as the Nuamah – to grow with less axillis and responsibilities.
Product of the youth sector of Pescara and son of Eusebio, current coach of Lecce, Federico in the top flight dressed the shirts of Bologna, Sassuolo, Spal, Empoli and Lecce before agreeing to return to B with Palermo, two seasons ago. In Di Francesco he played more than among the cadets: 158 appearances and 17 goals, not little, while in Sicily he put together 66 appearances and six goals in a very good first tournament and another, the second, more forgetable, like that of the whole team, also due to an injury.
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