The Parma Gazette
Squad14 Dec 2026
Zion Suzuki is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Zion Suzuki: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match9 Dec 2026
Parma through in the cup
A 0-0 win over Avellino, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Market14 Dec 2026
Mateo Pellegrino hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Parma can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Dec 2026
River Plate come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Parma did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match12 Dec 2026
6 matches without a win for Parma
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Parma are no longer polite ones.
Match12 Dec 2026
Parma come up short against Lazio
Lazio left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Emanuele Valeri
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Nico Schulz asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A first senior shirt for Bernardo Conde
Every debut is a small story about the future: Bernardo Conde, 20 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
In brief
- The terraces The stands have heard the Mateo Pellegrino talk too
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Christian Ordoñez
- Loan watch 3 goals on loan for Adrian Benedyczak