Where the game is played:
Stadium: Oreste Granillo
City: Reggio di Calabria
Capacity: 27454 spectators12:07
A Reggina in great difficulty hosts Parma at the Granillo, a very discontinuous formation that alternates excellent victories (Frosinone) with defeats (Pisa).12:07
Two formations in play off fight but risking a lot, with the home team detaching from the direct promotion fight being overtaken by Genoa, Bari and Sudtirol; guests fighting for eighth place with Palermo and Ascoli.16:29
The formations of the match are official: REGGINA with the 4-3-3, Colombi – Pierozzi, Cionek, Gagliolo, Di Chiara – Fabbian, Majer, Hernani – Rivas, Strelec, Ménez. Subs: Contini, Liotti, Loiacono, Terranova, Bondo, Crisetig, Lombardi, Canotto, Cicerelli, Galabinov, Gori.16:00
PARMA’s formation: 4-1-4-1 for the ducals, Buffon – Del Prato, Osorio, Circati, Ansaldi – Estevez – Benedyczak, Sohm, Bernabè, Man – Vazquez. Subs: Chichizola, Crows, Balogh, Charepentier, Bonny, Zanimacchia, Camara, Juric, Cobbaut, Coulibaly, English, Zagaritis.16:01
Inzaghi opts for Strelec up front with Rivas and Menez: in midfield Majer as playmaker, Gagliolo with Cionek in central defense.16:02
Pecchia with Vazquez still as a false nueve, Benedyczak, Sohm, Bernabè and Man behind him with Estevez in front of the defence. Ansaldi returned to the role of left-back, Buffon in goal.16:03
The match is directed by the referee Massimiliano Irrati from Pistoia.16:03
REGGINA – PARMA BEGINS! First ball for guests.16:16
Reggina in amaranth, Parma in a yellow suit with horizontal blue lines.16:16
Sohm attacks Cionek, Rivas closing is excellent to anticipate Man launched in speed.16:18
Confirmed El Mudo Vazquez as a false nueve, great freedom for the ex Belgrano to move on the whole offensive front.16:19
RIVAS! Cross shot from the striker, Buffon stretches out and blocks the ball.16:20
Cross from Rivas, always dangerous on the right: Osorio headed back.16:21
Do it on Vazquez, Irrati first gives the advantage, then whistles to concede the free-kick from the trocar.16:22
Ansaldi’s free-kick, Di Chiara puts in a corner.16:23
Action all ball on the ground from Parma, Pierozzi does not trust and kicks out a ball intended for Man.16:23
Di Chiara throws, Buffon careful in high exit.16:26
WARNING Enrico Del Prato. First yellow card of the match, the defender, warned, intervenes late on Hernani. 16:26
MENEZ! Long shot by the Frenchman, the ball ends just wide!16:28
High pace in this game start, good show at the Granillo.16:29
Low cross from Rivas, Benedyczak in retreat kicks away.16:30
Launch for Strelec, watch out for Buffon in low exit.16:30
SOHM! Conclusion from the edge of the winger, Colombi punches back!16:32
Cionek closes Benedyczak in the area, also anticipating Colombi.16:32
What a risk for Di Chiara who loses the ball in the area, Benedyczak does not take advantage of it.16:33
Di Chiara’s cross, Rivas doesn’t get there at the far post: what a game at the Granillo.16:36
Free kick from the trocar for Reggina: Hernani in the centre, rejects the host defence.16:37
Buffon forced out of his area: he pushes Reggina in these last minutes.16:39
Parma is now struggling to get out, launch for Benedyczak, now the first striker easy to catch for Colombi.16:42
A decidedly fluid scheme for Parma, with Vazquez and Benedyczak exchanging positions, Man and Sohm the same on the left.16:43
CAUTION Žan Majer. Hard intervention on Bernabé, yellow card also for the Reggina midfielder. 16:44
VAZQUEZ! Parma counterattack, El Mudo carries the ball and unloads his left foot, blocks Colombi.16:46
Reggina restart, cross from Menez for Strelec who, at the near post, doesn’t get there.16:46
WHAT A BUFFON OUTPUT! Launch of Menez for Rivas, the striker in the area is stopped by the Parma goalkeeper!16:47
STRELEC POLE! Cross for the tip which, diving, hits the wood! Action then stopped for offside.16:49
Reggina seems to have put the problems behind them, at least in this match, playing as they did at the start of the championship and creating many chances.16:49
MIRACLE OF DOVES! From a Parma corner, Circati’s close shot, the goalkeeper instinctively avoids the goal!16:51
CREDIT Thiago Cionek. Yellow for protests against the defender, who was called a foul against for a touch of the hand on the edge of the area.16:54
VAZQUEZ! Stop and bicycle kick in the Mudo area, Colombi blocks.16:53
Osorio dribbles Streelec with great class and opens for Bernabé, thus avoiding the pressure from Reggio.16:55
Hard but involuntary intervention by Benedyczak on Gagliolo: game stopped.16:57
Game still stopped, but both players seem ready to continue the game.16:58
CAUTION Franco Vázquez. The former Sevilla extends Streelec in midfield: El Mudo was also warned. 16:59
Great closure by Bernabé on Menez, the Catalan is not surprised by the dribbling of the French17:01
Vazquez’s foul on Hernani: Reggina asks for a second yellow card, Irrati doesn’t draw his card.17:02
One minute of recovery.17:02
THE FIRST HALF OF REGGINA – PARMA ENDS! Result still stopped at 0-0!17:03
Yellow card Jérémy Ménez17:20
The first half ends in controversy, with Reggina asking for a second yellow card for Vazquez after a foul by Mudo on Fabbian.17:03
Sparkling game but there were no goals: Reggina more proactive, Parma more dangerous, to report a post by Strelec (then action stopped for offside) and a great save by Colombi on Cistrati.17:04
PARMA substitution: Yordan Osorio leaves, Elias Cobbaut enters.17:20
REGGINA substitution: Thiago Cionek leaves, Michele Camporese enters.17:20
THE SECOND HALF OF REGGINA – PARMA BEGINS!17:21
Superb control by Menez in the area, opening for Strelec who completely misses the cross.17:22
Launch for Strelec, exit of Buffon who controls the exit of the ball.17:24
Parma got off to a good start in this second half, a game that remains at a high pace even in this second half.17:25
Man spread by Rivas right on the edge of the area, just a free kick for Parma.17:26
ANSALDI! Free kick by the Argentine, the ball high over the crossbar.17:27
FABBIAN! Low shot of the young midfielder, Buffon lays down and pins to the ground.17:28
