Parma went through great emotions on Sunday night, in the last stage of Serie A. led by 2-0 at the break on the field of Atalanta, Cristi Chivu’s team was 3-2, thanks to very inspired movements of the Romanian coach and escaped relegation.
Cristi Chivu managed to escape the relegation parma. Photo Facebook Parma Calcio
Removed last wreck, at the end of the draw with the Napoli champion, Cristi Chivu stayed at the lodge, but was active and inspired. He introduced Antoine Hainaut and Jacob Ondrejka, who changed the party’s fate. The first one scored only 5 minutes after the resumption, for the second to score twice, for a big victory of the Parment in front of the 3rd place in Serie A.
With 36 points, the “Crusaders” remained 16th in the Italian championship, 5 points away from Empoli, the first team below the red line. On the other hand, Atalanta has finished the championship on the last step of the Italian podium and will play in the Champions League next season.
With Cristi Chivu at the helm, Parma did not lose any match with the first 4 bands in Italy: 0-0 with Naples, 2-2 with Inter, 3-2 with Atalanta and 1-0 with Juventus.
The Italian press praised the changes of the Romanian
“Cristian Chivu’s liberating cry is full of tension and joy. He comes after 95 minutes of fighting and a second half played by his team. Driven with two goals, scored in a minute by Maldini, Parma returned the situation and saved Victoriei with Atalanta. The changes of the Romanian coach were decisive for the party that, inevitably, begins after the end of the match. Finally, Chivu’s cry will sound for a long time on the Gewiss stadium ”, wrote Parma Today.
“Many ghosts in the first half. The changes in the second half were fundamental”also wrote Tutto Mercato about the moves made by the Romanian coach.
Ionuț Radu relegated to Venezia
If Parma and Cagliari remained in Serie A, Ionuț Radu relegated to Venezia. The 27-year-old goalkeeper could not do wonders in front of Juventus, “old lady” winning 3-2 and catching the last place leading to the Champions League, to the detriment of AS Roma. Next to Venezia, they dropped in series B Monza and Empoli. Instead, LECCE was saved, after an incredible victory, in 10 people, on the land of Lazio (1-0), a result that took the European cups on Romanians.
