The Parma-Cremonese report cards (Click here) for many of the Crusader protagonists they are the icing on the cake of a championship that ends with the celebration for first place in Serie B, celebrated at the “Tardini”:
The only discordant notes are Balogh, whose performance lasts only 14 minutes before the red card, and Corvi, who fails to convince on more than one occasion between the posts and the exits. The two Romanians, Man and Mihaila, did very well, scoring the equalizer which was enough for Parma to win their first cadet championship. The report cards are signed by Lorenzo Fava.
CROWS 5 A plastic save at the start on Tsadjout, then a clumsy one on Vazquez which gives rise to the corner that will lead to Mudo’s winning parable: a beautiful goal, but perhaps he could have done more on a shot that wasn’t too powerful. He was immediately ready at the start of the second half on Tsadjout and Sernicola; pardoned, however, by Johnsen. Pecchia calls him back to the bench, so as not to run any further risks, after an adventurous outing to say the least. Insecure.
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DELPRATO 6 Complicated day because the expulsion of one of the members of the defensive line forces the captain and his teammates to be much more attentive and prudent. He manages to overcome all the difficulties and is also convincing in this match.
(24’st) Osorio 6 It helps that the defensive hinge in the last quarter of the match is unperforable in central ways.
BALOGH 4.5 Journalistically, no votes should be given under a quarter of an hour of play. Except for sensational episodes, and what happens to him is negative: he holds Johnsen launched at the net in the central area and is sent off after 14′.
APPROXIMATELY 6.5 Another veteran performance, especially since he was left without his teammate after less than a quarter of an hour. Many timely closures, unsurpassed in the aerial game. Solid.
COULIBALY 6 Ninety minutes like he hasn’t had since the Terni match. But unlike that day, this time, he doesn’t make a mistake: on the contrary, he also proposes himself forward and looks for a goal which Saro denies him with a providential dive. Tired at the end, but all the energy had been spent.
SOHM 6.5 Balogh’s expulsion also changes his game, set in midfield. And instead he does the “false ten”, as he hasn’t done for a long time. Two scary attacks for Antov (respective scorer) in the first half: one led to a penalty (only claimed, but not awarded), the other led to the winning of a corner. Towards the end he forces Saro to a rebound at the near post again after one of his intoxicating serpentines.
BERNABÉ 6 With the team immediately reduced to ten men he has to review his references. He distributes some good balls for his teammates, but overall today he doesn’t pull the rabbit out of the hat. And it was difficult.
(15′ st) Hainaut 6 He places himself on the right in place of the captain and engages in a couple of duels with Sernicola which he manages to contain, all things considered, with ease.
MAN 6.5 When it accelerates it seems to have wings on its feet. After many interruptions in the first 45′ the decisive one arrives in the second half: the Vladimirescu-Finta axis becomes an all-Romanian motorway which allows Mihaila to arrive at the toll booth on time. Sixth assist delivered.
HERNANI 7 He leaves to be an attacking midfielder, as happened in the last few games, and instead finds himself as an improvised central defender. He does it with great application and attention. The only failure was a few seconds before the hour mark when he was caught from behind by Johnsen (who then kicked high into an empty net). He ends up taking all the dead balls and set pieces, with the captain’s armband on his arm. Joker.
MIHAILA 7.5 Electrifying start: he saw a goal disallowed after 2′ due to a touch (albeit fortuitous) with his arm, hit the outside of the net in the 5th minute, then served a backheel assist for Coulibaly’s shot. The scoring only came in the 57th minute when he had a hand in Man’s pass.
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BONNY 6.5 Few opportunities to hurt up front, but a lot of sacrifice in a commendable phase of connection between the threequarters and the last 16 metres.
(24’st) Charpentier 5.5 Also thanks to a waning and slow-paced finish to the match, he didn’t touch dangerous balls in the final metres.
All. PECCHIA 6 He doesn’t like the word turnover so let’s say that he drew on the energy of the resources at his disposal. But perhaps some choices (changing the goalkeeper in a decisive match) seemed a bit risky, but it was also right to give space to those who had had less space on this journey. His team remains, ready-go, ten men and does not lose its head: with the patience of the strong, it repositions itself in an amen and manages to equalize, first, the score and, then, numerical parity on the pitch.
