Parma-Torino 2-2, Pellegrino responds to Elmas and Adams

Rome, 8 March 2025 - The match at the Tardini between Parma e Turin, with the Granata taking the lead twice (with Elmas e Adams) but on both occasions they were reached by the home team with Pilgrim, author of a brace. With this result, the team of vanilla remains firmly in eleventh place with 35 points, while the Parma returns to scoring points after the defeat against Udinese and temporarily moves to +2 on third-last place.

The starting lineups

Il Parma takes the field with a 4-3-3 with Suzuki in goal, Delprato, Vogliacco, Valenti and Valeri in defence, Keita, Estevez and Sohm in midfield and Almqvist, Bonny and Cancellieri in attack. vanilla responds with a 4-2-3-1 composed of Milinkovic-Savic between the posts, Walukiewicz, Coco, Maripan and Biraghi making up the defensive line, Casadei and Ricci in midfield and Lazaro, Vlasic and Elmas behind Che Adams, the lone striker.

The first half

Starts well Turin, who after a prolonged ball circulation of almost two minutes wins a corner kick which, however, does not create problems for SuzukiIn this first phase of the game the grenades have a stable control of the game, with the Parma which still has to find the right measures. At 10' Parma tries to make itself seen in the area of Milinkovic-Savic, but on the cross of Almqvist the first to pounce is Coco. At 12' the first yellow of the match arrives for Want, which hits at the edge of the area Adams causing a free kick from an interesting area for Torino. biraghi kicks on goal but the barrier placed by Suzuki deflects it into a corner. In the 17th minute the home team comes very close to taking the lead with Valeri, who, following a corner, shoots with confidence from outside the area and grazes the post, but Torino takes the lead just one minute later. In the 18th minute Elmas receives the ball from Casadei at the edge of the penalty area, he moves the ball to his right foot and finds the bottom corner, where he can't reach it SuzukiParma takes the blow and Torino maintains control of the game. The second yellow card of the match arrives in the 25th minute and the one to receive it is Ricci, following a hasty and disorderly intervention on sohm. At 30' the guests were once again dangerous, with biraghi who, inside the penalty area, receives the ball from vlasic. The former Fiorentina kicks with confidence but the defence of Parma walls. At 35' comes the second yellow card for Parma, the third of the match: Valenti plate Casadei who had freed himself very well in dribbling. Parma tries to make itself dangerous: Bonny receives the ball from Valenti, it suits Keita on the edge of the area but the conclusion of the Crociati midfielder ends up very high. Shortly after, Fourneau signals the Frenchman offside at the beginning of the action. The best goal opportunity for Parma comes in the 44th minute, first with Want head first and then with Bonny, but first Milinkovic-Savic, then Adams and finally the crossbar saves the Granata. On the counterattack Torino comes very close to 2-0 with Adams, but his conclusion falls just wide.

The second half

In the second half the Parma starts aggressively, with the first opportunity coming on the right Almqvist, who fails to find the target after entering the penalty area. The first changes of the match come in the 54th minute, with Chivu who decides to send into the field Pilgrim, Haj Mohamed e Leoni in place of Bonny, estevez e Valenti, and at 57' the yellow card also arrives for sohmParma continued to maintain control of the game, and in the 59th minute found the equaliser with Pilgrim, which, on the low cross of Valeri, scores with his left foot. Torino tries to react, but Parma doesn't give the Granata any space and in the 66th minute Chivu replaces sohm hernani. Vanoli responds in the 68th minute with Gineitis e karamoh for Casadei e Elmas. At 70' the yellow card also arrives for the author of the equaliser Pilgrim, who raised his arm too high in an attempt to free himself Coco. From the developments of the free kick comes the 2-1 of the granata with That Adams, which receives from vlasic and, after the touch of Maripan, beats Suzuki with the left. Parma returns to the attack: Pilgrim tries to carve out space to shoot with his left foot but the Torino defence rejects. In the 76th minute Chivu makes the last change replacing Almqvist Male. At 80' Coco risks making a mess of things with a back pass that is decidedly out of proportion for Milinkovic-Savic, who had moved to the right to receive the ball. Fortunately for the Granata, the ball ends up outside the goal, but Parma has a chance on a corner. If in the first corner the defense of the visiting team rejects it, in the second it is 2-2 again with Pilgrim, who jumps higher than everyone else with his head and finds the equaliser. In the 84th minute Vanoli changes Lazaro Pedersen to refresh the right flank, but now Parma is pushing hard. Vanoli also changes in the middle of the field, replacing Ricci Linetty. In the 91th minute he tries Male, but he closes his left foot too much and it ends up outside. The match ends 2-2, with the two teams sharing the spoils.

The match scoreboard

Parma (4-3-3): Suzuki; Delprato, Vogliacco, Valenti (54' Leoni), Valeri; Keita, Estevez (54' Haj Mohamed), Sohm (66' Hernani); Almqvist (76' Man), Bonny (54' Pellegrino), Cancellieri. Coach: Chivu. Turin (4-2-3-1): Milinkovic-Savic; Walukiewicz, Coco, Maripan, Biraghi; Casadei (68' Gineitis), Ricci (90' Linetty); Lazaro (84' Pedersen), Vlasic, Elmas (68' Karamoh); Adams. Coach: Vanoli. Referee: Fourneau. Goalscorers: 18' Elmas, 59' Pellegrino, 72' Adams, 83' Pellegrino. Yellow cards: 12' Vogliacco, 25' Ricci, 35' Valenti, 57' Sohm, 70' Pellegrino.

MATTEO MEREU