“President, DS, everyone. They left me alone to fight. It was a terrible year. At a certain point we no longer even had the money for water or to go away.” Talking is Alessandro Lucarellibrother of Cristiano ed former flag of the Parma. The reference is precisely to Parma and to 2014/15 seasonthat of failure before leaving again from Series D. “We were training and in the meantime a crane was taking away the company’s structures and materials. It looked like a Fantozzi film. Instead it was true: a waking nightmare,” he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Lucarelli it was a flag of the ducal club and remained even after the withdrawuntil August 2025, covering the role of director of the lending area. “I was sent away without having a clear explanation. I found it a serious lack of respect, both for me as a person and for what I represented for the city of Parma.”
In 2013/14 – last year with Tommaso Ghirardi to the presidency – Parma arrived sixthqualified in Europa League but he didn’t play it for the absence from the license Uefa. In 2014/15 everything happened, before failure. At a certain point in the season it arrived Giampietro Manentiwho showed up with a conference press which he did giro of the world and which is still often remembered on social media today. “A clown. He did that press conference out of nowhere, without having introduced himself to anyone. Then it came in changing room with a white sheet with written “100 million“After two weeks, he told us they had made a mistake Iban to whom send the money. I if in bank and I called him from there… he doesn’t know how many I told him…”.
There were months in which Lucarelli explained that he was was disappointed by many: clubs, players, sporting directors. “They have me more than Ghirardi disappointed i players which they refused to lower the engagement. And then, in the city or in interviews, they were those in love with Parma. They disgust me. There’s no need to name names, they know who I’m referring to.” Among these also Antonio Cassano: “Antonio’s is a special case. He chose to go via and this is there, but I err a betray and pact Done in the locker room.”
Agreement that Lucarelli himself decided to reveal: “I had proposed to the team wait before put in default the company. Antonio, however, did his own thing. On the eve of a match against Cesena he went to a newspaper to tell everything. Then he went under the curve to talk to the fans, the very one who had never wanted to do so. Lookout he shouted at him “you can stop being such a phenomenon Anto”. I was disqualified and got off the tribune Of corsa: if in changing room convinced of take it a punches. Luckily for him, he separated us Luca Buccithen goalkeeper coach. Two days later and everything was back. We clarified, but he still chose to terminate and leave.”
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