 They were however later defeated at home, and thus eliminated from the competition, by the "bianconeri" on the return leg, with a goal by Antonio Floro Flores scored during injury time.During the January transfer market, Palermo loaned out Franco Brienza, the only player to have been a "rosanero" in all the top three Italian tiers, to Reggina.They successively sold Marco Pisano (on loan) and Aimo Diana (permanent transfer) to Torino, and signed full back Federico Balzaretti from Fiorentina and youngsters Luca Di Matteo and Edgar Çani from Pescara.