Allegri expects tough match at Palermo

Allegri expects tough match at Palermo

 MILAN, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri has expected a tough game awaiting¹ his side at Palermo on Tuesday.

The beleaguered² Rossoneri, who won some respite³ after beat Genoa 1-0 on Saturday, will travel to Sicily to face Gian Piero Gasperini's men.

"Palermo are doing well," Allegri said. "Gasperini's teams traditionally⁴ play good football, and they always perform well at home.

"It will be a difficult game for us, and we will have to defend well against a top quality player like Fabrizio Miccoli.

"We won on Saturday, but we must not forget what has happened lately, because we have very few points. We need to move up the table as quickly as possible, but we can only go forward thinking game-by-game," he said.

1 awaiting   

v.等候( await的现在分词 )；等待；期待；将发生在

参考例句：

• He is in custody awaiting trial . 他已被拘留候审。
• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence. 等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 beleaguered   

adj.受到围困[围攻]的；包围的v.围攻( beleaguer的过去式和过去分词)；困扰；骚扰

参考例句：

• The beleaguered party leader was forced to resign. 那位饱受指责的政党领导人被迫辞职。
• We are beleaguered by problems. 我们被许多困难所困扰。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 respite   

n.休息，中止，暂缓

参考例句：

• She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
• Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。

4 traditionally   

adv.传说地；传统地

参考例句：

• Traditionally,people clean the house before the Spring Festival.传统上，人们在春节前打扫房子。
• Medicine is traditionally the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each year.根据传统，医学奖是诺贝尔奖每年颁发的第一个奖项。