134′ Or Coulibaly
PARMA (4-2-3-1) : Suzuki; Coulibaly, Del Prato, Balogh, Valeri; Bernabè, Hernani; Man, Sohm, Chancellors; Bonnie.
Available: Chichizola, Corvi, Valenti, Leoni, Di Chiara, Estevez, Keita, Hainaut, Camara, Mihaila, Benedyczak, Charpentier, Almqvist, Anas.
Coach: Fabio Pecchia
EMPOLI (3-4-2-1) : Vasquez; Goglichidze, Ismajli, Viti; Gyasi, Grassi, Anjorin, Pezzella; Fazzini, Solbakken; Columbus.
Available: Seghetti, Brancolini, Sambia, Cacace, De Sciglio, Tosto, Marianucci, Henderson, Belardinelli, Haas, Maleh, Pellegri, Ekong, Konate.
Coach: Roberto D’Aversa
REFEREE: Mr. La Penna of Rome. Assistants: Giallatini/Colarossi. VAR: Marini/Camplone.
Booked: 15′ Del Prato (P), 20′ Anjorin (E),
LIVE MATCH
1° Tempo
45′- One minute of injury time awarded.
44′- Goglichidze is not fooled by Bonny’s repeated feints, takes the ball away from him and is fouled.
43′- Chancellors! sudden left-footed shot from the former player who hits the crossbar.
41′- Overconfidence by Grassi who loses the ball in the blue half of the pitch, but then Parma doesn’t take advantage of it and Fazzini waits for the ball to come out.
39′- Pezzella from the left, his cross which Colombo does not reach. Gyasi keeps the action alive, puts it back in the area, closes Del Prato. But the hosts seem to be in trouble.
38′- Long throw by Viti for Colombo, closed for a lateral foul by Balogh.
36′- Parma tries to react, Valeri’s long cross blocked by Vasquez.
34′- GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL the Azzurri close a beautiful action started by Solbakken for Colombo able to find the overlap of Gyasi. His service to catch Fazzini anticipated by Coulibaly who sends the ball into his own goal.
33′- Bernabè’s strike rewards Valeri’s cut anticipated by Vasquez.
31′- On the other side Goglichidze concedes a new shot from the flag to Parma. Hernani from the flag, pushes away Gyasi at the near post.
30′- Grassi leads the transition for Solbakken but the Norwegian messes up, favoring the Parma defenders.
29′- Cross from the left by Pezzella rather phoned. He makes it his in a comfortable high Suzuki grip.
28′- Fazzini’s move on the left puts the low cross into the area intercepted by Del Prato.
27′- Ismajli heads away with a lateral foul, this time the blue defender is inaccurate in closing.
26′- Viti’s deviation on Bonny’s right is fundamental.
25′- Man-Bonny combination anticipated by Ismajli. As the action continues, Pezzella’s intervention is sanctioned.
24′- Fazzini served by Pezzella, his shot from outside blocked on the ground by Suzuki.
23′- The Azzurri manage to dry up their opponents’ sources of play by playing with order in the opponent’s half of the pitch. D’Aversa’s team lacked a bit of incisiveness in the last sixteen metres.
21′- Goglichidze knocks out Cancellieri, the ball reaches Valeri. his cross crosses the entire blue area finding no teammates.
20′- First yellow card for the Azzurri too, Anjorin pays the price.
19′- Solbakken tips Valeri with his cross too long for his teammates in the penalty area.
17′- Another adventurous outing by Suzuki, Gyasi’s ball for Colombo who controls the ball in the Emilian area, pushes Balogh away.
16′- Fazzini’s cross on which Suzuki misses, with the goal empty Pezzella fails to focus on the target.
15′- Del Prato spends a yellow to stop Fazzini along the left out.
14′- Man-Coulibaly combination but the Frenchman’s cross is tamed by Vasquez.
12′- Good reading when Fazzini is not in possession, the Azzurri can restart their action.
11′- Vasquez! the Colombian goalkeeper opposes Bonny’s shot, then a foul is whistled in attack on the home team.
9′- The match was immediately vibrant right from the start, the two teams faced each other head-on without too many frills.
8′- On the other side Gyasi shields the former Cancellieri: second corner also for Parma.
6′- Fazzini in percussion is stopped by Sohm, an interesting restart in the open field for Empoli is interrupted.
5′- On the new shot from the flag for the Azzurri, Fazzini kicked at the near post, Colombo’s header was out of proportion.
4′- D’Aversa’s team equalizes the corners in the guise of one of the many former players of the day.
2′- The two teams are aggressive in the key area of the pitch.
1′- The ducals win the first corner of the match.
1′- The first ball of the match is played by the Azzurri.
0′ – Azzurri on the pitch with the lineup announced yesterday on the eve.
