Palermo win despite coach going absent, says captain

Palermo won Sunday's key Serie A relegation battle at Verona despite being in disarray and without coach Davide Ballardini, goalkeeper and captain Stefano Sorrentino told reporters. "Ballardini has not spoken to us, neither before, nor after the game," Sorrentino told reporters in an episode unusual even by the standards of the volatile Sicilian club. "What has happened has been incredible and I've never seen anything like it in my 36 years." "The team played and won the game on our own, prepari