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Ladies and gentlemen, purgatory is over. The long summer months of “Will he, won’t he” and the sheer boredom created from meaningless friendlies is over! Calcio is back, and I’m sure I speak for every Interista, Romanista, or whatever-ista when I say, thank god. Life is rough without it.

Antonio Di Natale opened the 2008-09 season in style with a sensational brace as Udinese sank Palermo 3-1. The new campaign kicked off in Udine with a completely revamped Palermo side and relatively unchanged Friulani.

With an exciting new edition of Serie A now upon us, Goal.com looks at how each of the 20 clubs are shaping up. In this article, we feature Palermo. 2007-08: Where It Ended It was another season of ups and downs - actually more downs than ups - in the Sicilian capital.

Italy’s Olympic Coach Pierluigi Casiraghi and midfield star Riccardo Montolivo are confident ahead of Saturday’s quarter-final against Belgium. The Azzurri topped Group D with comfortable wins over Honduras and Korea and a dull 0-0 draw with Cameroon.

Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio will join Tommaso Rocchi on the plane back from China after an injury ended his Olympic adventure. Pierluigi Casiraghi has just been hit by the news that overage hitman Rocchi’s involvement in Beijing is over.

Giuseppe Rossi combined brilliantly with Sebastian Giovinco and scored in the Italian Olympic team’s 1-1 friendly draw with Romania. Italy continued their preparations for the Beijing tournament with this friendly match in Pistoia against the Under-21 Romanians, but were missing Riccardo Montolivo with a flu virus.

Stefano Colantuono is confident Palermo can impress this season, although he admits a first team line-up hasn’t been decided. “I am happy with what I’ve seen so far in training. The squad is very focused and is working hard,” he told the official club website.

Palermo have announced the signature of Azzurri goalkeeper Marco Amelia from Livorno. Since Livorno’s relegation from Serie A there has been intense speculation over the future of their No 1. Amelia had been at the Stadio Armando Picchi for seven years and made over 150 appearances.

Today, the Italian Olympic team advanced to the Toulon International Tournament Final, defeating Japan 5-4 on penalty kicks in the semi-final. The Japanese frustrated the Azzurrini for 90 minutes, and Casiraghi’s side dominated, but couldn’t finish chances.

Today, the Italian Olympic team advanced to the Toulon International Tournament Final, defeating Japan 5-4 on penalty kicks in the semi-final. The Japanese frustrated the Azzurrini for 90 minutes, and Casiraghi’s side dominated, but couldn’t finish chances.