Cremonese visits newly promoted Parma and thinks about the playoffs

Penultimate match of the regular season for the Cremonese, who will visit league leaders Parma on Sunday. On this occasion the Emilians of the former Pecchia they will celebrate the promotion they have just achieved in Serie A in front of their fans, but the Gialloblù coach himself wanted to keep his guard up, reiterating that he wanted to hold on to first place until the finish line. On the opposite front the grey-red team, now excluded from direct promotion, is preparing to play at the “Tardini” above all with the intention of consolidating the current fourth place (repelling the possible assault of Catanzaro and, perhaps, seeing if it is possible to get closer to Venezia's third place) and taking a step forward positive approach to the playoff games who will decide the outcome of the entire season (without further possibility of appeal). Precisely in view of the expected play-offs mister Strop he made it clear that he will be able to present various "variations on the theme" at the home of the first class. New features that have the dual purpose of offering the possibility for previously little-used players to show off on the one hand and, on the other, to protect players who have to deal with a few too many ailments from possible "accidents". This being the case, there are different ballots that will accompany the Cremonese coach until the moment of filling out the list, while the spirit with which the Cremonese will have to challenge his "old master" Pecchia, who has just celebrated his third promotion, remains clear. as a coach. In fact, Mister Stroppa asks his players to play with the utmost attention, doing a sort of dress rehearsal for the play-off matches with the top players, challenges that cannot be missed and which will have to see the players' progress through to the end. grey-red. After the decline of recent weeks, Mr. Stroppa's team returned to success against Pisa and managed to collect three points which restored the confidence of Bianchetti and his teammates. A rediscovered belief to be exploited on the pitch until the final duel which will offer the third and final ticket to return to the Serie A in which the entire Cremonese team is called to believe completely. Probable lineups Parma (4-2-3-1): Chichizola; Del Prato, Osorio, Circati, Coulibaly; Estevez, Hernani; Partipilo, Mihaila, Bernabé; Bonnie. All: Pecchia. Cremonese (3-5-2): I will be; Antov, Bianchetti, Marrone (Quagliata); Ghiglione, Pickel (Collocolo), Castagnetti, Buonaiuto (Johnsen/Falletti), Sernicola (Zanimacchia); Vazquez, Tsadjout (Afena-Gyan/Ciofani). All: Stroppa. The match will be played on Sunday 5 May, at 15pm, at the Tardini Stadium in Parma and will be visible on Sky Sport and Dazn.