Parma Club Focus: A special date
Parma’s defeat against Bologna last Sunday ended in a 2-0 defeat the Ennio Tardini, with the Rossoblu upsetting the odds to take victory. It was a result unfitting of the occasion, with many of the Crociati‘s all time greats in attendance to mark the 20th anniversary of their 1993 victory at Wembley in the Cup Winners’ Cup – More...
Parma Club Focus: Alvaro Ampuero – the start of a new generation?
Over recent years Parma have generally always had a string of South American stars in their squad, with perhaps the three most notable being Hernán Crespo, Juan Sebastián Verón and Roberto Sensini during the Crociati golden More...
Parma Club Focus: Massimo Gobbi – an unsung hero
Look at his history, and you’d see that Massimo Gobbi was pretty close to filling the ‘journeyman’ criteria. After spending his youth career at AC Milan before touring the lower leagues, he made More...
Parma Club Focus: Roberto Donadoni – a wanted man
It’s true to say that Parma’s second half of the season hasn’t been as successful as was hoped. Any chances of pushing for Europe have ended in a poor run of form which continued in a late defeat More...
Parma Club Focus: The worst match yet
Parma’s 3-0 defeat at the hands of Udinese in the last match was, by coach Roberto Donadoni’s own admission, the worst game he had overseen as coach at the Ennio Tardini. “It seemed like we were More...
Parma Club Focus: The rise and fall of Ishak Belfodil
Only a few months ago Ishak Belfodil was regarded as one of the most exciting talents in Serie A. Not only was he just a hot prospect, but he was delivering high-calibre, even match-winning performances regularly. The More...
Parma Club Focus: Has Ninis finally arrived?
Greek international midfielder Sotiris Ninis arrived in Parma last summer to much fanfare. His playmaking exploits at Panathinaikos had Crociati fans purring at the prospect of the the 22-year-old former Manchester More...
Parma Club Focus: Signing Marco Parolo is a no-brainer
In Parma’s 2-0 defeat to Roma on Sunday evening, midfielder Marco Parolo was – as he has been in so many games this season – one of the Crociati‘s best performers. His tireless midfield More...
Parma Club Focus: Amauri proves his worth
For a long time Amauri has had to put up with being the butt of being the jokes of Serie A fans. The lanky Brazilian-born striker – who has been capped once by Italy – has never really inspired confidence More...
Parma Club Focus: Balance is the key
With Parma’s poor run ongoing, the inquest is too. Last week’s game against Sampdoria saw yet another reasonable performance from the Crociati, but one in which a failure to convert opportunities More...
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