With Wednesday’s 1-1 draw towards Bari, Serie B leaders Parma formally sealed their promotion to Serie A with two video games to go.
After 36 league matches, the Crociati have 74 factors, adequate for first place in Italy’s second degree. Assuming nothing else modifications this weekend, a victory towards Cremonese would mathematically cement their .
After failing to make the promotion playoffs final season, Fabio Pecchia’s squad has been capable of recuperate and return to type. On mixture, they misplaced to Claudio Ranieri’s Cagliari within the play-off semi-finals, 3-2.
This season, Parma has solely suffered 4 league defeats, with a document of 21 victories and eleven attracts. A single win of their final three video games would have despatched the Crocati again to the Italian first division. They haven’t performed there because the 2020-21 season.
Having performed two video games lower than their third-place rivals, Venezia, Parma now sits atop the league. With three factors separating them from first place, second-place Como will seemingly additionally play within the high division.
With 24 objectives between them in all competitions this season, Parma’s wingers Dennis Man and Adrian Benedyczak have been unstoppable. One has 13 objectives, whereas the opposite has 11. Two essential matches stay this season; on Sunday, they are going to face Cremonese, and on Friday, they are going to play away at Reggiana.
US proprietor goals to revive wonderful previous
Solely Salernitana, the staff now ranked worst in Serie A, has been formally demoted to Serie B. In the meantime, Parma could also be with out an Italian league championship, however they’ve gained the Italian Cup 3 times.
They took dwelling the trophy in 1993 for Europe’s Cup Winners’ Cup and two UEFA Cups in 1995 and 1999. The membership’s storied previous was a consider Kyle Krause, founding father of the Krause Group, buying a 90% share within the staff in September 2020.
In actual fact, the Gialloblu have a glittering previous crammed with championships and legendary gamers. Some notable gamers who donned the shirt embrace Gianluigi Buffon, Juan Sebastian Veron, Fabio Cannavaro, Lilian Thuram, Hernán Crespo, and Gianfranco Zola.
At 44 or 45 years previous, Buffon was again within the lineup till final 12 months. After the chapter in 2015, a brand new undertaking started to take type in 2020, and it served as a connection between the often magnificent previous and the undertaking.
Regardless of being within the midst of his fifth decade, Buffon stayed there once more from 2021 till final 12 months. He bridged the hole between the illustrious previous and the brand new endeavor that has been within the works since 2020, after the 2015 chapter.
Why did Krause choose Parma?
“It began with a little bit of investigation into Italian soccer and developed into this implausible alternative. A few of the analysis was initiated due to work I used to be doing associated to Professional Iowa. I used to be exploring golf equipment and possession buildings, making an attempt to raised perceive alternatives and the method. However networking in Italy for Professional Iowa information led to me creating extra intentional curiosity in buying a membership in Italy.
“After I found Parma Calcio was on the market, I knew it was the correct alternative. The membership has an unimaginable model and historical past and celebrated its 110-year anniversary in December. Parma Calcio is the fourth most profitable Italian staff in UEFA competitions having gained 4 nationwide trophies and 4 worldwide trophies. As well as, Parma is an attractive metropolis with wealthy historical past, delicacies, tradition, and soccer.
“What’s to not love?”, admitted Kyle Krause in an interview on Wednesday.
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