PALERMO starting XI (3-5-2): Desplanches, Graves, Lucioni, Marconi, Diakité, Segre, Gomes (subbed for Insigne), Ranocchia (subbed for Di Francesco), Lund (subbed for Di Mariano), Brunori, Soleri (subbed for Traorè)
Bench: Pigliacelli, Stulac, Mancuso, Nedelcearu, Vasic, Buttaro, Aurelio, Henderson
VENEZIA starting XI (3-5-2): Joronen, Idzes,oboda, SVerko (subbed for Dembelè), Candela, Busio, Tessmann, Andersen (subbed for sella), Bjarkason (subbed for Zampano), Pierini (subbed for Olivieri), Pohjanpalo (subbed for Gytkaer)
Bench: Bertinato, Grandi, Modolo, Jajalo, Cheryshev, Ullmann
Goals: Pierini 62’
Possession was exactly equal, however Palermo created double the number of opportunities, ten to five.
The lone goal of the game came in the 62nd minute when Nicholas Pierini beat Palermo goalkeeper Sebastiano Desplanches from the edge of the box with a powerful left-footed strike.
Palermo will still believe they can win, with the return leg to be played in Venice on Saturday morning (AEST), live and exclusive on Il Globo TV.
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